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1. 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 gt Modifying presets The effect block buttons the arrow buttons and tabbed menus allow you to make changes to the current preset quickly To modify a preset by enabling and disabling effect blocks Touch any one or a group of effect blocks to reverse their on or off state he buttons LEDs will show their status To edit effect block parameters including preset mix There are two ways to enter the effects edit ing menu a Hold any effect block button for second This will present its editing menu The on off status of the effect will not change however b Touch the Edit button and use the lab Step arrow buttons to locate the tab of effect you want to edit 2 Adjust parameter values on the highlighted row with the Mix knobs 3 Select another row with the wheel or the Navigate up down arrows 4 To finish either touch Store twice to save your changes or touch the Home button to allow further preset navigation without saving 12 gt Changing the global mix There are 4 global mix levels adjustable with the front panel Mix knobs When you adjust these controls
2. Overview The Wizard allows you to e Search for appropriate presets for your appli cation by criteria or tags e Sort presets by number or alphabetical listing Pre load a new preset while another is active in order to execute the load on cue gt The FIND tab The FIND tab allows browsing of presets based on their tags or how they are sorted To browse and load presets with the Wizard Tap the Wizard button and tab to the FIND tab if it is not already loaded 2 Turn the Data Wheel to browse forward and back through the list of presets 3 Press the Wizard button to load the highlight ed preset To filter the preset list via criteria In the FIND tab turn the knob under SORT so it shows ALPHABETIC This will re arrange the displayed preset list starting wrth symbols then numbers 0 9 then A Z None of the Factory preset names begin with a symbol e g the SC symbol so the first presets listed will start with numbers 2 Turn the knob under the first CHOOSE TAG 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 as you use more tags Also you may not see any results with certain tag com binations 36 4 Highlight a preset name with the Data Wheel 5 Press the Wizard button to load the preset 6 Press Home to exit or remain in the Wizard menu to l
3. gt PAN GENDER PORTA SMOOTH and Individual Voice LEVEL The ability to control voices individually is re moved in MIDI NOTES mode to simplify and reduce the number of parameters required when 8 voices are active In their place are macro type settings for the features listed above For indi vidual control of 4 MIDI voices you can use MIDI 4 CHAN mode The Edit Button TRANSDUCER Tab Overview The Transducer effects block uses distortion and steep filters to emulate the sound of radios phones and devices that generally degrade the audio signal gt TRANSDUCER STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choose a Iransducer style you like The Routing and Gate Threshold parameters are not part of the style gt ROUTING Selects where the Transducer effect is inserted into the signal path for maximum flexibility The options are e OFF No routing LEAD Transducer is inserted on the Lead voice only Harmonies and Doubling are unaf fected e HARMONY Transducer is inserted on the Harmony path only e VOICES Transducer is inserted on both the Lead Harmony and Doubling voices e LEAD FX Transducer is inserted on the Lead send to the uMod Delay and Reverb effect sends Lead voice will be clean and the effects will be affected by the Transducer style e HARM FX transducer is inserted on the HARMONY send to the effects Lead and Harmony voices will be clean but the effects driven
4. Le E MR verb Lvl Jory ran ro 127 aD values map to 201 pan values Center 6 A Level Bypass 114 0 63 0ff641270n Hold Lope mrT Active in MIDI Naturalplay and MIDI Notes MIDI Notes 4 Chan modes etes ee Od ee a ae a Off Non CC cece ip dj entend IO riore ce when Dey tempo sette MIDI Bank select Presets 128 Bank 0 129 256 Bank 257 384 Bank 2 384 400 Bank 3 Preset 0 127 O preset 1 preset 2 etc select MIDI Notes 80 Preset List ANOTHER BRICK Showcase KANYE LOCKDOWN CLOSE UP 3RD TWO HIGH BRIGHT DOUBLE OW HEAR THIS DISTORTO OP A LULA TAPTEMPOSALA CT UP DOUBLE DEEPER YOU CHORALE THREE OPERA DIVAAAAH IM C REVERSER TUNED 2UP M C STUTTER DEEP DUCKED FX MICROPIT CH a FAR GENDERS 3RDS amp STHS L R OTARY CHO DOWN 2 UNISON CHOIR Doubling 3 DOUBLE REFLECT 8 Octave ARENA CHANT 2 OVERDUB SLAP SILKY DOUBLES THE MASSES UNISON M amp F GENDER DOUBLES 76 AUTOTUNE RADIO Hard l une LAGER amp ALE 78 HARDTUNE OCTAVS MIXED OCTAVES T ROOM UJ UI N O C C O On OX OT O Ln l Ln l Gn U Ln L Cn l Cn l Cn l Gn l Gn L Ln ENEN A AI oINICINI co jr2o o oj oo o o1 UCO UJ N O OCT UP GROUP OCT DOWN DOUBLE OCT
5. Set a tempo you want by tapping the lap but ton 3 Sing a sustained note or a legato melody If MIC CONTROL in the display shows RHYTHMIC OFF press the Mic Control but ton to hear the effect You can also press the Rhythmic button in any preset to audition the effect gt STYLE This is a small collection of pre authored Rhyth mic effects Ensure that the DEPTH is greater than O to audition the different styles MODE This button changes the user controls that are available in this tab between two Rhythmic sub effects RHYTHM and SAMPLE When MODE is set to RHYTHM this 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 73 Turning the effect off then on again clears the previous sample and loops the new segment MODE RHYTHM As mentioned the parameters in this tab change according to the MODE setting The following are visible only when MODE is set to RHY THM gt DEPTH Sets how much intensity the waveform TYPE has on the TARGET gt TARGET Determines what is modified LEAD LEVEL L GENDER Lead only LEAD PAN HARM LEVEL HARM PAN L H LEVEL Lead and Harmony L H PAN gt DIVISION Sets how many cycles of the TYPE waveform occur during the
6. TCHELICON as TT oes R NT RN 5 YE VE mc dera ula Uc Lara es a APTE m TY EM Wizard Riad El A p a MCT USER S MANUAL v1 0 Safety Safety Instructions Read these instructions Keep these instructions Heed all warnings Follow all instructions Do not use this apparatus near water Clean only with dry cloth Do not block any ventilation openings CON Os TN A W N Install in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions 9 Do not install near heat sources such as radia tors heat registers stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers that produce heat O Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer Refer all servicing to qualified service person nel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally or has been dropped Warning e To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock do not expose this equipment to dripping or splashing and ensure that no objects filled with liquids such as vases are placed on the equip ment e Do not install in a confined space Service All service must be performed by qualified per sonnel Caution You are cautioned that any change or modifica tions not expressly approved in this m
7. This smooths the sound and can help overcome guitar feedback The 3 GAIN controls allow 12 dB of adjust ment The 3 FREQ controls range from 20 Hz to 20 kHz gt EQ LOW GAIN Boosts or cuts the range of frequencies below the frequency set by the EQ LOW FREQ control gt EQ LOW FREQ uency Allows you to define the frequency range for the low shelf by choosing the highest frequency below which boosting or cutting Is possible gt EQ HIGH GAIN Boosts or cuts the range of frequencies above the frequency set by the EQ LOW FREQ control gt EQ HIGH FREQ Defines the frequency range for the high shelf with the selection of the lowest frequency above which boosting or cutting Is possible gt EQ PARA GAIN Boosts or cuts the band of frequencies centered at the setting of the EQ PARA FREQ control and its associated EQ PARA WIDTH gt EQ PARA FREQ Defines the center of the parametric band gt EQ PARAWIDTH Defines how narrow or wide the parametric band is to be The ends of the control range are labelled NARROVV and WIDE to add mean ing to the numbers in the middle of the control range gt COMPRESSION THRESH old The THRESHOLD and RATIO controls work to gether to offer simple audio compression of the guitar signal The default settings offer very gentle compression of peaks The COMPRESSION THRESHOLD control sets the level at and above which the amount of gain reduction compression specifie
8. XFR L Cross feedback returns the delayed audio to the opposite sides delay line for ping pong type effects gt LOCUTL LOCUTR amp HICUT L HICUT R These gentle highpass LOVVCUT and low pass HIGHCUT filters control the bandwidth of the delays Applying these filters to the delays can create the feeling of space while not obscuring the main vocal signal gt DUCKING AMOUNT This sets how much attenuation gain reduction is applied to the delayed signal when a vocal is present For ducking to not be too obvious a slight reduction of 6 dB is best The DUCKING parameter must be set to ON for this to have any effect gt DUCKING TIME Ducking time sets how long it takes to ramp up the delay level at the end of vocal phrases gt LEAD TO DELAY Sets the amount of lead voice sent into the Delay block 58 gt HARM TO DELAY Sets the amount of harmony level sent into the Delay block The HARMONY effect must be on to feed this send gt UMOD TO DELAY This allows you to feed the delay block with the effected output of the uMod block The uMod effect must be on to feed this send gt LEAD LEVEL Controls the lead dry Tone voice level when the individual effect is turned on with its respec tive footswitch This allows a unique wet dry mix for individual effects When multiple effects are active the lowest LEAD LEVEL value will deter mine the value Note that the LEAD EFFECT SENDS parameter on
9. he typical microphone used by singers has a pickup pattern called cardioid or heart like because it picks up less sound at the rear than at the front This intends to reduce other instru ments or sounds from getting into the front of the mic A side effect of this that singing closely on a cardioid mic adds more bass frequencies than your voice actually has This is called proxim ity effect because it is caused by closeness to the mic The adaptive Shape feature of VoiceLive Rack listens continually to your voice through your mic and adjusts to make your voice sound like It is professionally produced and balanced Adding Highs The other facet of the Shape feature is that it adds high frequencies also known as ai or presence without making your voice sound tinny The vocal sounds we hear on CDs and the radio are not typically what you hear when you listen to a singer acoustically Commercial vocal sounds are more of a hyper reality designed to flatter the voice or voices and make them cut through a group of instruments and thus make a larger impression on the listener The Shape feature used at moderate settings 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 audi ence will hear rather than only judging by your monitor sound 16 gt COMPRESS With the ADAPTIVE control activated the COMPRESS control
10. A le A 5 LOAD SETUP Tab Overview ie 52 MANAGE SETUP Tab Overview eee 53 Table of Contents EDITING 4 8 4 4 44 bet e dd 54 ENE COVehVIG Vs pacha tara ton ick rvs watt a adeb dud Da Neo o feb sme dope dct oa nba 34 SAVING CANINO eee ou depicta tnt dod cea pb ed Du THE EDIT BUTTON o u 2m 4 04 55 UMOD Tab Overview 55 SITAE io inte haa ead nh been datio dated docere 55 EVE diea eus si uS ae pd eae na 59 WME A AES ESEE A ica ae dee ie 55 DETONELEFTADETUNERIGRH iso d t 99 aE aD M ERE aca ee 55 DEP MeL DEP Tren uum Cree m epp tae te 55 OT Pe Sewn ax ERAS RI ERE ST ek EN ERE 55 EA PITT 9D FEEDBACK Li FEEDBACK Ba Si ter c p Rede dd 53 PPA E od A A U ET vadis as D9 NAA PRETI DETECTED 56 Diam P uli CR HIT 56 LOWCUT e WOVWCUT Ser T ES AICO Ra 956 LEAD To UMODZ erur er T tado Dai 56 ARM None dq pP TEE 56 LEA DLE VES tpa istius t d ache aaa 56 DELAY Tab Overview 57 SIN D TTT 57 EE VEL taba iia ber tudes nd enar EE VIS TTT 2 SOURCE ao e 97 TEM orsa epe ba ES A we daa A Su ad tee 27 DUCKING mp dinde ee op RP PISTE Pbi 57 E ea a tae ertt bd e Aue anaes tear hia are dut rod Di TAE E NAE ist ge var peto Sah T i waco ARR 37 FEEDBACK LI FEEDBACK R doen eg e ten bain ota 58 APER TOLAB ETO Rarere ogrisa re nese ees 58 LOCO T Le BEOCUT Rese IGT EA RICUT oss a seu 58 DUCKING AMOUNT aaa 58 RIG TIME ura E A ature RU a I A 58 EEADTODEI AT eese ardid 58 ERE MI ON DD ELA reperi ala ov dde eet dcos ERE D el 58 UMOD T
11. Edrt menu press Home Saving Changes You can quickly store at the current preset loca tion from within the Edit menu by pressing the Store button twice If youre finished editing press Home to exit the Edit menu 54 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 an incomplete Store operation from within the Store tab press Home or Edit The Edit Button uMOD Tab Overview uMod is short for micro modulation u is the scientific symbol for micro The uMod effect is capable of creating many different sounds that range from subtle but lush thickening to creatively destructive It uses a combination of stereo pitch shifting Detune small amounts of stereo delay Delay and then a complex path of filtering feedback and modulation uMod does a faithful job of emulating classic detune chorus flange and thickening sounds gt STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choose a pre programmed uMod style you like gt LEVEL Sets the mix level for the uMod effect gt WIDTH Normally the output of the uMod effect is panned hard left and right This parameter sets the stereo imaging of the uMod effect to mono 076 and stereo 10076 gt DETUNE LEFT DETUNE RIGHT Applies a small amount of pitch sh
12. RANDOM GENDERS s N CLOCK RADIO A e E EN en E ee N CO CO Un gt 189 190 EET 2 o xol xo o o NTN LH O SE Rhythmic 83 211 2 E THICK NOTES 4V 5 2 5 235 x 238 2 2 2 5 2 2 7 NIN CO N NIN Oo UJ NO N LH KJ N N CO Nl NIN O NIN JA NO NO N Notes Harmony iagram Scales D Input Sung Note NE NERO ua umma uM RR DR Rum 3rd Above E nc F nc G A nc Bo nw C D D SthAbove G nc A nc B C n D nm E F F 3rdabove E nc F m G A nc e nw c D D Sthabove G nc A nc C C e E nm EJ F F 3rdabove E nc F ne Gi A nc MEM ne C D jv 3rdabove Eb nc F G n AB nc Bo me D ne Sthabove G nc Bb B nc C nc D E n F one 3rdabove Eb nc F G ne A n Bo ne D n Sthabove G nc A Bb nc C ne D E nc F n rd above Eb nc F G nc Ab n Bo C n D n Sthabove G nc A B n C nc D E n F n MAI PS MA EM MAR Seo L Pthabove G_ nc A nc Bb C nc Bb ne E F F MNI EE MIN2 ES MINS MN that the harmony note will remain at the previous interval even though the input note has changed The shades cells indicate harmony intervals that from the adjacent upper or lower note illustrate the differences betwe
13. Re gin de 45 EO COLOR Al CO CO R cian ae ak pean iacta 45 mp eO och tou tk itn ech ae a ede ea dais ae en 45 EARLY REFLECTIONS T TAIL LEVEL 45 DURA O ae ee eae 45 DRP ES ave tere TREE ERES 45 PREDI E ice dite wht pat est tai 46 SIRE herd arta nc tutat mu sdratuMa oto Pan qat Bee neat 46 ES tei hob Siete tet ee ane be E NT 46 WUCKINGAMOUNT aac aont e ASE 46 TO IS TIME sr ol aset tele ere eee gre 46 BRANDON a ae OT TITTEN RTT 46 PAE rele Mex 46 DELIO Ne STOCCTCRETRFCORORTUOOQOUTOTT ORT TOT ERREEM 46 ETA Gu idt Car t Sigg ng hn eos XU Ws dean Be 46 MIC CONTROL Tab Overview 47 CONTRO Da cuate Bade EK 47 SLOBAEMIESCO TELE E tones ous eoe Rte dedo 47 MIE CONTRO DUPLO dro nta ut te ed ones d 47 SWITCH3 Tab Overview 48 SAEC EST lt 0 CTION Sas pidas Cte ret eee debo 48 SVG SEUNSNEG PP 48 SV VICES FUN H eiuf ewe er ttr res 48 SE ane sun ert on ones oe eA eh es AA REGED i 48 THE STORE BUTTON 49 STORE Tabu T tata lioe sat then A E as 49 CURS Ole rara RA int Ge eee ee 49 Dci ATE Tey ceed hog ca teas Gh chan eta EEE E EE AEE E 49 A DE PNE SER ERI RERO ry M 49 MORE hs a teo A ees 49 MANAGE PRESET Tabs s 5 es e Re n 50 SEND PRESENTO SES EN apt is ote acai tees 50 ERASETJSER PRESE esta cra EA al ES 50 CLEAN PRESET BANK eo reru Eiche dad 50 STORE SETUP Overview i zr sa RE RYE ER EY 5 AOE D e EEE E E ETE EESE dia 2d Sl A A ETT NER PERPE MM 21 TSS ps etc LB cel a o o RN A 5 STORE TO cS eea
14. The Edit Button PRESET Tab gt LEAD LEVEL This allows the overall lead dry with Tone voice level to be reduced for the current preset There are additional LEAD LEVEL parameters in the ef fect tabs UMOD DELAY etc which may be used to reduce lead level further but only when their respective effect Is active gt LEAD PAN Sets where your lead 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 gt LEAD EFFECT SENDS When set to PRE your voice will be sent to the UMOD DELAY and REVERB effects independent of the LEAD LEVEL setting 0076 wet effects can be achieved when LEAD EFFECT SENDS is PRE and LEAD LEVEL is OFF in any of the effects When set to POST effect levels follow the LEAD LEVEL value so the effects will stay in the same balance with your voice when its level is adjusted EG MIDI Implementation Effects ONO EP Harmony 110 063 of64127on Double H Reverb Hard Tune uMod 116 0 63 off 64 127 on Delay Trans MN Rhythmic 104 Block Edits EE O O O Ca UJ N O N SS QNM AO AA ss EE UO OE MEM SS S S 2 2I I Q 2 I LL ME S S 2 S 2 reel 90 0 127 A 0 12 Se quee Je oz ee o tee par 0 027 gt NN AA ise Tis oz ME S S 2 S 2 Transducer Style 55 O0 15 o e 4Chan xm I 0 C C 2 D 3 Eb 4 E 5 F 6 F 7 G 8 G 9A Key IO Bb 1 B OzMajl
