Installing CX TUNE

CX TUNE is a VST3 plugin for 64-bit Windows. It also comes as a standalone app.

Install the plugin

1. Download the installer from your account (Account → Your licences and downloads).
2. Run it. It places the plugin bundle CX TUNE.vst3 in C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\, the standard VST3 folder. Windows asks for administrator rights because that folder belongs to the system. If your browser or Windows shows a warning first, see Windows warns about the installer.
3. Restart your DAW, or rescan its plugins.

Installing by hand? Copy the whole CX TUNE.vst3 folder into C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\, not only the file inside it.

Find it in FL Studio

1. Open Options → Manage plugins.
2. Check that C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3 is listed under plugin search paths.
3. Click Find plugins. CX TUNE appears under the manufacturer CX Audio.
4. Tick the star next to it so it shows in the mixer’s effect menu.
5. Insert it in an effect slot on your vocal’s mixer track.

Leave FL Studio’s plugin delay compensation switched on (it is on by default). CX TUNE reports its latency, so the vocal stays in time with the beat.

First settings

• Set Key and Scale to your song.
• For the hard, stepped sound: switch the mode to Hard Tune and turn Retune Speed up.
• For a natural touch: choose Natural, a slower Retune Speed, and add some Humanize.

While a voice plays, the status light reads TUNING. Without a pitched voice, for example in silence or on a breath, it reads LISTENING.

Updating

Close your DAW before installing a new version. Windows locks a plugin that is loaded, so the update cannot replace it while a project uses it.