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PRODUCT MANUAL

ENGLISH VERSION

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Page 2: ...elicon Vocal Technologies Ltd Sindalsvej 34 DK 8240 Risskov info tc helicon com Manual revision 1 2 Software 1 0 Prod No E60507911 HarmonyControl US English Version Using the Key Footswitch 17 Manual Mode and the Setup Menu 19 Performance Tips 21 Chord and Scale Explained 23 Harmony Processor Notes 24 Technical Specifications 24 ...

Page 3: ... with TC Helicon products o Includes dual MIDI cable You will need o A vocal harmony processor with a MIDI input that can be used to control Chords or Chordal harmony Products from TC Helicon Digitech and Korg fall into this category Additionally some of these products offer Scale or Scalic harmony with the ability to change key and scale from MIDI input Consult the Compatibility Chart in this man...

Page 4: ...question Isn t it time that someone finally provided dedicated tools and solutions for voice So what does this all mean to singers It means that you should know there is a dedicated group of engineers researchers and product specialists based in Victoria BC Canada who spend every waking moment of their working lives listening talking singing and interacting with singers and those who have passion ...

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Page 6: ...ep 2 Connect a cable from your guitar to the Guitar In jack on HarmonyControl Then connect a cable from the Guitar Out jack on HarmonyControl to your amplifier or a channel in your PA system HarmonyControl should be the first link in any effects chain Any guitar processing done before the guitar signal is fed to HarmonyControl will reduce accuracy 4 MIDI GUITAR IN OUT IN OUT To amp or PA Quick Sta...

Page 7: ...r any standard MIDI cable between the MIDI output of your harmony processor and HarmonyControl Harmony Processor 4 MIDI GUITAR IN OUT IN OUT MIDI Out MIDI In Step 4 Connect HarmonyControl s power adapter to your wall power socket and then to the Power input jack on the product When power is applied one or more LEDs on the unit will flash momentarily If your harmony processor is Auto compatible and...

Page 8: ...y your guitar The display on HarmonyControl will show SC Scale or CR Chord to confirm it recognizes the preset s harmony mode If you see NA Not Applicable this means that the preset you have loaded is not based on Chords or Scale harmony mode and HarmonyControl cannot control it Step 6 Manual LED lit Set the MIDI input or receive channel on your harmony processor to channel 1 This is the factory d...

Page 9: ...f this is the case correct hookup and operation in HarmonyControl s Manual mode is confirmed If your Manual only harmony processor has Scale features e g Digitech Access and MIDI Vocalist consult the section called Manual Mode and the Setup Menu later on in this manual to learn how to use them You should now consult the rest of this manual to learn how to get the most of your new combination Quick...

Page 10: ... This is primarily used to show tuning whenTuner mode is active When Tuner mode is off the two center LEDs above the 0 Cents legend indicate that a chord has been recognized and sent from the MIDI Out 3 Note Scale Display When theTuner is on this shows the closest recognized note When the Key function is used this displays your current scale variation 4 LED Bar Displays active status of the Key Tu...

Page 11: ...ent song 7 Power Input Connect the supplied power adapter here 8 MIDI Connections The MIDI Out jack supplies the musical information that drives your harmony processor The MIDI In jack is used to provide the return communication link from your compatible harmony processor which enables Auto mode 9 Guitar Connections The In jack receives a standard 1 4 guitar cable from your guitar The Out jack sup...

Page 12: ...ick any string on your guitar The clearest pitch display occurs when the other strings are silent 3 If the pitch display on the right of the 0 Cents LED is lit you need to flatten or lower its pitch 4 If the pitch display on the left of the 0 Cents LED is lit you need to sharpen or raise the string s pitch 5 When you re finished tuning tap the On or the Key button to exit Tuner mode Using the Tune...

Page 13: ... Select TC H Helicon VoiceLive 9 9 9 9 9 9 VoiceWorksPlus 9 9 9 9 9 9 VoiceWorks 9 9 9 9 9 9 Quintet 9 9 9 9 VoicePro 9 9 9 9 9 VoicePrism 9 Digitech Access 9 9 9 9 Vocalist Workstation incl EX 9 9 Studio Vocalist incl EX 9 9 MIDI Vocalist 9 9 9 9 Vocalist VHM 5 9 Korg Korg iH 9 9 ...

