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The Mix Menu

FX Mix page

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Delay/Reverb parameter

Loops parameter

Using the Loops parameter creatively

Output Mix page

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Anatomy of a preset

Editing basics

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Locating the Edit menu

Main and Advanced edit pages

Selecting edit parameters with the Matrix

Understanding effect styles

Understanding levels

Linked vs. unlinked effect parameters

Dry Level

The Mod effect

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Mod effect – main edit page

Mod effect – advanced edit page

The Delay effect

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Delay effect – main edit page

Delay effect – advanced edit page

The Reverb effect

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Reverb effect – main edit page

Reverb effect – advanced edit page

The Harmony effect

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Harmony effect – main edit page

Harmony effect – advanced edit page

Scale definitions

Summary of Contents for VoiceLive Touch 2

Page 1: ...Reference Manual Store INPUT Home Hold for Genre Effects Voices Tap Mix Setup Loop Hit Hold forTalk Edit ...

Page 2: ...y of a preset 8 Editing basics 8 Locating the Edit menu 8 Main and Advanced edit pages 9 Selecting edit parameters with the Matrix 9 Understanding effect styles 9 Understanding levels 10 Linked vs unlinked effect parameters 10 Dry Level 10 The Mod effect 11 Mod effect main edit page 11 Mod effect advanced edit page 11 The Delay effect 12 Delay effect main edit page 12 Delay effect advanced edit pa...

Page 3: ...ffect 27 Hardtune effect edit page 27 Assigning effects to the Hit button 29 Assigning Hit effects in Effects mode 30 Assigning Hit effects using the Control parameter 30 The Slider FX 31 Chapter Overview 32 Gender Warp effect 32 Delay Feedback effect 32 Harmony Hold effect 32 Dual Filter effect 32 Harmony Bend effect 32 Shift Wide effect 33 Shift Narrow effect 33 Rhythm Div effect 33 Rhythm Depth...

Page 4: ...nome 45 Recording multitrack loops 45 Recording your first multitrack loop 45 Muting loop layers 47 Muting vs selecting loops 47 Muting and recording 47 Muting loops in Select mode 47 Synching loops to MIDI Clock 48 Triggering loops in Shots mode 48 Shots mode and playback 49 Loop FX 49 What are Loop FX 49 Using Loop FX 49 Changing Loop FX 49 Loop FX descriptions 50 Making the most of Loop FX 50 R...

Page 5: ...quency parameter 63 Low Gain parameter 63 Loop page 64 Input parameter 64 Filter Resonance parameter 64 Undo parameter 64 Loop Feedback parameter 64 MIDI Control parameter 65 Queued Mode parameter 65 Metronome page 66 Routing parameter 66 MIDI Tempo parameter 66 Sound parameter 66 Level parameter 66 MIDI page 1 67 MID Channel parameter 67 Filter parameter 67 CC Channel parameter 67 Transpose param...

Page 6: ...er 74 Aux In Type parameter 74 Global Tempo parameter 75 Product Info page 76 Factory initialization procedure 76 MIDI Implementation 77 Preset list 81 Styles list 87 Mod Styles 88 Delay Styles 88 Reverb Styles 89 Harmony Styles 89 Doubling Styles 90 Hardtune Styles 90 Transducer Styles 91 Delay Filter Styles 91 Getting Support 92 ...

Page 7: ...ouch 2 Quick Guide left off so please make sure to read the VoiceLive Touch 2 Quick Guide first To make the most of the information in this reference manual you should be able to navigate the VoiceLive Touch 2 as de scribed in the Quick Guide This document has been optimized for on screen reading If you still have questions about the product after reading this manual please get in touch with TC He...

Page 8: ...1 7 12 14 13 15 2 8 3 9 4 10 5 6 11 1 Edit button 2 Store button 3 Home Hold for Genre button 4 Effects button 5 Voices button 6 Tap button 7 Setup button 8 Mix button 9 Loop button 10 Play Record buttons Loop transport controls 11 Hit Hold for talk button 12 Matrix 9 buttons 13 Slider FX Bar 14 Arrow buttons ...

Page 9: ...effects and the output levels There are two pages of faders that control global mix levels of the various inputs and generated effects within the device the FX Mix page and the Output Mix page To switch Mix pages either tap the Mix button or use the Ar row buttons on the Slider FX bar To display mix levels tap on any Matrix button corresponding to a mix level The value will be shown briefly ...

