INTONATOR HS

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CONTACT DETAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

TC SUPPORT INTERACTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

WELCOME TO INTONATOR HS FOR POWERCORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

GENERAL CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/9

METERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

PARAMETERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

PRESET CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

SCALE DEFINITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

ABOUT THE COMPANY...

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CONTACT DETAILS

If you would like to get in touch with us, please e-mail: [email protected]. Alternatively, you may contact the TC Electronic distributor in your area, or write to:

TC ELECTRONIC A/S

Customer Support

Sindalsvej 34

Risskov DK-8240

Denmark www.tcelectronic.com

e-mail: [email protected]

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USA:

TC Electronic, Inc.

742-A Hampshire Rd.

Westlake Village, CA 91361

1-805-373-1828 www.tcelectronic.com

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TC SUPPORT INTERACTIVE 5

The TC Support Interactive website is designed as an online support and information center. At the site you can find answers to specific questions regarding TC software. All known issues are stored in a database searchable by product, category, keywords, or phrases. Under the section "My Stuff" you can login to check the status of your questions, download materials such as product manuals, software updates and new presets.This site has been specifically designed to meet the needs of our users.

We constantly update the database and you will find the site to be a huge resource of information.

Browse through Q&A’s and discover new aspects of your TC product. If you can’t find an answer online, you have the option of submitting a question to our technical support staff who will then reply to you by e-mail.The TC Support Team is on constant alert to help you in any way they can.

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When you purchase a TC Computer Recording Product, you can rest assured that we stand by our guarantee to provide you with the version available at the time of purchase, regardless of what is contained in the box! Check www.tcelectronic.com today to make sure that you are using the latest version available.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

The Plug-In requires

POWERCORE

PCI or

POWERCORE FIREWIRE version 1.8 or later to be available in your system.

MAC OS X

• G4 or G5 (800 MHz or faster)

• 256 MB RAM (512 MB or more recommended)

• Mac OS X (10.2.6 or higher)

• Any VST or AudioUnits compatible host application

• System must meet requirements of the host application

WINDOWS

• Pentium III 1GHz or faster

• 256 MB RAM (512 MB or more recommended)

• Windows XP

• Any VST-compatible application

• System must meet requirements of the host application

PROCESSING DELAY

In addition to the typical latency delay associated with DSP Plug-Ins, INTONATOR HS also has an internal processing delay that will increase the latency.

WELCOME TO INTONATOR HS 6

The TC-Helicon INTONATOR HS for POWERCORE fixes intonation problems in vocals on the fly, saving producers hours of recording and editing time.The Plug-In utilizes the latest intonation correction technology also found in TC-Helicon's hardware products and delivers very natural sounding results.The user interface is straightforward and easy-to-use with a real-time pitch and processing display.

For creative applications, the maximum pitch correction range is +/- 600 Cents, allowing you to force an entire melody line to only one note, if you like! Additionally, an innovative adaptive

Low Cut Filter removes unwanted low frequency rumble and noise – without making the voice sound thin.

Enjoy!

The TC-HELICON Team

GENERAL CONTROLS

KEY COMMANDS

In most host applications, INTONATOR HS supports keyboard commands for certain functions.The following key commands are available for all Plug-In parameters:

KEY COMMANDS IN MAC OS X:

Reset To Default

Context Key

= Alt

= Control + Mouse Button (or Right Mouse Click)

KEY COMMANDS IN WINDOWS:

Reset To Default

Contextual Menu

= Shift AND Control

= Right Mouse Click

SCROLL WHEEL SUPPORT

If you are using a host application that supports this feature, all of the INTONATOR HS knobs and faders support scrolling on both Windows XP and Mac OS X. Simply roll your mouse over a knob and use the Scroll Wheel to increment / decrement the associated parameter.

NOTE: Clicking the POWERCORE Logo on the Plug-In will NOT engage ‘No Latency Mode.’

INTONATOR HS does not support ‘No Latency Mode’!

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OVERVIEW

Pitch Metering

Keyboard

Pitch Correction Controls

Preset Controls

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Pitch Correction Window

Low Cut Filter Section

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METERING 10

PITCH METERING

The Pitch Meter is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use metering tool for tracking your Input Pitch as well as the Pitch Correction that is applied to your out of tune material.

INPUT PITCH

The red meter always indicates the Input Pitch. At the center position, with little or no activity, the input signal is in pitch.When the Input Pitch is to the right of the center position, the Input Pitch is sharp. Conversely, when the Input Pitch is to the left of the center position, the Input Pitch is flat.

PITCH CORRECTION

The blue meter always indicates the applied Pitch Correction Amount.

