User Manual

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To use Scale Interval mode, select your song’s
key with the Key/Root popup. Note that
sharp/flat keys are specified as flats with the
exception of F#. If your song is in an unlisted
key, you should choose the enharmonic
equivalent:
Db = C#
Eb = D#
F# = Gb
Ab = G#
Bb = A#
The Scale popup offers three variations of the
major and four variations of the minor scales as
follows:
Major (Major)
Major with no 7th (Maj/no7)
Major with a flat 7th (Maj/b7)
Natural minor (Minor)
Harmonic minor (Har. min)
Minor with a natural 6th (Min/nat 6)
Minor with a major 7th (Min/Maj7)
There aren’t really any hard-and-fast rules for
picking one over the others. Depending on the
structure of your particular song, one may offer
better results. Trial-and-error is the method of
the day.
NOTE: In Scale Interval mode, it is
particularly important that the original
input be properly in tune before
being input to Harmony EFX. If the original falls
between scale notes, you can get annoying
results as the harmony voice flips back and
forth between two adjacent harmony notes. If
in doubt, pitch correct the original using Auto-
Tune first.
Register & Spread
The Register and Spread controls are used
together with their associated graphic display
to define the general range and “closeness” of
the harmony notes in Chord Degrees, Chord
Name, and Chord via MIDI modes. They
provide an amazingly easy and intuitive method
of arranging your harmonies in almost any
desired style.
Since they function identically in all three
modes, we’ll describe their use here and then
just reference them in the individual mode
descriptions that follow.
Register
The Register control sets the general range
of the lowest generated harmony note, with
the leftmost setting being the lowest and the
rightmost setting the highest. As you move the
control, you will see the lower boundary of the
graphic range display change in response.
If you adjust this control while a chord is
sounding (not recommended during a real
performance, but instructive for understanding
what it’s doing), you will hear the lowest note
of the chord move up or down by octaves in
response to your adjustments.
Spread
The Spread control sets the “closeness” of
the generated harmony notes. Lower settings
result in the harmony notes being spaced
tightly together, while higher settings result in
the harmony notes being spaced progressively
farther apart.
As you move the Spread control, you will see
the upper boundary of the graphic range display
change in response.