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Nrenier
Published on 12/27/08 at 03:27
I threw myself into buying this pedal, with some fears of a ct has seemed a worthy hrsie the worst singer in the 80s to add channels artificial.
But ... I am a keyboard in a small group (it is 3: drums / keyboard / vocals), and many songs, we wanted the chorus to add some punch. A 3 is a bit limited especially when singing in choir, playing the drums ...
So the Harmony-M is like the G version for guitar, but with some notable diffrence. It is a very compact box (10cm x 10cm has little prs) Designed well, solid, heavy ... of good quality.
Basically, three main functions:
- Adds a little compression and EQ voice with the "tone"
- Adds the reverb / echo with the FX
- Adds voice supplmentaires of 3 DIFFERENT fawns available:
* 1: dual voice unison
* 2: add 1 or 2 voices in harmony interval chosen by the user
* 3: Add up to 4 vote by following the notes on the keyboard cheeks
So you plug the keyboard in MIDI (grrr: no output), XLR microphone (the pedal therefore acts prampli), and its fate in TRS STREO.
You can add a pdalier if we want to keep the pedal is ready: this is what I did: I had a 2-button pdalier Behringer has nothing shmilblick do with, and it allows me to engage the effect and to switch between presets. Practice! Especially as pedal has a pretty, sad to let her down!
UTILIZATION
Manual very clear, in French, but it is very simple to use: to branch, and sounds directly. Very pleasant to use.
there are 5 banks of presets, and each bank can easily switch between two configurations with the left button. The right button calls the effect of harmony, but leaves the tone and rverb assets. If we support long reverb is disabled and only the tone is (to speak in public, for example).
For the harmonies: in fact, we choose between third and fifth. For those unfamiliar with the music, call it high, higher, but corresponds third and fifth. Same for the bottom. This is the pedal which, in the tonality DTECT plays synth determines if the third is major or minor. There mode "low" after the basic agreement, and that the user simply follows octave voice, without taking account of the notes cheeks.
button "manual" can "play" with the synth harmonies directly to up to 4 vote. Consider for example the introduction of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, or the songs of rebirth!
button "double" double voice. Note that these options are unique harmonies.
SOUND QUALITY
So here, the sinews of war:
- The function tone: it allows the voice out of the mix. It sounds more "sharp", less shepherd. With a Shure beta58 is a bit too much, because it is a microphone that has a lot of "nose" the base. on the other hand, with a 58 for short, has more catches. So not bad.
- The function rverb: if you do not use reverb elsewhere in your config, a disservice, but very dispensable. I'm not very difficult in reverb, so has me. However, I do not use it because I have another rverb on my mixer that can be applied to all pickups.
- The "double" to sing in unison: this is not really terrible. It sounds like a chorus bte. It adds to the dough, of course, but nothing in the high tech. The "humanize" does not seem to play it.
- The "manual": it works well, but hard to use!
- The harmony function: it is the purpose of the pedal, and it is stunning. Sounds good, and always surprises! Nevertheless have means when the same kinds of "bubbles" in the headphones, you know, like a badly encoded mp3 o you feel there is a little on the high medium rather flanger ? But hey, that headphone has no agreement, and if you push the volume too much harmony. Moral: do not put the harmonies stronger than the main voice.
OVERALL OPINION
Well, it's a pedal that does its job, but beware, this is not a pedal that works wonders:
- If you sing wrong, the harmonies are also false
- The harmonies follow you with always the same interval, which is not "natural" for a real choir, where each partition Independent Appraisal his voice. We must therefore think about using this just to launch some harmonies at just the right time, for 1 or 2 to maximum effect if not careful Country! To harmonies on longer passages, it is using only a way of harmony
- The galR pedal a bit on some inversions and hesitating in major and minor. It is very rare, but has little annoying.
In short, my advice is that it is an effect of good quality but used sparingly, and it is better to have it on someone who made a second voice as the lead singer, or else watch the weight. Also, it can be used to express and make it more original!
But ... I am a keyboard in a small group (it is 3: drums / keyboard / vocals), and many songs, we wanted the chorus to add some punch. A 3 is a bit limited especially when singing in choir, playing the drums ...
So the Harmony-M is like the G version for guitar, but with some notable diffrence. It is a very compact box (10cm x 10cm has little prs) Designed well, solid, heavy ... of good quality.
Basically, three main functions:
- Adds a little compression and EQ voice with the "tone"
- Adds the reverb / echo with the FX
- Adds voice supplmentaires of 3 DIFFERENT fawns available:
* 1: dual voice unison
* 2: add 1 or 2 voices in harmony interval chosen by the user
* 3: Add up to 4 vote by following the notes on the keyboard cheeks
So you plug the keyboard in MIDI (grrr: no output), XLR microphone (the pedal therefore acts prampli), and its fate in TRS STREO.
You can add a pdalier if we want to keep the pedal is ready: this is what I did: I had a 2-button pdalier Behringer has nothing shmilblick do with, and it allows me to engage the effect and to switch between presets. Practice! Especially as pedal has a pretty, sad to let her down!
UTILIZATION
Manual very clear, in French, but it is very simple to use: to branch, and sounds directly. Very pleasant to use.
there are 5 banks of presets, and each bank can easily switch between two configurations with the left button. The right button calls the effect of harmony, but leaves the tone and rverb assets. If we support long reverb is disabled and only the tone is (to speak in public, for example).
For the harmonies: in fact, we choose between third and fifth. For those unfamiliar with the music, call it high, higher, but corresponds third and fifth. Same for the bottom. This is the pedal which, in the tonality DTECT plays synth determines if the third is major or minor. There mode "low" after the basic agreement, and that the user simply follows octave voice, without taking account of the notes cheeks.
button "manual" can "play" with the synth harmonies directly to up to 4 vote. Consider for example the introduction of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, or the songs of rebirth!
button "double" double voice. Note that these options are unique harmonies.
SOUND QUALITY
So here, the sinews of war:
- The function tone: it allows the voice out of the mix. It sounds more "sharp", less shepherd. With a Shure beta58 is a bit too much, because it is a microphone that has a lot of "nose" the base. on the other hand, with a 58 for short, has more catches. So not bad.
- The function rverb: if you do not use reverb elsewhere in your config, a disservice, but very dispensable. I'm not very difficult in reverb, so has me. However, I do not use it because I have another rverb on my mixer that can be applied to all pickups.
- The "double" to sing in unison: this is not really terrible. It sounds like a chorus bte. It adds to the dough, of course, but nothing in the high tech. The "humanize" does not seem to play it.
- The "manual": it works well, but hard to use!
- The harmony function: it is the purpose of the pedal, and it is stunning. Sounds good, and always surprises! Nevertheless have means when the same kinds of "bubbles" in the headphones, you know, like a badly encoded mp3 o you feel there is a little on the high medium rather flanger ? But hey, that headphone has no agreement, and if you push the volume too much harmony. Moral: do not put the harmonies stronger than the main voice.
OVERALL OPINION
Well, it's a pedal that does its job, but beware, this is not a pedal that works wonders:
- If you sing wrong, the harmonies are also false
- The harmonies follow you with always the same interval, which is not "natural" for a real choir, where each partition Independent Appraisal his voice. We must therefore think about using this just to launch some harmonies at just the right time, for 1 or 2 to maximum effect if not careful Country! To harmonies on longer passages, it is using only a way of harmony
- The galR pedal a bit on some inversions and hesitating in major and minor. It is very rare, but has little annoying.
In short, my advice is that it is an effect of good quality but used sparingly, and it is better to have it on someone who made a second voice as the lead singer, or else watch the weight. Also, it can be used to express and make it more original!