15. and HGRA C Tus di ds uet px 7 GAVE THRESHOLD pesti etn victa sut cola ac eem ena nan 7 DISTORTION TYPE and DISTORTION AMOUNT ZI TRANSDUCER IN and OUT GAIN cusco ad 72 PRESENCE GAIN PRES FREQ and PRES WIDTH 72 SR dH MD nciht den ri Roc actos 43 WSIS the avete pea tll esce unb baies Ct e ye PS 73 SI AE ES 73 MODE PDT 73 MODE RE Tecos eae ees ara dales 73 Badia tanned Gets nee ee 73 M GEN tun ETA RE T PE S LT TTT 73 Dic rn 73 MODES SAMPLE o c eee cess desis ds 74 SAMPLER LOOP DIVISION ste aero ed aab t eS 74 SAMPLE LOOP CAF HJR E oua tec etarra ha coon 74 SAMPLE DIRECTION catador 4 MS NEST O TITRE DUNS 74 MIC CONTROL Tab Overview 75 CO MU eM TET acta EN 75 RIRC TON TT EET 75 MIE ESNTROE BUTTON steer the auth fo Ren v5 SWITCH3 Tab Overview 76 SIE FUNCION oscars 76 VEZ UNC TON td ds 76 SV HE PUNTO Ne corr arranca 76 PRESET Tab scouts sd cae beds bee 77 CEA ia 77 BEREE A AA A Ti PEA Bree cl SENDS ltd o odo anes eee LT MIDI IMPLEMENTATION 78 PRESET EIST 4 2 94 dere ace ee e 8 SCALES DIAGRAM 84 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FAQ 85 SPECIFICATIONS 86 Front Panel Touch to access input gain adjustment screen or hold to enter auto input gain feature Push in to apply power Connect headphones to monitor main out put mix Touch to access Setup menu and parameters Touch Home to exit Touch to browse presets based on tags o
16. associated control is set to MANUAL Manual adjustment is possible by using the Navigate buttons to go to the edit tab associ ated with it and changing the controls on that tab gt SHAPE Shape is the name given to the automatically adjusting EQ that Is activated by the ADAPTIVE check box When the Adaptive feature is acti vated Shape processing offers an EQ curve that adds an airy brightness or sizzle to your voice while reducing mud due to the proximity effect from singing closely into a cardioid microphone Adjusting the control from 076 to 5076 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 bass frequencies the mud reduction may be less and perhaps not noticeable at all This is a good thing your voice is nicely balanced regarding bass frequencies For the average male singer or women who sing closely on their mic the re duction in bass will be noticeable and beneficial When voices have too much bass they tend to become lost in the other instruments that occupy The Tone Button 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 cause bass build up
17. at different times of your performance just like a professional audio engineer will All EQ and compression enhancements applied here will affect the overall sound of VoiceLive Rack includ ing Harmony Doubling Reverb etc The suite of effects that make up Tone are e Adaptive Shape EQ e Adaptive Compression e De Ess e Adaptive Gate The TONE Tab Press and hold the lone button to enter this screen and make adjustments or view settings This will present the TONE tab allowing conve nient control of these four processors in one screen At any time you can exit the tab menus by pressing the Home button The factory settings for the Tone button are SHAPE ADAP TIVE X On SHAPE 50 e COMPRESS ADAPTIVE X On COMPRESS 50 e DE ESS DE ESS 50 e GAIE ADAPTIVE These settings are intended to apply to a broad range of singers tastes and PA equipment Mak ing adjustments consists of turning the Mix Edit knobs below the LCD and listening to the results You can also cycle the Tone button on and off While editing to hear the difference between your effected and non effected 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 gt The ADAPTIVE Check Boxes These show whether the automatically adjusting Adaptive feature is enabled for the SHAPE or COMPRESS controls NOTE If erther or both ADAPTIVE check boxes is unchecked the
18. bar or the elapsed time over a number of beats 8 X74 x 4 6 x 1 4 45 174 1 2 DOT 142 1 2 TRIP 1 4 TRIP 1 4 2 DOT 1 4 1 4 T RIP i 8 DOT 8 1 8 TRIP 1 16 DOT I 16 1 16 TRIP 1 32 DOT 1 32 1 32 TRIP gt TYPE Chooses between one cycle waveforms or a collection of syncopated phrases At the begin ning are the repeated waveforms which range The Edit Button from SQUARE to SAWTOOTH DOWN The SAMPLE AND HOLD option produces a ran dom value on every beat division Following these are the syncopated one bar patterns When a syncopated pattern is selected the division value shows N A MODE SAMPLE gt SAMPLE LOOP DIVISION Divisions of the Tap Tempo 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 et ar TRIP 1 8 DOT 1 8 8 TRIP 1 16 DOT I l6 1 16 TRIP WES CAT WZ MES RENE gt SAMPLE LOOP CAPTURE Defines when the sample is captured START Starts recording when the Rhythmic button Is pressed 2 END In the moments leading up to pressing the Rhythmic button In the case of 2 the length of time is deter mined by combination of the SAMPLE LOOP DIVISION and the current tempo gt SAMPLE DIRECTION Samples can play forward or reverse This effect is most noticeable on longer duration samples 74 gt PATH When this is set to POST the captured sample will be a composite
19. be recalled This is convenient when VoiceLive Rack is regularly used with differ ent singers mics PA systems etc You are able to store and recall up to 10 profiles Using this menu is identical to the STORE PRE SET menu except for the fact that there are 10 profile locations as opposed to 400 preset loca tions To store a setup profile Make changes to any Setup menu parameters 2 Press the Store button and tab over to the STORE SETUP tab 3 Use the CURSOR LETTER knobs etc to change the name of your profile The name can contain up to 5 characters 4 Turn the STORE TO knob if you want to store to a new location Blank presets are shown by the name 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 gt CURSOR Turning the knob below this parameter cycles left and right through the name shown in the display gt LETTER Chooses between e Numbers 0 9 e Characters 1 amp 76 space Capital letters A Z 51 Turning the knob left or right will present the previous or next letter in the list respectively K INS gt lt 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 gt STORE TO This allows you to store your profile at any of the O profile locations in Vo
20. best used when controlling PRESET UP DOWN STEP UP DOWN and BYPASS The Store Button STORE Tab Overview This menu gives you the ability to name and save preset edits for use later To store edited presets Edit a preset 2 Press the Store button If you dont want to change the name of the pre set press Store again then Home This completes the Store operation If you want to change the preset name continue 3 Use the CURSOR LET TER knobs etc to change the name of your preset he name can contain up to 5 characters 4 Turn the STORE TO knob if you want to store to a new location Blank presets are shown by the name EMPTY SLOT 5 Press Store to complete the operation 6 Press Home To cancel an incomplete Store operation from within the Store tab press Home or Edit gt CURSOR Turning the knob below this parameter cycles left and right through the name shown in the display gt LETTER Chooses between e Numbers 0 9 e Characters amp space e Capital letters A Z Turning the knob left or right will present the previous or next letter in the list respectively K INS gt lt 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 gt STORE TO This allows you to store your preset edit at any of the 400 preset locations in VoiceLive Rack As you turn the knob y
21. chord just before yOU Sing If you sing while playing a chord and then press the sustain pedal youre able to add a keyboard embellishment that doesnt affect the harmony Your mod wheel can be used to add or remove vibrato in harmony presets Alternate Harmony and Hardtune Methods This section is for those who do not play an instrument such as a MIDI keyboard or guitar You are still able to experience VoiceLive Racks Har mony and Hardtune effects with these methods Using fixed Key and Scale e Singing to music only playback e Borrowing from another players instrument gt Using a fixed key aka Scale This is the main method for creating harmony used successfully in the original VoiceLive proces sor It is also the main method for other Hard Detailed Operation 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 however Fixed Key harmony works for many but not all songs Fixed Key works best with 3rd harmony inter vals adding the 5th interval Higher reduces the number of compatible songs e The terms Key and Key and scale can be used interchangeably You should be singing with musical backing and stay true to a A 440Hz reference This could be a CD or other mu
22. chords where you plan to use Harmony or Hard tune In a song Detailed Operation Steps Overview The Step feature allows you to create a series of up to 10 linked effect changes associated with a preset In a preset that has steps for example tapping the right TAB STEP button could toggle to another preset s effects turn on all of the ef fects at once increase the Delay level by 6 dB or all of the above Some factory presets e g ANOTHER BRICK have been programmed with examples of steps You can see that a preset has steps when the COUNT item in the HOME screen is a num ber greater than VVhen you see this you can press the right TAB STEP arrow to cycle forward through the pre programmed effect changes lo cycle backward from steps 2 10 you can press the left TAB STEP arrow Io Program Your Own Steps Select a preset as the desired starting effect in your chain 2 Hold the right TAB STEP arrow for a moment to enter Step programming mode Segments of the main display will reverse color 3 lo insert another presets effect as the next step use the PRESET buttons to locate the desired preset 4 f you want to change which effect 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 5tep insert mode before accepting are stored automatically to the new step 6 lap the right TAB STEP arrow to accept your new step and
23. 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 Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI out of the device transmitting commands to Voice Live Racks MIDI IN jack or connect them via a USB cable 2 Set the MIDI channel of the transmitting device to If it uses another channel set VoiceLive Racks CHANNEL and CC CHAN parameters in the MIDI tab of the Setup menu to match the channel of the transmitting de VICE 3 Send a MIDI message such as a preset change message to VoiceLive Rack to confirm MIDI reception is working If successful the word MIDI will show briefly in the display with each message sent 31 Detailed Operation The USB Computer Connection The USB port on the rear panel of VoiceLive Rack offers a digital connection between it and a computer This offers the following benefits e Audio input and output for recording process ing and monitoring without a separate audio I O box e MIDI connection from your computer to VoiceLive Rack without an external MIDI inter face And more via the VoiceSupport application Easy backup and restore of preset and system settings e Simplified system updates e Information and tutorial videos The VoiceSupport Application This is a web enabled application intended to enhance your experience with VoiceLive Rack As well a
24. digital input on presets where NATURALPLAY is set to AUX INPUT While the VoiceLive Rack is connected via USB to your computer other applications such as your browser may not make sound through your regu lar sound card In this case disconnect VoiceLive Rack s USB cable gt DIGITAL OUT Configures the digital output between the stereo mix of VoiceLive Rack FULL MIX and separated dry outputs used for recording VOCAL amp GUI TAR gt LEAD MUTE Turns the lead voice off in all presets This is useful in the live sound engineer setting described above The Setup Button or when VoiceLive Rack Is being fed by an aux send from a mixer channel where the lead level is mixed in at the mixing console LEAD DLY When set to NONE default the lead voice Is sent through VoiceLive Rack with the shortest possible latency inherent to the system When set to VOICE SYNC the lead voice is delayed slightly to synchronize with the processing latency of the harmony voices gt OUTPUT LEVEL RANGE Configures the maximum stereo analog output XLR 4 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 LINE to a l
25. from close surfaces EARLY REFLECTIONS with those from surfaces further away TAIL LEVEL The settings for the early reflections in each style are slightly different but non editable gt DUCKING When DUCKING is set to ON the Reverb blocks output will be reduced while you are sing ing At the end of a sung phrase the effects return to the level you set increasing the clarity of your vocals while still sounding very wet The amount of attenuation and attack time for ducking are set with the DUCKING AMOUNT and DUCKING TIME parameters further down in this menu gt DIFFUSE Also known as Diffusion this is a very subtle pa rameter used to simulate and control the density of the reflections inherent in real acoustic spaces Low DIFFUSE values 25 to Q are intended to The Setup Button introduce more discrete echo like motion to the tall where high values 0 to 25 make the tail smoother sounding gt 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 gt SPEED This controls the rate of pitch modulation set by the DEPTH parameter his modulation adds complexity and slight chorusing between the reverb tail and the input voice The values range WORN Z5 O Lo gt DEPTH This controls the amount of pitch modulation applied to the reverb
26. it as a reference 11 Connect an accompaniment instrument or music player to VoiceLive Rack This can be either e A guitar connected to the GUITAR IN e A MIDI keyboard channel 1 connected to the MIDI IN e An MP3 player connected to the AUX IN 2 Select a harmony based preset such as Sixth Encore 3 Play the accompaniment instrument or track while singing into VoiceLive Rack The harmony intervals will follow the changing chords of the music By default the GUITAR and AUX inputs are routed to the main mix output Their levels can be muted or adjusted in the GUITAR and I O tabs of the Setup menu respectively gt Using Harmony or Hardtune presets without a connected instrument or track This method which uses a single key and scale generally throughout an entire song will produce useful musical results for many songs but not all Experimentation in a rehearsal setting is essential before using this method before an audience An accompaniment is required so the singer can sing relative to a key and scale This can be a plano acoustic guitar playback etc 2 Touch the Setup button and navigate to the SYSTEM tab using the TAB STEP arrows 3 Set GLOBAL NATURALPLAY to SCALE and GLOBAL KEY SCALE to ON 4 Touch the Edit button and navigate to the HARMONY tab 5 Set the KEY and SCALE parameters to match the song accompaniment This is often the first or last chord in the song Basic Operation
27. of all effects that were on when it was captured When set to PRE the sample is captured dry but effects can be added and removed as the sample continues to loop The Edit Button MIC CONTROL Tab Overview This tab sets parameters for the Mic Control switch on the MP 75 microphone and the front panel Mic Control switch gt CONTROL When turned to ON this enables effect control from the mic The front panel Mic Control button can similarly be used when the MIC CONTROL setting Is set to COPY MIC SWITCH Note that this will also turn on phantom power in VoiceLive Rack If it is not already active lo avoid unexpected audio pops mute your mixer first Setting CONTROL to OFF does not de activate phantom power gt FUNCTION This parameter sets the target for the Mic Control switch for the current preset If the value reads GLOBAL nnnnn this means a single FUNCTION has been configured for all presets in the Setup menu s MIC CONTROL tab See the MIC CONTROL Tab in the Setup menu descrip tion for details These functions are e HARMONY MOMENT e DELAY MOMENT e HARDTUNE MOMENT e TRANS MOMENT e REVERB MOMENT UMOD MOMENT e DOUBLE MOMENT e RHYTHMIC MOMENT e HARMONY e DELAY e HARDTUNE e TRANS e REVERB c UMOD e DOUBLE e RHYTHMIC e HARMONY HOLD gt EMPO e CHOIR e PITCH e BYPASS The MOMENT functions will only activate the effect while the button is held All other functions will remain on
28. on an off The range of values goes from Off to 65 O dB Full Typically all voices are set at the same level unless you want to highlight or minimize a particular voicing interval gt VI toV4 GENDER Each voice has its own timbre adjustment in the form of the GENDER control Values below U lend each voice a more masculine and deeper ef fect and values above 0 lend a more feminine or thinner effect gt VI toV4 PAN Each voice may have a unique pan position There are 100 possible steps in each of the left and right pan positions Note that the Setup parameter OUTPUT must be set to STEREO in order to hear the panning effect gt DOUBLING and DOUBLE LEVEL This can thicken the sound of your harmony voic es by engaging a doubled version of each voice The doubled voices are lightly humanized with modifications of the current HUMANIZE STYLE values in order to produce a doubled voice effect rather than simply adding level When the value of either the HUMANIZE STYLE or AMOUNT is Off or O respectively the doubled harmony voices are still slightly humanized The level of the doubling voice is dependent on the level of each harmony voice then by the overall doubling level parameter DBL LEVEL gt 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 performances and recordings he Choir effect is applied to the Har
