²While Harmony4 has excellent pitch detection, it may have trouble finding a pitch in growled or extremely raspy voices.
2.Connect a MIDI keyboard to your computer and create a MIDI track to pass the live MIDI notes through to Harmony4. You can also use a
3.Follow the procedure for creating an auxilliary send and return buss for your version of Pro Tools. In the return buss/channel, load Harmony4 as a TDM plug- in from the Pitch Shift menu. Once it is correctly loaded, press play and confirm that audio is reaching Harmony4 by checking that the IN meter is showing audio. Set Harmony4’s wet/dry to 100% wet.
Insert or Auxillary Send?
²While you can run Harmony4 as either an insert or auxiliary send plug- in, typically it’s best to run it as a
²You can use Harmony4 as an insert if you don’t mind controlling wet/dry mix within the
4.You can confirm that Harmony4 is receiving MIDI note information by loading a Notes mode preset e.g. “Notes In Stereo” and observing note names in the visualization area as you play your keyboard or play back a MIDI track.
Checking Out The Harmony Presets
Now that you’re setup, you can start producing harmony! If you are familiar with
1.If this is your first time creating virtual harmonies, start by loading the first preset in the factory preset list. The first group of presets are based on the Chords harmony mode so get ready to play chords on your MIDI keyboard or play back an existing MIDI track with the song’s chord changes. Chords presets will recognize the MIDI chords and produce harmonies relevant to the song.
2.Press Play and confirm all of your audio paths are correctly set. You should hear a mix of the lead voice and the harmony voices and see metering indications in your track meters. Until you play the keyboard or MIDI track, the harmonies won’t follow the song but this is OK while you’re making sure the audio paths are correct.
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