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The point of this is that different parts of a
particular project may work best with different
harmony modes. For example, Scale Interval
mode might work great for an entire song
except for one phrase in the bridge where the
harmony moves away from the basic scale. In
that case, you can have the primary preset be
in Scale Interval mode, but still include a few
Harmony Presets that specifically define the
errant chords in Chord Name mode.
THINGS TO TRY:
Experiment with the various combinations
of Harmony Control modes and Humanize
presets.
If your track needs some chords that
don’t work well in Scale Interval mode,
add them to the unused Harmony Presets
buttons and try switching back and forth
between the modes as necessary.
VIBRATOS
This preset demonstrates the use of the Vibrato
controls to create special effects. It includes
one Harmony Preset that features amplitude-
only vibrato (more accurately tremolo) and
another that features extreme pitch variation.
In each case the original input is muted and the
presets impose their effects on a D7 chord.
THINGS TO TRY:
Adjust the various channels’ vibrato settings.
Unmute the original input.
Change Harmony mode to Scale Interval or
Chord Degrees and see how the effects work
in the context of a song.
Experiment with the Humanize functions
(which are turned off by default in this preset).
VOCAL MULTIPLIER
This preset uses Fixed Interval mode
and Voice Parameter presets to thicken
the original input with one, two, three
or four unison voices. In each case the
active voices’ pan settings are adjusted for
best effect for that number of voices.
THINGS TO TRY:
Experiment with different amounts of vibrato
on one or more voices.
Click the Formant + Pitch Freeze button to hold
the harmony voices in a drone while the original
voice continues. Click it again to release the
freeze and return to regular doubling.
Try different Humanize settings.
YOU CAN BELIEVE
This preset creates the infamous Auto -Tune
Vocal Effect (i.e., the T-Pain/Cher-style effect)
on Harmony Channel 1. A couple of things to
keep in mind:
•
The preset uses Scale Interval mode,
so you will need to set the correct
Key and Scale for your track.
•
Getting this effect requires the right
combination of vocal track style and
selected scale. If it isn’t giving you the
effect you want, try a different key or a
different scale (or both). And remember
that some vocals are just not candidates
for the effect under any circumstances.
THINGS TO TRY:
Try unmuting one or more of the other three
harmony channels and setting various intervals.
The results will be highly dependent on your
track and the selected Key and Scale, but you
might end up with something pretty cool. Then
again, you might not.