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Troubleshooting

Sometimes, things just aren’t working the way you expect them to. Here are a few things to keep an 

eye on .

I’m singing, but I can’t hear anything!
 

- Make sure you’ve turned up the input gain, so that the INPUT LED is lighting green.

 

- Have you plugged in your headphones or connected to a P .A .?

 

- Is the P.A. turned on, connected to its speakers and recieving signal?

 

 

If not, check your P.A. manual to make sure everything is set up correctly.

 

- Are you using a condenser mic? Did you make sure to change the mic type to condenser in

 

the setup menu?

I’ve turned on the Harmony Effects, but they don’t sound right.
 

- Did you select a Key/Scale? Is it the right key for the song?

 

- If you’re using RoomSense to listen for Key information, make sure it’s close to whichever  

 

instrument is playing the most clearly defined chords. (Rhythm Guitar, Piano etc.)

 

- If you’re using an mp3 player to sing along with tracks, set the AUX IN TYPE to Tracks in the

 

SETUP menu. (Some tracks will work better for NaturalPlay than others, based on the mix and  

 

instrumentation of the recording)

None of the effects seem to be making any changes to the sound.
 

- Is the unit in Talk mode? If the HIT LED is flashing, tap it once to return to normal mode.

VoiceSupport is a bit confusing, where can I learn more about it?
 

- Go to: http://www .tc-helicon .com/products/voicesupport/support/

I’ve been using this thing for a while now, but I’m not famous!
 

- You will become famous for your singing... tomorrow.

For any other issues, check our FAQ at: http://tcsupport.custhelp.com/

If you still haven’t found what you’re looking for: 
http://www .tc-helicon .com/products/voicelive-play/support/

Summary of Contents for VoiceLive Play

Page 1: ...USER S MANUAL v1 0 ...

Page 2: ...0 GENRE 10 FAVORITE 10 SETUP INPUT 11 SETUP OUTPUT 14 SEUP GLOBAL 15 SETUP LOOP 16 SETUP SYSTEM 17 EFFECTS 18 EFFECTS UMOD MICRO MOD 19 EFFECTS DELAY 20 EFFECTS REVERB 22 EFFECTS HARMONY 23 EFFECTS DOUBLE 25 EFFECTS HARDTUNE 26 EFFECTS TRANSDUCER 27 MIX 28 PRACTICE 29 TROUBLESHOOTING 30 ...

Page 3: ...hone headphones and an acoustic guitar electric guitar with an amplifier acoustic piano or electric piano with speakers 1 Press SETUP and navigate to the INPUT screen 2 Choose your mic type from the INPUT menu 3 Select AMBIENT AUTO from the ROOMSENSE menu 4 Press BACK 5 Plug in your Mic 6 While singing adjust the Mic Knob until the input LED lights GREEN yellow is ok but don t let it get red and a...

Page 4: ...ent or its amp like guitar or key board or keytar epic I want to sing along Karaoke style with my mp3 player or through my computer For an mp3 player connect your device to the AUX input with a 1 8th inch cable For computer output connect theVoiceLive Play to your computer with the supplied USB cable a Locate your Audio Control Panel b SetVoiceLive Play as the default output device c Hit Apply d S...

Page 5: ...loop When adding an O DUB layer you can record multiple passes of O DUB parts without starting and stopping the looper This allows you to add numerous parts which can all be removed with a single UNDO action they can also be brought back by repeating the UNDO action Using a Switch3 will give you permanent access to looping without pressing the Up and Down foot switches It frees up those switches t...

Page 6: ...rface Always use balanced cables to avoid HUMMMMMMM Switch3 In Use a TRS cable to connect a Switch 3 which can control looping If you use the S3 you have access to looping without pressing the Up and Down footswitches Aux In Use a 1 8 cable to connect any music source you like espcially the 8 Track from your 1974 Comet When an input is detected here Play will use the music to figure out Key Scale ...

Page 7: ...ent preset is tagged as a Favorite 4 NP Shown when NaturalPlay key scale information is being processed by the system 5 LOOP Shown when a loop is playing in the background 6 GENRE Displays the name of the genre selected in the genre screen Not shown when the genre is set to ALL Basics ...

