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3. 22 Gh 24 presets is the first sb 22 sh 24 o 22 cb step when using Mu z a A Pan Oi Sa Ess x ts Voice Section 6 p A cy a 13 covers preset p0ooono mmo ao romero oa Modifier Filter KEBS Filter lt 1_ Filter lt 1 Filter lt 1_ management In dase Wane quae Je Oe je liza SG Fj aa SS a JED SBD greater detail Mu T achndloaies 2 Scheme Editing Chords can be added to the chord scheme by pressing the Insert button on the Chord Panel or double clicking the chords Presets are added by pressing the Insert button on the Preset Panel The scheme editor allows to cut copy paste and delete selections 3 Go Live Once the chord scheme is defined it can be used to control chords and presets simultaneously By clicking on one of the scheme elements the chord and preset are applied Also keyboard events can be used when the scheme has the focus only for hosts that support key events This is typically how Mu Voice could be used in a live setting In a studio setting full automation is the way to go see 2 4 28 04 04 072 6b 23 Ebm 34 01 01 087 6b 24 Db 40 02 02 059 2 31 03 04 044 32 03 04 064 6b 22 Gb 22 36 02 04 079 38 01 04 082 6b 22 Gb 22 Db Cb 42 04 03 020 43 04 02 059 6b 22 6b 22 Ebm Abm WOW Oye SO 46 02 01 039 49 02 03 058 50 04 04 088 52 01 04 072 6b 23 Ebm 54 04 04 092 6b 25 57 04 01 080 ow Y signature Chord
4. Tuner with a parametric impact and two modes chromatic and scale e XML based format for parameters presets plug in state and chord scheme e SIMD optimizations for optimal performance Each harmony channel has a large number of controls e Configure your harmonies by selecting the voicing and octave Bypass button on first track Mute button e Gain slider Pitch shift slider with configurable and editable range e Pan Slider Humanize Slider e Formants Slider e Filter Selection e Harmonic EQ Selection 1 2 Minimum System Requirements Windows Mac Operating System Windows XP Operating System OS 10 4 0 or higher Processor Clock gt 1 Ghz Processor Clock gt 1 Ghz Memory gt 512MB Memory gt 512MB Mu T achndloaies 1 3 Installing Mu Voice Versions The current version of Mu Voice is 1 1 1 and is available on Windows VST RTAS Mac Universal Binary VST AU RTAS coming soon Manual Install on Windows A plug in in Windows is a dynamically linked library with the extension dll For RTAS a dpm and a dpm rsr file are required These files must be copied to the plug in directory which is different for every host For the most common hosts these directories are Pro Tools C Program Files Common Files Digidesign DAE Plug Ins Cubase C Program Files Steinberg Cubase VstPlugins etc Manual Install on Mac A plug in on Mac is a bundle which must be copied to predefined locatio
5. at the same time being the pitch variance and an additional delay The pitch variance range from zero to a third of a half tone over the first third of the slider The delay ranges from zero to 34 ms over the full range of the slider The interface also contains an editable Humanize Display and a Default Humanize Button which sets the value to zero G Mu T achndloaies 4 7 Formant Control Gender In order to understand the Formant Slider it is important to understand what the spectrum of a singing voice looks like The spectrum is a representation of the signal that shows the intensity of each frequency For a periodic sound source it consists of a series of peaks that are positioned at multiples of the fundamental frequency Mu Voice uses its proprietary state of the art spectral analyzer that determines the amplitude of each component The curve that connects all these peaks is called the spectral envelope or the formant curve This curve determines the timbre of the sound and is different for all each vowel Figure 2 A shows the spectral envelope and fundamental frequency of a spectrum When a pitch shifted up without correcting the spectral envelope Fig 2 B or formant curve the timbre is changed When one wishes to carry out a pitch shift without timbre change the spectral envelope needs to be preserved Fig 2 C A ORIGINAL B NO FORMANT PRESERVATION C FORMANT PRESERVATION Amplitude Amplitude Amplitude SPECTRAL ENVELOPE
