Intro to AutoKey, the Scale and Key Detection Plugin
Want to learn how to use AutoKey? AutoKey is an automatic key and scale detection plugin that’s designed to enhance your AutoTune workflow. Check out this AutoKey tutorial and start saving valuable time in the studio.
January 30, 2021
Read time: 2 mins
Choosing the correct key and scale for your music is an essential part of effective pitch correction. With Auto-Key, that process is made faster and easier than ever. Even if you already know the key and scale of your music, Auto-Key streamlines your workflow by allowing you to set the key and scale for multiple instances of Auto-Tune (and Harmony Engine) with a single click.
Check out this quick Auto-Key tutorial to learn how you can save valuable time in the studio, focus on your creativity, and produce vocals without limits.
How to Use AutoKey
AutoKey is available with AutoTune Unlimited, the ultimate collection of professional vocal plug-ins. Download your fully-featured, FREE 14-day trial of Auto-Tune Unlimited today.
What Is AutoKey?
AutoKey is an automatic key detection and scale detection plug-in that’s designed to enhance your Antares AutoTune workflow and save valuable time in the studio. AutoKey automatically detects the key and scale of your music and sends that information to one or more instances of AutoTune.
AutoKey can analyze polyphonic (multi-voice) audio and determine its key. For that reason, we don’t recommend using AutoKey directly on the vocal tracks you’re planning to process with AutoTune. Instead, place AutoKey on tracks with pitched instruments (especially chordal instruments such as guitar or piano), on a sub-mix of pitched instruments or voices, or on the master output bus.
Who Is AutoKey for?
AutoKey is for artists, recording engineers, producers, or anyone who wants to manipulate the pitch of single-voice or polyphonic audio to create a natural (or unnatural) new sound. But AutoKey isn’t limited to the studio. Taking your production on the go? Check out the AutoKey Mobile app: Think of it as pitch correction in your pocket.
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Antares is a leading developer of software for music recording and live performance. For over 20 years, Antares has powered the music of top-charting and indie artists with products including the industry standard for pitch correction, AutoTune™.