29. or off after tapping the Mic Con trol button Harmony Hold is a feature that sustains the last harmony syllable indefinitely as you hold the Mic Control button gt MIC CONTROL BUTTON This setting affects the function of the front panel MIC CONTROL button This button can be configured to mimic the response of the MP 75 thumb switch or to directly access the MIC CONTROL editing tab Setting this to COPY MIC SWITCH allows a quick check of the MIC CONTROL function as you will see the target assignments button light e g Harmony When set to HOLD TO EDIT hold ing the MIC CON TROL front panel button will display the appropriate edit tab in the display The Edit Button SWITCH3 Tab Overview This edit tab allows you to set the target for each of the 3 switches on the C Helicon Switch3 footswitch while the current preset is loaded Each preset can have a different footswitch as signment as long as the GLOBAL parameter Is set to OFF in the SWITCH3 tab of the Setup menu gt SWITCH FUNCTION EI e BYPASS e STEP UP e STEP DOWN e PRESET UP e PRESET DOWN e HARMONY s DELAY e HARDTUNE e TRANSDUCER e REVERB s UMOD e DOUBLE e RHYTHMIC e HARMONY HOLD e CHOIR e PITCH e GUITAR FX s SEI KEY gt SWITCH 2 FUNCTION Same as above gt 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
30. or wide the parametric band Is to be The ends of the control range are labelled NARROVV and WIDE to add mean ing to the numbers in the middle of the control range 19 The Tone Button COMPRESS Tab Overview This tab offers further control of the compression effect The controls on this tab change depend ing on the status of the ADAPTIVE setting in the same way as the EQ tab COMPRESS Tab With ADAPTIVE ON The ADAPTIVE Compression algorithm performs automatic processing which reduces the number of adjustable parameters As such once ADAP TIVE is enabled the only control is COMPRESS gt COMPRESS This allows you to vary the amount of peak reduction by the ADAPTIVE compression al gorithm The factory value is 50 but you can increase or decrease as you require COMPRESS Tab With ADAPTIVE OFF Turning off ADAPTIVE compression switches compression to manual control Be sure to reduce the level of your PA or switch to head phones when adjusting the manual compressor because high settings can cause more gain and thus feedback gt THRESHOLD This sets the singing level at and above which the amount of gain reduction compression specified by the RATIO control will occur The range is O dB to 30 dB O 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 the THRESHOLD you will not hear any com
31. player etc e Recorded music without vocals his could be your latest CD tracks minus your vocals or Karaoke tracks avallable on the web Connect an MP3 Player or another audio source to the AUX input When you power up VoiceLive Rack it will auto recognize the AUX input as the harmony music source Choose a Harmony or Hardtune preset and play your music source You should hear your music voice and the effects in your PA system or headphones Use the volume control on your music source device to adjust the balance of music to vocals You can also adjust the AUX level in the I O tab of the Setup menu 28 Borrowing from Another Player If you sing with a guitarist or MIDI keyboard player you can use their playing to guide the Harmony and Hardtune effects in your VoiceLive Rack Your guitarist can connect to the GUITAR IN and THRU then to their pedalboard or amp Their guitar sound will remain the same and you can turn the effects on and off when you need 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 Alternatively you can run a MIDI cable from your keyboardists controller to your Voicel ive Rack This has no effect on the keyboard sound and cable runs are not a problem With either solution you can coordinate with the player to make sure they are playing complete
32. reduces the amount of range between louder and softer singing to produce more even sounding vocals It does so by listening to your singing over time less than 30 seconds and adjusting accordingly Typical compressors require multiple controls knowledge and experience and time spent test ing and refining over a performance With IC Helicon s Adaptive Compress feature these are not required The factory setting of 5076 strikes a good balance between moderating dynamics in your singing without incurring feedback a side effect of com pression used in a live mic setting If you have a high quality monitoring PA setup with a flat fre quency response and you want more compres sion by all means add more with the COMPRESS control Be aware though that average quality systems have frequency peaks that may cause feedback with lots of compression combined with Adaptive Shape EQ Note that in order for the Adaptive Compres sion feature to work properly you must have your mic gain set properly either with by using auto MIC GAIN or by setting it manually gt DE ESS There is a side effect that comes from adding high frequencies and compression to your voice and that s excessive sibilance Sibilance can be de scribed as the brief whistle that accompanies S T and D syllables in your vocal performance Again when singing acoustically there is no issue with these sounds It s when you amplify and combine with boo
33. rs 26 MIN ana U Biss dte A acis ina 26 MIDI controlled Harmony and Hardtune 26 MIDIperorn manes HOS ae deo co ECL CPUS E 26 Alternate Harmony and Hardtune Methods 26 Using a fixed key aka Scale espiar hen 26 Singing to Musie Playback n oa dedu Pis Vets Reese 28 Borrowing from Another Player eee 28 Steps Overview 2c eee ee ooo 29 External Control Overview 30 TREMPAS MIE SWIEGII 2 dre dur A Rb Pd cbe durs 30 TE SWilchs OO WC DI ed asia eter derat n 30 MI ISO Ote COMO te a b OC MES REP s 3 The USB Computer Connection 32 The VoiceSupport Application ato dec arbres 92 VOICELIVE Rack and Digtal Audi soto versed ww E ea 32 prec sse erre nya E 33 Digital Output NOTES ise epis con ts Hesse et bs 29 AUdIO 9 SVIC EO NBI faim arcada iia 34 SB ane I rta E edt ne etd 34 THEINPUT GAIN BUTTON 35 ONE SW cao edt RA dte abes 39 MENTE o tr Caco eE Aee 35 Automatic Gain Adjustment ss ox aks cet vai es 35 VoiceLive Rack English Version User s Manual revision 1 0 Table of Contents THEWIZARD BUTTON 36 do cau EP 36 15 ci SED ta aen terad ste Aarons bain poca e aa 36 TS T TEC CEPI ED 3d THE SETUP BUTTON 38 OVEIVIOW Z ne ericson as bade eh E EARN UE 38 Resetuns SELUD Italian 38 Ie D TiD soria ele top da 39 IES E E 37 Bim O NS 39 A cl serar e erlebt duoschd ded 39 CTT ING PE A a Se nce as he hae 39 GNA A R AI Dsus ae ee Rite ea aoe eee
34. selection of the number of voices you can control via MIDI e OFF 8 VOICES No harmony voice doubling is possible but you have access to 8 unique MIDI note intervals upon which to build har monies e ON 4VOICES X2 With this you can play up to 4 voices at once but each voice can be doubled for extra thickness e UNISON I VOICE 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 gt ATTACK amp RELEASE These settings are designed to introduce fade ins and fade outs to the harmony voices The At tack parameter provides a gentle volume fade in when you strike a MIDI note during a sustained sung note Ihe Release parameter adds a smooth fade out if you release your MIDI note as you continue to sing The values range from O to 1000 milliseconds for the Attack and O to 2000 ms for the Release gt NOTES EXTENSION This feature is most useful when singing to a commercial MIDI file that is controlling the har mony voices in Voicel ive Rack Often the MIDI notes used to control harmony cut off where the singer might prefer to hold the notes longer and this makes for a more singer oriented MIDI performance 70 Setting Notes Extension to ON allows Harmony voices triggered in Notes mode to continue sounding after the MIDI note has ceased for as long as you sing a sustained note NATURALPLAY MIDI NOTES Mode Only
35. summed mono mix of VoiceLive Rack including effects he Right output is dry with only lone applied to the MIC or LINE input signal This is useful when a live sound engineer wants to control the balance of wet dry mix at the mix position In this case set LEAD MUTE to ON In DUAL MONO mode the effected vocal comes from the left output and effected guitar Is produced from the right output This allows you to have a sound tech control the level balance between wet vocal vocal with harmonies and effects and wet guitar gt 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 S PDIF VOX L INST R the digital input replaces the analog MIC LINE and GUITAR inputs and the MIC and GUITAR IN connections are disabled Sample rate is synchronized automatically to the incoming digital audio stream There is no sample rate adjustment in VoiceL ive Rack When process ing an analog input such as the MIC and sending to VoiceLive Racks digital out sending a short bit of audio from your recording application to either Digital input will set the sample rate When DIGITAL IN is set to USB or SPDIF STEREO harmonies will follow the stereo audio coming from the selected
36. user setup profile in order to erase it 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 TES 4 Press the Store button to complete the opera tion 53 Editing Editing Overview Basic editing menu navigation and concepts are briefly discussed in the Quick Start and Basic Op eration sections 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 or hold any individual effect block button e g Double to access the editing menus 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 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 or using the Up Down arrow buttons A vertical scroll bar at the right of the screen shows where you currently are in the menu lo exit the
37. variation to sus tained portions of notes e Level volume modulation This effect is like a subtle tremolo with a non periodic or semi random waveform that simulates the way different singers change note volumes as they sing 66 gt HUMANIZE AMOUNT You can vary the amount of humanization for the harmony voices All the styles except for the last one TIME amp PITCH were designed at middle values to allow you to add or remove effects as you see fit TIME amp PITCH was designed so you can create wild special effects as you experiment with high values gt VIBRATO STYLE This simulates the regular human pitch variations we call Vibrato here are styles available in progressively more intensity as you browse down the list Like the HUMANIZE effects each voice is treated slightly differently by the VIBRATO algorithm so the voices don t all sound exactly the same gt VIBRATO AMOUNT You can vary the amount of vibrato intensity for the overall style with this parameter All the styles were designed to be useful at middle values but you can add or remove vibrato as you like gt VI toV4 PORTA Each voice has its own Portamento time Porta mento Is a delayed response to the pitch move ment of your singing voice It is also referred to as Glide in synthesizers The range of values equals approximately how long the upwards or down wards slide will take to reach each new note Set ting each voice to differen
38. you can adjust the level of your guitar Now sing while you sample the harmony and Hardtune based presets with effects closely related to your guitar playing You should now hear nicely produced lead vocal harmony and or Hardtuned vocals and guitar from your PA system or headphones The recommended pickup is the typical under saddle type because potential mistracking can re sult from resonances generated by soundboard mounted pickups gt Electric guitar Connect a cable from your electric guitar to the GUITAR IN Connect another cable from the GUITAR THRU 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 GUITAR THRU the guitar signal is removed from the internal mixer and effects paths in VoiceLive Rack If you hear a buzz from erther your guitar amplifi er or the PA VoiceLive Rack is connected to press the GND LIFT ground lift button to silence tt Now you can sample the harmony and Hard tune based presets with the effects musically related to your guitar playing gt Guitar performance tips To ensure that the harmony voices follow your guitar closely it s best to play cleanly with chords containing at least two notes If you 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 TC Ele
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40. D 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 56 The Edit Button DELAY Tab Overview The delay effect is a configurable echo You can control how far apart the echoes occur Delay Time and whether the echoes fade out quickly or slowly or build on themselves In addition there are filtering and stereo controls that allow you to create many popular delay sounds Delays can be typically be categorized into the two listed categories below Short Delays e Initial reflections e Slaps Long Delays max stereo delay is 2500 ms or 2 5 Sec e Mono taps e Stereo taps e Syncopated taps e Ping pongs delays travelling from left to right gt STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choose a pre programmed delay style you like gt LEVEL Sets the mix level for the delay effect gt WIDTH The 2 delay lines are panned hard left and right This allows you to determine the stereo imag ing of the delay effect 076 is mono 100 is fully stereo gt SOURCE Determines which of the three methods you want to use to set delay times These include 57 TIME This allows you to set the exact delay time for the left and right delay lines manually with the TIME L and TIME R controls TAP This allows you to tap the Tap button when it is assigned to TEMPO in the PRESET tab MIDI The unit can be set to
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42. HARMONY edit tab When ever CHOIR is on both Harmony and Doubling effects share the same effect 64 The Edit Button HARMONY Tab Overview The Harmony block in VoiceLive Rack produces up to 8 harmony voices and is the home of the Choir effect IMPORTANT NOTE The parameters available on the HARMONY Tab and their organization differs depending on the value of the NATURALPLAY parameter at the bottom of the tab This section begins by describing the most common NATU RALPLAY harmony mode AUTO INPUT SENSE Following the parameter descriptions for AUTO INPUT SENSE exceptions and differences for the other NATURALPLAY modes are listed gt STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choose a Harmony style you like Styles configure useful settings to pre programmed values to al low you to make changes quickly The selection of styles will change depending on the setting of the NATURALPLAY parameter gt LEVEL Sets the level for the overall Harmony effect in the current preset gt VI toV4VOICING Here you set the pitch shift intervals of voices through 4 relative to your input pitch The names of the intervals change depending on NATURAL PLAY mode In the two MIDI NOTES modes the VOICING parameters disappear entirely The options start at the lowest harmony interval and go the highest gt VI toV4 LEVEL The four knobs control the relative volume of each voice This is also where voices are turned
43. LD defines 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 but it may also allow more nearby instrumental sounds through when you are not singing In this case further adjustment from 39 dB and upward may be needed The Pitch Button Pitch Button Overview Pressing the Pitch button activates Auto Chro matic pitch correction For most applications this is all that is required to set this feature There is no need to set Key or Scale all notes that you sing in the 2 tone western chromatic scale are corrected to the nearest scale tone This type of vocal pitch correction is quite subtle at its factory setting of 5076 but even the most highly skilled and on prtch singers will hear a slight chorusing from the PA or monitors with it en gaged Press and hold the Pitch button to access the PITCH tab and adjust the single parameter for this feature Once you see this tab the Pitch but ton can be cycled on and off to allow you to hear the difference Press the Home button to exit the Pitch edit tab gt AUTO CHROMATIC AMOUNT The factory default value of 5076 is active when you enter the PITCH edit tab Turning the control towards 0 reduces the correction effect and turning towards 00 increases it Above 50 the effect becomes more noticeable when you slide from note to note This
44. Line 1 4 phone jack Guitar 1 4 phone jack Aux 1 8 stereo mini jack Mic 2 14 1 07 kOhm Line 1 3 6 5 kOhm 49dBu to 10dBu 3 dBu to 22 dBu 26 dBu gt 07 dB MOhm 4 dBu to 4 dBu gt O4dB 2dBu 24 bit 128 x oversampling bitstream via S PDIF 6 bit via USB IOdB SNR A welghted 24 bit 128 x oversampling bitstream via S PDIF 6 bit via USB 1 5dB SNR A welghted XLR and 1 4 phone jack 100 50 Ohm 6 dBu OdBu gt 109 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz 0 0 3 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz 1 8 Mini stereo Jack 32 Ohm 6dBu max 80mVV max RCA Phono S PDIF USB B S PDIF 24 bit EIA CP 340 IEC 958 44 kHz 48 kHz 88 2kHz 96kHz EN 55103 1 and EN 55103 2 FCC part 15 Class B CISPR 22 Class B IEC 65 EN 60065 UL6500 and CSA 86 Specifications gt Environment Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Humidity gt Control Interface USB MIDI Pedal gt Supplementary Display Dimensions Weight External Power Supply Mains Voltage Power Consumption 227 FO 12277 0 eE 2v FLO 107 690 X To 0 Max 90 76 non condensing USB B In Out Thru 5 Pin DIN 1 4 TRS phone jack 192 x 64 Blue SIN LED White back light 488mm x 33mm x 88mm DOs 2 31K5 100 to 240 VAC 50 to 60 Hz auto select lt 14W Technical specifications are subject to change without notice 87 TCHELICON
