TC-Helicon VoiceWorksPlus, User Manual

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Exploring the presets
The presets are grouped by the different abilities of the
product which makes it much simpler for browsing.
The different harmony modes require different inputs
from you and the preset groupings make it easier to
compare presets of a harmony single control method
with others of that same method.
Harmony presets that utilize MIDI
input
Presets 1 to 10: Chord harmony mode
Presets 11 to 20: Notes harmony mode
Presets 57 to 60: Combi harmony mode
If you have connected a MIDI keyboard or the output
of a MIDI sequencer track to VoiceWorksPlus, you can
use these presets to produce harmony for any
combination of melody and musical accompaniment.
MIDI Channel channel 1 is recognized by default so set
the output of your keyboard or sequencer track to
send on channel 1.
The text on the lower line of the lcd display will show
an H: indicating that it is a harmony preset and either
“Chord”,“Notes” or “Combi” which are the names of
the MIDI-controlled harmony modes.
In the Chord harmony presets, the chords you play on
your keyboard are interpreted by VoiceWorksPlus to
produce related harmony intervals that move while
you sing. Holding a chord and singing a melody or
arpeggio will result in a moving harmony arrangement.
In Notes presets, you play melodies or chords that
define the exact harmony intervals while you sing.
Holding a chord or a note while you sing a melody or
arpeggio will “freeze” the harmony arrangement on the
notes held on the keyboard. VoiceWorksPlus will
recognize up to 4 MIDI notes at a time although some
presets may be set to mono (1 voice) or duophonic (2
voices) operation.
Combi mode presets use the same key and scale input
as Scale presets do with the extended ability to
temporarily insert MIDI chords from a keyboard to
adjust inappropriate Scale voicings. To work best, the
sung melody note should be in the chord played.
Harmony presets you set with Key
and Scale
Presets 21 to 30: Scale harmony mode
These presets require that you input the key and scale
of your song. No further input is generally required
because the musical intelligence built into
VoiceWorksPlus shifts the intervals automatically while
you sing.The factory default key setting for all of these
presets is A major so, if you sing a song in this key you
won’t have to keep changing key and scale each time
you load a new preset.
To change key and scale, press EDIT and turn the Data
Wheel to locate edit screen H0. Use the soft knobs to
select the combination of key and scale for your song
that sounds good over your chord changes. Note that
VoiceWorksPlus is configured so that all presets share
the key and scale settings saved with the last preset.
If you wish to change this so each preset has a different
key (perhaps for different songs in live performance),
the Setup menu has a parameter called Chord/Key
which is set to “Global”.You can set this to “Preset” if
you prefer.
The Scale harmony technique works best when the
accompaniment uses the simple chord changes found
in pop and blues. A preset with a single 3rd harmony
interval will usually produce pleasing harmony with
more songs than presets that have a 5th or additional
interval.
Presets that change voice character
Presets 31 to 40
These presets use modeling and the hybrid shifter to
modify the timbre and pitch of your voice. In most of
these presets, your dry voice is replaced with the
modeled version so you can use them to mimic other
singers’ growl, rasp or timbre and create cartoon
characters. In a few of the presets, a duet is created
with the modeled voice and your dry voice hard
panned left and right.
There is an “M:” on the lower line of the display
indicating that the preset uses modeling.The remainder
of the text on the lower line shows the amount of
pitch shifting in cents (hundredths of a semitone), if any
is enabled in the preset.
Load any preset from this group and talk or sing into
your mic.
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