Vocal Flow

Vocal Flow Vocal Flow is an all-in-one signal processing suite for mixing vocals in music. It contains 7 routable signal processing elements along with input and output controls. The elements included are: Vocal Character – A unique 2-band vocal EQ designed to “follow” the pitch of the vocal notes. 32c Channel EQ – A 4-band EQ complete with High & Low Filters. Directly based on the Harrison 32c consoles highly sought after channel EQ. De-Esser – A specialized Compressor for removing sibilance in vocals or speech. Based on the X-Tool DSP found in Harrison MPC digital consoles. Leveler – A handy Compressor derived from the Harrison Mixbus channel strip DSP. Vocal Effects – Chorus, Delay, and Reverb for livening up vocal recordings. Master Section – Includes controls for Routing, Polarity, Input and Output Trim. Module Controls Each of the 7 processing sections (referred to as Modules) has its own output trim control and can be individually reset, soloed, or bypassed. The RESET button resets all of a module’s parameters to their default states (with the exception of RTA controls). The SOLO button bypasses all processing outside of the module being soloed. This allows individual modules to be auditioned exclusively without any other processing. Note that soloing a module will maintain the gain structure set by the Output Trims of the other elements. The IN button toggles the enablement of each module. If disabled, a module’s processing is bypassed and its effects will not be heard. The vertical slider to the right of each module controls the module’s Output Gain Trim for adjusting the Gain staging between elements. It has a range of -20dB to +20dB. Note: Because they are processed in parallel, the Delay and Reverb modules do not have Output Gain Trims like all the other sections. Instead, they have Level faders for blending the effects signals with the main signal path. Vocal Character The Vocal Character is a one-of-a-kind vocal EQ that “follows” the pitch of the notes sung in a recorded vocal track and shifts the EQ curve accordingly along the frequency spectrum. This allows you to alter the actual character of vocals by adjusting the body and clarity of each note. Important Note: The Vocal Character element tracks pitches on a chromatic scale, and it will not work on the spoken voice. You should disable this element when using the VC on spoken voice. The Vocal Character consists of an EQ graph with 2 band control sections below it, labelled Body and Clarity. The Body section contains controls for the lower band (labelled “B” on the graph) and the Clarity section controls the high band (labelled “C” on the graph). Both bands have adjustable Frequency , Gain , Shape , and Q parameters, as well as buttons for toggling their enablement individually. The graph is used to control a band’s frequency and gain while the controls for enablement, shape and Q can be found in the control sections below the graph. De-Esser This module contains a simple and intuitive implementation of Harrison’s renowned De-Esser algorithm. It is primarily used to attenuate harsh frequencies caused by sibilance in speech and vocals. The two circular markers on the graph display, labelled “S” and “H”, are the controls for the Ess and Hi bands (S = Ess, H = Hi). These controls can be dragged horizontally or vertically to set the Bandwidth and Depth of their respective bands. A band’s horizontal range or Bandwidth determines the range of frequencies subject to attenuation within that band. The low cutoff Frequency for the Ess band has a range of 1 kHz to 8 kHz , while the Hi band control has a range of 2 kHz to 12 kHz for taming any additional frequencies above that. The vertical Depth of a band sets the maximum Gain reduction in dB that can be applied to the frequencies in its Bandwidth. A lower Depth means greater possible attenuation. Both bands have a maximum Depth value of -12 dB and can go up to 0 dB, where no attenuation occurs. Clicking and dragging in t