45. M tab of the Setup menu to ON 23 The Bypass Button Bypass Button Overview Pressing the Bypass button will mute all active ef fects blocks from the vocal audio path except lone if its active This is done so that your basic tone remains the same as you address the audience during Bypass lo remove Tone from Bypass press the Tone 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 24 Detailed Operation Overview Much of the operation of VoiceLive Rack is covered in the Quick Start and Basic Operation chapters This Detailed Operation chapter offers additional procedural detail where it s needed For button menus and parameter descriptions see the Setup Edit etc menu chapters Harmony and Hardtune Guided by a Guitar TC Helicons NaturalPlay algorithm can listen to chords played on an electric guitar or electrified acoustic guitar to guide the Harmony and the Hardtune effects Both need to stay in key or musically relevant to accompanying instruments gt Acoustic guitar If you haven t by now connect a cable from your pickup equipped acoustic guitar to the GUITAR IN as described in the Quick Start You should now hear your guitar sound mixed with your VOICE To adjust the balance of guitar and voice ensure the HOME button is lit then turn the third Mix Edit knob This will present the MIX screen so
46. Maj2 2 Maj3 32 Minl 4 Min2 5 Min3 67 Custom Scale Harmony 3 Scale Voicing Voice Voicing O to the of voic N A for Notes and Notes 4 Chan modes ings in mode Voice2 Voicing Voice3 Voicing Voice4 Level maps to 127 values Voice Level Voice2 Level Voice3 Level maps to 127 Voice4 N QO MIDI Implementation a eee LLL peri 64 Gender off lt 64 Male gt 64 Female Voice epr poo Voice ep INN Voice3 S EE EL Voice4 RT E L Style Truman 29 repo ra lvesye pas for vem i mese 17 ve sye mainie IA A Leve eerta T2 7 Eroro 1127 mapped to parm vas L feos e LLL HardTune Key 147 Joli 0 C I C etc Sending any value de activates Follow Harmony Scale 48 0 5 O Major Minor Har 2 Minor Nat 3 Minor Asc 4 Chromatic 5 Custom Rae 54 Jox S amom 57 mapsto 27 Lo Widow 49 Gobas oo Eo lee pios 0 63 off 64 127 on OwOfony oS fiin 107 mepstol27 Jost o Step 115 O to the of steps O Step Step 2 etc in preset Gur x 108 0 63 01412700 OWT ony ter ee Level gem 5tyle Level Mod Style Mod Level yam Teame 13 92 Voices 85 maps to 27 Level C C No off on MIDI Implementation Parameter CC Range LLL Semen LLL
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48. TUNE RATE RATE determines how fast the algorithm pulls you toward scale tones A value of O is off and a value of 100 is instant resulting in something like the infamous Cher effect where the pitch cor rection effect is stair stepped and obvious when using non chromatic scales those with at least a wholetone jump between most of the scale tones Usually values around 20 yield acceptable results for smooth corrective pitch correction 61 gt 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 HARD TUNE RATE parameter For a true Hard Tune sound set it to 10076 gt HARDTUNE SHIFT Sets the a relative shift in semi tones above or below the input vocal This is useful for transpos ing or creating character voices while simultane ously pitch correcting gt 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 within 40 cents away from the target scale note will you be corrected The maximum value is 600 cents At maximum a custom scale could be created with only one note for special effects In a Major scale having no more than 100 cents on either side of any scale tone a setting of 200 would result in fulltime correction activity gt KEY amp SCALE The
49. ae A 64 Cdad 64 HARMONY Tab Overview 65 S ete T cutee eee NOR oan T 65 LEVE iss ch eet ad he nt anh ga de toi deat 65 Vito PV IN G eae eE AAEE 65 VIO VALLEVE des elita des ete Ae do UD odio ied 65 Q e SENDER T TTE 65 VTE OI oa RC D EU 65 DOUBLING and DOUBLE LEVEL cocos dera paren 65 CHOIR CHOIR LEV and CHOIR SIYE s iege deis 65 FYI Si oli p T 66 HUMANIZEAMOUNG rd 66 MIB RANG E cdd eae eek AAG ALS 66 VIBRATO AMOUNT sm aes gie doc deoa S bd dos 66 Wb Ve tee ine tem ou o Saracen arto eate aed 66 MIO VS MOOT ING sa 66 GUAR CHORDS rta fegato tions dt AN 67 HOLDIRELEASE 3 55m tV iot beca Rae dado 67 E eE AEE EEES E ETEA 67 FARMON Owe a 67 DE ble eet eee eC Tre ee Cee rere sehen nia od 67 NATORALPWAY s aan bide EROR cata RS desa 68 NATURALPLAY Settings and Parameter Changes 69 NATURAEPEAY SCALE Poder 69 A Br PEE toe 69 Table of Contents MVO Vs VOTES G aes bes toL ca udo orf Badin ad ber o o 69 MAP IN SOURCE MARINO TE agacchot eae aan 69 Ml KONE EDAD a rer eee acd 69 NAT ORALPHAY SHAE Mode es trot co ee hae bee 69 CIR V COTES hs a etn etti beoe ro bil 69 NATURALPLAY MIDI NOTES MIDI NOTES 4 CHAN ldos cH TIE 70 BING corra tarro tarda tad 70 FIT ACK Ger EL EASE it ano isis 70 NOTES ES TENSION domar ara dc 70 NATURALPLAY MIDI NOTES Mode Only 70 PAN GENDER PORTA SMOOTH and Individual Voice E O 70 TRANSDUCER Tao OE MEW sonara aran Fl TRANSDUCERS MEE e Ed 7 RO AAI Sr CCP FA EOW CUT
50. anual 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 5 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residen tial installations his equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there Is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television recep tion which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try correcting the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equip ment and the receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from the one to which the receiver Is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help For Customers in Canada This Class B digital apparatus complies with Cana dian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe B est conforme la norme NMB 003 du Canada Introduction Before You Get Started Check to see if this manual has been updated click the following link www tc helicon
51. ased his makes for a more natural sounding release Note that no new harmony notes will sound until the time you set with this parameter has elapsed gt TUNING The Tuning parameter allows you to affect tiny pitch adjustments to your harmony intervals to achieve Equal Just or Barbershop tuning Each preset can have a different value for TUNING Equal tuning is the compromised tuning stan dard that instruments such as guitar and key 67 boards are designed to produce his tuning mode allows you to play and sing In any key without completely retuning your instrument for every chord When your harmonies are set to this mode the harmony notes produced by VoiceLive Rack will sound exactly in tune with the Equal tuned instruments you use for accompaniment Just tuning Is what is known as perfect into nation between your lead voice and harmony intervals This is the tuning that occurs when sing ers sing a cappella or without instruments The pitches of major and minor thirds fifth intervals and others are brought into exact mathematical symmetry with your lead voice by introducing very small pitch shifts to the harmonies which overcomes the slight beating of harmonics that occurs with Equal tuning mode Because of this however the harmony intervals may sound infini tesimally out of tune with your instrument Barbershop has the same tuning offsets as Just tuning mode with one difference Barbershop tuning uses your
52. at the Home level the mix screen will show values for the controls as well as Mic Line input Guitar input and main output levels Voices Combined level of the Harmony and Doubling voices e Delay Reverb Combined level of the Delay and Reverb effects e Guitar If a guitar is connected to the Guitar input and no Guitar Thru connection is made this control varies the level of the guitar in the main output mix Output Adjusts the overall output level to the main outputs and the Headphone output gt Adjusting the Guitar features The Gurtar input has tts own Reverb and uMod processors 3 band EQ and compressor As long as the Guitar Thru has no Jack inserted the guitar will be routed to the main output mix with these effects added To adjust the Guitar effects Touch the Setup button 2 Use the Tab Step arrow buttons to navigate to the GUITAR tab 3 Select and adjust parameters within the GUI TAR tab using the Navigate arrows and the Mix knobs All changes are recalled automatically the next time the unit is powered Basic Operation gt Phantom Mono MIDI etc the Setup menu Global 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 Touch the Setup but
53. ation for input and output You can use VoiceLive Racks headphones out or a mixer and speakers for monitoring To capture a full mix of your vocal performance Connect VoiceLive Rack to your computer via USB 2 Assign VoiceLive Rack as the audio input and output device in your audio application 3 Connect your mic and headphones or mixer to VoiceLive Rack and pick a preset you like 4 Confirm that VoiceLive Racks default I O tab parameters are set as such DIGITAL IN USB STEREO DIGITAL OUT FULL MIX Detailed Operation You re now ready to record your new fully pro cessed vocal track Playback will be heard through VoiceLive Racks outputs Processing recorded vocals You can send a dry vocal track to VoiceLive 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 Follow steps and 2 in the previous proce dure 2 Set VoiceLive Racks I O tab parameters as such DIGITAL IN USB VOX L INST R PIGH AL OUT FULL MIX 3 Configure your DAW to send the dry vocal track to VoiceLive Racks left digital input and an instrument track to the right digital input if required for Harmony or Hardtune effects 4 Refine your Voicel ive effects and mix then record the new audio track with processed vocals When playing back using VoiceLive Rack as th
54. ayed in scale degree terminol ogy hey are organized lowest to highest relative to the input note gt MAP IN SOURCE MAP IN NOTE These allow to customize Individual harmony note intervals relative to your input note and cre ate a custom scale A custom scale is not share able with other presets until the preset is copied to another location To customize a scale pick a key and scale closest to what you want for your song Sing the note you upon which you want the harmony interval to change MAP IN SOURCE set to SUNG or select it with the MAP IN NOTE parameter MAP IN SOURCE set to MANUAL Now you can change the harmony interval with the MAP IN NOTE parameter described below gt VItoV4 MAP OUT Sets the interval relationship between each of the four harmony voices for the current input note and key and scale settings Typically increment ing or decrementing any active harmony voices can make a scale work over your combination of melody and chord change NATURALPLAY SHIFT Mode gt VI toV4VOICING The voicings for Shift mode have no musical intel ligence and as such will produce harmony a fixed unmoving interval away from your lead voice You can select any semitone interval from 24 semitones to 24 semitones hey are organized lowest to highest relative to the input note The Edit Button NATURALPLAY MIDI NOTES MIDI NOTES 4 CHAN Modes gt DOUBLING This changes from an ON OFF parameter to a
55. by only the Harmonies will be affected by the Transducer style 71 gt LOW CUT and HIGH CUT Sets the cut off frequency 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 gt GATE THRESHOLD A gate separate from the main Gate under the Tone button is used to help prevent feedback when using the Transducer with heavy distortion or presence filtering that can introduce feedback in a live environment This parameter sets how loud you must sing in order to open the gate gt DISTORTION TYPE and DISTORTION AMOUNT These are pre configured distortion styles that range from Overdrive through Saturation and Distortion and finally Fuzz Each has a unique character Though these styles have no detailed controls like the Delay or Reverb tabs for exam ple you can add or reduce the distortion com ponent and apply filtering with LOW CUT HIGH CUT and PRESENCE to customize them The AMOUNT parameter adjusts the amount of distortion for the current distortion style This ts not the same as the IN and OUT GAIN controls which work on level adjustment he Distortion Amount control adjusts the algorithmic distortion curve that you can further trim with the TRANS DUCER IN GAIN and TRANSDUCER OUT GAIN controls Note that your IN GAIN in the Setup menu must be sufficient in order to hear the correct amount of distortion pre
56. com products voicelive rack support 2 Download VoiceSupport Get the latest firmware for your product tips and tricks and videos Click the following link to download and install VoiceSupport www tc helicon com voicesupport 3 Register Your Product in VoiceSupport Click on the ACCOUNT button within the Voice Support application Thank You Thank you for purchasing VoiceLive Rack a complete programmable mic channel and vo cal effects processor This product is the result of input from customers like you who requested the premium features of VoiceLive 2 in a 19 rack chassis We hope you enjoy making your music sound even better with VoiceLive Rack About T C Helicon T C Helicon is the only pro audio company 10076 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 e 8 fully editable effect blocks e Total recall of mic preamp and Setup menu parameters in up to 0 user profiles Unique touch interface on front panel large bright LCD screen Wizard feature to help users find presets e Up to 4 intervals of NaturalPlay harmony available e Harmo
57. ctronics Poly Tune is perfect for this If the song section you want vocal harmony or Hardtune effects on has fast chord changes single note runs or very slow arpeggios it may be bet ter to use presets based on a fixed Key lo find out more about this see Harmony and Hardtune guided by a fixed key Harmony and Hardtune Guided by a MIDI Keyboard Using MIDI opens up a range of harmony options This section will discuss the basics of setting MIDI channel and performing with a MIDI keyboard synth to control Harmony and Hardtune Detailed Operation gt MIDI hookup and channel selection If you haven t already connect a MIDI cable between your keyboard s MIDI out and VoiceLive Racks MIDI IN Play a note on your keyboard and check VoiceLive Racks display to see if the MIDI indicator lights If rt doesn t set the MIDI transmit channel of your keyboard to VoiceLive Racks default If you want VoiceLive Rack to receive on another MIDI channel locate the MIDI tab in the Setup menu and set CHANNEL to the same as your keyboard transmits on Check the display as you play your keyboard to confirm reception gt MIDI IN and USB To use the MIDI IN jack while you have a USB cable connected locate the SYSTEM tab in the Setup menu and turn the USB CONTROL set ting to OFF This will enable the MIDI IN jack Alternatively you may also remove the USB cable to access MIDI IN When you want to restore computer control of VoiceLiv
58. d by the COMPRESSION RATIO control will occur The range is O dB not compressing any peaks to 60 dB compressing everything you play with the default being 6 dB gt COMPRESSION RATIO This sets how much gain reduction you want when your guitar level goes above the threshold The range is from no gain reduction to 64 1 complete flattening of peaks also known as lim iting The number on the left side of the colon symbol is how loud your guitar has to be in order to achieve a dB gain increase The default setting is 8 l Note that the RATIO control has to be set above 0 1 0 1 to apply any compression regardless of the setting of the THRESHOLD Also note that automatic makeup gain occurs depending on your combination of THRESHOLD and RATIO A side effect of compression is that it can reduce apparent level until makeup gain is applied to raise the overall level The Setup Button REVERB Tab Overview This tab allows you to configure a global Reverb style that does not change as you change presets This can be useful when you want to for exam ple change from one Harmony preset to another for a different interval arrangement yet you prefer the base Reverb effect to remain gt GLOBAL REVERB ENABLE This is the master on off for global Reverb When set to OFF this is the only parameter visible in the tab When turned ON the full range of Reverb control parameters becomes visible When global Reve
59. d the pitch corrected version in your PA or monitor 85 The Mic Control parameter seems to be triggering on its own when 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 have a MIDI keyboard connected to the MIDI In jack and both are on the same channel but still nothings happening do need to adjust something Set the USB Control parameter in the System tab of the Setup menu to Off ve connected the input and output to my PA but l m not getting any signal into or out of VoiceLive Rack what s up Confirm that the Output mix control is turned up Note that OdB means full not off Check that the Digital In parameter in the I O tab of the Setup menu is set to either USB Stereo or S PDIF 5tereo Specifications gt Analog Inputs Connectors balanced Input Impedance Bal Unbal Mic Input Level O dBFS Line Input Level 5 dBu to 22 dBu EIN Max Mic Gain Rg 150 Ohm Mic Line Input SNR Guitar Input impedance Guitar Input Level O dBFS Guitar Input SNR Aux Input Level OdBu A to D Conversion gt Analog Outputs D to A Conversion Connectors balanced Output Impedance Bal Unbal Output Range Line Mic Level Dynamic Range Frequency Response Headphone Out gt Digital Inputs and Outputs Connectors Formats Sample Rates gt EMC Complies with gt Safety Certified to Mic XLR
