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yes i understand how the boxes work, but the rack mount versions also realte to Midi signal, and i wonder if a off/on comand could be send along with the notes to harmonize to and make it easy to have hanmonies kickin without having to step on the switch. This would be so cool and seemless, and no one would ever see you click the switch. Plus one less thing to have as a distraction while playing.



On both of my processors (TC Helicon Voiceworks and Digitech Vocalist workstation EX) you can do ANYTHING with MIDI. Some examples:

you can change patches, key , number of harmonies, type of harmony, harmony volume, harmony off or on, pitch correction off or on, type of pitch correction, amount of pitch correction... at any point on the sequence by inserting CC commands in the piano roll at the appropriate place for the change

you can turn effects off and on or change the amount of vocal reverb on each backup harmony individually.... in fact you can control every parameter of each "backup singer"... on the fly

In fact every single thing you can change with a knob or menu can also be changed programmatically and seamlessly via MIDI continuous controllers, so you program it once then never have to step on a stomp box again

I like this feature so much, I only buy computer devices that are totally MIDI controllable. Even my stomp box ( a digitech RP2000 ) is totally driven from the midi file. I never have to worry about changing patches or which amp simulator or how much distortion, or how much volume I need for a solo... once it's nailed in the studio, it becomes part of the sequence... which, I suppose, is why these programs are called SEQUENCERS... they provide the methods to program the sequence of events for every aspect of a performance

Last edited by Pat Marr; 12/28/09 07:14 AM.
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