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Introduction .............................................................. 7

Front Panel ................................................................ 9

Back Panel ............................................................. 12

Quick Start ............................................................. 14

Overview ................................................................. 14

Step 1: Pre-Flight Check .......................................... 14

Step 2: Inputs ........................................................... 15

Step 3: Outputs ........................................................ 16

Step 4: Set Mic Level ............................................... 17

Step 5: Quick Start Settings ..................................... 17

First Impressions ................................................... 18

How To Audition Presets .......................................... 18

Finding Presets With The Wizard............................. 18

Using Harmony Presets ........................................... 18

Using The Effect On/Off Switches............................ 19

The SHORTCUT Footswitch .................................... 19

The STEP Footswitch............................................... 20

Programming Your Own Steps ................................ 20

Tone, Pitch And Guitar FX Buttons .......................... 21

Activating Tuner Mode ............................. 22

Changing The Mix .................................................... 22

Basic Editing Concepts ............................................ 23

VoiceLive 2 for the Guitarist/Singer .................... 24

Overview................................................................... 24

Acoustic Guitar ......................................................... 24

Electric Guitar ........................................................... 25

Tuning Your Guitar ..................................................... 25

Guitar Performance Tips .......................................... 25

Table of Contents: Basics Section

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Manual revision: 1.2 MARKUP

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Summary of Contents for Voicelive 2

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Page 2: ...e 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 lightning symbol within a triangle means Electrical caution It indicates the presence of information about operating voltage and potential risks of electrical shock The exclamation point within a triangle m...

Page 3: ...ing The Effect On Off 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 Concepts 23 VoiceLive 2 for the Guitarist Singer 24 Overview 24 Acoustic Guitar 24 Electric Guitar 25 Tuning Your Guitar 25 Guitar Performance Tips 25 Table of Contents Basics Section ...

Page 4: ...e 2 for the Lead 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 32 The VoiceSupport Application 32 VoiceLive 2 And Digital Audio 33 USB Audio And ASIO Applications 35 Selecting The Audio Device 35 USB and MIDI Control 35 Table of Contents Basics Secti...

Page 5: ...s Tab With Adaptive On 45 The Compress Tab With Adaptive Off 45 The Gate Tab 46 The Pitch Button 48 The Guitar FX Button 49 The Guitar FX Tab 49 The EQ Tab 51 The Compress Tab 52 The Edit Menu Overview 53 The μMod Tab 54 The Delay Tab 57 The Reverb Tab 60 The Harmony Tab 63 The Double Tab 72 The FX Tab 74 The Rhythmic Tab 79 The Preset Tab 82 The Setup Menu 83 I O Tab 83 The MIDI Tab 86 Table of C...

Page 6: ...Tab 88 The Expression Tab 89 The Store Menu 91 FAQ and Troubleshooting 92 MIDI Implementation 96 Factory Preset List 99 Effects Path Diagram 101 Warranty 102 Specifications 103 Table of Contents Details Section 6 ...

Page 7: ... t need much help getting started with VoiceLive 2 but these sections can help you get the most from VoiceLive 2 and your voice Also please install the VoiceSupport application from the CD in your product s packaging This web enabled application connects you to the latest updates tips and tricks for your VoiceLive 2 Features o Stompbox access to six effect blocks o Easy editing of all parameters o...

Page 8: ... in its HOME tab 8 About TC Helicon At TC Helicon we truly believe that the voice is the world s most beautiful instrument We don t mean to degrade other beautiful 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 Victoria BC Canada who spend every waking moment...

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

Page 10: ...sis 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 HOME 7 EDIT Press to enter EDIT menu and make changes to the μMOD DELAY etc effects parameters via their tabbed menus HOME exits EDIT mode 8 MIX EDIT When HOME is lit turning any of these will temporarily present the ...

