Control Mode - Mackie Digital 8 Bus Owner's Manual

a second aux send, is used for reverb. The
input to the reverb effects block comes from a
mix of its assigned aux send and the output of
the harmony effects block. Each effects block
then returns its processed signal to an
individual stereo return.
one auxiliary send is routed to the harmony
processor. Four harmony voices are given dis-
crete outputs to two stereo returns.
board become the harmony parts. These parts
will stay on the note assigned by the keyboard
even when your voice shifts to a new pitch.
Using pitch bend and/or a modulation wheel,
realistic expression is introduced.
keyboard are interpreted by the Vocal Studio to
create natural harmony parts that move in
tandem with your voice.
the beginning of a song, and the Vocal Studio
automatically creates natural harmonies in real
time. This mode produces the most common
type of harmony in popular music.
chromatic interval between the lead vocal and
pitch-shifted voices to create true parallel
melody lines. This is useful more for special
effects than harmonies because our ear is
tuned to the "moving third" interval that
parallel (chromatic) harmonies don't provide.
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Quad: Selects mono in/quad out. Input from

Control Mode

Manual: Any notes played on a MIDI key-
SmartChord: Chords played from a MIDI
SmartKey: Enter the key and scale once, at
Pitch Shift: Use this button to set a
Edit–Harmony Ensemble
Interval: In SmartChord, SmartKey and
Pitch Shift control modes, "Interval" determines
how much higher or lower the harmony note is
than the lead note. In SmartChord and Smart
Key modes, the intervals are intelligent; that is,
they will sharpen or flatten automatically to
make the harmonies sound musically correct.
For Pitch Shift, the interval chosen is always
in parallel with the lead, regardless of the key
and scale.
Gender: The gender of each harmony voice
can be changed to create mixed vocal ensembles
without needing to see that special doctor in
Sweden.
Detune: Who sings a perfect third? No one,
really. "Detune" adjusts a harmony note's pitch
to be slightly above or below the exact note it
is creating.
Volume: Controls the level for each
harmony voice.
Pan: Controls the stereo placement of each
harmony voice.
Styles: Styles are preset modifiers you can
use to add realism to the harmony voices.
Timing: This allows you to control the en-
tries of the harmony parts, from 10 millisecond
to random delays.
Scoop: This controls how a harmony part
slides into each note. Do they bend up to it?
How much do they bend?
Vibrato: This controls the amount of vibrato
in your harmony parts.
Envelope: This control is used with the
"Manual" control mode. When in "Manual" con-
trol mode, a MIDI keyboard is used to trigger
harmony notes. The "Envelope" control adjusts
the attack and release timing of the harmony
MIDI notes. This can add bite or smooth out
the manual harmony sound.
Key/Scale: When the SmartKey control
mode is used, the key and type of scale of the
song must be selected for the intelligent har-
mony to choose musically correct harmonies.