How do you remove an AU plugin?

[Gary]

I'd been evaluating Antares Auto-Tune 5 before Christmas and decided that it
didn't do enough more for me over the built-in correction on Logic 8.

How do I remove the AU plugin? Every time I try and start Logic now I have to
wait whilst Auto-Tune is loaded and click the button to acknowledge that the
demo has expired.

There's bits of it in Applications but I'm sure that's not where Logic is
looking for it. There's nothing in the Auto-Tune docs about removing it.

Thanks!

[Chris Ridd]

Post by Gary
I'd been evaluating Antares Auto-Tune 5 before Christmas and decided that it
didn't do enough more for me over the built-in correction on Logic 8.
How do I remove the AU plugin? Every time I try and start Logic now I have to
wait whilst Auto-Tune is loaded and click the button to acknowledge that the
demo has expired.
There's bits of it in Applications but I'm sure that's not where Logic is
looking for it. There's nothing in the Auto-Tune docs about removing it.

Try in Audio/Plug-Ins/Components, and look in the normal Library
folders for that directory path.

Cheers,

Chris

[Flavio Matani]

Post by Chris Ridd

Post by Gary
I'd been evaluating Antares Auto-Tune 5 before Christmas and decided
that it didn't do enough more for me over the built-in correction on
Logic 8.
How do I remove the AU plugin? Every time I try and start Logic now I
have to wait whilst Auto-Tune is loaded and click the button to
acknowledge that the demo has expired.
There's bits of it in Applications but I'm sure that's not where Logic is
looking for it. There's nothing in the Auto-Tune docs about removing it.

Try in Audio/Plug-Ins/Components, and look in the normal Library
folders for that directory path.

A good idea to look both in the root level Library and the one in your
User folder..

[Chris Ridd]

Post by Flavio Matani

Post by Chris Ridd

Post by Gary
I'd been evaluating Antares Auto-Tune 5 before Christmas and decided
that it didn't do enough more for me over the built-in correction on
Logic 8.
How do I remove the AU plugin? Every time I try and start Logic now I
have to wait whilst Auto-Tune is loaded and click the button to
acknowledge that the demo has expired.
There's bits of it in Applications but I'm sure that's not where Logic is
looking for it. There's nothing in the Auto-Tune docs about removing it.

Try in Audio/Plug-Ins/Components, and look in the normal Library
folders for that directory path.

A good idea to look both in the root level Library and the one in your
User folder..

Yes, they're the only two likely places that it'll be installed in. For
completeness, you could look in /Network/Library and /System/Library
too. Note the /System/Library directory should be considered seriously
read-only.

Cheers,

Chris

[Woody]

Post by Gary
I'd been evaluating Antares Auto-Tune 5 before Christmas and decided that it
didn't do enough more for me over the built-in correction on Logic 8.

Got to be cheaper to just sing in tune :-)

[Gary]

Post by Woody

Post by Gary
I'd been evaluating Antares Auto-Tune 5 before Christmas and decided that it
didn't do enough more for me over the built-in correction on Logic 8.

Got to be cheaper to just sing in tune :-)

Meh.

The reason the chromatic tuner in Logic 8 works for me is that I'm usually
not more than 50 cents out. If I was, a chromatic tuner would be a disaster.

Common errors for me are between 10 and 30 cents. I didn't bother in the past
re-singing for passages less than 10 cents out, but now anything up to 49
cents gets corrected - far fewer retakes. If I'm more than 50 cents out I'd
do a retake anyway.

[Woody]

Post by Gary

Post by Woody

Post by Gary
I'd been evaluating Antares Auto-Tune 5 before Christmas and decided
that it didn't do enough more for me over the built-in correction on
Logic 8.

Got to be cheaper to just sing in tune :-)

Meh.
The reason the chromatic tuner in Logic 8 works for me is that I'm usually
not more than 50 cents out. If I was, a chromatic tuner would be a disaster.
Common errors for me are between 10 and 30 cents. I didn't bother in the past
re-singing for passages less than 10 cents out, but now anything up to 49
cents gets corrected - far fewer retakes. If I'm more than 50 cents out I'd
do a retake anyway.

But isn't that part of your singing style?

I know that maybe it is an old fashioned view and that obviously we
wouldn't have such fine songs in our charts if we didn't have vocal
pitch correctors, and we would have to put up with those old singers who
weren't quite on pitch and didn't look pretty and the same as everyone
else, but if your style is to sing 10-30 cents out, maybe that is the
way you should sing?

[Gary]

Post by Woody
But isn't that part of your singing style?
I know that maybe it is an old fashioned view and that obviously we
wouldn't have such fine songs in our charts if we didn't have vocal
pitch correctors, and we would have to put up with those old singers who
weren't quite on pitch and didn't look pretty and the same as everyone
else, but if your style is to sing 10-30 cents out, maybe that is the
way you should sing?

I don't strive for a 30 cent error! Most people won't spot those live. I
should know I did it for long enough. Mostly _noise_ will do, any noise -
just don't stop singing/playing and 80% of the audience won't notice a thing.
Recording is another matter, I'm apt to cringe at myself at >10c errors so I
add some margin to the pitch corrector so it's not 100% accurate and I don't
have to do so many retakes.

Live is best though. It girds the loins. Gets the juice flowing, all that
kind of stuff. Humping great big amps and speakers up external fire escapes
in the icy cold when it's pissing down with snow is also fun. As is when the
audience leaves to go play bingo in the other room, oh yes.

[Woody]

Post by Gary

Post by Woody
But isn't that part of your singing style?
I know that maybe it is an old fashioned view and that obviously we
wouldn't have such fine songs in our charts if we didn't have vocal
pitch correctors, and we would have to put up with those old singers who
weren't quite on pitch and didn't look pretty and the same as everyone
else, but if your style is to sing 10-30 cents out, maybe that is the
way you should sing?

I don't strive for a 30 cent error! Most people won't spot those live. I
should know I did it for long enough. Mostly _noise_ will do, any noise -
just don't stop singing/playing and 80% of the audience won't notice a thing.

For a 10-30 cent error, I doubt anyone in the crowd would notice at a
live venue.

Post by Gary
Recording is another matter, I'm apt to cringe at myself at >10c errors so I
add some margin to the pitch corrector so it's not 100% accurate and I don't
have to do so many retakes.
Live is best though. It girds the loins. Gets the juice flowing, all that
kind of stuff.

Indeed it does.

Post by Gary
Humping great big amps and speakers up external fire escapes
in the icy cold when it's pissing down with snow is also fun.

Only in hindsight!