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About TC-Helicon

TC-Helicon is the only pro audio company 100%

dedicated to providing creativity and control to
singers. We are a dedicated group of engineers,
researchers and product specialists based in

Victoria BC, Canada, who spend every waking

moment of their working lives listening, talking,
singing, and interacting with singers and those
who have passion for the singing voice.

VoiceLive Rack Features

• High quality, dedicated vocal channel and ef

fects processor

• 8 fully editable effect blocks
• Total recall of mic preamp and Setup menu

parameters in up to 10 user profiles

•   Unique touch interface on front panel
•   Large, bright LCD screen
•   Wizard feature to help users find presets
•   Up to 4 intervals of NaturalPlay harmony

available

• Harmony reference can be guitar, MIDI or

MP3 input

• Global adaptive tone and auto-chromatic pitch

correction effects

• Mic Control feature allows remote effects con

trol with included MP-75 mic

• 400 user presets
• USB for audio streaming, updates, and backup

to computer

• Discrete guitar mixing and effects to main

output

MP-75 Mic

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Introduction

Содержание voicelive rack

Страница 1: ...USER S MANUAL v1 0 ...

Страница 2: ...oned that any change or modifica tions not expressly approved in this manual could void your warranty EMC EMI This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residen tial installations This equipment generates uses and can r...

Страница 3: ... group of engineers researchers and product specialists based in Victoria BC Canada who spend every waking moment of their working lives listening talking singing and interacting with singers and those who have passion for the singing voice VoiceLive Rack Features High quality dedicated vocal channel and ef fects processor 8 fully editable effect blocks Total recall of mic preamp and Setup menu pa...

Страница 4: ... Digital Output Notes 33 Audio Device Name 34 USB and MIDI Control 34 THE INPUT GAIN BUTTON 35 Overview 35 Manual Gain Adjustment 35 Automatic Gain Adjustment 35 SAFETY 1 INTRODUCTION 2 Warranty 2 FRONT PANEL 7 BACK PANEL 9 QUICK START 10 BASIC OPERATION 11 Selecting presets 11 Searching for presets using tags 11 Modifying presets 12 Changing the global mix 12 Adjusting the Guitar features 12 Phan...

Страница 5: ...51 CURSOR 51 LETTER 51 INS DEL 51 STORETO 51 LOAD SETUPTab Overview 52 MANAGE SETUPTab Overview 53 THE WIZARD BUTTON 36 Overview 36 The FIND tab 36 TheTAG tab 37 THE SETUP BUTTON 38 Overview 38 Resetting Setup Initializing 38 The I O Tab 39 IN GAIN 39 PHANTOM 39 AUX LEVEL 39 OUTPUT 39 DIGITAL IN 39 DIGITAL OUT 39 LEAD MUTE 39 LEAD DLY 40 OUTPUT LEVEL RANGE 40 GUITAR MUTE 40 PAN 40 MIC LINE PHASE 4...

Страница 6: ... HOLD RELEASE 67 TUNING 67 HARMONY EQ 67 LEAD LEVEL 67 NATURALPLAY 68 NATURALPLAY Settings and Parameter Changes 69 NATURALPLAY SCALE Mode 69 KEY SCALE 69 EDITING 54 Editing Overview 54 Navigation 54 Saving Changes 54 THE EDIT BUTTON 55 µMOD Tab Overview 55 STYLE 55 LEVEL 55 WIDTH 55 DETUNE LEFT DETUNE RIGHT 55 SPEED 55 DEPTH L DEPTH R 55 OUT PHASE 55 DLY L DLY R 55 FEEDBACK L FEEDBACK R 55 PHASE ...

Страница 7: ...RTab Overview 71 TRANSDUCER STYLE 71 ROUTING 71 LOW CUT and HIGH CUT 71 GATETHRESHOLD 71 DISTORTIONTYPE and DISTORTION AMOUNT 71 TRANSDUCER IN and OUT GAIN 72 PRESENCE GAIN PRES FREQ and PRES WIDTH 72 RHYTHMICTab Overview 73 Using the Rhythmic Features 73 STYLE 73 MODE 73 MODE RHYTHM 73 DEPTH 73 TARGET 73 DIVISION 73 TYPE 73 MODE SAMPLE 74 SAMPLE LOOP DIVISION 74 SAMPLE LOOP CAPTURE 74 SAMPLE DIRE...