Page 10: ...ional 6 dB of gain available Delay Reverb parameter The Delay Reverb parameter trims the global mix level of the Delay and Reverb effects Factory presets were created with this parameter set to 0 dB There is an additional 6 dB of gain available Loops parameter The Loops parameter sets the level of loop playback Note that if you set this parameter below 0 dB your initial recording pass will sound l...

Page 11: ...one parameter controls headphone volume This level is independent of the Analog Out control Analog Out parameter The Analog Out parameter sets the main output level for the XLR and TRS Left and Right outputs If you set the Analog Out parameter to 0 dB and with the input gain set correctly the out puts will deliver approximately the same level as a microphone There is 6 dB of additional gain availa...

Page 12: ...s do not require storing 2 3 4 1 1 Selects the preset destination number 2 Deletes the currently highlighted letter 3 Selects the letter for the current cursor position 4 Inserts empty letter at the current cursor position When you have selected either the Delete Letter or Insert option you can use the arrow buttons on the Slider FX Bar to set the cursor position ...

Page 13: ...The Edit Menu 7 The Edit Menu This chapter of the VoiceLive Touch 2 reference manual details the nine effect blocks of the VoiceLive Touch 2 the editing screens and all effect parameters ...

Page 14: ...g the Edit menu A single menu containing all effect pages can be accessed in two ways 1 Tap the Edit button then use the arrow buttons to scroll left or right to see the desired effect s edit page For convenience the edit page you were on previously is always shown first when you tap the Edit button 2 Tap the Effects button then hold the Matrix button corre sponding to an effect to jump directly t...

Page 15: ...ached the first or last page in the menu Selecting edit parameters with the Matrix When the Effects page is displayed each effect shown cor responds to one of the nine Matrix buttons In the example below the leftmost button in the lowest row corresponds to the Transducer effect Store INPUT Home Hold for Genre Effects Voices Tap Mix Setup Loop Hit Hold for Talk Edit 2 1 The leftmost button in the b...

Page 16: ...tyle e g Speed in the Mod effect This ensures that the style sounds as intended when it was created Other parameters are not linked to the current style such as Reverb Width which allows you to browse a number of effect styles while Width is set to mono for example In the following descriptions of all effect parameters effect parameters that are linked to the style are shown with an asterisk Dry L...

Page 17: ... of modulation if the cur rently selected style uses modulation and the Depth parameter is set to a value greater than zero Control parameter The Control parameter sets Hit on off status See Assigning Hit effects using the Control parameter Mod effect advanced edit page Dry Level parameter The Dry Level parameter sets the dry voice level Depth parameter The Depth parameter sets the amount of modul...

Page 18: ...scillation Control parameter The Control parameter sets Hit on off status See Assigning Hit effects using the Control parameter Delay effect advanced edit page The last two parameters on this page vary depending on the current Delay style Dry Level parameter The Dry Level parameter sets the dry voice level Filter Style parameter The Filter Style parameter determines the tone of the echoes by apply...

Page 19: ... page of the Setup menu is set to Off and you want to store a pre set tempo in each preset Division For Tap tempo styles only the Division parameter sets the echo time to divisions of the bar Delay Time For the Slap and SetTime styles only the DelayTime parameter sets the exact delay time from 0 to 2500 milliseconds This parameter is linked to the currently selected style ...

Page 20: ...fade out Control parameter The Control parameter sets Hit on off status See Assigning Hit effects using the Control parameter Reverb effect advanced edit page Dry Level parameter The Dry Level parameter sets the dry voice level Pre Delay parameter The Pre Delay parameter introduces a short delay between the dry audio signal and the onset of the reverb to help simulate larger spaces and separate th...

Page 21: ...ized Tight Male and Female shift your voice to any four notes played on a connected MIDI keyboard to produce harmony These styles ignore the Key setting Level parameter The Level parameter controls the output level of the effect Key parameter The Key parameter sets whether detected chords or a fixed key is used to guide the Harmony and Hardtune effects When you set the Key parameter to Auto VoiceL...

Page 22: ... used to produce diatonic harmony There are three Major and three Minor scales that can work with different chord progression and melody combinations See the following table for the Scale definitions Human Amount parameter The Human Amount parameter sets how much Humanization is applied The style of humanization is defined by the Human Style parameter Vibrato Amount parameter The Vibrato Amount pa...

Page 23: ... you can choose combinations of the nine harmony voicings Voic ings are pre set pitch intervals between your lead voice and a harmony voice generated by the VoiceLive Touch 2 The Voices menu offers the quickest way to experiment with harmony arrangements To hear the voicings ensure the Harmony block is on in the Effects menu Up to four voices may be active at a time When four voices are active tur...

