Editing the Keyboard & Vocal Harmonizer parts
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Vocoder settings
The Vocoder page is the first page that is related to voices that are added to your (or the DisCover 5’s) singing
(Voice-FX, Auto Tune or Singer).
When the [VOCODER] button lights, “synthetic” har-
monies are added to your singing, whereby the
words you say are used to change the timbre of the
sound used as “carrier”. Unlike the Auto Tune func-
tion, the Vocoder is polyphonic and can generate up
to four harmony voices.
(1) In the GENDER column (left), press the field
that corresponds to the kind of “synthesizer
choir” you want to add to your singing.
Press [Male] for a darker character, or [Female] if
the Vocoder signals should be reminiscent of
female voices. Press [Mix] to create a mixed
choir.
The field you press here determines what pre-
sets are available. See also page 26.
Note: The [Vocal≈Effect] and [Equalizer] fields allow you
to jump to the effects or tone controls.
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If you press the
[Edit]
field…
…the display looks as follows:
This page also appears when you press the
[Part≈1–4] field on the Common page (see
below).
The note icons next to the Part 1~4 entries
indicate the Vocoder parts that are currently
playing. This may help you to decide which part
needs to be corrected.
As a rule, the Vocoder works as follows: the
lowest note played by the selected song part or
yourself is assigned to “Part 1”, while the high-
est is assigned to “Part 4”. So always start edit-
ing “from bottom to top”.
• Use the [PREV] and [NEXT] buttons to select the
parameter you wish to edit, and set the desired
value with the [VALUE] dial.
Parameter fields can also be selected by press-
ing them.
■ Gender: Allows you to change the timbre of the
part. Negative values produce a “masculine” effect,
positive values add “feminine” qualities.
■ PanPot: Allows you to set the placement of the
corresponding part in the stereo sound image. This is
only meaningful if you connect the DisCover 5 to a
stereo amplifier. “64” corresponds to the center, the
values 0~63 to the left side (“0” being far left), and
65~127 to the right side (“127” being far right).
■ Volume: Allows you to set the level of the corre-
sponding part. Be aware that even the maximum
value produces no audible effect if the [HARMONY]
knob is set all the way to “MIN”.
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Press the
[Common]
field to jump to the fol-
lowing page.
• Use the [PREV] and [NEXT] buttons to select the
parameter you wish to edit, and set the desired
value with the [VALUE] dial.
Parameter fields can also be selected by press-
ing them.
• Press the [Portamento] field to switch this effect
on. “Portamento” means that the pitch doesn’t
change in clearly defined steps: it produces
glides from one note to the next.
■ Portamento Time: Use this parameter to specify
the speed at which the glides are carried out. The
higher the value, the slower the transitions.
■ Random Tuning: This parameter allows you to
introduce subtle (or not-so-subtle) pitch inaccuracies
usually associated with analog synthesizers. Irrespec-
tive of the choice you make here (Low, Middle, High),
the effect will be noticeable, but never overly dra-
matic. Select “Off” if you do not need this effect.
This is not the same as a vibrato effect, because it
only affects the onset of the notes. There is thus no
periodic modulation of the pitch. And “Random”
means that the exact detuning is unpredictable and
therefore changes with every chord the Vocoder pro-
cesses.
■ Note Wrap: Activate this field if the Vocoder
notes should remain within a “natural” range. If it is
off, some notes may sound too high or too low.
■ Octave: This parameter allows you to transpose
the Vocoder in octave steps.