60. derive Its delay times from incoming MIDI clock signal gt 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 the TEMPO parameter is only applied to the delay times when TAP or MIDI is set as the source gt DUCKING When DUCKING is set to ON the delay output will be reduced while you are singing At the end of a sung phrase the delay effects return to the level you set This can increase the clarity of your vocals while still sounding very wet he amount of attenuation and attack time for the ducking to engage are set with the DUCKING AMOUNT and DUCKING TIME parameters further down in this menu gt DIVL DIVR 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 4 triplets 1 4 dotted notes for the left and right delays gt TIMEL TIMER These parameters are used to display the exact delay time and to allow editing with all SOURCE settings You may set from O to 2500ms 2 5 sec onds of delay for the left and right delay lines The Edit Button gt FEEDBACK L FEEDBACK R Re introduces a portion of the audio output signal of the Delay block back to the input to add echo repeats gt XFBRTOL XFBLTOR These send cross feedback from the left and right delay lines XFL L and from right to left
61. ds may sound quiet different from one style to the next even when the rest of the settings are identical LOCOLOR 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 gt HI FACTOR This allows you to raise or lower the level of the high band of the Reverb tail independently EARLY REFLECTIONS TAIL LEVEL These parameters allow you to attain the right balance between reflections you would hear from close surfaces EARLY REFLECTIONS with those trom surfaces further away TAIL LEVEL The settings for the early reflections in each style are slightly different but non editable gt DUCKING When DUCKING is set to ON the Reverb blocks output will be reduced while you are sing ing At the end of a sung phrase the effects return to the level you set increasing the clarity of your vocals while still sounding very wet The amount of attenuation and attack time for ducking are set with the DUCKING AMOUNT and DUCKING TIME parameters further down in this menu gt DIFFUSE Also known as Diffusion this is a very subtle pa rameter used to simulate and control the density of the reflections inherent in real acoustic spaces Low DIFFUSE values 25 to Q are intended to introduce more discrete echo like motion to
62. e main output audio device youll need to set the DIGITAL IN back to USB STEREO If you have an additional I O device this step is unnecessary If you plan to use the original dry track in the final mix with effects provided by VoiceLive Rack turn the LEAD MUTE parameter in the I O tab to ON Recording dry vocal and guitar tracks With this option you can monitor a fully pro cessed mix of wet guitar and vocal while record ing yet record only dry versions of these inputs for more processing options later Connect your mic and a guitar to VoiceLive Rack and either monitor through the head phone out or analog outputs to a mixer 2 Set VoiceLive Racks I O tab parameters as such DIGITAL IN USB FULL MIX DIGITAL OUT VOCAL amp GUITAR 3 Set the vocal and guitar effects so you have an interesting sound in your monitors head phones while keeping in mind these effects will not be recorded 4 Record two new tracks in your DAW the dry vocal and the dry guitar To process these tracks refer to the previous description Processing recorded vocals Digital Input Notes When DIGITAL IN is set to e USB VOXL INSI R or e SPDIFENVOS LS NS R the MIC and GUITAR IN are disabled and no sound will be heard from these inputs When DIGITAL IN is set to USB or SPDIF STEREO harmonies will follow the stereo audio coming from the selected digital input on presets where NATURALPLAY is set to AUX INPUT Digital Outpu
63. e GUITAR IN MIDI IN and AUX IN you are currently playing so it can derive musically correct harmonies from that input 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 Rack this will cause it to ignore the MIDI input for harmony control MIDI This forces the current preset to look only to the MIDI IN for musical input In the case where you have a MIDI sequencer and guitar into VoiceLive Rack this will cause it to ignore the guitar input AUX INPUT Harmonies will ignore all but this input if the other inputs are used simulta neously SCALE Changes the preset to scale mode which will ignore ongoing musical input from an instrument in favour of the Key and Scale setting you need to input Scale harmonies are a great alternative to instrument controlled harmony for certain songs 68 e SHIFT Many doubling presets that also use the Harmony block are based on this mode SHIFT allows you to pick pitch shift inter vals that fall outside of the standard musical harmony definition and as such require no musical input from you e MIDI NOTES Allows you to specify exact melodies and chords as harmony pitches from a MIDI keyboard or sequencer A MIDI note held during a sung arpeggio will not move until the note is changed As well a single sus tained input note from you can have a moving harmony arpeggio by
64. e Rack over USB or you want to access the VoiceSupport application s features you can turn the USB CONTROL parameter back to On gt MIDI controlled Harmony and Hardtune Now that you ve followed the preceding section you can sample the many presets that feature the Harmony and Hardtune effects Load a preset with one or both of these effect buttons lit Now you can play a song on your keyboard while singing and hear how the effects adjust musically as you play the different chords in your song As each chord is recognized the LCD display will briefly show NP meaning NaturalPlay The factory presets that have the word Notes in their names presets 21 7 238 operate dif ferently for both Harmony and Hardtune These presets allow you to determine the pitch of the Harmony or Hardtune effects to the exact notes 26 you play he harmony notes will adapt to the octave of your playing where the Hardtune effect ignores it The maximum number of harmony notes that will sound can be 4 or 8 depending on which preset you load his in turn is due to whether Harmony Doubling is activated in the HARMO NY tab of the EDIT menu gt MIDI performance tips In chords without a clear third VoiceLive Rack will assume a major chord so when you play in a mi nor 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 important to play a
65. en scales The term nc means no change This indicates key of C for the three major and three minor The table at right shows harmony notes in the scales 84 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ Where can find support for this product TC Helicon has a comprehensive support system for our products Go to www tc helicon com sup port and click on the links below erther Support by Product or FAC and Contact cant set lap tempo for some presets what s happening These are set to a specific time lo make them Tap able find the Delay edit tab in the Edit menu and set the Source parameter to lap Store if desired Why am I hearing distortion The Transducer effect has distortion styles but if that effect is off press the Input Gain button while you sing to check that your input is not clipping I m hearing feedback when use VoiceLive Rack how can minimize that Adjust the gate in the Tone menu by increasing the Lead and Harmony attenuation and or setting the Gate parameter to Manual and raising the Threshold Ensure that monitors are pointing at the dead area of the mic As a last resort turn off lone or reduce stage and monitor levels I m hearing chorusing when sing but no effects blocks are on why is that This is due to the Pitch effect being active It constantly adjusts your pitch to make you more in tune and you are hearing the difference between your voice through head resonance an
66. er Thus ensure that no Jack is inserted into the GUITAR THRU jack when you want to hear and adjust these parameters FX Master on off control for all effects in this tab PHASE Phase reverse can help to minimize low and low mid frequency feedback on acoustic guitars with loud monitoring The effectiveness of phase reversal depends on your guitars physical location in relation to the monitor If you move around the stage reversal may not help but if you typically remain in the same position it can help consider ably To see if phase reversal will help stand where you will perform in relation to your monitor and carefully turn up the level of your guitar with your guitars onboard volume control until it starts to feed back Note the volume if the control has an indication then turn down the volume and adjust the phase reverse control in VoiceLive Rack Return to standing position and adjust your guitar volume to the level that caused the feedback If this didn t work guitar monitor level or overall guitar and vocal effects will have to be reduced gt REVERB STYLE The Reverb processor accurately simulates acous tic spaces around your guitar This 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 43 There are 30 styles to choose from covering ev erything from tight ambience to giant arenas The factory default sty
67. exit Step programming mode The COUNT legend in the main display will increment by one 29 Next time you load the preset it will have the al ternate personality you can access quickly with the AB STEP arrow buttons To delete a single step Use the TAB STEP buttons to locate the Step you want to delete 2 lap the left TAB STEP arrow to delete the cur rent step This will perform the deletion and present the Home screen To speed Step programming all insertions and deletions are automatically stored when you exit Step mode If you want to experiment without affecting an important Step chain you can either store the preset to another location first Steps are stored with presets and work there or per form a backup before experimenting and restore when done In addition to the front panel TAB STEP but tons the optional Switch3 footswitch can be programmed to give you access to the steps in presets that have them To cancel and exit Step programming mode hold STEP Detailed Operation External Control Overview VoiceLive Rack can be controlled by three exter nal sources e C Helicon MP 75 mic e C Helicon Switch3 footswitch e MIDI received at the MIDI IN jack or via USB These abilities provide remote control conve nience for the singer or the live sound tech The MP 75 Mic Switch At TC Helicon we strive to put more power in the hands of singers and this innovative micro phone is the evolut
68. gher audio levels gt PHASE This defines the modulation phase which is the phase relationship between the left and right modulation LFOs oscillators In a flange style for example setting this to O degrees puts all of the effect in the center while setting it to 180 degrees pulls the effect far into the stereo field The Edit Button gt WAVE This lets you choose the modulation waveform from Square Iriangle or Sine to vary the periodic nature of the modulation effect gt XFBL XFBR 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 sides delay line This can produce interesting stereo effects gt LOWCUT L LOWCUT R amp HICUT L HICUT R These gentle highpass LOW CUT and low pass HIGHCUT filters control the bandwidth of the uMod feedback paths These are very useful for talloring Flange effects gt LEAD To UMOD Sets the amount of lead voice sent into the uMod block gt HARM To UMOD Sets the amount of harmony level sent into the uMod block The HARMONY effect must be on to feed this send gt LEAD LEVEL Controls the lead dry Tone voice level when the individual effect is turned on with its respec tive footswitch This allows a unique wet dry mix for individual effects When multiple effects are active the lowest LEAD LEVEL value will deter mine the value Note that the LEA
69. global reset This can be performed to initialize all presets and system parameters back to their factory defaults To perform a global reset Power up the unit 2 When the first text is displayed in the LCD window hold the 4 buttons listed below and continue to hold until the reset prompt is displayed e uMod e Delay Reverb e lone This procedure can take up to 2 minutes Basic Operation gt Restoring individual presets to factory settings To reset a preset to its original settings Locate the Manage Preset tab in the Store menu Use Erase User Preset to select the preset to restore and set Confirm to Yes Touch the Store button gt Mic Control 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 lo set Mic control and Footswitch assignments Locate the Mic Control and or Switch3 tabs in either the Setup menu for global assignment or in the Edit menu unique per preset Make the changes required If you have made a preset assignment it will need to be stored with the preset Global as signment does not require storing 14 The Tone Button Tone Overview The Tone button activates what we call the Live Engineer Effects These are different from stan dard vocal processing effects in that they adjust their settings to your particular voice and the way you sing
70. iceLive Rack As you turn the knob you will see the name of the profile stored at the current number and when you stop the name of your new preset will replace tt See the MANAGE SETUP tab description on the preceeding page for details on how to restore deleted or overwritten presets The Store Button LOAD SETUP Tab Overview In this tab you can load a previously stored setup profile If no user profiles have been stored load ing any available EMPTY profile will result in all Setup values going to default values Ensure that any connected audio system Is muted when loading setup profiles because input and output 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 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 load operation A pop up will show status When done the new Setup menu parameter values will be loaded 52 The Store Button MANAGE SETUP Tab Overview This menu allows you to erase user setup profiles and restore them to default settings This opera tion Is not undo able so back up your setups using VoiceSupport If you want to store them To erase user setup profiles You must have stored a
71. ift to the left or right sides independently This setting is shown in cents and the maximum is 25 cents gt SPEED This setting sets how fast the delay time modula tion occurs In order for this to be audible the depth amount parameter has to be nonzero he setting range is 10 00 Hz very fast to 05 Hz very slow gt DEPTH L DEPTH R These set the amount of modulation of the delay time for the left and right delays If one delay is set to OmS for example a setting of 50 will vary the delay time between 5mS and 5m5 at the rate set by the SPEED parameter gt OUT PHASE The OUT PHASE setting puts the output of the left and right sides of the u Mod effect out of phase to create more 3D sound space around the effect Note that this may potentially limit the effect s ability to collapse to mono LEFT puts the left side out of phase with the right which is normal phase and vice versa for the RIGHT value BOTH puts both sides out of phase with their respective sides correct phase while remaining in phase with each other gt DIYL DLYR Sets the left and right delay times Up to 50 ms of delay is available on the left and right delay lines to create effects from flange to slapback gt FEEDBACK L FEEDBACK R Re introduces a portion of the audio output sig nal of the uMod block back to the input to create flanges tube and chorus effects Values above 90 add a high amount of gain and cause distortion and hi
72. ine input use a lower level output option Note that the LINE 12 option is the highest output level and it is effective for increasing head phone output level in loud environments gt GUITAR MUTE Mutes the guitar signal in the main outputs when no jack Is connected to the GUITAR THRU Jack This allows the guitar dry signal to be mixed externally The guitar signal still feeds the NATU RALPLAY harmonies and tuner gt PAN Sets the stereo position of the dry gurtar signal 40 gt MIC LINE PHASE Selects between NORMAL and INVERTED to help reduce feedback in live performance This feature Is intended to work with low and low mid frequency feedback tones he mic must be in a stationary position in relation to the monitor The Setup Button The MIDI Tab gt CHANNEL Sets the MIDI channel that VoiceLive Rack uses for preset change and MIDI harmony control When a NATURALPLAY preset is set to MIDI NOTES 4 CH the channel selected is the channel used for VOICE I The MIDI channel for VOICE 2 is the selected MIDI channel VOICE isa VOICE S IUS gt FILTER Allows MIDI Program Change or System Exclu sive messages to be ignored for convenience gt CC CHAN Sets a separate MIDI channel for CC control if desired gt TRANSPOSE This transposes the harmony voices in MIDI NOTES mode to allow it to be controlled by upper or lower sections of a MIDI keyboard if required he value corresponds to octave
