The Vocalist VR's harmonies maintain all the characteristics of the singer's voice for very realistic-sounding backup vocals. The processor also allows users to choose between Chordal or Scalic harmonies, select the key and scale, determine whether the harmonies are below or above their voice, assign individual mix levels for their voice and the harmonies, add warm reverbs and much more. A simple press of any Voicing button adds or removes that particular harmony.
Chordal harmonies follow the chord progression from a keyboard.
Using this mode, singers can be assured that their harmonies will always fit over the accompaniment. The Vocalist VR will decipher every chord, and all inversions of chords, and produce harmonies that fit over each chord as it is played. Scalic harmonies follow a singer's voice, producing harmonies based on the selected scale, the selected interval and the position of the scale that is being sung. As the singer changes notes, the Vocalist VR identifies the note that is being sung, determines the position of that note in the scale and produces the appropriate harmony for the chosen interval. The VR enables musicians to select the key, scale type or chord from the front panel, or from incoming MIDI notes.