TC-Helicon Voicelive 2, User Manual

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the PA VoiceLive 2 is connected to, press the GND LIFT
(ground lift) button to silence it.
Now you can sample the harmony-based presets with
the harmonies musically related to your guitar playing.
Tuning Your Guitar
The Tuner function works for both acoustic
and electric guitars. The tuner is a chromatic type so
you can use alternate tunings as well as standard tuning.
To activate the tuner, hold the FX button. This will:
o Change the main display to show the tuning meter
o Mute the guitar in both the OUTPUTs and THRU
o Remove all effects on the voice except TONE.
Tap the FX footswitch to exit Tuner mode.
Guitar Performance Tips
To ensure that the harmony voices follow your guitar
closely, it’s best to play cleanly with chords containing
at least two notes. If you 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 song section you want vocal harmony on has fast
chord changes, single note runs or very slow arpeggios,
you can use presets based on a fixed Key to produce
harmony. To find out more about this see Using A
Fixed Key (aka “Scale”) section in the chapter entitled
VoiceLive 2 for the Lead Singer.
Setting Fixed Key and Scale With Guitar
If you wish to try using this type of harmony it’s easy.
Find a preset with the SHORTCUT set to SET KEY. Tap
the SHORTCUT button when the root of the chord
you’re playing is the Key you want. You can change
the Scale type with the STEP footswitch if you like. To
accept this Key and Scale, just keep playing - the menu
will time out automatically. If the preset SHORTCUT is
not assigned to SET KEY, you can hold the HARMONY
footswitch in any preset to enter the same menu.
VoiceLive 2 for the Guitarist/Singer
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