User manual YAMAHA VHEFFECTEDITOR

[. . . ] VH Effect Editor Manual Important Notices The VH Effect Editor provides an easy, intuitive way to edit the Harmony effect settings of the PLG100-VH Vocal Harmony Plug-in Board. · Do not use any of the panel controls on an external tone generator while editing the Harmony effect with the VH Effect Editor, since this may inadvertently change the settings of the PLG100-VH. Copyright Notices · The software and this owner's manual are the exclusive copyrights of Yamaha Corporation. · Copying of the software or reproduction of this manual in whole or in part by any means is expressly forbidden without the written consent of the manufacturer. · Copying of the commercially available music sequence data and/or digital audio files is strictly prohibited except for your personal use. Trade Marks and Registered Trade Marks · The company names and product names in this Owner's Manual are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Notices · Yamaha makes no representations or warranties with regard to the use of the software and documentation and cannot be held responsible for the results of the use of this manual and the software. · The windows and illustrations in this manual are for instructional purposes only, and may slightly different from the ones shown on your software. About this manual · The screens shown in this manual are almost all on Windows systems. [. . . ] When set to "0, " the gender of all harmony notes above the melody will be changed. When set to another value, any harmonies within the interval specified will not be changed. For example, when this is set to 7 semitones, any harmonies a perfect fifth or lower will remain at the same gender as the original vocal. Used with Auto Lower Gender Threshold, this gives you flexible control over the gender of the harmony notes, both above and below the melody. · This parameter has no effect when Harmony Gender Type is set to "off. " 7. Auto Lower Gender Threshold Range: 0 . . . 12 (semitones) Default: 0 This determines which harmony notes below the melody will be gender-transformed when Harmony Gender Type is set to "Auto. " More specifically, it sets the range or interval of unchanged harmonies. When set to "0, " the gender of all harmony notes below the melody will be changed. When set to another value, any harmonies within the interval specified will not be changed. For example, when this is set to 5 semitones, any harmonies higher than a fourth below remain at the same gender as the original vocal. Used with Auto Upper Gender Threshold, this gives you flexible control over the gender of the harmony notes, both above and below the melody. · This parameter has no effect when Harmony Gender Type is set to "off. " 13 Parameters / Effect Parameters 8. +63 Default: 20 This determines the quality or character of the harmony notes above the melody that are set to automatically change gender -- according to the Harmony Gender Type and Auto Upper Gender Threshold settings. Extreme negative or positive values result in pronounced distortion of the voice quality. Also, the effect may vary according to the quality, character and pitch of the actual voice. Experiment with this to find values that sound most natural (or unnatural, if you prefer). · This parameter has no effect when Harmony Gender Type is set to "off. " 9. +63 Default: -20 This determines the quality or character of the harmony notes below the melody that are set to automatically change gender -- according to the Harmony Gender Type and Auto Lower Gender Threshold settings. Extreme negative or positive values result in pronounced distortion of the voice quality. Also, the effect may vary according to the quality, character and pitch of the actual voice. Experiment with this to find values that sound most natural (or unnatural, if you prefer). · This parameter has no effect when Harmony Gender Type is set to "off. " 10. Lead/Harmony Balance (Lead/Harm) Range: L63>H (maximum lead level) . . . L<H63 (maximum harmony level) Default: L=H This determines the relative balance of the lead and harmony voices. For most conventional applications, this should be set to "L=H" or a slightly higher lead level (such as "L10>H" or more). 11. 127 Default: 39 This determines the depth of the Vibrato effect on the harmony notes and the lead note. (The lead note is not affected when Lead Gender Type is set to "Off. ") Higher values result in a stronger, more pronounced vibrato sound. 14 Parameters / Effect Parameters 12. 127 Default: 47 This determines the speed of the Vibrato effect on the harmony notes and the lead note. [. . . ] If you are using only one tone generator, this should be set to "1. " Board Number Range: 1 . . . 8 This determines which tone generator card (or board) the VH Effect Editor will send data to. If you have multiple tone generator cards in your MIDI setup and each is set to a different Device Number, this parameter lets you select which card will be affected by the VH Effect Editor. If you are using only one tone generator card, this should be set to "1. " 26 Sequencer-related Operations / Setup Menus Insert Method (Plug-in Editor only) Offset When this is selected, only the parameters whose values have been changed from the default value will be inserted. All When this is selected, all parameter values will be inserted, whether they've been changed or not. Interval This determines the amount of time (in clocks) that separates each insertion. [. . . ]