6. Display shows which harmony is assigned to each channel Let us take for example the case where one wishes to harmonize according to the C chord in the scale C major e When the first voice 1st is selected no pitch shifting will be applied e When the second voice 2nd is selected the lowest note above the leading note is chosen that matches the musical context For example when the lead voice sings C the second voice will sing E When the lead voice sings G the second voice will sing C e When the third voice 3rd is selected the second lowest note above the lead voice is chosen When the lead voice sings C the third voice will sing G When the lead voice sings G the third voice sings E e The fourth voice 4th is simply the octave of the lead voice in case there are no modifiers When the modifier 6 7 or 9 are selected they will be applied to the fourth voice Internally Mu Voice uses tables that define which note should be used for second third and fourth voice based on the scale chord and leading note One can change the voicing by with the Voicing Buttons on the left hand side of the Voicing Display If these buttons were the only controls to configure the voicing the harmonies would always sound higher than the lead voice Therefore Octave Buttons are provided on the right hand side They allow the harmonies to be shifted up and down by one or two octaves The octave shift is displayed with plus and minus signs For e
7. a gt 4 Frequency Hz Frequency Hz Frequency Hz FUNDAMENTAL Fig 2 Pitch shifting with and without formant preservation FREQUENCY Timbre preservation can be switched on and off with the Formant Activation Button When formant correction is switched on the timbre can be changed independently from the pitch by the Formant Slider When moving the slider the spectral envelope is scaled Fig 3 but the fundamental frequency or pitch stays the same Formants 0 75 4 eFormants 0 40 fi oFormants 0 25 Amplitude Amplitude Amplitude ORIGINAL Frequency Hz Frequency Hz Frequency Hz Fig 3 Formant Scaling Mu Voice 0 Formant control is often called gender since is can make a voice more masculine feminine or child like The Formant Display shows the value of the formant slider which can be put in neutral by pressing the Default Formant Button 4 8 Filters Mu Voice has 10 built in filter settings that can be applied to each harmony channel individually The Filter Selector displays a value ranging from 1 to 10 By pressing the button on its right hand side the index is increased The other button decreases the index Index 1 does not apply any filtering and is the default value Index 2 and 3 decrease the range respectively above and below 4000 Hz by 6 dB resulting in an high and low pass filter Index 4 filters the range between 400 and 4000Hz making it sound li
8. a piece like chord and scale information Chord selector with scale chord and modifier options Preset manager that allows applying saving and naming presets Chord scheme editor allowing to define chord and preset sequences Automated sequencing Tuner with parametric impact operating in chromatic and scale mode XML based file format for storing parameters presets plug in state and chord scheme Versions fellele Mu Technologies continuously updates Mu Voice with new innovations Many updates are free Get the latest version at aa peras TSS o u i f Mu Technologies BUBA M V ice 3 Singelbeekstraat 121 req uires ll A 3500 Hasselt Belgium iLok 7 VAT BE 0892 272 811 VV CVU oo DO GA o Do oD oc BN OC S com Mu Techno Ogies presents u Voice User Manual king you to the edge of vocal processing Mu Voice Usar Manual 2007 Mu Technologies BVBA Singelbeekstraat 121 3500 Hasselt Belgium Mu T achnoloaies Mu Voice Tabla o contents About Mu Voice 1 1 Introduction 1 2 Minimum System Requirements 1 3 Installing Mu Voice 1 4 Authorizing Mu Voice The Mu Voice Concept 2 1 The Standard Plug in Controls 2 2 Presets 2 3 Chord Preset Scheme 2 4 Full Automation Mu Voice Panels Harmony Channels 4 1 Overview 4 2 Voicing 4 3 Mixing 4 4 Pitch Shifting 4 5 Panning 4 6 Humanizing 4 7 Formant Control Gender 4 8 Filters 4 9 Ha
9. alue Master Volume Master Shift Display Slider Slider 5 1 Analysis The Range Control allows setting the range of analyzer For low pitched voices and instruments a low frequency range is used for the analysis This setting is the default value and should remain unchanged for most vocal performances However for high pitched notes a range adjustment might be needed to avoid artifacts The Default Range Button puts the range in its default state The pitch estimator detects the beginning of each period and might get confused when the signal is inverted In that case the Inversion Button allows to solve this The Tuner Mode can be set to Chromatic tuning to the nearest half tone or Scale tuning to the nearest note on the scale The impact of the tuner can be adjusted by the Impact Slider When the impact is one the pitch is rounded to the exact value but this might result in the loss of expression in the sound or discontinuous jumps between notes Therefore a trade off between accuracy and expression is the best option Mu Voice Iz 5 3 Volume and Shift part 2 The analysis panel contains an additional pitch and volume slider that are applied on all four channels at once The way they work is identical as in the harmony channels 6 Preset Panel Preset Insert Preset Apply Preset Save Preset Display Button Button Button Q Q r Doubler Sarees O Tripler 9 DUG 1st 3rd 10 DUO 1st 2nd Prese