Page 8: ... and hold the UP and DOWN switches simultaneously Once in LOOP mode the UP footswitch controls REC PLAY OVERDUB functions the DOWN footswitch controls the UNDO CLEAR functions and the HIT button exits LOOP mode You may exit loop mode while a loop is still playing That means you can choose a new vocal sound and then re enter LOOP mode to add a new overdub to the loop LOOP mode is the default action...

Page 9: ... Pressing STORE again will save the preset along with its new name or location To change the NAME of a preset press the STORE button once then press the Left Blue Soft Button to modify the letters numbers Press STORE again to complete the process To save the current preset in a different LOCATION press the STORE button once then press the Right Blue Soft Button and use the control knob to select t...

Page 10: ...to effect type When in the GENRE menu use the Control Knob to navigate through the available options Press BACK to return to the main window where you will see just the presets contained within the GENRE that you have selected Presets can be associated with multiple genres Favorite The Favorite button toggles the current preset as a FAV When on FAV will be seen in the top right corner of the LCD a...

Page 11: ...n There are 3 settings 1 AMBIENT RoomSense uses the onboard mics and passes that signal via the headphone out put Control for RoomSense level can be found in the MIX section To avoid feedback the RoomSense output is only passed to the headphone output and not the XLR output Try using the AMBIENT setting alongside a vocal mic to pick up an instrument like an acoustic guitar or piano and mix it in w...

Page 12: ...nts of Adaptive EQ Compression and Gate There are 9 styles to choose from 1 OFF No Tone Style is applied 2 NORMAL Some bottom mid and air EQ light compression and minor gating when the input level gets low enough the input is muted is applied to the signal 3 LESS BRIGHT Similar to Normal but with less emphasis on high frequency EQ 4 NORM WARMTH Similar to Normal with a small mid bump to add some w...

Page 13: ...but will take a bit of getting used to The Audience won t hear the doubling Vocal Cancel Attempts to remove the vocals from a piece of music There are two settings 1 OFF No processing is performed on the aux input 2 ON Processing occurs to attempt to remove lead vocals from a piece of music This pro cess can create Karaoke style music for you to sing along to including key information for harmony ...

Page 14: ...inputs are sent via the RIGHT output This setting works well at a gig where you want the sound engineer to have independent control over your lead vocal and any harmonies etc that are present The Tone and Pitch Cor Amt settings do apply to the Dry output 3 DUAL MONO All lead and effected vocals are sent via the LEFT output and all aux digital signals are sent via the RIGHT output This is a good mo...

Page 15: ... key setting C D F etc Room Sense or Auto 2 ON When a key is chosen within a preset that key will remain when the preset is changed GlobalTempo Sets globally applied tap tempo There are two settings 1 OFF Tap tempo set within a preset changes from preset to preset 2 ON Tap tempo set within a preset will maintain that setting when the preset is changed Seup Global ...

Page 16: ... the amount of loop record feedback When recording a loop with multiple passes or parts the signal from the first loop pass is added to the next and so on If all of these passes were put together at 100 volume the loop you re working on would get louder and louder and LOUDER until it was distorting the output of the device The purpose of the loop feedback control is to prevent this volume increase...

Page 17: ...ssed by the system This delaying of the signal allows the output voices like harmonies to be perfectly in sync with the lead vocal There are 3 settings 1 OFF No delay compensation is used 2 VOICE SYNC The lead vocal is delayed an amount equal to the maximum latency of the sys tem with all effects turned ON 3 AUTO The lead vocal will be delayed by an amount equal to the latency of the currently ena...

Page 18: ...ive No processing is done 2 ON The effect block is active and will process the signal according to the selected style 3 HIT The affect is assigned to the HIT button via theVoiceLive Play HIT button or the but ton on an MP 75 microphone See Section 1 SETUP for instructions on how to activate Mic Control TheVoiceLive Play effects blocks are Effects ...

Page 19: ...effect Style Select the style menu by pressing the lower left soft button and use the control knob to change styles There are 24 styles to choose from 1 MICROMOD CLONE 2 MICROMOD WIDER 3 THICKEN 4 LIGHT CHORUS 5 MEDIUM CHORUS 6 WIDE CHORUS 7 MONO CHORUS 8 FAST ROTOR 9 FLANGER 10 FLANGE FEEDBACK 11 FLANGE NEGATIVE 12 MONO FLANGE 13 SOFT FLANGE 14 PANNER 15 TUBE 16 UP TUBE 17 DOWN TUBE 18 DOWN UP TU...