NOTE:The Pitch Correction meter is strongly influenced by the value used by the Amount parameter, the speed of the Attack parameter.

PITCH METER OPTIONS

There are several views for these meters, allowing you to customize your metering experience.The metering options can be accessed by clicking directly on the Pitch Meter.

PITCH MINUS CORRECTION

Pitch Minus Correction is the default view for the Pitch Meter.When metering with Pitch

Minus Correction, you will notice that the Pitch Correction meter will start at the point where the pitch is most out of tune and moves back towards center, indicating the amount of correction.

PITCH AND CORRECTION

Pitch And Correction is an alternative view for the Pitch Meter.When metering with Pitch

And Correction, you will notice that the Pitch Correction meter will always start on the opposite side of the Input pitch.The further out-of-tune the Input Pitch, the further the correction meter will move in the opposite direction.

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INPUT PITCH

Selecting this meter option will only display the Input Pitch.

OUTPUT PITCH

Selecting this meter option will only display the Output Pitch, or shows the difference between the Input Pitch and the amount of Correction applied.

CORRECTION

Selecting this meter option will only display the amount of Pitch Correction applied to your signal.

CLIP HOLD

The Clip Hold option will vary the time that the plug-in displays clipping in the Clip Indicator.

The hold time range, in seconds, is 10, 6, 1, None or Forever.There is also a Reset option.

TIP:The quickest method for resetting the Clip Indicator is to single click directly on the red Clip

Indicator LED.

PITCH WINDOW

The Pitch Window control adjusts the range around the target pitch.This allows input correction when a pitch is within the defined range.The maximum window range is +/- 600

Cents.

Correctly setting the Pitch Window is critical, and can tremendously affect how

INTONATOR HS corrects an Input Pitch.

Example:The song you are working on is in C Major, and singer’s target note is F, which is in the key of C Major. Instead of hitting the correct note, the singer is too sharp and manages to sing a rather flat F#. If the Pitch Window is set to a range of 30, this note will not be corrected because it is outside of the Pitch Window range.

PARAMETERS

CORRECT

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The CORRECT ON button allows you to enable or bypass the pitch correction. If the ON button is highlighted, the pitch correction is switched on.

KEYBOARD

The keyboard consists of 12 buttons, reflecting one octave of a piano style keyboard.These

buttons are used for selecting and indicating the current key. All notes that belong to the selected key are highlighted.The LEDs above the keys on the keyboard indicate the current input pitch.

The keyboard can be used for the following operations:

• Selecting a key when in a Scale or Mode.

• Selecting the notes of a Custom Scale

• Forcing the pitch correction to a particular note when in Manual Mode

TUNING REFERENCE

It may be the case that you are working with prerecorded material that is not tuned to the standard tuning reference of 440 Hz.With the Tuning Reference parameter, you can fine adjust the tuning of INTONATOR HS to match the tuning of your audio.The overall tuning can be adjusted +/-40 cents.

PARAMETERS

SCALE / MODE

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The Scale / Mode parameter determines what scale INTONATOR HS will correct to. Scale refers to the graduated series of notes with established intervals between each note in the scale from the root note to its octave. By selecting the scale that matches the music of your input pitch, you can achieve the best pitch correction with least amount of false corrections.

Some musical knowledge will come in very useful when selecting the correct Scale.

SUPPORTED SCALES AND MODES

SCALES: Major, Minor, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor, Chromatic, Custom, Midi... For a complete list see Scale Definitions on page 20.

SCALES AND MODES IN DEPTH

While explaining the tonal, theoretical and artistic qualities of the various Modes and Scales are beyond the scope of this manual, four of the options must be explained in depth.

CHROMATIC SCALE

Unlike the other scales and modes, the Chromatic Scale has every key interval active across the keyboard.This scale is best used when you do not know the key that the song is in.With

a good singer, there is a strong chance that Chromatic mode will fix all notes correctly.

However, if the singer is more than one interval out-of-tune, then using Chromatic scale can result in false corrections.

CUSTOM SCALE

Selecting Custom Scale allows you to manually enter the note intervals by selecting the notes on the keyboard.There is no root key for this scale type.

MANUAL MODE

Selecting the Manual Mode setting for Scale / Mode allows you to manually enter the note from the keyboard.This is best used as an automated function, where you want no correction except for an occasional note.

MIDI Scale

When MIDI scale is selected, the INTONATOR HS corrects to MIDI notes supplied by your sequencer or a MIDI controller device.There can be any number of notes in a MIDI scale

(0 -11); i.e. simultaneous note-on messages are valid.

