In “Styles,” you can create that extra amount of personality and realism for your harmony voices. Each style is controlled by a spin dial. Spin the dial up or down to change the parameter; all of the Style parameters are adjusted globally for each harmony voice.
Timing adjusts the entrances of the harmony voices. With “Timing” turned off, the harmony voices enter at the same time as the lead voice. Each timing parameter delays the harmony voices from the lead vocal. Just like tuning, no group of singers sings the notes at exactly the same time. The timing presets have been created using individual delays for each voice. Additionally, some time delay presets use randomization. Randomization randomly creates delay time for each voice from 0 delay to the delay time specified. The timing presets are listed below.
Number | Name | Delay | Randomization |
0 | Off | none |
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1 | Tight Mix | between 5 and 12ms | none |
2 | Medium Mix | between 10 and 32ms | none |
3 | Loose Mix | between 20 and 36ms | none |
4 | 5ms + Rand. | Max. Delay of 5ms | per voice |
5 | 10ms +Rand. | Max. Delay of 10ms | per voice |
6 | 20ms +Rand. | Max. Delay of 20ms | per voice |
7 | 30ms +Rand. | Max. Delay of 30ms | per voice |
8 | 40ms +Rand. | Max. Delay of 40ms | per voice |
9 | 50ms +Rand. | Max. Delay of 50ms | per voice |
10 | 80ms +Rand. | Max. Delay of 80ms | per voice |
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Scoop adjusts how a voice attacks a note. Even professional singers never hit a note right on pitch. They hit their note slightly lower than the pitch they are aiming for and then “scoop” up to the correct note. The scoop presets are created using the amount of scoop (how far below the note) and how long it takes for the harmony voice to scoop to the actual note.
Number | Name | Description |
0 | Off | no scooping |
1 | The Pros#1 | low amount, fast rate scooping |
2 | The Pros#2 | high amount, |
3 | Semi Pro#1 | low amount, |
4 | Semi Pro#2 | high amount, slow rate scooping |
5 | Swoopy | low amount, very slow rate scooping |
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Vibrato adds another level of human quality to the harmony voices. The majority of singers use some amount of vibrato. Basically, Vibrato is like the modulation wheel on a keyboard, which modulates a harmony voice’s pitch by a small amount. The Vibrato presets are based on the amount of modulation, the rate of the modulation, and when the modulation starts.
Number | Name | Description |
0 | off | no vibrato |
1 | Light | low depth, medium rate with onset delay |
2 | Medium | medium depth, medium rate with onset delay |
3 | Heavy | high depth, medium rate with onset delay |
4 | Light & Fast | low depth, fast rate with onset delay |
5 | Med & Fast | medium depth, fast rate with onset delay |
6 | Heavy & Fast | heavy depth, fast rate with onset delay |
7 | Light & Slow | low depth, slow rate with onset delay |
8 | Med & Slow | medium depth, slow rate with onset delay |
9 | Heavy & Slow | high depth, slow rate with onset delay |
10 | Chorale | low depth, very slow rate with no onset delay |
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Portamento is used to limit the hard stepping between moving harmony notes. Portamento can add realism to the movement of harmonies. With Portamento, each harmony note slides into the next at a selected rate. The rates are selected with the Portamento spin dial from 0 (fastest) to 10 (slowest).
PitchBend Range sets the pitch bend range that can be applied to the harmony voices using a MIDI device. The pitch bend range can be set from 0 to 12 semitones.
Key/Scale is an edit mode used only in “SmartKey” mode. The use of Key/Scale is described farther on under the “SmartKey” section.
Envelope is used only in the “Manual” control mode. The use of “Envelope” is described in the “Manual” section on page
Harmony Control Modes determine the way in which harmonies are created. IVL Vocal Studio has four control modes. Each of these modes is tailored toward a different application. They can be categorized by two items:
1.Requires MIDI input: Using the D8B’s MIDI input, a keyboard or sequencer sends note information to the IVL Vocal Studio to create harmonies.
2.Intelligent Harmonies: IVL Vocal Studio uses intelligence to help create natural harmonies.
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| Smart | Smart | Pitch |
Action | Manual | Chord | Key | Shift |
Requires MIDI Input | yes | yes | no | no |
Use intelligent harmonies | no | yes | yes | no |
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D8B Manual • Appendices • page 148