Antares Harmony Engine Evo user manual

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progressively higher pitched notes will be assigned in order to the progressively lowered 
numbered active channels. For example, 
for a four note chord, the lowest note will 
be assigned to harmony channel 4, the 
next higher to channel 3, the next higher to 
channel 2 and the highest to channel 1.
This ensures that you can use each 
channel’s Throat Length control to define a 
timbre, confident of that channel’s general 
range. In the example above, for instance, 
since harmony channel 4 will always...

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When you have programmed all of the chords and any alternative voicings, you’re ready to 
play your song and simply select the various 
Harmony Presets at the appropriate times, 
either manually (by clicking the buttons) or, 
better yet, via automation.
IM pORTANT N OTE: In Chord Degrees 
mode, the harmony notes are 
generated independently of the actual 
pitch of the original track. The original can be out 
of tune (or even a monotone, for that matter), 
but the harmony notes will still be perfectly...

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of enharmonic equivalents that we’ve already included twice above would go. If 
you don’t already know it by heart, check 
it out in the Chord Degrees section.)
The Chord popup is used to define the 
type of chord, and the Inversion popup, not 
unexpectedly, defines the inversion. 
The Register and Spread controls function 
exactly as described above.
As in the Chord Degree mode, assign all the 
chords and voicings you need to Harmony 
Preset buttons and harmonize away.
IM pORTANT N OTE: In Chord...

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“o n” MIDI notes appearing on an assigned MIDI channel. These notes are treated as if 
they were a chord (regardless if they actually 
are an “official” chord or not) and are re-voiced 
by the settings of the Register and Spread 
controls such that the lowest note played will 
always be the lowest pitched note and will 
be assigned to the highest numbered active 
harmony voice. 
The MIDI notes can, of course, be played in   
real time from a controller or recorded into 
a MIDI track that is then...

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IM pORTANT N OTE: In MIDI Omni 
mode, there is no way to guarantee 
that a particular note will be assigned 
to a particular harmony voice channel. While 
Harmony Engine Evo does its best to assign 
the lowest note to the highest numbered active 
channel, depending on your fingering, that 
may not always be possible. Setting different 
harmony voices to different Gain, p an, and/or Throat Length settings will almost certainly 
result in harmony lines jumping from timbre to 
timbre, which may or may...

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Harmony Presets
The Harmony Preset system allows you 
to assign combinations of harmony control 
settings to each of 15 buttons for instant 
recall, either manually or via automation. It 
is a powerful tool, both for ease of creating 
vocal arrangements and as a creative tool 
for quickly and easily experimenting with a 
variety of harmonic approaches. Particularly 
in Chord Degrees or Chord Names 
modes, assign a variety of chords to the 
preset buttons and, with just a few clicks, 
audition your...

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If you click the Assign button and then realize that you forgot to type a name for your preset, 
you can still click the name field and type a 
name before clicking a preset button to assign 
the preset.
If you click the Assign button and then, for 
some reason, change your mind, simply click it 
again to exit Assign mode.
To  edit an existing preset:
 1.  Click the existing preset’s button to call up its control settings and place its name in 
the Name field.
 2.  Edit the controls as desired.
 3....

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Voice Parameter Presets
The Voice Parameter Preset system allows 
you to assign combinations of voice parameter 
settings to each of 6 buttons for instant recall, 
either manually or via automation. This makes 
it easy to instantly change the timbre and 
configuration of your “vocal group” at any point 
in your song.
Voice Parameter Presets store the values of the 
following controls:
Naturalize
Pitch Variation
Timing Variation
glide Transition Rate
o riginal Input:Solo   MuteTracking  g ainPan...

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If you click the Assign button and then realize that you forgot to type a name for your preset, 
you can still click the name field and type a 
name before clicking a preset button to assign 
the preset.
If you click the Assign button and then, for 
some reason, change your mind, simply click it 
again to exit Assign mode.
To  edit an existing preset:
 1.  Click the existing preset’s button to call up its parameters and place its name in the 
Name field.
 2.  Edit the parameters as desired.
 3.  Click...

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Chapter 4: Factory Presets
This chapter provides brief descriptions of the factory presets that ship with 
Harmony Engine Evo.
Since it is extremely unlikely that any factory preset will be immediately useful 
for any of your personal projects, we have designed the presets to demonstrate 
various ways of using Harmony Engine Evo. Simply start with a vocal track whose key and chord 
progression you know and run through the presets while reading their descriptions below.
I M pORTANT N OTE: Unlike synth...