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Multiplier, and a flexible real-time preset system
for harmony and vocal type, Harmony Engine Evo
provides incredibly easy-to-use tools to quickly
and easily produce virtually any vocal arrangement
you can imagine.
Whether you’re an experienced vocal arranger, a
songwriter looking for that perfect backup vocal,
or a composer experimenting with unique vocal
effects, Harmony Engine Evo gives you entirely
new ways to create the harmony parts you hear
in your head. In fact, experimenting with different
harmonies is so easy (and, dare we suggest, fun),
you may find yourself using Harmony Engine Evo
to explore harmonic alternatives you may have
never otherwise considered.
THROAT Evo
Physical Modeling Vocal Designer
THROAT Evo is a revolutionary new vocal
tool that lets you process a vocal through a
meticulously crafted physical model of the human
vocal tract. THROAT Evo begins by neutralizing
the effect of the original singer’s vocal tract
and then gives you the ability to specify the
characteristics of the modeled vocal tract.
THROAT Evo’s controls allow you to modify
the voice’s glottal waveform as well as globally
stretch, shorten, widen or constrict the modeled
vocal tract. For even more detailed control,
THROAT Evo’s graphical Throat Shaping display
allows you to individually adjust the position and
width of five points in the vocal tract model,
from the vocal chords, through the throat, mouth
and out to the lips. THROAT Evo’s Breathiness
controls let you add variable frequency noise to
the model, resulting in a range of vocal effects
from subtle breathiness, to raspiness, to a full
whisper. Finally, THROAT Evo allows you to
shift the pitch of the voice up or down an octave
to create a wide range of alternative vocal
characters.
While THROAT Evo has been designed to
allow subtle modifications to a voice’s vocal
quality, the range of the controls also allows the
creation of vocal tract models well beyond the
limits of physical human anatomy, offering the
possibility of vocal characteristics that are simply
unattainable by any other means.
DUO Evo Vocal Modeling Auto-Doubler
DUO Evo automatically generates a doubled
vocal part from an existing vocal. In addition to
allowing programmable variation in pitch, timing
and vibrato depth, for even more realism, DUO
also includes a simplified version of THROAT
Evo’s vocal modeling to provide timbral variation
for the doubled part. DUO Evo’s output section
gives you independent control of the level and
stereo position of the original and doubled voices.
CHOIR Evo Vocal Multiplier
Neither a harmonizer nor a conventional chorus
effect, CHOIR Evo is a unique processor that
actually turns a single voice into 4, 8, 16, or 32
distinct individual unison voices, each with its
own pitch, timing and vibrato variations. The
voices can, if desired, be spread across the stereo
spectrum. Assign an instance of CHOIR Evo to
each of four voices singing four-part harmony and
voilà, instant choir.
PUNCH Evo Vocal Impact Enhancer
PUNCH Evo is a unique processor that, as its
name implies, lets you quickly and easily give your
vocal more dynamic impact, allowing it to cut
through a dense mix with clarity and power.
SYBIL Evo Variable Frequency De-Esser
SYBIL Evo tames vocal sibilance with threshold,
ratio, attack and decay controls as well as a
variable sidechain high pass frequency to match
any vocal performance.
ARTICULATOR Evo Digital Talk Box
A modern-day version of the venerable talk box,
ARTICULATOR Evo lets you extract the formant
and amplitude information from a vocal (or other
dynamic source) and apply it to any other audio
track or to a built-in broadband noise generator.
Perfect for talking guitars, singing synths, and a
wide range of special effects.
MUTATOR Evo Extreme Voice Designer
MUTATOR Evo provides a combination of tools
for creating unusual, weird, or downright wacky
voices. With high-quality pitch shifting, throat
modeling, pitch-tracking ring modulator-based
“mutation,” and a mind-bending tempo-synced