Autotune EVO. What do you think?

[Renaissance Man]

Antares just sent out email notifications regarding their Autotune Evo 6.07 update.
I've been waiting to upgrade from Autotune 4 for several reasons.
First and formost, I've never been thrilled with the idea of fixing a crap performance. If the Singer can't sing on key then they've got no business calling themselves a singer. But for the occasional fix it's a necessary evil.
Also, I've always hated their tiny clunky interface. I guess Autotune 5 may have addressed that?
I have Waves Tune LT (which is like having a Lexus with no tires). The Waves Tune upgrade is $600.00 (plus "welcome to $$$ WUP $$$) which rules it out.
So... If Autotune Evo is "ready for primetime" with DP6.1 under OSX10.5.5 on an Mac intel, and bug free, I'm considering upgrading.
Any Evo enthusiasts here on the 'Nation? Anyone updated to 6.07 yet?

[bongo_x]

I've had Auto Tune Evo for weeks, but I haven't even tried it yet. But I would definitely recommend upgrading at least to 5. 5 was miles better than 4 (which was my least favorite version, especially the interface). I won't list all the reasons, but I would ditch 4 and move up.

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[Eleventh Hour Sound]

I've got AutoTune Evo 6.07 running with DP 6.01. It seems pretty stable but it seems like sometimes I'm getting some weird results in auto mode, where it's not correcting like version 5 did. Not sure what that's all about. In some songs I may have a lot of instances on of it on BGV's and it seems like it may be more of a CPU hog than version 5.

[daveyboy]

Check out the demo for sure. I was hoping the the new notes and lanes would function more like DP's pitch correction in where there was no correcting going on unless you wanted it to be corrected. I was demoing EVO to use with Logic as I'm in love with DP's pitch correction. Anyway, you can use it like that but just more time consuming. I'll probably upgrade to it eventually from AT5, just haven't gotten around to it.

[Renaissance Man]

it seems like it may be more of a CPU hog than version 5.

Yea, they say it straight out that:
From the Antares site... "for Auto-Tune Evo, Dr. Andy's gone back to the proverbial drawing board to create a seriously evolved voice processing technology that takes advantage of the hugely more powerful computers that are now the norm for digital audio recording."
Sounds for sure they intended it to use a bigger chunk of the available processing power.
Do they allow you to resize the windows so they are not so small?
I thought about downloading the demo but I hate to muck up my Mac. I'm still dealing with remanants of a Drumagog demo I tried out some months ago (even though I trashed everything I could find that was related to it).

[Eleventh Hour Sound]

it seems like it may be more of a CPU hog than version 5.

Yea, they say it straight out that:
From the Antares site... "for Auto-Tune Evo, Dr. Andy's gone back to the proverbial drawing board to create a seriously evolved voice processing technology that takes advantage of the hugely more powerful computers that are now the norm for digital audio recording."
Sounds for sure they intended it to use a bigger chunk of the available processing power.
Do they allow you to resize the windows so they are not so small?
I thought about downloading the demo but I hate to muck up my Mac. I'm still dealing with remanants of a Drumagog demo I tried out some months ago (even though I trashed everything I could find that was related to it).

Well, that explains why it seems like such a piggy. It's weird that on a few of the vocal tracks it doesn't seem to be correcting as well as AT5.... hmmm

DrumaGog is an amazing program and the developer is very responsive. Maybe shoot him off an eMail if you're still having problems. I really like his program.

[jlaudon]

i find Evo to run much better than AT5 - auto mode works fine for me as well - i think the correction engine works a bit different, but smoother than 5 (4 can't even compare IMO).

[Eleventh Hour Sound]

i find Evo to run much better than AT5 - auto mode works fine for me as well - i think the correction engine works a bit different, but smoother than 5 (4 can't even compare IMO).

Do you find it to use more CPU than version 5?

[jlaudon]

I don't seem to notice a difference (might be, but it seems to work with pregen as well).

[Renaissance Man]

I broke down and downloaded the EVO demo today. It's still the same Auto-Tune I love to hate! They HAVE made substantial improvements over AT4 however, not the least of which is the resizable editing window.
Why is it that these software developers feel compelled to rearrange the interface when upgrading a piece of software? DP6 is another prime example- longtime users end up spending hours relearning how to do the same thing that had become a "muscle memory" reflex action in a previous version...
One thing that may be a dealbreaker for me is this cursed pulsating & flashing cursor in graphic mode. It pulses about a hundred times a minute and flashes very fast in between the pulses. The codewriters at Antares apparently have never considered that some may be prone to seizures and that thier pulsing light might precipitate one under the right circumstances. I suppose someone at Antares thinks this is a "feature"? ...or am I just doing something wrong?
How do I shut this pulsing & flashing cursor off?

[waterstrum]

EVo seems better than 5,
For the graphic editing I prefer DP pitch correction.
FWIW

[SamGlaser]

EVO crashes DP when you apply it to a soundbite. It's a known bug that is supposedly fixed in DP 6.02. I can't live w/o Autotune...it's the ultimate "get me thru this vocal session" go to plug.

[dogBoy]

I thought about downloading the demo but I hate to muck up my Mac. I'm still dealing with remanants of a Drumagog demo I tried out some months ago

I hear ya, I wish all companies offered an uninstall.

I downloaded EVO, don't know if it's worth the bother. I've been using DP pitch correct, maybe I should compare.
Unless someone has an opinion they feel is worth sharing , a comparison.