TC electronic SDN BHD Harmony4 user manual Humanize Tab

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Note Source and Input Note (Only available in Scale Mode)

These parameters help you to create custom scales for times when the lead voice melody, the harmony voice(s) and the musical accompaniment don’t sound correct on certain notes. You can edit the individual harmony notes of all four voices (if they are all enabled) for each input note.

When Note Source is set to "Manual", you can select the Input Note with your mouse and then edit the resulting note or notes produced by the harmony voices. When Note Source is set to "Sung", the Input Note is determined by the pitch of the singer.

Output Note

Each of the 4 harmony voices can produce a different harmony note for every given input (sung note). Use these parameters to set the desired output note for each enabled voice.

The Humanize Tab

TC-Helicon’s Humanize settings make the harmony voices sound more natural or even wildly effected if you prefer. You can select a pre-programmed Humanize style or start with the “Off” style and experiment with each parameter.

Style

This parameter contains preset values for all the parameters in the Humanize block. It provides quick access to different qualities of performance.

Portamento

Portamento sets the time in milliseconds to reach a target note when a harmony voice changes pitch.

Smoothing

This setting determines how in-tune the harmony pitches are in relation to your sung pitch. It is most effective in Scale mode but it can also be useful in Notes and Chords modes to “naturalize” the fixed pitches coming from a MIDI keyboard. At Smoothing settings near zero, the harmony voices will be pitch- corrected which may make them sound too stepped without a little portamento. Settings near 100 allow the lead singer to float between pitches with the harmony voices following closely. This high value of Smoothing sounds the most real in Scale mode if the input voice is in tune but a value of 50 to 70 is best for the MIDI modes.

Detune

With the Detune Parameter, a tiny, fixed amount of pitch shift is applied uniquely to each of the harmony voices. This creates a thicker, chorus-like effect when applied to harmony voices set to similar pitches.

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Contents USER’S Manual Harmony4 User’s Manual Table of Contents Main Features IntroductionSystem Requirements InstallationTerminology Presets Parameter InputsSupport Information Contact DetailsDescriptions Main Interface Main Interface Main Interface Level Voicing Scale mode, Offset Shift mode, Position Chord modeVoices Tab PanHumanize Tab Control Tab Key & Scale available only in Scale Mode Mode ChordMode Notes & Notes 4CH TuningSetup Tab Tuning Reference Split Zone & Split NoteProducing Harmony Harmony Modes Background ² Scale ² Chords ² Notes ² ShiftGetting Set Up Comparison of the Harmony ModesChecking Out The Harmony Presets Insert or Auxillary Send?Page Page Why do my meters only show activity on the left channel? Appendix TroubleshootingCan I reduce excessive sibilance when using Harmony4? Scale Types and Voicings Table Chord Types and Voicings Table Chord Mode PresetsRecognized Chord Types with Root of C Voicing intervals
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