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Important safety instructions

Caution

Service

Warning

EMC / EMI

Explanation of graphic symbols

Before you begin

About this manual

Getting support

VoiceSupport

Please register your VoiceLive 3

Introduction

Design concepts

Top panel overview

Footswitches overview

Back panel inputs and outputs

Diagram legend

Diagrams

VoiceLive 3 overview

Getting started – setting up

Quick troubleshooting tips

Getting to know VoiceLive 3

Tips and tricks for working with
layers and effects

Editing the Vocal layer

Harmony block / tab

Double block / tab

Vocal Delay block / tab

Vocal Reverb block / tab

HardTune block / tab

Synth block / tab

Transducer block / tab

Vocal µMod block / tab

Choir block / tab

Vocal Rhythmic block / tab

Stutter block / tab

Vocal Buttonmap block / tab

Editing the Guitar layer

Amp block / tab

Drive block / tab

Guitar Delay block / tab

Guitar Reverb block / tab

Comp(ression) block / tab

Wah (Wah-Wah) block / tab

µMod block / tab

Octaver block / tab

Guitar Rhythmic block / tab

Guitar Buttonmap block / tab

The Looper

Basic Loop concepts and terms

Entering and exiting Loop mode

Your first loop

The Utility menu

Loop limits

Setup

Input tab

Output tab

Guitar tab

MIDI tab

Tone tab

102

System tab

108

Buttonmap tab

111

Pedal Calibration tab

116

Product info tab

116

Appendix

117

MIDI CC List

118

System Maintenance/Factory Reset

119

Technical Specifications

120

Features

121

Design

121

Connections

122

Details

123

Included with VoiceLive 3

123

Product

VoiceLive 3

Product (firmware) version

1.0 R70

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Reference manual

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2014-03-29

Summary of Contents for VOICELIVE 3 EXTREME

Page 1: ...English Manual VoiceLive 3 ...

Page 2: ...µMod block tab 61 Choir block tab 62 Vocal Rhythmic block tab 63 Stutter block tab 64 Vocal Buttonmap block tab 65 Editing the Guitar layer 67 Amp block tab 68 Drive block tab 69 Guitar Delay block tab 70 Guitar Reverb block tab 71 Comp ression block tab 72 Wah Wah Wah block tab 73 µMod block tab 74 Octaver block tab 75 Guitar Rhythmic block tab 76 Guitar Buttonmap block tab 77 The Looper 78 Basic...

Page 3: ...Important safety instructions VoiceLive 3 Reference manual 2014 03 29 1 Important safety instructions ...

Page 4: ...cing to qualified service per sonnel Servicing is required when the ap paratus has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is dam aged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus the appara tus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally or has been dropped Caution You are cautioned that any change or modifi cations not expressly approved ...

Page 5: ... turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equip ment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a cir cuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced ra dio TV technician ...

Page 6: ...Before you begin VoiceLive 3 Reference manual 2014 03 29 4 Before you begin ...

Page 7: ...k the potential of your TC Helicon product and stay in touch with the latest news tips and tricks VoiceSupport key features include Professionally authored preset libraries Direct access to product manuals Update messaging helping you stay up to date with the latest software Drag drop preset management Customizable content about your products VoiceCouncil feeds for the latest advice for singers Fi...

Page 8: ...Introduction VoiceLive 3 Reference manual 2014 03 29 6 Introduction ...

Page 9: ...eLive 3 is built on the fundamental concept of layers From a design perspective there are thee layers to work with Vocal Guitar Looping You may switch between layers using the Layer footswitch which we will discuss in more detail later in the manual Essentially when you tap the Layer footswitch the effects associated with the six effect foot switches labeled µMod Delay Reverb HIT Double Comp Harmo...

Page 10: ...witch assignments are how you like them Enter the Setup menu and navigate to the Sys tem tab using the horizontal Arrow buttons Dial the Control knob until the line saying All Guitar FX Global Off is highlighted Turn Mix knob 3 or Mix knob 4 under the dis play until Off changes to on Done Every Preset will now have the same guitar sounds Set All Guitar FX Global to On to use the same guitar effect...

Page 11: ... 8 bar guitar section on another There are a few different Sync modes in the Looper so be sure to read the The Utility menu to familiarize yourself with the way they affect your loops Store loops Those of you who have jumped on board with looping have likely made a really really good loop in the past only to see it vanish into thin air when you power off the device VoiceLive 3 allows you to store ...

Page 12: ...reat amp modeling Drive Boost Compression Rhythm Tremolo Wah wah and Octave Down you can truly manipulate your guitar and vocal sounds as a cohesive unit Imagine your time based vocal and guitar effects being perfectly in sync without having to set up complex timing systems or tapping tempo on multiple devices Everything just lines up Advanced monitoring More and more people are jumping into the I...

Page 13: ...g capability can literally eliminate the need for expensive belt packs transmitters secondary mixers and other gear required for a custom IEM solution Using our included Guitar Headphone cable you only use one cable to connect your guitar and headphones IEM s to the unit ...

Page 14: ...r musi cal genre or featured effects For example you may want to restrict the Presets visible to you in VoiceLive 3 to those that are defined as Rock or Country in nature 2 Setup button Use the setup button to access to all system setup settings including Input Output MIDI Tone Guitar and more Push and hold the Setup button to enter the automated microphone and guitar gain setting mode 3 Store but...

