ANTARES Harmony EFX Owner’s Manual

Vocal Modeling Harmony Generator
Owner’s Manual
©2009 Antares Audio Technologies. All rights reserved. Certified Isinglass-free.
All trademarks are property of their respective owners. Antares Audio Technologies
231 Technology Circle, Scotts Valley, California 95066 USA www.antarestech.com Printed in USA Rev 1.0 PN P31031-0809 -M01
The Obligatory Legal Mumbo-Jumbo
The Antares Harmony EFX software and this User’s Manual are protected by copyright law. Making copies, adaptations, or derivative works without the prior written authorization of Antares Audio Technologies, is prohibited by law and constitutes a punishable violation of the law.
Antares Audio Technologies retains all ownership rights to the Harmony EFX software and its documentation. Use of Harmony EFX is limited by the following license agreement.
Please carefully read all the terms and conditions of this license agreement. At the time of installation of the Harmony EFX software you will be presented with a copy of the agreement and asked whether or not you agree to it. Continuing with the installation process beyond that point constitutes such agreement.
Harmony EFX License Agreement
Antares Audio Technologies grants you a non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use Harmony EFX under the terms and conditions stated in this agreement. Use of Harmony EFX indicates your agreement to the following terms and conditions.
License
You may:
1. Use Harmony EFX on only one computer at a time.
You may not:
1. Make copies of Harmony EFX or of the user manual in whole or in part except as expressly provided for in this agreement. Your right to copy Harmony EFX and the user manual is limited by copyright law. Making copies, verbal or media translations, adaptations, derivative works, or telecommunication data transmission of Harmony EFX without prior written authorization of Antares, is prohibited by law and constitutes a punishable violation of the law.
2. Make alteration or modifications to Harmony EFX (or any copy) or disassemble or de-compile Harmony EFX (or any copy), or attempt to discover the source code of Harmony EFX.
3. Sub-license, lease, lend, rent, or grant other rights in all or any portion of Harmony EFX (or any copy) to others.
Term of the Agreement
This agreement is effective until terminated by you or Antares. You may terminate the agreement at any time by notifying Antares and destroying all copies of the manual, and erasing Harmony EFX from all machine-readable media, whether on-line or on archival copies.
In the event of breach of any of the terms of this agreement, you shall pay the attorney’s fees of Antares that are reasonably necessary to enforce the agreement plus resulting damages.
Limited Warranty And Disclaimer
HARMONY EFX AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILIT Y AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICUL AR PURPOSE.
Antares Audio Technologies does not warrant that the functions contained in the program will meet your requirements. The entire risk as to the use, quality, and performance of Harmony EFX is with you.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS. YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION.
Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL ANTARES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA , LOST PROFITS OR OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OF HARMONY EFX OR ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS. THIS LIMITATION WILL APPLY EVEN IF ANTARES OR ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE LICENSE FEE REFLECTS THIS ALLOCATION OF RISK. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILIT Y FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Whew! Now that that’s over, let’s get on to the good stuff.

Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started
How to use this manual 3 Installing and Authorizing 4 Technical Support 4
Chapter 2 Introducing Harmony EFX
What the heck is this thing? 5
Chapter 3 Harmony EFX Controls
Original Input 9 Harmony Voices 10 Humanization 12 Glide 14 Harmony Modes 14 Harmony Presets 22
Appendix Factory Presets and Tutorial Sessions 24
Index 25
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Welcome!

