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1. S J SELECT SCROLL S M NG A Front Panel Description 1 Power Pressing the Power Switch downwards engages power The boot up sequence takes approximately 10 seconds 2 Network and Activity LEDs These LEDs show network status 3 Home This button allows preset information to be viewed previewed and recalled 4 Utility The group of Tabs accessed with the Utility Button configure I O System MIDI and other non preset parameters 5 Help Context sensitive help can be viewed by pressing the Help Button 6 Tap Delay times can be controlled by tapping in a tempo 7 Display VoicePro utilizes a 320x240 pixel colour display to represent all feedback and control information 8 Harmony Accesses the tabs for controlling the 4 intelligent Hybrid Shifting algorithms for creating harmony 9 Multi FX UMod Delay and Reverb Tabs are accessed using this button 10 Transducer Accesses the tabs that reproduce telephone radio noise and other transducer effects 11 Matrix The Matrix Button allows you to toggle processing blocks on and off as well as assign the preset visualization and top level editable parameters 12 Dynamics This button provides control over the dry and VirtuaLead voice compressor and de esser 13 EQ Access the 4 band parametric EQ and low cut with this button 14
2. 45 section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions HARMONY EQ In ouT 15 1612 70 Hz 0 42 The EQ in the Harmony Block is designed using double precision filter algorithms The resulting shape of all the filters is displayed in the visualization area Low High Gain Freq The low and high bands are 2nd order shelving filters When any band s parameters are adjusted a line representing the EQ curve for that specific band is shown Mid 1 2 Gain Freq BW The 2 mid bands are 2nd order parametric filters When any band s parameters are adjusted a line representing the EQ curve for that specific band is shown Low Cut The low cut is a 4th order filter There are preset cut off points of 60 Hz 80 Hz and 120 Hz 46 HARMONY Compressor Compressor IH OUT eel ao 13 dB Compress The Harmony Compressor contains two modes depending on what dynamic effect is desired The compressor visualization provides representation of the compressor curve and real time gain reduction amount Mode The two modes for the compressor are Compress and Comp Limit The Compress mode is a variable knee compressor The compressor is triggered by RMS level with automatic make up gain This makes it useful when trying to get a smooth compressed sound The Comp Limit mode is triggered by Peak Levels with traditional attack release controls Threshold Ratio These parameters operate like any standard comp
3. Setting Source amp Application Setting the Source amp Application will allows the preset to be categorized under the Browser Tab Use the Down Arrow to navigate to the Source amp Application Edit Row The preset source can be set to Singing or Speaking There are 11 application types to choose from 64 Section 7 Optimizing Hybrid Pitch Shifting Introduction Whenever you enable the Pitch Block or load a preset with it enabled you are using VoicePro s Hybrid Shifting algorithm The Hybrid Shifting algorithm is a proprietary TC Helicon technique that provides four main benefits e It is more natural and transparent than other pitch shifting techniques for voice e It has a wider usable shift range e It has the ability to emulate the sound of other pitch shifting techniques e It is integrated with VoiceModeling for manipulating voice character This section discusses ways to get the best from our pitch shifting algorithm In this section we cover e Background on non Hybrid Pitch Shifting Techniques e Understanding the Hybrid Shifting parameters e Working with small shift intervals e Raising the pitch most effectively e Lowering the pitch most effectively e Emulating the sound of other shifting algorithms Background on non Hybrid Pitch Shifting Techniques If you re interested in understanding why the Hybrid Shifting algorithm offers its four main benefits it s helpful to
4. e Scale based automatic mode with temporary MIDI override e MIDI manual mode In the Scale Based mode a key and scale for the song needs to be set For many styles of music this will work for the entire song For periodic sung notes that fall outside the scale you ve set the best option is to use MIDI Press the notes on a MIDI keyboard that you would like the input note forced to and then remove the notes allowing the automatic mode to resume If the same note or notes are always corrected to the wrong note or not being corrected at all then you can create a new custom scale or edit one of the factory scales If you want to leave most of the singing unaffected and correct only the odd note you can disable the automatic scale based mode and use only a MIDI keyboard to trigger correction where you feel it s required Term Description Window The pitch range around a scale tone where correction will occur Key The musical center of the song i e key of C Scale Major minor or custom edited these are the target notes that the vocal is nudged towards When a singer s pitch falls winthin the Window the Attack Rate Parameter sets how fast the vocal will be shifted to the Windows center Can be used to reduce the effect of correction if desired Attack Rate Amount Section 3 Music Applications Finding the correct Key and Scale Often the key and scale can be set to the first or last chord in a song e g G Ma
5. 7 MIDI IN OUT By connecting VoicePro to a MIDI equipped computer editing automation and other control is possible A MIDI keyboard controller can also be connected here to allow setting of harmony and pitch shifting intervals 8 RS 232 Currently not supported 9 Power VoicePro has a auto sensing power supply allowing use with worldwide power voltages and frequencies 10 SERIAL NO ty TYPE VP001 D C N Wy MADE IN DENMARK POWER CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE AVIS RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR RS 232 ARES RRR Bp nufactured under one or more of the following patents ent 4 688 464 Patent 5 231 671 Patent 5 301 259 ent 5 567 901 Patent 5 641 926 Patent 5 986 198 ent 34583 Utility Model 296 80 173 9 Patent 6 046 395 ent P19603819 5 Patent 0368046 Patent 0750776 NI Section 2 Getting Started Audio Connections VoicePro allows you to work with analog or digital ins and outs This section describes how to setup the inputs and outputs When you ve decided between Analog or Digital Setup read Aux Send or Insert in this section The section will help you decide how to configure VoicePro within your mixing environment The default mode for VoicePro is set for unity Analog I O To
6. Section 3 Music Applications Shaping Vocals with Equalization and Dynamics There are two independent but identical sets of high precision EQ and dynamics processors in VoicePro One set is inserted in the harmony voice path affecting only the harmony voices The other set is inserted before the input signal is split off to the Dry Lead and VirtuaLead signal paths Additionally the Spectral Block under Character is also an effective tool for shaping vocals Regardless of which path you insert these blocks into the controls are the same EQ e Low cut frequency e Low shelf gain and frequency e Mid 1 gain frequency and bandwidth e Mid 2 gain frequency and bandwidth e High shelf gain and frequency Dynamics Threshold e Ratio Release Makeup e Knee e Mode De Ess lt Amount e Frequency While other features of VoicePro can be adequately controlled with the four Assigned Edit Parameters on the Home Screen full control of the EQ and dynamics blocks is done in their respective tabs How to apply dynamics and EQ in VoicePro F14 Brightly Compressed F16 Announcer Leveling F17 Deepening Speech F149 Ess Destruction F18 Clean Up Fitters F150 3 Band Spectral F19 De esser F151 Spectral De ess iil Fal Spectral Balance F163 Hard Corr Phone i L L__L_S F146 Warming EQ Harmony Transduce hlulti F os Ovnamics Shaping 1 Navigate to the browser and set the
7. Section 5 Live Performance Applications Optimizing Latency Latency is a term for audio signal delay that results from DSP processes When performing live delay between singing and hearing the resulting sound from the monitors can be distracting VoicePro has a system setting that you can adjust if necessary to trade audio performance for lower latency The factory default latency setting may work fine for you depending on which audio processing block you re using If you would like to lower the latency then you can adjust the Latency Mode Parameter to do so How to adjust latency for live performance 1 Press the Utility Button 2 Use the Arrow Buttons to locate the System Tab 3 Scroll down to the Latency Mode Parameter 4 Use the Soft Knobs to choose the value that works best for you while vocalizing through the preset you intend to use in performance MIDI and live performance control VoicePro has no connection for a footswitch so toggling presets bypass etc live is only possible with a third party MIDI foot controller If you want live control of effect levels etc one or more MIDI volume pedals would be required as well If you will be using VoicePro for live harmonies then you will need to send MIDI control signals for Notes and Chord mode presets from a MIDI keyboard This requires VoicePro s MIDI channel and continuous controller CC settings to match your keyboard and footswitch devices How to set VoicePro s
8. can be downloaded at www tc helicon com editors To use the Editor you must have a computer with a MIDI device connected to VoicePro Installation and User s Manual for the Editor is provided with the download Section 9 Appendix Terms amp Descriptions There are some general terms when using VoicePro that are helpful to understand Additionally some VoicePro applications require specific understanding of terms These terms are summarized below General Term Voiced Un Voiced Interval Harmomy Term Harmony Mode Diatonic Interval Notes Mode Notes 4Ch Mode Chord Mode Scale Mode Shift Mode Humanization Description Voiced describes vowel sounds produced by the human voice Voiced sounds have a recognizable pitch Un Voiced describes sounds produced by the human voice that don t have pitched signals These sounds can include breaths sibilant sounds like sss etc The distance between two pitches Description Method by which musical input is sent to VoicePro Refers to the tone structures in major and minor scales Knowledge of these scale structures is the intelligence VoicePro uses to produce automatic harmony The distance between two pitches Fully manual harmony mode where notes and chords performed on a MIDI keyboard are used to select the fixed harmony pitches independent of the pitch of the sung note A second Notes Mode where each note is received on a differen
9. the Harmony Hold feature lets you sustain the backing harmony voices while you continue to sing through them On activation you can freeze the syllable the harmony voices are producing and they will hold it in a very natural way until you cancel Harmony Hold Harmony Modes VoicePro has five different harmony modes which offer five unique methods of creating harmony Once we get into describing the more complex harmony modes we ll be showing you examples based on the C major scale If you are unfamiliar with this scale we ve shown C major here Notes Mode In this Mode you provide the VoicePro with specific MIDI note information to determine the pitch of the harmony voices VoicePro has two Notes harmony modes single and 4 channel The VoicePro may be set to Notes 4 Channel mode through the Harmony Mode Tab Notes 4 Channel mode allows you to send 4 channels of MIDI information including MIDI Pitch Bend one for each individual harmony voice This is the most direct and flexible way of creating harmonies allowing you to weave complex melodies and counter harmonies irrespective of your lead vocal Shift Mode Also known as Fixed Interval this takes the pitch of your lead voice and creates harmonies a set number of semitones away based on that pitch The method of creating harmonies using a fixed number of semitones relative to an input note or pitch is called chromatic harmony the theory of which we ll go into la
10. 59 Section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions CHARACTER Spectral Spectral IN out La gel INT JE Loon PN Seconds Close ymamic Mic The Spectral block is a voice modeled EQ that reflect the natural equalization equivalent to the control a singer has over his or her own voice Most Spectral Parameters will appear very similar to a traditional EQ However the results achieved can be much more natural and more dynamic The Freq Shift Parameter is very useful for tuning the Spectral style to qualities of different voices Style A Spectral Style sets all the Spectral Parameters to a preset sound The Styles are authored with the amount at Unity A style can be very dependent on the input voice The name of the Style will give you an indication of what the Style will do Amount The Amount Parameter allows you to get more or less of the Selected Style With a value of Unity all the Spectral Parameters represent their actual values Above or below unity the parameters are scaled to achieve more or less of the sound Band Gain Freq BW There are three parametric bands controlled by Gain Freq and BW which control the spectral region that is modified A positive or negative gain boosts or cuts spectral energy respectively Freq Shift Shifts the frequency center of all of the parametric bands This can be used to tune a Spectral Style to a particular voice UV Balance Controls how Spectral is applied