Page 24: ...sitions as you sing from note to note Values from 30 70 can help humanize harmonies NP Scale Shift Voicing parameter This parameter sets the voicing interval The name of this parameter and the value range changes according to the table following Gender parameter The Gender parameter determines whether the voicing has deeper male characteristics values lower than 0 or female characteristics values ...

Page 25: ...rmony over the largest number of chord sequences and melodies Naturalplay follows the moment by moment chord changes from an instrument or the Roomsense mics to determine which harmony note is best for your current sung note Naturalplay also determines which of the Guitar Aux input MIDI input or Roomsense inputs is currently active and should be used for harmony guidance This process is dynamic an...

Page 26: ... where the pitch interval be tween your voice and the harmony voices varies according to chordal input or scale rules Once you have specified a voicing interval that harmony voice will remain at exactly that interval no matter what notes you sing In the factory presets Shift mode is mostly used to produce group unison octaves or 5th intervals Via the Voices menu you are able to choose other interv...

Page 27: ...ge Style parameter The Style parameter selects from a range of pre authored styles Level parameter The Level parameter controls the output level of the effect Lead Harmony Balance In presets where your lead voice is turned up and the Harmony and or Doubling effects are on the Lead Harmony Balance parameter lets you tailor the amount of Choir effect on either Control parameter The Control parameter...

Page 28: ...parameter The Control parameter sets Hit on off status See Assigning Hit effects using the Control parameter Double effect advanced edit page Lead Level parameter The Lead Level parameter sets the dry voice level Human Style parameter The Human Style parameter selects from a range of Humaniza tion styles that introduce subtle and not so subtle variances to pitch and timing To hear the effects of t...

Page 29: ...of theTransducer effect and try raising the Gate Threshold described below Transducer effect main edit page Style parameter The Style parameter lets you select from a range of pre authored styles The last style Beatbox is unique in that it temporarily overrides the global Tone feature to restore bass frequencies specifically for creating bass heavy vocal beatboxing Drive parameter The Drive parame...

Page 30: ... set to Lead the Transducer effect applies only to the lead voice and its effects Harmony setting When the Routing parameter is set to Harmony the Trans ducer effect applies only to the Harmony and Double voices and their effects Low Cut parameter The Low Cut parameter adjusts the frequency of the low cut filter applied by the current style This and the High Cut filter are steep 4 pole filters Gat...

Page 31: ...arameter This parameter is only available for the Rhythm styles TheTarget parameter sets what paths will be modulated by the Rhythm effect Lead voice Harmony Double voices and what the pre set Rhythm effect will be Level or Gender modulation panning Division parameter This parameter is only available for the Stutter Sample styles The Division parameter trims the length of the captured and repeated...

Page 32: ...n you enable the Rhythm effect block Start setting Sampling occurs after you enable the Rhythm effect block Path parameter This parameter is only available for the Stutter Sample styles The Path parameter sets how the other effects all effect blocks except for Harmony Double and Hardtune are applied to the sample Post setting When the Path parameter is set to Post effects that are en abled when th...

Page 33: ...orrected but closer to scale tones hard correction is applied Robot setting The Robot setting forces anything you sing or say to a single target note For this setting Key is ignored Correct Natural setting The Correct Natural setting applies more subtle values for a natural correction sound Correct Chromatic setting The Correct Chromatic setting allows you to use correction without setting Key and...

Page 34: ...eper settings 50 to 1 or more feminine settings 1 to 50 Control parameter The Control parameter sets Hit on off status See Assigning Hit effects using the Control parameter For this effect no Advanced edit page is available This parameter is linked to the currently selected style ...

Page 35: ...o completely dif ferent effect combinations one for Hit On and another for Hit Off You could also use Hit On to simply add one effect to your sound Please note that the Hit button only turns one or sev eral effects on or off it does not change the settings of those effects The following graphics show the difference between effect on status and effect off status and how Hit can affect a preset Hit ...

Page 36: ...l parameter Each effects has a parameter called Control which also sets Hit assignment Tap the Edit button to enter Edit mode Select the Control parameter and set it to the desired set ting Off Setting When you set Control to Off the effect is always off re gardless of Hit on off status On Setting When you set Control to Off the effect is always off re gardless of Hit on off status Hit Setting Whe...

Page 37: ...The Slider FX 31 The Slider FX In this chapter we describe the amazing Slider FX bar as it pertains to the vocal effects For the Loop FX descriptions see What are Loop FX ...

