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Enhancing the tuning of Real Instrument tracks

You can enhance the tuning of a Real Instrument track. This is especially useful when you record Real Instrument regions that have the right “feel” and timing but are not perfectly in tune.

When you enhance a track's tuning, all regions on the selected track (both your own recordings and loops) are enhanced. Enhance Tuning can only produce accurate results on single-note (monophonic) Real Instrument regions, so be sure the track does not include regions with chords or unpitched sounds.

By default, Enhance Tuning enhances the tuning of notes by moving them to the closest note on the chromatic (12-note) scale. You can limit the enhancement to the notes of the project’s key (as chosen in the Track Info pane for the master track) by selecting the “Limit to key” checkbox.

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To enhance the tuning of a Real Instrument track:

  1. In the timeline, double-click the Real Instrument track you want to enhance to open it in the editor.
  2. Drag the Enhance Tuning slider right to increase the amount of tuning enhancement, or drag it left to decrease the amount of enhancement.
  3. To limit tuning enhancement to the chromatic scale, rather than the project’s key, deselect the “Limit to key” checkbox below the slider.
  4. You hear the results immediately as the project plays.

Setting the Enhance Tuning slider to higher values can sometimes lead to undesirable results. Listen carefully to the results of using the slider and set it to the value that sounds best.

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