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Overview

Basic editing, menu navigation and concepts are  briefly
discussed on page 23. This Edit Menu section discusses
the actual parameters in detail for those that want to go
beyond merely loading a new style in order to make
changes to their sound.

Navigation 

Press the Edit button to access the editing menus and
make changes to the current preset.This will present the
7 edit tabs. Press the right and left Navigate arrow
buttons to cycle right and left through the tabs shown at
the top of the screen. Each tab represents an effect
footswitch with an additional tab for overall preset
settings.

Turn the Mix/Edit knobs to change the setting of the
parameter directly above that is within the highlighted
row. Up to 3 rows are visible per screen with additional
rows accessible by turning the Data Wheel. A vertical
scroll bar at the right of the screen shows where you
currently are in the menu.

To exit the Edit menu, press Home.

Saving Changes

You can quickly store at the current preset location from
within the Edit menu by pressing the Store button twice.
If you’re finished editing, press Home to exit the Edit
menu.

You can rename the preset and store to another
location by pressing Store once and changing the values
at the bottom of the Store menu. When you’ve edited
the name and found a new place to store your edited
preset, press Store again.

To cancel a Store operation from within the Store tab,
press Home or Edit.

The Edit Menu 

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Содержание VoiceLive 2

Страница 1: ...USER S MANUAL...

Страница 2: ...following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation The lightni...

Страница 3: ...Switches 19 The SHORTCUT Footswitch 19 The STEP Footswitch 20 Programming Your Own Steps 20 Tone Pitch And Guitar FX Buttons 21 Activating Bypass Tuner Mode 22 Changing The Mix 22 Basic Editing Conce...

Страница 4: ...ad Singer 28 Overview 28 Using A Fixed Key aka Scale 28 Singing To Music Playback 29 Borrowing From Another Player 30 General Usage Tips 31 Connecting VoiceLive 2 To A Computer 32 The USB Connection 3...

Страница 5: ...ss Tab With Adaptive On 47 The Compress Tab With Adaptive Off 47 The Gate Tab 48 The Pitch Button 50 The Guitar FX Button 51 The Guitar FX Tab 51 The EQ Tab 52 The Compress Tab 53 The Edit Menu Overvi...

Страница 6: ...The Store Menu Manage Tab 87 MIDI Implementation 88 Warranty 91 Specifications 92 Table of Contents Details Section 6...

Страница 7: ...ions can help you get the most fromVoiceLive 2 and your voice Also please install the VoiceSupport applica tion from the CD in your product s packaging This web enabled application connects you to the...

Страница 8: ...autiful instruments but the singing voice is the anthropological source for all things melodic You should know there is a dedicated group of engineers researchers and product specialists based in Vict...

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

Страница 10: ...esets on the basis of factory assigned tags or to sort alphabetically by name 6 STORE Press to enter a menu to name assign a destination and commit edited presets to memory To cancel and exit press HO...

Страница 11: ...ng this will advance to the next step in the chain Holding STEP enters the STEP programming menu 16 HARMONY ON OFF Adds or mutes the Harmony voices created by your voice and VoiceLive 2 17 DOUBLE ON O...

Страница 12: ...in mix output 3 AUX In An audio signal received here can be mixed into the main output or used to control harmony 4 HEADPHONE Out The main output is mirrored here to drive headphones Adjust the headph...

Страница 13: ...parameter control and guidance of the harmony voices MIDI IN and OUT can also be used as an alternative to the USB connection for backup and restore operations 9 USB I O USB is a standard computer con...

Страница 14: ...located in the online manual which is also included with the VoiceSupport application CD Step 1 Pre Flight Check Assemble the gear you need to get started For now leave your VoiceLive 2 and PA system...

Страница 15: ...f you want your guitar to go through pedals and an amp connect another 1 4 cable from the GUITAR THRU to either your first effect pedal or your amplifier o MIDI keyboard Connect a MIDI cable to VoiceL...

Страница 16: ...ted without the need for DI boxes The output of the XLR jacks is the same as the 1 4 jacks line level maximum 16 dBu Both the XLR and TRS output jacks can be used at the same time when required If you...

Страница 17: ...u see the CLIP indicator light in the HOME screen you can return to the automatic MIC GAIN feature to adjust the input level Step 5 Quick Start Settings Ensure that the HOME and TONE buttons on the fr...

Страница 18: ...urself to assist in searching later The Wizard can also list the presets in alphabetical order when you change the Sort setting First Impressions Using Harmony Presets Most presets that have the HARMO...

Страница 19: ...ootswitches to add them to your preset without editing When you advance to the next preset your on off settings will be lost unless stored The SHORTCUT Footswitch This footswitch extends the capabilit...

