Eight-Voice Harmonizer TDM Plug-In Debuts at AES

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At the 115th AES show, Eventide introduced the Octavox Harmonizer diatonic pitch shifter plug-in for Digidesign's Pro Tools TDM platform for Mac. As the first ever Eventide Harmonizer eight-voice diatonic pitch shifter plug-in, the Octavox allows users to create anything from stacked harmonies and subtle, wide choirs to musical rhythmic sequences.

According to Ray Maxwell, vice president of sales and marketing at Eventide, the Octavox will provide users of Pro Tools TDM v5.1.3 and greater, with unprecedented creative power and flexibility when working on their projects. "The Octavox is a groundbreaking development for lovers of the Harmonizer hardware pitch shifter now working in the TDM environment," said Maxwell. "We based Octavox on the multi-voice pitch shifter from our flagship processor Orville. The ability to have eight voices of diatonic pitch shifting in a software plug-in provides new functionality to Pro Tools users. Add to that the significant delay capability for each voice, and we have established the new benchmark for multi-voice, diatonic pitch shifting on the desktop. "

All of the tools required to load, edit, and save a preset are available from within the single graphical user interface, which gives access to the pitch shifting capabilities of Octavox, as well as provides unique and musical control of the pitch and delays using the Notation Grid. This "notation meets step sequencer" presents pitches on a traditional music staff with a quantized beat grid superimposed for placing notes over time. While the standard Pro Tools Save and Recall features are supported, our unique snapshot feature provides an intuitive way to capture or recall parameter settings with a single mouse click, and can be used to instantly rearrange the entire sequence. Instrument presets quickly and intelligently configure the pitch recognition parameters to be optimized for a given instrument. A randomizer is included, which can be used to simulate the natural character of eight individual sound sources or for more exotic applications.

Hardware control of the Eventide Reverb plug-in includes support for the Digidesign ProControl and Control24, and the Mackie HUI.

For more information, visit their web site at www.eventide.com.