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Duo Buddy HV1

• Adding major 3rd harmony

Let’s try adding the major 3rd harmony to the original sound with appropriate key setting.

As an example, let us use the Program A in Bank 8 and edit it to add the major 3rd harmony

for the song in A Major.

1. Select the Program A in Bank 8 using the DATA control and foot switches (Value LED

should indicate [8C]).

2. Press the EDIT button (The EDIT LED lights up).

3. Rotate the PARAMETER control and set to KEY. The current key setting, i.e. [C], is

indicated.

4. With the DATA control, change the key to [A].

5. Set the PARAMETER control to STYLE. The current style, i.e. [8], is indicated.

6. With the DATA control, change the style to [3].

7. Press the EDIT button to complete the editing ([8A] is indicated now).

The selectable options for the KEY are,

C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A# and B (Program A)

C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B and L (Program B)

Note 1: The small dot appearing at top left of alphabet for the KEY indication means “#”. For

example, [

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C] means “C#”.

Note 2: The “L” for the Program B means the Link function. When “L” is selected, the keys

for the Program A and B are always set to the same key. When the key of either Program A

or B is changed with the foot switches in Play mode, the key of the other Program is changed

also to the same key (Refer to Foot Switch Operations).

• Using Sub-Style

In either Play mode or Edit mode, when the foot switch of the selected Program is pressed

down, the Sub-Style is activated. For example, when the Program A foot switch is pressed while

the Program A is currently selected, the style changes from the main style to sub-style. The sub-

style is only active while the foot switch is being held down and releasing the foot switch activates

the main style back. While the sub-style is active, a small dot appears at top left of Bank indication.

Sub-style

The sub-style means the substitute harmony style, as the name implies. The Duo Buddy

has 12 preset styles and 9 user styles. However, there may be an occasion that the

harmony of the main style is inappropriate in a particular place of the song. In such a

case, you may work around it by switching to the sub-style.

For example, with the Preset Style “3” (major 3rd) used in C key, an E harmony is added

for the incoming note at C. Instead, the D# harmony is added for the C note when the

sub-style is activated.

Practical Operations

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