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“On” MIDI notes appearing on an assigned
MIDI channel. These notes are treated as if
they were a chord (regardless if they actually
are an “official” chord or not) and are re-voiced
by the settings of the Register and Spread
controls such that the lowest note played will
always be the lowest pitched note and will
be assigned to the highest numbered active
harmony voice.
The MIDI notes can, of course, be played in
real time from a controller or recorded into
a MIDI track that is then routed to Harmony
Engine Evo.
NOTE: Each time there is a change
in the currently “On” MIDI notes,
Harmony Engine Evo will re-voice
the harmony based on the Register and
Spread controls. If the MIDI data has notes
that start or end at slightly different times,
each such change will cause the harmony
to be re-voiced, potentially shifting existing
notes one or more octaves and resulting
in unwanted changes. If you’re playing the
chords manually, play precisely. If you’re
creating a MIDI track, ensure that all notes
of a chord start at exactly the same time.
The MIDI Velocity Sensitivity control can be
used to scale the MIDI velocity messages
assigned to harmony channel levels. With this
control set to 0, MIDI velocity will be ignored
and the channel levels will be defined entirely
by the Channel Gain settings. As you increase
the value of this control, MIDI velocity will have
progressively more effect on the channel levels.
NOTE: There are only four available
harmony voices, so limit your MIDI
input to no more than four notes at
a time.
ANOTHER NOTE: Keep in mind that
you are not actually “playing” the
harmony channels in this mode
(that’s what MIDI Omni mode is for), but simply
defining the notes that make up the chord that
the Register and Spread controls will voice.
MIDI Omni Mode
When MIDI Omni mode is selected, the MIDI
Velocity control is enabled, while all other
section controls and the Interval popups in the
individual harmony voice channels are disabled.
In MIDI Omni mode, you are in fact
directly “playing” the harmony channels
(again, either live from a controller or
via a pre-recoded MIDI track).
The MIDI Velocity Sensitivity control can be
used to scale the MIDI velocity messages
assigned to harmony channel levels. With this
control set to 0, MIDI velocity will be ignored
and the channel levels will be defined entirely
by the Channel Gain settings. As you increase
the value of this control, MIDI velocity will have
progressively more effect on the channel levels.
A TIP: Keep in mind that there
are only four available harmony
voices, so limit your MIDI input
to no more than four notes at a time. That’s
easy to do when creating a MIDI track, but if
you’re playing a controller live, watch out for
sloppy fingering, as having five or more notes
playing at once will result in voice stealing
that may or may not be objectionable.