Страница 8: ...ays preset name and number in Home mode or all edit parameters in edit modes Main wheel locates presets in Home mode and selects rows in edit modes Navigate arrows will increment decrement presets by 1 in Home mode or select rows in edit modes Displays parameter remote controlled by Mic control feature us ing optional MP 75 mic Displays preset steps if any Count and current step in Home mode In Ho...

Страница 9: ...c pitch cor rection or hold to edit correction settings Touch to activate adap tive EQ compression de ess and gate or hold to edit Duplicates the switch on an MP 75 mic to activate switched parameters Mutes all processing exceptTone when Tone is active Tap at song tempo to set delay time in Home mode Front Panel ...

Страница 10: ...to guide Har mony and Hardtune Main outputs are balanced and default output is stereo Mono and dual mono modes are configured in Setup menu S PDIF output always available Full Mix orVo cal Guitar LR config ured in Setup menu S PDIF digital input can be fed dry to analog mix outs or used as vocal and instrument LR inputs for effect processing Connect optionalTC Helicon Switch 3 footswitch here for ...

Страница 11: ... watching the IN meter in the display 4 Adjust the IN GAIN setting with the knob below the onscreen parameter until no CLIP message occurs 5 Touch Home to exit Input Gain setup f f c First audio 1 Select preset 6 BRIGHT DOUBLE with the large wheel or the Navigate up down arrows 2 Sing or start dry vocal playback then raise your monitors PA level until you hear theVoiceLive Rack output at a comfort...

Страница 12: ...order to use it as a reference 1 Connect an accompaniment instrument or music player toVoiceLive Rack This can be either A guitar connected to the GUITAR IN A MIDI keyboard channel 1 connected to the MIDI IN An MP3 player connected to the AUX IN 2 Select a harmony based preset such as 1 Sixth Encore 3 Play the accompaniment instrument or track while singing intoVoiceLive Rack The harmony intervals...

Страница 13: ...cally the next time the unit is powered 6 Sing while the accompaniment plays There are 3 major scales and 3 minor scales generally Major 2 and Minor 2 will work for more songs See the Scales Diagram at the end of this manual for details Touch Home to exit and try different presets all of which are set to the same key by the Setup parameters changed in step 3 f f Modifying presets The effect block ...

Страница 14: ...l parameters are adjusted in the Setup menu Changes made in this menu are automati cally stored as they are made Note that some settings of parameters such as DIGITAL IN and LEAD MUTE can result in unexpected sound or lack thereof from the unit To adjust global setup parameters 1 Touch the Setup button to enter the Setup menu 2 Use theTab Step and Navigate arrow buttons to locate parameters then m...

Страница 15: ...and Footswitch assignments External control of parameters via the MP 75 microphone and Switch 3 footswitch can be as signed uniquely per preset or globally To set Mic control and Footswitch assignments 1 Locate the Mic Control and or Switch3 tabs in either the Setup menu for global assignment or in the Edit menu unique per preset 2 Make the changes required 3 If you have made a preset assignment i...

Страница 16: ...ted voice Note that there is a slight lag between adjusting the Adaptive effects and hearing the effect as the algorithm re assesses your voice input f f The ADAPTIVE Check Boxes These show whether the automatically adjusting Adaptive feature is enabled for the SHAPE or COMPRESS controls NOTE If either or both ADAPTIVE check boxes is unchecked the associated control is set to MANUAL Manual adjustm...

Страница 17: ...Rack s DE ESS control monitors the level of sibilance and when it is detected will quickly and transparently reduce it Typically it s those frequencies resulting in sonic clutter Reduc ing bass has the natural effect of emphasizing mid and upper frequencies which allow the voice to cut through dense instrumentation Lastly the term proximity effect and cardioid need to be clarified as they can caus...

Страница 18: ...nimizing feedback 2 Reducing the amount of audible effects pro cessing on sounds entering the mic other than your voice A typical fixed gate works by shutting off or reducing the level of any signal below a thresh old that you set When you sing louder than 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 y...

Страница 19: ...g ADAPTIVE off presents manual paramet ric EQ controls for users who understand this type of equalization There are 3 bands of control Low band shelving All band fully parametric peak dip control High band shelving The two Shelving EQs boost or cut all frequen cies below or above the frequencies set by the LOW FREQ and HIGH FREQ controls respec tively These are most like the common Bass and Treble...

Страница 20: ...ARA GAIN Boosts or cuts the band of frequencies centered at the setting of the PARA FREQ control and its associated WIDTH f f PARA FREQ Defines the center of the parametric band f f PARA WIDTH Defines how narrow or wide the parametric band is to be The ends of the control range are labelled NARROW and WIDE to add mean ing to the numbers in the middle of the control range ...

