I certainly use it more in the studio when you want to get a certain tone.
He talks and thinks in first person, giving a certain intimate tone to the story.
"Our magazines represent a certain tone and audience," he said.
All morning I wanted to set a certain tone, but these people.
All this gives the town a certain tone of antiquity.
"Generally they feel that we bring a certain tone and level of quality," he said.
It's this certain tone you use that I object to.
I couldn't hear what but a man explaining himself to a woman has a certain particular tone.
I still fear her voice when she speaks that name in a certain tone.
This is done by setting pitches to match certain tones of words.