Page 20: ...e only one lit on the left side of the LCD screen There are 18 styles to choose from 1 QUARTER 2 EIGHTH 3 TRIPLET 4 DOTTED 5 LONGDOT 6 LONGTRIP 7 SIXTEENTH 8 PINGPONG 1 9 PINGPONG 2 10 PINGPONG 3 11 MULTITAP 1 12 MULTITAP 2 13 MULTITAP 3 14 MULTITAP 4 15 MULTITAP 5 16 MULTITAP 6 17 CLASSICSLAP 18 SINGLESLAP Effects Delay Advanced To enter the advanced menu press and hold any of the lit BLUE LED so...

Page 21: ...ted like Megaphone and all sub sequent Delay taps sound the same Some are cumulative like Analog where processing is applied throughout the feedback loop which changes the sound of the Delay over time Experiment with the styles to find what works for your particular sound Tempo You can set the Delay tempo manually here Settings are saved per preset but are overrid den but not overwritten if Global...

Page 22: ...large spaces while shorter times sound like small spaces Each preset has its own decay time but you can change it Style Determines the size of the simulated space and also the type of material being used to cre ate the simulation There are 28 styles to choose from 1 SMOOTH PLATE 2 REFLECTION PLATE 3 THIN PLATE 4 BRIGHT PLATE 5 REAL PLATE 6 REAL PLATE LONG 7 JAZZ PLATE 8 QUICK PLATE 9 SOFT HALL 10 ...

Page 23: ... mics inside the Play will attempt to determine key information from the audio received This setting is best used in a single in strument environment where the Play is located close to the instrument being played 3 Shift Calculates the harmonies as a specific number of cents the unit for pitch measurement from your current note even if you re not singing in tune This can be useful if you sing with...

Page 24: ...soft buttons To exit the advanced menu press BACK Scale If the Key is set manually not AUTO the advanced menu will allow you set the Scale as sociated with the Key There are 6 settings to choose from 1 MAJOR 1 2 MAJOR 2 3 MAJOR 3 4 MINOR 1 5 MINOR 2 6 MINOR 3 Effects Harmony cont ...

Page 25: ...oubling Press the right middle soft button to select this parameter and use the control knob to adjust the level 0dB is the maximum volume for the effect Style Determines the number of voices and the timing of the Double There are 4 styles to choose from 1 1VOICE TIGHT 2 1VOICE LOOSE 3 2VOICES WIDE 4 SHOUT Effects Double Tight and Loose refers to how closely the Double is timed with the lead vocal...

Page 26: ...emi tone You can shift up or down 12 semi tones which is equal to an octave in each direction Gender Manipulates the timbre of your voice to sound more male or more female in nature Extreme settings for this parameter will sound very un natural but that may be just the effect you re looking for Style Determines the accuracy speed and aggressiveness of the tuning effect There are 7 styles to choose...

Page 27: ...UZZ CUT 6 STACK 7 TWEED 8 COMBO Effects Transducer Advanced To enter the advanced menu press and hold any of the lit BLUE LED soft buttons Routing Applies the Transducer sound to the selected audio There are 2 settings 1 OUTPUT Applies the effect to the lead voice and any voices derived from it like Harmony or Doubling 2 FX Applies the effect only to voices within an effect For example if you are ...

Page 28: ...verall level of all voice generated effects like Harmony and Double USB Level Adjusts the level of the incoming USB signal Out Level Controls the overall output level of theVoiceLive Play Delay Reverb Changes the level of any Delay and Reverb effects simultaneously RoomSense Controls the level of the RoomSense mics Headphone Level Adjustst the volume of the headphone output ...

Page 29: ...yed in a percentage form 67 this indicates how often you are accurately hitting a note Using theVoiceLive Play for longer periods of time without resetting the stats will give a more accurate representation of your accuracy Average Shows in cents 1 100th of a semi tone how sharp or flat you are singing on average If your average is several cents sharp or flat you re likely singing a large number o...

Page 30: ...or Key information make sure it s close to whichever instrument is playing the most clearly defined chords Rhythm Guitar Piano etc If you re using an mp3 player to sing along with tracks set the AUX IN TYPE to Tracks in the SETUP menu Some tracks will work better for NaturalPlay than others based on the mix and instrumentation of the recording None of the effects seem to be making any changes to t...

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