Page 11: ...o the next step in the chain Holding STEP enters the STEP programming menu 16 HARMONY ON OFF Tap to add or mute the Harmony voices created by your voice and VoiceLive 2 Hold this footswitch to enter a temporary key setting mode then tap the Preset Up Down Shortcut and Step footswitches to set a fixed key and scale See Using A Fixed Key in VoiceLive 2 for the Lead Singer section for more detail on ...

Page 12: ...ain 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 headphone and main output volume with the OUTPUT setting controlled by turning the MIX knobs 5 OUTPUTS The XLR and TRS 1 4 produce the same balanced audio output Both can be used simultaneously if required...

Page 13: ...e 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 connection allowing transfer of digital audio to and from VoiceLive 2 as well as for MIDI control and MIDI preset backup Configuration of the digital audio and MIDI settings is done in the SETUP menu 1...

Page 14: ...2 s tabbed style based edit menus Step 1 Pre Flight Check Assemble the gear you need to get started For now leave your VoiceLive 2 and PA system turned off 1 Vocal microphone 2 PA system or headphones 3 Harmony control instrument This can be a Guitar MIDI keyboard external audio source such as an MP3 player or none if you plan to enter Key and Scale with the footswitches 4 You will need a selectio...

Page 15: ...R IN If 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 VoiceLive 2 s MIDI IN from your keyboard s MIDI OUT Set your keyboard s MIDI OUT channel to channel 1 if it is not already o MP3 player AUX Input Connect the output of an MP3 player or another music s...

Page 16: ...cted 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 prefer to monitor with headphones the output labelled with the headphones graphic will drive most headphone types that are equipped with an 1 8 jack Now you can connect the power adaptor and press t...

Page 17: ... if you 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 front panel are lit Load preset 1 with the PRESET up or down footswitches Ensure that the FX footswitch is not flashing Tap it once if it is flashing to exit Bypass Tuner mode Sing as you carefull...

Page 18: ...ourself 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 HARMONY footswitch lit require that you play your guitar keyboard or music source AUX input to arrange the harmony intervals musically around your voice There are however presets where the HARMONY footswi...

Page 19: ...iated footswitches 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 capabilities of the current preset Depending on the preset it could allow you to engage Harmony Hold set the tempo for the Delay or turn on the Choir effect The shortcut assignment for the current prese...

Page 20: ...it 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 effect in your chain 2 Hold STEP for a moment to enter Step programming mode Segments of the main display will change color 3 To insert another preset s effect as the next step use the PRESET footswitches...

Page 21: ...res 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 TONE button be turned on and left active to improve your overall vocal tone Press the PITCH button to add subtle Auto Chromatic pitch correction which helps you sing more in tune If you have a guita...

Page 22: ...usted 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 as long as GUITAR THRU jack is unused o the overall output level NOTE These adjustments are global meaning they affect all presets by the same amount With the HOME button lit turn any of the 4 MIX kno...

Page 23: ...t so that they can be accessed by the 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 values together If you like the sound of a particular preset but you want a shorter reverb for example changing the Reverb style is the quickest way to accomplish this...

Page 24: ...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 your guitar The Guitar FX on off status and style is static through preset changes Now you can sample the harmony based presets with harmonies closely related to your guitar playing You should now hear nicely produced lead vocal h...

Page 25: ... 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 sect...

Page 26: ...MIDI 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 MIDI flash in the main display when you play your keyboard You can also set MIDI channel manually in the MIDI tab of the SETUP menu MIDI IN and USB To use the MIDI IN while you have a USB cable conne...

Page 27: ...ve 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 important to play a chord just before you sing If you sing while playing a chord and then press the sustain pedal you re able to add a keyboard embellishment that doesn t affect the harmony By defaul...

Page 28: ...he chords in an entire song 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 When the match of Key and song is correct a fixed Key is nearly indistinguishable from recorded harmony There are limitations however o Fixed Key works for many but not all ...

Page 29: ...eset with only the 3rd High 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 this alternative you ll need o Music source device This could be an MP3 player computer CD player etc o Recorded music without vocals This could be your latest CD tracks mi...

