TC electronic SDN BHD Harmony4 user manual Voices Tab, Level, Pan, Gender

The Voices Tab

The Voices Tab allows editing of settings you need most for each harmony voice. The number of parameters differs depending on the harmony mode in the current preset.

Level

Here you can mix the relative levels of each of the four voices. There is also an "Off" value which will disable any voice. Setting all four voices to 0dB (full) will most likely cause output clipping with hot inputs. If this occurs, you can either reduce the input level with the IN slider or reduce the level of each voice. Note that any voice whose level is set to Off will ignore MIDI. If you want to use automation to fade-up a voice in a MIDI controlled harmony mode, you should start at -60dB and not Off.

Voicing (Scale mode), Offset (Shift mode), Position (Chord mode)

These parameters allow you to arrange the intervals of your four singers above and below the lead singer. They are available in all modes except Notes and Notes 4CH and they work slightly differently in each harmony mode:

In Shift Mode, the Offset values range from -24 semitones to +24 semitones in a fixed, non-diatonic interval relative to the input melody.

In Scale Mode, the Voicing parameter specifies a diatonic interval relative to the input. The range is -2 octaves to +2 octaves. For example, a setting of +3rd will result in a harmony voice a third above the input voice, which could be major or minor depending on the current Key and Scale settings. Values of for example, ++3 or --5 are over an octave away from the input note.

In Chord Mode, the Position parameter determines a more general relationship between the harmony note and the input note. The harmony intervals relate to the chords played on your MIDI keyboard. A setting of "Up1" generally places the harmony voice a third above the input voice.

In Notes and Notes 4CH modes, the Voicing parameter is not shown or editable because intervals are determined by the incoming MIDI notes.

Pan

Each harmony voice can have its own stereo pan position. Spreading the harmony voices within the stereo field can help de-couple the harmony voices from the input voice, resulting in more natural sounding harmonies. Left = “-”, Right = “+”

Gender

This parameter shifts the formants (often called the gender) of the harmony voices. Use it to alter the character of the voice ranging from -50 (a big person with a deep, resonant voice) to 0 (no change) to +50 (mice/alien sound).

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