Vocal Modeling
Harmony Generator
Owner’s Manual
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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