Страница 21: ... 30 dB 0 dB being the loudest input signal VoiceLive Rack can accept without distortion and 30 dB being a very quiet signal If you sing con sistently more quietly than theTHRESHOLD you will not hear any compression You can see your input level on the IN meter on the Home screen A good setting for experimentation is 10 dB f f RATIO This sets how much gain reduction you prefer when your voice level ...

Страница 22: ...dback prone environment loud monitors plus Shape and Compress on you can increase this to reduce more A setting of 0 dB offers no gain reduction on your lead voice at all Settings of 30 to OFF effectively mute your voice when the Gate is on f f HARM ATTEN This sets the amount of attenuation for the Harmony and Doubling voices when the Gate closes They have a separate attenuation setting to reduce ...

Страница 23: ... can be cycled on and off to allow you to hear the difference Press the Home button to exit the Pitch edit tab f f AUTO CHROMATIC AMOUNT The factory default value of 50 is active when you enter the PITCH edit tab Turning the control towards 0 reduces the correction effect and turning towards 100 increases it Above 50 the effect becomes more noticeable when you slide from note to note This is the e...

Страница 24: ...on the display for fine tuning The Delay or Rhythmic effect buttons must be active forTap tempo to have an audible effect Upon loading a new preset the LED in theTap button will flash indicating the Delay SOURCE in the preset is set toTAP If theTap LED does not flash upon loading a preset the Delay SOURCE is set toTIME or MIDI Regardless of the initial setting tapping theTap button will temporaril...

Страница 25: ... Tone if it s active This is done so that your basic tone remains the same as you address the audience during Bypass To removeTone from Bypass press theTone button The Bypass button will flash and the display will show BYPASS as long as the unit is bypassed Bypass has no effect on the Guitar or Aux inputs The Bypass Button ...

Страница 26: ...ounted pickups f f Electric guitar Connect a cable from your electric guitar to the GUITAR IN Connect another cable from the GUITARTHRU to your first guitar effects pedal or to your amp Set your guitar amp volume to a level compatible with your vocals By connecting a jack to the GUITARTHRU the guitar signal is removed from the internal mixer and effects paths inVoiceLive Rack If you hear a buzz fr...

Страница 27: ...y connect a MIDI cable between your keyboard s MIDI out andVoiceLive Rack s MIDI IN Play a note on your keyboard and checkVoiceLive Rack s display to see if the MIDI indicator lights If it doesn t set the MIDI transmit channel of your keyboard to 1 VoiceLive Rack s default If you wantVoiceLive Rack to receive on another MIDI channel locate the MIDI tab in the Setup menu and set CHANNEL to the same...

Страница 28: ...ically appropriate Harmony and or Hardtune effects musically following your whole chorus or song If not you can try the following tune type processing products Briefly all of the chords in an entire song and your melody can belong to a single major or minor Key When the match of Key and song is cor rect fixed key is harmony is nearly indistinguish able from recorded harmony There are limita tions ...

Страница 29: ...a song Try a different Key perhaps a 5th away from your first choice Choose a different Major or Minor alternate Scale Choose a preset with only the 3rd High interval Create a Step to change Key at the right mo ments with the Switch 3 footswitch or MIDI command Move on to the next options listed Singing to Music Playback VoiceLive Rack can derive musical information from fully mixed music tracks F...

Страница 30: ...ect blocks are on press the desired effect buttons 5 If you want to make an edit press the EDIT button and make your changes Edits made in Step insert mode before accepting are stored automatically to the new step 6 Tap the rightTAB STEP arrow to accept your new step and exit Step programming mode The COUNT legend in the main display will increment by one Next time you load the preset it will have...

Страница 31: ...the MIC CONTROL tab of the Setup menu to ON 3 Press Home Now you can browse through the presets while singing and pressing the button on the mic The display will show the factory setting of the MIC CONTROL target in each preset The Switch3 Footswitch Switch3 is an optional 3 button footswitch that can be used onstage by a performer or by a live sound tech at the mixing console The control options ...

Страница 32: ...Remote Control MIDI commands can be very useful if you want to automate certain tasks This can be as simple as sending a preset change command from a MIDI keyboard or as extensive as sending a series of MIDI commands on cue from an audio MIDI ap plication in a computer To use MIDI commands to control VoiceLive Rack 1 Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI out of the device transmitting commands toVoic...