Страница 20: ...t will cycle backwards through presets again When the Step count is 2 the STEP footswitch can be used toggle between the two settings Programming Your Own Steps 1 Select a preset as the starting effec...

Страница 21: ...es that are global in that they affect all presets The TONE button makes your voice sound smoother and brighter by applying studio grade adaptive compression EQ de ess and gating We recommend that the...

Страница 22: ...sted at the factory to suit many situations The Mix Edit knobs change the levels of o the combined Harmony and Doubling voices o the combined Delay and Reverb effects o your guitar and its Guitar FX a...

Страница 23: ...Mix Edit knob immediately below each parameter Turn the knobs to make changes The first row of each tab contains the Style for that effect Styles speed editing by collecting a group of parameter valu...

Страница 24: ...en turn the third Mix Edit knob This will present the MIX screen so you can adjust the level of your guitar Press the GUITAR FX button if it is not already lit This will add the default effects to you...

Страница 25: ...u want to sing right at the start of a song it s important to briefly play a chord first A recognized chord will show NP in the LCD display Your guitar should be well tuned to the onboard tuner If the...

Страница 26: ...Setup Press any note on your keyboard This will automatically configure VoiceLive 2 s MIDI receive channel to match your keyboard s Tap the SHORTCUT footswitch to exit You should now see the word MID...

Страница 27: ...2 will assume a major chord so when you play in a minor key and as a general rule you should always include a third when changing chords If you want to sing right at the beginning of your song it s im...

Страница 28: ...and your melody can belong to a single Key You can input this key in any harmony preset by holding the HARMONY footswitch or using the SET KEY shortcut if it s assigned in the current harmony preset W...

Страница 29: ...interval o Create a Step to change Key at the right moments o Move on to the next options listed Singing To Music Playback VoiceLive 2 can derive musical information from fully mixed music tracks For...

Страница 30: ...eed them The only limitation is the length of cable because high impedance signals lose signal over long cable runs If this is an issue you could use a preamp out or effects loop output from the amp A...

Страница 31: ...ches have alternate functions that are accessed by holding which could cause confusion in your performance Harmony Contrast Your performance will be more interesting to your audience when you use Harm...

Страница 32: ...oduct with VoiceLive 2 does not need to be USB connected in order to access the tutorials news and other downloads Also you may view videos and other media from the included CD without connecting to t...

Страница 33: ...a the right output Monitoring is the same as above In this mode the MIC and GUITAR IN are disabled Connecting VoiceLive 2 To A Computer 33 start VoiceSupport located in the Applications folder The fir...

Страница 34: ...cognized as an audio device Selecting The Audio Device In the Mac and Vista operating systems you can select VoiceLive 2 s audio device in your workstation program by name In Windows XP however the na...

Страница 35: ...ess the SHORTCUT footswitch to hear your guitar My DELAY REVERB MIX level is up but the sound is still dry Turn on the Reverb and or Delay effects with their respective footswitches If the effects are...

Страница 36: ...doesn t my keyboard change the harmonies If the MIDI light is not flashing when you play your MIDI device then follow the steps for setting MIDI channel Check that the USB CONTROL parameter in the MID...

Страница 37: ...n and make sure the DELAY REVERB level is turned up 2 Confirm that the REVERB and or DELAY footswitch is turned on as indicated by its footswitch light 3 Confirm that the send levels are up for the Re...

Страница 38: ...not be able to upgrade software When it s set to ON you will be able to upgrade software but not be able to use a MIDI keyboard connected to the MIDI IN to control harmony MIDI Input doesn t work See...

Страница 39: ...shed light on the individual editing parameters in VoiceLive 2 This section discusses The Global controls Tone Pitch and Guitar FX The Edit menu including all effect specific tabs The Setup menu and...

Страница 40: ...E Tab Press and hold the Tone button to enter this screen and make adjustments or view settings This will present the TONE tab allowing convenient control of these four processors in one screen At any...

Страница 41: ...g the control from 0 to 50 reduces mud while increasing brightness to a useful range for your voice Turning from 50 up to 100 adds more brightness Reducing Mud For singers who have a voice with less b...

Страница 42: ...ings emulates this sound through the average microphone and PA system When making Shape adjustments it s important to sing while listening to the PA system your audience will hear rather than only jud...

Страница 43: ...The louder the PA and band the more pronounced the loud parts become Compression seeks to do the following to your dynamics I LOVE to watch you WALK down the STREET Applied appropriately the differenc...

Страница 44: ...n that threshold the gate will open and your vocal will come through the PA When you aren t singing the gate will close and block sounds around you The Adaptive Gate in VoiceLive 2 works automatically...

Страница 45: ...ntrol returns a narrow band of low frequencies for singers who prefer this sound The majority of the mud frequencies are still reduced automatically when using this control EQ Tab With ADAPTIVE Off Tu...

