TC-Helicon Play Acoustic - Reference Manual - Manual (Page 42)

Vocal FX button/section
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Harmony Advanced page
To enter the Harmony Advanced page, press and
hold any of the lit Blue Led soft buttons. To exit
the Advanced page, press the BACK button.
Scale parameter
If the Key is set manually (not auto), the ad-
vanced menu will allow you set the scale associ-
ated with the Key.
Choose one of the following settings:
► Major 1
► Major 2
► Major 3
► Minor 1
► Minor 2
► Minor 3
For more information, see “TC-Helicon scales
reference chart”. You can also find this chart on
the TC-Helicon website:
support.tc-helicon.com/entries/
21051886-scale-chart-for-TC-helicon-products/
Portamento parameter
Use the Portamento parameter to control the
amount of “slide” between notes as you sing.
The more Portamento you use, the more the
Harmony voices will slide, instead of jump, from
note to note.
► The 0 setting turns Portamento off.
► 100 is the maximum setting.
Using high amounts of both Humanize and Por-
tamento can make your harmony voices sound
as if they’ve… well… been drinking… a lot. Small
amounts are usually preferable.
Humanize parameter
Use the Humanize parameter to “humanize” the
Harmony voices by imparting some timing and
pitch variances to the voice.
At its core, this is actually the process of making
the harmony voices less accurate – but imper-
fection is something that can make voices sound
more “real”.
► The 0 setting turns humanization off.
► 100 is the maximum setting.