TC-Helicon VoiceWorks Manual - Manual (Page 16)

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Introduction
A VoiceWorks Preset is made up of all param-
eters under the eight Voices & Effects keys.
These include INDIVIDUAL VOICES (4), over-
all HARMONY, lead voice THICKENING,
EFFECTS, and PITCH CORRECTION keys.
A single click on a Voices & Effects key will
activate/deactivate its processing, a Double
click will enter its edit menu. Lit key LEDs
indicate that the respective processing is
enabled.
INDIVIDUAL VOICE KEYS
These are the keys with the four human body
icons. They allow the enabling/disabling/editing
of individual harmony voices.
A single click will turn on/off an individual har-
mony voice. Double clicking a key gives
access to the following parameters:
L EVEL
Sets the output level of the selected voice.
Please note that there is also a master harmo-
ny voice level found under the HARMONY key.
V OICING
This parameter is used to set the voicing of the
selected voice. This parameter means different
things depending on the harmony mode of the
preset.
Scale Mode Presets
In this mode the Voicing parameter specifies
the interval of the harmony note with respect
to the input note in the scale. The range of val-
ues goes from --8, which is 2 octaves below
the input note, to ++8 which is two octaves
above the input note, or Cus, which means
custom voicing (See M
AP description). For
example, a setting of +3 will result in a harmo-
ny voice a third above the input voice, related
to the current scale.
Chord Mode Presets
In this mode the Voicing parameter specifies
the relation of the harmony note to the input
note with respect to the current chord. In chord
mode presets, the harmony voices are always
notes in the chord. A setting of Up1 will result
in the harmony voice being the next note
above the input voice in the chord. For
instance if the Chord was C Major and the
input note was an E, an Up1 setting would pro-
duce a G harmony voice, just above the input
E. The range of values goes from Dn5 (Down
5) to U (unison) to Up6. Additional values are
Rt1 and Rt2 which give the root as the harmo-
ny voice, and Bs1 and Bs2 (bass voicing)
which give the lowest MIDI note received. Rt2
and Bs2 are the higher pitch root and Bass
settings.
Shift Mode Presets
In this mode the voices are shifted relative to
the input note. The values range from -24
semitones to +24 semitones.
Notes Mode Presets
In this mode there is no selectable voicing,
instead you will see the currently decoded
MIDI note for the selected voice.
G ENDER
This parameter sets the formant of the
Harmony Voice. Use it to alter the character of
the voice ranging from -50 (a big person with a
deep voice) to 0 (no change) to +50
(mice/alien sound).
V IB
Vibrato Style. A list of Vibrato styles based on
the analysis of real singers.
V IB A MT
Vibrato amount. The depth of vibrato applied to
the voice.
P AN
L100 (panned fully left) to R100 (panned fully
right)
M AP
Custom Voice Mapping (Scale Mode Only).
Scale mode harmonies are basically pitch
maps. For each input note in a scale you can
define a resulting harmony note. The
VoiceWorks has pre-defined pitch maps for all
the offered scale roots, types, and intervals.
The Custom voicing feature allows you to cre-
ate your own pitch maps. For example, you
could define a pitch map so that a C input pro-
duces an E output and a D input produces an
A output. The best way to work with custom
voicing is as follows:
• For a given harmony voice, select the scale
root, type, and interval that most closely
matches the desired voicing.
• Go to the M AP I N parameter and select the
input note that requires a different harmony
note.
• Go to the O UT parameter and change the
VOICES & EFFECTS EDIT PARAMETERS