Page 15: ...ns This is where you can make changes to any of the guitar effects for the current Preset For more in formation see Editing the Guitar layer 8 Looper button Use the Looper button to enter the Loop options screen Here you can control several general Loop options 9 Mix knobs From the Home screen turn ing any mix knob enters the Mix screens Main Head phones and Effects Within an Edit page the mix kno...

Page 16: ...wn footswitches to quickly scroll through Presets Tap both footswitches simul taneously to enter Talk Tuner mode Talk Tuner mode mutes guitar output activates the guitar tun er and bypasses all vocal ef fects so you can speak to your audience You can still tap the Preset Up and Down Preset buttons while in Talk Tuner mode to change presets This is great for changing presets while addressing the au...

Page 17: ...ht look when each layer is active Vocal Layer with Reverb Double and Harmony activated Guitar Layer with µMod let s say it s Flanger for this example Delay and Drive activated If you were previously on the Vocal Layer you would tap the Layer footswitch to move to the Guitar Layer changing the footswitch LED color from blue to red Vocal Layer with some guitar effects remapped to vocal effect footsw...

Page 18: ...f it is a different Preset enter Step management and then use the Preset Up and Preset Down footswitches to locate the Preset you would like to add as a Step Adding a different Preset as a Step To accept changes tap Step To delete the current step tap the Layer foot switch To cancel press Home The Step footswitch can be Globally reassigned to several different functions such as Tap Tem po HIT Set ...

Page 19: ... Delay foot switch Tap the footswitch in time with your song A few taps are enough When you are happy with the tempo stop tap ping 6 Reverb footswitch Tap the Reverb footswitch to turn the Reverb effect on or off The Reverb block encompasses ef fects such as Hall Club Room and Plate 7 HIT footswitch Tap the HIT footswitch to activate or deactivate HIT HIT can control Vocal HIT blue Guitar HIT red ...

Page 20: ...n the Guitar layer tap the Double Comp foot switch to turn the Compressor on or off 9 Harmony Drive footswitch On the Vocal layer tap the Har mony Drive footswitch to turn the Harmony effect on or off Harmony encompasses effects such as High 3rd up Low 4th below and Low Lower 4th below and 6th below On the Guitar layer tap the Harmony Drive foot switch to turn the Drive effect on or off Drive enco...

Page 21: ...amount of gear you need to take to a performance Inputs SWITCH 3 4 2 3 6 5 7 1 VoiceLive 3 inputs overview 1 DC Power connector 2 XLR Combo jack 3 Guitar input 4 1 8 Stereo Aux input jack Please note that Aux input and Monitor input are mutually exclusive Only one may be used at a time 5 MIDI In 6 Footswitch for Switch 3 In You can also connect a second expression pedal here see Working with a sec...

Page 22: ...o cals Effects If nothing is connected to the Guitar outputs Main outputs also carry Guitar signals 5 Guitar Outputs The Guitar outputs carry the Guitar signal If only one output is connected guitar output is automatically in MONO When you connect the Guitar Out s to your amp s guitar sounds will be removed from the Main outputs 6 MIDI Out The MIDI Out jack sends MIDI Con trol Change messages MIDI...

Page 23: ... instrument XLR Male XLR Female Combo Jack MIDI Jack 1 4 inch jack Power Input Mini USB 1 8 inch jack GRND Lift USB Type A USB Type B Monitor Mix XLR Male XLR Female Power Input 1 8 inch jack GRND Lift USB Type A Mixing Board XLR Male XLR Female Combo Jack MIDI Jack 1 4 inch jack Power Input Mini USB 1 8 inch jack GRND Lift USB Type A USB Type B P A XLR Male XLR Female Combo Jack Power Input Mini ...

Page 24: ...t of the back panel image 2 Outputs from VoiceLive 3 will be to the right of the back panel image 3 There are two boxes on the bottom of each diagram The VoiceLive 3 box shows what you hear from your VoiceLive 3 headphone output The P A box shows what you hear from the P A speakers 4 We don t account for other inputs instruments when showing what you hear from the P A so you won t see pictures of ...

Page 25: ...VoiceLive 3 overview VoiceLive 3 Reference manual 2014 03 29 23 VoiceLive 3 overview ...

Page 26: ...rd if applicable Headphones The Guitar Headphone cable that came with your VoiceLive 3 If you would prefer to use VoiceLive 3 via your PA you will need one or two additional XLR cables to connect VoiceLive 3 s XLR outputs to inputs at your mixer A lot of PAs are mono and only require one XLR connection If you have a stereo PA you will want to connect both Voice Live 3 XLR outputs to your mixer Con...

Page 27: ... effects Setting Output Mode to Stereo Changing VoiceLive 3 from Mono default to Stereo output Press Setup Use the or Arrow buttons to move to the Output page Use the Control Knob to move the selection bar until Output Mode is highlighted white Turn the Mix Knob directly below the Out put Mode box on the screen until the mode changes to Stereo Press Home to exit When choosing Stereo ensure the PA ...

Page 28: ...s via your mixer Dual Mono can be espe cially effective at a venue with a sound tech The guitar and vocal signals are separated and can be controlled independently making the tech s mixing job easier Setting Output Mode to Dual Mono Changing VoiceLive 3 from Mono default to Dual Mono output Press Setup Use the or Arrow buttons to move to the Output page Use the Control Knob to move the selection b...

Page 29: ...er of your amp to stay the same from Preset to Preset Follow the Stereo PA connection instructions to change your output mode to Stereo Turning speaker simulation off Press Setup Use the or Arrow buttons to move to the Guitar tab Use the Control Knob to move the selection bar until Speaker Sim Enable is highlighted Turn the Mix Knob directly below the dis play until the setting for Speaker Sim Ena...

