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TC Electronic HARMONY4 Manual

TC Electronic HARMONY4 Manual

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  • Page 1 Manual version 1.1...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Harmony4 User’s Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Introduction ..........4 Main Features .

  • Page 4: Introduction

    We hope you become as entranced by the possibilities of Harmony4 as we are excited to bring it to you. The TC-Helicon Team...

  • Page 5: Support Information

    The TC Support Team is on constant alert to help you in any way they can. Contact Details Alternatively, you may contact the TC Electronic distributor in your area, or write TC ELECTRONIC A/S TC Electronic, Inc.

  • Page 6: System Requirements

    Plug-In parameters: Key Commands In Windows Fine Adjust = Alt + Scroll Wheel (in some hosts) Key Commands in Mac OS Fine Adjust = Apple + Scroll Wheel (in some hosts) Harmony4 page 6...

  • Page 7: Chapter 2: Descriptions

    3. Tab Editing Area - This is composed of 4 tabs containing parameters that are grouped by function. Generally, each voice has its own vertical column of settings. The slider on the right side of this window can be used to reveal more parameters if they exist. Harmony4 page 7...
  • Page 8 5. Wet/Dry Mix, and Pan - There is an optional dry path through the plug in for times when you use Harmony4 as a channel insert. Note that when used as a stereo insert plugin, only the left channel of the audio track will be as input to Harmony4.

  • Page 9: The Voices Tab

    These parameters help you to create custom scales for times when the lead voice melody, the harmony voice(s), and the musical accompaniment don’t sound correct on certain notes. You can edit the individual harmony notes of all four voices (if they are all enabled) for each input note. Harmony4 page 9...

  • Page 10: The Humanize Tab

    Also note that sometimes breathy consonants in the lead voice can create a slight flange effect when mixed with the harmony voices. Adding Time Randomize can help reduce this. Harmony4 page 10...

  • Page 11: The Control Tab

    MIDI channel in the Setup tab which has many benefits including: 1. the ability to use unique pitch bends on each channel 2. full stability of panning, and gender assignments for each voice. Harmony4 page 11...
  • Page 12 To take full advantage of this mode, you will need to have 4 tracks of MIDI data on separate channels driving Harmony4. Key & Scale (available only in Scale Mode) Use these parameters to set the key, and scale type. The scale defines the map for how the harmony voices will react to the input pitch.

  • Page 13: The Setup Tab

    7). The chord defines the allowable notes for the harmony voices. The Setup Tab When using the two modes that require MIDI input, Notes, and Chords, it is essential to match the MIDI settings of Harmony4 to those of your DAW’s MIDI track for controlling harmony. Harmony V1(All) Channel The MIDI channel for notes, and sustain pedal information must match the channel of the transmitting keyboard controller, or sequencer MIDI track.

  • Page 14: Chapter 3: Producing Harmony

    The ways in which you communicate this information to Harmony4 are through the “harmony modes”. Like your friend in our analogy, Harmony4 has intelligence that can contribute to making good music. You can choose to use this intelligence, or not depending on the chord structure of your song and the harmony lines you have in mind.

  • Page 15: A Comparison Of The Harmony Modes

    Notes concerning input files: The vocal track driving Harmony4 can be mono, or stereo. In the case of it being stereo, only the left channel send is sent to Harmony4. See the Insert, or Auxiliary Send? note below for more information on mono/stereo.

  • Page 16: Checking Out The Harmony Presets

    While Harmony4 has excellent pitch detection, it may have trouble finding a pitch in growled, or extremely raspy voices. 4. Create a send bus from the audio track to Harmony4. This will be handled differently in the various DAW programs so consult the manual that came with your DAW if you haven’t done this before.
  • Page 17 The four MIDI channel assignments of the tracks must match the assignments set in the Setup tab of Harmony4. It sounds like a lot of work but this is arguably the most flexible and powerful harmony mode so it is worth the extra effort to hear it.
  • Page 18 If you’ve stayed with this text up to this point, you’ve received a good overview of what Harmony4 has to offer. From this point onwards you can work with presets in the harmony modes that suit your workflow best. Harmony4 page 18...

  • Page 19: Answers

    MIDI notes through Why do my meters only show activity on the left channel? If Harmony4 is inserted on a mono channel only the left side of Harmony4 is used. For both meters to function, use Harmony4 on a stereo channel.

  • Page 20: Scale Intervals Chart

    “nc” note. The following table shows the range of harmony voicings available in Scale mode. +2 Octaves Unison -1 Octaves - -2 - -3 - -4 - -5 - -6 - -7 -2 Octaves Harmony4 page 20...

  • Page 21: Chordal Intervals Chart

    The following gives additional detail on Chords mode. It shows the range of chords recognized by Harmony4 based on a chord root of C in the left column. To the right in the table is the combination of notes that are required to be played in order for Harmony4 to recognize each chord type.

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