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Chapter 1: Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the Harmony4 Pro Tools

TDM plug-in from TC-

Helicon. This product is a landmark in that it is the first time our harmony

technology has been made available as a Pro Tools plug-in. You can now add

vocal sparkle and depth to your songs, advertising jingles, spoken word content,

video games and more from within the Pro Tools environment. All you need is a

nicely recorded vocal track to send to Harmony4. The four Hybrid Shifting

algorithms can be thought of as well trained singers that you can manipulate in

order to create vocal magic.

We hope you become as excited by the possibilities of Harmony4 as we are to

bring it to you.

The TC-Helicon Team

February 2007

Main Features

Runs in realtime on Pro Tools HD systems

Up to 4 harmony voices can be derived from a single vocal track

Choice of harmony intervals up to 2 octaves above or below

Humanization styles offer maximum realism and special FX

Tabbed interface simplifies and speeds editing

Range of musical inputs possible: “Notes” or “Chords” MIDI input modes,

“Key and Scale” or “Shift”

All settings are easily automated for precise results

Compatible with 96 KHz recordings

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Summary of Intelligent Vocal Harmony Harmony4

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Manual v1.0 user’s manual.
Page 2: Harmony4 User’S Manual
Harmony4 user’s manual table of contents chapter 1: introduction introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 support information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 chapter 2: descripti...
Page 3: Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: introduction thank you for purchasing the harmony4 pro tools ® tdm plug-in from tc- helicon. This product is a landmark in that it is the first time our harmony technology has been made available as a pro tools plug-in. You can now add vocal sparkle and depth to your songs, advertising ji...
Page 5: Support Information
Support information the tc support interactive website www.Tcsupport.Tc is designed as an online support and information center. At the site you can find answers to specific questions regarding tc-helicon software and hardware. All known issues are stored in a database searchable by product, categor...
Page 6: Chapter 2: Descriptions
Chapter 2: descriptions the main interface here we discuss getting around the gui. More detail on parameters follows later in the manual. 1. Host area - here you will find, among other features, the settings drop down menu with a selection of pre-configured parameter values grouped by harmony mode. ...
Page 7: The Main Interface (Cont.)
The main interface (cont.) 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 parameters. The slider on the right side of this window can be used to reveal more parameters if they exist in the harm...
Page 8: The Main Interface (Cont.)
The main interface (cont.) 6. Harmony mute - pressing this button will quickly turn the harmony voices off. 7. Musical info/various - each preset in harmony4 is based on one of the 4 harmony control modes. Each harmony mode has different requirements in order to make the voices produce musical sound...
Page 9: The Voices Tab
The voices tab the voices tab allows editing of settings you need most for each harmony voice. The number of parameters differs depending on the harmony mode in the current preset. Level here you can mix the relative levels of each of the four voices. There is also an "off" value which will disable ...
Page 10: The Humanize Tab
Note source and input note (only available in scale mode) 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 ...
Page 11: The Control Tab
Pitch randomize small amounts of this parameter apply a unique, moving pitch shift to each voice that is derived from the study of human singing. It is used to remove the sometimes mechanical sound of perfectly in-tune harmonies. Time randomize no group of singers is able to start their harmony note...
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Mode: chord in chord mode, musically correct harmonies are produced by chords recognized from the incoming midi notes. Mode: notes & notes 4ch in this mode, incoming midi notes determine the pitches of up to four harmony voices. When "notes" is selected, a single midi channel controls the 4 harmony ...
Page 13: The Setup Tab
Just tuning maintains the exact relative ratios between pitches,creating perfect harmonies. Just tuning will sound natural the majority of the time. Barbershop tuning differs from just tuning only in chord mode and is best used for a cappella applications. Hold this control engages the harmony hold ...
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Notes transpose in notes mode only, this setting works in tandem with the split zone and split note settings to allow you to play high harmony notes on the lower section of your keyboard and vice versa. Split zone & split note you can use these settings to isolate which section of your midi keyboard...
Page 15: Harmony Modes Background
Chapter 3 - producing harmony harmony modes background a quick description of why the harmony modes are required is that they help harmony4 “sing the right notes”. Each harmony mode requires different input from you and is capable of producing different harmony sounds. We will use a little allegory ...
Page 16: Getting Set Up
The notes harmony mode requires a midi keyboard and other midi source to dictate to harmony4 what harmony notes you’d like to hear. Once a harmony note or notes are held down on your midi keyboard or midi track, this is where they will stay regardless of your changing vocal melody. Shift mode shifts...
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² while harmony4 has excellent pitch detection, it may have trouble finding a pitch in growled or extremely raspy voices. 2. Connect a midi keyboard to your computer and create a midi track to pass the live midi notes through to harmony4. You can also use a pre-existing track or record a new one to ...
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You may want to record a scratch midi chord track in pro tools during the song sections where harmony is required so you can try the different chords presets without having to play at the same time. 3. You can now listen to how the different chord presets sound as the song plays. At this point you c...
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The preset. Editing the voicing parameters will give you a good idea of what is possible with this harmony mode. 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 tha...
Page 20: Chapter 4: Appendix
Chapter 4: appendix troubleshooting for the more extensive and up to date troubleshooting information please visit www.Tcsupport.Tc i don’t hear any harmony voices, but the input meter to harmony4 shows input level - nothing on the output? There are several common reasons harmonies are not being pro...
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21 scale types and voicings table lead v oice c c# d eb e f f# g g# a bb b maj1 3rd above e nc f nc g a nc b nc c d d 5th above g nc a nc b c nc d nc e f f maj2 3rd above e nc f nc g a nc c nc c d d 5th above g nc a nc c c nc e nc e f f maj3 3rd above e nc f nc g a nc bb nc c d d 5th above g nc a nc...
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Chord types and voicings table 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 recogn...