Page 30: ...need 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 Alternatively you can run a MIDI cable from your keyboardist s controller to your VoiceLive 2 This has no effect on the keyboard sound and cable runs are not a problem With either solution you can co ...

Page 31: ...tches 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 Harmony and Doubling to highlight song sections as opposed to using them throughout a whole song or set of songs Singing Tips For Harmony The more in tune you sing the better the harmonies will sound Mos...

Page 32: ...rt simplifies system updates preset backups and product registration 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 the internet PC Installation 1 Place the supplied VoiceSupport application CD in your computer CD drive If the install wizard does not start au...

Page 33: ...ng VoiceLive 2 To A Computer 33 After the wizard finishes connect your VoiceLive 2 and start VoiceSupport located in the Applications folder The first time you open VoiceSupport it may take a while to load as it must download all of the newest content When the application finishes loading it should display VoiceLive 2 in the top right corner and a connection icon indicating that connected was succ...

Page 34: ... DIGITAL OUT VOCAL GUITAR Connect your mic and a guitar to VoiceLive 2 and your headphones to the headphone out Even though you ll hear fully processed vocals and guitar with Guitar FX in the headphones the output feeding your DAW will be separate dry vocal and guitar that you can process later with Method 2 Digital Input Notes Sample rate is synchronized automatically to the incom ing digital aud...

Page 35: ...Selecting The Audio Device In the Mac and Windows operating systems you can select VoiceLive 2 s audio device in your workstation program by name In some Windows XP DAW apps however the name of the audio device may be USB Audio Device USB And MIDI Control To use VoiceLive 2 s MIDI IN jack for harmony preset change or realtime control while USB is connected enter the I O tab in the SETUP menu and s...

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Page 37: ...e 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 its 4 tabs Details Section 37 ...

Page 38: ...one 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 time you can exit the tab menus by pressing the Home button The factory settings for the Tone button are o SHAPE ADAPTIVE X On SHAPE 50 o COMPRESS ADAPTIVE X On COMPRESS 50 o DE ESS DE ESS 50 o GATE ADAPTIVE These settings ar...

Page 39: ...g 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 bass frequencies the mud reduction may be less and perhaps not noticeable at all This is a good thing your voice is nicely balanced regarding bass frequencies For the average male singer or women who sing closely on their mic the reduction in bass will be...

Page 40: ...one 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 judging by your monitor sound The COMPRESS Control With the ADAPTIVE control activated the COMPRESS control reduces the amount of range between louder and softer singing to produce more even sounding vocals It does so by listening to your singing over tim...

Page 41: ...parts become Compression seeks to do the following to your dynamics I LOVE to watch you WALK down the STREET Applied appropriately the difference between loud and soft is reduced without killing the interesting dynamics in your performance The DE ESS Control There is a side effect that comes from adding high frequencies and compression to your voice and that s excessive sibilance Sibilance can be ...

Page 42: ...u aren t singing the gate will close and block sounds around you The Adaptive Gate in VoiceLive 2 works automatically with your singing style to provide the optimum balance between how loud you have to sing to open the gate and how much other noises are reduced For troublesome audio environments or for those who are familiar with setting manual gate parameters there is also a MANUAL setting on thi...

Page 43: ...this control EQ Tab With ADAPTIVE Off Turning ADAPTIVE off presents manual parametric EQ controls for users who understand this type of equalization There are 3 bands of control Low band shelving All band fully parametric peak dip control High band shelving The 2 Shelving EQs boost or cut all frequencies below or above the the frequencies set by the LOW FREQ and HIGH FREQ controls respectively The...

Page 44: ...frequency above which boosting or cutting is possible PARA GAIN Boosts or cuts the band of frequencies centered at the setting of the PARA FREQ control and its associated WIDTH PARA FREQ Defines the center of the parametric band PARA WIDTH Defines how narrow or wide the parametric band is to be The ends of the control range are labelled NARROW and WIDE to add meaning to the numbers in the middle o...

