The Notes harmony mode requires a MIDI keyboard and other MIDI source to dictate to Harmony4 what harmony notes you’d like to hear. Once a harmony note or notes are held down on your MIDI keyboard or MIDI track, this is where they will stay regardless of your changing vocal melody.
Shift mode shifts the pitch of the lead melody by a fixed interval. This is most useful for doubling, special effects or
A Comparison of the Harmony Modes
The following table gives an overview of the plusses and minuses of each harmony mode.
Getting Set Up
1.After you’ve successfully installed Harmony4, open a new Pro Tools session or an existing one with a dry vocal track in it.
Notes concerning vocal input files:
²The vocal track driving Harmony4 can be mono or stereo. In the case of it being stereo, only the left channel send is sent to Harmony4.
²There should be as little as possible pitched instrument or other vocal leakage onto the main vocal track. Increasing leakage compromises the harmony quality.
²Any equalization of the send to Harmony4 should be minimized. You can add EQ after the
16