11. F12 Tiny Bubble Up Fat Excited Caller F13 Scrambled Alien Radio F33 Megaphone Stadium nih F20 Blown Speaker Aliens F50 Pitchy UFO Fanner _ Time Harmony Transduce Fitch tulti F Characte Uynamics aa Speaking Special FA 1 Navigate to the browser and set the Source Filter to Speaking and the Application Filter to Special FX then select a preset using the Scroll Wheel and Ok Tips for designing a Special FX e Mix experiment with using Pre for FX sends and turning off the Dry VirtuaLead and Harmony levels e FX Routing try routing an FX send signal into Mod Then route Mod intro Delay and Delay in Reverb e Modulated Noise select a Transducer Noise Style Set the routing to VirtuaLead Then set the VirtuaLead pMod send to pre and set the VirtuaLead level to off e Harmony create a custom scale in Scale mode where each note is assigned to the same note This creates interesting monophonic voices 33 34 Section 5 Live Performance Applications Introduction While VoicePro is an excellent tool for the studio it can also be used for creating memorable voice effects in a live performance setting Every musical group that features the human voice can benefit from using VoicePro including single acts or duos touring pop acts and live theatre performers This section is more of an introduction to live vocal processing applications as opposed to detailed f
12. Hot Assigned The UTILITY MIDI Tab configures MIDI functionality Below are descriptions of the various parameters CC Channel Sets the channel to send and receive user interface control messages CCs VirtuaLead Channel Sets the channel to receive Notes and pitch bend information for the VirtuaLead Pitch Block How the Pitch Block reacts to MIDI depends on the Pitch mode See PITCH MODE for more information Harmony V1 all Ch V2 4 Sets the MIDI channel to receive notes and pitch bend information for the Harmony Block Harmony V1 all Ch is the only channel used if the harmony mode is set to Chord or Notes Mode If the Harmony Mode is set to Notes 4 Channel then the MIDI channels for Voice 2 3 and 4 are used for shifting the associated voices Filter With this parameter VoicePro can ignore Program changes SysEx or both types of MIDI messages MIDI Clock Determines whether global tempo is derived from MIDI Clock or from the Tap Tempo Button Split Zone Note The Split Zone and Split Note Parameters divide the keyboard into two zones Notes coming from the one zone are ignored while notes from the other zone are treated as valid Split Note Parameter sets the split point in MIDI Split Zone Parameter defines if notes above or below the split note are accepted Notes Transpose Transposes the incoming MIDI notes a specified number of octaves This applies to all incoming notes whether they are destined for
13. Mix Dry Lead VirtuaLead Harmony Overal Fx P Level 12 dB To control levels of the various effects blocks press the Mix Button You will see the controls for the effects presented in a simulated mixer layout Additional mixer channels are made available by pressing the Left or Right Arrow Buttons The controls are arranged in rows of four parameters to choose one use the Up and Down Arrows or Scroll Wheel The Soft Knobs are then used to adjust the desired levels Below are notes on the unique features of the mixer e The Pre Post Send switch determines whether the audio signals from the three effects sends are scaled by the Level Parameter Post or whether the Level Parameter has no effect Pre The Width Parameter allows the panorama of the stereo channels to be changed The minimum setting blends left and right into a mono signal and the maximum setting preserves the original stereo panning Enabling Disabling Blocks Because any preset can be composed of up to 15 different audio effects the Matrix Blocks Tab presents a block overview and simplifies muting or engaging individual effects Press the Matrix Button and scroll to the Blocks Tab using the Left or Right Arrow Buttons As with the other edit screens the controls are laid out in rows of four and are accessible with the Arrow Buttons Turning the respective Soft Knob to the left will mut
14. Sensitivity Parameters work together The Sensitivity Parameter sets the time shift amount in ms for each Delta value If Sensitivity is set to 20 ms then each click of the Delta Parameter will shift the pitch up or down by 20 ms For subtle changes of a performance set the sensitivity to smaller values Smoothing Lower smoothing values will cause the time to jump abruptly according to the sensitivity amount on each click of the edit knob Higher Smoothing values will glide through each click A value of 100 won t allow the position to be moved with the Position Delta Parameter Reset Reset Position The Reset and Reset Position Parameters work together When the reset Parameter is moved by a single click the position of the voice is moved automatically to the Reset Position This is very useful for extending notes in a song as the voice can be reset to back to real time with a single click Tape Effect When the Tape Effect value is 0 time is manipulated without effecting pitch As the Tape Effect value increases the pitch is shifted in a similar way to the effect of slowing down a tape Slowing a tape down shifts the pitch down Speeding up the tape shifts the pitch up UV Mode When the UV Mode Parameter is set to 0 the un voiced portions of a voice signal such as esses are not time shifted This is similar to how we time stretch our own voice As the value increases the un voiced portions of the voice are ti
15. Source Filter to Singing and the Application Filter to Shaping then 26 select a preset using the Scroll Wheel and Ok Button 2 If you would like to edit controls not found on the Home Screen press the Dynamics button which will take you to the tabs for compression and de essing where you will find the complete set of controls 3 Use the Up Down Arrow Buttons and Soft knobs to locate the desired parameters and to adjust them 4 Follow the previous instructions to add EQ The processing blocks can be used simultaneously if required How to add Dynamics and EQ to an existing preset 1 After loading the desired preset press the Matrix Button to enable the processing blocks you require 2 To access insert parameters on the Dry Lead or VirtuaLead path press the Dynamics or EQ Buttons 3 To access insert parameters on the Harmony path press the Harmony Button then use the Arrow Buttons to locate the EQ Compressor and De Ess tabs 3 Use the Up Down Arrow Buttons and Soft Knobs to locate and adjust the required parameters 4 Press the Store button twice to save Note that there is plenty of gain available for each of the four EQ bands and compressor makeup to seriously exceed the headroom in VoicePro If you hear unmusical cracking sounds while adjusting these reduce the amount of send to the unit or reduce the Voice Sensitivity Parameter in Utility lO Section 3 Music Applications Creating Special E
16. The Comp Limit mode is triggered by Peak levels with traditional attack release control Threshold Ratio These parameters operate like any standard compressor Threshold sets the input level at which compression will occur Ratio determines the amount of gain reduction at which the threshold is triggered Make up Output Gain When the mode is Compress the make up gain is automatic However an offset can be applied using the Make up Gain Parameter When the mode is Comp Limit Output Gain can be added to the desired level Attack Release In both modes the Release Parameter determines the speed at which the compressor stops reducing levels In Comp Limit mode the Attack Parameter determines the speed at which the compressor starts reducing levels Because of the variable knee modes with Compress there is no Attack Parameter Knee In Compress mode there are two knee modes In Hard mode the compressor ratio is used immediately when the threshold is reached In Soft mode the compressor ratio is gradually reached as the level increases past the threshold Soft mode is ideal for a smooth compressor sound 52 section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions DYNAMICS De ess In mur E Use the VirtuaLead de esser to help reduce sibilant levels Amount Sets the amount that the De ess will reduce sibilant levels Frequency Sets the center point of the de ess detection circuit that decides when to re
17. Up Group F112 Scale Add 4 Proc Time Fitch Uynamics El Harmony We jal hiulti F x Lharacie Harmony Scale singing 1 Navigate to the browser and set the Source Filter to Singing and the Application Filter to Harmony Scale then select a preset using the Scroll Wheell and Ok Button 2 Use the Edit Knobs to match the key and scale of the vocal track Scale mode tip Often the key and scale can be set to the first or last chord in a song e g G Major You can try the alternate major and minor scale settings in VoicePro to suit the song If no key and scale settings seem to work then a custom scale can be crafted or you can use the other MIDI controlled presets based on Notes and Chord harmony modes How to create harmony using a Shift Mode preset F226 Going Down Foe Oct Distortion Wave Harmony We jal Time Fitch Uynamics la A Na ja hiulti F x Singing Harmony Shift 1 Navigate to the browser and set the Source Filter to Singing and the Application Filter to Harmony Shift then select a preset using the Scroll Wheel and Ok Button 2 Adjust the Shift Interval Parameter to your taste using the appropriate soft knob Troubleshooting If you are having trouble producing harmony go through the questions below to make sure the most common items are configured correctly gt Are VoicePro s Harmony MIDI channels set to the same valu
18. are larger UV Shift Amount This parameter determines the amount that the unvoiced is shifted relative to the voiced signal When this parameter is set to 100 the algorithm shifts unvoiced signals by the same amount as the voiced signals When this parameter is 0 the algorithm will not shift the unvoiced sections regardless of the amount the voiced signal is being shifted Intermediate values of this parameter will shift the unvoiced by a fraction of what the voiced signal is being shifted When this parameter is set to auto the UV shift amount is set automatically for you Downshift Quality This parameter can adjust the tonal quality of large down shifts The effect of the parameters becomes more apparent for large down shifts 66 Working with small shift intervals A small interval is considered anything less than 2 semitones 1 Select or create a preset that only has the Pitch block enabled and the VirtuaLead Level set to OdB and dry and harmony turned off 2 Navigate to the Pitch Mode Tab Use the Edit Knobs to select Pitch Shift for the mode parameter 3 Set the Pitch quality parameters within the guidelines below 4 Navigate to the Pitch Shift Tab and select a small interval shift using the Coarse or Fine Shift parameters Parameter Modeling Optimization On Formant Correct Amount Auto Formant Offset 0 UV Shift Attenuation 0 UV Shift Amount Auto Downshift Quality 0 5 Modify the Pitch parameters abo
19. below Voltage Line plug according to standard 110 125V UL817 and CSA C22 2 no 42 220 230V CEE 7 page VII SR section 107 2 D1 IEC 83 page C4 240V BS 1363 of 1984 Specification for 13A fused plugs and switched and un switched socket outlets e This equipment should be installed near the socket outlet and disconnection of the device should be easily accessible e To completely disconnect from AC mains disconnect the power supply cord from the AC receptable e The mains plug of the power supply shall remain readily operable e Do not install in a confined space e Do not open the unit risk of electric shock inside Caution You are cautioned that any change or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment Service e There are no user serviceable parts inside e All service must be performed by qualified personnel IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful inter ference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular insta
20. for the Analog Out There may be a minor discrepancy between the actual Digital Out Level and the meters Digital Multi Out Mode Parameter Digital Out channels 1 and 2 always carry the stereo mixed output There are three modes for configuring digital out channels 3 through 8 Off In this mode digital output channels 3 through 8 are disabled Voices Harm Dry Vlead Routes Harmony voices 1 through 4 to channels 3 through 6 Dry Lead to channel 7 and VirtuaLead to channel 8 Blocks Harm FX Lead Routes stereo harmony to channels 3 and 4 stereo mixed Dry Lead and VirtuaLead to channels 5 and 6 and a stereo mix of stereo Multi FX to channels 7 and 8 Utility Setup for Multi Channel Digital Out 1 Navigate to the Utility I O Tab 2 Using the Up and Down Arrows locate the Digital Out Parameter 3 Use Edit 3 to select the desired mode Outputs 3 through 8 are muted when Bypass is activated regardless of the Multi Channel Output Mode Aux Send or Insert There are two common ways VoicePro can be used as a voice processor on an Aux Send parallel routing or as an Insert serial routing When to use VoicePro on an aux buss This scheme is useful if you want to layer effects on top of a dry signal routed separately into your mixer If you are mainly using VoicePro for the purpose of adding harmonies special effects and doubling for singing voices or classic effects then an aux send configuration will work we
