Chord Presets
Chord presets require MIDI input to operate automatically, but may also be
controlled manually
using Song Mode. With Chord presets, the VoiceWorks watches incoming
MIDI notes and
uses its internal chord recognition to choose harmonies that fit the
recognized chord. The
voicing information shown on the second line of the display when in recall
mode shows the
direction and position of each harmony voice in “chord tones” relative to
the input singing
voice. For example, if the Chord Type is C Maj and the input voice is
singing a C, Dn1 would
produce the first note in the chord below the input, G. Dn2 would produce
the second note in
the chord below the input, E. If you want the harmonies only to come on
when you play the
chord on the keyboard, you will need to set the HMNY LATCH parameter to Off.
Most of the
factory presets have this parameter set to On so that harmonies may be
heard without MIDI
input.
Editing Harmonies
You will need to remember two things:
1. Double clicking the HARMONY key will allow you to edit parameters
that are common to
all of the harmony voices (such as the harmony type, the overall Level,
Smoothing etc.- see the
reference manual for details)
2. Double clicking on a VOICE key will allow you to edit parameters
specific to that voice only
(such as LEVEL, PANNING, VOICING, etc.)
Song Mode
Song mode is basically a VoiceWorks preset sequencer where the Preset
number, Harmony Root
and Scale/Chord type may be changed for each sequence step. Once
programmed. song steps
may be stepped through using the Switch-3 footswitch. Song mode is
useful for songs with key
changes when using Scale presets and is also useful for creating a sequence
of Chord presets
with different chords that match the song. For a detailed description of
Song Mode please refer
to the User Manual. An example of using Song Mode can be found in the
“Question and
Answer” part of this manual.