Has Anybody Tried Antares Harmony EFX Plugin?

[Brushfire]

Antares is running an intro offer of Harmony EFX through the end of November for $49. Has anybody tried running it on their HD system? What is your opinion of it?

Thanks,
BF

[AINSLIE]

Downloaded. Installed, setup a quick trial file and this is the result in 5 mins ... I'm sure it could be made great but seriously I would rather just get some session folk to do it real. Might be fine for some FX vocal. Perhaps its gonna be a nice effect in some applications ...

http://www.experientiastudio.com/Har...uickieHOLY.mp3

disclaimer ... unedited ... unmixed ... one pass MIDI control .. Just like a vocoder

Ainslie

[nod25]

Ainslie, your build will be interesting.

Nice creds too BTW

[drenkrom]

I bought the EVO version on day one, as I use it a lot on my electro-prog-tech side projects. I like the way it controls and the possibilities it opens up, but I very seldom use it for its intended use. It can be a very useful plug for mangling and making sci-fi effects. I wouldn't be inclined to use it to simulate real human beings signing, unless it'll be pretty far back in the mix, drenched in reverb. Then again, replicating some of the plug's possibilities with human beings could be very costly, so I guess this could do in a pinch.

I used the EFX version on someone else's setup and, for most uses, the provided controls on that version would be enough. You forfeit the vibrato and delay controls and the choir mixer, but the most important controls are intact. At that price point, ROI isn't hard to achieve, even if you use just a handful of times. I haven't used it in PT, so I can't comment on that.

And if you want a T-Pain / Cher / Gay Fish sound, you most definitely want this. I personally don't understand why one would want that, but that's a whole other story.

[Brushfire]

Thanks for insights. My first thoughts were line with Ainsley's, if I want true to form bgv's, software's not gonna cut it. Thanks for the sample Ainsley! I'm hard pressed to think of how I could use it for my music... drekrom, I'm going to copy & email your message to a friend of mine who composes a lot of electronica. He might want to look into the EVO version...

Thanks again,
bf