ENCHOIR VST v1.3
(C) prodyon

Function description of Enchoirīs knobs and buttons.


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DOUBLE

This effect kind of "doubles" the incoming dry lead vocal (stereo thickening).
It uses two detuned variants of the input vocal and shifts one to the left and
the other one the right to create a lovely stereo-image.


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AUTO MUTE

When you sing and play you always here the dry lead vocal together with the
choir singing. When this button is clicked, the lead vocal be always muted
whenever you play a single note or a chord. Can be useful when you want to
let the choir "repeat" a phrase without the lead singer coming through.


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HARMONY HOLD

When you click this button, the incoming audio (from the dry lead vocal) will
instantly be "frozen" and therefore held. Use it in conjunction when you play 
a chord or a note on your keyboard, otherwise you wonīt hear the effect.
It is most useful when singing "Aah" or "Ooh". Donīt try pushing this button
randomly when playing and singing - the results wonīt be convincable.


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FOLLOW HARMONY

This function does pitch the individual choir-voices that you play up or down
depending on where (vocal pitch) the singer sings. It is a kind of automatic
choir-shifting/pitching depending on the sungen lead note. Great to give the
impression that individual choir-singers are singing up and down rather of just
the note(s) that you play on your keyboard.


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REVERB OFF

In most cases, people prefer to use their own favourite reverb. If you want
to do so - just click this button to disable the built-in reverb.


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LEAD / CHOIR

This knob affects the ratio between the incoming dry lead vocal and the choir.
You can see it as a mix knob to balance out the lead vocal and the choir.


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SPREAD

This knob moves the lead and choir in the stereo-panorama from left to right and
vice-versa. When pushed to the left the lead vocals appears on the left and
the choir on the right in the stereo image.


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BLUR

This is used to "blur" or "soften" the choir and make it sound less static and
robotic. Together with a good portion of reverb this adds realism.


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SCOOP

This knob controls the amount of vocal scooping within the choir. The more you
turn it to the right the more scooping will occur (pitching from a lower note to
the pitch of the actual note(s) you press).


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BLUE NOTES

With this knob it is possible to add further realism to the choir. The more you
turn it to the right the more the singers will be "out of tune".


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REVERB MIX

Controls the balance of the reverb for the lead input and the choir. When pushed
hard left only the lead vocal will full reverb. When pushed hard right the choir
will get the full reverb whereas the lead vocal will sound completely dry.


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REVERB SIZE

Is used to alter the length of the reverb-tail (maximum around 10 seconds).


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STEREO WIDTH

Can be used to widen or shrinken the stereo-image. The more you turn it to the
right the widener the stereoimage will be.


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BREATH

Is used to add clarity and brightness to the choir. Especially with some choir-modes being a bit unresponsive to certain singers/vocals, with this knob
you can overcome that problem by adding stereo-noise to the choir signal.


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CHOIR STYLE OFF, MIXED, DARK and CHIPMUNK

This alters the formants of the individual choir-voices kind of semi-randomly.
The default mode "mixed" give all individual choir voices different formant values. Good for a huge sounding choir. "Dark" and "Chipmunk" can be
used to create very doomish sounding choirs or childrenīs choir respectively.
"Off" completly resets the formants, leaving them unchanged.


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PHRASE MODE

This button lets you activate the phrase mode. As soon as it is enabled, it will record whatever you sing into a buffer of up to 10 seconds. As soon as you stop singing (the input volume goes below the threshold) it stops recording (the
LED is unlit). When you play some chords or notes on your keyboard now, the phrase-recorder will go into playback-mode and play back the previously recorded
audio as long as you hold at least one note on your keyboard or the recording time is over/or the recording itself. It can be played back as often as you wish as
long you dont sing again - since then it will start recording the new input 
automatically.


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CLEAN CHOIR MODE
A very thick and natural sounding algorithm. Turned on by default.

CHURCH CHOIR MODE
Immitates the sound of a choir singing in a church. Great results can be made when using in conjunction with the "Dark" choir style.

OPERA CHOIR MODE
Immitates the sounds of opera singers within a choir.

ROBOT CHOIR MODE
A freaked-out choir mode which also alters the incoming lead vocal audio.

WHISTLE
Can be used together with "whistling" to achieve great whistling sounds.
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ENCHOIR (C)
Written by D. Lenz
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