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USER’S MANUAL

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Page 2: ...following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation The lightni...

Page 3: ...Switches 19 The SHORTCUT Footswitch 19 The STEP Footswitch 20 Programming Your Own Steps 20 Tone Pitch And Guitar FX Buttons 21 Activating Bypass Tuner Mode 22 Changing The Mix 22 Basic Editing Conce...

Page 4: ...ad Singer 28 Overview 28 Using A Fixed Key aka Scale 28 Singing To Music Playback 29 Borrowing From Another Player 30 General Usage Tips 31 Connecting VoiceLive 2 To A Computer 32 The USB Connection 3...

Page 5: ...ss Tab With Adaptive On 47 The Compress Tab With Adaptive Off 47 The Gate Tab 48 The Pitch Button 50 The Guitar FX Button 51 The Guitar FX Tab 51 The EQ Tab 52 The Compress Tab 53 The Edit Menu Overvi...

Page 6: ...The Store Menu Manage Tab 87 MIDI Implementation 88 Warranty 91 Specifications 92 Table of Contents Details Section 6...

Page 7: ...ions can help you get the most fromVoiceLive 2 and your voice Also please install the VoiceSupport applica tion from the CD in your product s packaging This web enabled application connects you to the...

Page 8: ...autiful instruments but the singing voice is the anthropological source for all things melodic You should know there is a dedicated group of engineers researchers and product specialists based in Vict...

Page 9: ...9 Front Panel 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 11 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18...

Page 10: ...esets on the basis of factory assigned tags or to sort alphabetically by name 6 STORE Press to enter a menu to name assign a destination and commit edited presets to memory To cancel and exit press HO...

Page 11: ...ng this will advance to the next step in the chain Holding STEP enters the STEP programming menu 16 HARMONY ON OFF Adds or mutes the Harmony voices created by your voice and VoiceLive 2 17 DOUBLE ON O...

Page 12: ...in mix output 3 AUX In An audio signal received here can be mixed into the main output or used to control harmony 4 HEADPHONE Out The main output is mirrored here to drive headphones Adjust the headph...

Page 13: ...parameter control and guidance of the harmony voices MIDI IN and OUT can also be used as an alternative to the USB connection for backup and restore operations 9 USB I O USB is a standard computer con...

Page 14: ...located in the online manual which is also included with the VoiceSupport application CD Step 1 Pre Flight Check Assemble the gear you need to get started For now leave your VoiceLive 2 and PA system...

Page 15: ...f you want your guitar to go through pedals and an amp connect another 1 4 cable from the GUITAR THRU to either your first effect pedal or your amplifier o MIDI keyboard Connect a MIDI cable to VoiceL...

Page 16: ...ted without the need for DI boxes The output of the XLR jacks is the same as the 1 4 jacks line level maximum 16 dBu Both the XLR and TRS output jacks can be used at the same time when required If you...

Page 17: ...u see the CLIP indicator light in the HOME screen you can return to the automatic MIC GAIN feature to adjust the input level Step 5 Quick Start Settings Ensure that the HOME and TONE buttons on the fr...

Page 18: ...urself to assist in searching later The Wizard can also list the presets in alphabetical order when you change the Sort setting First Impressions Using Harmony Presets Most presets that have the HARMO...

Page 19: ...ootswitches to add them to your preset without editing When you advance to the next preset your on off settings will be lost unless stored The SHORTCUT Footswitch This footswitch extends the capabilit...

Page 20: ...t will cycle backwards through presets again When the Step count is 2 the STEP footswitch can be used toggle between the two settings Programming Your Own Steps 1 Select a preset as the starting effec...

Page 21: ...es that are global in that they affect all presets The TONE button makes your voice sound smoother and brighter by applying studio grade adaptive compression EQ de ess and gating We recommend that the...

Page 22: ...sted at the factory to suit many situations The Mix Edit knobs change the levels of o the combined Harmony and Doubling voices o the combined Delay and Reverb effects o your guitar and its Guitar FX a...

Page 23: ...Mix Edit knob immediately below each parameter Turn the knobs to make changes The first row of each tab contains the Style for that effect Styles speed editing by collecting a group of parameter valu...

Page 24: ...en turn the third Mix Edit knob This will present the MIX screen so you can adjust the level of your guitar Press the GUITAR FX button if it is not already lit This will add the default effects to you...

Page 25: ...u want to sing right at the start of a song it s important to briefly play a chord first A recognized chord will show NP in the LCD display Your guitar should be well tuned to the onboard tuner If the...

Page 26: ...Setup Press any note on your keyboard This will automatically configure VoiceLive 2 s MIDI receive channel to match your keyboard s Tap the SHORTCUT footswitch to exit You should now see the word MID...

Page 27: ...2 will assume a major chord so when you play in a minor key and as a general rule you should always include a third when changing chords If you want to sing right at the beginning of your song it s im...

Page 28: ...and your melody can belong to a single Key You can input this key in any harmony preset by holding the HARMONY footswitch or using the SET KEY shortcut if it s assigned in the current harmony preset W...

Page 29: ...interval o Create a Step to change Key at the right moments o Move on to the next options listed Singing To Music Playback VoiceLive 2 can derive musical information from fully mixed music tracks For...

Page 30: ...eed them The only limitation is the length of cable because high impedance signals lose signal over long cable runs If this is an issue you could use a preamp out or effects loop output from the amp A...

Page 31: ...ches have alternate functions that are accessed by holding which could cause confusion in your performance Harmony Contrast Your performance will be more interesting to your audience when you use Harm...

Page 32: ...oduct with VoiceLive 2 does not need to be USB connected in order to access the tutorials news and other downloads Also you may view videos and other media from the included CD without connecting to t...

Page 33: ...a the right output Monitoring is the same as above In this mode the MIC and GUITAR IN are disabled Connecting VoiceLive 2 To A Computer 33 start VoiceSupport located in the Applications folder The fir...

Page 34: ...cognized as an audio device Selecting The Audio Device In the Mac and Vista operating systems you can select VoiceLive 2 s audio device in your workstation program by name In Windows XP however the na...

Page 35: ...ess the SHORTCUT footswitch to hear your guitar My DELAY REVERB MIX level is up but the sound is still dry Turn on the Reverb and or Delay effects with their respective footswitches If the effects are...

Page 36: ...doesn t my keyboard change the harmonies If the MIDI light is not flashing when you play your MIDI device then follow the steps for setting MIDI channel Check that the USB CONTROL parameter in the MID...

Page 37: ...n and make sure the DELAY REVERB level is turned up 2 Confirm that the REVERB and or DELAY footswitch is turned on as indicated by its footswitch light 3 Confirm that the send levels are up for the Re...

Page 38: ...not be able to upgrade software When it s set to ON you will be able to upgrade software but not be able to use a MIDI keyboard connected to the MIDI IN to control harmony MIDI Input doesn t work See...

Page 39: ...shed light on the individual editing parameters in VoiceLive 2 This section discusses The Global controls Tone Pitch and Guitar FX The Edit menu including all effect specific tabs The Setup menu and...

Page 40: ...E Tab Press and hold the Tone button to enter this screen and make adjustments or view settings This will present the TONE tab allowing convenient control of these four processors in one screen At any...

Page 41: ...g the control from 0 to 50 reduces mud while increasing brightness to a useful range for your voice Turning from 50 up to 100 adds more brightness Reducing Mud For singers who have a voice with less b...

Page 42: ...ings emulates this sound through the average microphone and PA system When making Shape adjustments it s important to sing while listening to the PA system your audience will hear rather than only jud...

Page 43: ...The louder the PA and band the more pronounced the loud parts become Compression seeks to do the following to your dynamics I LOVE to watch you WALK down the STREET Applied appropriately the differenc...

Page 44: ...n that threshold the gate will open and your vocal will come through the PA When you aren t singing the gate will close and block sounds around you The Adaptive Gate in VoiceLive 2 works automatically...

Page 45: ...ntrol returns a narrow band of low frequencies for singers who prefer this sound The majority of the mud frequencies are still reduced automatically when using this control EQ Tab With ADAPTIVE Off Tu...

Page 46: ...ts the range of frequencies above the frequency set by the LOW FREQ control HIGH FREQ Defines the frequency range for the high shelf with the selection of the lowest frequency above which boosting or...

Page 47: ...o 30 dB 0 dB being the loudest input signal VoiceLive 2 can accept without distortion and 30 dB being a very quiet signal If you sing consistently more quietly than the THRESHOLD you will not hear any...

Page 48: ...d voice level is reduced attenuated when your voice falls below the Gate threshold and the Gate closes This setting applies whether the GATE is set to ADAPTIVE or MANUAL The factory default setting of...

Page 49: ...nes the minimum singing level you need to reach in order for the Gate to open and let your voice sound The factory default setting of 40 dB is very sensitive to allow a wide range of singing levels bu...

Page 50: ...ycled on and off to allow you to hear the difference Press the Home button to exit the Pitch edit tab AUTO CHROMATIC AMOUNT The factory default value of 50 is active when you enter the PITCH edit tab...

Page 51: ...ssages from a MIDI sequencer or MIDI pedalboard to make changes during your performance See the MIDI Implementation chart for the CC numbers GUITAR Tab This tab allows you to control the guitar mix le...

Page 52: ...cessor while offering the same style selection No Mod style editing is possible for guitar The factory default style MICROMOD CLONE offers a gentle stereo detune effect UMOD LEVEL Turn the Mix Edit kn...

Page 53: ...f frequencies above the frequency set by the LOW FREQ control HIGH FREQ Defines the frequency range for the high shelf with the selection of the lowest frequency above which boosting or cutting is pos...

Page 54: ...4 1 complete flattening of peaks also known as limiting The number on the left side of the colon symbol is how loud your guitar has to be in order to achieve a 1 dB gain increase The default setting i...

Page 55: ...s to change the setting of the parameter directly above that is within the highlighted row Up to 3 rows are visible per screen with additional rows accessible by turning the Data Wheel A vertical scro...

Page 56: ...of the Mod effect to mono 0 and stereo 100 DETUNE LEFT DETUNE RIGHT Applies a small amount of pitch shift to the left or right sides independently This setting is shown in cents and the maximum is 25...

Page 57: ...ase relationship between the left and right modulation LFOs oscillators In a flange style for example setting this to 0 degrees puts all of the effect in the center while setting it to 180 degrees pul...

Page 58: ...Mod effect is turned on This allows for 100 wet Mod effects Any active effect that has LEAD MUTE set to ON will mute the lead voice in the entire effect chain even if the other effects have it set to...

Page 59: ...o Ping pongs delays travelling from left to right STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choose a pre programmed delay style you like LEVEL Sets the mix level for the delay effect WIDT...

Page 60: ...this menu DIV L DIV R When the source is set to TAP or MIDI these parameters divide the tempo into even e g 1 4 or quarter notes or syncopated sub beats e g 1 4 triplets 1 4 dotted notes for the left...

Page 61: ...ay block HARM TO DLY Sets the amount of harmony level sent into the Delay block The HARMONY footswitch must be on to feed this send UMOD TO DLY This allows you to feed the delay block with the effecte...

Page 62: ...tant control for reverb is the level A single reverb patch can have a different result for the audience whether it is mixed quietly or boldly in the mix STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to this parame...

Page 63: ...and DUCKINGTIME parameters further down in this menu DIFFUSE Also known as Diffusion this is a very subtle parameter used to simulate and control the density of the reflections inherent in real acous...

Page 64: ...ent into the Reverb block Harmonies must be on to feed this send DEL to REV This allows you to feed the reverb block with the effected output of the delay block The DELAY footswitch must be on to feed...

Page 65: ...styles will change depending on the setting of the NATURALPLAY parameter LEVEL Sets the level for the overall Harmony effect in the current preset V1 to V4 VOICING Here you set the pitch shift interv...

Page 66: ...ll doubling level parameter DBL LEVEL CHOIR CHOIR LEV and CHOIR STYLE The Choir effect strives to emulate the detuning timing and chorusing that occurs when human voices sing together in choral perfor...

Page 67: ...non periodic or semi random waveform that simulates the way different singers change note volumes as they sing HUMANIZE AMOUNT You can vary the amount of humanization for the harmony voices All the st...

Page 68: ...ons unless a robot like effect is desired Higher values offer progressively less correction Like Portamento setting each voice with a unique value of the Smoothing parameter helps the harmonies sound...

Page 69: ...is what is known as perfect intonation between your lead voice and harmony intervals This is the tuning that occurs when singers sing a cappella or without instruments The pitches of major and minor...

Page 70: ...lly correct harmonies from that input o GUITAR This forces the current preset to look only to the GUITAR IN for musical input In the case where you have a MIDI sequencer and guitar into VoiceLive 2 th...

Page 71: ...ch of the four harmony voices has its own MIDI channel This is best when you want the harmony voices to have fixed pan positions and MIDI pitch bend movement Non NATURALPLAY Parameter Changes Below ar...

