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CHORD DEGREES 1
This preset provides the root version of all of
the available chord degrees on the Harmony
Preset buttons, as well as the first inversion of
the key’s root chord.
The Register and Spread controls are set for
fairly wide, mid-range harmonies.
The Voice Parameter Presets provide the
following choices:
No Variation: default Throat Lengths
and all Humanization settings at 0
Varied: Various amounts of Naturalize,
Pitch and Timing Variation and
modified Throat Lengths
Vibrato: Similar to Varied, but with
the addition of slightly different
vibratos to each voice
THINGS TO TRY:
Play your vocal track and manually click
the appropriate chord degree button at
each chord change in your song.
Experiment with different chord
degrees. Does you melody work with
any alternate harmonizations?
Use your host’s automation system to
record the Harmony Preset buttons and
automate chord degree changes.
Try changing the Register and Spread
settings. Listen to the effect of various
ranges and chord spacings.
Pick a part of your vocal where the chord
remains unchanged for a measure or two.
Click the Formant Only Freeze button at the
beginning of that phrase and listen to the result.
Then start again and click the Formant + Pitch
Freeze button at the same point and note the
difference. In both cases, click the respective
buttons again at the end of the phrase to return
to normal harmonization.
Click the different Voice Parameter Preset
buttons to hear their differences. Try modifying
one or more of the voice parameters and save
your new version onto one of the unassigned
Voice Parameter buttons.
Apply CHOIR to one or more of your vocal parts.
CHORD DEGREES 2
This preset is similar to Chord Degrees above,
but instead of including all of the degrees on
the Harmony Preset buttons, it includes the
more commonly used degrees along with a
variety of inversions of some of the degrees..
The Register and Spread controls are set for
fairly wide, mid-range harmonies.
The Voice Parameter Presets provide the
following choices:
No Variation: default Throat Lengths
and all Humanization settings at 0
Varied: Various amounts of Naturalize,
Pitch and Timing Variation and
modified Throat Lengths
Vibrato: Similar to Varied, but with
the addition of slightly different
vibratos to each voice
THINGS TO TRY:
Pretty much the same things as listed in Chord
Degrees above.
COOL CHORDS 1
This preset (along with the following “Cool
Chords” presets) can be thought of as a sort of
harmonic toy-box. It uses Chord Name mode
to give you a variety of chords in a variety of
ranges to try with your melody track.
In this preset, four chords are provided, each in
a low, medium and high voicing.
The Voice Parameter Presets provide the
following choices:
No Variation: default Throat Lengths
and all Humanization settings at 0
Vibrato: Various amounts of Naturalize,
Pitch and Timing Variation and modified
Throat Lengths with the addition of
slightly different vibratos to each voice
Low2Hi: Throat Lengths optimized
for a low input voice that is generally
being shifted up (e.g., the original input
is a baritone and the harmony voices
are in the tenor and alto range).