Страница 33: ...from within the application The first time you openVoiceSupport it may take a while to load as it must download all of the newest content When the application finishes loading it should display VoiceLive Rack in the top right corner and a connection icon indicating that connected was successful If it says Not Connected check that the USB cable is properly attached and then click the blue connectio...

Страница 34: ...ecord your new fully pro cessed vocal track Playback will be heard through VoiceLive Rack s outputs Processing recorded vocals You can send a dry vocal track toVoiceLive Rack for effect processing then record a new pro cessed vocal track in your audio application via USB In order to simultaneously monitor other stereo audio program you will need an additional computer I O device 1 Follow steps 1 a...

Страница 35: ...ctor n VoiceLive Rack or USB Audio Device USB and MIDI Control To useVoiceLive Rack s MIDI IN jack for harmony preset change or realtime control while USB is connected enter the I O tab in the SETUP menu and set USB CONTROL to OFF USB audio will function normally but MIDI will only be accepted throughVoiceLive Rack s MIDI IN jack and not via USB To re enableVoiceSupport s features and recep tion o...

Страница 36: ...hing the IN meter in the display 4 Adjust the IN GAIN setting with the knob below the onscreen parameter until no CLIP message occurs 5 Touch Home to exit Input Gain setup Automatic Gain Adjustment VoiceLive Rack has an accurate auto adjust fea ture that samples the input and sets the optimum level with approximately 4 dB of headroom You can exit the auto input feature at any time by pressing Home...

Страница 37: ...set list starting with symbols then numbers 0 9 then A Z None of the Factory preset names begin with a symbol e g the symbol so the first presets listed will start with numbers 2 Turn the knob under the first CHOOSETAG parameter to any value You will see the list update as this filter is applied 3 You can then change the next two tags if you want Note that you will see progressively fewer results ...

Страница 38: ...you re not already at theTAG tab press the Wizard button and tab over to it 3 Use either the Data Wheel or the knob under the SELECTTAG parameter to move through the available tags The tags that are assigned for the current preset are shown with an X in the box beside the tag name 4 Use the ON OFF knob to remove or add tag assignments You can assign as many or as few as you want Note that too many...

Страница 39: ...tabs are automatically stored for the next power up session If you want to store and recall differ ent configurations see the STORE menu descrip tions Resetting Setup Initializing If you want to put all Setup parameters back to their original factory settings consult Performing a global reset in the Basic Operation section ...

Страница 40: ...he level balance between wet vocal vocal with harmonies and effects and wet guitar f f DIGITAL IN Selects between SPDIF and USB physical inputs as the input and also specifies where the incom ing digital signal is routed By default the routing is USB STEREO where the digital input is routed to the same path as the AUX input but is not passed on to the digital output When set to USB VOX L INST R or...

Страница 41: ...Configures the maximum stereo analog output XLR and headphone level Set this value to MIC or LINE when connecting to mic or line level inputs on a mixer respectively This will minimize distortion and noise The 6 and 12 options raise the respective output levels by reducing internal headroom If you hear distortion on singing peaks when other wise connected correctly MIC level output to a mic input ...

Страница 42: ... MIDI notes ABOVE or BELOW the split point are used to control MIDI NOTES presets only f f SPLITNOTE Sets the MIDI note above or below which the keyboard split will be active f f SYSEXID MIDI System Exclusive ID number When ad dressing multipleVoiceLive Rack units on the same MIDI In Thru chain with a Sysex editor each one should have its own ID or they all will be edited in the same way f f VIBBO...

Страница 43: ...aneously yet only one is to be ac cepted for harmony control The default for this parameter is OFF f f GLOBAL KEY SCALE When this parameter is ON default the Key and Scale set for a NATURALPLAY SCALE pre set affects all presets This allows you to browse SCALE presets without having to change Key every time In this mode Key and Scale settings are not saved with a STORE action When set to OFF key an...

Страница 44: ...his is an entirely separate processor from the one used for the vocal processing It does however offer the same style selection but with no Style editing There are 30 styles to choose from covering ev erything from tight ambience to giant arenas The factory default style is called SMOOTH PLATE f f REVERB LEVEL Turn the Mix Edit knob below this parameter to raise and lower the amount of Reverb on y...

Страница 45: ... the RATIO control has to be set above 1 0 1 0 1 to apply any compression regardless of the setting of theTHRESHOLD Also note that automatic makeup gain occurs depending on your combination ofTHRESHOLD and RATIO A side effect of compression is that it can reduce apparent level until makeup gain is applied to raise the overall level overcome room or undesirable guitar resonances This smooths the so...

