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SET & Preset Button Combinations
While the preset buttons work on their own to select and store presets, they have additional powers when
combined with a held-down SET button.
SET + Preset 1: Adaptive Tone
Holding down the SET button and pressing Preset 1 will toggle
Adaptive Tone, with the VU meter LED as an indicator.
RED
: Off
GREEN
: On
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 helps to shape the tone of your voice to fit into a musical mix. We remove some of the low “mud”
frequencies and boost the highs for “sparkle” or “air”. Every recording you hear has some manner of EQ on the
lead vocal (and pretty much everything else too).
Compression reduces the difference in volume between the loudest and quietest notes. This gives you a more
even sound that helps your vocal sit better in the local mix. It’s almost unheard of for vocals to go uncompressed
in modern music, both recorded and live.
De-Ess gets rid of harsh “S” sounds and makes them sound more pleasing. De-Ess goes hand in hand with
Compression, since Compression can make “S” sounds a bit more pronounced in the mix.
Gate “shuts off” an audio input when it falls below a certain volume. This works great on things like drums
where you want the drum hit to come through, but then have the mic silent in between hits.
For vocals, we don’t want to go as far as shutting your mic off but we do want to reduce the volume (gain) of the
mic when you’re not singing so that feedback becomes less likely.
Since Perform-VE replaces EQ and effects that are often added by a live sound technician, you’ll want to make
sure that the mixer channel you plug Perform-VE into has a flat EQ (not altering any frequencies) and that any
effects are turned off.
SET + Preset 2: +48V (Phantom Power)
Holding down the SET button and pressing Preset 2 will toggle
phantom power (+48V), with the VU meter LED as an indicator.
RED
: Off
GREEN
: On
If you have a condenser mic, it’ll need power to function. 48V to use it with your Perform-VE.
If you’re not sure what kind of mic you have, but you don’t hear any sound, it’s ok to try +48V - it won’t damage
a dynamic microphone.
