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If, on the other hand, your signal is noisy or
not well-isolated (as might be more common
in a live performance situation) or you are
dealing with a particularly breathy or guttural
voice, it may be necessary to allow more signal
variation (higher Tracking numbers). However,
under these circumstances tracking is not
guaranteed and a too “relaxed” setting may
introduce distortion and popping.
To adjust Tracking, click on the knob and move
the cursor up to turn the knob clockwise, or
down to turn it counterclockwise. Remember,
higher numbers allow more variation, while
lower numbers require less.
Command (Mac)/Control (PC)/Option (Pro
Tools) clicking on the knob will reset it to its
default value of 25.
Display
The display provides a graphic representation
of the harmonic content of the input
signal (the white plot), the aspiration noise
component and its relative level (the red plot),
and the current setting of the parametric EQ
(the green plot).
Increase/Reduce
Click the appropriate button to ether Increase
or Decrease the amount of aspiration noise.
The appropriate controls will become active
(and the remaining controls will be disabled).
IMPORTANT NOTE: ASPIRE Evo acts
on the aspiration noise naturally
present in a person’s voice. It
does not synthesize aspiration noise from
scratch. There are people with extremely
pure voices that contain virtually no audible
aspiration noise. In those relatively rare cases,
ASPIRE Evo will have no audible eect.
What’s ASPIRE Evo do?
Quite simply, ASPIRE Evo analyzes a vocal in
real time and separates the aspiration noise
component from the harmonic content.
It then allows you to either increase or
decrease the amount of aspiration noise,
as well as letting you aect the character
of the aspiration noise by applying a
parametric EQ to the noise component.
Controls
Voice Type
Use this
control to
select the
vocal type
of the track you will be processing. Choices
include soprano voice, alto/tenor voice,
baritone/bass voice and instrument (a general
setting for anything that isn’t actually a vocal).
Matching the appropriate algorithm to the
input results in faster and more accurate
analysis.
To select vocal type, click on the Voice Type
pop-up and then select the desired type from
the pop-up list.
NOTE: Choosing the wrong Voice
Type (or just forgetting to set it
at all) can result in compromised
performance. Pay attention.
Tracking
In order to
accurately analyze
the input, ASPIRE
Evo requires
a periodically
repeating
waveform,
characteristic of a
voice or solo instrument. The Tracking control
determines how much variation is allowed in
the incoming waveform for ASPIRE Evo to still
consider it periodic.
If you are working with a well-isolated solo
signal (e.g., tracking in a studio or from a
multitrack master) you can typically set the
Tracking control to 25 and forget it.