On behalf of everyone at Antares Audio Technologies, we’d like to offer both our thanks and congratulations on your decision to purchase Harmony EFX, the most affordable, quickest, easiest-to-use tool for creating realistic vocal harmony.
Before you proceed any farther, we’d like to strongly encourage you to register and authorize your copy of Harmony EFX. ( You can skip ahead to the Authorization and Installation instructions on page 3. We’ll wait.)
As a Harmony EFX owner, you are entitled to receive notification of any software upgrades, technical support, and advance announcements of upcoming products. But we can’t send you stuff unless we know who and where you are. So please, register.
With your purchase of Harmony EFX, you have created a relationship with Antares which we hope will be long and gratifying. Let us know what you think. You can count on us to listen.
Again, thanks.
The Whole Antares Crew
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Chapter 1: Getting Started
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How to use this manual
We know you’re probably
going. While we’ve designed the Harmony EFX interface to be largely self-explanatory, Harmony EFX introduces some new concepts to the process of quickly and easily creating realistic harmonies, so, to really get the most out of Harmony EFX, we strongly encourage you to read this manual.
Of course, you’re welcome to just launch your host and play around with Harmony EFX for a while, but to get a good idea of Harmony EFX’s capabilities (and how to accomplish various basic tasks) you should at least:
Check out the Factory Presets Guide PDF
that you will find on the installation DVD or included with your download. We’ve included a variety of presets that configure Harmony EFX to let you quickly and easily interact with its various modes and functions and the guide will help you discover what they’re about.
Check out the Tutorial Sessions Guide that
you will also find on the installation DVD or included with your download. The Tutorial Sessions let you see (and hear) exactly how Harmony EFX was used to create some of the audio demos on our web site and on the installation DVD. The demos’ composers have been kind enough to allow us to include the actual sessions for you to load into your host and experiment with. Open them up. Check out the Harmony EFX settings. Tweak some controls and see what happens.
Finally, when you’re ready to learn everything Harmony EFX can do, check out Chapter 3 for detailed descriptions of every function.
anxious to get some harmony
The contents of this manual
Chapter 1: Getting Started
The chapter you are reading. Provides information on installing and authorizing Harmony EFX.
Chapter 2: Introducing Harmony EFX
Provides a brief introduction to what Harmony EFX is all about and gives an overview of Harmony EFX’s key features.
Chapter 3: Harmony EFX Controls
This chapter is reference information for every control used in the Harmony EFX interface.
Appendix: Factory Presets & Tutorial Sessions
A brief discussion of the accompanying Factory Presets Guide and the Tutorial Sessions Guide.

Installing Harmony EFX

Harmony EFX is designed to function as a plug­in in a wide variety of digital audio applications. Please refer to your specific host application’s user manual for more information on installing and using plug-ins. (Although in most cases, simply double-clicking the Harmony EFX installer and following the resulting directions will be all you need to do.)
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Authorizing Harmony EFX
Authorization is the process by which Harmony EFX is allowed to run on your computer. Detailed instructions covering the available authorization options will be found in the file “Authorization Read Me” which is included on the installation DVD ROM or with your software download.
NOTE: When initially installed,
this software will run for ten days without authorization.
So even if you can‘t authorize it right away you can still use your software in the meantime. (During this period, click the “Continue” button whenever you are presented with the Trial Period screen at launch.) But don’t procrastinate too long. After those ten days are up you will no longer be able to launch Harmony EFX until it’s authorized.
Technical Support
In the unlikely event that you experience a problem using Harmony EFX, try the following:
1. Make sure you have the latest version of the plug-in. You can download and install the latest version of Harmony EFX from the following web page:
http://www.antarestech.com/download/
update.shtml
2. If you are having problems authorizing your software, be sure that you have the latest version of the PACE Interlok drivers. You can download and install the latest version for your operating system from the following web page:
http://portal.knowledgebase.net/article.
asp?article=174703&p=5764
If your problem is not resolved after taking the above actions, try the following:
1. Make another quick scan through this manual. Who knows? You may have stumbled onto some feature that you didn’t notice the first time through.
2. Consult our searchable knowledgebase at:
http://www.antarestech.com/support/
index.html
3. Check our web page for tips, techniques, or any late-breaking information:
http://www.antarestech.com
4. Join the Antares Online Community. The Antares Online Community is a place where Antares product users can gather to exchange information, compare notes, and get to know other Antares users from around the world. Check it out at:
http://www.antarestech.net
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