21. get going quickly connect to an jJ analog source and go to Setting Levels Latency Processing Time Pitch and Character for the human voice requires analysis beyond the typical audio product To preserve audio quality the analysis and processing requires latency delay to be introduced into the system After you choose your setup it s wortwhile determining the Latency of VoicePro and compensating your mixing environment For some applications like Harmony VoicePro s latency may be acceptable without compensation Finding VoicePro Latency Latency Version Numbers Dre Lead VWirtuaLlead iSi Harmony Preset PETENG OSPF EE HARM BGT cra ER SARM EGR 1 Press the Utlity Button and then use the Left Right Arrow Buttons to navigate to the Utitlity System Tab 2 Note the Latency in the visualization area Compensating for Latency If you are using a DAW as a mixing environment there is usually a feature to slip or delay tracks When you ve determined VoicePro s latency delay all tracks except the vocal track by the latency amount Another method is to slip the vocal track backwards by the latency amount Analog Setup BALANCED OUTPUTS Making Connections 1 Connect your analog audio source to the Female XLR on the rear panel labeled Voice Input 2 Connect the analog outputs of VoicePro to a stereo input Utility setup for analog IO Hormal Rate Internal MAK 88 2K 1 Go to t
22. most useful Assigned Edit Parameters for the intended application 37 Section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions UTILITY WO 21 dBu 21 dBu Analog The UTILITY I O Tab sets the analog and or digital input output configuration Below are descriptions of the various parameters Voice Aux Input Selects the input source for the lead or aux path Voice Aux Sens and Analog Out In combination these parameters are used for attaining the best possible dynamic range when using VoicePro with analog devices Voice Aux Sens sets the maximum input operating level Analog Out sets the maximum output operating level Nominal values for use in a typical auxiliary send configuration on a mixer would be 3dBu for inputs and 24dBu for outputs Digital Multi Out Mode This parameter configures the functionality of digital output channels 3 to 8 digital channels 1 amp 2 are always fixed to master stereo output The three options are as follows Off no output on channels 3 to 8 Voices Harmony voices 1 to 4 on channels 3 to 6 lead voice on channels 7 VirtuaLead on channel 8 Blocks stereo harmony on channels 3 and 4 stereo lead on channels 5 and 6 stereo Multi FX on channels 7 and 8 Clock Mode Set this parameter at Normal Rate when working with sampling rates of 44 1K or 48K For sampling rates of 88 2K or 96K set the parameter to Double Rate Clock Master Synchronizes VoicePro s digital inpu
23. music and melody in mind Many of the singing presets shift the pitch for doubling correction and or harmony creation Application Correction Correction presets make use of the pitch block EQ and dynamics to musically correct intonation and dynamic problems These presets will not contain any other Application Shaping Shaping presets offer starting points for simple Dynamics and EQ processing Application Live The select group of Live presets has been authored for use at VoicePro s lowest latency rates These presets offer Doubling Correction and Character starting points for processing Application Other The other application can be used when authoring User Presets that don t meet other application criteria effect Application Doubling Doubling presets add dimension and richness to voices Source Speaking Speaking presets were created with dialog effects and Character enhancement in mind Pitch shifting may be used on Speaking presets However the shifts will not relate to a musical scale in a natural or effected way The uMod Harmony and Inflection effects are used on their own or in combination to produce doubling sounds Some doubling presets contain octave shifting and other auxiliary effects Application Harmony all Shift Scale Chord Notes Harmony presets use 1 to 4 of VoicePro s Harmony voices for intelligent harmony parts You can refine the search by looking for a specific harmony control m
24. see presets for music only or dialog only When this value is set to All the Source Filter is disengaged Application Filter Here you can choose whether you d like to see Pitch Correction or Doubling presets for example Type Filter The final criteria narrows the search to looking in the Factory Bank only User Bank only or both banks in alphabetical as opposed to numerical order See the Detailed Application Descriptions in the Appendix Section to get an understanding of what an application will do Editing Presets Overview SOFT KNOBS NAVIGATE EDIT EDIT 2 EDIT 3 EDIT 4 A OlO O O E Once a preset is loaded and the Home Screen is displayed the four Soft Knobs provide access to the most useful parameters unique to each preset The values of these parameters can be edited and stored as desired If you want to edit a preset further you can press any button in the Effects and VirtuaLead Button groups to access more edit parameters This will expose the Edit Tabs that you can scroll through with the Left and Right Arrow Buttons There are over 300 editable paramaters Having located an Edit Tab you then select the edit rows with the Up and Down Arrow Buttons or the scroll wheel The scroll bar on the lower right indicates if there are more screens below what is visible and where you are in the list The Soft Knobs now allow editing of the four parameters on the selected row 14 Adjusting the
25. style can be shaped with Attack Depth Sustain and Release Parameters Attack will determine speed at which the Vibrato gets to its target amount Depth will modify the amount of vibrato in each cycle Sustain determines how long the vibrato will stay active Release sets the time it takes for the vibrato effect to go off It s important to note that vibrato is typically triggered with note onsets Onset Delay Sets the amount of time following a note onset it takes the vibrato to reach its target amount Rate Sets the speed at which the vibrato modulates Trem Amt Phase Vibrato also modifies level The Trem Amt and Phase parameters control how much the level fluctuates and its phase relationship when compared to the pitch modulation Rand Mod Allows an overall randomization to be applied to the vibrato style 61 section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions CHARACTER Breath Breath In out Amount es ae ao Scored Heavy Rasp 2 The Breath effect can bring out raspy or breathy sound already preset in a voice Breath also creates interesting glottal effects like whispering Style A Breath Style sets all the Breath Parameters to a preset sound The Styles are authored with the amount at Unity A Style can be very dependent on the input voice The name of the Style will give you an indication of what the Style will do Amount The Amount Parameter allows you to get more or less of the selected St
26. the Character Resonance Tab by pressing the Character Button and using the Arrow Buttons 5 Use Edit 1 to audition various Resonance Styles Try raising or lowering the Amount Parameter for an enhancement or transformation effect If a Resonance Style effect does not seem to be audible on a given voice try Shifting the J Frequency Shift Parameter up or down to tune the Style Getting the Spectral Balance right for Character change Sometimes when a Resonance is applied to a voice the spectral response needs to be compensated You ll know this is the case because your immediate thought will be to reach for EQ For better results follow the steps below 1 Start with a Character preset and disable all blocks except Resonance and Spectral 2 Enter the Character Spectral Tab by pressing the Character Button and using the Arrow Buttons 3 Use Edit 1 to audition various Spectral Styles Use the Frequency Shift Parameter to tune the Style to the input voice Try raising or lowering the Amount Parameter Adding Rasp or Growl to a Voice If rasp or growl is already apparent in a voice the Breath or Growl Block are very effective at naturally exaggerating the effect 1 Start with a Character preset and disable all blocks except Growl 2 Enter the Character Growl Tab by pressing the Character Button and using the Arrow Buttons 3 Use Edit 1 to audition various Growl Styles Try changing the Amplitude and Edge Weight P
27. the guidelines below Shift Interval Parameter 2 to 12 12 to 36 Modeling Optimization Off or On Off or On Formant Correct Amount Auto Auto Formant Offset 0 0 UV Shift Attenuation 0 20 to 60 UV Shift Amount Auto to 20 20 to 100 Downshift Quality 0 0 to 50 4 Navigate to the Pitch Shift Tab and select a large down shift using the Coarse or Fine Shift parameters 5 Modify the Pitch parameters above based on their ranges to further tune the shift Emulating the sound of other shift ing algorithms By setting the Pitch parameters to the correct values you can emulate the sound of a PSOLA or Instrument shifter 1 Select or create a preset that only has the Pitch block enabled and the VirtuaLead Level set to OdB and dry and harmony turned off 2 Navigate to the Pitch Mode Tab Use the Edit Knobs to select Pitch Shift for the mode parameter 3 Set the Pitch quality parameters within the guidelines below Shift Interval Parameter PSOLA Instrument Modeling Optimization Off Off Formant Correct Amount 100 0 Formant Offset 0 0 UV Shift Attenuation 0 0 UV Shift Amount 0 100 100 Downshift Quality 0 0 4 Navigate to the Pitch Shift Tab and shift using the Coarse or Fine Shift parameters 67 68 Section 8 Harmony and Tuning Harmony Here s where we can go into a little more depth about harmonies We ve tried to keep it practical focusing on what VoicePro can do for you Harmony Hold Truly an innovation
28. to select the preset All Presets will dump all presets or restore erase all user presets The last option is System Settings which will dump or restore all the parameters under the Utility Button 41 section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions UTILITY Network HELP TIME Time Position Freestyle YorcePro contains a 5 second Time butter vith Position Freestyle Mode you control the position of the voice within that butter Position Delta Sensitivity The Postion Dela and Sensitivity Parameter work together The Sensitivity Parameter sets the time shift amount in ms for each Delta value If Sensitivity is set to 20 ms then each click of the Deta parameter Will shift the pitch Up or down by 20 ms For subtle changes of a performance set the sensitivity to smaller values This tab configures the networking parameters associated The Help System in VoicePro is context sensitive Pressing with connecting VoicePro via TCP IP for software updates the Help Button will bring you to the Topic Tab related to Help for setting these parameters is included with software the function being viewed on the display While in the help updates system you can tab right to the Contents Tab where you can navigate through all the topics DHCP is helpful when setting up VoicePro to an established network However DHCP can increase boot up time When not uploading software it s suggested to leave the parameter disabl
29. to voiced and un voiced segments A value of O applies Spectral to voiced and unvoiced evenly whereas positive values apply more Spectral to unvoiced and less Spectral to voiced Similarly negative values apply more spectral to voiced and less Spectral to unvoiced 60 CHARACTER Inflection Inflection IH OUT SM Tag gi gel IE ooa cots Scored Animator 1 The Inflection effect humanizes pitch time and level to create realistic doubled parts or re takes Style An Inflection Style sets all the Inflection Parameters to a preset sound The styles are authored with the amount at Unity A style can be very dependent on the input voice The name of the Style will give you an indication of what the Style will do Amount Amount allows you to get more or less of a Style With a value of Unity all the Inflection Rarameters represent their actual values Above or below unity the parameters are scaled to achieve more or less of the sound Pitch Time amp Level Rate Rand These controls effect the humanization of pitch time and level The Rand Parameter sets the amount that the pitch time and level can fluctuate The Rate Rarameter determines the speed of the fluctuations UV Mod When the UV Mode parameter is set to 0 the un voiced portions of a voice signal such as esses are not pitch nor time shifted This is similar to how we time stretch our own voice As the value increases the un voi
