Automating iZotope Nectar Harmony With A Send

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2015/05/01 08:29:20 (permalink)

Automating iZotope Nectar Harmony With A Send

Sometimes I want a quick harmony or several voices of harmony.  Nectar works well for that, but up until now I have copied the vocal clips I wanted to harmonize and pasted them in another track with Nectar loaded in the FX Bin.  In Nectar, I Solo Voices.  The result is the Lead Vocal on Track A and the Harmony Vocals on Track B.  But, the cutting and pasting is kind of a hassle.  Recently I read some posts here and elsewhere about automating plugins and tried this instead.
 
Insert a Bus and load Nectar.
Set the Harmony Module to Solo Voices.
Insert a Send on the Lead Vocal Track.
Automate the Lead Vocal Send (on/off) so that Nectar is triggered as desired.
 
(One thing I'm not sure of is how the other modules in Nectar are triggered by the Lead Vocal Send.  I leave them Bypassed.)

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    dubdisciple
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    Re: Automating iZotope Nectar Harmony With A Send 2015/05/01 08:48:38 (permalink)
    Great tip!!!
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    Re: Automating iZotope Nectar Harmony With A Send 2015/05/01 15:53:54 (permalink)
    I have automated some plugs & synths in the past using a midi envelope to control certain parameters and functions as well..... it's another way of doing it.  

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    Re: Automating iZotope Nectar Harmony With A Send 2015/05/01 22:45:57 (permalink)
    Hey, Herb:)

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    Re: Automating iZotope Nectar Harmony With A Send 2015/05/02 10:02:48 (permalink)
    That's an interesting idea.

    How about sending the lead vocal to a harmony track instead of a bus? Then maybe you could mix overall more conveniently or send the two tracks and other vocal tracks to a common vocal bus etc.

    This recent free tool might fit in to your idea:

    http://forum.cakewalk.com...nyone-m3158831-p2.aspx

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