10. annel one can control the mute M bypass B shift shift range shift quantization panning humanizing formants formant activation filter and harmonic EQ presets Preset Panel All plug in parameters can be stored in a preset The Preset Panel allows applying saving and namsing presets Mu Voice comes with 30 standard presets and many more can added by the user The Insert button adds a preset to the chord scheme 4 The Harmony Channels 4 1 Overview Voicing Display Q O Bypass Button z O Mute Button LE i TT 2 Voicing Buttons o Voicing E i ong O Octave Buttons Volume Display o O Shift Display O Shift Range Up Volume Slider O O Quantize Shift Button O Shift Slider Default Pan Button O Shift Range Down O Pan Display Default Humanize Q Button O Pan Slider AHuMmanhize 0 00 e Button ka c Default Formant o O Humanize Display o Humanize Slider le Formants 0 50 be o Formant Activation Filter Ea Button HEQ ED Q Filter Selection Formant Slider Y Formant Display Harmonic EQ O Selection 7 Mu T achndloaies Mu Voice 4 2 Voicing Creating harmonies that sound musical and natural cannot be realized by a simple pitch shift since the intervals between vocal harmonies change over time The pitch of the harmonies is determined from both chord information and voicing configuration The Voicing
11. d Insert Modifier LED Button 7 1 Selecting a Chord The Key Selector allows you to select a key signature The key signature is denoted by a number and a b or a indicating how many flats or sharps are in the signature By pressing the button on the right hand side a sharp is added or a flat is subtracted When the button on the left hand side is pressed a flat is added or a sharp is subtracted When a key is selected the diatonic series of chords appears on the Chords Buttons When a chord is selected its Chord LED switches on and it is used used for the harmonization of the vocals In addition to the series of chords one can use modifiers by pressing the Modifier LEDs The result of the choice of key chord and modifiers is depicted in the Chord Display 7 2 Inserting a Chord There are two ways to add a chord to the chord scheme One way is to press the Chord Insert Button after choosing a chord Another way is to double click the Chord Buttons When a chord is added the scheme the position of the scheme cursor is incremented so another chord can be added right away Mu Voice 4 8 Chord Scheme Editor 8 1 Chord Scheme Data Row Indication o o O o Cut Button Copy Button Paste Button Delete Button The chord scheme should be considered to be the central command center of Mu Voice The scheme contains both chord and preset information When the cursor is placed on a given position the corresponding preset and o
12. ke a telephone line The other filters are comb and inverse comb filters Comb filters have resonances at multiples of a given frequencies as shown in Fig 4 Comb and inverse comb filters are provided with resonances at multiples of 300 600 and 1200 Hz respectively 300 Hz Amplitude 0 dB Comb Filter Inverse Comb Filter Frequency Hz Fig 4 Comb and Inverse Comb Filters 4 9 Hamonic EQ Mu Voice can control each harmonic individually This yields a truly unique effect which was named harmonic equalizing denoted H EQ To illustrate what it works a H EQ preset was made for each filter by evaluating the filters for all multiples of 150Hz For the comb filter at 600 Hz this results in the following harmonic EQ coefficients 600 Hz Amplitude 600 Hz Amplitude Frequency Hz Frequency Hz Fig 5 Comb and Inverse Comb Harmonic EQ These coefficients are multiplied with the harmonics of the sound When the sound is pitched at 150Hz it has the same effect as the filter The harmonic EQ effect can be seen as a filter that scales with the pitch of the sound Mu T achndloaies 5 Analysis and Tuner Panel Range Display Inversion Volume Shift Button Display Display Q O Default Range Button Aelia Aa Jil LE EESTE F go ng to ny Shift Range Range Slider O 12 Main TO Quantize Mpadi Button Default Button O 5 _ Shift Range Impact Slider peewee o o o o Tuner Mode Display mpact V