Page 30: ... cable and In Ear Monitor s 7 XLR Outputs carry stereo vocals to the P A 8 Guitar Outputs carry stereo guitar sounds to amps 9 Switch 3 and Expression pedal for extra controls 10 MIDI IN for NaturalPlay chord information from a keyboard NaturalPlay will listen to Guitar Keyboard over the AUX input and will automatically switch between Guitar Key board if they are both plugged in 11 MIDI OUT to con...

Page 31: ...igate to the Input tab Change the Input Type parameter to Con denser Yes Is your PA receiving signal Check your PA manual for details on how to check input levels Turn up channel input trims until you see signal If you have a separate mixer amplifier Is the PA turned on Are the speakers connected I m not hearing my guitar Check that your guitar is turned all the way up Are you connected to an amp ...

Page 32: ...lf deep in some sub menu or parameter list Don t panic Just press the Home button and you will return to VoiceLive 3 s Home screen The Home screen shows The number of the current Preset The name of the current Preset The effect blocks currently assigned to the six footswitches labeled µMod Delay Reverb Hit Double Comp and Harmony Drive on the currently active layer Guitar or Vocal Using the Contro...

Page 33: ...er logs in the com puter recalls all of their custom settings Depending on how you like you to work with ef fects you may find that you like to use a few gen eral purpose Presets and turn effects on and off manually during your performance Or you might be the kind of guy or girl who likes to spend a bit more time in advance of the performance to create Presets for all sorts of things Or you may be...

Page 34: ... Genre button again to con firm and exit Pressing any other button like HOME to exit Genre selection mode will not select the current Genre Make sure you use the Genre button to exit the menu and confirm your se lection The Genre button will be flashing to remind you to press it After selecting a Genre you will notice that scrolling through Presets gives you fewer op tions than before Presets are ...

Page 35: ...king tracks that can guide VoiceLive 3 s Harmony and HardTune features you may want to make a small change to the System setup so you can define the key and scale for the song you are singing and change Presets without having to change the Key setting each time Press Setup Use the and Arrow buttons to navigate to the System tab Using the Control Knob to highlight Global Key Scale Change the Global...

Page 36: ...ch lit in blue If Harmony and HIT are not lit press the HIT button Preset 2 Classic 3rd up If you are a guitar playing singer you can play your guitar and sing now You should hear a har mony following your lead vocal and also hear some guitar effects If you are a singer and if you have set the key scale correctly in the previous step the harmo nies should follow your lead melody correctly Even if ...

Page 37: ...s Practice using HIT to turn the Harmony on and off at interesting points in the song This skill is essential for using the effects in time with your music It may take a while to get the hang of things if you have never used footswitch based effects before Don t worry if you are not very good at it right away Using individual effects Next turn off Harmony using the HIT button Try tapping the Doubl...

Page 38: ...p to the far side of the effects Preset pages This can save you some time while editing Curious about all those tabs and their param eters Don t worry we will cover all the Vocal effects later Now press the left Arrow to navigate to the Buttonmap tab Buttonmap menu Use the Control Knob to scroll down and high light the line starting with HIT Selecting HIT in the buttonmap menu Use the Mix Knob rig...

Page 39: ...he top left corner of the screen you should see HardTune there µMod will be gone µMod footswitch remapped to HardTune When you press the µMod footswitch you will see that HardTune is now controlled by that but ton Remapping can be performed for any effect in VoiceLive 3 Vocal and Guitar effects are not re stricted to their home layers This means that you can remap a vocal effect to the guitar laye...

Page 40: ...tches to change Presets This is especially handy if you are tuning changing guitars or addressing the audience between songs and want to have the next needed Preset loaded when you are fin ished To exit Talk Tuner mode simply press both the Preset up and Down button simultaneously again When exiting there is no need to hold for two seconds You can also press any of the ef fect footswitches to exit...

Page 41: ...r to these two states as HIT on and HIT off Think of them as two variations of a Preset Press the HIT button a couple of times Take note of which effects come on and off when HIT is active HIT on and inactive HIT off Now let s add an effect to the HIT on flavor of this Preset Activate HIT Now turn on an effect that is currently off For this example try µMod Preset 2 HIT on Press HIT Notice that µM...

Page 42: ...em all This feature is called ALL HIT and you can easily as sign it to a footswitch as described in Remap ping a footswitch Press the Vocal button Press and HOLD the right Arrow to jump all the way to the end of the available effects pages Use the or button to locate the Buttonmap page Use the Control Knob to scroll down and high light the line starting with HIT Use the Mix Knob to change the HIT ...

Page 43: ... Snapshot mode comes in No matter what effects are active at the time HIT will always override them and just turn on off what you have saved Typically Dynamic can be a great editing mode while Snapshot can be a more fool proof live performance mode Changing HIT mode from Dynamic to Snapshot Press the Setup button Use the or buttons to navigate to the Sys tem page Use the Control Knob to scroll dow...

Page 44: ...u would like to use when HIT is on Press the Store button twice Tapping tempo You can use Tap Tempo to have the tempo based effects align with the tempo of your song Press and HOLD the Delay footswitch You should see the Delay footswitch pulse with a purple LED and the current tempo in beats per minute will be displayed Tap the Delay footswitch in time with the song you are performing or about to ...