30. tracks and many more effects Applications are discussed with the individual blocks Each character block can be used independently or combined with the others into a preset The Factory presets have been created containing various groups of these blocks as a starting point Understanding what each block does will help you to use edit and create presets effectively A note about Styles in VoicePro Styles are presets within presets that allow you to get the sound you want faster A large number of user and behind the scene parameters are required to construct a particular effect so styles are created that combine the settings You can edit the styles and the changes you make will be stored with the preset How to load a character preset F205 Correction amp Inserts F42 Scale based Correction F206 One Mote Correct Fes Catch the Bad Notes F207 MIDI Correct Fed Fast Phrase Correct F208 Transpose amp Correct F203 Corr Comp werh sa ih F204 vide Chromatic Transduce Time Correction Harmony hlulti F os Characte Singing 1 Navigate to the browser and set the Source Filter to Singing and the Application Filter to Character then select a preset using the Scroll Wheel and Ok Button How to use resonance to modify vocal character Resonance IH OUT D H oOo H E ok Stconds ie 1 Follow instruction in How to load a character preset 2 Use the M
31. you provide VoicePro with specific MIDI note information to determine the pitch of the harmony voices When Notes 4ch is selected each harmony voice is assigned a MIDI channel When Notes is selected a single MIDI channel controls the 4 harmony voices Key amp Scale available in Scale Mode Use these parameters to set the scale root key and scale type The scale defines the map for how the harmony voices will react to the input pitch Available scales are Major Minor 1 2 and 3 However in some situations a custom scale needs to be created on the Scale Tab Bend Range This parameter sets how far a MIDI pitch bender will shift the voice 43 Section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions Tuning VoicePro includes three tuning options These options have no effect in Notes mode Equal Tuning uses approximations for the tuning of each note allowing us to easily alter the key of our music without re tuning our instruments This is the same way synthesizers are tuned Just Tuning maintains the relative ratios between pitches creating perfect harmonies Just Tuning will sound natural the majority of the time Barbershop Tuning differs from Just Tuning in Chord Mode and is best used for a cappella applications Hold This control engages the Harmony Hold feature When set to On Harmony Hold freezes the harmony voices while allowing the lead voice to ad lib over top When a preset is stored the parameter wil
32. 00 cents 1 semitone In this instance the degradation of natural formant quality is less apparent In dialog production the instrumental technique is employed when natural formant quality is not important This is popular for animated character effects that do not need to conform to the formant structure of the human voice PSOLA Pitch Shifting PSOLA Pitch Shifting is a formant corrected vocal pitch shifting method that works by changing the pitch of the human voice without altering the formant frequencies By detecting the pitch of a voice it can be windowed and cut out at a pitch synchronous rate and then pasted back in at a different rate This process causes the pitch of the signal to be altered while maintaining the original formant structure The primary drawbacks of PSOLA Pitch Shifting are the audible artifacts created by incorrect detection of input pitch as well as buzziness when the pitch is shifted down by an octave or more PSOLA shifting is mainly used in music production on non lead vocal effects Non lead vocal parts include harmony parts and octave doubling These pitch shifted voices can be mixed at a level sufficiently low relative to the lead vocal that the artifacts are not exposed For dialog production 65 Section 7 Optimizing Hybrid Pitch Shifting where the voice is predominant in the mix artifacts significantly degrade the perceived audio quality Understanding Hybrid Shifting paramete
33. 30 cents Turn for Control Pitch Freestyle is ideal for creatively shifting pitch in non musical applications like dialog Shift Delta Sensitivity The Shift Delta and Sensitivity Parameters work together Sensitivity sets the shift amount in cents for each Delta value If Sensitivity is set to 20 cents then each click of the Delta Parameter will shift the pitch up or down by 20 cents For subtle changes of a performance set the sensitivity below 25 cents For more extreme effects try values above 50 cents Reset Trigger Shift The Reset Parameters allow pitch of the input to be reset to a set value The Reset Shift Parameter sets the pitch in semitones where the input voice will be shifted when the Reset Trigger Parameter is turned A single click on the Reset Trigger Parameter triggers the reset shift Smooth The Smooth Parameter is useful when the sensitivity is higher When smooth is set to lower values stepping can be heard as the voice goes from one pitch to another When set at higher values the shifting is smoothed out Section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions CHARACTER Resonance Resonance IH OUT Seconds Younger Female Pop Resonance allows you change the positioning of the harmonic content that forms the identity of a voice The results can yield anything from subtle tonal changes to a new character The Freq Shift Parameter is very useful for tuning the Resonance Style to qualities of differe
34. Auto the amount of formant correction is modified as a function of shift amount to sound the most natural Formant Offset The overall formant structure of the voice can be shifted up to sound more feminine and even chipmunk like at extreme settings Formants can be shifted down to sound more masculine or monster like This control moves the formants independent of the pitch shift Un Shift Atten This parameter allows the un voiced sibilant signals to be attenuated when pitch shifting The effect is more noticeable the larger the shift UV Shift Amount This parameter determines the amount that the unvoiced is shifted relative to the voiced signal When this parameter is set to 100 the algorithm shifts unvoiced signals by the same amount as the voiced signals When this parameter is 0 the algorithm will not shift the unvoiced sections 56 regardless of the amount the voiced signal is being shifted Intermediate values of this parameter will shift the unvoiced by a fraction of what the voiced signal is being shifted When this parameter is set to auto the UV shift amount is set automatically for you Downshift Quality This parameter can adjust the tonal quality of large down shifts The effect of the parameters becomes more apparent for large down shifts section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions PITCH Pitch Correct Pitch Correct IH OUT IHPUT OUTPUT 200 cents With good use of VoicePro s automa
35. CER Band Shape The Band Shape section provides filters to emulate the bandwidth and resonances associated with various transducer devices Additionally the Frequency Fading introduces reception anomalies Low High Cut Use these filters to replicate the band width limitations of phones or radios The filtering is applied before the Distortion Block Presence Gain Freq BW This is a standard parametric filter used to bring out the resonant frequency of the intended device 49 section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions Frequency Fade Amount Rate Frequency fading emulates the phase anomalies introduced in radios due to reception quality Best used when emulating any device that communicates without wires TRANSDUCER Distortion The Distortion Block in Transducer is simple to use Pick a style and set the amount of distortion O will result in no distortion effect The styles are created with the amount set at unity The benefit of the block comes from the complexity of the styles The distortion algorithm can reproduce non standard curves to reproduce anything from solid state distortion to a torn speaker TRANSDUCER Noise A real world transducer can have a complex noise pattern generated by the means of communication or by the device itself The TRANSDUCER Noise Block allows various noise patterns to be created Overall Noise Level This parameter is on the output of the Noise Block Therefore hiss p
36. F250 Vocal Boost t NETWOAK ACTIVITY TCHELICON EFFECTS VOICEPRO PROFESSIONAL VOICE PROCESSOR User s Manual OUTPUT SOFT KNOBS NAVIGATE SELECT SCROLL TCHEL VOCAL T L IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the intended to alert the user to the presence of important presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to literature accompanying the product constitute a risk of electric shock to persons 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 Install in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers that produce heat Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outle
37. MIDI Parameters 1 Press the Utility Button 2 Scroll to the MIDI Tab using the Arrow Buttons 3 Use the Arrows and Soft Knobs to locate and adjust the relevant parameters more information on MIDI is found in Detailed Parameters System Usually for live performance the main settings that have to match the onstage MIDI controllers are Harmony V1 All Channel and if you will be adjusting levels and ranges the CC Channel 36 Section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions Time Fitch Et Characte 10 dB The Home Page allows for preset recall status visualization and top level editing Aspects of the Home Page are assigned per preset This allows each preset to be tailored to its application Recalling Presets The Home Page presets can be previewed and recalled using the Select Scroll knob and the OK Button In the default Preset Preview mode the block s status editable parameters and preset name are previewed When the OK Button is pushed the previewed preset is recalled In Preset Immediate mode presets are recalled immediately when the Select Scroll knob is turned The Home Page is split into the following elements from top to bottom Preset Number Name The current or previewed preset number is represented with F for factory presets or U for user presets The number corresponds to presets 1 through 250 Blank user presets are not displayed A before a preset name indicates the preset has been
38. Q and dynamics processors in VoicePro One set is inserted in the harmony voice path affecting only the harmony voices The other set is inserted before the input signal is split off to the dry and VirtuaLead signal paths Additionally the Spectral Block under Character is also an effective tool for shaping vocals Regardless of which path you insert these blocks into the controls are the same EQ e Low cut frequency e Low shelf gain and frequency e Mid 1 gain frequency and bandwidth e Mid 2 gain frequency and bandwidth e High shelf gain and frequency Dynamics e Threshold e Ratio e Release e Makeup e Knee e Mode De Ess lt Amount e Frequency While other features of VoicePro can be adequately controlled with the four Assigned Edit Parameters on the Home Screen full control of the EQ and dynamics blocks is done in their respective tabs How to apply dynamics and EQ in VoicePro F21 Stereo Station ID F6 Waterfall Up F22 Spooky Cathedral F10 Big Double Talk F29 Whisper Flange F12 Tiny Bubble Up F31 Excited Caller F13 Scrambled Alien Radio Fas Megaphone Stadium sih F20 Blown Speaker Aliens F50 Pitchy UFO Fanner Time Bel Harmony Transduce Pitch tulti F Characte Dynamics Speaking Special Fx 1 Navigate to the browser and set the Source Filter to Speaking and the Application Filter to Shaping then select a preset using the Scroll Wheel and Ok Button Secti
39. Time The Time Mode and its controls are accessed with this button 15 Pitch Correction Shifting and Freestyle pitch shifting are accessed with this button 16 Character The VoiceModeling Blocks are accessed with this button 17 Soft Knobs The Soft Knobs allow adjustment of four parameters at a time 18 Mix The Mix Button allows you to control the levels and routing of VoicePro s inputs and effects There are two mixer scenes which are accessed by the Left and Right Arrows 19 Bypass Pressing this button engages the bypass mode as set in the Utility System Tab 20 Navigate group OK Button On the Home or Browser page OK recalls a previewed preset On Effect and VirtuaLead pages OK enables or disables the block In other pages OK is given various functions described onscreen Up Down Left and Right Arrow Buttons The directional arrows are mainly used to navigate through tabs and edit rows 21 Browser Use the Browser Button to quickly access presets by searching by source and application 22 Store Pressing the Store Button brings up the store menu After a name and store location have been selected pressing Store will save the current preset 23 Select Scroll When the Home Button is lit Select Scroll allows previewing of presets The rest of the time Select Scroll allows selection of edit parameter rows Section 2 Getting Started BALAN 3 JTPUTS On fo O O D gt Of O
40. and modifying the sound 1 Start with a Transducer preset and disable all blocks except Transducer 2 Enter the Transducer Transducer Tab by pressing the Tranducer Button and using the Arrow Buttons 3 Use Edit 1 to audition various Transducer Styles It is normal for the levels to be quite different between Styles 4 To add or reduce noise in the Style use the Overall Noise Amout Parameter 5 To add or reduce distortion in the Style use the Distortion Amount Parameter Section 4 Dialog and Speech Applications Creating a low pitched voice Interesting animated characters monster or alien voices are often created with large down shifts Follow the steps below to down shift and adjust the quality 1 Enter the Browser Tab by pressing the Browser Button 2 Use Edit 1 and 2 to configure the Source Filter to Speaking and the Application Filter to Pitch amp Time 3 Using the Select Scroll Wheel or the Arrows to select the preset Large Down Shift 4 When you ve selected the preset press Ok to load 5 Enter the Pitch Pitch Shift Tab by pressing the Pitch Button and using the Arrow Buttons 6 Set the Coarse Shift Parameter to the desired downshift amount 7 Manipulate the UV Shift Amount and Formant Correct Amount to modify the quality of the down shift a The Downshift Quality Parameter is best used for smoothing out the breaks in a voice introduced when its down shifted beyond an octave Re phrasing
