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Introducing Harmony Engine Evo – Vocal Modeling Harmony Generator
The quickest, easiest tool for creating realistic harmonies.
From the company that revolutionized professional vocal production with Auto-Tune pitch correction technology, comes Harmony Engine Evo, the second generation of Antares' real-time harmony generating plug-in that puts professional-quality vocal harmony arrangements within reach of any songwriter, producer, musician or engineer.
Building on the power and ease of use of the original Harmony Engine, Harmony Engine Evo incorporates Antares' groundbreaking Evo™ Voice Processing Technology for faster, more accurate pitch detection, smoother, artifact-free pitch shifting, and seamless, natural-sounding (if you want it to be) throat modeling. And with the addition of 5 channels of Antares' unique CHOIR Vocal Multiplier, you can now create huge vocal ensembles out of a single vocal line.
With four independent harmony voices, a variety of powerful harmony generating modes, humanization features for natural sounding performances, 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.
Key Harmony Engine Evo features include:
* Antares' groundbreaking Evo™ Voice Processing Technology for faster, more accurate pitch detection and smoother, artifact-free pitch shifting.
* Four high-quality, formant-corrected harmony voices with independent vocal character, vibrato, and pan settings
* Five channels of our unique CHOIR Vocal Multiplier, to let you turn each voice into 2, 4, or 8 individual unison voices, perfect for creating jaw-droppingly amazing choirs out of a single vocal line
* Antares Throat Modeling technology that lets you process each harmony voice through a physical model of the human vocal tract
* A variety of innovative Harmony Control modes, from fully automatic to individual control of every note:
Fixed or Scale Intervals: Simply set the key and harmony voice intervals and let Harmony Engine Evo do the rest
Chord Degrees or Chord Name: Define your harmony chord-by-chord, complete with inversions and variable vocal ranges
Chord by MIDI: Define your harmony in real time via a MIDI controller or pre-recorded MIDI track
MIDI Omni: Directly "play" the four harmony voices as if they were voices of a synth or sampler
MIDI Channel: Use four separate MIDI channels for absolute control over each note of your vocal arrangement
*Spread and Register controls that allow you to quickly and intuitively set the pitch range and harmony style of your vocal arrangement
* Humanize functions that provide selectable amounts of variation to each harmony voice for realistic, natural sounding results
* A Freeze function that allows a unique variety of backup vocal effects by letting you instantly freeze pitch and/or formant articulation
* A Harmony Preset matrix that lets you create up to 15 complete harmony settings and instantaneously recall them in real time or via automation
* A Voice Parameter Preset matrix that lets you create and instantly recall up to 6 different "vocal groups"
* Five-channel output capability (host dependent) that lets you assign or export the original input and each of the four harmony voices to their own channels for further processing
* And lots more...
Harmony Engine Evo. The quickest, easiest tool for harmony creation. From the worldwide leader in professional vocal processing technology.
Upgrade Information
Upgrades to Harmony Engine Evo are available for purchase and download by current registered
owners of the original Harmony Engine and Harmony EFX. Prices are as follows:
From Harmony Engine
• Upgrade from Harmony Engine to Harmony Engine Evo: $49.00.
From Harmony EFX
• Upgrade from Harmony EFX to Harmony Engine Evo: $79.00
To purchase your Harmony Engine Evo upgrade, head on over to
the Antares Software Upgrade page and
follow the directions there.
AUDIO DEMOS
Here are some examples of Harmony Engine Evo in use.
Time
Allen Papouban uses Harmony Engine Evo with vocalist Holly Prothman to create all of the harmonies in his composition, Time. Harmony Engine Evo's integrated CHOIR function is used to thicken up the backing vocals in the first half of the song, while the second half features five-part harmony, all created with a single instance of Harmony Engine Evo.
Time
Sing In Harmony
Composer Jeff Essex wrote this tasty bit of vocal harmony and recorded vocalist Jerry Kennedy singing the lead. Jeff then used Harmony Engine Evo's MIDI Channel mode to produce all of the harmony parts, including the integrated CHOIR on some of the phrases. The rhythm and synth accompaniment was added by our own Allen Papouban.
Sing In Harmony
A Full Production
Producer/DJ/remixer Morgan Page uses Harmony Engine Evo to create backup harmonies for his song, On My Chest.
Pop Ballad
Starting with a vocal track by singer/songwriter Paloma Ramos and piano accompaniment by co-writer Jason Poyner, producer Brian English generated MIDI data from Jason's original keyboard performance and edited it for use as harmony control input to a single instance of Harmony Engine Evo.
Brian also automated Harmony Engine Evo's Formant Only Freeze function at various points in the arrangement to turn the harmony voices into wordless backup parts.
Processed through Harmony Engine Evo
Country/Folk
In this demo, Gerry Bassermann uses Harmony Engine Evo for the song Lift Us Away. Two vocal parts, each with Harmony Engine Evo.
Techno
Erik D and Stacey Dawn use Harmony Engine Evo on the vocals of this tasty bit of techno.
SPECIFICATIONS
Harmony Engine Evo is available for:
Macintosh (Universal Binaries)
* RTAS
* VST
* Audio Units
PC
* RTAS
* VST
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Harmony Engine Evo for Macintosh and PC
Macintosh Versions
Minimum: 1.5GHz G4 processor
Recommended: 1.8GHz (or faster) G5 or Intel processor
RTAS:
* Pro Tools HD or Pro Tools LE 7.x or later.
* Mac OS 10.4.11 or later as required by your version of Pro Tools.
VST:
* A certified compatible VST host program.
* Mac OS 10.4.11 or later as required by your host.
Audio Units:
* A certified compatible AU host program.
* Mac OS 10.4.11 or later as required by your host.
PC Versions
Minimum: 2Ghz processor.
Recommended: 3GHz (or faster) processor
RTAS:
* Pro Tools HD or Pro Tools LE 7.x or later.
* Windows XP or Vista as required by your version of Pro Tools.
VST:
* A certified compatible VST host program.
* Windows XP or Vista as required by your host.
MIDI
Harmony Engine Evo's MIDI functions require that your host allow routing of MIDI to plug-ins. If your host application does not support the routing of MIDI to plug-ins, Harmony Engine Evo's MIDI functions will not operate (and trust us, you will be seriously bummed).
Harmony Engine Evo authorization requires an iLok USB smart key (sold separately) and the ability to access ilok.com (from any computer).