Page 38: ...d voice Gender setting from more male at the left to more female at the right Delay Feedback effect Tap the Slider FX Bar to activate the Delay effect at its current settings Slide your finger over the Slider FX Bar to change the Feedback which extends or shortens the length of the echo effect Harmony Hold effect Tap the Slider FX Bar to activate the Harmony effect and apply Harmony Hold which pro...

Page 39: ...er from left to right over the Slider FX Bar to increase the intensity of the effect Stutter effect Tap the Slider FX Bar to hold to sustain a short snippet of vocalization Slide your finger over the Slider FX Bar to change the Division value upwards from the initial value Hmny Harmony Rhythm effect Tap the Slider FX Bar to apply the Rhythm effect to the Har mony voices only Slide your finger over...

Page 40: ...in value Middle of value range Max value Slider FX Middle value value Max value Slider FX Max value value Middle value Slider FX The middle value is defined from where you first tap and hold on the Slider FX Bar This offers higher resolution in one direction ...

Page 41: ...e manual intro duces the Looper Looping is an interesting topic Even using the basic looping features can be a lot of fun but there s a real treasure trove of features here allowing you to layer reverse mute merge and tweak your loops in all sorts of ways Have fun experimenting ...

Page 42: ...muted overdubbed upon reversed cleared re recorded and triggered The length of your first loop determines the length of all subsequent loops and the number of layers that you can record When you are on the Loops Tools page a counter shows the remaining loop time when you are recording the first loop Once the loop length has been set the number of overdubs on any loop is unlimited Loop Assist The M...

Page 43: ...yers page 1 2 3 1 Mode selection buttons 2 Loop layer selection 3 Current Loop FX assignment The main feature of this page is the collection of six slots containing the loop layers Above the slots are modes in which you can interact with the various layers Select Mute and Shots Shown at the bottom of this and the Tools page is the current Loop FX assignment which by default is the Filter effect ...

Page 44: ...tutorials in the VoiceLive Touch 2 Quick Guide The order is from simple to advanced operation Recording a basic loop Press the Home button Find a preset you like using the Slider FX bar Prepare a short rhythmic phrase before recording for example singing Boom and Cha a few times When you re ready press the Record button on your sung downbeat Boom After singing the phrase a few times multiples of 2...

Page 45: ...oops If the loop you just made isn t to your liking or when you want to start completely from scratch you use the Erase function There are two ways to erase 1 In Home mode hold the Record button for a second at any time to erase the loop Please note that there is no undo or Are you sure prompt when erasing in Home mode 2 On the LoopTools page tap the Matrix button correspond ing to Erase A prompt ...

Page 46: ...rd a multitrack loop see the Recording multitrack loops section Record a basic loop As the loop plays practice a part you would like to add Press the Record button a little before the loop reaches the start again Add your new part If you like you can add more layers while in overdub record mode Press Record again to end overdubbing and continue playing the loop When the transport is stopped you ca...

Page 47: ...ith 2x Undoing and redoing a recording Record a basic loop then record an overdub Press the Loop mode button once or twice to display the Loop Tools page To undo your previous recording press Undo To redo a previously deleted muted overdub press Undo again You can do this as often as you like In fact it is an easy and useful way to build and remove preceding layers while using the Loop feature cre...

Page 48: ... to double loop length the memory available for recording additional loop layers is reduced Keep this in mind when creating very long loops The ability to multiply loop length becomes unavailable when you select a different loop slot and record a new loop layer there Reverse Reversing a recording is a classic studio trick to create inter esting effects You can use it as part of your loop sessions ...

Page 49: ...nging or playing in time with a metronome has distinct advantages The metronome helps you create more natural sounding loop points by correcting your button taps to the nearest beat This is called quantizing Your loops will be in sync with the other effects based on Tap Tempo Delay and Rhythm The metronome will help you record loops that play in sync to an external MIDI clock source such as tracks...

Page 50: ...volume and sound sending the metronome to headphones only or synching it to MIDI Clock Recording a loop using the metronome Press the Loop mode button once or twice to show the Loop Tools page Tap the Met Off button once to unmute the metronome It will display Met On and you should hear the default metro nome sound Kick drum Set the tempo by tapping the Tap button rhythmically a few times Tap the ...

Page 51: ...d the initial tempo Set metronome to On or Shh Press the Play button Transport will wait until the next beat before starting Recording multitrack loops In the Overdubbing section of this chapter we said that when overdubbing all your overdubs are baked into one single loop You can always undo the immediately preceding recording see Undo but other than that you cannot mute or delete a particular ta...