41. arameters to raise or lower the growl affect based on level or word onsets More growl or raspy voice sounds are possible Q Jesin combinations of the Resonance Style Throaty Voice and the Breath Styles Light Rasp and Heavy Rasp 30 Re creating the Sound of a Phone Radio or other Transducer VoicePro s Transducer emulates the tonal distortion and noise components of various transducer devices These devices include combinations of the components including phones and radios The components can also be used on their own to create distortions band filters and modulated noise patterns How to select a Transducer preset FY Clean Phone F435 Speaker in other Room F73 Megaphone F45 Utter Saturation Fi 4 Call in Radio F49 Marine Transmission Fra Distortion Only FeO Band Pass Fre Hiss Only p ai Transducer Speaking gt Enter the Browser Tab by pressing the Browser Button 2 Use Edit 1 and 2 to configure the Source Filter to Speaking and the Application Filter to Transducer 3 Using the Select Scrol Wheel or the Arrows to preview one of the Transducer presets 4 When you ve selected a preset press Ok to load the previewed preset Factory presets with Application set to Transducer only use the Transducer Block The Special FX Application contains some presets that make use of the Transducer block in combination with Reverbs Delays etc Selecting a Transducer Style
42. ated parameters that work for most of your song 2 Connect a MIDI keyboard to VoicePro see Utility section for MIDI details 3 Pressing a single note or cluster of notes will cause VoicePro to apply pitch correction when the input falls within the MIDI Window around any of the pressed notes Releasing the notes allows the automatic correction to resume The MIDI correct notes are also affected by the MIDI Rate Parameter How to apply manual pitch correction 1 Connect a MIDI keyboard to VoicePro see Utility section for MIDI details 2 Navigate to the browser and set the Source Filter to Singing and the Application Filter to Correction then select a preset using the Scroll Wheel and Ok Button 3 Press the notes that require retuning on the MIDI keyboard as they are sung 4 Adjust the Attack Rate Parameter if required using the appropriate Soft Knob 21 Section 3 Music Applications Modifying Vocal Melody While most producers like to think they have the lead or harmony vocal melody arranged correctly before having the singer sing it there are times when the pitch of a note or phrase needs to be changed after the singer has left your studio You can re schedule the singer and set up the signal path again to duplicate the sound or you can use VoicePro s high quality pitch shifting to make the change The technique is much the same as when applying manual pitch correction only the target pitches are farther fro
43. ator and brake pedal for the timing of the incoming audio Returns playback to real time instantly 75 Section 9 Appendix Aux Input Comp Q Pitch Detection A Shift Transducer D 2 Transducer E Q 69 Comp 65 tess JA Eee EEE AA EEL P EE ROUTING 2 analog 8 digital sini en ai tn i mi i er i ei 76 Digital Inputs and Outputs Connectors Input Impedance Output Impedance Max Input Level Max Output Level Dynamic Range THD Frequency Response 0 0 1 dB Crosstalk AD and DA Conversion AD and DA Processing Delay Total DSP Internal sample rate Internal processing Processing Algorithms Control Interface Ethernet Ethernet passive HUB for network MIDI Section 9 Appendix 2 in 8 out AES EBU 11 4 kohm Balanced unbalanced 40 20 ohm Balanced unbalanced 15 to 30 dBu with analog domain scaling 15 to 24 dBu with analog domain scaling gt 110 dB unweighted BW 20 20kHz note 1 lt 100 dB BW 20 20kHz 12 nb 20 kz lt 110 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz 24 bit Dual bit delta sigma sampling at 6 1 MHz 1 54 ms 44 1 48 88 2 96 kHz 24 bit Hybrid Shifting Flextime VoiceModeling 4 part harmony 4 band EQ 2 Compressor 2 De esser 2 Reverb Delay uMod Transducer Multi path mixer 10 100 Mbits s Base T RJ45 XLR housed EtherCon
44. atrix Blocks Tab to turn off all blocks except Resonance The Resonance block simulates changes in the physiology of the vocal tract In musical applications this can be used for example to make a singer s voice sound deeper without shifting the pitch or to make a singer sound younger Resonance can also disguise a singer s voice as a special effect in the breakdown or hook section of a song Singers who sing a number of simultaneous ad spots in a single market could use presets based on resonance to simulate another singing voice How to use Spectral to shape vocal character Spectral IH OUT Ags mw 3 Spec 1 ny sig Jell iliH NAN lk Lal Seconds 1 Follow instruction in How to load a character preset 2 Use the Matrix Blocks Tab to turn off all blocks except Spectral Spectral is an intelligent EQ that can be used to restore energy in frequencies modified by the Resonance block The intelligence in Spectral comes from the fact that sibilants S T D sounds etc are not processed by any EQ adjustments unless you want them processed This has applications beyond mere compensation consider that you can now boost highs for a bright modern sound without the usual increase in sibilance 23 Section 3 Music Applications How to use Inflection to add variation to vocal character Inflection IH OUT Semi tonts apia del EF ooa lh Srco
45. because like a human singer who has to hear an accompanying instrument in order to sing in harmony VoicePro needs musical input Each harmony mode provides an alternate method for providing this musical input From the relatively hands off Scale Harmony Mode to the completely hands on Notes Mode you can choose a range of methods to balance the amount of moment by moment input with the resulting harmony sound you desire Term Description Harmony Mode Method by which musical input is sent to VoicePro Diatonic Refers to the tone structures in major and minor scales Knowledge of these scale structures is the intelligence VoicePro uses to produce automatic harmony Interval The distance between two pitches Notes Mode Fully manual harmony mode where notes and chords performed on a MIDI keyboard are used to select the fixed harmony pitches independent of the pitch of the sung note Notes 4Ch Mode A second Notes Mode where each note is received on a different MIDI channel from a sequencer program enabling unique pitch bends on each channel An intelligent harmony mode where a sequence of chords played on a MIDI keyboard are interpreted to produce musically correct pitches that move according to the pitch of the sung note An automatic harmony mode where you set only the key and scale of your song Usually no on going musical input from a keyboard is required This is the one non intelligent harmony mode where a fixed interva
46. block A style sets all the Delay Parameters Setting Source amp Delay There are four source modes for controlling the delay times Tempo Delay times are controlled by the Tap Button or the incoming MIDI clock There are global parameters for how tempo is acquired on the Utility System page The delay times can still be adjusted to fine tune the sound Time Delay is set with the Time L and Time R Parameters Changing tempo does not change the delay times Tempo left only amp Tempo right only Synchronize only one side of the delay to tempo Duck Thresh Release Attenuation The ducking feature attenuates the output of the delay based on the level of the input voice Setting the threshold at 24 dB and attenuation at 60 dB will ensure the delay sounds is only heard at the end of a vocal line Lead VirtLead Harm Aux Balance The Balance Parameters allow the stereo inputs to the delay to be focused towards the left right or center of the stereo delay input This is useful in creating more complex ping pong effects section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions MULTI FX Reverb Reverb oOo E mt Yocal Hall VoicePro s Reverb has been tuned for voice applications The parameters allow control over the tail and room allowing ambiences or spaces to be created The room sound of the reverb is created through early reflections The room level shape and size can be controlled separately The
47. cales C major C major D major etc Most of us have grown up hearing the traditional doh ray me fah so la tee doh diatonic scale so that harmonies based on the diatonic scale sound correct What does this mean harmony wise Diatonic scale harmonies can only use notes from the underlying diatonic scale so a third above harmony voice actually varies between 3 and four semitones above the lead note where the chromatic harmony would stay exactly 4 semitones a major 3rd above each note To recap we have three different harmony modes that use chromatic or diatonic scales Shifting which uses the chromatic 12 semitone scale changes the input pitch by a fixed number of semitones Chord which uses the root third fifth and sometimes seventh of the many diatonic scales pitches the harmony voice to the closest note contained within the chord Scale which uses one of many diatonic scales pitches the harmony voice to the nearest note contained within the scale Theory aside the best way to get great sound is to experiment with all of VoicePro s possible harmony modes Not only will you develop an intuitive sonic sense of what works best where but by investigating different permutations and combinations you could discover some delightful sounds you might otherwise have missed Just Tuning What is Just tuning or Just intonation This is the practice of maintaining the relative and perfect mathematical ratio
48. cations for working with the spoken word With the Time Pitch and Character algorithms any dialog performance can be enhanced or transformed after the artist has left the studio Additionally allowing the artist to monitor Character Pitch amp Time and Special FX presets in real time provides the opportunity for further creativity This section provides step by step instructions on how to get quick and creative Dialog Speaking results with VoicePro In this section we cover Changing the Character of a performance Re creating the sound of a phone radio or other transducer Creating a low pitched voice Re phrasing the timing of a performance Shaping a voice with EQ Dynamics and Character Special FX with speech Changing the Character of a Performance Every human voice has its own signature character A talented voice over artist controls their performance to mimic many different voices Changing the Character of a performance allows you to expand and tweak the sound of any given performance An important question to answer before modifying character is whether you want an enhancement or a transformation Enhancements are when you want to preserve the original Character of the voice but bring out certain subtleties Typically a good enhancement will use fewer Character effects and or pitch shifts smaller than 2 semitones The Amount Parameters for the Character blocks are typically set at Unity or less Transformatio
49. ced portions of the voice are pitch and time shifted UV Atten This parameter reduces the level of the un voiced signals from the Inflection Block Scoop Dur Level Rand Mod The parameters control pitch inflections that occur at the onset of notes Scoop Dur determines how low the inflection will last after the onsert of the note Rand Mod will randomize each onset inflection Scoop Duration Rand Scoops are small pitch inflections at the beginning of notes Section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions The Scoop Duration parameters set how long these inflections last after a note starts The Rand Parameter determines how often they occur CHARACTER Vibrato Vibrato IH OUT SEM tang WE ae OE aah Seconds Opera Tenor The Vibrato effect models the sound of human vibratos onto the input voice The waveforms that control the vibrato are modeled from real singers Style A Vibrato Style sets all the Vibrato Parameters to a preset sound The Styles are authored with the amount at Unity A Style can be very dependent on the input voice The name of the style will give you an indication of what the Style will do Amount Amount allows you to get more or less of a Style With a value of Unity all the Vibrato Parameters represent their actual values Above or below unity the parameters are scaled to achieve more or less of the sound Attack Depth Sustain Release Just like a synthesizer the Vibrato
