User Manual

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Glide
The Glide function allows you to control the
speed at which harmony voices transition from
note to note during legato phrasing.
Transition Rate
This control lets you set a selectable amount
of glide (or, for those who grew up with
synthesizers, portamento) between overlapping
note transitions. The control reads out in
milliseconds and represents the time it takes to
get halfway to the destination pitch.
NOTE: Glide only takes effect when
successive notes overlap or butt
up against each other. If there is
any silence between two notes (even a few
milliseconds worth), no glide will be applied.
The range of the control is from 0 milliseconds
(essentially instant transitions) to a maximum of
1000 milliseconds .
The default Transition Rate is 125 milliseconds.
Option (Mac)/Control (PC)-clicking the knob
returns it to that value.
Harmony Control
The controls in this section allow you to choose
the method by which Harmony EFX decides
which harmony notes are assigned to each
harmony voice.
These controls, in combination with the
Harmony Preset buttons described below,
is where the truly unique power of Harmony
EFX lies.
While Harmony EFX offers the usual extremes
of automatic fixed and “smart” scale interval
modes on one hand (very easy to use, but
with little creative control) and the ability to
completely specify every note of each harmony
voice via MIDI on the other (ultimate control,
but requiring solid expertise in note-by-note
vocal arranging), it’s the powerful new options
in the middle that we believe will provide you
with innovative (and downright entertaining)
ways of creating the harmony arrangements
you hear in your mind.
The desired harmony mode is selected with
the Harmony Source popup menu. Depending
on which mode you select, various of the other
controls in this section will be either activated
or disabled as necessary. Rather than discuss
each control separately, we’ll look at all of the
controls that function in each mode.
Here’s how they all work: