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Harmony

These settings let you select the number and type of background voices that are generated by 

the Vocalist

®

 Live 4.  You can add -4 voices of harmony or duplicates (unison) to your lead vocal. 

The different harmony combinations appear as abbreviations in the Alphanumeric display. Each 

abbreviation represents one voice. The combinations are numbered; each combination’s number 

appears in the Numeric display.

The abbreviations stand for:

U

Unison. Creates a copy of the lead vocal.

UC

Unison corrected. Creates a copy of the lead vocal with pitch correction.

3U

Harmony is one third up from the lead vocal.

3D

Harmony is one third down from the lead vocal.

5U

Harmony is one fifth up from the lead vocal.

5D

Harmony is one fifth down from the lead vocal.

8U

Harmony is one octave up from the lead vocal.

8D

Harmony is one octave down from the lead vocal.

Note:

 The 

3U

 and 

5U

 (third up and fifth up) settings produce harmonies that are only nominally 

third up and fifth up.  They vary depending on the guitar chord and input vocal pitch. 

Note:

 Turning on either a Lead Effect persona or pitch correction requires the use of a harmo-

ny voice. If all harmony voices are being used in the current preset, the least important harmony 

voice is automatically selected for this purpose.

Voicing

1 off

No harmonies.

17 U U

Two voices of unison.

2 8D

Octave down.

18 3U 3U

Third up,  third up.

3 5D

Fifth down.

19 3U 5U

Third up,  fifth up

4 3D

Third down.

20 8D 5D 3D

Octave down, fifth down, third 

down.

5 U

Unison.

21 8D U 8U

Octave down, unison, octave 

up.

6 uc

Unison w/ pitch 

correction.

22 5D 3D U

Fifth down, third down, unison.

7 3U

Third up.

23 5D 3D 3U

Fifth down, third down, third 

up.

8 5U

Fifth up.

24 5D U 5U

Fifth down, unison, fifth up.

9 8U

Octave up.

25 3D U 3U

Third down, unison, third up.

10 8D 8U

Octave down, octave up.

26 3D 3U 5U

Third down, third up, fifth up.

11 5D 3D

Fifth down, third down.

27 U 3U 5U

Unison, third up, fifth up.

12 5D 3U

Fifth down, third up.

28 3U 5U 8U

Third up,  fifth up, octave up.

13 5D 5U

Fifth down, fifth up.

29 5D 5D 5U5U

Fifth down, fifth down, fifth up, 

fifth up.

14 3D 3D

Third down, third down.

30 5D 3D 3U5U

Fifth down, third down, third 

up, fifth up.

15 3D 3U

Third down, third up.

31 3D 3D 3U3U

Third down, third down, third 

up, third up.

16 3D 5U

Third down, fifth up.

32 U U U U

Four voices of unison.

Summary of Contents for VOCALIST LIVE 4

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual Vocal Harmony and Effects Processor...

Page 2: ...O NOT INSTALL NEAR ANY HEAT SOURCES SUCH AS RADIATORS HEAT REGISTERS STOVES OR OTHER APPARATUS INCLUDING AMPLIFIERS THAT PRODUCE HEAT ONLY USE ATTACHMENTS ACCESSORIES SPECIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER UNP...

Page 3: ...Down Footswitches 4 Harmony LED 4 Harmony Footswitch 4 Effects LED 4 Effects Tuner Footswitch 4 Effects Matrix 4 Edit Up Down Buttons 4 Parameter Knobs 4 Rear Panel 5 Phantom Power 5 Guitar In 5 Guit...

Page 4: ...l Knobs 12 Effects Matrix 12 musIQTM Button 12 Key Display Key Up Down Buttons and Major Minor Button 12 Effects Footswitch 12 Harmony Footswitch 12 Guitar Tuner 12 Mono and Stereo 13 Regarding Extern...

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Page 6: ...ke additions to or improvements upon this product without incurring any obligation to install the same on products previously manufactured 6 The consumer forfeits the benefits of this warranty if the...

Page 7: ...tch shifting and humanization processing Built in guitar tuner Built in microphone preamp Stereo XLR balanced and 1 4 unbalanced line outputs 50 factory presets and 50 user editable presets Expression...

Page 8: ...cerns the individual notes and key signatures that are played to automatically generate appropriate vocal harmonies that comple ment the lead vocal With musIQ you can focus on your live singing and pl...

Page 9: ...detected in the Guitar In input amber when the guitar signal is approaching levels that may clip and red when the signal may be clipping and may degrade the ability of theVocalist Live 4 to detect th...

Page 10: ...nies You can configure the Harmony Footswitch to be a toggle press and release to turn harmonies on or off or momentary harmonies are active when you hold it down See the Utility Parameters menu on pa...

Page 11: ...Input Level This knob adjusts the gain of the Mic and Line inputs Turn clockwise to increase gain or counter clockwise to decrease gain If the Vocal Signal LED is turning red while you sing you need t...

Page 12: ...s if necessary Left Mono Out and Right Out XLR Outputs Connect these XLR balanced outputs to a powered speaker or mixer If a mono mix is desired use only the Left Mono XLR jack and be sure the Stereo...

