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User Manual

PERFORM-VE

Revolutionary Vocal Manipulator with MIDI-Pitch-Controlled Sampling,

Vocal Synth and One-Button Drum Looper

A50-XXXXX-XXXXX

Rev. 1.2

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Summary of Contents for PERFORM-VE

Page 1: ...User Manual PERFORM VE Revolutionary Vocal Manipulator with MIDI Pitch Controlled Sampling Vocal Synth and One Button Drum Looper A50 XXXXX XXXXX Rev 1 2...

Page 2: ...4 1 The Set Button 6 4 2 The Headphone Button 8 5 Effects 9 5 1 Double 9 5 2 Morph 9 5 3 HardTune 12 5 4 XFX 13 5 5 Echo 16 5 6 Filter 17 5 7 Tap Tempo 18 6 Looper 19 7 Sample 22 8 Presets 23 9 I O S...

Page 3: ...urer orsoldwith theapparatus Whenacart isused usecautionwhen movingthecart apparatus combinationtoavoid injuryfromtip over 13 Unplugthisapparatusduringlightningstormsor whenunusedforlongperiodsoftime...

Page 4: ...nds that will take your music to new levels But wait there s more Perform VE also includes a Drum and Audio Looper With several different kick snare and hi hat sounds available you can easily build a...

Page 5: ...e preamplifier equipped providing the much loved MIDAS soft clipping characteristic sound when pushed hard For learning purposes we recommend that you connect a MIDI keyboard to your Perform VE while...

Page 6: ...The pressed FX button will pulse on and off At this point you won t need to keep holding it down to continue editing Pressing any button including the button that is pulsing will quit the edit mode St...

Page 7: ...I channel SET Preset 1 Adaptive Tone Tone automatically adds EQ equalization Compression De Ess and Gate to your overall vocal sound Tone is enabled by default and we highly recommend leaving it on EQ...

Page 8: ...e headphone button plays the hi hat The loop needs to be erased to be able to adjust the headphone level Now that the basics are out of the way let s check out Perform VE s effects Holding down the SE...

Page 9: ...ing the Mode and Style parameters Morph Style Morph Style sets the MIDI Voices to be either Notes harmony voices or Synth Vocoder voices There are two styles of Notes harmony natural or warp and eight...

Page 10: ...recorded In this case your Lead vocal gets a dedicated synth voice and also acts as the modulator shaping signal for the vocoder Enabling the SAMPLE button changes the way the vocoder operates We ll c...

Page 11: ...ed LED selections set the MIDI Voices to Mono mode and adjust the portamento time from 0 to long Portamento time is how long it takes to glide from one note s pitch to the next Morph Shift Morph Shift...

Page 12: ...all 12 keys or Chromatic scale Hold key to edit HardTune Amount HardTune Amount changes the amount of pitch correction applied to your lead vocal Higher amounts mean more T Pain for you Hold amt to ed...

Page 13: ...largest time divisions you ll hear the audio as rhythmic repeats while at the smallest time divisions the audio cycles so quickly that it produces a different pitched tone or buzz for each division St...

Page 14: ...ivision in real time Hold mod1 to edit Chopper Mod 2 Depth Chopper Mod 2 changes the depth of the volume modulation gating relative to your Lead vocal Hold mod2 to edit On the ring Level is indicated...

Page 15: ...erted made negative producing a striking alternative to the classic sound of Flange 2 Stereo Flange which uses positive feedback Flange Mod 1 Speed Flange Mod 2 Depth Flanging is an audio effect produ...

Page 16: ...ur drums will always stand out in the mix This effect is also called SideChain Pumping The SideChain Compressor reduces the level of the non drums audio signal if the kick drum mix level exceeds a cer...

Page 17: ...sound like you re on an old radio or distort your voice for an edgy attack Be careful with Megaphone effects when you ve got a loud PA We need to adjust EQ a lot to create these sounds so they re a b...

Page 18: ...ee beats When pressed this light flashes in time with the Looper Chopper Stutter and Echo effects Provided you have not previously recorded a loop you can re tap the tempo at any time to sync up with...

Page 19: ...sing kick snare HEADPHONE or loop to erase the kick snare hi hat or audio loop respectively You can then re record the component Stopping Loop Playback Press the TAP button or double tap loop Start Lo...

Page 20: ...ve been recorded as quantized disabling quantize will not restore their original timing If you find that the drum patterns you wish to record do not play back as intended try erasing and re recording...

Page 21: ...rner again on the beat to set loop point and immediately begin playback How to add drums or audio to an existing loop Press the loop corner to begin overdub recording while the drum loop plays and eit...

Page 22: ...s recorded Sample Mode The four sample modes control how the sample is played back in response to MIDI notes The four sample modes are combinations of staccato legato normal and looped playback charac...

Page 23: ...o save your current settings as one of the three presets press and hold preset button 1 2 or 3 for one second The preset button will flash briefly when storage is complete You can now turn off your Pe...

Page 24: ...buttons to be activated by a footswitch with the exception of TRIM 48V Headphone Level and Lock Mute TALK is assignable Press and hold the desired footswitch then press the button on Perform VE that y...

Page 25: ...ou re singing into the RoomSense mic the Main Outputs will be muted to prevent feedback 2 If you activate HardTune effects with the NP Natural Play key set and you re not using MIDI keyboard audio or...

Page 26: ...ed Mono Portamento time XFX Style 1 Stutter 2 Mono Chopper 3 Stereo Chopper 4 Ring Mod 5 Stereo Flanger 6 Mono Flanger 7 Side Chain Pumping Mod1 Rate Mod2 Level Mod1 Rate Mod2 Depth Mod1 Rate Mod2 Dep...

Page 27: ...Div List 28 ECHO Reverb Style 0 3 See Style List 41 Top Mix LEAD Level 0 127 Lead is set independent of MIDI via CC 42 Top Mix MIDI Level 0 127 MIDI is set independent of LEAD via CC 43 MORPH Shift 0...

Page 28: ...ed above This may seem a bit confusing but does allow you to make both a split above below point AND transpose either up or down Here s a chart and some explanation In the chart above X is the split n...

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