User Guide

Because they are corrected, the harmony notes “step” up and down even

when your voice is sliding between notes.

When you want the harmonies to follow your exact pitch, out-of-tune notes

and all, you can set this parameter to “Smooth” bending. Smooth har-

monies sound more natural and allow you to perform “Blue” notes but you

must be accurate with your pitch for the harmonies to sound acceptable.

Harmony Motion (Chordal mode only)

Harmony motion gives you control over the number of “break points” in

each octave. A break point is the note at which the harmony interval

changes up or down depending on the voicing and the number of voices in

your harmony. Normal harmony motion has more break points, creating a

more active harmony part. The other option, “fixed”, reduces the number

of break points to only two regardless of voicing and the number of harmo-

ny voices.

Pitch Bend

This is where you set the amount of pitch bend that can be introduced

through MIDI. Each of the 8 styles can have a different range with the

range being 0 to 12 semitones.

Portamento Rate

Portamento is a feature available to all harmony types that reduces the

“stepping” that can occur between successive harmony notes. This can

make harmonies sound more like a human singer would. Each note slides

its pitch into the next at a specific rate that you determine. A small amount

of portamento has been built into many of the factory programs. The val-

ues range from 0 to 10 with 10 being the slowest rate or the maximum

amount of portamento.

Vocoder Mode Select (Vocoder Mode only)

There are 7 different Vocoder modes to choose from. The first 4 deal with

voice assignment. In order for the Studio Vocalist EX’s intelligent

Vocoder panning to work correctly, it is often necessary to limit the num-

ber of voices available to those required by your harmony part. The lay-

ered modes create thickening on single or two part harmonies. The 4 MIDI

Channel mode allows individual control of each of the four harmony voic-

es for complete pan position stability and independent pitch bend.

Transpose (Vocoder and Pitch Correct only)

In Vocoder mode, this feature allows you to transpose your harmonies +/–

3 octaves. You could use this when you are triggering your Vocoder har-

monies from the bottom or top of your keyboard and the untransposed har-

monies would be in the wrong octaves. The auto option allows the Studio

Vocalist EX to trigger notes in the octave closest to your input note.

In Pitch Correct mode, transposing works in conjunction with MIDI or

front panel keyboard input. When you sing and press a key, the resulting

pitch can be transposed up to 3 octaves up or down for special effects. The

auto option works as described above.