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Duo Buddy HV1

Practical Operations

• With Preset Programs

Select the Program by changing Banks with the DATA control and using the PROGRAM A/B

foot switches.

Lets sing into the microphone switching the Program A and B in Bank 8. The Program A adds

one octave high harmony and the Program B adds one octave down harmony to the original

sound. In similar manner, try using the Programs A and B in Bank 9.

Note: No key setting is required for the programs in Banks 8 and 9 as the added

harmonies are one octave up/down (Bank 8) and in unison (Bank 9) to the original sound.

However, it becomes necessary to set the proper KEY and STYLE for the harmonies

other than those above, such as major 3rd, minor 3rd, etc.

To obtain the appropriate harmony

The Duo Buddy automatically adds harmony to the incoming melody. However, it is

important to properly set the KEY and STYLE for the appropriate harmony.

The Duo Buddy adds harmony intelligently according to the note of incoming melody,

not just adding simple harmony in fixed interval. For an example, to add the 3rd har-

mony for the song in C major, when the incoming note is at C, the harmony at E (major

3rd) is added, while harmony at F (minor 3rd) is added for the note at D.

In this way, by changing the harmony interval according to the incoming note, it offers

musically appropriate harmony. It is therefore necessary and important to set the KEY

and STYLE properly for the song.

Key

When the key of the Duo Buddy and that of the song differ, the correct harmony may

not be obtained. Set the appropriate key on the Duo Buddy according to the key of the

song.

Style

The Style in Duo Buddy means the style/pattern of the harmony that is added to the

incoming melody. The Duo Buddy has 12 preset harmony styles that can be selected for

the song appropriately, such as major, minor, 3rd, 5th, etc. It also has 9 user styles that can

be edited freely using the Style Edit function.

Transposition

When there is the transposition in the song, one Key/Style selection may not cover the

entire song. In such a case, it may be necessary to prepare the appropriate user style

and/or program beforehand and switch them during the song.

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