Page 45: ... effect within a Preset and there are a couple of extra tabs for other Preset options like Button Mapping and Expression Pedal assignment All the effect edit screens that you can access using these tabs have a similar structure On top of each edit screen you will find simple and easy to use controls while scrolling down us ing the Control Knob will show more parameters that offer more advanced par...

Page 46: ...e chosen a Style that you like you are 90 of the way there We will skip over to the Level parameter now Using the Mix Knob directly below the Level parameter change the level volume of the ef fect Find a setting that sounds good to you Now turn on another effect It still doesn t matter which one Notice how the two effects interact with each other Navigating to the Delay tab Use the or Arrow button...

Page 47: ...rst you define a Global Preset in the Sys tem menu This Preset is the Preset from which any other Preset can pull settings for any ef fect Think of this Global Preset as a template or master In the screen shot below you will see that Preset 491 has been defined as the Global Preset You can change this Preset if you like However we recommend making yourself fa miliar with editing the Global Preset ...

Page 48: ... feature temporarily to copy effect settings from the Global Preset to another Preset and then edit them independently Select a Preset Select an effect that should use the settings from the Global Preset as a starting point Set Global for this effect to on This will copy the settings for this effect from the Global Preset to the current Preset Set Global for this effect to off again This breaks th...

Page 49: ...ntly set the signal levels for the headphones or IEM con nected to the Headphone jack In other words You can have a headphone or in ear monitoring mix that is independent of what goes out to the XLR outputs Headphone Mix controls The Guitar and Loop Trim controls allow you to increase or decrease the levels of Guitar and Loop relative to the Main Mix settings The one limitation this imposes is tha...

Page 50: ...olling Put another way You can have the Vocal layer active blue LEDs will show that you can use footswitch to control the vocal effects but sim ply press the Guitar button the blue one on the top panel to enter and edit the Guitar effects Editing Guitar effects while on the Vocal layer Editing Vocal effects while on the Guitar layer As there are no effects linked to the Looper lay er we will cover...

Page 51: ...ult That s OK it just shows how remapping works Press the Home button to return to the Home screen You will see that the effect you have chosen is now shown in the top left corner of the screen and will activate if you press the µMod button Typically remapping footswitches is great for three situations That darn button is in the wrong place I hate where it is and want to move it I would like foots...

Page 52: ...y to perform movements with the pedal without changing the level of the har monies too drastically It can be useful to limit the expression pedal range for parameters such as Guitar Volume Harmony Volume Delay Feedback Rhythmic Depth etc Working with a second expression pedal If you want to you can use a second expres sion pedal with your VoiceLive 3 Connect this second Expression pedal to the Foo...

Page 53: ...b for Vocal or Guitar to make adjustments There is also a Pan control available in both the Vocal and Guitar Preset tabs that allow you to pan the vocal or guitar signal left or right The default setting is C for Center It can be especially useful to assign Guitar Pan to an ex pression pedal if you would like to create stereo guitar loops which we will discuss later Additionally you can create som...

Page 54: ...Editing the Vocal layer VoiceLive 3 Reference manual 2014 03 29 52 Editing the Vocal layer ...

Page 55: ...created voices sounding ro botic or fake it can be attributed partially to the Harmony voices being overly loud in the vocal mix Level settings of 6 or dB lower can often yield great results even if the voices aren t imme diately obvious High and Low styles are the most com monly used harmonies in popular music If you are a male or have a lower voice try High If you are female or have a higher voi...

Page 56: ...ined by a fixed key and scale In VoiceLive 3 you can de fine a different method of harmony note output for each voice The new Mixed Mode harmonies allow you to for example set one voice to follow your guitar Natural Play the second voice to follow a key scale a third voice to only sing a single Fixed note and a fourth voice to only sing the root note of any chords you are playing on your guitar Pe...

Page 57: ...ect Tight Double styles will have less pitch and timing variation than Loose styles will Tight styles therefore tend to be a bit more subtle even at higher effect levels Try turning the Lead Level parameter to OFF when using one of the Wide styles This will effectively remove your voice from the middle of the stereo field and helps recreate the wide panned vocal style that can be heard on many rec...

Page 58: ...r for studio re cording Tips and tricks for working with the Vocal Delay effect Make sure to set the correct tempo for any Preset with Delay either via tempo tapping see Tapping tempo or on the Delay Edit tab Delay timed to your song sounds great while off time delays can sound terrible Experiment with different amounts of the Feedback parameter More Feedback cre ates more echoes while very low am...

Page 59: ...nd longer Reverbs higher decay time for slower songs A 1 3 second Decay Time is very common for mid tempo popular music Timing a Reverb so that it breathes with your song can sound great By breathing we mean that the Reverb ends on a beat or every other beat for example Use this calculator to figure out what Reverb time to set in order to time your effect to the song nickfever com delay calculator...

Page 60: ...ay s musicians do Here is an interesting article about the Beatles and their use of VariSpeed ofbuckleyandbeatles wordpress com 2010 12 05 beatles production tricks part ii varispeed Tips and tricks for working with the HardTune effect When you want the HardTune sound choose the Pop style It takes some practice to sing the right way and get the most out of HardTune Practice sliding and gliding fro...

Page 61: ...luded several carrier sounds in VoiceLive 3 so you may use the Synth effect block without an instrument signal Tips and tricks for working with the Synth effect When using the Synth block to generate the well known talk box effect of the seventies it really pays to know exactly the notes you want to output and practice them ahead of time It sounds great when you play the right melody but the effec...