Page 52: ...age set to Select mode indicated by the brackets around the word Select 2 Loop slot one selected as the current loop slot shown as Loop Let s move to another loop slot and record something else Note that you can remain recording or stop and start recording with each new loop layer Tap Loop 2 Record another part on Loop 2 You can repeat this process until you have filled up all six available loop s...

Page 53: ...loops are shown with the Loop text reversed Mute mode with loop layers 2 4 and 6 muted Muting vs selecting loops Muting loop layers does not affect selection This means that you could select for example Loop 1 in Select mode then switch to Mute mode mute one or several loop slots and continue overdubbing the still selected Loop 1 Muting and recording It is possible to record one or all layers whil...

Page 54: ...ce Record and play back loops as you would using the Metro nome Your Record and Play button presses will be quan tized to the closest beat Note that VoiceLive Touch 2 syncs to beats only not bars Triggering loops in Shots mode Normally looping is all about having rhythm harmonies and melodies play back in consistent patterns But sometimes it s fun to trigger the beginning of a loop instantaneously...

Page 55: ...veTouch 2 comes with four special effects that have been specifically designed to modify loop playback You can se lect one of these effects and control it using the Slider FX Bar when you are playing back loops Using Loop FX The name of the current Loop FX is shown at the bottom of the two Loop menu pages Record a loop To control the currently selected Loop FX drag your finger up and down the Slid...

Page 56: ...equency of repeats is defined by the position on the Slider FX Bar where you are holding down your finger Loop FX Squeeze Auto This setting retriggers a snippet from anywhere in the loop then automatically halves and quarters the retrigger length as you hold the Slider bar Making the most of Loop FX The Squeeze effects work best when the loop has been recorded to the Metronome This is because the ...

Page 57: ... the metronome is on or off Layer Mixdown The ability to mute and erase loop layers independently is use ful but eventually you may run out of layers In that case you can mix multiple loop layers down to one slot freeing up loop slots Mixdown is also useful when you want to Reverse or trigger Shots of all your tracks Mixdown is not undo able Record several loops into several loop slots see Recordi...

Page 58: ...The Loop Menu 52 If the selected target loop slot is muted when you perform the mixdown the other loops will overwrite whatever was there ...

Page 59: ...The Setup menu 53 The Setup menu This chapter of the VoiceLive Touch 2 reference manual intro duces the setup menu where you make global settings ...

Page 60: ...are automatically applied and stored Input page The input page offers settings relating to how audio signals enter VoiceLive Touch 2 and how they are processed Input parameter The Input parameter determines which input feeds the vocal effects and controls phantom power Dynamic Mic setting If you are using a dynamic non condenser microphone without the Mic Control feature set the Input parameter to...

Page 61: ... cellular phone style headphones with an in tegrated mic set the Input parameter to Headphone The Roomsense setting below it will change to Headphone Mic allowing adjustment of the mic level Roomsense parameter This feature allows you to route the audio signals from the two onboard microphones to various destinations Note that Roomsense audio signals are never routed to the main outputs to prevent...

Page 62: ...Mic Control is set to Hit tapping the Mic Control but ton has the same effect as tapping the Hit button with no hold function Hit Talk setting When Mic Control is set to Hit Talk tapping the Mic Control button has the same effect as tapping the Hit button Holding the Mic Control button activates the Talk function Tap to exit Talk Hit Tap setting When Mic Control is set to Hit Tap tapping the Mic C...

Page 63: ... four automatic audio signal proces sors that adjust the EQ and dynamic nature of your vocals The overall effect is to reduce mud brighten your vocal sound and reduce level peaks to make your live voice sound more like a studio recording There is also a noise gate that helps reduc ing problems when you aren t singing such as feedback and harmony chattering These processes are automatic and respond...

Page 64: ... The Norm Warmth NG setting is the same as the Norm Warmth setting but with the gate turned off More Comp NG setting The More Comp NG setting is the same as the More Comp setting but with the gate turned off Pitch Cor Amt The Pitch Cor Amt Pitch Correction Amount parameter applies a small amount of chromatic pitch correction to gently improve the accuracy of your output pitch No scale reference is...

Page 65: ...ter to Dual Mono the left TRS output and the XLR jacks output the effected vocal and the effected guitar signal is output from the rightTRS jack In this configuration a sound engineer can control the level balance between the mono wet vocal i e vocal with harmonies and effects and the mono wet guitar signal Vocal Cancel feature The Vocal Cancel parameter engages signal processing on the Aux input ...