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51. ction 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions MATRIX Edit Assign MATRIX Visualization Edit Assign Visualization IH OUT IH OUT Eats TT BLOCK OFF g IS CIE ao ao Transducer MultiFx Decay Time Use this tab to select the four assigned edit parameters on Use this tab to select the assigned visualization on the the Home Page for this preset Each horizontal edit column Home Page for your preset The factory presets have been is used to assign a parameter to a soft knob The first two designed with the most useful visualization for the preset parameters select the menu and tab for the parameter The application third parameter selects the parameter from the selected menu and tab 51 section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions DYNAMICS Compress Insert Path The compressor can be inserted Pre EQ or Post EQ Compressor The Pre EQ value is useful for targeting compression on ee E specific frequency bands e ao 2d Gain Reduction Comp Limit 12 dB The compressor contains two modes depending on what dynamic effect is desired The compressor visualization provides representation of the compressor curve and real time gain reduction amount Mode The two modes for compressor are Compress and Comp Limit The Compress mode is a variable knee compressor The compressor is triggered by RMS levels with automatic make up gain This makes it useful when trying to get a smooth compressed sound
52. ditional mixer Vertical strips are used for each overall VoicePro block Each block then contains typical mixer controls like sends pans levels etc Dry Lead This is the voice input signal through Dynamics and EQ inserts VirtuaLead This is the output of the Dry Lead signal after going through Time Pitch amp Character Harmony This is the stereo mix output of the Harmony Block Overall FX Controls the overall level of uMod Delay and Reverb uMod Delay Reverb Controls stereo output level of the respective blocks Aux Input This is the signal present at the Aux Input which can not be routed through Harmony or VirtuaLead Sends The effects sends for Dry Lead VirtuaLead Harmony Aux Input are configurable pre or post fader Pan Width The mono blocks Dry Lead VirtuaLead and Aux Input have standard pan controls to set stereo position The stereo blocks have width controls that range from full stereo to mono BROWSER F130 Octave Up Group F32 Big Double F431 Octave Up Group Fas Octave Double F132 Octave Up amp Down Group FS 1st and 2nd Take F173 Sloppy Joes m F36 Silky Double F174 Deep Man F129 Octave Down Group F175 Growl Double Harmony hiulti F x Doubling Factory The Browser is your starting point for finding a vocal sound There are three filters on the Browser page to help choose the right preset Use the Scroll Wh
53. duce sibilant sounds 179 59 Hz The EQ in the VirtuaLead block is designed using double precision filter algorithms The resulting shape of all the filters is displayed in the visualization area Low High Gain Freq The low and high bands are 2nd order shelving filters When any band s parameters are adjusted a line representing the EQ curve for that specific band is shown Mid 1 2 Gain Freq BW The 2 mid bands are 2nd order parametric filters When any band s parameters are adjusted a line representing the EQ curve for that specific band is shown Low Cut The low cut is a 4th order filter There are preset cut off points of 60 Hz 80 Hz and 120 Hz 53 section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions TIME Mode In out n Seconds seconds Rate Freestyle The Time Block uses TC Helicon s FlexTime algorithm for stretching and shrinking the audio in natural and effected ways There are two modes for controlling Time Position Freestyle Mode allows the position of the voice to be freely set within VoicePro s time buffer and Rate Freestyle Mode allows the speed of the audio to be controlled 54 TIME Position Freestyle Position FreeStyle IH out In seconds seconds Turn for Control VoicePro contains a 5 second Time buffer With Position Freestyle Mode you control the position of the voice within that buffer Position Delta Sensitivity The Position Delta and
54. e Up Down Arrow keys or the Scroll Wheel 15 16 Section 3 Music Applications Introduction VoicePro s applications in music vocal production require settings and features that differ from dialogue Speaking post production The differences are mainly in the use of musical pitch shifts for harmony making voices sound thicker through various techniques and targeting formerly time consuming techniques used by music audio engineers and producers This section is more of an introduction to music applications as opposed to a detailed discussion For an in depth look at each parameter read the Detailed Parameter Description section In this section we cover Creating harmony Adding doubling effects Pitch correcting vocals Modifying vocal melody Modifying vocal phrasing Modifying vocal character Working with classic effects Creating special effects Cher Transducer Dry Off Shaping vocals with EQ Dynamics and the Spectral block 17 Section 3 Music Applications Creating Harmony The sound of human voices singing together in harmony adds excitement and intensity to music VoicePro offers you the ability to instantly experiment with different harmony lines as well as to produce finished recorded vocals Each harmony preset in VoicePro is based on one of five different harmony modes you can use to add authentic sounding virtual harmony voices to your mix Offering more than one Harmony Mode is necessary
55. e a 69 Section 8 Harmony and Tuning hard pitch correction on the harmony voice Setting the Smoothing parameter between 0 and 100 is like having variable amounts of pitch correction on the harmonies VoicePro has five preprogrammed harmony scales three major three minor and one custom per preset To create a custom scale or pitch map see HARMONY Chord Tab in the Detailed Parameter Description Section It can also be tricky to pick out the key in some songs An example is Sweet Home Alabama Listening you might think this song is in the key of D as that s the first chord but the harmonies actually work best in the key of G try running the song through VoicePro to hear for yourself Setting the scale can also take a bit of practice For songs centered around the third or root of the scale it might not sound like there s any noticeable differences between the three major or three minor scales This is because your song doesn t hit any of the scale s altered notes A melody centered around the fifth of the scale such as B in the key of E highlights the differences between the scales Try the Sha Lala Lala La Tee Daa chorus of Van Morrison s Brown Eyed Girl key E scale major 3rd above voicing with each major scale to hear the audible difference between them For the minor scales Santana s Evil Ways key G scale minor 3rd above voicing highlights the differences betwe
56. e an effect while turning to the right will engage it In any editing screen the current block can be a toggled on or off by pressing the OK Button When the block is disabled you will see a BLOCK OFF message overlayed on the Visualization Area Engaging a block may not immediately produce sound from the effect because it depends on correct mixer settings Press the Mix Button to confirm that the Level Parameter for the effect is turned up In the case of the Multi FX also ensure that Send Levels have been set You may also need to check that the particular effect Edit Tab has a style loaded that is not set to Off Section 2 Getting Started Storing Presets Current F1 Crisp Vocal Hall Source Singing Application Classic Fa Target U1 empty SOUP CE Upper Case When you would like to store an edited preset in the User Bank press the Store Button Within the Store Screen you have the option to cancel the store operation by pressing any button except Bypass Help or Tap choose the destination preset number with the Scroll Wheel rename the preset with the Soft Knobs choose the closest source and application criteria this is highly recommended to simplify browsing later Press the Store Button again to save the preset with your attributes Using VoicePro s Help System TIME Time Position Freestyle YoiceProa contains a 5 second Time butter With Position Freestyle Made you contro
57. e channel is set to off or infinity This is the best method for setting up an insert when using the 8 digital outputs b VoicePro as a stereo insert Have your lead vocal or dialog track returning to two channels or a stereo channel in your mixing environment Send a stereo channel output to the Voice and Aux inputs of VoicePro Connect the outputs of VoicePro as a stereo return to the sending channel s insert return pair or connect to another stereo channel The default Aux Input Level Setting in all of VoicePro s Factory presets is off in the mixer but if you make user presets ensure that this remains off when used in the insert configuration Understanding DryLead amp VirtuaLead VoicePro contains two lead paths In your mixing environment you often have a doubled version of your vocal or you comp two tracks together The Dry Lead is affected by the Dynamics and EQ Blocks Additionally it can be sent to the Multi FX Blocks The VirtuaLead is the same as Dry Lead except it is also processed by the Time Pitch and Character Blocks For Doubling presets Dry Lead and VirtuaLead are often mixed together For Character presets the Dry Lead is typically turned off Depending on the type of application the mix between these paths will be different See the Signal Diagram in the Appendix Section for detailed information Selecting Presets F1 Crisp Vocal Hall In out EB ET a le 20s Harmony Ti
58. e ees 56 CHARACTER isan sena Ka 0c eee ee 60 WIG eucege EE 20k eee ee Se eee ee 63 BROWSER aaa aaa a aa 4500008 Bg na 63 STORE g seret aa Aa ea oe bs Ba 64 WQWOQUCHON sak 24 6 URGE EEE Ee OH 65 Non Hybrid pitch shifting techniques 65 Understanding Hybrid Parameters 66 Working with small shift intervals 66 Working with large up shifts 66 Working with large down shifts 66 Emulating other shifting algorithms 67 Harmony 3 5 3 54 Ba Sw ew ho eS sirosis 69 Diatonic and Chromatic Harmony 71 SUSE TUN NQ 4 aaa daira oie Re EAS sest nis 71 Detailed Application Descriptions 13 Configurable MIDI Implementation 14 Download able PC MAC based Editor 74 Terms amp Descriptions 0 0 000 cee 75 Signal Diagram 0 c eee 76 Technical Specifications 00000 77 specifications interface and features are subject to change without notice due to continued product improvement VoicePro Rev 1 01 SW 1 0 English version Prod No 606086012 Section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions Section 7 Harmony and Tuning Section 8 Appendix Q Section 1 Introduction Welcome to VoicePro Thank you for selecting VoicePro as a key part of your toolkit for producing the human voice The years of research development and sonic verification that went into VoicePro is intended to benefit professionals respo
59. e sound of telephones radios cockpits etc Application Shaping Shaping presets offer starting points for simple dynamics and EQ processing Application Other The other application can be used when authoring User Presets that don t meet other application criteria TS Section 9 Appendix Configurable MIDI Implementation VoicePro MIDI CC configuration is configurable Therefore you can define the implemenation There are several CC Assign Styles to choose from that emulate other TC Helicon products The default implementation is listed below 1 _ Matrix Blocks Harmony on off 2__ Matrix Blocks __ Harmony Comp on off 4 _ Matrix Blocks Harmony EQ on off 5 _ Matrix Blocks JuMod on off 6 Matrix Blocks___ Delay on off 8 Matrix Blocks _ Transducer on off De ess on off EQ on off Time on off 3 Pitch on off Resonance on off Spectral on off Inflection on off Vibrato on off Breath on off Growl on off Dry Lead Pan Dry Lead Pan VirtuaLead Pan Mix i VirtugleadLevel ___ Harmony Level Overall FX Level Delay Level uMod Level Reverb Level Aux Pan Aux Level 1 Master Out Level Rate 3 Hold Shift Delt 5 Style 6 Amount 7 Style 8 Amount 9 Style Amount Style Amount Style 44 Spectral Amount 45 Resonance Style 46 Resonance Amount 14 Downloadable PC MAC Based Editor A third party PSI Craft has designed a PC MAC Based Editor for controlling VoicePro from a computer The editor
60. eature discussions Further parameter detail is found in the Detailed Parameters Description Section In this section we cover e Live hookups e Some features applicable to live performance e Finding presets e Optimizing latency e Using MIDI Hookup VoicePro does not feature a microphone preamp so this must be handled externally by an onstage or house console In a live show its best to run VoicePro as a mono send stereo return channel insert with routing of the dry signal handled by VoicePro s internal mixer This allows the onstage performer the use of VoicePro s voice transformation capabilites as well as dynamics and EQ Also some effects such as uMod often sound best fully wet VoicePro has an analog hardware bypass when power is removed which adds a good measure of security in high pressure live shows Also the auxilliary input allows use of VoicePro s non pitch shifting effects for other instruments and singers in bands that have their audio mixer onstage Notes on VoicePro features in live performance Pitch correction harmony dynamics and EQ vocal transformation distortion and Classic FX can all be used effectively when performing live e Pitch correction will help deliver a more polished vocal in live performance One thing to note is that a singer hearing their corrected voice in the monitor may be distracted at first If this is the case the signal from the mic can be split so that the monitor produc
