Antares Harmony Engine Evo user manual

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CHO rd dEG rEES 1
This preset provides the root version of all of 
the available chord degrees on the Harmony 
Preset buttons, as well as the first inversion of 
the key’s root chord.
The Register and Spread controls are set for 
fairly wide, mid-range harmonies.
The Voice Parameter Presets provide the 
following choices:
No Variation: default Throat Lengths 
and all Humanization settings at 0
Varied: Various amounts of Naturalize, 
Pitch and Timing Variation and 
modified Throat Lengths
Vibrato:...

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Hi2Low: Throat Lengths optimized for a high input voice that is generally being 
shifted down (e.g., the original input is 
a soprano and the harmony voices are 
in the alto, tenor, or even bass range).
THI nGS TO T ry:Just play with the various chords and voicings 
with your input voice. Do they work?
If the key of the original input is totally 
incompatible with the chords, mute the original 
input and listen to just the harmony voices. 
Since Chord Name mode always generates 
the correct harmony...

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duET
This preset uses Scale Interval Mode to provide 
one harmony voice at a variety of intervals. 
(Don’t forget to change the presets buttons’ 
Key and Scale settings to match your track.) 
Choices include:
5th up or down
4th up or down
3rd up or down
octave up or down
Harmony Channel 1 is used for all presets. 
The other channels are muted.
The Voice Parameter Presets provide a 
No Variation version, along with Low and 
High versions, which add Humanization 
and Throat Length modifications 
that...

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The point of this is that different parts of a particular project may work best with different 
harmony modes. For example, Scale Interval 
mode might work great for an entire song 
except for one phrase in the bridge where the 
harmony moves away from the basic scale. In 
that case, you can have the primary preset be 
in Scale Interval mode, but still include a few 
Harmony Presets that specifically define the 
errant chords in Chord Name mode.
THI nGS TO T ry:Experiment with the various combinations...

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Chapter 5: Tutorial Sessions
As mentioned in Chapter 1, the composers who produced some of the Harmony 
Engine Evo demo compositions have been kind enough to allow us to include the 
actual sessions for you to load into your host and experiment with. 
In each case, we’ve provided versions of each demo for a number of the most 
popular host applications. To keep the sessions to manageable size, all accompaniment tracks have 
been mixed to a single stereo track. Any pre-processing of the vocal tracks...

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Stay by Me (Paloma r amos and Jason Poyner; produced by b rian English)
This pop ballad consists of a lead vocal track by singer/songwriter Paloma Ramos with piano 
accompaniment by co -writer Jason Poyner. Producer Brian English generated MIDI data from 
Jason’s original keyboard performance and edited it for use as harmony control input to a single 
instance of Harmony Engine Evo.
Brian used two of Harmony Engine Evo’s 
MIDI modes for different harmony voicing 
effects. In some sections, he used...

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Lif t us Away (gerry bassermann)
This country-tinged song features two vocalists, a male and a female, each processed with an 
instance of Harmony Engine Evo. Between the two parts, gerry uses three different Harmony 
Control modes as follows:
Male Singer
The male singer’s performance is split into 
three distinct sections:
In the first section, the harmonic structure is 
relatively simple, allowing four harmony voices 
to be generated using Scale Interval mode in 
g Major. The selected intervals are...

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Notice how the number of female harmony voices changes at various places in the song. 
In MIDI Channel mode, a harmony voice is 
only active when MIDI data is present on its 
channel, so it’s easy to have a duet in one 
section and four part harmony in the next (or 
even from note to note).
THI nGS TO T ry:Select different intervals in the male singer’s 
Scale Intervals sections.
Try different Register and Spread settings 
during the male’s Chord Name section.
Set Choir Size to 4 voices and engage it...

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Let you Know (Erik d and Stacey d awn)
In this tasty bit of techno from Erik D and Stacey Dawn, the lead vocal and various vocal effects 
are split onto four separate tracks, each with its own instance of Harmony Engine Evo, allowing the 
various parts to overlap each other.
Here’s what’s there:
The first track, intermittent “Yeah”s, 
uses Harmony Engine Evo set to Scale 
Interval mode in C Major to create a single 
harmony part a 5th above the original vocal. 
All Humanize functions are set to 0.
The...