Страница 46: ...the complex nature of Reverb algorithms a decay time of 4 seconds may sound quiet different from one style to the next even when the rest of the settings are identical f f LO COLOR HI COLOR These are preset frequency filters inserted into the Reverb feedback path that tailor the low and high frequency response and decay of the tails Values toward 50 will cut response in its respec tive band and a ...

Страница 47: ...ck when LEAD LEVEL is set to OFF introduce more discrete echo like motion to the tail where high values 0 to 25 make the tail smoother sounding f f PRE DLY Pre Delay introduces a short up to 100 ms delay between the dry audio signal and the onset of reverb to help simulate larger spaces and to provide audio separation between the dry signal and the reverb effect f f SPEED This controls the rate of...

Страница 48: ... presets The target list is the same as when global Mic Control is off except for the addition of the OFF setting OFF HARMONY MOMENT DELAY MOMENT HARDTUNE MOMENT TRANS MOMENT REVERB MOMENT UMOD MOMENT DOUBLE MOMENT RHYTHMIC MOMENT HARMONY DELAY HARDTUNE TRANS REVERB UMOD DOUBLE RHYTHMIC HARMONY HOLD TEMPO CHOIR PITCH BYPASS The MOMENT functions will only activate the effect while the button is hel...

Страница 49: ...FUNCTION Same as above f f SWITCH 3 FUNCTION Same as above Harmony Hold is a feature that sustains the last harmony syllable indefinitely as you hold the Mic Control button f f GLOBAL Turns global assignment of the footswitches on or off When it s set to ON the footswitches will control the same three targets regardless of which preset is loaded When set to OFF each preset can have its own assignm...

Страница 50: ...A Z Turning the knob left or right will present the previous or next letter in the list respectively f f INS DEL Turning the knob to the left deletes the character at the current cursor position Turning to the right inserts a blank space at the current cursor position f f STORE TO This allows you to store your preset edit at any of the 400 preset locations inVoiceLive Rack As you turn the knob you...

Страница 51: ...te the desired preset number using the leftmost knob USER and FACTORY presets are shown as such blank presets are shown by a number nnn 3 Press the flashing Store button to transmit the preset A pop up will display the result 4 Choose another preset or press Home to exit f f ERASE USER PRESET This parameter allows you to restore a user edited preset to its factory settings This action is not undo ...

Страница 52: ...EMPTY 5 Press Store to complete the operation 6 Press Home To cancel an incomplete Store Setup operation from within the Store tab press Home or Edit f f CURSOR Turning the knob below this parameter cycles left and right through the name shown in the display f f LETTER Chooses between Numbers 0 9 Characters space Capital letters A Z Turning the knob left or right will present the previous or next ...

Страница 53: ...t levels can vary dramatically To load a setup profile You must have stored a user setup profile previ ously or only default settings will be loaded 1 Press the Store button and tab over to the LOAD SETUP tab 2 Turn the knob below the LOAD FROM parameter to choose the profile to load Any user stored profiles will show DEFAULT if no name has been assigned 3 Press the Store button to complete the lo...

Страница 54: ...ingVoiceSupport if you want to store them To erase user setup profiles You must have stored a user setup profile in order to erase it 1 Press the Store button and tab over to the MANAGE SETUP tab 2 Use the leftmost knob to select the profile you want to erase 3 Turn the rightmost knob under CONFIRM to YES 4 Press the Store button to complete the opera tion The Store Button ...

Страница 55: ... and make changes to the current preset This will present the 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 a front panel button with ad ditional tabs for Mic control Switch3 and overall preset settings Holding either arrow button jumps from the uMod tab to the Preset tab Turn the Mix Edit knobs...

Страница 56: ... phase 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 pulls the effect far into the stereo field µMOD Tab Overview µMod is short for micro modulation µ is the scientific symbol for micro The µMod effect is capable of creating many different sounds that r...

Страница 57: ...th of the µMod feedback paths These are very useful for tailoring Flange effects f f LEAD To UMOD Sets the amount of lead voice sent into the µMod block f f HARM To UMOD Sets the amount of harmony level sent into the µMod block The HARMONY effect must be on to feed this send f f LEAD LEVEL Controls the lead dry Tone voice level when the individual effect is turned on with its respec tive footswitc...

Страница 58: ...E R controls TAP This allows you to tap theTap button when it is assigned toTEMPO in the PRESET tab MIDI The unit can be set to derive its delay times from incoming MIDI clock signal f f TEMPO This is where you can manually set the tempo in beats per minute bpm that is used to derive delay times for both the left and right delay lines The bpm value of theTEMPO parameter is only applied to the dela...

