Antares Harmony Engine Evo user manual

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Installing Harmony Engine Evo 
Harmony Engine Evo is designed to function 
as a plug-in in a wide variety of digital audio 
applications. Please refer to your specific host 
application’s user manual for more information 
on installing and using plug-ins.
Authorizing Harmony Engine Evo 
Authorization is the process by which Harmony 
Engine Evo is allowed to run on your computer. 
Detailed instructions covering the available 
authorization options will be found in the file 
“Authorization Read Me” which...

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Chapter 2:  
Introducing Harmony Engine Evo
What the heck is this 
thing?
Harmony Engine Evo is 
the second generation of our Harmony 
Engine real-time harmony generating plug-
in. Like its predecessor, Harmony Engine 
Evo puts professional-quality vocal harmony 
arrangements within reach of any songwriter, 
producer, musician or engineer.
What’s new?
While clearly the most visible addition to 
Harmony Engine Evo is the integration 
of five channels of our unique CH oIR Vocal Multiplier (and that  is...

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Key Harmony Engine Evo features include:• Four high- quality, formant- corrected harmony voices featuring Evo™ Voice Processing 
Technology providing independent vocal 
character, vibrato, and pan settings
• Antares Throat Modeling technology that lets 
you process each harmony voice through a 
physical model of the human vocal tract
• A variety of innovative Harmony Control modes, from fully automatic to individual 
control of every note:
  Fixed or Scale Intervals:  Simply set the 
key and harmony...

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Chapter 3: Harmony Engine Evo Controls
This chapter is a reference for all of the controls used in the Harmony Engine Evo interface. 
Controls
Continuous controls in Harmony Engine Evo are 
represented by virtual knobs or faders. 
Knobs can be controlled by either vertical or 
horizontal movement: 
VERTICAL: Position the cursor over a knob, 
press and hold the left mouse button (or 
the only mouse button, if you’re using a 
one-button mouse) and move the cursor 
up to turn the knob clockwise or down...

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NOTE : The specific modifier key may 
vary from host to host (Steinberg 
hosts on the Mac, for example, use 
the Command (Apple) key instead of the Option 
key). Refer to the Harmony Engine Evo Read 
Me for details (or just try a few until you find the 
one what works).
Setup
The functions described in this section are used 
to tell Harmony Engine Evo things about the 
source audio or otherwise affect the plug-in as 
a whole.
Input Audio
For accurate harmony generation and best 
modeling performance,...

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another track and then mute the original input in Harmony Engine Evo.
Five Channel Output
Depending on your host’s routing capabilities, 
you may be able to use Harmony Engine 
Evo in five channel output mode to send the 
original input and the four harmony voices 
to five separate channels for subsequent 
individual processing. Unfortunately, the ability 
and method of accomplishing this varies from 
host to host and typically involves making non-
standard use of a host’s 5.1 capabilities. Check 
your...

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TIp: The actual effect of this 
control depends a great deal on 
the characteristics of the original 
audio. Consequently, in most cases the 
best approach is to simply try the various 
settings and pick the one that best fits the 
style of your particular performance.
To select glottal waveform, click on the Model 
g lottal pop -up and then select the desired stylistic character from the pop -up list.
Bypass
This control is used to (you 
guessed it) bypass the plug-in. It 
has been designed to...

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MuteEngaging Mute Mode causes the 
original input signal to be muted from 
the output. 
When the Mute button is 
blue, Mute Mode in engaged. Click 
the button to toggle its state.
N OTE : If both the Input Channel’s 
Solo and Mute buttons are 
pressed, Solo takes preference. 
However, if Solo is then disengaged, 
the original input will then be muted.
A N OTH ER  NOTE : Moving a 
channel’s Gain slider to its 
minimum setting also results in 
completely muting its output.
Pan
Sets the 
original input’s...

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Harmony Voices 1– 4
Each of the four Harmony Voice channels 
are functionally identical and contain identical 
controls. 
It may be useful to think of the four Harmony 
Voices as being similar to the voices of a four-
voice synthesizer. Each voice has independent 
controls for setting its timbre, vibrato, pan 
and level. The method by which pitches are 
assigned to voices varies with the Harmony 
Modes selected in the Harmony Control 
section. In this section, we’ll describe the 
Harmony Voice...

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SoloEngaging a channel’s Solo Mode 
causes that channel’s signal 
to appear at the output and 
simultaneously mutes any other 
channels (Harmony Voice and/or Input Voice) 
that are not also soloed. 
When a channel’s Solo button is yellow, Solo 
Mode in engaged on that channel. Click a 
button to toggle its state.
N OTE : If both a channel’s Solo and 
Mute buttons are pressed, Solo takes 
precedence.
Mute
Engaging a Harmony Voice channel’s 
Mute Mode causes that channel’s 
signal to be muted from the...