Page 62: ...ystem at your local pub Use of Gate within the Transducer advanced edit parameters can reduce the chances of feedback when the effect is active Set the threshold such that the gate opens to let your voice through but closes mutes very soon after you finish singing This Craig s Corner video covering feedback can help a lot for both general PA use and Transducer effects youtube com watch v VlN1RJ4gc...

Page 63: ...sound Songs like Believe by Lenny Kravitz use Flanger to create its iconic sound If you use styles like Cylon or Alien Voiceover it s probably best to use them for small sections of a song or for a fun effect while addressing the audience rather than a full time effect The advanced controls allow you to determine which other effects like Harmony are sent to the µMod block This allows you to add µM...

Page 64: ...panion to Harmony es pecially when you are trying to create a group sound You can use Choir by itself too which can give its own unique flavor to the vocal Tips and tricks for working with the Choir effect When using Choir with Harmony start with a low level setting and move up from there Us ing too much Choir level can make the overall output sound a bit robotic or effected With the above suggest...

Page 65: ...mbination with Guitar Rhythmic can create some really inter esting sounds Try increasing and reducing the Depth pa rameter to alter the relationship between the lead or harmony voices and the Rhythmic ef fect Setting the Target parameter to Harm Level and using a long division makes the Harmony voices swell and fade slowly Try changing the Type parameter to create dramatic variations in the output...

Page 66: ...sample Take some time to experiment with the timing of footswitch pressing and the division param eter to see how the two interact There is a Direction parameter that can play a reversed version of the sample Try changing it from Forward to Reverse Stutter is much easier to control and integrate into your performance when the button is set to Momentary operation When remapping Stutter to a footswi...

Page 67: ...ootswitch to Momentary mode using the Mix Knob under the Mode column Tips and tricks for working with the Buttonmap There are separate Buttonmap tabs on the Vo cal and Guitar edit screens They are indepen dent of one another so you can remap foot switches for each layer When you have remapped a footswitch the Home display will show you which effect has been remapped If you forget where you have re...

Page 68: ...he tracks you have recorded The available options are Track A Track B Track C Track A B and Track A C You can assign multiple footswitches to dif ferent loop triggers and switch between them at will µMod footswitch remapped to triggering Loop tracks A and C from Loop Slot 3 Delay footswitch remapped to triggering Loop track B from Loop Slot 3 Keep in mind that tempo metronome settings are saved wi...

Page 69: ...Editing the Guitar layer VoiceLive 3 Reference manual 2014 03 29 67 Editing the Guitar layer ...

Page 70: ... low mid and high EQ including bandwidth commonly known as Q and frequency If you don t like one or more of the factory Amp Styles the EQ options allow you to change it to suit your particular taste and tone requirements Adjusting Amp EQ settings Tips and tricks for working with Amp simulation On some amplifiers what is called PreGain and PostGain in VoiceLive 3 is called Gain and Volume respectiv...

Page 71: ...econfigured Drive styles make sure you give them a try Tips and tricks for working with the Drive effect Since the Amp settings are replaced by the Boost settings when Boost is active it s pos sible to make your amp quieter or less distort ed when Boost is active You should probably avoid setting PreGain and PostGain for the Amp and Boost blocks to wildly different values You may encounter un want...

Page 72: ...s With the above in mind using similar but dif ferent Delay divisions can also be very ef fective For example try note on your Vocal and 1 8 note on the Guitar Slap echo is a very common guitar setting for classic country music sounds Using Delay effectively can make a very sim ply played guitar passage sound much more complex The Edge from U2 makes heavy use of Delay Using Delay briefly can highl...

Page 73: ...ide your vocal effects Guitar Reverb block set to TC Electronic s Hall of Fame Plate reverb Tips and tricks for working with the Guitar Reverb effect Try using same style of Reverb for both Vocal and Guitar This helps glue the two sounds together into a shared physical space Using a very obvious Reverb during a solo section can help differentiate the solo from the rest of the song If you are playi...

Page 74: ...being said Like with any other effect there are really no rules Use what sounds good to you In studio recording Compression is common on almost every track or group of tracks Compression can raise the output level of your guitar so be aware that it can also contribute to feedback Tips and tricks for working with the Compression effect Threshold is the level at which the Compres sor begins to affec...

Page 75: ... filter that you can sweep up and down the frequency spectrum with a foot operated pedal Tips and tricks for working with the Wah wah effect Our Wah effect block also includes a few Touch Wah styles that simulate moving a foot pedal based on your playing volume and pace If you don t have an expression pedal try one of the Touch styles Playing with Wah can increase your chances of feedback since th...

Page 76: ...Tore Mogensen to rec reate two of their best modulation effects for VoiceLive 3 Vortex Flanger and Corona Chorus Guitar µMod block set to Corona Chorus Fast style Tips and tricks for working with the Guitar µMod effect Modulation effects aren t just for electric gui tars Styles like Silky Detune and Medium Detune can really enhance the sound of an acoustic guitar Flanger creates a very obvious eff...

Page 77: ... The most common use as we mentioned above is to sim ulate a bass guitar but there are other imple mentations as well You can blend your original guitar signal with a shifted signal to create some great sounds Tips and tricks for working with the Octaver effect When using the Octaver effect remember to play one note at a time Unlike some of our other pitch shift processing Octaver is mono phonic n...

