Style; Setup - TC-Helicon VoicePrism User Manual

Vocals: Style & Setup

STYLE

SETUP

The menu lets you tweak the "humanizing" characteristics of your harmony
STYLE
voices to give them individuality. Pressing any of the softknobs accesses the
parameter lists, where you can select the parameter you want to alter.
(1 - 40ms): turn the softknobs to change the delay timing for each har-
TIMING DELAY
mony voice. This allows you to stagger when the harmony voices join the lead
voice, the same way real voices are not perfectly synchronized.
(On/Off): assigns random delay values to each of the four voices
TIMING RANDOM
each time a new note is sung. The delay amount will be between 0ms and the
you have selected.
ING DELAY
(+50, -50cents): use the softknobs to set the detune (variance) of
DETUNE AMOUNT
each harmony voice. This gives a more realistic sound, as actual voices are never
perfectly on pitch.
(On/Off): assigns a random detune value to each of the four voices
DETUNE RANDOM
each time a new note is sung. The detune amount will be between 0cents and the
you have selected.
DETUNE AMOUNT
(0 - 900cents): singers often start a note below the final pitch, then rise
SCOOP DEPTH
into it. The softknobs assign the scoop depth for each harmony voice, or the starting
offset (in cents) of the harmony voice from the correct pitch.
(0 - 100%): sets how often notes will have scooping applied
SCOOP RANDOM
(Slow (0) - Fast (10)): sets how quickly the harmony voice corrects pitch
SCOOP RATE
from its initial pitch offset.
(0, ±100cents): the softknobs set the vibrato depth for the harmony
VIBRATO DEPTH
voices in cents.
(0 - 2.5sec): determines when vibrato is applied from the beginning of
VIBRATO DELAY
a new note.
(None (0Hz), 12.7Hz): allows you to set the vibrato rate for each voice
VIBRATO RATE
in 0.1Hz increments.
The menu allows you to set the musical attributes of the current preset, giving
SETUP
you different adjustable parameters depending on the harmony mode you have set.
The exception is
PORTAMENTO
The display shows you the harmony notes that are assigned to the input pitch dis-
played. You can edit these harmony notes (see below). The ±1 and ±2 above the
harmony pitch notes show if the note is offset one or two octaves. No changes will
be saved unless you go through the
details on the adjustable parameters.
: in a preset the only variable parameter is
SHIFT SHIFT
: in presets you can choose from several scales or define the exact harmony
SCALE SCALE
notes for each note you sing with the
ny. Click to toggle through the pitch notes, twist to change the high-
EDIT SCALE
lighted note.
: for harmonies pitched to incoming MIDI, you can modify the
MANUAL
and toggle
RELEASE TIME
: in chordal harmony presets you can alter the key (e.g. "A") and chord type
CHORDS
(e.g. "major").
, which is available in every harmony mode.
process. The
STORE
EDIT SCALE
sensitivity On/Off.
VELOCITY
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VoicePrism User Manual
section gives further
MODE
.
PORTAMENTO
softknob to create custom harmo-
ATTACK TIME
STYLE
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TIM
and