73. ion of that quest The elastomer switch on the MP 5 mic can be used by the singer to trigger effects on cue acti vate looping and more For a complete list of mic switch targets and for more information on the Mic Control feature see The Edit Menu Mic control tab to set a unique assignment per preset The Setup Menu Mic control to set a single global assignment Generally global Mic Control assignment is best because It Is easiest to remember lo use Mic control with an MP 5 mic Connect an XLR cable between the MP 75 mic and VoiceLive Racks MIC input 2 Enable phantom power via either e Setting the PHANTOM control in the I O tab of the Setup menu to ON or e Setting the CONTROL parameter in the MIC CONTROL tab of the Setup menu to ON 3 Press Home 30 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 include preset up and down engaging individual effects blocks and Bypass among others For a complete list of Switchs targets and for more information on Switchs see e The Edit Menu SWITCHS tab to set unique assignments per preset e The Setup Menu SWITCH3 Tab to set global assignments To contr
74. is the effect of faster transition speed between your input note and the closest scale tone as well as the fact that the algorithm is trying to pull you closer to the target For those singers who want to use or experiment with scale based pitch correction and perhaps even the Jagged modern Hard lune effects there are presets set up specifically for this that can be found by pressing the Wizard button and choos ing CORRECT or HARD TUNE as the Tag 22 The Tap Button Tap Button Overview This button provides convenient access to tempo setting for the Delay and Rhythmic effects You can tap it at any time to synchronize these effect blocks to the beats of a song The display will temporarily show the BPM Beats Per Minute derived from your most recent two taps To enter an exact BPM you can use the up or down Navigate buttons while the TEMPO display is shown on the display for fine tuning The Delay or Rhythmic effect buttons must be active for lap tempo to have an audible effect Upon loading a new preset the LED in the lap button will flash indicating the Delay SOURCE in the preset is set to TAR If the Tap LED does not flash upon loading a preset the Delay SOURCE is set to TIME or MIDI Regardless of the initial setting tapping the lap button will temporarily modify the current preset so that its SOURCE becomes AP To prevent the tempo from changing as you load different presets set GLOBAL TAP TEMPO in the SYSTE
75. l6 Salir a ee ke rere er en dE A EE 7 EQ Tab Overview eee 18 EQ Tab VWWith ADAPTIVE On ia e s A 18 SAR 18 WAS Tila rara aora 18 EC Ta VV ADAP TYE OI avis bi dadis 18 LOW AGAIN ss ds 18 LOVIN Ons aces E wk a or 18 O a ded Se remp er ha redire diit 18 A PINE ETT ER 19 FARLCGAIN SA EET NE 19 O A TS 19 PARANDO isos 19 COMPRESS Tab Overview 20 COMPRESS Tab With ADAPTIVE ON scu i Pcia 20 COMPRES Si3d54 Sarin tad xd bis pia 20 COMPRESS Tab With ADAPTIVEOEE a rr dens 20 TBC IE oer dota iere aro d PEE EET 20 Ho Ese ori m a kan Sane cre tree ene V UN NUS 20 TC Helicon Vocal Technologies Ltd www tc helicon com GATE Tab Overview 21 CATE R trae oras 2 DESDE en Sedet quest i REESE OPER PADS 2 UTA CEI s eot clat e eode oda ERES d eds 2 THRESHOLD MANUAL Gate Only soria Z THE PITCH BUTTON 22 Pitch BUTON OVERVIEW cra tetra e e SOT VPE 22 AU TOSCHBOPNATC AMOUNT daa 27 THETAPBUTTON 23 Tap Button COVeEVIeW 3422 ea d a 59e ect ate et odd 23 THE BYPASS BUTTON 24 Bypass B ttotr COVePVIe We oad nad ced Hand beep A bc ass 24 DETAILED OPERATION 25 OVC VIEW E os Heche ban oce eid eit b ET tds 25 Harmony and Hardtune Guided by a Guitar 25 Acoustic UITAE ses aros deben d AKA ARKAE b b PE ean e 25 meret Pe PIPER 25 Guitar perio manco UPS ats dta bts ei bU HEEL dg 25 Harmony and Hardtune Guided by a MIDI Keyboard 25 MIDI nook p and channel selection ies
76. le is called SMOOTH PLATE gt REVERB LEVEL Turn the Mix Edit knob below this parameter to raise and lower the amount of Reverb on your guitar from the factory default of 30 dB gt UMOD STYLE Scroll down to this row and use the Mix Edit knob to change uMod Micromod style for the guitar As with Reverb this effect processor Is entirely separate from the vocal uMod processor while offering the same style selection No uMod style editing is possible for guitar The factory default style MICROMOD CLONE offers a gentle stereo detune effect gt UMOD LEVEL Turn the Mix Edit knob below this parameter to raise or lower the amount of uMod effect on your guitar The factory default mix level is 12 dB Use the Navigate arrows to tab over to the EQ tab from the GUITAR tab Here you will find a 3 band EQ featuring Low band shelving e All band fully parametric peak dip control e High band shelving The two Shelving EQs boost or cut all frequen cles below or above the frequencies set by the EO LOW FREQ and EQ HIGH FREQ controls respectively I hese are most like the common Bass and Ireble controls on a stereo system The Parametric EQ boosts or cuts the frequen cles within a selected band that Is defined by a center frequency EQ PARA FREQ and a width control EQ PARA WIDTH Usually the gain of a narrow parametric band Is typically reduced to The Setup Button overcome room or undesirable guitar resonances
77. led over USB and instead the MIDI in and out connectors function for MIDI gt GLOBAL NATURALPLAY When this parameter is enabled it forces all harmony to a predefined NATURALPLAY mode for all presets This is for use when multiple inputs are used simultaneously yet only one is to be ac cepted for harmony control The default for this parameter is OFF gt 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 and scale is configurable per preset gt GLOBAL TAP TEMPO When set to ON all presets with Delay SOURCE set to TAP will share the same tempo When set to OFF default the presets tempo is recalled with a preset but can be changed via TAP 42 gt TUNEREF This trims the overall tuning reference for Har mony and Hardtune with respect to A 440 Hz This is used when an accompanying instrument has changed overall pitch such as a piano that is in tune with itself but not with A 440 The Setup Button GUITAR Tab Overview This tab offers control of a suite of processing effects for the guitar input hese effects are only applicable when the guitar is mixed through the signal path of VoiceLive Rack and not externally via the GUITAR THRU jack and on to an ampli fi
78. miliar with setting manual gate parameters there is also a MANUAL setting on this page 17 The Tone Button EQ Tab Overview The EQ tab Is where you control the tone shap ing of your voice It is where you can turn the ADAPTIVE feature on and off for the SHAPE EQ EQ Tab With ADAPTIVE On When the ADAPTIVE control is set to ON the factory default most of the adjustment is done automatically so fewer controls are required These are e ADAPTIVE ON OFF SHAPE AMOUNT e WARMTH ON OFF e ADAPTIVE ON OFF This activates the automatic EQ algorithm and changes the control set for the EQ tab When set to ON this places an X in the ADAPTIVE check box in the TONE tab and allows editing of the SHAPE control in that tab When set to OFF this presents the manual parametric EC controls and removes the check in the ADAPTIVE box on the TONE tab gt SHAPE This is a duplicate of the SHAPE control found on the TONE tab discussed previously gt WARMTH This control returns a narrow band of low fre quencies for singers who prefer this sound The majority of the mud frequencies are still re duced automatically when using this control EQ Tab With ADAPTIVE Off Turning 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 e All band fully parametric peak dip control e High band shelving The two Shelving EQs boo
79. mony voices and the Harmony Doubling and Double voices if they are active CHOIR ON OFF The Edit Button 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 gt HUMANIZE STYLE The term humanize simply means the applica tion of processes designed to increase realism All harmony modes usually benefit from care ful application of humanization styles that make each harmony voice respond with small pitch and timing variations different from your voice Each Humanize Style configures each of the four voices differently Voice has slightly different parameter values than say Voice 4 in the same style but all four voices will work together to produce a use ful overall effect The various Humanization styles consist of varl ous amounts of the following modifiers e Onset pitch events This is also known as scooping which adds a generated pitch tra jectory for each new note that Is different than the sung note Pitch modulation a random wave genera tor wobbles the pitch in non periodic ways to simulate even the finest singers pitch variation e Timing delay and modulation Singers are unable to start notes at the same time with the exactness of a machine so this algorithm applies slight delays to the onset of notes and then adds modulated time
80. n Duplicates the switch on Tone is active an MP 75 mic to activate switched parameters Tap at song tempo to set delay time in Home mode Back Panel Connect dynamic or condenser mic here Input gain and phantom power on off located in Setup menu Passes dry guitar signal to an amplifier or PA Connection here will remove guitar from the main mix INPUTS MIC THRU GUITAR Attachment gt push port for NES 1 Kensington lock STEREO Connect TRS balanced or unbalanced cable from mixer here A guitar connected here can guide Harmony and Hardtune effects If Thru is not connected guitar is mixed to main outputs with dedicated effects Hardware MIDI ports allow remote harmony and preset control from MIDI keyboards etc Ensure USB Control is set to Off in Setup menu to use this input S PDIF output always avallable Full Mix or Vo cal amp Guitar LR config ured in Setup menu THRU oU UT IN Mei TWO MIDI S PDIF digital input can Connect optional T C Helicon be fed dry to analog mix Switch 3 footswitch here for V outs or used as vocal and additional control per preset wo instrument LR inputs for effect processing or globally Auxiliary input from mp3 player can be mixed to outputs and be used to guide Har mony and Hardtune Main outputs are balanced and default output is stereo Mono and dual mono modes are configured in Setup me
81. n assign a single parameter such as Tempo for example to the mic switch and this will not change over different presets The settings in this global MIC CONTROL menu are almost identical to the one used in the preset Edit menu except that GLOBAL MIC CONTROL replaces the FUNC TION parameter CONTROL When turned to ON this enables effect control from the mic The front panel Mic Control button can similarly be used when the MIC CONTROL setting Is set to COPY MIC SWITCH Note that this will also turn on phantom power in VoiceLive Rack if it is not already active To avoid unexpected audio pops mute your mixer first Setting CONTROL to OFF does not de activate phantom power gt GLOBAL MIC CONTROL When set to OFF this reverts the Mic Control target to whatever Is assigned in the individual presets he target list is the same as when global Mic Control is off except for the addition of the OFF setting E e HARMONY MOMENT DELAY MOMENT e HARDTUNE MOMENT e TRANS MOMENT e REVERB MOMENT s UMOD MOMENT DOUBLE MOMENT e RHYTHMIC MOMENT 47 e HARMONY e DELAY e HARDTUNE e RANS e REVERB e UMOD e DOUBLE d 2 x ai e HARMONY HOLD e EMPO e CHOIR e PITCH e 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 Harmony Hold is a feature that sustains the last harmony syllable indefi
82. nitely as you hold the Mic Control button gt MIC CONTROL button This setting affects the function of the front panel MIC CON T ROL button This button can be configured to mimic the response of the MP 75 thumb switch or to directly access the MIC CONTROL editing tab Setting this to COPY MIC SWITCH allows a quick check of the MIC CONTROL function as you will see the target assignments button light e g Harmony When set to HOLD TO EDIT hold ing the MIC CON TROL front panel button will display the appropriate edit tab in the display The Setup Button SWITCH3 Tab Overview This edit tab allows you to globally set the target for each of the 3 switches on the T C Helicon Switch3 footswitch gt SWITCH FUNCTION OFF e BYPASS s STEP UP e STEP DOWN e PRESET UP e PRESET DOWN e HARMONY DELAY e HARDIUNE e TRANSDUCER e REVERB s UMOD e DOUBLE e RHYTHMIC e HARMONY HOLD e CHOIR BENE s GUITAR FX amp SET KET gt SWITCH 2 FUNCTION Same as above gt 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 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 assignments Global as signment of the SWITCH target is
83. nto the current preset Now you can select different presets and or touch the effect blocks uMod Delay Reverb etc to turn them on and off within the cur enr prese 10 Basic Operation gt Selecting presets There are over 200 factory programmed presets in VoiceLive Rack Presets are loaded as soon as the name appears in the LCD window To select presets Ensure the Home button LED is lit 2 Turn the large encoder wheel Detents in this wheel allow increment and decrement by Or 3 Touch the Navigate up or down arrows to browse by single presets gt Searching for presets using tags The Wizard function organizes the presets by user selected tag filters and alphabetically so you can search more effectively for them he Wizard also allows you to locate but not automatically load a new preset while another is currently ac tive To search for presets using the Wizard Touch the Wizard button 2 Use the Mix knobs to select the Sort function and or to choose up to 3 tag criteria 3 Turn the large encoder to view the filtered results 4 Press the Wizard button to load the highlight ed preset gt Using Harmony or Hardtune presets with a connected instrument or music track Presets that have the Harmony or Hardtune but tons lit require a musical reference in order to sound musically correct VoiceL ive Rack automati cally senses which input is connected see follow ing in order to use
84. nu OUTPUTS STREO mmmn EFT RIGb MORNO ma HONG ey JALMONO m VOCAL A UTAR N 1 1 L h X A GND LIFT If ground buzz is heard in your PA push the Ground Lift in Otherwise leave it out USB I O connects to a computer for audio I O and system functions such as preset backup and version updates AC cable strain relief minimizes shutdowns due to cable pulling WOICELIVE RACK ed i 12v LOA POWER Connect supplied AC adaptor here Quick Start gt a Connections Turn down your mixer channel or main PA volume Connect a Mic or Line level input from the mixer to the respective input jack on Voicel ive Rack Connect the XLR or TRS stereo outputs to your mixer PA Connect the supplied AC adaptor to the unit and press the POWER button in gt b Set input level 25 3 Select preset 6 BRIGHT DOUBLE with the Touch the Bypass button so it flashes Touch the Input Gain button Sing or start playback while watching the IN meter in the display Adjust the IN GAIN setting with the knob below the onscreen parameter until no CLIP message occurs Touch Home to exit Input Gain setup c First audio large wheel or the Navigate up down arrows Sing or start dry vocal playback then raise your monitors PA level until you hear the VoiceLive Rack output at a comfortable volume Touch the Bypass button to hear the effect programmed i
85. ny reference can be guitar MIDI or MP3 input Global adaptive tone and auto chromatic pitch correction effects e Mic Control feature allows remote effects con trol with included MP 5 mic e 400 user presets e USB for audio streaming updates and backup to computer Discrete guitar mixing and effects to main output MP 75 Mic Warranty To view the general warranty for T C Helicon products click below or visit www tc helicon com support warranty Table of Contents SARIN a diia rS 5 qc id INTRODUCTION lens 2 MAREA obe qe dart poete ded edi phe ted Z FRONT PANEL ia hz es li Ge oe Se ee Be id 7 BACK PANEL 9 QUICKSTART ss ose dion ba ee oe oe 10 BASIC OPERATION 2 2 2 a E Searching Tor presets e ose Faroe tsp Re Tee qi t MOGIVING e corri eos eS be nA REO 12 A lat ee AAA 2 dgsunethe G ltal Tedtiles o o dae veo EARS pi Phantom Mono MIDI etc the Setup menu 13 Zxdjustbis te Tone SNE ada 13 Preset chaining With the Step Teatule scseek haeres 3 PenOMMine a Globe eset teoria 3 Restoring individual presets to factory settings 14 Mic Control and Footswitch assignmentS 14 THE TONE BUTTON I5 T O T E 5 The TONE TSDtes veda lasted Sees dress 5 The ADAPTIVE Check BOXES 352a dk XR eR e d es 5 SHAPE ia daa gr rre do ed ed V Pantin 5 COPINES Ei reps eie dies dns eae ewes l6 palio crc c wee ee a Rta eae ko ks
86. o input your key The previous assignment of the 5 footswitches will temporarily be replaced by the key setting functions 6 he key will become active immediately unless you press the Cancel footswitch If you have a guitar connected this makes key set ting with Switch3 even easier Simply play a major or minor chord that you want to use as the key then tap the Set Key button on the footswitch The chord you play will be recognized automati cally Note that the Key you set is global so you can try other presets with your song without enter ing Key again lo configure presets so they can save different keys and scales set the GLOBAL KEY SCALE parameter in the SYSTEM tab of the Setup menu to OFF If youre lucky the first time you ll be rewarded with musically appropriate Harmony and or Hardtune effects musically following your whole chorus or song If not you can try the following Detailed Operation e 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 5rd High interval Create a 5tep to change Key at the right mo ments with the Switch 3 footswitch or MIDI command e Move on to the next options listed singing to Music Playback VoiceLive Rack can derive musical information from fully mixed music tracks For this alternative you ll need e Music source device This could be an MP3 player computer CD
