User Manual

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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 well as deciding how much (if any) of the
original input’s vibrato and pitch gestures
will be present in the harmony voices.
Each of these controls affect all active
harmony voices. However, they affect
each harmony voice individually (i.e., if
you set a certain range of pitch variation,
the actual amount of variation will be a bit
different for each active harmony voice).
Experiment with different combinations
of the Pitch and Timing controls. They can
create dramatically different vocal ensembles.
With Timing Variation at its minimum and
substantial Pitch Variation, you have a vocal
group that’s rhythmically tight but a bit loose
with intonation. Conversely, reversing those
settings gives you a group that’s solidly in
tune, but rhythmically loose. There are, of
course, many variations in between. Match the
performance style to the style of your music.
Naturalize
This control
selects the
amount of the
original input’s
vibrato and pitch
gestures that will
be present in the
harmony voices.
If the original input contains natural vibrato and
you are planning to use the harmony voices’
Vibrato controls to add programmable vibrato to
the harmony parts, this control should usually
be set to 0 to minimize the amount of the
original vibrato 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.
The range of the control is from 0 (no input
vibrato or pitch gestures) to a maximum of
100 (harmony voices duplicate the input
vibrato and/or pitch gestures — except in
Fixed Interval mode as mentioned above) .
The default Naturalize value is 0.
Option (Mac)/Control (PC)-clicking
the knob returns it to that value.
Pitch Variation
The Pitch
Variation control
lets you select
the amount of
random variation
in pitch applied
to each harmony
voice. The higher
the 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.