Page 14: ...e Key Footswitch later in this manual for details Compatibility explanations There are various degrees of compatibility with HarmonyControl The terms in the preceding table are clarified below Auto You are free to load Chords and Scale mode harmony presets on these processors and HarmonyControl will follow and adapt automatically Detect This means that your harmony processor can return the Product...

Page 15: ...you make on your processor You can then use the preset change controls on your harmony processor to switch between Scale and Chord based presets and employ the sounds of their different harmony motion in your songs The beauty of this is that once you ve made the connections most of the time you can leave HarmonyControl turned on and forget about it while you run your harmony processor as you alway...

Page 16: ...ation 2 the default is selected You can tap the Key footswitch to cycle through the three scale variations S1 S2 and S3 if you need to 3 Play a major or minor chord on your guitar that corresponds to the key of your song Upon receiving the chord the Key and On LEDs will turn off automatically and the key will be sent to your harmony processor 4 To return to Adaptive Scale mode press the On footswi...

Page 17: ...ee Minors Min1 Min2 Min3 The differences between these are evident only when singing certain notes in the scale but they can make the difference between harmonies sounding appropriate for a song or not Detailing the exact differences is beyond the scope of this manual but there are definitions in the manuals for these products and of course your ears to tell you when one scale works over another W...

Page 18: ...You can press the On footswitch repeatedly to change the value of the current parameter hold it to return to a default value or press the Key footswitch to advance to the next parameter To exit keep pressing the Key footswitch until you see OK in the display then press the On footswitch To reset all parameters in the Setup menu power up while holding the On footswitch MIDI channel CH HarmonyContro...

Page 19: ...SC Scale to indicate the current harmony mode HarmonyControl should have detected your processor or the Product ID must be set to number of a processor with Scale Select capability in order for this to work Also don t forget to set your processor to the appropriate harmony mode preset MIDI sysex ID ID If your unit is Auto compatible yet it appears not to work you can check that this ID number and ...

Page 20: ... is best kept very low or off as it can add to perceived chord change time Song Mode on VoiceLive VoiceWorks Song mode was a good method for controlling harmony processors when you had no other method to update musical information when needed VoiceLive s and VoiceWorks MIDI implementation do not allow HarmonyControl to work in Song mode Fortunately as Song mode is mainly intended as a method for s...

Page 21: ...ere is no Sysex MIDI System Exclusive filtering enabled in the product Great harmony less is more It can be amazing to hear someone use a vocal harmony processor in a live performance The best sounding performers use the following advice for getting great harmonies use less voices less often What makes for a great performance is well placed harmony and the number of harmony voices you employ at an...

Page 22: ... Chord mode Chord mode is the default messaging scheme HarmonyControl uses to control your processor because nearly all harmony processors have Chord mode You can use a preset based on Chord harmony when a Scale harmony preset does not properly match your song s chord changes and melody Chord harmony presets will adjust to your chord extensions such as Dom7 Suspended Maj7 etc but they can also res...

Page 23: ...ow SL in the display meaning Scale Learn There is no Scale Select feature in Quintet and therefore you won t see the S2 display shown with other products 4 When you change presets on Quintet you will briefly see Preset Dumped in its display This is normal Digitech Products 1 If HarmonyControl has previously detected a different processor it will need to be reset hold On button during power up to d...

Page 24: ...2 dB 20 Hz to 20 KHz Conversion Characteristics Sample Rate 48 kHz Converter AKM AK4620B AD DA Conversion 24 bit 128x oversampling bitstream MIDI In Out 5 pin DIN EMC Safety Complies with EN 55103 1 and EN 55103 2 FCC part 15 Class B CISPR 22 Class B Certified to IEC 65 EN 60065 UL6500 and CSA E60065 CSA FILE LR108093 Environment Operating Temperature 32 F to 122 F 0 C to 50 C Storage Temperature ...

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