Page 78: ...Guitar Rhythmic block we have included an improved tremolo sound to better replicate the classic effect Tips and tricks for working with the Guitar Rhythmic effect Using Chopper or Pan based Rhythmic ef fects can add a lot of flavor to your sound es pecially when used as a special effect Similar to the suggestions for Delay experi ment with using the same Delay and Rhythmic divisions for guitar an...

Page 79: ...me man ner as the Vocal Buttonmap Please see Vocal Buttonmap block tab for an overview of the Vo cal Buttonmap Keep in mind that the Vocal and Guitar Button map settings are independent of each other rep resenting the Vocal and Guitar layers respective ly To learn how you can create inter layer map pings see Remapping a footswitch ...

Page 80: ...The Looper VoiceLive 3 Reference manual 2014 03 29 78 The Looper ...

Page 81: ...plex piece of music Loop track In each Loop slot see below VoiceLive 3 allows you to store three separate Loops Loop track A Loop track B and Loop track C Depending on the setting you made in the Sync sub menu see Sync sub menu you can either switch between these three tracks or play them in certain combinations Loop tracks A and B or Loop tracks A and C Remember that each of these Loop tracks can...

Page 82: ... the Looper layer go there now by pressing and holding the Layer button Setting up the metronome Let s turn on the Metronome MET so you can make your loop to a consistent beat As you can see there are six segments in the display which correlate to the six footswitch es The lower left segment is labeled MET and represents the HIT footswitch Tap the HIT footswitch Metronome settings The HIT footswit...

Page 83: ...mony Drive footswitch to begin recording your first loop track You can sing play your guitar or do both When you reach the end of the segment you want to record try to press the REC A foot switch as close to the beat as you can Our LoopAssist feature helps with this but try to be as accurate as possible Set Overdub vs Set Play While recording your first basic loop you will see two new options on t...

Page 84: ... dubs you can keep the overdub recording running and add new parts each time the loop begins again Recording Loop track B Now while Loop track A is still playing back we will record something else onto Loop track B Yes it s another cake When you are ready press REC B Reverb footswitch Recording Loop track B Now what makes working with separate Loop tracks so interesting is that your second Loop tr...

Page 85: ...let s try Swap Undo and Redo Have you made a mistake maybe in your fourth or fifth overdub No reason to throw away the whole track You can easily undo your last over dub i e remove it from the Loop track and if you change your mind you can restore it To undo the last overdub tap the Looper foot switch To redo undo the undo thereby restoring the last overdub tap the Looper footswitch again Using Sw...

Page 86: ...ou will find many of the Looper options Tap the footswitch linked to the Utility menu the µMod footswitch to enter the Utility menu If you see SWAP in the top left menu seg ment press and hold the µMod footswitch to enter the Utility menu This press hold action is designed to allow the Swap button to do double duty depending on whether you have a B and C loop recorded Once you have entered the UTI...

Page 87: ... left of the Loop display To switch to another Loop slot press the Pre set up and Preset down footswitches The Loop slot number is saved with your oth er Preset information and is automatically re called when you load a Preset Undo Redo information is NOT stored with the Loop when saved Saving your Loop to the current Loop Slot Metronome sub menu Tap MET the HIT footswitch to enter the Metro nome ...

Page 88: ... change the tempo you would have to delete the Loop completely or switch to another Loop slot If you record a Loop with the Metronome OFF you can still change the tempo later Sync sub menu Tap SYNC the Double Comp footswitch to en ter the Sync sub menu In the Sync sub menu you can define how VoiceLive 3 s Looper should sync to a given tempo The options in the Sync sub menu are described below SMAR...

Page 89: ...oop on Loop track A Record a longer loop on Loop track B Let them play back and take note of how it sounds and looks in the display Delete both loops from Loop tracks A and B see Erase sub menu Now record a longer Loop on Loop track A Record a shorter Loop on Loop track B Notice that the shorter B loop is automati cally extended with empty space to match Loop track A Once again delete both Loops I...

Page 90: ...b menu you will find options for erasing your Loops Erase Loop track A Erase Loop track B Erase Loop track C Erase All Loop tracks Erase sub menu Erasing loops directly You can easily delete a single loop without hav ing to go to the Erase sub menu While you are on the main Loop screen simply press hold the ODUB button for a Loop track Reverb or Harmony footswitches respectively Loop limits The to...

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Page 92: ... Quick Guide you likely won t need to adjust this To adjust the gain manually do the following Plug in your microphone If you have a condenser microphone change Input Type to Condenser Sing at your loudest Turn the Input Gain parameter up until only the green and yellow LEDs of the Level indicator light up If you see the red LED light turn Input Gain down until the red LED no longer lights This is...

Page 93: ...able NaturalPlay sources Parameter settings On VoiceLive 3 will listen to the RoomSense microphones for Key Scale information if no Guitar MIDI or Aux signal is present Off VoiceLive 3 will ignore any music heard by the RoomSense microphones Lead Delay parameter Use the Lead Delay parameter to apply latency compensation between your lead voice and ef fects Parameter settings None Your lead voice i...

Page 94: ...DAW Blend the original dry vocal track and new wet vocal tracks together in the mix Aux Level parameter Use the Aux Level parameter to control the level of the signal received at the Aux input jack If you are getting distortion when connecting an exter nal music source to the Aux input try turning this control down Aux Vocal Cancel parameter When you activate Aux Vocal Cancel Voice Live 3 will att...

Page 95: ...nce manual 2014 03 29 93 Monitor Level parameter Use the Monitor Level parameter to control the level of the signal received at the Monitor input jack If your incoming monitor mix is distorting try turning this parameter down ...