Page 66: ...one no dry voice delay is added Voice Sync setting When you set the Lead Delay parameter toVoice Sync a short fixed delay is inserted on dry vocal This is preferable when you are using the device to process a recorded track not the signal from a live mic In live performances the delay may be noticeable Auto setting When you set the Lead Delay parameter to Auto the dry vo cal is only delayed when t...

Page 67: ...ect applied to the guitar signal in the mix Mod Style parameter The Mod Style parameter offers the first seven styles from the Mod effect block ranging from Micromod Clone to Mono Chorus These effects are useful for chorusing thickening ef fects Mod Level parameter The Mod Level parameter sets the amount of the Mod effect applied to the guitar signal in the mix Compressor Ratio parameter The Compr...

Page 68: ... the compressor effect automatically adds considerable gain as you adjust the Ratio and Threshold controls feedback can become an issue Modest compression settings e g Ratio 2 0 Threshold 10 can produce contained pleasing dynamics for acoustic guitars without excessive feedback ...

Page 69: ... Gain parameter The High Gain parameter sets the amplification or attenuation of the high frequencies in dB Mid Frequency parameter The Mid Frequency parameter sets the center frequency for the mid band Mid Gain parameter The Mid Gain parameter sets the amplification or attenuation of the mid frequencies in dB Low Frequency parameter The Low Frequency parameter sets the frequency below which the L...

Page 70: ...re not Aux setting Only audio arriving at the Aux in jack is looped Filter Resonance parameter The Filter Resonance parameter changes the sound of the Loop FX filter by reducing or increasing the mid boost at the filter frequency Undo parameter Setting Undo to On allows you to undo the previous recording when recording loops Setting Undo to Off doubles the amount of looping time but of course at t...

Page 71: ...I CC messages will accidentally start or stop Loop features set this parameter to Off Queued Mode parameter When you set Queued Mode to On the Looper will wait until the next loop point before entering or exiting Overdub mode You can use this feature to prepare for recording or punch out in advance If you set Queued Mode to Off you can punch in and out freely ...

Page 72: ...es without the metronome disturbing the audience MIDI Tempo parameter The MIDI Tempo parameter allows you to synchronize the Loop Metronome and the queued loop features of the Voice Live Touch 2 to an external MIDI Clock signal Off setting When you set the MIDI Tempo parameter to Off the Metro nome is synced to Tap Tempo Slave setting When you set the MIDI Tempo parameter to Slave the Met ronome i...

Page 73: ...C Channel parameter If you want the VoiceLive Touch 2 to receive MIDI CC mes sages on a specific channel different from the channel used for transferring MIDI notes use the CC Channel parameter to set this channel Transpose parameter In MIDI NOTES mode the Transpose parameter is used to transpose the harmony voices The value corresponds to oc taves This allows you to control harmony voices using t...

Page 74: ...menu 68 Split Note parameter Use the Split Note parameter to define a split point Only notes above or below this split point are used to control harmony voices This parameter is applied in MIDI Notes presets only ...

Page 75: ...ft ware and for MIDI keyboard input and control Merge setting default When you set the MIDI Control parameter to Merge a com puter running VoiceSupport software can be connected to the USB port to control and update the device MIDI notes control messages and MIDI Clock are received via the physical MIDI Input jack on the device MIDI setting When you set the MIDI Control parameter to MIDI the USB p...

Page 76: ...etting Set the Control parameter to Looping for the following settings Switch 1 Loop Record LoopPlay Switch 2 Loop Stop Clear Switch 3 Loop Undo Custom setting Set the Control parameter to Custom to assign the three foot switches of the Switch 3 freely Switch 1 Switch 2 and Switch 3 parameters These parameters can be used to assign the three footswitches on a Switch 3 individually to the following...

Page 77: ...g the footswitch will clear the loop Loop Undo setting When a footswitch is assigned to Loop Undo tapping that footswitch will immediately undo the previous Loop recording Tapping the footswitch again will restore redo the recording Loop Start Stop setting When a footswitch is assigned to Loop Start Stop and a loop exists tapping the footswitch will start playback Tapping the footswitch again will...

Page 78: ...tivate the Reverb effect There is no hold function for this setting Harmony setting When a footswitch is assigned to Harmony tapping that foot switch will activate or deactivate the Harmony effect There is no hold function for this setting Harmony Moment setting When a footswitch is assigned to Harmony Moment holding that footswitch will temporarily activate the harmony voices Harmony Key setting ...

