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The Edit Button
DOUBLE Tab Overview
The Double effect uses the same type of Human-
ization technology as in the Harmony effect to
create up to four overdubbed versions of your
voice. The four voices are set to unison intervals
as opposed to the move-able intervals available
for the harmony voices. Unlike simple detune or
micro-shift techniques available with the µMod
effect, Double simulates the sound of a vocalist
overdubbing their vocal part multiple times. Many
of the edit parameters for the Doubling tab are
the same as for Harmony tab.
f STYLE
Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to
choose a pre-programmed Double style you like.
This allows you to quickly choose an effect close
to what you want instead of having to go directly
into the individual parameters each time.
f LEVEL
Sets the level for the overall Double effect in the
current preset.
f HUMANIZE STYLE
These apply small pitch and time variations to
simulate natural variation in human singing. For
more information see HUMANIZE STYLE in the
HARMONY Tab section preceeding.
f HUMANIZE AMOUNT
Increases or decreases the amount of Humanize
variations to the Double voices only.
f V1 to V4 PAN
Each voice may have a unique pan position. There
are 100 possible steps in each of the left and right
pan positions.
f V1 to V4 LEVEL
These settings control the volume of each of the
voices and are used to set the number of voices
active for Doubling. The range of values goes
from Off to 0 dB (Full).
f V1 to V4 PORTA
Each voice has its own Portamento time. Porta-
mento is a delayed response to the pitch move-
ment of your singing voice. It is also referred to as
“Glide” in synthesizers. The range of values equals
approximately how long the upwards or down-
wards slide will take to reach each new note. Set-
ting each voice to different values greatly assists
the illusion of other singers singing with you.
f V1 to V4 SMOOTHING
At low values, Smoothing acts like pitch correc-
tion for the harmony voices. With the voices
corrected like this, some Portamento is usually
required to help soften note to note transitions
unless a robot-like effect is desired. Higher values
offer progressively less correction. Like Portamen-
to, setting each voice with a unique value of the
Smoothing parameter helps the harmonies sound
more natural.
f V1 to V4 GENDER
Each voice has its own timbre adjustment in the
form of the GENDER control. Values below 0
lend each voice a more masculine and deeper ef-
fect and values above 0 lend a more feminine or
thinner effect.