Страница 46: ...ts the range of frequencies above the frequency set by the LOW FREQ control HIGH FREQ Defines the frequency range for the high shelf with the selection of the lowest frequency above which boosting or...

Страница 47: ...o 30 dB 0 dB being the loudest input signal VoiceLive 2 can accept without distortion and 30 dB being a very quiet signal If you sing consistently more quietly than the THRESHOLD you will not hear any...

Страница 48: ...d voice level is reduced attenuated when your voice falls below the Gate threshold and the Gate closes This setting applies whether the GATE is set to ADAPTIVE or MANUAL The factory default setting of...

Страница 49: ...nes the minimum singing level you need to reach in order for the Gate to open and let your voice sound The factory default setting of 40 dB is very sensitive to allow a wide range of singing levels bu...

Страница 50: ...ycled on and off to allow you to hear the difference Press the Home button to exit the Pitch edit tab AUTO CHROMATIC AMOUNT The factory default value of 50 is active when you enter the PITCH edit tab...

Страница 51: ...ssages from a MIDI sequencer or MIDI pedalboard to make changes during your performance See the MIDI Implementation chart for the CC numbers GUITAR Tab This tab allows you to control the guitar mix le...

Страница 52: ...cessor while offering the same style selection No Mod style editing is possible for guitar The factory default style MICROMOD CLONE offers a gentle stereo detune effect UMOD LEVEL Turn the Mix Edit kn...

Страница 53: ...f frequencies above the frequency set by the LOW FREQ control HIGH FREQ Defines the frequency range for the high shelf with the selection of the lowest frequency above which boosting or cutting is pos...

Страница 54: ...4 1 complete flattening of peaks also known as limiting The number on the left side of the colon symbol is how loud your guitar has to be in order to achieve a 1 dB gain increase The default setting i...

Страница 55: ...s to change the setting of the parameter directly above that is within the highlighted row Up to 3 rows are visible per screen with additional rows accessible by turning the Data Wheel A vertical scro...

Страница 56: ...of the Mod effect to mono 0 and stereo 100 DETUNE LEFT DETUNE RIGHT Applies a small amount of pitch shift to the left or right sides independently This setting is shown in cents and the maximum is 25...

Страница 57: ...ase relationship between the left and right modulation LFOs oscillators In a flange style for example setting this to 0 degrees puts all of the effect in the center while setting it to 180 degrees pul...

Страница 58: ...Mod effect is turned on This allows for 100 wet Mod effects Any active effect that has LEAD MUTE set to ON will mute the lead voice in the entire effect chain even if the other effects have it set to...

Страница 59: ...o Ping pongs delays travelling from left to right STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choose a pre programmed delay style you like LEVEL Sets the mix level for the delay effect WIDT...

Страница 60: ...this menu DIV L DIV R When the source is set to TAP or MIDI these parameters divide the tempo into even e g 1 4 or quarter notes or syncopated sub beats e g 1 4 triplets 1 4 dotted notes for the left...

Страница 61: ...ay block HARM TO DLY Sets the amount of harmony level sent into the Delay block The HARMONY footswitch must be on to feed this send UMOD TO DLY This allows you to feed the delay block with the effecte...

Страница 62: ...tant control for reverb is the level A single reverb patch can have a different result for the audience whether it is mixed quietly or boldly in the mix STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to this parame...

Страница 63: ...and DUCKINGTIME parameters further down in this menu DIFFUSE Also known as Diffusion this is a very subtle parameter used to simulate and control the density of the reflections inherent in real acous...

Страница 64: ...ent into the Reverb block Harmonies must be on to feed this send DEL to REV This allows you to feed the reverb block with the effected output of the delay block The DELAY footswitch must be on to feed...

Страница 65: ...styles will change depending on the setting of the NATURALPLAY parameter LEVEL Sets the level for the overall Harmony effect in the current preset V1 to V4 VOICING Here you set the pitch shift interv...

Страница 66: ...ll doubling level parameter DBL LEVEL CHOIR CHOIR LEV and CHOIR STYLE The Choir effect strives to emulate the detuning timing and chorusing that occurs when human voices sing together in choral perfor...

Страница 67: ...non periodic or semi random waveform that simulates the way different singers change note volumes as they sing HUMANIZE AMOUNT You can vary the amount of humanization for the harmony voices All the st...

Страница 68: ...ons unless a robot like effect is desired Higher values offer progressively less correction Like Portamento setting each voice with a unique value of the Smoothing parameter helps the harmonies sound...

Страница 69: ...is what is known as perfect intonation between your lead voice and harmony intervals This is the tuning that occurs when singers sing a cappella or without instruments The pitches of major and minor...

Страница 70: ...lly correct harmonies from that input o GUITAR This forces the current preset to look only to the GUITAR IN for musical input In the case where you have a MIDI sequencer and guitar into VoiceLive 2 th...

