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Originally posted by Diki:
To be honest, the vocoder mode is the only one that I have any inclination to use. Unless you are doing Andrews Sisters or Mills Bros (and even they don't rigidly block), suspensions, close block chords that clash and resolve against the chord played, passing notes, counter-harmony, those are the things that make great harmony. The slavish blocking around a chord, without those passing notes and resolutions is the hallmark of the artificial harmony generator.

And, I'm afraid, no matter HOW good the actual vocal transposition, immediately SCREAMS 'Machine!'


Nah, disagree totally. ON the G70 and the Korg there are plenty of ways to get s ingel note harmony or double..If you read my post you would see that is pretty much all I used.

And if the vocoder does as you say, it is MORE likely to produce those multi-voice harmonies, that SCREAM machine!! That you seem to despise, going by your post. Gping on what Fran has posted the vocoder is not monophonic.

At least when you restrict the harmoniser to one or two notes that is ALL you get.

And I would REALLY like to know, (as you so often say you play mostly in piano mode), if you use Vocoder, how do you stop all your left hand notes getting in the way too?

In harmoniser mode this is NOT an issue because it is reading from a chord structure. Be it maj, min, 6th, min6th, ninth, maj6th maj7th , whatever.

I repeat I find one or two harmony voices PLENTY. Any more DOES scream machine...

I mean we are a solo or duo(with the other guy not singing) I mean how "real" do you think folks think our harmonies are anyway???!!!

Dennis