TC-Helicon VoiceWorks Manual - Manual (Page 20)

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VOICES & EFFECTS EDIT PARAMETERS
PITCH CORRECT KEY
This key allows the enabling/disabling/editing
of the pitch correction parameters.
The VoiceWorks will listen to the pitch of your
voice, compare it to the selected correction
scale, and then apply pitch correction in real-
time. The amount of correction applied is gov-
erned by the various amount and timing set-
tings available.
Pitch correcting your lead voice not only
makes for great sounding lead vocals, it can
also benefit your harmonies in that the pitch
correction is applied prior to harmony voice
generation.
A single click will enable/disable pitch
correction. Double clicking gives access to
the following parameters:
R OOT
Pitch Correction scale root.
S CALE T YPE
Pitch Correction scale type. Maj (Major), Min1
(natural minor), Min2 (harmonic minor), Min3
(ascending melodic minor), Chro (Chromatic)
and Custom. This setting in combination with
scale root determines which notes your input
vocal will be corrected to.
W N
Correction Window. Specifies the maximum
distance (above or below) in cents an out-of-
tune note can be from the closest correction
note and still be corrected. A very small
window setting will cause correction to occur
only when the singer is singing very close to
the correct pitch. The maximum window size is
200 cents or a whole tone above and below
the target pitch.
A T
Pitch Correction attack rate. Sets the
responsiveness of the correction. 0% is slow,
and 100% is fast. Settings of between 16%
and 40% give the most transparent pitch
correction. High settings can give you a robotic
sounding effect.
A M
Pitch Correction Amount. Scales the amount of
automatic correction applied to the input voice.
The range is 0% to 100%. However, 0% does
not mean that the correction is turned off. The
amount of applied correction depends on how
far out of tune the input note is.
This allows for a very musical way of
correcting pitch. It corrects the large pitch
errors while preserving the natural micro
variations around the target pitch. For
example:
With the amount set to 100%, a 10 cent flat
input will be corrected by 10 cents and a 50
cent flat input will be corrected by 50 cents.
With the amount set to 80%, a 10 cent flat
input will be corrected by approximately 5
cents and a 50 cent flat input will be corrected
by approximately 40 cents.
With the amount set to 0%, a 10 cent flat input
will not be corrected and a 50 cent flat input
will be corrected by approximately 10 cents.
P ITCH C ORRECTION S CALE M AP
This page indicates the actual notes of the of
current correction scale (Maj, Min1, Min2,
Min3, Chrom or Cust). It provides a chromatic
list of notes beginning with the scale root.
Below this list a series of “o”s and “x”s
indicating which notes are in the pitch correct
scale and which are ignored. “o” indicates that
the note is in the scale and “x” indicates that
the note is ignored. The scale may be modified
by moving the cursor to an “x” or “o” and
turning the DATA WHEEL to change its state.
Modified (custom) scales are stored with
presets.
The line below the W N , A T and A M
parameters graphically shows in real-time
the pitch correction that is being applied by
the VoiceWorks. The maximum correction
displayed is +/- 200 Cents.