Страница 59: ...io output signal of the Delay block back to the input to add echo repeats f f XFB R TO L XFB L TO R These send cross feedback from the left and right delay lines XFL L and from right to left XFR L Cross feedback returns the delayed audio to the opposite side s delay line for ping pong type effects f f LOCUT L LOCUT R HICUT L HICUT R These gentle highpass LOWCUT and low pass HIGHCUT filters control...

Страница 60: ...sound quiet different from one style to the next even when the rest of the settings are identical f f LO COLOR HI COLOR These are preset frequency filters inserted into the Reverb feedback path that tailor the low and high frequency response and decay of the tails Values toward 50 will cut response in its respec tive band and a values toward 50 increase re sponse f f HI FACTOR This allows you to r...

Страница 61: ...dio signal and the onset of reverb to help simulate larger spaces and to provide audio separation between the dry signal and the reverb effect f f SPEED This controls the rate of pitch modulation set by the DEPTH parameter This modulation adds complexity and slight chorusing between the reverb tail and the input voice The values range from 25 to 25 f f DEPTH This controls the amount of pitch modul...

Страница 62: ... wholetone jump between most of the scale tones Usually values around 20 yield acceptable results for smooth corrective pitch correction f f HARDTUNE AMOUNT Allows you to soften the correction effect A value of 50 for example will only pull you half way toward a correction scale target at the speed set by the HARDTUNE RATE parameter For a true HardTune sound set it to 100 f f HARDTUNE SHIFT Sets t...

Страница 63: ...ashes and circles and o Each of these symbols represents where a note is 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 parameter You ll see an indication of your custom scale with o repre senting notes that are enabled and showing notes that are di...

Страница 64: ...y f f V1 toV4 PAN Each voice may have a unique pan position There are 100 possible steps in each of the left and right pan positions f f V1 toV4 LEVEL These settings control the volume of each of the voices and are used to set the number of voices active for Doubling The range of values goes from Off to 0 dB Full f f V1 toV4 PORTA Each voice has its own Portamento time Porta mento is a delayed res...

Страница 65: ... multiple effects are active the lowest LEAD LEVEL value will deter mine the value Note that the LEAD EFFECT SENDS parameter on the PRESET tab must be set to PRE in order for any signal to get to the effect block when LEAD LEVEL is set to OFF f f CHOIR This is a duplicate of the CHOIR ON OFF parameter from the HARMONY edit tab When ever CHOIR is on both Harmony and Doubling effects share the same ...

Страница 66: ...rned on an off The range of values goes from Off to 0 dB Full Typically all voices are set at the same level unless you want to highlight or minimize a particular voicing interval f f V1 toV4 GENDER Each voice has its own timbre adjustment in the form of the GENDER control Values below 0 lend each voice a more masculine and deeper ef fect and values above 0 lend a more feminine or thinner effect f...

Страница 67: ...s corrected like this some Portamento is usually activates the style and level set by the CHOIR STYLE and CHOIR LEV parameters respectively To create a convincing choir performance it helps to sing legato sustained phrases as opposed to staccato or melismatic riffs f f HUMANIZE STYLE The term humanize simply means the applica tion of processes designed to increase realism All harmony modes usually...

Страница 68: ... effects are active the lowest LEAD LEVEL value will deter mine the value Note that the LEAD EFFECT SENDS parameter on the PRESET tab must be set to PRE in order required to help soften note to note transitions unless a robot like effect is desired Higher values offer progressively less correction Like Portamen to setting each voice with a unique value of the Smoothing parameter helps the harmonie...

Страница 69: ...es the Harmony voices and Hardtune effects follow your song musically The most common value for this is AUTO INPUT SENSE which automatically de cides which of the GUITAR IN MIDI IN and AUX IN you are currently playing into so it can derive musically correct effects Changing the value of this parameter changes the number and organiza tion of settings in the HARMONY tab The values are described belo...

Страница 70: ... produce harmony a fixed unmoving interval away from your lead voice You can select any semitone interval from 24 semitones to 24 semitones They are organized lowest to highest relative to the input note NATURALPLAY Settings and Parameter Changes Following are the parameters that change when the NATURALPLAY mode is set to a value other than AUTO INPUT SENSE GUITAR MIDI and AUX INPUT The parameters...