61. ed 42 Section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions Tap IH OUT Tapped BPM EERE ENE baan a a Tapped Time Rae Last WIDI Tempo Jipang ao Global 100 BPM 91 BPM The Tap Button is used to set the delay time in presets where the Delay Source Parameter is set to tempo In this configuration tapping the Tap Button will calculate a BPM value HARMONY Mode Mode ij SEAT an er of licks tr fz 5 mM A Up 1 Doyen 1 Down 2 Ups sn _ Off The HARMONY Mode Tab is used to configure how the harmony voices will be generated There are various levels of intelligence and MIDI control for each mode The parameters for each mode can be different Mode Shift Shift Mode is best used for doubling and special FX Shift is the most basic mode of operation for the Harmony Block The harmony voices can be shifted a semi tone away from the input note In this mode there is no musical intelligence Mode Scale In Scale Mode harmonies use key and scale information to create musically correct diatonic harmonies Scale Mode harmonies are more dynamic than Chord Mode harmonies However in some situations a custom scale needs to be created on the Scale Tab Mode Chord In Chord Mode harmonies use chord information to create intelligent diatonic harmonies based on the input pitch Chords can be detected in real time via MIDI or using the Root Chord Parameter Mode Notes amp Notes 4ch In this Mode
62. edited White text indicates the live current preset while blue text indicates a previewed and inactive preset Status Area The Status Area shows vocal input and stereo output meters The index lines on the meters reflect the following values top to bottom 3 dB 6 dB 10 dB 15 dB 30 dB The red indicators above the meters display clip overload status Below the meters input status is displayed using the following format D for digital input A for analog input followed by the sampling rate MIDI is displayed when MIDI data is detected at the MIDI input Assigned Visualization Each preset can have a visualization assigned to the home page A visualization is the graphical area on any tab that provides feedback for that tab Factory presets are authored to have the most useful assigned visualization for the intended application The home page visualization is assigned on the MATRIX Visualization Tab Preset Status Area The Preset Status Area contains indicators for the top level blocks that have been enabled for the current or previewed preset Any individual block enabled under the Character Multi FX and Dynamics Button will cause its parent indicator to show enabled in the preset status area Assigned Edit Parameters Each preset can contain up to four assignable parameters displayed on the bottom of the Home Page These parameters can be controlled using the 4 soft Knobs Factory presets are authored to have the
63. eel to preview a preset Press the OK Button to load the selected preset Source Filter VoicePro can show presets intended for Singing or Speaking voices When All is selected all presets are shown based on the other filter settings Application Filter Each preset is assigned an application VoicePro contains 11 application types Correction Doubling Harmony Classic FX Special FX Character Pitch amp Time Transducer Live Other The Harmony application can also be filtered by the Harmony Mode Type Filter Type allows All Factory or User presets to be shown Additionally the presets can be browsed alphabetically instead of sequentially 63 section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions STORE Current F1 Crisp Vocal Hall Source Singing Application Classic Fa Target U1 empty SOURCE Upper Case When you want to quickly save a preset just press Store to enter the Store Screen Use the Scroll Wheel to select the target user location to store to Then press Store again to execute Naming Presets Each of the four edit knobs has its own purpose for editing a preset name Edit Knob 1 sets the cursor position Edit Knob 2 selects the character Edit Knob 3 inserts spaces when turned clock wise and deletes characters when turned counter clockwise Edit Knob 4 Jumps to lowercase uppercase or symbol characters Pushing the OK Button toggles a character map for easier edting
64. elated apparatus for household and similar general use EN 55103 1 Product family standard for audio video audio visual and entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use Part 1 Emission EN 55103 2 Product family standard for audio video audio visual and entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use Part 2 Immunity With reference to regulations in following directives 73 23 EEC 89 336 EEC Issued in Risskov June 2005 Mads Peter L beck Chief Executive Officer Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction Welcome to VOICePrOo_ ww aa 7 Registering VoicePro 1 we es 8 SUPPO sre Gash ae Sok a ed we Ge hk Sh ae gs 8 Section 2 Getting Started Front Panel Descriptions 0 004 9 Back Panel Descriptions 10 Audio Connections lt a 11 Latency ia aa aaa a ek 11 Analog Setup ce ce 11 Digital Setup ees 12 Aux Send or Insert 0 000 ees 12 Understanding Dry Lead and VirtuaLead 13 Selecting presetS 00 ccc eee 13 Searching for presets using the Browser 13 Editing presets overview 0004 14 Adjusting the Mix ee 14 Enabling disabling Blocks 14 Storing presetS 0 0 cc 15 Using VoicePro s Help System 15 Section 3 Music Applications Introduction cc ee 17 Creating Harmony 000 cee een aes 18 Adding Doubling effects 0005 20 Correcti
65. en the three minor scales The following table illustrates the third and fifth above for a given input note to illustrate the differences between the six different scales nc means no change in that the harmony voice will simply keep or transition smoothly from its previous pitch until the lead voice pitch changes to a non nc note Lead Voice C 3rd Above 5th Above 3rd above 5th above nc F nc G nc nc nc nc B nc nc nc nc nc C nc nc nc nc E nc gt n gt Q gt rjor gt tin MmOIMO TD nojn 3rd above 5th above TOIT ofp o o O 0 m A 3rd above 5th above o kakake Qo 0 70 90 PeF on 10 O HF o ops Qa 90 TEH o Pe nc nc nc nc nc B nc nc a nc nc D nc nc o gt IO S QOMFOOMIO TI MI qmMiqm bakah o 0 fo o 3rd above 5th above o gt Tn 0 3rd above 5th above pm QF 1097 0 nc nc A nc 70 Section 8 Harmony and Tuning Diatonic and Chromatic Harmony We ve described scale and chord harmonies as diatonic and shift harmonies as chromatic but what do those words mean Look at a piano keyboard Between middle C and the next C there are twelve keys 7 white keys and 5 black keys Each of those keys are pitched one semitone apart for a total of you guessed it 12 semitones The chromatic scale uses all twelve semitone notes opposed to the diatonic scales Thus there is only one chromatic scale but 12 each of the major minor etc diatonic s
66. er is set to 0 the un voiced portions of a voice signal such as esses are not time shifted This is similar to how we time stretch our own voice As the value increases the un voiced portions of the voice are time shift Hold Hold freezes the input when the parameter is engaged At this point the position can be moved within the buffer 55 section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions PITCH Mode In out A BE ae IO oaa PN The pitch block in VoicePro has several modes The visualization for the pitch block changes based on the mode This tab also contains parameters that adjust the sound of the pitch shifting Modeling Optimization To support legacy type pitch shifting modeling optimization can be turned off In this state transitions can be heard when turning off various Character blocks However in this state the legacy pitch shift sounds used for effects like monster pitch shifts can be produced It can also be useful to turn modeling optimization off wnen doing small pitch shifts in for example pitch correction applications Formant Correct Amount Formants affect the naturalness of a pitch shift In VoicePro formants and pitch can be shifted separately The Formant Correction Amt control sets the amount the formants are corrected shifted When set to 0 formants are shifted with the pitch like an instrument shifter When set to 100 the formants are not shifted like a PSOLA shifter When set to
67. ershop fans often describe as the coveted ring and lock sound In Barbershop music it is the lead singer s responsibility to try to sing the melody as close to the tuning of a piano equal temperament as possible The other singers must then tune their harmonies to the melody using Just relative intonation VoicePro is able to do this in both the Just and Barbershop tuning modes When the Just or Barbershop Modes are selected in the VoicePro the harmony tunings are based on the following relationships Minor 3rd 3 cycles for every 4 cycles of the input Major 3rd 5 cycles for every 4 cycles of the input Sth 3 cycles for every 2 cycles of the input Barbershop differs from Just tuning in Chord mode Just tuning will use the root of the chord for the tuning reference while Barbershop tuning uses the input notes as the tuning reference For this reason it is better to use Barbershop in an a cappella situation and Just when playing with other instruments because Just tuning sounds more in tune with the other instruments that most likely have Equal temperament tuning Our best advice is to experiment and use your ears 71 72 Section 9 Appendix Detailed Application Descriptions VoicePro s Browser is an efficient tool for getting to the right preset Understanding the criteria behind the Sources and Applications of the Factory presets will help you get good results Source Singing Singing presets were created with
68. es as your sequencer or keyboard 2 Is the MIDI indicator showing MIDI input 3 Do you have the correct input selected i e digital or analog voice or aux 4 Is the vocal sung to an instrument properly tuned to A 440Hz 19 Section 3 Music Applications Adding Doubling Effects A frequently used technique is to have a singer overdub the same line several times to add richness and chorusing Some audio products try to simulate this effect and while they can create interesting sounds they don t recreate the actual sound of overdubbed singers VoicePro has presets that accurately recreate the many current doubling methods sythesized and real The fastest way to find the doubling effect you require is to use the Browser s Search Function detailed below Term Description Unison The same pitch Micro shift Refers to an effect where detuned copies of a vocal are played back at the same time Sometimes there is a time varying delay How to create doubling effects F130 Octave Up Group F32 Big Double F131 Octave Up Group F35 Octave Double F132 Octave Up amp Down Gr FS 1st and 2nd Take F173 Sloppy Joes Fae Silky Double F1if4 Deep Man F129 Octave Down Group F175 Growl Double ai Time Pitch Dynamics Et Harmony Transduce hiulti F x Characte Singing Doubling 1 Press the Browser Button 2 Set the Source Filter to Singing and Application Filter to Doublin
69. es the unprocessed vocal and the main house mix contains the corrected vocal Also each song usually requires different key and scale settings which can be saved as unique presets and recalled by the onstage performer or sound crew e Using the four additional voices within VoicePro for harmony and doubling in live performance can produce succesful results Whether the harmonies are controlled by a MIDI keyboard or by recalling user specified key and scale presets for each song even a single harmony voice produced by VoicePro will seriously improve vocals e Dynamics and EQ are usually handled by a front of house sound mixer because he or she is responsible for fitting vocals into the whole mix This doesn t mean they shouldn t be used by the performer with an onstage VoicePro Also be aware that these effects can increase the risk of monitor feedback e Vocal transformation can create memorable vocal effects live compensate for a thin sounding voice and even add extra breathiness where it s required e Distortion and band limited megaphone effects are frequently used in pop songs and these can now be easily generated live with VoicePro The same caveat regarding feedback with dynamics and EQ applies here e Reverb modulation effects and delay fit perfectly in live performance and give the onstage performer more control of effects but its important to be aware of the balance of dry and effect in the mix the audience hears 35
70. ete scale make sure Output Notes are assigned for each Input Note HARMONY Humanize Humanize iii SEHR c dug e 5 PI ERE Bth 4th Unison Unison Waa 1 Groupi The HARMONY Humanize Tab provides an overall style as well as detailed control over the performance of the harmony voices Humanize makes the harmony voices very natural or effected Style This parameter configures all the parameters in the Humanize Block It provides quick access to different qualities of performance Smoothing Sets how much of the input pitch nuance is applied to the output voice Values from 50 to 70 produce the most natural results A value of 0 helps produce a Cher like effect Portamento Portamento sets the time in milliseconds to reach a target note when a harmony voice changes pitch Pitch Time Random These parameters apply a humanized randomization of the harmony voices time and pitch contour Moderate use of these parameters is very useful for de coupling the harmonies from the lead Detune With the Detune Parameter a fixed amount of pitch shift can be applied to the harmony voices Scoop The Scoop Parameter adds humanized pitch envelopes at the onsets of notes further disconnecting the harmonies from the lead Vib Style amp Amount A modeled vibrato can be added to each harmony voice using a combination of Vib Style and Vib Amount Parameters The vibrato styles are based on the analysis of real singers