Page 72: ...meter described below V1 to V4 MAP OUT Sets the interval relationship between each of the four harmony voices for the current input note and key and scale settings Typically incrementing or decrementi...

Page 73: ...NOTES EXT This feature is most useful when singing to a commercial MIDI file that is controlling the harmony voices in VoiceLive 2 Often the MIDI notes used to control harmony cut off where the singe...

Page 74: ...s you to quickly choose an effect close to what you want instead of having to go directly into the individual parameters each time LEVEL Sets the level for the overall Double effect in the current pre...

Page 75: ...nging with you V1 to V4 SMOOTHING At low values Smoothing acts like pitch correction for the harmony voices With the voices corrected like this some Portamento is usually required to help soften note...

Page 76: ...ibility The options are o OFF No routing o LEAD Transducer is inserted on the Lead voice only Harmonies and Doubling are unaffected o HARMONY Transducer is inserted on the Harmony path only o VOICES T...

Page 77: ...or example you can add or reduce the distortion component and apply filtering with LOW CUT HIGH CUT and PRESENCE to customize them The AMOUNT parameter adjusts the amount of distortion for the current...

Page 78: ...100 is instant resulting in something like the infamous Cher effect where the pitch correction effect is stair stepped and obvious when using non chromatic scales those with at least a wholetone jump...

Page 79: ...o 100 HARDTUNE WINDOW Allows you to determine how close to a valid scale note you have to be before the algorithm corrects you For example a value of 80 cents means that only when you are singing with...

Page 80: ...s in the correction scale or not You can change the custom map by selecting a note you want to be corrected to or to jump over with the NOTE parameter and setting its ON or OFF status with the ENABLE...

Page 81: ...y e g Harmony Hold may not work unless you have Harmony turned on LEAD EFFECT SENDS This works hand in hand with the LEAD MUTE setting in each of the effects If any active effect has LEAD MUTE enabled...

Page 82: ...a single singer AUX LEVEL Set the input level of for the Aux input OUTPUT The configures the outputs to be STEREO default or MONO In MONO mode the left output is the summed mono mix of VoiceLive 2 inc...

Page 83: ...theVoiceLive 2 is connected via USB to your computer other applications such as your browser may not make sound through your regular sound card In this case disconnect VoiceLive 2 s USB cable GUITAR M...

Page 84: ...Direction Sets whether MIDI notes ABOVE or BELOW the split point are used to control MIDI NOTES presets only SPLITNOTE Sets the MIDI note above or below which the keyboard split will be active SYSEXID...

Page 85: ...PBRANGE Pitchbend Range Sets the range in semitones that MIDI pitch bend information will alter voice pitch shifts The Setup Menu MIDI Tab 85...

Page 86: ...rol The default for this parameter is OFF GLOBAL KEY SCALE When this parameter is ON default the Key and Scale set for a NATURALPLAY SCALE preset affects all presets This allows you to browse SCALE pr...

Page 87: ...s function to erase an individual preset If the preset is in a factory slot 1 to 205 this action will restore the factory preset Select the preset then set CONFIRM toYES using the 4th Mix Edit knob th...

Page 88: ...52 0 30 Level 91 0 127 Double Style 53 0 5 Level 15 0 127 Transducer Style 55 0 15 Out Gain 105 0 127 Harmony Style 56 0 to the of styles available Only for NaturalPlay Scale and Shift modes N A for...

Page 89: ...Follow Harmony Scale 48 0 5 0 Major 1 Minor Har 2 Minor Nat 3 Minor Asc 4 Chromatic 5 Custom Rate 54 0 127 Amount 57 maps to 127 Window 49 G Gllo ob ba alls s Tone 106 0 63 off 64 127 on On Off only P...

Page 90: ...aturalplay and MIDI Notes MIDI Notes 4 Chan modes Aux Level 58 Maps to 127 All Notes Off 123 N No on n C CC C m me es ss sa ag ge es s Pitch Bend MIDI Clock Active when Delay tempo set to MIDI Bank se...

Page 91: ...ranty period the unit will be repaired at no charge for parts and labor This warranty remains valid only if the serial number on the unit has not been defaced or removed and if repairs are performed o...

Page 92: ...dBu Dynamic Range 109 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz Frequency Response 0 0 3 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz Headphone Out 1 8 Mini stereo jack 32 Ohm 16dBu max 180mW max D Diig giit ta all I In np pu ut ts s a an nd d O Ou...

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