Page 13: ...down Connect theVocalist Live 4 GuitarThru to your amplifier s input or the P A system Plug theVocalist Live 4 Left and Right Line Outputs into your P A system or mixer Or if you are only using a sin...

Page 14: ...u reach a comfortable listening level While playing a chord on your guitar sing a note You should hear your guitar and your voice plus a harmony voice If not repeat the steps above or consult the Trou...

Page 15: ...reo Out LED is not lit Note that the XLR outputs could also be used for stereo output Express on Pedal Mixer P A system 1 0 5 1 2 3 5 1 2 3 4 1 0 5 1 2 3 5 5 6 Stereo Mono or Guitar and Microphone In...

Page 16: ...not lit Expres ion Pedal Mixer P A system 1 2 3 4 1 1 0 1 2 3 5 0 6 1 0 1 2 3 5 Powered monitor Guitar and Mixer or Preamp In P A Out Stereo This setup includes a preamp or mixer between the microphon...

Page 17: ...ppear in the Alphanumeric display when you turn its Parameter knob Repeat this step for each parameter you want to change Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each effect you want to edit To store your changes to...

Page 18: ...he Effects footswitch is illuminated the effects are on When the LED is turned off the effects are turned off Note that when theVocalist Live 4 ships from the factory the Effects footswitch is config...

Page 19: ...he Vocal Signal LED is amber during loud vocal sections and only briefly turns red on the very loudest vocal sections TheVocalist Live 4 will normally prevent the vo cal harmonies from clipping even w...

Page 20: ...your vocals more warmth Selects a preamp with heavy distortion and low susceptibility to feedback Gain PRE GAIN Adjusts the preamp s gain Range 0 99 De esser DE ESSER Increasing this value applies mo...

Page 21: ...to feedback due to the higher gain used Threshold cmp thresh This parameter determines the input level of the knee A value of 0 corresponds to 0 dB and a value of 99 corresponds to 40 dB Range 0 99 A...

Page 22: ...Chromatic Scale 1 b2 2 b3 3 4 b5 5 b6 6 b7 7 16 pc lydian Lydian Mode 1 2 3 b5 5 6 7 3 pc major Major Scale 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 17 pc mixolyd Mixolodian Mode 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 4 pc min nat Natural Minor Scale...

Page 23: ...s high then all of your pitch variations will be removed resulting in a very flat robotic sounding voice Range 1 99 Amount Pc amount The amount parameter scales the amount of pitch correction applied...

Page 24: ...opera PER rock PER elvis PER bob PER SHEEP PER GRANNY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Effect is off Metallic ringing Stepped pitch Fixed pitch Bigger person Smaller person Very large pers...

Page 25: ...on either a Lead Effect persona or pitch correction requires the use of a harmo ny voice If all harmony voices are being used in the current preset the least important harmony voice is automatically s...

Page 26: ...uce some unexpected harmonies Each key variation KEY VAR selects a scale that sounds correct with your song The difference between the 3 Major or 3 Minor scales is fairly subtle and may not be obvious...

Page 27: ...nies Range 0 99 Tone rvb tone Adjusts the tone of the reverb Range 1 5 Pre Delay rvb predel Determines the amount of pre delay Range 0 9 Decay Adjust rvb decadj Increases or decreases the rate at whic...

Page 28: ...ffects refer to Chorus and Flange effects that are programmed in the Guitar Mix row Mod Effects can be bypassed by setting the GMod Type to Gmod OFF Reverb Level gtrrvb lvl Determines the amount of re...

Page 29: ...GTRSENS HI 1 2 Low guitar sensitivity used for most guitars High guitar sensitivity used for older guitars with weak output levels Expression Pedal Controls 1 EP NONE Expression pedal is disabled 13 E...

Page 30: ...ctory defaults FXFS ALL HARMFS TOG GTRSENS LO Set the Stereo Mono state to Stereo To perform a Factory Reset procedure If you are editing a preset press the Up or Down footswitch to exit edit mode Pre...

Page 31: ...hile singing The guitar signal is too quiet Turn up the volume on your guitar Make sure the guitar cable is properly connected to the guitar and theVocalist Live 4 The guitar signal is too loud Turn d...

Page 32: ...o chorus effect on the guitar 10 LITE WORLD Utilizes three part harmony 3rd above 5th above with a unison vocal to help thicken your voice Also uses a stereo chorus effect on the guitar Chromatic pitc...

Page 33: ...trates a guitar tremolo effect with reverb Play around with the speed and feedback parameters to customize your sound The harmony has unison octave down and octave up voices 26 GTR FLANGE Demonstrates...

Page 34: ...ffect to the lead vocal 43 TUBEFLANGE Uses the tube pre amp with flange lead effect to create a surreal lead vocal effect 44 CHIPMUNK Has a large female gender shift combined with an octave up pitch s...

Page 35: ...ax input level gain at min 18 5dBu Impedance 12k Ohms unbalanced Aux Input Connector 3 5mm unbalanced stereo TRS connector Impedance 33k Ohms unbalanced Converters 24 bit Analog to Digital Converter D...

Page 36: ...and offer a minimum resistance of 10kOhms Signal Processing Freescale DSP56367 DSP with custom firmware All signal processing takes place at 44 1KHz sample rates native Power US and Canada 120VAC 60...

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