Tc-electronic Harmony4 TDM User Manual

Manual v1.0USER’S MANUAL

Note Source and Input Note (Only available in Scale Mode)These parameters help you to create custom scales for times when the leadvoice melody, the ha

Pitch RandomizeSmall amounts of this parameter apply a unique, moving pitch shift to eachvoice that is derived from the study of human singing. It is

Mode: ChordIn Chord Mode, musically correct harmonies are produced by chordsrecognized from the incoming MIDI notes.Mode: Notes & Notes 4CHIn this

Just tuning maintains the exact relative ratios between pitches,creatingperfect harmonies. Just Tuning will sound natural the majority of the time. Ba

Notes TransposeIn Notes mode only, this setting works in tandem with the Split Zone and SplitNote settings to allow you to play high harmony notes on

Chapter 3 - Producing HarmonyHarmony Modes BackgroundA quick description of why the harmony modes are required is that they helpHarmony4 “sing the rig

The Notes harmony mode requires a MIDI keyboard and other MIDI source todictate to Harmony4 what harmony notes you’d like to hear. Once a harmonynote

² While Harmony4 has excellent pitch detection, it may have troublefinding a pitch in growled or extremely raspy voices. 2. Connect a MIDI keyboard to

You may want to record a scratch MIDI chord track in Pro Tools during thesong sections where harmony is required so you can try the differentChords pr

the preset. Editing the voicing parameters will give you a good idea of what ispossible with this harmony mode.If you’ve stayed with this text up to t

Harmony4 User’s ManualTable of ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Chapter 4: AppendixTroubleshootingFor the more extensive and up to date troubleshooting information please visitwww.tcsupport.tcI don’t hear any harmo

21Scale Types and Voicings TableLead Voice C C# D Eb E F F# G G# A Bb BMAJ13rd Above E nc F nc G A nc B nc C D D5th Above G nc A nc B C nc D nc E F FM

Chord Types and Voicings TableThe following gives additional detail on Chords mode. It shows the range ofchords recognized by Harmony4 based on a chor

Chapter 1: IntroductionThank you for purchasing the Harmony4 Pro Tools®TDM plug-in from TC-Helicon. This product is a landmark in that it is the first

System RequirementsWINDOWS and MAC• Digidesign Pro Tools|HD®running Pro Tools®version 7.0 or newer• Available TDM DSP resources in projectParameter In

Support InformationThe TC Support Interactive website www.tcsupport.tc is designed as an onlinesupport and information center. At the site you can fin

Chapter 2: DescriptionsThe Main InterfaceHere we discuss getting around the GUI. More detail on parameters followslater in the manual.1. Host Area - H

The Main Interface (cont.)3. Tab Editing Area - This is composed of 4 tabs containing parameters thatare grouped by function. Generally, each voice h

The Main Interface (cont.)6. Harmony Mute - Pressing this button will quickly turn the harmony voices off.7. Musical Info/Various - Each preset in Ha

The Voices TabThe Voices Tab allows editing of settings you need most for each harmonyvoice. The number of parameters differs depending on the harmony