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Chapter 5: Tutorial Sessions
As mentioned in Chapter 1, the composers who produced some of the Harmony
Engine Evo demo compositions have been kind enough to allow us to include the
actual sessions for you to load into your host and experiment with.
In each case, we’ve provided versions of each demo for a number of the most
popular host applications. To keep the sessions to manageable size, all accompaniment tracks have
been mixed to a single stereo track. Any pre-processing of the vocal tracks (compression, EQ, etc.)
was pre-rendered to the tracks. For any post-processing of the vocal track and/or Harmony Engine
Evo output (delay, chorus, reverb, etc.), we asked the composers to limit themselves to generic
effects that came standard with their hosts (so that they could be easily replicated in other hosts).
MIDI
The method of routing MIDI to a plug-in differs
pretty dramatically (both in technique and ease)
among the various hosts. For that reason, the
sessions that use Harmony Engine Evo’s MIDI
modes are supplied with all MIDI routings in
place. Just press Play and everything should
just work.
NOTE: If you plan to use Harmony
Engine’s MIDI modes, but you’re not
familiar with your host’s MIDI routing
scheme, examining the sessions that use MIDI
can be instructive. Even easier, you can use
those sessions as templates. Simply make a
copy of a session, delete the existing audio and
MIDI data and replace them with your own.