13. ne desires one can start using the slider The actual value is displayed in the Shift Display which is also editable The blue buttons at the top middle and button of the slider set its value to the upper range zero and lower range respectively When one wishes that the shift interval is always an integer value the Quantize Shift Button can be used rounding the shift to the nearest half tone Note The shift is added to the pitch of the harmonies Don t forget to put voicing on the other channel to 1 if you only want to apply the pitch shift 4 5 Panning Normally panning only adjusts the balance between the left and right channel Not so in Mu Voice where a binaural spatialization technique is used This technique uses interaural delays and volume differences obtained from psychoacoustic measurements It is an effective method to set the perceived angle of given vocal harmony The panning is controlled with the Pan Slider and ranges from 90 to 90 degrees azimuth This value is displayed in the Pan Display which is editable The Default Pan Button on the left hand side of the slider puts this control on its default value being zero 4 6 Humanizing When a harmony is added to the leading voice interference might occur when since the pitches are coupled too tightly To make sure that both are perceived as independent voices a slight pitch randomization is added to the harmonies The Humanize Slider internally controls two parameters
14. ns The VST AU and RTAS versions of Mu Voice have the extensions vst component and dpm They are placed respectively in the directories ILibrary Audio Plug ins VST ILibrary Audio Plug ins AU lApplication Support Digidesign Plug Ins Note Mu Voice creates two data files called W dat and Y dat These data files are generated automatically by the plug in when it is launched for the first time or when the files are missing Computing these data files takes quite some time 1 4 Authorizing Mu Voice Mu Voice is authorized exclusively by the iLok USB dongle Therefore you need to have an iLok and create an account at iLok com After purchase a license will be deposited on the account by Mu Technologies or an authorized reseller By synchronizing the iLok with the account licenses are transferred to the USB dongle After the trial period Mu Voice will stop working if your iLok does not contain a license Mu Voice 2 The Mu Voice Concept Usability and user friendliness have been the major concern in the design process of Mu Voice After all real time harmonizing is a quite complex task This section explains why certain design choices where made and how Mu Voice can best be used in a live or studio setting 2 1 Standard Plug in Controls When one attempts to control the 70 parameters of Mu Voice simply by using sliders and knobs one would quickly find that this is practically impossible with just one mouse
15. pointer This mouse pointer would have to change the scale and chord over time and control the parameters of four harmony channels at once One might think this could be solved by using parameter automation as is available in many hosts However it would take many runs to set all parameters Presets or Programs are a first option to control many parameters simultaneously However for Mu Voice this seems not to solve the problem entirely Imagine that you would have to use presets that contain both voicing and chord information This would require that for each combination of voicing and chord a separate preset needs to be created which would yield a large number of presets even for a simple song 2 3 Chord Preset Scheme To keep things manageable the design team of Mu Voice decided to treat chord and voicing information separately 1 Preset Creation Wa All the voicing parameters are stored in presets or Coma programs By defining co 23 o 22 o 22 Co 34 01 01 087 35 02 04 079 38 01 04 082 a preset name and pressing the Save button on the Preset Panel a preset is saved The creation of 6b 24 Gb 22 Gb 22 Db Db Cb Voicing ea a Asi J fy ici 40 02 02 059 42 04 03 020_ 43 04 02 059 te Ebm 058 AOM 52 01 04 072 ikia Zils 6b 23 6b 23 6b 24 Gb 25 l _ U aw Voy Ebm Abm Db Db 7H 12 54 004 04 092 56 03 04072 6b 25 6b 24 Cb 570401080 59 01 01 056 59 03 01 099 60 02 03 048 j f bp 22 Gh 24 Gh
16. r chord are applied see section 2 3 Scheme Navigator Time Display Q Time Scale Button Note Scale Button Write Button OO 23 04 04 072 tb 23 Ebm 34 01 01 087 b 24 Bien 40 027 02 059 b 21 Ebm 46 OF 07 039 b 23 Ebm 4 04 04 092 b 25 cb Sf 04 01 080 b 22 31 03 04 044 b 22 Ebm 35 02 04 079 49 02 03 05 b 23 Abm 56 03 04 072 b 24 Db 64 01 01 056 tbh 24 _ amp b 32 03 04 064 b 22 Abm 35 01 04 082 b 2 43 04 027 0459 b 22 Abm 50 04 04 058 b 24 Db 59 03 01 099 b 22 Db 52 01 04 072 b 25 Db 60 020304 Time Indication Preset Indication o Scale Indication Q Chord Indication Mu T achndloaies Each element in the chord scheme editor contains four data elements On the bottom we find the Chord Indication In the middle the Scale Indication on the left hand side and the Preset Indication on the right hand side The top displays the Time Indication which displays the time used to automatically switch from one state to the other when being in read mode Centrally above the chord scheme editor is the Time Display that shows the time of the host One can choose between two time representations by pressing the Time Scale Button or the Note Scale Button The time representation will also be used within the chord scheme The plug in can be put into the states Edit Read and Write b
