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While Harmony4 has excellent pitch detection, it may have trouble

finding a pitch in growled or extremely raspy voices. 

2.

Connect a MIDI keyboard to your computer and create a MIDI track to pass

the live MIDI notes through to Harmony4. You can also use a pre-existing track

or record a new one to control Harmony4.

3.

Follow the procedure for creating an auxilliary send and return buss for your

version of Pro Tools. In the return buss/channel, load Harmony4 as a TDM plug-

in from the Pitch Shift menu. Once it is correctly loaded, press play and confirm

that audio is reaching Harmony4 by checking that the IN meter is showing

audio. Set Harmony4’s wet/dry to 100% wet.

Insert or Auxillary Send?

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While you can run Harmony4 as either an insert or auxiliary send plug-

in, typically it’s best to run it as a pre-fader auxilliary send effect. This

allows you to process and mix the lead and the harmony voices separately.

Also, the auxilliary input channels in Pro Tools feature delay compensation.

Ensure that no other tracks are inadvertently sending to Harmony4 on its

assigned send bus.

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You can use Harmony4 as an insert if 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 Notes mode preset e.g. “Notes In Stereo” and observing note names in the

visualization area as you play your keyboard or play back a MIDI track. 

Checking Out The Harmony Presets

Now that you’re setup, you can start producing harmony! If you are familiar with

TC-Helicon harmony products you can proceed directly to the presets dedicated

to the harmony mode of your choice and experience the results. 

1.

If this is your first time creating virtual harmonies, start by loading the first

preset in the factory preset list. The first group of presets are based on the

Chords

harmony mode so get ready to play chords on your MIDI keyboard or

play back an existing MIDI track with the song’s chord changes. Chords presets

will recognize the MIDI chords and produce harmonies relevant to the song.

2. 

Press Play and confirm all of your audio paths are correctly set. You should

hear a mix of the lead voice and the harmony voices and see metering

indications in your track meters. Until you play the keyboard or MIDI track, the

harmonies won’t follow the song but this is OK while you’re making sure the

audio paths are correct.

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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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