DigiTech VOCALIST Workstation EX, Руководство пользователя

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Chordal harmonies allow you to choose intervals that belong to the current
chord type only. The range is plus or minus 2 octaves with a separate bass
voicing. The Bass voicing stays on the chord root and does not move with
your voice like the other voicings.
Scalic harmonies allow you to choose intervals that belong to the scale
type only. The same ranges apply (plus or minus 2 octaves). There is no
bass voicing in Scalic harmonies.
Chromatic harmonies allow you to choose any interval between 2 octaves
up or down.
Bending (Chromatic and Scalic only)
Bending relates to pitch correction of the harmony voices and is indepen-
dent of pitch bending. In Chromatic and Scalic harmony types, you have
the option of pitch-correcting the harmony notes or not. When you want
the harmony notes to be corrected, this is referred to as ÒSteppedÓ bending.
Because they are corrected, the harmony notes ÒstepÓ up and down even
when your voice is sliding between notes.
When you want the harmonies to follow your exact pitch, out-of-tune notes
and all, you can set this parameter to ÒSmoothÓ bending. Smooth har-
monies sound more natural and allow you to perform ÒBlueÓ notes but you
must be accurate with your pitch for the harmonies to sound acceptable.
Harmony Motion (Chordal mode only)
Harmony motion gives you control over the number of Òbreak pointsÓ in
each octave. A break point is the note at which the harmony interval
changes up or down depending on the voicing and the number of voices in
your harmony. Normal harmony motion has more break points, creating a
more active harmony part. The other option, ÒfixedÓ, reduces the number
of break points to only two regardless of voicing and the number of harmo-
ny voices.
Pitch Bend
This is where you set the amount of pitch bend that can be introduced
through MIDI. Each of the 8 styles can have a different range with the
range being 0 to 12 semitones.
Portamento Rate
Portamento is a feature available to all harmony types that reduces the
ÒsteppingÓ that can occur between successive harmony notes. This can
make harmonies sound more like a human singer would. Each note slides
its pitch into the next at a specific rate that you determine. A small amount
of portamento has been built into many of the factory programs. The val-
ues range from 0 to 10 with 10 being the slowest rate or the maximum
amount of portamento.
Vocoder Mode Select (Vocoder Mode only)
There are 7 different Vocoder modes to choose from. The first 4 deal with
voice assignment. In order for the Vocalist Workstation EXÕs intelligent
Vocoder panning to work correctly, it is often necessary to limit the num-
ber of voices available to those required by your harmony part. The lay-