Page 45: ...t distortion and 30 dB being a very quiet signal If you sing consistently more quietly than the THRESHOLD you will not hear any compression You can see your input level on the IN meter on the Home screen A good setting for experimentation is 10 dB RATIO This sets how much gain reduction you prefer when your voice level goes above the threshold The range is from 1 1 no gain reduction to 4 1 maximum...

Page 46: ...our 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 3 dB a reduction of 3 dB is gentle enough that if your voice strays below the threshold it is not cut off completely If you are in a feedback prone environment loud monitors plus Shape and Compress on you can increase this to reduce more A s...

Page 47: ...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 but it may also allow more nearby instrumental sounds through when you are not singing In this case further adjustment from 39 dB and upward may be needed The Global Controls Tone 47 ...

Page 48: ...cycled 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 Turning the control towards 0 reduces the correction effect and turning towards 100 increases Above 50 the effect becomes more noticeable when you slide from note to note This is the effect of faster...

Page 49: ...s during your performance See the MIDI Implementation chart for the CC numbers GUITAR Tab This tab allows you to control the guitar mix level and the style and mix settings for the Reverb and μMod effects GUITAR This is the same Guitar mix control as the one that is activated when you access the main Mix screen You can adjust the level of the guitar in VoiceLive 2 s overall mix in either menu The ...

Page 50: ... with no Style editing Use the Data Wheel to scroll down to this row and turn the Mix Edit control beneath the parameter to audition the Reverb styles There are 30 styles to choose from covering everything from tight ambience to giant arenas The factory default style is called SMOOTH PLATE REVERB LEVEL Turn the Mix Edit knob below this parameter to raise and lower the amount of Reverb on your guit...

Page 51: ...ain of a narrow parametric band is typically reduced to overcome room or undesirable guitar resonances This smoothes the sound and can help overcome guitar feedback The 3 GAIN controls allow 12 dB of adjustment The 3 FREQ controls range from 20 Hz to 20 kHz LOW GAIN Boosts or cuts the range of frequencies below the frequency set by the LOW FREQ control LOW FREQ uency Allows you to define the frequ...

Page 52: ...by the RATIO control will occur The range is 0 dB not compressing any peaks to 60 dB compressing everything you play with the default being 6 dB RATIO This sets how much gain reduction you want when your guitar level goes above the threshold The range is from 1 1 no gain reduction to 64 1 complete flattening of peaks also known as limiting The number on the left side of the colon symbol is how lou...

Page 53: ...the FX tab Turn the Mix Edit knobs 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 scroll bar at the right of the screen shows where you currently are in the menu To exit the Edit menu press Home Saving Changes You can quickly store at the current preset...

Page 54: ...ng of the μMod 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 cents SPEED This setting sets how fast the delay time modulation occurs In order for this to be audible the depth amount parameter has to be nonzero The setting range is 10 00 Hz very fast to 05 H...

Page 55: ...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 pulls the effect far into the stereo field WAVE This lets you choose the modulation waveform from Square Triangle or Sine to vary the periodic nature of the modulation effect XFL L XFL R These send cross...

Page 56: ...ividual effect is turned on with its respective footswitch This allows a unique wet dry mix for individual effects When multiple effects are active the lowest LEAD LEVEL value will determine the value Note that the LEAD EFFECT SENDS parameter on the PRESET tab must be set to PRE in order for any signal to get to the effect block when LEAD LEVEL is set to OFF The Edit Menu μMOD Tab 56 ...

Page 57: ...s 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 WIDTH The 2 delay lines are panned hard left and right This allows you to determine the stereo imaging of the delay effect 0 is mono 100 is fully stereo SOURCE Determines which of the three methods you w...

Page 58: ...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 and right delays TIME L TIME R These parameters are used to display the exact delay time and to allow editing with all SOURCE settings You may set from 0 to 2500ms 2 5 seconds of delay for the left and rig...