Page 79: ...itch will activate or deactivate this effect There is no hold function for this setting Guitar Reverb setting When a footswitch is assigned to Guitar Reverb tapping that footswitch will activate or deactivate this effect There is no hold function for this setting Guitar Mod setting When a footswitch is assigned to Guitar Mod tapping that footswitch will activate or deactivate this effect There is ...

Page 80: ... in the Harmony edit menu there is no need to store or via the Switch 3 Off setting default When Global Key is set to Off individual presets may be stored with any Key setting Tune Reference parameter The Tune Reference parameter trims the overall tuning refer ence for the Harmony and Hardtune effect blocks with respect to A 440 Hz This parameter is very useful when an accompa nying instrument has...

Page 81: ...p Tempo This is so that Rhythm Delay and the Loop Metronome can all synchronize to the same tempo as you change presets Note that the Slap and Set Time styles within the Delay block will remain at their own settings Off setting When you set the GlobalTempo parameter to Off the individ ual tempo for each preset is recognized as you change presets ...

Page 82: ... TC Helicon support Factory initialization procedure This returns the unit to all of its default system and preset val ues If you want to preserve your presets back them up using VoiceSupport You can view the VoiceSupport manual on the support page of the TC Helicon website Power up the unit When the display shows text hold the left bottom and left top Matrix buttons until the display shows the in...

Page 83: ...MIDI Implementation 77 MIDI Implementation This chapter of theVoiceLiveTouch 2 reference manual contains the MIDI implementation of the device ...

Page 84: ...verb Level 91 0 127 Reverb Decay 63 0 127 Doubling Style 53 0 11 Parameter CC no Range Comments Doubling Level 15 0 127 Transducer Style 55 0 8 Transducer Gain 105 0 127 Transducer Low Cut 41 0 127 Transducer High Cut 57 0 127 Choir Style 118 0 14 Choir Level 22 0 127 Hardtune Style 24 0 6 Hardtune Shift 60 0 127 Rhythm Style 115 0 14 Rhythm Division 83 0 19 Only when style is not Stutter Sample R...

Page 85: ...Voice 3 Voicing 88 Voice 4 Voicing 3 Harmony Hold 119 0 64 Off 65 127 On Harmony Master Pan 10 0 Left 127 Right Pans all active voices Looping Parameter CC no Range Comments Master Loop Control 44 0 Play button press 1 Rec button Press 2 Stop 3 Undo 6 2X 10 Clear 26 Erase 27 Reverse Loop Play 47 any 2 values toggle Play Stop Loop Stop 48 any Loop Rec 49 any 2 values toggle state Loop Play Re trigg...

Page 86: ...de Tuner 14 0 64 Off 65 127 On Hit On Off 87 0 64 Off 65 127 On Non CC mes sages Pitch Bend Applied to Harmony voices only Bank select 0 2 presets 1 127 1 presets 128 256 2 presets 257 300 Preset select 0 127 0 preset 1 1 preset 2 etc Favorites are loaded by loading associated preset ...

Page 87: ...ed factory presets of the VoiceLive Touch 2 Please note that this device has 300 preset slots The first 200 preset slots contain the pre programmed factory presets The remaining 100 slots are empty and can be used for variations of the factory presets or your own creations Every preset can be overwritten ...

Page 88: ... BKEYS TIGHTN UP 19 GALAXIES OWL CT 20 HONKY TONK WMN 21 MUM SONS WINDS 22 DJ GOT US FALLN 23 DIGITAL U DANCE 24 JAYLO ON FLOOR 25 ANTE JUSTAKISS 26 BROWN ID GIRL 27 ELLIE LIGHTS 28 FRIENDS LO PLCS 29 GOOD VIBES MMRK 30 EDGE OF GAGA 31 GEDDIT STARTED 32 AMERICA HORSE 33 OW CITY FLIES 34 CRAZY GNARLES 35 PMORE IGNORANCE 36 ABC LOVE 37 WOOD STOCK 38 HILLS OF BEVRLY 39 YOU BELONG W ME 40 ICE BABY 41 ...

