Antares Auto-tune Plug-in for Mackie 8-Bus ConsoleAntares and Mackie Announce Powerful New Software Features For The Mackie Digital Systems Platform July 22, 2000Mackie Designs and Antares Audio Technologies have announced that the Auto-tune plug-in will now be available on multiple channels of the Mackie Digital 8-Bus console.
Auto-Tune is a fully automatable software plug-in that provides the ability to correct the pitch of a voice or solo instrument without distortion or artifacts, while preserving all of the expressive nuance of the original performance.
Antares Vice President of Business Development, Neil Richarde commented, "We're very excited about our partnership with Mackie. The idea of offering Auto-Tune's real-time pitch correction capabilities in a digital console makes a lot of sense. Mackie's digital board is clearly the only digital console that can make such a combination possible."
The Mackie Digital 8-Bus is the first console with an open software architecture designed to run third-party software plug-in applications.
What are the advantages of the Auto Tune plug-in inside the Mackie D8B? Mackie chief software engineer Bob Tudor points to three: "Being able to view the clear, easy-to-use interface on the D8B's full size SVGA monitor, audio gets to tape after it's been corrected, and third, micro-adjustments can be automated using hands-on controls instead of a mouse, a huge advantage when correcting melodies that have modulated to other keys or modes."
Mackie Vice President of Marketing, Dave Firestone adds, "Antares very cleverly utilized each UFX card to render four separate channels of Auto Tune. That's an unparalleled amount of pitch-correction for the money."
A Mackie UFX card is required for plug-in operation. One UFX card can run up to four plug-ins. Up to four cards may be installed in the Digital 8-Bus for a total of 16 simultaneous 3rd-party plug-ins.
Antares Audio Technologies' products include the ATR-1 Intonation Processor, and the forthcoming AMM-1 Microphone Modeler, as well as the award-winning Auto-Tune (Pitch Corrector), MDT (Multi-band Dynamics Tool) and JVP (Antares Voice Processor) DSP plug-ins. For more information on Antares products, visit www.antares-systems.com.
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