Page 59: ... 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 effected output of the μMod block The μMod footswitch must be on to feed this send LEAD LEVEL Controls the lead dry Tone voice level when the individual effect is turned on with its respective footswitch This allows a unique wet dry mix for individual effects ...

Page 60: ...rtant 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 parameter to choose a pre programmed reverb style you like LEVEL Sets the mix level for the Reverb effect WIDTH Sets the stereo imaging of the Reverb effect 0 is mono 100 is fully stereo DECAY Sets the len...

Page 61: ... and DUCKING TIME 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 acoustic spaces Low DIFFUSE values 25 to 0 are intended to introduce more discrete echo like motion to the tail where high values 0 to 25 make the tail smoother sounding PRE DLY Pre Delay introduces a sho...

Page 62: ...evel sent 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 this send LEAD LEVEL Controls the lead dry Tone voice level when the individual effect is turned on with its respective footswitch This allows a unique wet dry mix for individual effects When m...

Page 63: ...ding 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 intervals of voices 1 through 4 relative to your input pitch The names of the intervals change depending on NATURALPLAY mode In the two MIDI NOTES modes the VOICING parameters disappear entirely The options start at the lowest harm...

Page 64: ...OIR STYLE The Choir effect strives to emulate the detuning timing and chorusing that occurs when human voices sing together in choral performances and recordings The Choir effect is applied to the Harmony voices and the Harmony Doubling and Double voices if they are active CHOIR ON OFF activates the style and level set by the CHOIR STYLE and CHOIR LEV parameters respectively To create a convincing...

Page 65: ...s as they sing HUMANIZE AMOUNT You can vary the amount of humanization for the harmony voices All the styles except for the last one TIME PITCH were designed at middle values to allow you to add or remove effects as you see fit TIME PITCH was designed so you can create wild special effects as you experiment with high values VIBRATO STYLE Vibrato assists in providing separation between your dry sin...

Page 66: ...ue of the Smoothing parameter helps the harmonies sound more natural When NATURALPLAY is set to MIDI NOTES high values of smoothing will sound out of tune GUITAR CHORDS This parameter changes the harmony note response to DOM7 guitar chords only At the default setting ACCEPT DOM7 whenever you play a dominant 7th chord and the combination of your singing note and harmony voicing is set to produce a ...

Page 67: ... mathematical symmetry with your lead voice by introducing very small pitch shifts to the harmonies which overcomes the slight beating of harmonics that occurs with Equal tuning mode Because of this however the harmony intervals may sound infinitesimally out of tune with your instrument Barbershop has the same tuning offsets as Just tuning mode with one difference Barbershop tuning uses your singi...

Page 68: ...orrect 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 this will cause it to ignore the MIDI input for harmony control o MIDI This forces the current preset to look only to the MIDI IN for musical input In the case where you have a MIDI sequencer and guitar into...

Page 69: ...l This is best when you want the harmony voices to have fixed pan positions and MIDI pitch bend movement Non NATURALPLAY Parameter Changes Below are descriptions of parameters that are different when set to the NATURALPLAY modes other than AUTO INPUT SENSE GUITAR MIDI and AUX INPUT which are identical except for the input device The parameters that disappear are not listed Note that each of the fo...

Page 70: ... four harmony voices for the current input note and key and scale settings Typically incrementing or decrementing any active harmony voices can make a scale work over your combination of melody and chord change NATURALPLAY SHIFT Mode V1 to V4 VOICING The voicings for Shift mode have no musical intelligence and as such will produce harmony a fixed unmoving interval away from your lead voice You can...

Page 71: ... commercial MIDI file that is controlling the harmony voices in VoiceLive 2 Often the MIDI notes used to control harmony cut off where the singer might prefer to hold the notes longer and this makes for a more singer oriented MIDI performance The Notes Extension setting allows a harmony voice that has been triggered in Notes mode to continue sounding while the singer sings a sustained note after t...