Страница 71: ...als upon which to build har monies ON 4VOICES X2 With this you can play up to 4 voices at once but each voice can be doubled for extra thickness UNISON 1VOICE X8 All 8 voices are trig gered from a single MIDI note This is similar to a synthesizer mode of the same name where you can layer all voices on one note f f ATTACK RELEASE These settings are designed to introduce fade ins and fade outs to th...

Страница 72: ...cy for these very steep low and high shelving filters TIP these and the PRESENCE filters can be used without Distortion effects to apply more radical EQ to your presets f f GATE THRESHOLD A gate separate from the main Gate under the Tone button is used to help prevent feedback when using theTransducer with heavy distortion or presence filtering that can introduce feedback in a live environment Thi...

Страница 73: ...djust the output level of theTransducer block to properly balance the current preset with the others f f PRESENCE GAIN PRES FREQ and PRES WIDTH The parametric EQ allows a peak dip filter to be added to help emulate the sonic characteristic of various speakers such as a megaphone which has a very narrow mid peak GAIN adjusts the amount of boost or attenuation while FREQ sets the center frequency of...

Страница 74: ...s imposes level modulation on various targets LEAD LEVEL GENDER etc using various waveforms This can be used for stereo panning tremolo or chopping effects When MODE is set to SAMPLE a short snippet of your singing is looped to produce a stutter effect each time you press the Rhythmic button Turning the effect off then on again clears the previous sample and loops the new segment MODE RHYTHM As me...

Страница 75: ...SAMPLE LOOP DIVISION Divisions of theTapTempo beat can be sampled and repeated to create coarse to fine short du ration looping effects Sets the repeating length from quarter notes to finer resolutions 1 4 1 4TRIP 1 8 DOT 1 8 1 8TRIP 1 16 DOT 1 16 1 16TRIP 1 32 DOT 1 32 1 32TRIP f f SAMPLE LOOP CAPTURE Defines when the sample is captured 1 START Starts recording when the Rhythmic button is pressed...

Страница 76: ...r details These functions are HARMONY MOMENT DELAY MOMENT HARDTUNE MOMENT TRANS MOMENT REVERB MOMENT UMOD MOMENT DOUBLE MOMENT RHYTHMIC MOMENT HARMONY DELAY HARDTUNE TRANS REVERB UMOD DOUBLE RHYTHMIC HARMONY HOLD TEMPO CHOIR PITCH BYPASS The MOMENT functions will only activate the effect while the button is held All other functions will remain on or off after tapping the Mic Con trol button Harmon...

Страница 77: ...L parameter is set to OFF in the SWITCH3 tab of the Setup menu f f SWITCH 1 FUNCTION OFF BYPASS STEP UP STEP DOWN PRESET UP PRESET DOWN HARMONY DELAY HARDTUNE TRANSDUCER REVERB UMOD DOUBLE RHYTHMIC HARMONY HOLD CHOIR PITCH GUITAR FX SET KEY f f SWITCH 2 FUNCTION Same as above f f SWITCH 3 FUNCTION Same as above Harmony Hold is a feature that sustains the last harmony syllable indefinitely as you h...

Страница 78: ...ad voice appears in the stereo field for the current preset This can be useful when panning a Harmony voice to one side and your Lead voice to the other f f LEAD EFFECT SENDS When set to PRE your voice will be sent to the µMOD DELAY and REVERB effects independent of the LEAD LEVEL setting 100 wet effects can be achieved when LEAD EFFECT SENDS is PRE and LEAD LEVEL is OFF in any of the effects When...

Страница 79: ...27 Harmony Style 56 0 15 Only for NaturalPlay Scale and Shift modes N A for Notes Notes 4Chan Level 12 0 127 Harmony Key 30 0 11 0 C 1 C 2 D 3 Eb 4 E 5 F 6 F 7 G 8 G 9 A 10 Bb 11 B Harmony Scale 31 0 6 0 Maj1 1 Maj2 2 Maj3 3 Min1 4 Min2 5 Min3 6 Custom Scale Voicing Voice1 89 0 to the of voic ings in mode N A for Notes and Notes 4 Chan modes Voicing Voice2 61 Voicing Voice3 88 Voicing Voice4 3 Lev...

Страница 80: ...C 1 C etc Sending any value de activates 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 Globals Tone 106 0 63 off 64 127 on On Off only Pitch 107 maps to 127 0 off Step 115 0 to the of steps in preset 0 Step 1 1 Step 2 etc Guitar FX 108 0 63 off 64 127 on On Off only Guitar Level 109 maps to 127 Guitar Rev ...