PARAMETERS

MANUAL PITCH BENDER

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The Manual Pitch Bender is used to manually control the absolute pitch.When using the bender with automatic forms of correction, the Manual Pitch Bender is in addition to the automatic correction .The pitch bend range is +/-600 cents.

AMOUNT

The amount control scales the amount of automatic correction applied to the input voice.

The range is from 0% to 100%. However, 0% does not mean that the correction is turned off.

The amount of correction that is applied depends on how far out of tune the input is.This

allows for a very musical way of correcting pitch, by correcting the large pitch errors while preserving the natural micro variations around the correct pitch.

For example: a) with the amount set to 100%, a 10 cent flat input pitch will be corrected by 10 cents and a

50 cent flat input pitch will be corrected by 50 cents.

b) with the amount set to 80%, a 10 cent flat input pitch will be corrected by approximetaly

8 cents and a 50 cent flat input pitch will be corrected by approxiametaly 40 cents.

c) with the amount set to 0%, a 10 cent flat input pitch will not be corrected and a

50 cent flat input pitch will be corrected by approximetaly 10 cents.

PARAMETERS

ATTACK

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The Attack control allows you to change how fast the correction adjusts the Input pitch to the correct note.Very fast settings will produce unnatural sounding glitches—which are useful for some creative applications—while slower settings will take longer to move to the correct pitch.This can be well applied with ballads and more animated melodies.

ADAPTIVE LO CUT FILTER

The Adaptive Lo Cut Filter serves many cleanup functions that work in making a better vocal recording. As you may expect, the filter can remove unwanted rumble in the low frequencies and remove hum that found its way into your recording thanks to poorly shielded cables. It can also be used to reduce breathing artifacts derived from a singer that is too close to the microphone.

The low cut filter can either be off, on or adaptive. In adaptive mode, the cut-off frequency adapts to the input pitch of a vocal.When adaptive mode is off, the cut-off frequency is manually set.

The low-cut frequency can be set up to 266Hz when adaptive is off. However, in adaptive mode, the frequency can be set to "infinite".This settings forces the low-cut to track just below the input pitch of the vocal.

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PRESET MANAGEMENT

INTONATOR HS’s comprehensive file based preset architecture makes archiving presets a simple process.This allows you to organize your presets the way you find most comfortable for your workflow, and to exchange presets with other users, no matter the platform or application. Presets are saved as discrete files on your hard drive. Once a preset is saved into the default location, it will automatically appear in the ‘File’ menu every time you use the Plug-

In.The files can then be organized into subfolders, where you can delete, rearrange or create your own sub-folders to accommodate your needs. For example, you could create preset folders for projects, clients or by application and genre, such as ‘Pitch FX’.

NOTE: A folder will not appear in the Preset File Menu unless the folder has at least one preset inside!

PRESET FILE MENU

Pressing the ’File’ button will open the Plug-In’s File menu.The following options are available from the File menu.

LOADING A PRESET

By selecting ’Load’, you can navigate to any folder on the system that you have read access to, including any shared folder. By default, these will be loaded from the default location for

INTONATOR HS presets. Only presets located in the default file location will appear in

INTONATOR HS pop-up preset menu.

SAVING A PRESET

By selecting ’Save’, you can save your preset to any folder on the system that you have write access to, including any shared folder. By default, presets are saved to the default location for the INTONATOR HS presets.

QUICK PRESET COMPARISON

The ‘A / B’ function of INTONATOR HS allows for a quick comparison of two different settings. Select ‘Store’ and then ‘A’ or ‘B’ to save a setting into either the ‘A’ or ‘B’ memory.

After setting up both an ‘A’ and a ‘B’ setting, you can simply select either ‘A’ or ‘B’ to immediately compare the two settings. As these are meant for a quick comparison, these settings are LOST when closing the Plug-In! If you love your preset, we advise you to save it!

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DEFAULT PRESET LOCATIONS

The following locations will describe where you can find the INTONATOR HS presets, which are stored in a folder unique to each plug-in:

MAC OS X

Files are stored in your user folder:

~ \ Library \ Application Support \ POWERCORE\TC Helicon\Presets\Intonator hs

~ \ Refers to your user folder: Users \ Your Name

WINDOWS

Files are stored on the Windows OS hard drive.

~ \ TCWorks \ Powercore \ TC Helicon \ Presets\Intonator hs

~ \ Refers to the path for your System Hard Drive \ Program Files

• To delete a file, simply move it to the ’Trash’ or ’Recycle bin’.

• To create a new subfolder that appears in the Plug-In menu, simply create a new folder in the Plug-In folder that resides in the PRESETS folder of the INTONATOR HS default preset location.