87. oad browse and load further presets The TAG list contains HARMONY ABOVE HARMONY BELOW HARMONY ABV BEL HARMONY NOTES CHOIR OCTAVES DOUBLE BIG VOCALS AMBIENCE LONG AMBIENCE SHORT TAP DELAY MODULATION WET DRY HARD TUNE MEGAPHONE DISTORTION EXTREME CHARACTER CORRECT SIMPLE COVERS NO HARMONY USER The Wizard Button gt The TAG tab This tab allows you to assign or remove the assignment of tag criteria for each preset he Factory presets have been assigned tags but you can change them as you like for easier browsing in the Wizard This feature is most useful when creating your own custom presets because as you build up a large quantity of presets over time the Wizard can help you to find them again lo mandge preset tags k 2 Load the preset you want to change tags for If you re not already at the TAG tab press the Wizard button and tab over to it Use either the Data Wheel or the knob under the SELECT TAG 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 Use the ON gt lt OFF knob to remove or add tag assignments You can assign as many or as few as you want Note that too many tags reduces the value of the tag feature and zero tags will not show the current preset when a tag is applied Press the Store button twice to store the new assignment his will store the preset and
88. od results If you are In a quiet low volume musical environment This can be set to MANUAL If you have more challenging requirements When the GATE is set to MANUAL an additional parameter HRESH OLD is displayed gt LEAD ATTEN This controls how much your lead voice level is reduced attenuated when your voice falls below the Gate threshold and the Gate closes This set ting applies whether the GATE is set to ADAP TIVE or MANUAL The factory default setting of 3 dB a reduction of 3 dB Is gentle enough that if your voice strays below the threshold it is not cut off completely If you are in a feedback prone environment loud monitors plus Shape and Compress on you can increase this to reduce more A setting of O 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 gt HARMATTEN This sets the amount of attenuation for the Harmony and Doubling voices when the Gate closes hey have a separate attenuation setting to reduce chatter caused by instrument sounds entering the mic and being harmonized when 21 you arent singing The factory default attenua tion amount of 10 dB should work well in many situations but you can further reduce the level if you still hear harmonized instrumental chattering when you stop singing gt THRESHOLD MANUAL Gate Only This parameter becomes visible when the GATE has been switched to MANUAL The THRESH O
89. ol VoiceLive Rack from a Switch footswitch Connect the TRS cable that came with your Switch3 between the footswitch and VoiceLive Racks PEDAL input 2 Press either of the footswitches and see it change presets and activate Bypass hese are the default assignments If this is the desired operation there is no further setup required To change global control assignments for the Switch3 Locate the SWITCH3 tab in the Setup menu to browse and adjust the footswitch functions 2 Press Home to exit The settings are automati cally stored 3 Press the footswitches to confirm their correct operation Detailed Operation To change Switchs assignment to individual 5 Program your transmitting MIDI controller preset control or sequencer application to send any further messages to VoiceLive Rack Set the GLOBAL parameter in the SWITCH3 tab of the Setup menu to OFF See he Setup Menu MIDI Tab and the MIDI Implementation chart for complete details on 2 Press Edit and locate the SWITCH tab VoiceLive Racks MIDI parameters and individual 3 Adjust the functions as desired controller messages respectively 4 Press Store twice to save your new assign ments to the current preset 5 Press Home to exit then press the footswitch buttons to confirm correct operation MIDI Remote Control MIDI commands can be very useful if you want to automate certain tasks his can be as simple as sending a preset change
90. ootswitch must be on to feed this send gt LEAD LEVEL Controls the lead dry Tone voice level when the individual effect is turned on with its respec tive footswitch This allows a unique wet dry mix for individual effects When 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 The Edit Button HARDTUNE Tab gt HARDTUNE KEY Sets Hard lunes source for musical information Most pitch correction products require either scale information offline editing or MIDI perfor mance to yield correction VoiceLive Rack goes one further and allows you to play your guitar or MIDI keyboard normally and get the Hardtune effect When HARD I UNE KEY is set to FOLLOW HARMONY the Hard Tune effect will follow the same source as the harmony voices I hus e f a guitar or MIDI keyboard is controlling your harmony voices it would also control the Hard lune effect e f Harmony is set to a fixed Key and Scale these same parameters will be used by the Hardtune effect e When Harmony is set to SHIFT MIDI NOTES or MIDI NOTES 4 CHAN Hard Tune will use its own key and scale parameters When HARD TUNE KEY is set to MANUAL CUSTOM a different Key and Scale may be set with the KEY and SCALE parameters at the bot tom of the tab gt HARD
91. ou will see the name of the preset stored at the current number and when you stop the name of your new preset will replace it All of the presets can be overwritten by new ones if desired When stored at a location for merly occupied by an un edited Factory preset the new preset becomes a User preset See the MANAGE PRESET tab description following for details on how to restore deleted or overwritten Presets Note Unlike other menus where the previously used tab appears when exiting and then re enter ing the menu the Store menu always presents the STORE PRESET tab regardless of whether other another tab in the Store menu had been used previously The Store Button MANAGE PRESET Tab This tab contains various preset filing options gt SEND PRESET TO MIDI SYSEX This parameter provides an alternative to the VoiceSupport application for offloading individual presets for backup MIDI SYSEX is an abbrevia tion of MIDI System Exclusive which is the digital format used to transmit presets To use this feature you must be connected to a computer running a MIDI librarian program or to a hardware MIDI sequencer Connection can be made via USB or by the physical MIDI OUT jack on the back panel of VoiceLive Rack When con necting with a computer via a USB cable ensure that the USB CONTROL parameter in the SYS TEM tab of the Setup menu is set to ON When using the a IMIDI cable connected to the physical MIDI OUT jack en
92. playing it on a keyboard This mode is for people who want to arrange their harmony vocals exactly and have key board playing skills VWWhen set to NOTES the Harmony DOUBLING parameter determines interesting layering of the 8 available harmony voices MIDI NOTES 4 CHAN This is the same as MIDI NOTES mode with the difference that each 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 prtch bend movement The Edit Button 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 that disappear when changing modes are not listed Note that each of the following modes has it s own unique selection of Styles NATURALPLAY SCALE Mode gt KEY amp SCALE These two parameters set a fixed key and scale for Harmony and Hardtune effects There are three major and three minor scales to choose from For more information on these scales see the Scales Diagram A custom scale can also be selected for Harmony only where the relationship of each harmony voice to a given input note can be defined by you In the majority of presets the default custom scale is defined to give drone notes based on the selected key gt VI toV4VOICING The voicing alternatives change in SCALE mode and they are displ
93. pression You can see your 20 input level on the IN meter on the Home screen A good setting for experimentation is 10 dB gt RATIO This sets how much gain reduction you prefer when your voice level goes above the threshold The range is from no gain reduction to 4 maximum vocal gain reduction he default set ting for RATIO is 4 1 The number on the left side of the colon symbol is how loud the peaks in your singing have to be in order to achieve a dB gain increase A brief example of how adjusting the ratio of com pressor works Is this say a word you sang went 4 dB over the threshold when the Ratio was set to 4 The compressor would only allow it to go dB louder Note that the RATIO control has to be set above 1 0 1 0 1 to apply any compression regardless of the setting of the THRESHOLD Also note that automatic makeup gain occurs depending on your combination of THRESHOLD and RATIO A side effect of compression is that it can reduce apparent level until makeup gain is applied to raise the overall level The Tone Button GATE Tab Overview The Gate feature can assist In Minimizing feedback 2 Reducing the amount of audible effects pro cessing on sounds entering the mic other than your VOICE gt GATE This sets the Gate type The factory default is ADAPTIVE which performs automatic level as sessment for the average musical setting You can also turn the gate to OFF with go
94. put gain automatically Touch the Bypass button so it flashes 2 Hold the Input Gain button until the SING YOUR LOUDEST prompt is visible in the display Sing or start playback for approximately 5 seconds he audio output will be muted The GAIN CHANGE amount will be shown in dB at the end of the sampling period If you re satisfied with the level adjustment tap the Input Gain button to unmute the outputs and jacks only No input level trimming is offered return to the previous display menu when the USB or S PDIF Digital inputs are set e to VOX L INST R e Using standard audio caution mute the chan nel receiving input from VoiceLive Rack when adjusting input level The test period will not begin until input is detected If none is detected a timeout will re vert the display to the previous display menu Manual Gain Adjustment To set input gain manually Touch the Bypass button so it flashes 2 Touch the Input Gain button 3 Sing or start playback while 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 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 35 The Wizard Button
95. r to load presets on demand Touch to access Store menu for presets and setups as well as man agement features Displays preset name and number in Home mode or all edit parameters in edit modes IN Displays preset steps if any Count and current step in Home mode PRESET 0 Displays parameter remote controlled by Mic control feature us ing optional MP 75 mic MIC COMTROL 1 HARMONY m LEA In Home screen turning Mix knobs detent will temporarily display 4 global mix values then allow adjustment In all edit modes Mix knobs are used to adjust parameter values Touch Home to exit any menu and set screen to show main preset display Touch to access Edit menu and parameters or touch Home to exit Main wheel locates presets in Home mode and selects rows in edit modes Navigate arrows will increment decrement presets by in Home mode or select rows in edit modes Tab Step arrows cycle Tab Step arrows cycle through preset step through tabs in edit chain if any and allow modes management of step chains in Home mode Front Panel Touch to activate adap Touch any to engage tive EQ compression Touch to activate auto effects or hold to jump de ess and gate or hold chromatic pitch cor directly to the effect s boschi rection or hold to edit edit menu correction settings Hardtune Double Harmony Mic Control Mutes all processing except Ione whe
96. rb is active tapping the front panel Reverb button will turn this effect on or off globally As such reverb will remain on or off respectively as you load different presets A pop up will appear in the display briefly showing global Reverb on or off status Holding the Reverb button to edit while global Reverb Is active will present the global REVERB tab from the Setup menu and light the Setup button gt STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choose a pre programmed reverb style you like gt LEVEL Sets the mix level for the Reverb effect gt WIDTH Sets the stereo imaging of the Reverb effect 076 is mono 00 is fully stereo gt DECAY Sets the length of the reverb tail from QmS to 20 seconds Note that due to 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 gt 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 gt HI FACTOR This allows you to raise or lower the level of the high band of the Reverb tail independently EARLY REFLECTIONS TAIL LEVEL These parameters allow you to attain the right balance between reflections you would hear
97. referred to as Glide in synthesizers The range of values equals approximately how long the upwards or down wards slide will take to reach each new note Set ting each voice to different values greatly assists the illusion of other singers singing with you gt VI toV4 SMOOTHING At low values Smoothing acts like pitch correc tion for the harmony voices With the voices corrected like this some Portamento is usually 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 harmonies sound more natural gt VI toV4 GENDER Each voice has its own timbre adjustment in the form of the GENDER control Values below U lend each voice a more masculine and deeper ef fect and values above 0 lend a more feminine or thinner effect The Edit Button gt LEAD LEVEL Controls the lead dry Tone voice level when the individual effect is turned on with its respec tive footswitch This allows a unique wet dry mix for individual effects When 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 gt CHOIR This is a duplicate of the CHOIR ON OFF parameter from the
98. return you to the TAG tab Press Home to exit 37 The Setup Button Overview The Setup menu brings together all of the global configuration settings Changes made in these tabs are automatically stored for the next power up session lf 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 38 The Setup Button The I O Tab gt IN GAIN Sets and displays the MIC LINE input level Both inputs share the same gain settings and are not meant to be used simultaneously switching from a Mic to a Line level signal will likely require resetting IN GAIN To set input level automatically use the AUTO MIC GAIN function by holding the Input Gain button and following the prompts When any digital input is selected USB or SPDIF the IN GAIN does not control the digital input level Use your transmitting device to adjust level gt PHANTOM Turns 48V phantom power on and off for use with condenser microphones gt AUX LEVEL Set the input level of for the Aux input gt OUTPUT The configures the outputs to be STEREO de fault MONO or DUAL MONO The STEREO option outputs discrete Left and Right audio material when connected to a stereo monitor or PA system In MONO mode the Left output is the
99. s gt SPLITDIR Split Direction Sets whether MIDI notes ABOVE or BELOW the split point are used to control MIDI NOTES presets only gt SPLITNOTE Sets the MIDI note above or below which the keyboard split will be active 41 gt SYSEXID MIDI System Exclusive ID number When ad dressing multiple VoiceLive 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 gt VIBBOOST Specifies how the Mod Wheel message affects vibrato if it is enabled in a preset The Boost setting default will add more vibrato once the part of the wheel movement reaches the corre sponding amount of vibrato and then returns to the original amount at rest position The Manual setting allows full range control of vibrato once the wheel is moved lo restore the factory vibrato amount recall the preset gt PBRANGE Pitchbend Range Sets the range in semitones that MIDI pitch bend information will alter voice pitch shifts The Setup Button The SYSTEM Tab gt LCD CONTRAST Sets the contrast level of the LCD display Use ful for better viewing at different angles and light conditions gt USB CONTROL Setting this parameter ON should only be done when USB is connected When this is ON the MIDI in and out connectors are disabled and instead MIDI is routed in and out via the USB connector only When USB CONTROL is set to OFF MIDI is disab
100. s keeping you up to date with the latest T C Helicon news items and support materials VoiceSupport simplifies system updates preset backups and product registration We recommend you install VoiceSupport check to see If any new firmware updates are available and if they are to download them to your unit To install VoiceSupport on a PC or Mac Point your browser to www tc helicon com products voicesupport 2 Click on the download link for the computer type you have 3 Follow the prompts to install VoiceSupport on your computer There is an online manual available on the down load page or from within the application 32 The first time you open VoiceSupport 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 connection button For further troubleshooting check the following link FAO Knowledge Base VoiceLive Rack and Digital Audio Here are a few common methods of using Voice Live Rack with a USB connected computer and an audio application DAW e Capturing a full mix of your performance e Processing vocals from your DAW Recording dry vocal and guitar tracks We assume you are familiar with configuring your audio applic