Page 89: ... DIGGITY 65 BREAKIN ACHY 66 ROCKY MTN WAY 67 CAN SEE CLEARLY 68 C COLOUR BIRD 69 TAKE A B ROAD 70 WAYNE S MIRROR 71 MAKING AIR SPPL 72 BURNNG DN HOUSE 73 AINT OVER LENNY 74 METRIC ALIVE 75 SOLDIER DIXIES 76 INTER GALACTIC 77 BILLIE GENE 78 CAN T TOUCH DIS 79 CALI HOTEL 80 EASY FLATTS 81 M M NOT AFR8D 82 CRASH TEST FEET 83 ENTER METALLICA 84 BET DANCE FLOOR 85 LIKE U WERE DNG 86 DIED IN ARMS 2N 87 ...

Page 90: ...110 SURRENDER 111 MATERIAL GRRRL 112 SHOOK ALL NIGHT 113 MAD MUSIC 114 SKULL DIAMONDS 115 MJ PYT 116 LIVING ON PRAYR 117 MOM POP DREAMS 118 JUNGLE GUNS 119 F LIPS YAYA SNG 120 I LOVE R R 121 NEED U NOW 122 TAINTED MARILYN 123 PCAT BUTTONS 124 HOW U REMIND 125 PURPLE PRINCE 126 HEART NERVE ANA 127 SINK GONNA B 128 CH SUPERNOVA 129 SOUNDS O SILENC 130 SCORPION WINDS 131 UP WEAR W BLONG 132 I WANNA S...

Page 91: ...IDI NOTES 156 WARTIME RADIO 157 UNISON CHOIR 158 CHORDS CHOIR 159 ECHO VERB 160 HIT DOUBLING 161 STEREO GOLD DBL 162 ROCKABILLY SLAP 163 LO FI ECHO 164 SHOPPING CENTER 165 SLAP ROOM VERB 166 GROUP SHOUT 167 DOUBLE DOWN 168 DOUBLE UP 169 GORGEOUS HALL 170 MONO SPRING VRB 171 PRACTICE ROOM 172 NATURAL CORR 173 CLOSE UP 3RD 174 TUNED UP DOWN 175 TWO HIGH 176 RADIOHARMNYDLY 177 FEMALE TO MALE 178 CLOS...

Page 92: ...ROBO DELAY 187 MEGAPHONE 188 DISTORT DOWN 189 DISTORTED RADIO 190 TOTALLY ALIEN 191 FLANGER 192 STRANGE ECHO 193 EFFEMINATE 194 STEREO ECHO 195 OCTAVE FLANGE 196 BUNCH O BASS 197 OL BLUE EYES 198 MEDIEVAL MONKS 199 VALKERIE 200 POWER CHORD ...

Page 93: ...Styles list 87 Styles list This chapter of the VoiceLive Touch 2 reference manual shows the styles of the VoiceLive Touch 2 effects ...

Page 94: ...er Flanger Flange Feedback Flange Negative Mono Flange Soft Flange Tube Up Tube Down Tube Down Up Tube Rise And Fall Auto Wah Underwater Cylon Mono Cylon Stereo Alien Voiceover Delay Styles See The Delay effect Half Quarter Eighth Triplet Dotted 1 8 Dotted 1 4 1 4 Triplet Sixteenth Ping Pong 1 Ping Pong 2 Ping Pong 3 MultiTap 1 MultiTap 2 MultiTap 3 ...

Page 95: ... Reflection Plate Thin Plate Bright Plate Real Plate Real Plate Long Jazz Plate Quick Plate Soft Hall Amsterdam Hall Broadway Hall Snappy Room Library Dark Room Music Club Studio Room Bouncy Room Cozy Corner Bright Chamber Wooden Chamber St Joseph Church Dome Chapel Hockey Arena Museum Indoor Arena Warehouse Thin Spring Full Spring Harmony Styles See The Harmony effect High Low High Low ...

Page 96: ...ave Up Group Octave Dwn Group Humanized Notes Tight Notes Male Notes Female Notes Doubling Styles See The Double effect 1 Voice Tight 1 Voice Loose 2 Voices Wide 4 Voices Tight 4 Voices Wide Mixed Doubles 4 Voices Mono Oct Dn Double Oct Up Double Oct Dn Group Oct Up Group Mixed Octaves Hardtune Styles See The Hardtune effect Pop Country Gliss Robot ...

Page 97: ...sducer Styles See The Transducer effect Megaphone Radio On the Phone Overdrive Buzz Cut Stack Tweed Combo High Pass Beatbox Delay Filter Styles See The Delay effect Digital Tape Analog Radio Megaphone Cell phone Lo Fi Hi Cut 1 Hi Cut 2 Hi Cut 3 Low Cut 1 Low Cut 2 Low Cut 3 ...

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