User Manual

7
AVOX  Processing Guidelines
While it might seem to be convenient to
consolidate all of the AVOX  functions in one
huge integrated plug-in, some of the AVOX 
functions use quite a bit of processing power.
By organizing them as separate plug-ins, you
can choose to instantiate only those you need
for each particular vocal track, thereby using
only as much of your computer’s DSP power as
you absolutely need.
While it’s not likely that you’ll be using all ten
plug-ins on every track, it is likely that you’ll
often be using more than one. When that’s the
case, keep the following in mind:
General Guidelines
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In general, you should progress from the
cleanest possible source vocal through
successive stages of processing. Harmony
Engine Evo, THROAT Evo, ARTICULATOR
Evo, MUTATOR Evo, ASPIRE Evo, DUO Evo
and CHOIR Evo in particular are designed to
process pitched monophonic voices and will
function much more eectively with clean
input signals.
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If you’re using Mic Mod EFX to change your
microphone sound, start with that.
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If a track requires de-essing, use SYBIL Evo
as the first of the AVOX  plug-ins.
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Next in line would be one of the “Voice
Creation/Modification” plug-ins, i.e.,
THROAT Evo, MUTATOR Evo and/or ASPIRE
Evo.
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Once you’ve tweaked the voice exactly as
you want it, you can double, multiply, or
harmonize it with DUO Evo, CHOIR Evo or
Harmony Engine Evo.
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Finally, WARM and PUNCH Evo work well
with pretty much any input, so they would
typically be the last of the AVOX  plug-ins
in the chain.
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Eects like reverb and conventional chorus
or flanging should typically be applied after
processing by the desired AVOX  plug-ins.
Special Cases
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While you will usually choose between
DUO Evo or CHOIR Evo, you can use
them together for a really huge vocal
section. Assign DUO Evo to your track
and pan the original and doubled
voices to opposite tracks. Then assign
separate instances of CHOIR Evo to
each of the two tracks. Humongous!
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If you will be using Harmony Engine to
generate harmonies from a single vocal
line, start with Mic Mod EFX, then SYBIL (if
necessary) and then THROAT and then feed
its output to Harmony Engine.
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If you have a vocal with problematic
vibrato (either too much or too little), you
can use DUO Evo for vibrato modification.
Assign DUO Evo to the track and use only
the doubled output. Set all parameters to
their minimum eect and use the Vibrato
function to adjust the performance’s vibrato
depth. See Chapter 6 for more details.
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For maximum control of the timbre of
doubled voices (at the cost of increased CPU
requirements), assign DUO Evo to your vocal
and pan the original and doubled voices to
opposite tracks. Then assign an independent
instance of THROAT Evo to each part and
create a unique timbre for each voice.
But all that being said, always feel free to
ignore any of the above suggestions. The
AVOX  tools oer entirely new realms of
creative possibilities. There is no wrong way.
Now on to the details.