User manual ANTARES HARMONY EFX

[. . . ] Vocal Modeling Harmony Generator Owner's Manual ©2009 Antares Audio Technologies. Antares Audio Technologies 231 Technology Circle, Scotts Valley, California 95066 USA www. antarestech. com Printed in USA Rev 1. 0 PN P31031-0809-M01 The Obligatory Legal Mumbo-Jumbo The Antares Harmony EFX software and this User's Manual are protected by copyright law. Making copies, adaptations, or derivative works without the prior written authorization of Antares Audio Technologies, is prohibited by law and constitutes a punishable violation of the law. Antares Audio Technologies retains all ownership rights to the Harmony EFX software and its documentation. [. . . ] More extreme settings can produce dramatic results, but probably not what anyone would call "realistic. " The Interval popup sets a Harmony Voice's pitch interval relative to the original vocal in Fixed Interval and Smart Interval modes. In Fixed Interval mode, the popup displays half-steps in the range -24 to +24. In Smart Interval mode, the popup displays scale degrees in the range 16va to 16vb. This control is inactive in all Chord Name and MIDI modes. NOTE: Harmony EFX remembers the most recent Interval settings for each of the two interval harmony modes. So, if you select Fixed Interval and set a harmony voice to +3 semitones, and then change to Smart Interval and set that same harmony voice to -5th, if you then change back to Fixed Interval, the Interval setting will return to +3 semitones. For reference, here are the equivalent scale intervals for each semitone interval: SEMITOnES = SCALE InTERVAL 1 = minor 2nd 2 = major 2nd 3 = minor 3rd 4 = major 3rd 5 = perfect 4th 6 = aug 4th/dim 5th 7 = perfect 5th 8 = aug 5th/min 6th 9 = major 6th 10 = minor 7th 11 = major 7th 12 = octave 13 = minor 9th 14 = major 9th 15 = minor 10th 16 = major 10th Command (Mac)/Control (PC) click the control to reset it to its default value of 1. 00. 12 17 = perfect 11th 18 = aug 11th 19 = perfect 12th 20 = minor 13th 21 = major 13th 22 = minor 14th (rarely used) 23 = major 14th (rarely used) 24 = 2 octaves The control range is from -100 (panned full left) to 100 (panned full right). Not surprisingly, a value of 0 represents the center of the soundstage. The default Pan values are different for each Harmony Voice channel as follows: Channel 1: -50 Channel 2: 50 Channel 3: -100 Channel 4: 100 option (Mac)/Control (PC)-clicking a Pan control returns it to its default value. Pan These controls set each harmony voice's position on the stereo soundstage when the voice is not muted and Harmony EFX is assigned to a stereo output. If Harmony EFX is not assigned to a stereo track, these controls will be disabled. Humanization The functions in the Humanize section are designed to allow you to add a selectable bit of random variation to each harmony voice, as would be typical of four individual singers singing together. However, they affect each harmony voice individually (i. e. , if you set a certain range of variation, the actual amount of variation will be a bit different for each active harmony voice). perfect (which is an interesting effect), using this control to add the ideal (for your music) amount of variation will result in more realistic performances. The Naturalize function's pitch component applies a random variation in pitch to each harmony voice. The higher the Naturalize value, the larger the maximum amount of allowable variation in each voice. As mentioned above, the actual amount of pitch variation will be different (and continuously variable) for each active harmony voice. The Naturalize function's timing component applies a random timing variation to each harmony voice. The higher the Naturalize value, the larger the maximum amount of variation naturalize This control selects the amount of pitch and timing variation, as well as how much of the original input's vibrato and pitch gestures will be present in the harmony voices. Unless you want the harmony voices to be unnaturally 13 in each voice. Again, the actual amount of variation will be different (and continuously variable) for each active harmony voice. The third effect of the Naturalize function is to control how much of the original vocal's inherent pitch variations, either vibrato or expressive pitch gestures like scoops and bends, will appear in the harmony voices. At a setting of 0, none of the input vocal's pitch variation will be present in the harmony voices. NOTE: In Fixed Interval mode (only), the harmony voices will always parallel all of the original input's vibrato and pitch gestures. Setting the Naturalize function above 0 in that case will actually accentuate (i. e. , expand the range of) the vibrato and gestures. · If the Input Audio contains its own natural vibrato and the Humanize control is set to 0 (preventing the pitch component of the natural vibrato from being present in the Harmony Voices), any loudness component of the natural vibrato will still be present in the Harmony Voices. Depending on the amount of loudness variation, there might still be interference with programmed vibrato. However, unless the loudness variation is fairly extreme, it is unlikely to be a problem. Vibrato Rate This control sets the rate of the vibrato (in Hz). [. . . ] Here's how it works: Harmony Presets store the value of the following controls: Harmony Source Key/Root Scale Chord Inversion Register Spread Harmony Voice Intervals Note that not all of the above controls are available in every mode. When assigning a Harmony Preset to a button, only those controls that are active in the selected Harmony Mode are remembered. In normal operation, a button with a preset assigned to it is blue and displays the preset's name (either automatically generated or customized by you). The button will flash red. Harmony Presets The Harmony Preset system allows you to assign combinations of harmony control settings to each of 12 buttons for instant recall, either manually or via automation. [. . . ]