If a I want to create a harmony on a vocal but I only have one copy of the vocal line, can I just create a duplicate and change the pitch to be an octave higher? If so what software can I use to do this?
I have Antares Auto Tune but am not sure if this can or do it?
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ManX
Fri May 27, 2005 10:25 pm
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Re: Creating a Harmony
quote:Originally posted by ManX
If a I want to create a harmony on a vocal but I only have one copy of the vocal line, can I just create a duplicate and change the pitch to be an octave higher? If so what software can I use to do this?
I have Antares Auto Tune but am not sure if this can or do it?
Cheers
ManX
Yes you can IF you want a line which is in fact one octave higher or one octave lower, BUT if you wish to have other harmonies you cannot simply pitch shift this. You'd have to have it sung again or use a harmoniser which accounts for the differences in the scale that is being sung.
Antares Auto Tune is a correction tool for badly sung vocals, so this would "correct" slightly off pitched notes against a pre-defined scale. What you need is a harmonizing tool which would "create" the harmony and have the correct scale notes created or your could sing them IN a harmony.
You could do with understanding how scales are made up, there are some rules (distance between pitches)
For a major scale the rule is
Root>Tone>Tone>Semitone>Tone>Tone>Tone>Semitone
Therefore for the scale of C major (all the white notes) we have:
C>D>E>F>G>A>B>C
Whereas for G major we have:
G>A>B>C>D>E>F#>G
Each note of a scale is given a number... So we have
1 = root
2 = major 2nd
3 = major 3rd
4 = perfect 4th
5 = perfect 5th
6 = major 6th
7 = major 7th
8 = octave
So a major third harmony in G major would be the note G sung with B at the same time, a major third harmony in C major would be C sung with E simultaneously.