101. se set the musical map that the Hard lune ef fect will correct to only when HARDTUNE KEY is set to MANUAL CUSTOM The manual scale selection is different from the ones available for Harmony They are Major e Minor Har harmonic minor e Minor Nat natural minor e Minor Asc ascending melodic minor e Chromatic no key or scale required The Edit Button The key that is set in the HARMONY tab will be displayed but not editable when the current pre set Is based on Scale Harmony and HARDTUNE KEY is set to FOLLOW HARMONY gt NOTE amp ENABLED These are applicable when you wish to edit a custom scale for HARD I UNE A custom scale is Indicated by a series of dashes 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 disabled For example o o oo o o o would represent a major scale in any key the octave up note is implied by the root note 62 The Edit Button DOUBLE Tab Overview The Double effect uses the same type of Human ization technology as in the Harmony effect to create up to four overdubbed versions of your voice he four voices are set to
102. sent in distorted styles The Edit Button gt TRANSDUCER IN and OUT GAIN These act similarly to a guitar distortion pedal or an amplifier with input gain and master level con trols IN GAIN boosts or attenuates the amount of distortion for the distortion type selected When you adjust the IN GAIN parameter Just like a guitar amplifier the overall level of the effect goes up and down Use the OUT GAIN control to adjust the output level of the Transducer block to properly balance the current preset with the others gt 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 the filter WIDTH sets how narrow or wide the filter will be set Note that excessive boost of certain narrow frequen cles can induce feedback with even the best monitor equipment and placement 72 The Edit Button RHYTHMIC Tab Overview Using the Rhythmic features tap tempo can pro duce stuttering and panning effects on your lead Harmony and Double voices in time with your MUSIC Using the Rhythmic Features Select a Rhythmic based preset In the factory presets they are located at numbers 208 21 6 Otherwise you can press the Rhythmic button in any preset to hear an example of this effect 2
103. sicians Choose a simple song to start with Determine the Key of your song this is often the first or last chord in a song with out extensions For example G Major is a valid Key Gm b5 is not To set key from the front panel Both harmony and Hardtune use the same key and this is set in the HARMONY edit tab Load a preset with Harmony active A good one to start with is 3 CLOSE UP 3RD 2 Hold the Harmony button 3 Set the KEY and SCALE parameters on the top line to the key of your song f these parameters are not visible the Natu ralPlay algorithm in VoiceLive Rack has recognized input from erther the AUX IN GUITAR IN or MIDI inputs and has configured itself to derive guidance from that input In this case you can a Cycle the power off and on and ensure no connections are made to the inputs noted above 27 b Set the GLOBAL NATURALPLAY parameter in the SYSTEM tab of the Setup menu to SCALE This will disable the auto input sensing feature of NaturalPlay To set key using the Switch 5 footswitch You can connect the optional Switch3 footswitch for direct access to Key setting during perfor mance Connect the Switch3 to the PEDAL input 2 Set any of the footswitches to SET KEY in the SWITCH tab of the Setup menu 3 Load a harmony preset to sing through 4 Tap the footswitch you assigned to Set Key in step 2 5 Note the prompt in Voicel ive Racks display and use the footswitches t
104. singing voice as the pitch refer ence where Just intonation uses the root of the current chord played via MIDI gt HARMONY EQ The Harmony EQ settings are separate from the Global TONE control This allows customizing of the EQ of the Harmony and Double voices sepa rately trom your lead voice For a description of the controls see EO Tab With ADAP TIVE Off gt LEAD LEVEL Controls the lead dry Tone voice level when the individual effect is turned on with its respec tive footswitch This allows a unique wet dry mix for individual effects When 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 The Edit Button for any signal to get to the effect block when LEAD LEVEL is set to OFF gt NATURALPLAY This parameter defines how VoiceLive Rack derives the musical information that makes 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 below AUTO INPUT SENSE Most harmony presets are based on this mode his mode automati cally decides which of th
105. st 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 controls on a stereo system The Parametric EQ boosts or cuts the frequen cies within a selected band that is defined by a center frequency PARA FREQ and a width control PARA WIDTH For vocals the gain of a narrow parametric band is typically reduced to overcome room or voice resonances and smooth the sound although experienced users may boost a band felt to be missing in a particular voice as well The three GAIN controls allow 12 dB of adjustment The 3 FREQ controls range from 20 Hz to 20 kHz LOW GAIN Boosts or cuts the range of frequencies below the frequency set by the LOW FREQ control gt LOW FREQ Allows you to define the frequency range for the low shelf by choosing the highest frequency below which boosting or cutting Is possible gt HIGH GAIN Boosts or cuts the range of frequencies above the frequency set by the LOW FREQ control The Tone Button gt HIGH FREQ Defines the frequency range for the high shelf with the selection of the lowest frequency above which boosting or cutting Is possible gt PARA GAIN Boosts or cuts the band of frequencies centered at the setting of the PARA FREQ control and its associated WIDTH gt PARA FREQ Defines the center of the parametric band gt PARAWIDTH Defines how narrow
106. sted highs and compression that they can become piercing VoiceLive Rack s DE ESS control monitors the level of sibilance and when it is detected will quickly and transparently reduce it Typically it s The Tone Button only briefly required and it then gets out of the way allowing the silky brightness to remain on the voiced portion of your singing There is only the single DE ESS control no other manual adjustment settings are required he factory setting of 5076 gently reduces sibilance without becoming obvious Higher settings of compression and Shape or a bright sibilant voice may require a higher setting gt GATE When set to the factory default of ADAPTIVE the GATE control on the Tone Edit screen helps in two very important ways by Minimizing 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 arent singing the gate will close and block sounds around you The Adaptive Gate in VoiceLive Rack works au tomatically with your singing style to provide the optimum balance between how loud you have to sing to open the gate and how much other noises are reduced For troublesome audio environments or for those who are fa
107. sure the USB CONTROL parameter is set to OFF To send a preset via MIDI Sysex Highlight the row containing the SEND PRE SET parameter 2 Locate the desired preset number using the leftmost knob USER and FACTORY presets are shown as such blank presets are shown by a number innn 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 gt ERASE USER PRESET This parameter allows you to restore a user edited preset to its factory settings This action is not undo able so backup your user presets if you want to keep them 50 lo erase a user DIESCE Highlight the row containing the ERASE pa rameter 2 Choose a preset to erase with the leftmost knob Note that only presets shown as USER are erase able 3 Set the CONFIRM setting to YES with the rightmost knob Press the Store button to complete the action A pop up will show status gt CLEAN PRESET BANK This function will periodically run automatically on VoiceLive Rack when a large number of preset stores have been executed lo avoid this optimi zation sequence happening during performance scroll to this item and press STORE to run the optimization routine It takes approximately 2 minutes The Store Button STORE SETUP Overview In this tab you can name and store setup profiles A profile is a collection of all Setup menu pa rameters that can
108. t Notes USB audio output will not function when either of the SPDIF STEREO or SPDIF VOX EINST R options is chosen for the DIGITAL IN parameter SPDIF digital output is always available regardless of DIGITAL IN or OUT settings Detailed Operation Audio Device Name In the Mac and Windows operating systems and with most audio apps you can select VoiceLive Racks audio device by name In some Windows XP DAW apps however the name of the audio device may be Analog Connector n VoiceLive Rack or USB Audio Device USB and MIDI Control To use VoiceLive Racks 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 through VoiceLive Rack s MIDI IN jack and not via USB To re enable VoiceSupports features and recep tion of MIDI from your DAW turn USB CON TROL to ON 34 The Input Gain Button Overview Trimming the input level entering VoiceLive Racks analog to digital converter is essential for prevent ing unwanted distortion and minimizing noise This convenient front panel button offers quick access to this parameter phantom power on off and higher resolution metering Input level is a digitally controlled analog circuit which is useful for recall using the Setup Pro files feature Input gain is adjusted for the Mic or Line input To set in
109. t values greatly assists the illusion of other singers singing with you gt VI toV5 SMOOTHING At low values Smoothing acts like pitch correc tion for the harmony voices With the voices corrected like this some Portamento is usually The Edit Button 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 harmonies sound more natural When NATURALPLAY is set to MIDI NOTES high values of smoothing will sound out of tune gt GUITAR CHORDS This parameter changes the harmony note response to DOM guitar chords only At the default setting ACCEPT DOM 7 whenever you play a dominant th chord and the combination of your singing note and harmony voicing is set to produce a th harmony you ll hear the th In a song composed largely of DOM 7 chords it s not that easy to sing a melody composed of all of the ths and thus many harmony singers move to the chord root instead Broadly speaking this is also a difference between a Pop sounding har mony and a more Bluesy harmony sound This is what the IGNORE DOM 7 setting does gt HOLD RELEASE This varies the amount of time it takes for any notes sustained with the Harmony Hold feature only available with the Switch3 footswitch or MP 75 mic with Mic Control to decay after the switch is rele
110. tail The values range from 25 to 25 gt DUCKING AMOUNT This sets how much attenuation gain reduc tion is applied to the reverb signal when a vocal Is present For ducking to not be too obvious a slight reduction of 6 is best The DUCKING parameter must be set to ON for this to have any effect gt DUCKING TIME Ducking time sets how long it takes to ramp up the reverb level at the end of vocal phrases gt LEAD to REV Sets the amount of lead level sent into the Re verb block This and the remaining send and Lead Level parameters are not stored as part of the styles gt HARM to REV Sets the amount of harmony level sent into the Reverb block Harmonies must be on to feed this send gt DEL to REV This allows you to feed the reverb block with the effected output of the delay block The DELAY effect button must be on to feed this send gt LEAD LEVEL Controls the lead dry Tone voice level when the individual effect is turned on with its respec tive footswitch This allows a unique wet dry mix for individual effects When 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 The Setup Button MIC CONTROL Tab Overview This tab allows Mic Control from a C Helicon IMP 5 mic to assigned globally You ca
111. the tall where high values O to 25 make the tall smoother sounding The Edit Button gt 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 gt SPEED This controls the rate of pitch modulation set by the DEPTH parameter his modulation adds complexity and slight chorusing between the reverb tail and the input voice The values range from 25 to 25 gt DEPTH This controls the amount of pitch modulation applied to the reverb tail The values range from LIO Los gt DUCKING AMOUNT This sets how much attenuation gain reduc tion is applied to the reverb signal when a vocal Is present For ducking to not be too obvious a slight reduction of 6 is best The DUCKING parameter must be set to ON for this to have any effect gt DUCKING TIME Ducking time sets how long it takes to ramp up the reverb level at the end of vocal phrases gt LEAD to REV Sets the amount of lead level sent into the Re verb block This and the remaining send and Lead Level parameters are not stored as part of the styles 60 gt HARM to REV Sets the amount of harmony level sent into the Reverb block Harmonies must be on to feed this send gt DEL to REV This allows you to feed the reverb block with the effected output of the delay block The DELAY f
112. 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 The Edit Button REVERB Tab Overview Reverb Is the arguably the most common vocal effect It can add a spaciousness that softens the abrupt beginnings and endings of lyric phrases Many reverb types are meant to imitate the natu ral sound of spaces like churches clubs and halls but not all Some reverb effects are recreations of electro mechanical effects meant to imitate real spaces like plates and springs Reverbs are made up of early reflections and the longer reverberant sounds known as the tails There are usually controls to control the balance of room level and tail Additionally a small delay can be added between the dry voice and the reverb signal that adds clarity by briefly separat ing the dry voice from tts reverb By far the most important 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 gt STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choose a pre programmed reverb style you like gt LEVEL Sets the mix level for the Reverb effect gt WIDTH Sets the stereo imaging of the Reverb effect 076 is mono 100 is fully stereo gt DECAY Sets the length of the reverb tail from QmS to 20 seconds Note that due to the complex nature of Reverb algorithms a decay time of 4 secon
113. ton to enter the Setup menu 2 Use the lab Step and Navigate arrow buttons to locate parameters then make changes with the Mix knobs 3 Touch Home to exit gt Adjusting the Tone settings The goal of the single Tone button with rts adapt ing Shape EQ compression de essing and gate is that adjustment is done automatically If however you want to make manual adjustments they are easy to perform To change the lone settings Hold the Tone button to reveal rts menu in the display 2 In the first TONE tab sing while you make general adjustments such as adjusting bright ness and bass rolloff via the SHAPE control or increasing or reducing compression amount with the COMPRESS control 3 Use the Tab Step arrows to tab over to the individual effects and disable the ADAPTIVE parameter if desired This will reveal additional manual adjustment settings gt Preset chaining with the Step feature Each preset can consist of up to 10 steps that you can step through using the Tab Step arrow buttons or a footswitch Steps can be edits of the starting preset or other presets copied into the slots lo add a step to a preset Locate the desired starting preset and hold the right Step arrow button 2 Follow the onscreen prompts to insert and delete steps in your chain Note that inserted steps are automatically stored See Restoring below to return the preset to its original state gt Performing a
114. unison intervals as opposed to the move able intervals available for the harmony voices Unlike simple detune or micro shift techniques available with the uMod effect Double simulates the sound of a vocalist overdubbing their vocal part multiple times Many of the edit parameters for the Doubling tab are the same as for Harmony tab gt STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choose a pre programmed Double style you like This allows you to quickly choose an effect close to what you want instead of having to go directly into the individual parameters each time gt LEVEL Sets the level for the overall Double effect in the current preset gt HUMANIZE STYLE These apply small pitch and time variations to simulate natural variation in human singing For more information see HUMANIZE STYLE in the HARMONY Tab section preceeding gt HUMANIZE AMOUNT Increases or decreases the amount of Humanize variations to the Double voices only gt VI toV4 PAN Each voice may have a unique pan position here are 100 possible steps in each of the left and right pan positions gt VI 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 O dB Full gt VI toV4 PORTA Each voice has its own Portamento time Porta mento Is a delayed response to the pitch move ment of your singing voice It is also

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