User Manual

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1: Getting Started
Consequently, we encourage you to at least
scan each of the individual plug-in’s chapters
for descriptions of their various parameters.
In particular, Harmony Engine Evo offers new
(and extremely intuitive) ways to specify vocal
harmony, while THROAT Evo, ARTICULATOR
Evo and ASPIRE Evo offer entirely new
approaches to vocal processing, providing
capabilities that have simply never before existed
in a DSP plug-in. We strongly suggest that you
read their chapters in their entirety to gain an
understanding of what they can do.
If you just can’t wait to get some sound going,
feel free to load up some vocal tracks and play
around with the various AVOX Evo plug-ins. (Be
sure to check out Harmony Engine Evo’s and
THROAT Evo’s collection of factory presets.
They’ll give you a good idea of what they’re
capable of as well as providing inspiration for
your own creations.) Then come back and dig
into the details.
If you’re upgrading
If you are upgrading from AVOX or AVOX 2, you
will find that everything you’re already doing will
continue to work in AVOX Evo, only better. To
get up to speed quickly, just check out the new
feature overview below.
How to use this manual
The plug-ins that make up the AVOX Evo suite have been designed with clear,
consistent, friendly user-interfaces. If you come to AVOX Evo with previous vocal
processing experience, you will find that most of their functions are self-evident and are extraordinarily
easy to use. However, since some of the AVOX Evo tools do things that have never been done before (or
do them in new ways), a few aspects of their user-interfaces may not be immediately obvious.
The contents of this manual
Chapter 1: Getting Started
The chapter you are reading. Provides information
on installing and authorizing AVOX Evo.
Chapter 2: Introducing AVOX Evo
This chapter provides an overview of the tools
that make up the AVOX Evo plug-in suite.
Chapter 3: Harmony Engine Evo Vocal
Modeling Harmony Generator
Barely a chapter, here’s where we explain
why there’s a separate manual for Harmony
Engine Evo.
Chapters 4–12
These chapters are reference information for all of
the controls used in each of the other AVOX Evo
plug-in interfaces.
Installing AVOX Evo
The AVOX Evo installer will give you the option of
installing all, or any combination, of the 10 AVOX
Evo plug-ins. (While we can’t imagine why you
wouldn’t want to install all of them, you at least
have the choice.) If you do choose to install only
some of them, you can always run the installer
again later to install the rest.
The AVOX Evo plug-ins are designed to function
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.