17. rameters the chord scheme and presets can be saved to file The File Panel allows you to set a project title create a new file open a file and save to an existing or new file The analysis and tuner parameters are set in the Analysis Panel A global volume control and shift slider are included that operates on all harmonies simultaneously Yaua iit IAB ai 0 0 p 0 00 E e s Impact oo J 28 04 04 072 31 03 04 04 32 03 04 064 3 6b 23 6b 22 6b 22 Ebm Ebm Abm 324 01 01 087 35 02 04 079 38 01 04 082 Voicing a Db Db Af Voicing jaa Voicing ay D 40 02 02 059 427 04 03 020 43 04 02 059 F FE FR TA ES m E iz BX v4 Wa VW a Ov e it Ebm Abm Welle Jauti Wells Stele Yai Sneek Wt Sl 46 02 01 039 49 02 03 058 50 04 04 088 2 01 04 072 oy TD TTA TD T 6 6b 23 6b 23 6b 24 Ob 25 za 5 124 43 12 Ebm Abm Db 12 5404 04 092 56 03 04 072 C sectae 57 04 01 080 509 01 01 056 r 59 033 01 099 2 6b 24 6b 22 6b 2 8 6b 22 2 ah Pan i i d a 7 0 38 F 0 00 0 00 Humanize 0 38 Humanize 0 00 Humanize 0 00 uf l ad ehumani 5 rmants 0 50 Formants 0 50 1 Formants 0 46 ej Formants 0 54 Forme f Jalka gt i AEA odiriers a H Jaseri upa 0 USA DE d Tid Id HEQ Humanize 0 38 SS Harmony Channels Mu T achndloaies Mu Voice The four channel harmonizer is configured by choosing the voicing and octave For each ch
18. rmonic EQ Analysis and Tuner Panel 5 1 Analysis 5 2 Tuner 5 3 Volume and Shift part 2 Preset Panel 6 1 Applying a Preset 6 2 Changing a Preset Name 6 3 Saving a Preset 6 4 Inserting a Preset Chord Panel 7 1 Selecting a Chord 7 2 Inserting a Chord Chord Scheme Editor 8 1 Chord Scheme Data 8 2 Setting the Mode 8 3 Navigating the Chord Scheme 8 4 Editing the Chord Scheme File Panel 9 1 XML 9 1 File Management DUDVUVVUVPDVVDVVUVVUDVVUVDDVGVVVVDDVDVUDSDVUVVVUDUVUUD O O O WOON N OF WWWWNDN S a mex GY ee A Ce A a a CAs naa A A SS Ee EN ss a d NNN DODO DO OHAPA BPP WBWBWWWNHNND gt a CO 1 1 Introduction 1 About Mu Voice Thank you for choosing Mu Voice one of the most powerful real time vocal processors on the market Mu Voice combines different tasks like harmonizing tuning and effects into a single plug in making it a must have product for your recording studio In addition its internal latency of 5 8 ms makes it an ideal vocal processor to perform live Feature list Intelligent 4 track harmonizer that takes into account the musical context of a piece like chord and scale information e Chord selector with scale chord and modifier options Preset manager that allows applying saving and naming presets e Chord scheme editor allowing to define chord and preset sequences e Full automation by recording the timing in write mode and automated synchronization in read mode e
19. t he 11 DUG 1st 3rd Down i Preset Selector hm 12 UC 4 st 2nd Down Scrollbar Q 13 TRIO 1st 2nd 3rd 4 TRIO 1st 2nd 3rd Down 6 1 Applying a Preset Use the Preset Scrollbar to browse through the different presets Select a preset from the Preset Selector by clicking it Then press the Preset Apply Button to let is take effect A preset can also be applied by double clicking it The preset that was last selected is displayed in the Preset Display 6 2 Changing a Preset Name Click on a preset in the Preset Selector of which you want to change the name Click a second time to make the preset name editable and then click once more to set the cursor After changing the name press enter 6 3 Saving a Preset After choosing a preset name all parameters can be set by adjusting the sliders and knobs When the Preset Save Button is pressed these settings are saved to the preset that is currently selected from the Preset Selector Mu T achndloaies 6 4 Inserting a Preset Presets can be added to the chord scheme in the following way First select one from the Preset Selector Then add it to the scheme by pressing the Preset Insert Button The cursor in the scheme is incremented after the insert 7 Chord Panel Chord Button Chord LED Key Selector Q Q PX Key signature Pisa Chord r N J Coo o yes Modifiers Ti e Wone sl SUSA d G d 5 9d o O O Chord Display Chor