Page 72: ...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 preset HUMANIZE STYLE These apply small pitch and time variations to simulate natural variation in human singing For more information see HUMANIZE STYLE in the HARMONY Tab section preceeding HUMANIZE AMOUNT Increases or decreases the amo...

Page 73: ... less correction Like Portamento setting each voice with a unique value of the Smoothing parameter helps the harmonies sound more natural V1 to V4 GENDER Each voice has its own timbre adjustment in the form of the GENDER control Values below 0 lend each voice a more masculine and deeper effect and values above 0 lend a more feminine or thinner effect LEAD LEVEL Controls the lead dry Tone voice lev...

Page 74: ...xibility 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 Transducer is inserted on both the Lead Harmony and Doubling voices o LEAD FX Transducer is inserted on the Lead send to the μMod Delay and Reverb effect sends Lead voice will be clean and the effects...

Page 75: ...omponent and apply filtering with LOW CUT HIGH CUT and PRESENCE to customize them The AMOUNT parameter adjusts the amount of distortion for the current distortion style This is not the same as the IN and OUT GAIN controls which work on level adjustjment The Distortion Amount control adjusts the algorithmic distortion curve that you can further trim with the TRANSDUCER IN GAIN and TRANSDUCER OUT GA...

Page 76: ...on effect is stair stepped and obvious when using non chromatic scales those with at least a wholetone jump between most of the scale tones Usually values around 20 yield acceptable results for smooth corrective pitch correction HARDTUNE KEY Sets HardTune s source for musical information Most pitch correction products require either scale information offline editing or MIDI performance to yield co...

Page 77: ...xample a value of 80 cents means that only when you are singing within 40 cents away from the target scale note will you be corrected The maximum value is 200 cents which in a Major scale having no more than 100 cents on either side of any scale tone would result in fulltime correction activity The maximum value is 600 cents At maximum a custom scale could be created with only one note for special...

Page 78: ...where a note is 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 parameter You ll see an indication of your custom scale with o representing notes that are enabled and showing notes that are disabled For example o o oo o o o would represent a major sc...

Page 79: ... the factory presets 2 Set a tempo you want by holding the DELAY button for a moment then tapping 1 4 notes on the DELAY button in your tempo 3 Sing a sustained note or a legato melody 4 Press the SHORTCUT button while continuing to sing to enable the Rhythmic feature when required Some presets may have Rhythmic enabled Note 1 You can re synchronize the beat of the Rhythmic effect or restart the p...

Page 80: ...OT 1 2 1 2 TRIP 1 4 TRIP 1 4 2 DOT 1 4 1 4 TRIP 1 8 DOT 1 8 1 8 TRIP 1 16 DOT 1 16 1 16 TRIP 1 32 DOT 1 32 1 32 TRIP TYPE Defines the rhythm At the beginning of the list are the single repeated waveforms which range from SQUARE to SAWTOOTH DOWN The SAMPLE AND HOLD option produces a random value on every beat division Following these are the synchopated one bar patterns When a synchopated pattern i...

Page 81: ...se features help you to co ordinate the timing of your singing with the rhythmic effects COWBELL Turning this feature on produces a metronome type cowbell sound to give an audible indication of the current tempo This is also a possible SHORTCUT parameter so you can access it live LEVEL Volume control of the cowbell sound PATTERN AUDITION Allows you to hear a tone playing when the TYPE is set to a ...

Page 82: ...uced or off When LEAD LEVEL is off and LEAD EFFECT SENDS is PRE 100 wet effects can be achieved if desired When set to POST effect levels follow the LEAD LEVEL value so the effects stay in balance with your voice when its level is reduced SHORTCUT Each preset in VoiceLive 2 can have a unique Shortcut which can extend your control of effect features Choose from the selections and save to your curre...