Page 96: ... jack carries the summed with effects mono vocal channel The right XLR output jack carries the summed with effects mono guitar channel XLR Out Level parameter Use the XLR Out Level parameter to set the rela tive level of the signal going to the XLR outputs Parameter settings Mic Level Typically the best setting when connecting to a mixer PA This level closely replicates that of a microphone going ...

Page 97: ...etc will restrict or limit the maximum potential headphone out put When using in ear monitors you may want to set the limiter in order to prevent hearing dam age by transient loud noises such as feedback Talk Trim parameter Use the Talk Trim parameter to adjust the volume of your lead voice when Talk Bypass mode is engaged It s not uncommon for performers to want a little bit more or less volume t...

Page 98: ...ert the phase of the guitar signal Parameter settings Normal Signal phase is maintained as it is at the guitar input Inverted Incoming signal phase is reversed It can sometimes be beneficial to invert the phase of a guitar to prevent feedback from stage monitors This is especially applicable to acoustic guitars Speaker Sim Enable parameter Use the Speaker Sim Enable parameter to switch the speaker...

Page 99: ... XLR outputs always allow variations of guitar level via the mix screen as long as no guitar outputs are con nected Gate Threshold parameter Use the Gate Threshold parameter to set the threshold for the guitar gate A gate closes or mutes the sound when it reaches a specific low volume threshold To set the gate effectively play a note or chord letting it ring out for a while You will notice that it...

Page 100: ...s of information like pro gram changes but not others such as Continu ous Controller CC messages The parameter setting you choose here tells VoiceLive 3 what NOT to respond to Parameter settings None All incoming MIDI data is responded to if applicable PrgChange All incoming Program Change messages are rejected SysEx Any incoming System Exclusive Sy sEx data is rejected PC SysEx All incoming Progr...

Page 101: ...taves If the output note after transposition falls outside the available MIDI notes i e if it is really high or really low the nearest octave note will be used instead For example if you have set Transpose to 4 octaves but the note falls too far outside of the acceptable MIDI note value range the sys tem will try the next nearest transposition octave of 3 If 3 is also too low it will try 2 etc Spl...

Page 102: ... below the Split note are lis tened to for MIDI note information Vibrato Boost parameter Use the Vibrato Boost parameter to set how VoiceLive 3 should process incoming MIDI mod ulation data Parameter settings Boost The modulation data received via MIDI is added to the vibrato already applied to Har mony voices Manual The modulation data received via MIDI is directly controlling the Vibrato amount ...

Page 103: ...to set the SysEx ID to 0 SysEx Dump Rate parameter Use the SysEx Dump Rate parameter to set the speed of MIDI data transfers for firmware up dates and Preset management Parameter settings Normal The default value It is advised to keep this setting unless you are encountering problems Slow Reduces the data transfer rate If you are having trouble with failed Preset syncing or firmware updates using ...

Page 104: ...djust these components of the Tone block manually if you run into specific issues Tone parameter Use the Tone parameter to switch the Tone block on or off De ess parameter Use the De ess parameter to adjust the amount of adaptive de essing removal of sss sounds that should be applied to your voice The default setting is 50 Compression mode parameter Use the Compression Mode parameter to choose bet...

Page 105: ...ameter Manual Compression mode only Use the Threshold parameter to set the signal level where compression should be applied Ratio parameter Manual Compression mode only Use the Ratio parameter to set the amount of compression that should be applied when the signal level is over the Threshold The Ratio is defined as a 1 X ratio where X is the number of decibels dB of reduction in level for every 1 ...

Page 106: ... No Gate is applied Adaptive The Gate is adjusted automatically Manual The Gate threshold can be set by the user Lead Atten uation parameter Adaptive and Manual Gate mode only Use the Lead Atten uation parameter to set the attenuation of the lead voice once the signal falls under the threshold Harm ony Atten uation parameter Adaptive and Manual Gate mode only Use the Harm ony Atten uation paramete...

Page 107: ...nals as specified by the Atten uation parameters EQ Mode parameter Use the EQ Mode parameter to choose between adaptive automatic and manual equalization Parameter settings Adaptive Automatically adjusts equalization settings as you sing Manual Equalizer settings are static and manually set Shape parameter Adaptive EQ mode only Use the Shape parameter to control the amount of adaptive equalization...

Page 108: ...id High gain parameters Manual EQ mode only Use the Low Mid and High Gain parameters to set the amount of signal boost gain or attenu ation that should be applied to the low mid and high bands of the EQ Parameter range 12 to 12 dB Low Mid High Freq uency parameters Manual EQ mode only Use the Low Mid and High Freq uency param eters to set the frequencies of the low mid and high bands of the EQ Par...

Page 109: ...Setup VoiceLive 3 Reference manual 2014 03 29 107 Mid BW parameter Manual EQ mode only Use the Mid BW parameters to set the band width of the EQ s mid band Parameter range Narrow 0 11 to 8 77 Wide ...

Page 110: ...t The link between the Global Preset and other Presets goes both ways Global NatPlay Source parameter Use the Global NatPlay Source parameter to de fine a global signal source for the NaturalPlay feature Use this parameter if you want to make sure that only audio or control data from a spe cific source is used to determine key scale For more information see What is NaturalPlay Parameter settings A...

Page 111: ...d of using the tempo settings stored as part of each Preset When Global Tempo parameter is set to On any tempo set via Tempo Tapping see Tapping tempo the Delay effect edit screen or Loop Metronome see Metronome sub menu will apply across all Presets The tempo values stored in Presets will be overridden as long as Global Tempo is On Global Key Scale parameter Use the Global Key Scale parameter if ...