NOTE: A folder will not appear in the Preset File Menu unless it has at least one preset inside!

Scale Name

Major

Minor (natural)

Minor (harmonic)

Minor (asc melodic)

Chromatic

Ionian (Major)

Dorian

Phrygian

Lydian

Mixolydian

Aeolian (nat. min.)

Locrian

Half-Whole Diminished

Whole-Half Diminished

Altered

Neopolitan Minor

Neopolitan Major

Enigmatic

Whole-tone

Leading whole-tone

Overtone

Augmented

Pentatonic (Maj)

Pentatonic (Min)

Pentatonic (Dom)

Blues

BeBop (maj7)

BeBop (dom)

BeBop (min)

Hungarian Minor

Hungarian Major

Hungarian Gypsy

Prometheus

HiraJoshi

Iwato

Kumoi

Hawaiian

Kokin

Spanish

Egyptian

Ritusen

Pelog

Pelog2

Javenese Pelog

Oriental

Gypsy

Arabian

Hindu

Persian

Chinese

SCALE DEFINITIONS 18

Semitones Scale steps

0,2,3,6,7,8,11

0,3,4,6,7,9,10

0,2,3,6,7,8,10

0,2,4,6,10

0,2,3,7,8

0,1,5,6,10

0,1,5,7,8

0,2,3,7,9

0,1,5,7,10

0,1,4,5,7,8,10

0,2,5,7,10

0,2,5,7,9

0,1,3,7,8

0,1,3,7,10

0,1,3,5,8

0,1,4,5,6,9,10

0,1,4,5,7,8,11

0,2,4,5,6,8,10

0,2,4,5,7,8,10

0,1,4,5,6,8,11

0,4,6,7,11

0,2,4,5,7,9,11

0,2,3,5,7,8,10

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7

0,2,3,5,7,8,11 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, 7

0,2,3,5,7,9,11 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, 7

0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 1, b2, 2, b3, 3, 4, b5, 5, b6, 6, b7, 7

0,2,4,5,7,9,11

0,2,3,5,7,9,10

0,1,3,5,7,8,10

0,2,4,6,7,9,11

0,2,4,5,7,9,10

0,2,3,5,7,8,10

0,1,3,5,6,8,10

0,1,3,4,6,7,9,10

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

1, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, b7

1, b2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7

1, 2, 3, #4, 5, 6, 7

1. 2. 3.4 5.6. b7

1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7

1, b2, b3, 4, b5, b6, b7

1, b2, b3, 3, b5, 5, 6, b7

0,2,3,5,6,8,9,11

0,1,3,4,6,8,10

0,1,3,5,7,8,11

0,1,3,5,7,9,11

0,1,4,6,8,10,11

0,2,4,6,8,10

0,2,4,6,8,10,11

0,2,4,6,7,9,10

0,3,4,7,8,11

0,2,4,7,9

0,3,5,7,10

0,2,4,7,10

0,3,5,6,7,10

0,2,4,5,7,8,9,11

0,2,4,5,7,9,10,11

0,2,3,4,5,7,9,10

1, 2, b3, 4, b5, b6, 6, 7

1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6, b7

1, b2, b3, 4, 5, b6, 7

1, b2, b3, 4, 5, 6, 7

1, b2, 3, b5, b6, b7, 7

1, 2, 3, #4, b6, b7

1, 2, 3, b5, b6, b7, 7

1, 2, 3, b5, 5, 6, b7

1, b3, 3, 5, b6, 7

1,2 3, 5, 6

1, b3, 4, 5, b7

1, 2, 3, 5, b7

1, b3, 4, b5, 5, b7

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, b6, 6, 7

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, b7, 7

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, b7

1, 2, b3, b5, 5, b6, 7

1, b3, 3, b5, 5, 6, b7

1, 2, b3, b5, 5, b6, b7

1, 2, 3, b5, b7

1, 2, b3, 5, b6

1, b2, 4, b5, b7

1, b2, 4, 5, b6

1, 2, b3, 5, 6

1, 2, 4, 5, b7

1, b2, 3, 4, 5, b6, b7

1, 2, 4, 5, b7

1, 2, 4, 5, 6

1, b2, b3, 5, b6

1, b2, b3, 5, b7

1, b2, b3, 4, b6

1, b2, 3, 4, b5, 6, b7

1, b2, 3, 4, 5, b6, 7

1, 2, 3, 4, b5, b6, b7

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, b6, b7

1, b2, 3, 4, b5, b6, 7

1, 3, b5, 5, 7