Страница 81: ...19 Sustain 64 Active in MIDI Naturalplay and MIDI Notes MIDI Notes 4 Chan modes Aux Level 58 Maps to 127 All Notes Off 123 Non CC messages Pitch Bend MIDI Clock Active when Delay tempo set to MIDI Bank select 0 3 Presets 1 128 Bank 0 129 256 Bank 1 257 384 Bank 2 384 400 Bank 3 Preset select 0 127 0 preset 1 1 preset 2 etc MIDI Notes Parameter CC Range Comments ...

Страница 82: ... 36 LAGER ALE 37 MIXED OCTAVES 38 OCT UP GROUP 39 OCTAVE POP 40 OCT DOWN DOUBLE 41 OCT DOWN GROUP 42 BASSMAN 43 DRONE ECHO 44 OCTAVE CHILD 45 CHORALETWO Harmony 46 3RD UP GROUP 47 3RD UP LADIES 48 POP DUO 49 3RD OCT BELOW 50 BASS 3RD UP 51 CLOSE BELOW 52 LOWER BACKUP 53 6TH BELOW 54 CLOSE 1UP 1DOWN 55 FAR 1UP 1DOWN 56 BASS LOW 57 MAMBAZO 58 FAR GENDERS 59 FAR GENDRGROUP 60 3RDS 5THS L R 61 SIXTH E...

Страница 83: ...R CHORDS 2 162 INTHE SEWERS 163 POLTERGEIST 164 AUTO PANNER 165 I AM A WALRUS 166 POWER CORD ECHO 167 FLUTTER 168 CYLON DRONE 85 HARDTUNE DELAY 86 CROONER Character 87 THINNERYOU 88 POPEYE OLIVE 89 VALKYRIE DUO 90 DEEPERYOU 91 OCT DOWN MALE 92 POPEYE LIVES 93 DEEPESTYOU 94 THINNESTYOU 95 OCT UP FEMALE 96 HIGHER CHOIR Effects Harmony 97 PRO KIDS 98 FREE FALLING 99 STEVE MCQUEEN 100 RUNNING ON MT 10...

Страница 84: ...EM 238 NOTES CHOIR UNI 169 CLOCK RADIO 170 DISTORTED RADIO 171 DIRTY SCREAM 172 TRASH IT 173 OCTAVETRASH 174 PANNED ANGELS 175 CHAOS 176 SPIRAL DOWN 177 BOLLYWOOD 178 VOCALFUZZ 179 SOLOIST RIGHT 180 DIST DELAY 181 SIMPLE SLAP 182 LONGVERB DUCKED 183 LIGHT FLANGE 184 SLAP N ECHO 185 DOUBLE CHORUS 186 CHORUS PLATE 187 CRUNCH DETUNE 188 MONO SPRING 189 SMOOTHEDVERB 190 GORGEOUS HALL 191 PRACTICE ROOM...

Страница 85: ...c C nc D Eb nc F nc MIN2 3rd above Eb nc F G nc A nc Bb C nc D nc 5th above G nc A Bb nc C nc D Eb nc F nc MIN3 3rd above Eb nc F G nc Ab nc B C nc D nc 5th above G nc A Bb nc C nc D Eb nc F nc Scales Diagram The table at right shows harmony notes in the key of C for the three major and three minor scales The shades cells indicate harmony intervals that illustrate the differences between scales Th...

Страница 86: ...ng active It constantly adjusts your pitch to make you more in tune and you are hearing the difference between your voice through head resonance and the pitch corrected version in your PA or monitor The Mic Control parameter seems to be triggering on its own when I sing what s happening A few input devices may cause this You can a switch mics b turn off Mic Control in the Setup menu I have a MIDI ...

Страница 87: ...via S PDIF 16 bit via USB 110dB SNR A weighted f f Analog Outputs D to A Conversion 24 bit 128 x oversampling bitstream via S PDIF 16 bit via USB 115dB SNR A weighted Connectors balanced XLR and 1 4 phone jack Output Impedance Bal Unbal 100 50 Ohm Output Range Line Mic Level 16 dBu 0dBu 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 j...

Страница 88: ... f f Control Interface USB USB B MIDI In Out Thru 5 Pin DIN Pedal 1 4 TRS phone jack f f Supplementary Display 192 x 64 Blue STN LCD White back light Dimensions 488mm x 133mm x 88mm Weight 5 lb 2 3 kg External Power Supply MainsVoltage 100 to 240VAC 50 to 60 Hz auto select Power Consumption 14 W Technical specifications are subject to change without notice ...

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