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To use Scale Interval mode, select your song’s
key with the Key/Root popup. Note that
sharp/flat keys are specified as flats with the
exception of F. If your song is in an unlisted key,
you should choose the enharmonic equivalent:
Db = C#
Eb = D#
F = Gb
Ab = G#
Bb = A#
The Scale popup offers three variations of the
major and four variations of the minor scales as
follows:
Major
Major with no 7th (Maj/no 7th)
Major with a flat 7th (Maj/flat 7th)
Natural Minor (Minor)
Harmonic Minor (Harm. minor)
Minor with a natural 6th (Minor/nat. 6th)
Minor with a major 7th (Minor/Maj7th)
There aren’t really any hard-and-fast rules for
picking one over the others. Depending on the
structure of your particular song, one may offer
better results. Trial-and-error is the method of
the day.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: In the
original Harmony Engine, when you
were using Scale Interval mode in
combination with the Harmony Preset buttons
described below, the settings of the Key/Root
and Scale popups were not stored with button
presets.
THIS FUNCTION HAS BEEN CHANGED
in Harmony Engine Evo. The settings of the
Key/Root and Scale popups ARE now stored
with button presets. If you have existing
sessions using Harmony Engine that depend
on the old functionality, you may have to
modify your button presets and/or any host
automation of the Key/Root and Scale popups.
NOTE: In Scale Interval mode, it
is particularly important that the
original input be properly in tune
before being input to Harmony Engine Evo.
If the original falls between scale notes, you
can get annoying results as the harmony voice
flips back and forth between two adjacent
harmony notes. If in doubt, pitch correct
the original using Auto-Tune Evo first.