Page 83: ...VEL Set the input level of for the Aux input OUTPUT The configures the outputs to be STEREO default MONO or DUAL MONO The STEREO option outputs discrete Left and Right audio material when connected to a stereo monitor or PA system In MONO mode the Left output is the summed mono mix of VoiceLive 2 including effects The Right output is dry with only Tone applied to the MIC or LINE input signal This ...

Page 84: ...oiceLive 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 DIGITAL OUT Configures the digital output between the stereo mix of VoiceLive 2 FULL MIX and separated dry outputs used for recording VOCAL GUITAR See the section Connecting VoiceLive 2 to a Computer for more det...

Page 85: ...at the LINE 12 option is the highest output level and it is effective for increasing headphone output level in loud environments GUITAR MUTE Mutes the guitar signal in the main outputs when no jack is connected to the GUITAR THRU jack This allows the guitar dry signal to be mixed externally The guitar signal still feeds the NATURALPLAY harmonies and tuner PAN Sets the stereo position of the dry gu...

Page 86: ... 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 MIDI System Exclusive ID number When addressing multiple VoiceLive 2 units on the same MIDI In Thru chain with a Sysex editor each one should have its own ID or they all will be edited in the same w...

Page 87: ...PBRANGE Pitchbend Range Sets the range in semitones that MIDI pitch bend information will alter voice pitch shifts The Setup Menu MIDI Tab 87 ...

Page 88: ...E 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 presets without having to change Key every time In this mode Key and Scale settings are not saved with a STORE action When set to OFF key and scale is configurable per preset GLOBAL SHORTCUT When enable GLOBAL SHORTCUT assigns the same shortcut to all presets...

Page 89: ... to the Input of your volume pedal Keyboard Type Expression Pedal If you are using a keyboard type expression pedal connect a 3 conductor cable or the cable built into the pedal to the PEDAL input on VoiceLive 2 Pedal Setup VoiceLive 2 needs to be calibrated so that your pedal s full range can be used properly Calibration is stored even when the product is powered down so as long as you use the sa...

Page 90: ... like to assign the expression pedal and press the Edit button 3 Navigate to the PRESET tab In the PRESET tab turn the knob below the EXPR PEDAL parameter to assign any of the parameter options to the expression pedal in that preset Press Store to save the preset Any preset can have a unique assignment of the expression pedal Expression Pedal Notes When viewing the main mix screen with the express...

Page 91: ...h STORE to transmit ERASE USER PRESET Use this function to erase an individual preset If the preset is in a factory slot 1 to 205 this action will restore to the factory settings at the current preset location Select the preset then set CONFIRM to YES using the 4th Mix Edit knob then push STORE CLEAN PRESET BANK UP TO 2 MINUTES This function will run automatically on VoiceLive 2 when a large numbe...

Page 92: ...t assigned to Guitar Mute If so press 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 on but you still don t hear the effect make sure the sends are turned up for the effects These parameters are located on the Reverb and Delay Edit menus How do I tal...

Page 93: ... 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 MIDI tab of the SETUP menu is OFF and remove the USB cable If the MIDI light does flash make sure no jack is connected to the GUITAR IN I don t hear my voice only harmony and effects Make sure LEAD MUTE in the SYSTEM menu is set to OFF For any effect...

Page 94: ...irm that the send levels are up for the Reverb and Delay block To do this press EDIT navigate to the REVERB or DELAY tab and scroll down to the Lead and Harmony send parameters and make sure they are turned up 4 If the send levels active are for the harmony voices make sure the Harmony effect is turned on I can t hear any Harmony voices 1 Confirm that the Harmony effect is on by checking the HARMO...

Page 95: ...ng out 1 Is the FX button on Adjust the Transducer GATE THRESHOLD to a lower value in that preset 2 If the Tone button is on check that if the GATE is set to MANUAL that the THRESHOLD is adjusted properly for your singing style The edit asterisk is always on in preset names The LEAD MUTE parameter in the Setup I O menu may be set to ON How can I reset everything To return all presets to factory se...

