The Harmony Control Modes - Mackie Digital 8Bus D8B v5.1 Owner's Manual

In "Styles," you can create that extra amount
of personality and realism for your harmony
voices. Each style is controlled by a spin dial. Spin
the dial up or down to change the parameter; all of
the Style parameters are adjusted globally for
each harmony voice.
Timing adjusts the entrances of the harmony
voices. With "Timing" turned off, the harmony voices
enter at the same time as the lead voice. Each timing
parameter delays the harmony voices from the lead
vocal. Just like tuning, no group of singers sings the
notes at exactly the same time. The timing presets
have been created using individual delays for each
voice. Additionally, some time delay presets use
randomization. Randomization randomly creates
delay time for each voice from 0 delay to the delay
time specified. The timing presets are listed below.
Number Name Delay
0 Off none
1 Tight Mix between 5 and 12ms
2 Medium Mix between 10 and 32ms
3 Loose Mix between 20 and 36ms
4 5ms + Rand. Max. Delay of 5ms
5 10ms +Rand. Max. Delay of 10ms
6 20ms +Rand. Max. Delay of 20ms
7 30ms +Rand. Max. Delay of 30ms
8 40ms +Rand. Max. Delay of 40ms
9 50ms +Rand. Max. Delay of 50ms
10 80ms +Rand. Max. Delay of 80ms
Scoop adjusts how a voice attacks a note. Even
professional singers never hit a note right on pitch.
They hit their note slightly lower than the pitch they
are aiming for and then "scoop" up to the correct
note. The scoop presets are created using the
amount of scoop (how far below the note) and how
long it takes for the harmony voice to scoop to the
actual note.
Number Name Description
0 Off no scooping
1 The Pros#1 low amount, fast rate scooping
2 The Pros#2 high amount, medium-fast rate scooping
3 Semi Pro#1 low amount, medium-slow rate scooping
4 Semi Pro#2 high amount, slow rate scooping
5 Swoopy low amount, very slow rate scooping
Vibrato adds another level of human quality to
the harmony voices. The majority of singers use
some amount of vibrato. Basically, Vibrato is like the
modulation wheel on a keyboard, which modulates a
harmony voice's pitch by a small amount. The
Vibrato presets are based on the amount of
modulation, the rate of the modulation, and when the
modulation starts.
Number Name
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Portamento is used to limit the hard stepping
between moving harmony notes. Portamento can add
realism to the movement of harmonies. With
Portamento, each harmony note slides into the next
at a selected rate. The rates are selected with the
Portamento spin dial from 0 (fastest) to 10 (slowest).
PitchBend Range sets the pitch bend range that
can be applied to the harmony voices using a MIDI
device. The pitch bend range can be set from 0 to 12
semitones.
Key/Scale is an edit mode used only in
"SmartKey" mode. The use of Key/Scale is described
farther on under the "SmartKey" section.
Envelope is used only in the "Manual" control
mode. The use of "Envelope" is described in the
"Manual" section on page E-6.
Randomization
none
none
none
Harmony Control Modes determine the way in
per voice
which harmonies are created. IVL Vocal Studio has
per voice
per voice
four control modes. Each of these modes is tailored
per voice
toward a different application. They can be
per voice
per voice
categorized by two items:
per voice
1. Requires MIDI input: Using the D8B's MIDI
input, a keyboard or sequencer sends note
information to the IVL Vocal Studio to create
harmonies.
2. Intelligent Harmonies: IVL Vocal Studio uses
intelligence to help create natural harmonies.
Action
Requires MIDI Input
Use intelligent harmonies
Description
off no vibrato
Light low depth, medium rate with onset delay
Medium medium depth, medium rate with onset delay
Heavy high depth, medium rate with onset delay
Light & Fast low depth, fast rate with onset delay
Med & Fast medium depth, fast rate with onset delay
Heavy & Fast heavy depth, fast rate with onset delay
Light & Slow low depth, slow rate with onset delay
Med & Slow medium depth, slow rate with onset delay
Heavy & Slow high depth, slow rate with onset delay
Chorale low depth, very slow rate with no onset delay
Smart
Manual Chord
yes yes
no yes
Smart Pitch
Key Shift
no no
yes no