Page 112: ...ference parameter to set the reference frequency for the built in tuner The de fault setting is 440 Hz Hit Behavior parameter Use the Hit Behavior parameter to define how manually switching effect blocks on or off should affect the HIT function For more information see HIT Dynamic vs Snapshot ...

Page 113: ... map the Step footswitch to another function One of the following functions can be mapped to the Step footswitch This setting is not stored as part of your Presets it is applied globally The Step footswitch LED will light in blue Vocal Red Guitar or Purple Loop System depending on what you have assigned to it Parameter settings Step Pitch Cor All Mute µMod Delay Reverb Voc HIT Double Harmony Trans...

Page 114: ...sets its func tion Parameter settings Off µMod Delay Reverb Vocal HIT Double Harmony Transducer HardTune Rhythmic Stutter Choir Synth Harm ony Hold Step Tap Tempo Bypass All HIT Preset Up Preset Down Preset Step Harmony must be active for this to have an ef fect Tapping the Mic switch will switch to the next or previous Preset Holding the Mic switch will reverse direction increment decrement Mic S...

Page 115: ...he Expr ession Pedal Function parameter to assign a function to this expression pedal The second expression pedal can be assigned to one of the following controls Off Lead Octave Down Lead Octave Up Harmony Octave Down Harmony Octave Up Harmony DoubleLevel Delay Reverb Level Harmony Level Double Level Vocals µMod Level Vocals Delay Level Vocals Reverb Level Synth Level Lead Level Vocal µMod Delay ...

Page 116: ...itch jack use the Exp ression Max imum Pos ition parameter in the Setup menu to define the parameter value that should be associated with the maximum up position of this second expression pedal For more information see Exp Pedal tab Get ting the most out of your expression pedal SW3 1 SW3 2 SW3 3 parameters These parameters are only available when the Footswitch jack parameter has been set to Swit...

Page 117: ...e Layer button SW3 1 SW3 2 SW3 3 Mode parameters Use the three SW3 Mode parameters to set the operation modes of the three footswitches on a TC Helicon Switch 3 connected to your Voice Live 3 Latched Tap the footswitch on your Switch 3 to activate the assigned effect tap it again to deactivate it Momentary The assigned effect is on only when you hold down the footswitch For more information see Ch...

Page 118: ... your expression pedal Product info tab The Product Info tab contains important informa tion about your VoiceLive 3 including Installed Firmware Version Serial Number Manufacture Date This information is valuable if you ever need to contact TC Helicon support Make sure you provide this information when creating a support incident ...

Page 119: ...Appendix VoiceLive 3 Reference manual 2014 03 29 117 Appendix ...

Page 120: ...uitar Boost 30 Vocal Harmony Key C C D D E F F G G A A B values 0 11 respectively 31 Vocal Harmony Scale MAJ1 MAJ2 MAJ3 MIN1 MIN2 MIN3 CUST values 0 7 respectively 46 Guitar Reverb 47 Guitar HIT 50 Vocal Vocoder Synth 51 Vocal Rhythmic 56 Vocal HIT 104 Vocal Choir 110 Vocal Harmony 111 Vocal Double 112 Vocal Reverb 113 Vocal HardTune 115 Step value represents Step Number i e 1 Step 1 2 Step 2 etc ...

Page 121: ...ce Screen You should see the System Maintenance screen immediately If you see the normal VoiceLive 3 screen without the System Main tenance banner on top you haven t pushed the button inside the headphone jack correct ly Try again Choose the desired option from the menu us ing the Control Knob Updating the firmware using a USB flash drive If you cannot update the firmware of your Voice Live 3 usin...

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Page 123: ...sets 500 presets 10 steps per preset Footswitches 10 footswitches 6 preset assignable footswitches for enabling disabling FX blocks Preset management Genre and Styles preset categories Design Size Height 3 inches 76 mm Width 13 8 inches 350 mm Depth 8 5 inches 261 mm Weight Weight 5 lb 2 3 kg Construction Anodized extruded aluminum and steel chassis Rubberized edit mix knobs Recessed rubberized ha...

Page 124: ... Bit 128 x oversampling bitstream 110 dB SNR A weighted Monitor Connector Balanced XLR Input Impedance Balanced 25 kOhm Monitor Input Level 0 dBFS 16 dBu Aux Connector 1 8 stereo mini jack Aux Input Level 0 dBFS 2 dBu Analog Outputs Voice Connectors balanced XLR Output Impedance Balanced Unbalanced 300 150 Ohm Output Range 0 dBFS Line Level 14 dBu Mic Level 2 dBu Dynamic Range 109 dB 20 Hz to 20 k...

Page 125: ...irect connection to Monitor input Connector Balanced XLR Control USB USB A Mini B MIDI In Out 5 Pin DIN Pedal 1 4 TRS phone jack Mic Control Available with TC Helicon MP 75 Microphone or Sennheiser e 835 fx mic Details Power External Power Supply Mains Voltage 100 to 240 VAC 50 to 60 Hz auto select Power Consumption 14 W Safety EMC Complies with EN 55103 1 2009 EN 55103 2 2009 FCC CFR 47 Part 15B ...

Page 126: ...Technical Specifications VoiceLive 3 Reference manual 2014 03 29 124 Included with VoiceLive 3 Region specific power supply USB cable Quickstart guide Guitar Headphone combo cable ...

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