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HARMONY AND TUNING

a set number of semitones away, based on

that pitch. The method of creating harmonies,

using a fixed number of semitones relative to

an input note or pitch, is called chromatic har-

mony, the theory of which we'll go into later.

We consider this type of harmonizing to be

non-intelligent because VoiceLive is not set to

any particular key or scale. These are pure,

parallel harmonies. The most common shift

harmony voices are the 5th (7 semitones) and

octave (12 semitones), ranging from two

octaves below the input to two octaves above

the input pitch.

Below is The C Major scale, showing third

above chromatic scale harmony, as used in

VoiceLive Shift Mode.

Black = Lead & Grey = Harmony

Chord (Chordal) Mode

Chordal harmonies take your chord information

to create intelligent, diatonic harmonies based

on your voice. To make “Chordal” harmonies,

you need to input in real time the chords of the

song. This may be done either via MIDI or

through a programmed sequence of chord

roots and types in Song mode. Chord infor-

mation consists of the chord root and type,

which define the 3 or 4 notes in a given chord.

In Chordal mode the Voicelive will only create

harmony voices that fall on the notes of the

chord. Chordal harmonies are “intelligent”

because they decipher the chord you’re play-

ing and the note you’re singing to produce

musically pleasing harmonies. When 1 above

is defined as a harmony voice (Up1

), the next

note from the chord above the input note is

output for that harmony voice.

The subsequent illustration shows the harmo-

ny notes for the C major scale with a voicing

selection of a C major chord and a single “one

above”.

Root: C, Chord Type: Maj, Voicing: Up1

Harmony

Here's where we can go into a little more

depth about harmonies. We've tried to keep it

practical, focusing on what VoiceLive can do

for you.

Harmony Hold

Truly an innovation, the Harmony Hold feature

lets you (on a whim) sustain the backing har-

mony voices while you continue to sing

through them. On activation (assign the USER

button to this function in either edit screen

UBTN or UT2 and press and hold or use the

Harmony Hold MIDI CC), you can freeze what-

ever the harmony voices are doing, and they

will hold their notes (in a very natural way) until

you let go (of the PEDAL button or by sending

the proper CC value). See edit screen UBTN

description in the “Preset Edit Screen” section of

the manual and the “MIDI Implementation”

section of the manual for more information.

Harmony Modes

VoiceLive has four different harmony modes,

which give four unique methods of creating

harmony. Once we get into describing the

more complex harmony modes, we’ll be show-

ing you examples based on the C major scale.

If you are unfamiliar with this scale we’ve

shown C major here.

Notes Mode

In this Mode, you provide VoiceLive with spe-

cific MIDI note information to determine the

pitch of the harmony voices. VoiceLive has two

“Manual/Notes” harmony modes, single and 4

channel. VoiceLive may be set to Notes 4

Channel mode through the Edit Screen UT6.

Notes 4 Channel mode allows you to send 4

channels of MIDI information, one for each

individual harmony voice. This is the most

direct and flexible way of creating harmonies,

allowing you to weave complex melodies and

counter harmonies irrespective of your lead

vocal.

Shift Mode

Also known as “Fixed Interval”, this takes the

pitch of your lead voice and creates harmonies

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