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Note Source and Input Note 

(Only available in Scale Mode)

These parameters help you to create custom scales for times when the lead

voice melody, the harmony voice(s) and the musical accompaniment don’t

sound correct on certain notes. You can edit the individual harmony notes of all

four voices (if they are all enabled) for each input note. 

When Note Source is set to "Manual", you can select the Input Note with your

mouse and then edit the resulting note or notes produced by the harmony

voices. When Note Source is set to "Sung", the Input Note is determined by the

pitch of the singer. 

Output Note

Each of the 4 harmony voices can produce a different harmony note for every

given input (sung note). Use these parameters to set the desired output note for

each enabled voice. 

The Humanize Tab

TC-Helicon’s Humanize settings make the harmony voices sound more natural

or even wildly effected if you prefer. You can select a pre-programmed

Humanize style or start with the “Off” style and experiment with each parameter.

Style

This parameter contains preset values for all the parameters in the Humanize

block. It provides quick access to different qualities of performance.

Portamento

Portamento sets the time in milliseconds to reach a target note when a harmony

voice changes pitch. 

Smoothing

This setting determines how in-tune the harmony pitches are in relation to your

sung pitch. It is most effective in Scale mode but it can also be useful in Notes

and Chords modes to “naturalize” the fixed pitches coming from a MIDI

keyboard. At Smoothing settings near zero, the harmony voices will be pitch-

corrected which may make them sound too stepped without a little portamento.

Settings near 100 allow the lead singer to float between pitches with the

harmony voices following closely. This high value of Smoothing sounds the

most real in Scale mode if the input voice is in tune but a value of 50 to 70 is

best for the MIDI modes.

Detune

With the Detune Parameter, a tiny, fixed amount of pitch shift is applied uniquely

to each of the harmony voices. This creates a thicker, chorus-like effect when

applied to harmony voices set to similar pitches.

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Страница 1: ...Manual v1 0 USER S MANUAL...

Страница 2: ...Comparison of the Harmony Modes 16 Getting Set Up 16 Checking Out the Harmony Presets 17 Chapter 4 Appendix Troubleshooting 20 Scale Types and Voicings Chart 21 Chord Types and Voicings Chart 22 BY T...

Страница 3: ...an be thought of as well trained singers that you can manipulate in order to create vocal magic We hope you become as excited by the possibilities of Harmony4 as we are to bring it to you The TC Helic...

Страница 4: ...stallation or the procedure will abort All should go smoothly but if an error occurs you can contact TC Support from the contact information shown on the next page Terminology Presets Throughout this...

Страница 5: ...y designed to meet the needs of our users We constantly update the database and you will find the site to be a huge resource of information Browse through Q A s and discover new aspects of your TC Hel...

Страница 6: ...ormation about the current preset Each head represents an enabled harmony voice Click on a head and you can drag the mouse to change the harmony interval of each voice although not in Notes and Notes...

Страница 7: ...preset name area will allow renaming of the current preset The A B and Mem buttons offer an edit comparison feature Press the Mem button first to clear the comparison memory Any edits you make then be...

Страница 8: ...ction later in this manual to fully understand each harmony mode s control requirements The parameters in this area of the GUI will differ depending on which mode is selected You can see at a glance t...

Страница 9: ...val relative to the input melody In Scale Mode the Voicing parameter specifies a diatonic interval relative to the input The range is 2 octaves to 2 octaves For example a setting of 3rd will result in...

Страница 10: ...tyle and experiment with each parameter Style This parameter contains preset values for all the parameters in the Humanize block It provides quick access to different qualities of performance Portamen...

Страница 11: ...hen the same style is chosen for all Mixing different styles can create a very realistic sounding vocal group Scoop Style Amount The Scoop parameter adds a brief pitch envelope to the onsets of the ha...

Страница 12: ...t produce the desire results Refer to Appendix Scale Types and Voicings Table Attack and Release Available only in Chord and Notes Modes these parameteres set the envelope attack and release times for...

Страница 13: ...he MIDI settings of Harmony4 to those of your Pro Tools MIDI track for controlling harmony Important note All parameters in the Setup tab are saved with the current preset or Pro Tools setting This is...

Страница 14: ...these settings to isolate which section of your MIDI keyboard will control Harmony4 This is mostly used when playing live with keyboard sounds triggered from one side of the keyboard and harmonies tr...

Страница 15: ...ough the harmony modes Like your friend in our analogy Harmony4 has intelligence that can contribute to making good music You can choose to use this intelligence or not depending on the chord structur...

Страница 16: ...e following table gives an overview of the plusses and minuses of each harmony mode Getting Set Up 1 After you ve successfully installed Harmony4 open a new Pro Tools session or an existing one with a...

Страница 17: ...you don t mind controlling wet dry mix within the plug in as opposed to the track fader controls in the Pro Tools mixer 4 You can confirm that Harmony4 is receiving MIDI note information by loading a...

Страница 18: ...re to try a pitch bend on at least one MIDI channel 5 Auditioning the Scale mode presets with your lead vocal track is much easier All you have to do is determine which Key and Scale matches your song...

Страница 19: ...idea of what is possible with this harmony mode If you ve stayed with this text up to this point you ve received a good overview of what Harmony4 has to offer From this point onwards you can work wit...

Страница 20: ...ed on a mono channel only the left side of Harmony4 is used For both meters to function use Harmony4 on a stereo channel Can I reduce excessive sibilance when using Harmony4 The harmony voices are pit...

Страница 21: ...D nc 5th above G nc A Bb nc C nc D Eb nc F nc MIN3 3rd above Eb nc F G nc Ab nc B C nc D nc 5th above G nc A Bb nc C nc D Eb nc F nc The table at left illustrates the how the six scale types differ I...

Страница 22: ...ze each chord type Recognized Chord Types with Root of C Type Required Notes Maj C E G Maj6 C E G A Maj7 C E G B Maj7sus4 C F G B Min C Eb G Min6 C Eb G A Min7 C Eb G Bb Min7b5 C Eb Gb Bb Dim C Eb Gb...

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