Page 96: ...yle 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 Notes Notes 4Chan Level 12 0 127 Harmony Key 30 0 11 0 C 1 C 2 D 3 Eb 4 E 5 F 6 F 7 G 8 G 9 A 10 Bb 11 B Harmony Scale 31 0 6 0 Maj1 1 Maj2 2 Maj3 3 Min1 4 Min2 5 Min3 6 Custom Scale Voicing Voice1...

Page 97: ...C etc Sending any value de activates 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 Globals Tone 106 0 63 off 64 127 on On Off only Pitch 107 maps to 127 0 off Guitar FX 108 0 63 off 64 127 on On Off only Guitar Level 109 maps to 127 Guitar Rev Style 9 0 to the of styles available Guitar Rev Lvl 22 maps to ...

Page 98: ...y Hold 119 Sustain 64 Active in MIDI Naturalplay and MIDI Notes MIDI Notes 4 Chan modes Aux Level 58 Maps to 127 All Notes Off 123 Non CC messages Pitch Bend MIDI Clock Active when Delay tempo set to MIDI Bank select 0 3 Presets 1 128 Bank 0 129 256 Bank 1 257 384 Bank 2 384 400 Bank 3 Preset select 0 127 0 preset 1 1 preset 2 etc MIDI Notes MIDI Implementation 98 Parameter CC Range Comments ...

Page 99: ...D UP LADIES 86 4TH DOWN CHOIR 12 POWER CHORDS 2 37 2UP 1DOWN 62 LOWER GUYS 87 6TH DOWN CHOIR 13 HIGHER CHOIR 38 1UP 2DOWN 63 FAR GENDRGROUP 88 YOU RE NOT ALON 14 HARMONY CHOIR 39 2UP 1DOWN OCT 64 1UP 2DOWN OCT 89 U R ALTO 15 RADIOHARMNY DLY 40 SHIFT 4 SEMI 65 DOMINUS REQUIEM 90 U R SOPRANO 16 BASS 3RD UP 41 SHIFT 5 SEMI 66 FADEOUT 3RD UP 91 TUNED HARMONY 17 ELVIS RADIO 42 ONE UP ROOM 67 STEVE MCQU...

Page 100: ...SEWERS 193 NOTES 8V WIDE 113 DOUBLE BALLAD 140 SPACE CHOIR 167 POLTERGEIST 194 NOTES 8V MALES 114 OVERDUB SLAP 141 MONO SPRING 168 CHURCH TUNE 195 NOTES 8V FEMALE 115 100 WET UNISON 142 SMOOTHED VERB 169 AUTO PANNER 196 NOTES SLOW ATK 116 LAGER ALE 143 GORGEOUS HALL 170 I AM A WALRUS 197 NOTES HEAVEN 117 MIXED OCTAVES 144 PRACTICE ROOM 171 POWER CORD ECHO 198 NOTES HEAVEN 2 118 OCT UP DOUBLE 145 J...

Page 101: ...ony Doubling Lead Mute Voices µMod Delay Reverb Delay Reverb Transducer Insert Effect Pitch Pitch Button HardTune On Off Output µMod Reverb EQ Comp Guitar Guitar Mute To Guitar Thru Jack In Out Choir EQ Choir On Off Guitar Input Mic Line Input Multiple Insert Points µMod ...

Page 102: ...d 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 only by the distributor or TC Group company It does not cover damage due to misuse accident or neglect Distributor and TC Helicon retains the exclusive right to make such determinations on the basis of inspection...

Page 103: ... Ohm Output Range Line Mic Level 16 dBu 0dBu 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 Digital Inputs and Outputs Connectors RCA Phono S PDIF Formats S PDIF 24 bit EIAJ CP 340 IEC 958 Sample Rates 44 1 kHz 48 kHz 88 2kHz 96kHz EMC Complies with EN 55103 1 and EN 55103 2 FCC part 15 Class B CISPR 22...

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