20. u Voice 8 2 Setting the Mode 9 File Panel File Name File Open File Save File Save Title Display Button Button Button Button Q Q Q Q File Display 9 1 XML Mu Technologies has chosen an XML based file format for storing plug in information This information consists of the current value of all parameters all presets the chord scheme and user interface related parameters The advantage of using an XML format is that it is portable over different platforms and hosts 9 2 File Management The File Panel offers the basic functionality to open and store your data files A suitable description of your track can be chosen by editing the Title Display By pressing File Open Button an XML file is selected to be loaded The Save and Save As Buttons store the data to the current file and a new file respectively When one wishes to erase all data and go back to the default settings of Mu Voice one presses the New Button Note When pressing Save As Mu Voice stores the values of all presets that have been stored Do not forget to press Save in the Preset Panel before you press Save in the File Panel otherwise it will be lost Mu T achndloaies Mu Voice
21. www mu technologies com If you are looking for a plug in that allows you to tune your vocal recordings apply special effects and add natural sounding harmonies when mixing your track Look no further Mu Voice is the plug in for you The proprietary spectral analysis and synthesis techniques of Mu Technologies set new standards in vocal processing providing a unique tool for your recording studio An internal delay of only 5 8 ms makes Mu Voice the ideal vocal processor to perform live on stage Masaa BAN WOO ia CS Wa Vora i J D oF mw i m i Vi f Volume Shirt Witte Grito aor rurt ot a ay a New Open Save Save As ef L of a 37 Doubler Mono 2nd ie a ccc or J Beet n eee maner 39 Preset 39 7 4 J F R Ww nie CP 204 F G O 00 0 O Ste 12 15 12 15 Mode J Am Am Am fa Scale ni 2 12 6 bb 37 b 38 A gt 3 7 Am cm cm cm Voicing 4 fj pVoicing fy i e Se 4 5 18 CUT CE cm s h a a ma Jia Oa Jia a AB ke a8 i 5 aw wicy ay Am Am Am Am J 124 12 J 124 5 10 13 3 13 or 2 Am Am Am Am 7 12 0 14 Am Q 24 Cut Copy Paste Delete nf 3 aj Humanize 0 50 e oFormants 0 4 Fih Fier ar H ad Gorg sue ARY Chord 600000 wwe Modifier irl Insert un One SUSE AG dT gI g gt Product Mu Voice Key Features Intelligent 4 track harmonizer that takes into account the musical context of
22. xample if one has selected the second voice and an octave down this would be depicted as Also the number of harmonies that one desires can change over time Therefore the Mute Button allows switching channels on and off The Bypass Button on the first channel allows passing the incoming voice unprocessed Evidently the effects and shift will not work when the bypass is switched on Only volume control and pan will work in bypass The Volume Slider allows you to mix the different channels Its value is displayed in dB on the Volume Display This display can be edited by clicking on it with the mouse and typing the desired value When the blue button on the left hand side of the slider is pressed the volume is set its default value 0 0 dB 4 4 Pitch Shifting Although the voicing configuration provides a convenient way to harmonize your vocals some users may still want to apply a manual pitch shift or do glissandos For those users Mu Voice includes a Pitch Shift Slider The range of this slider is parametric and is set in the Shift Range Up and Shift Range Down displays By clicking them with the mouse the values can be set from the keyboard The range values are expressed in half tones For example when one wishes that the upper range is a minor third one should use the value 3 Note that the range up parameter should always be positive while the range down is always negative When the range of the pitch shift is set to the values o
23. y pressing the Read and Write Buttons see section 2 4 When put in read mode the cursor of the chord scheme editor is synchronized automatically with the host time This timing information is obtained in Write mode When the cursor is moved to the right the timing of the sequencing is recorded in the scheme 8 3 Navigating the Chord Scheme The position of the cursor can be changed by normal arrow keys on your keyboard However since some hosts do not send key events to the plug ins a Scheme Navigator control is provided Pressing the up down left and right arrow changes the position of the cursor The square button in the center enables to make selections of multiple elements The state of the navigator depends on the mode in which the plug in is used All buttons are disabled in read mode since the position of the cursor is set automatically 8 4 Editing the Chord Scheme Sections 6 4 and 7 2 explain how a preset and chord can be added to the chord scheme respectively In addition a number of editing controls are provided as there are the Cut Button Copy Button Paste Button and Delete Button For hosts that support keyboard events these operations can also be carried out using standard key combinations like lt Ctrl gt lt C gt lt Ctrl gt lt xX gt lt Ctrl gt lt V gt and lt Delete gt Note Empty positions in the chord scheme are ignored This means that in write and read mode they will be skipped automatically M
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