Страница 71: ...ch of the four harmony voices has its own MIDI channel This is best when you want the harmony voices to have fixed pan positions and MIDI pitch bend movement Non NATURALPLAY Parameter Changes Below ar...

Страница 72: ...meter described below V1 to V4 MAP OUT Sets the interval relationship between each of the four harmony voices for the current input note and key and scale settings Typically incrementing or decrementi...

Страница 73: ...NOTES EXT This feature is most useful when singing to a commercial MIDI file that is controlling the harmony voices in VoiceLive 2 Often the MIDI notes used to control harmony cut off where the singe...

Страница 74: ...s you to quickly choose an effect close to what you want instead of having to go directly into the individual parameters each time LEVEL Sets the level for the overall Double effect in the current pre...

Страница 75: ...nging with you V1 to V4 SMOOTHING At low values Smoothing acts like pitch correction for the harmony voices With the voices corrected like this some Portamento is usually required to help soften note...

Страница 76: ...ibility The options are o OFF No routing o LEAD Transducer is inserted on the Lead voice only Harmonies and Doubling are unaffected o HARMONY Transducer is inserted on the Harmony path only o VOICES T...

Страница 77: ...or example you can add or reduce the distortion component and apply filtering with LOW CUT HIGH CUT and PRESENCE to customize them The AMOUNT parameter adjusts the amount of distortion for the current...

Страница 78: ...100 is instant resulting in something like the infamous Cher effect where the pitch correction effect is stair stepped and obvious when using non chromatic scales those with at least a wholetone jump...

Страница 79: ...o 100 HARDTUNE WINDOW Allows you to determine how close to a valid scale note you have to be before the algorithm corrects you For example a value of 80 cents means that only when you are singing with...

Страница 80: ...s in the correction scale or not You can change the custom map by selecting a note you want to be corrected to or to jump over with the NOTE parameter and setting its ON or OFF status with the ENABLE...

Страница 81: ...y e g Harmony Hold may not work unless you have Harmony turned on LEAD EFFECT SENDS This works hand in hand with the LEAD MUTE setting in each of the effects If any active effect has LEAD MUTE enabled...

Страница 82: ...a single singer AUX LEVEL Set the input level of for the Aux input OUTPUT The configures the outputs to be STEREO default or MONO In MONO mode the left output is the summed mono mix of VoiceLive 2 inc...

Страница 83: ...theVoiceLive 2 is connected via USB to your computer other applications such as your browser may not make sound through your regular sound card In this case disconnect VoiceLive 2 s USB cable GUITAR M...

Страница 84: ...Direction Sets whether MIDI notes ABOVE or BELOW the split point are used to control MIDI NOTES presets only SPLITNOTE Sets the MIDI note above or below which the keyboard split will be active SYSEXID...

Страница 85: ...PBRANGE Pitchbend Range Sets the range in semitones that MIDI pitch bend information will alter voice pitch shifts The Setup Menu MIDI Tab 85...

Страница 86: ...rol The default for this parameter is OFF GLOBAL KEY SCALE When this parameter is ON default the Key and Scale set for a NATURALPLAY SCALE preset affects all presets This allows you to browse SCALE pr...

Страница 87: ...s function to erase an individual preset If the preset is in a factory slot 1 to 205 this action will restore the factory preset Select the preset then set CONFIRM toYES using the 4th Mix Edit knob th...

Страница 88: ...52 0 30 Level 91 0 127 Double Style 53 0 5 Level 15 0 127 Transducer Style 55 0 15 Out Gain 105 0 127 Harmony Style 56 0 to the of styles available Only for NaturalPlay Scale and Shift modes N A for...

Страница 89: ...Follow Harmony Scale 48 0 5 0 Major 1 Minor Har 2 Minor Nat 3 Minor Asc 4 Chromatic 5 Custom Rate 54 0 127 Amount 57 maps to 127 Window 49 G Gllo ob ba alls s Tone 106 0 63 off 64 127 on On Off only P...

Страница 90: ...aturalplay and MIDI Notes MIDI Notes 4 Chan modes Aux Level 58 Maps to 127 All Notes Off 123 N No on n C CC C m me es ss sa ag ge es s Pitch Bend MIDI Clock Active when Delay tempo set to MIDI Bank se...

Страница 91: ...ranty period the unit will be repaired at no charge for parts and labor This warranty remains valid only if the serial number on the unit has not been defaced or removed and if repairs are performed o...

Страница 92: ...dBu Dynamic Range 109 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz Frequency Response 0 0 3 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz Headphone Out 1 8 Mini stereo jack 32 Ohm 16dBu max 180mW max D Diig giit ta all I In np pu ut ts s a an nd d O Ou...

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