71. ffects By combining multiple blocks in VoicePro with different Mix routings it s possible to create limitless Special FX These Special FX can be useful in finding a hook for a bridge or chorus of a song Some Special FX can be low in the mix Other Special FX are meant to be the same level as the dry voice How to load a Special FX preset F154 Triad Spread F54 Distorted Hype F155 Octaves Phone Tap F55 Distorted Delay Octave F156 Slow Distorted Pan F56 The Yoices In our Hea F152 Bass Radio Flange F153 Whipser vs Octave Harmony hlulti Fo singing Special Fx 1 Navigate to the browser and set the Source Filter to Singing and the Application Filter to Special FX then select a preset using the Scrol Wheel and Ok Button Tips for designing Special FX presets e Mix experiment with using Pre for FX sends and turning off the Dry VirtuaLead and Harmony levels e FX Routing try routing an FX send signal itonto Mod Then route uMod into Delay and Delay in Reverb e Modulated Noise select a Transducer Noise Style Set the routing to VirtuaLead Then set the VirtuaLead pMod send to pre and set the VirtuaLead level to off e Harmony create a custom scale in Scale mode where each note is assigned to the same note This creates interesting monophonic voices 27 28 Section 4 Dialog and Speech Applications Introduction VoicePro has a number of appli
72. g with the appropriate Soft Knobs to isolate the Doubling presets 3 Play the track or sing 4 Scroll through the list using the Select Scroll Wheel until you find the sound you prefer 5 Press the Home Button to access and adjust the Assigned Edit Parameters for the preset you have chosen Inflection uMod and Harmony blocks can be used a individually or in combination to produce doubling sounds Mod is generally used to provide the classic micro pitched detune doubling sounds Harmony and Inflection are used for more natural sounds or extreme doubling sounds 20 Correcting Vocal Pitch More and more recorded singers some great and some still learning are having their tuning adjusted with pitch correction tools more than ever before This is a common technique used to put a high gloss on vocals and as a result the music buying public has grown to expect this sound VoicePro offers the control and transparent shifting quality to allow you to produce the best vocal possible Tuning the pitch of a sung vocal track so that it still sounds natural requires a little background information First of all the ultimate natural pitch correction is to have a good singer sing the track well Once the singer has given their best performance you can apply the combination of subtle automatic and targeted manual retuning with VoicePro There are three ways of implementing pitch correction in VoicePro e Scale based automatic mode
73. get an understanding by comparing it to other pitch shifting techniques If you want to get the benefits right away skip to Understanding the Hybrid Shifting IM parameters There are two pitch shifting algorithms most prevalent in audio production the technique we refer to as Instrumental non formant corrected Pitch Shifting and PSOLA or formant corrected Pitch Shifting Instrument Pitch Shifting Instrument Pitch Shifting resamples the frequency scale of an audio signal Reading and writing samples at different rates can alter the pitch of the audio signal Instrumental Pitch Shifting is not suited to processing the human voice when shifting by more than a few semitones The human voice contains resonant frequencies called formants which are responsible for the perception of different vowels and the overall character of the voice The formant structure of the human voice is due to the shape of the vocal tract and is not affected by fluctuations in pitch Instrumental Pitch Shifting shifts the entire vocal signal including formants which causes the naturalness of a pitch shifted voice to decrease as the shift amount increases Due to the limitations of the Instrument Pitch Shifting technique the number of music and dialog production applications is limited In music production the technique is used for correcting mild intonation errors pitch correction or for detune effects where the overall shift is less than 100 cents 1
74. he resulting effects include e Reverb Reverb with ducking Delay Delay with ducking Tap Tempo Delay Chorus Flange Stereo detuning Combination sounds Reverb amp Delay etc The Reverb and Delay effect blocks perform their named functions and the uMod micromod block performs the Chorus Flange and Stereo Detuning functions Each block has a number of pre programmed styles to allow fast access to a number of interesting and useful effects without parameter editing Of course you can edit the styles and store the changes with the preset How to load a Classic FX preset F1 Crisp Vocal Hall F133 Stereo Chorus F2 Duck Delay F146 Chorus Verb Fa Vide Stereo Flange F4 Smoothie Flanger F24 End of Line Delay e F25 Ducked Reverb Time Pitch Uvnamics El Harmony Transduce hiulti F x singing Classic FM 1 Navigate to the browser and set the Source Filter to Singing and the Application Filter to Classic FX then select a preset using the Scroll Wheel and Ok Button How to enable classic effects in a preset 1 Press the Matrix Button 2 Press the Up or Down Arrow Buttons to highlight the Multi FX row 3 Turn the appropriate Soft Knobs clockwise to enable the effects desired 4 If you hear no effects even though audio input is present press the Mix Button 5 Use the Right or Left Arrow Buttons to scroll the screen so that you can see the effects send levels at the t
75. he Utility IYO Tab and set Voice Input and Aux Input to Analog Clock Mode to Normal Rate and Clock Master to Internal Setting levels 1 Send a vocal signal to the input 2 Navigate to the Utility I O Tab Adjust the Voice Sens Parameter until the In Meter displays peaks of around 6 dB The Voice Sens value represents the signal level that when applied to the input will result in the meters showing OdB A signal greater than the Voice Sens Value will result in input clipping 3 Set the Analog Out Paramater to the same value as Voice Sens This will configure VoicePro to have unity gain Additional ouput gain is possible with the Analog Out Parameter Unity Gain is when VoicePro has an equal signal at the input and output when in Bypass The Analog Out setting represents the signal level at the output when the Out Meters display OdB It is not possible to achieve Unity Gain when Voice Sens is set to 3 dBu since VoicePro does not support this Analog Out level 11 Section 2 Getting Started Digital Setup This section describes how to make digital audio connections to VoicePro Using the digital audio interface provides the most flexibility in a studio environment You can configure the 8 channels of digital output for separation of the voices and effects WORD CLOCK 2IN 8 OUT IN AES EBU Making Connections Digital I O is accessed through the female DB25 on the rear panel al
76. ink buzz or hum level must be on before any output is heard Hiss Level Freq Hiss is the noise pattern often associated with tape playback The sound can also be heard in radio transmissions In general a higher hiss frequency would represent a higher quality transducer device Pink Level High Cut Low Cut Pink noise is broadband noise By adjusting the High and Low Cut the noise can be shaped to match the band shape characteristics of a transducer device Buzz Level Buzz is the noise pattern often associated with a guitar amplifier Hum Level Power Freq A hum noise pattern is typically a result of grounding problems in an audio path The frequency of hum is affected by main voltage Therefore 60 Hz emulates the hum sound for North America and Japan 50 Hz represents most other countries 50 MATRIX Blocks Blocks Harmony Harmony Compressor EQ Mlulti Fx Inserts Revert Transducer Transducer Eemia EE Fitch Vibrato Modeling Spectral row The MATRIX Block Tab allows quick access for the enabling and disabling of blocks in VoicePro Inflection Use the Up and Down Arrow Buttons to highlight one of the five lines The four soft knobs enable disable the blocks on the highlighted line For convenience you can enable disable any block directly on the block s edit tab using the OK Button The Harmony Compressor De ess and EQ blocks are only available when Harmony is engaged Se
77. jor If no key and scale settings seem to work then a custom scale can be crafted or you can switch to manual MIDI control How to apply automatic pitch correction to a vocal F205 Correction amp Inserts F42 Scale based Correction F206 One Mote Correct FS Catch the Bad Motes F207 MIDI Correct FES Fast Phrase Correct F208 Transpose amp Correct F203 Corr Comp werh F204 Wide Chromatic Transduce Time Correction Harmony Wiulti F Lharacie Singing gt Navigate to the browser and set the Source Filter to Singing and the Application Filter to Correction then select a preset using the Scroll Wheel and Ok Button 2 Enter the key and scale of the song using the appropriate Soft Knobs 3 Adjust the Attack Rate Parameter with the appropriate Soft Knob to balance the rate of incoming new notes and the speed at which correction happens A value of 20 is a good place to start 4 Some songs have a chord structure in which a single key and scale setting may not work Your options are to Change key and scale for each song section e Create a custom pitch correction scale e Chose the manual pitch correction mode that allows you to press notes on a MIDI keyboard to provide the target pitches for correction see next paragraph Using MIDI to correct notes outside the scale 1 Follow the steps outlined previously to set a key scale and associ
78. l always be saved as Off Hold Release Sets a fade out time for the hold feature when returned to the Off value Attack Release available in Chord and Notes Modes Attack Mode sets the envelope attack and release times for harmony voices Using these parameters can make entrances and ends of harmony notes more natural This function works when Latch is off and MIDI is being used Latch available in Chord and Notes Modes When enabled the last chord remains active after the notes have been released When disabled harmony output stops when MIDI notes are released Root Chord available in Chord Modes Use these parameters to set the chord root key and chord type The chord defines the allowable notes for the harmony voices 44 Harmony Shift Scale Chord or ar Notes Upi Downi OLS ao 2 dB 2 dB 2 dB The majority of parameters in this tab are vertically assigned to one of the harmony voices V1 for voice 1 V2 for voice 2 etc Level Each harmony voice can have its own level There is also an Off value to disable that harmony voice Since up to 4 voices of harmony can be added be sure to leave headroom for additional level Voicing available in Shift Scale and Chord Modes In Shift Mode the voices are shifted relative to the input note The values range from 24 semitones to 24 semitones creating parallel harmonies In Scale Mode the Voicing Parameter specifies the in
79. l is set for each harmony voice that is maintained throughout the song Various methods by which VoicePro introduces random variations to the sound that mimic human deviations in pitch and timing Chord Mode Scale Mode Shift Mode Humanization 18 How to create harmony using a Notes Mode preset 1 Connect a MIDI keyboard to VoicePro see Utility section for MIDI details F856 Motes focoder F91 Motes Mon F97 One Mote vocoder F92 Motes 4H Sterea F58 Motes Stereo Processe F93 Notes The Guys F99 Notes Tap Delay F94 Notes The Gals F100 Motes werh Comp ne F95 Motes 1Guy amp Aas F101 Motes Room Comp C uh Time Pitch Uynamics Et Harmony Wein ve tfer hiulti F x singing Harmony Motes 2 Navigate to the browser and set the Source Filter to Singing and the Application Filter to Harmony Notes then select a preset using the Scroll Wheel and Ok Button 3 Perform a keyboard part of up to 4 simultaneous notes while the source audio plays Pitch Bend and MIDI controllers can be used How to create harmony using a Notes 4CH Mode preset 1 Connect the output of a MIDI sequencer to VoicePro see Utility section for MIDI details 2 Navigate to the browser and set the Source Filter to Singing and the Application Filter to Harmony Notes 4CH then select a preset using the Scroll Wheel and Ok Button 3 Press play on the sequencer while the source a
80. l the position of the voice within that butter Position Delta Sensitivity The Position Deta and Sensitivity Parameter work together The Sensitivity Parameter sets the time shift amount in ms for each Delta value lf Sensitivity is set to 20 ms then each click of the Delta parameter will shift the pitch up or down by 20 ms For subtle changes of a performance set the sensitivity to smaller values A unique and helpful feature of VoicePro is the integrated context sensitive help system Accessing the information you need can be done while viewing the Overview Tab or by searching in the Contents Tab Every button that lights up on the front panel has a Help text section except the Bypass Button The quickest way to learn more about any particular Effect Tab or Utility Tab is to press the Help Button while viewing a screen you would like to Know more about To make the Help system even more useful each Tab has a dedicated section containing descriptions of each parameter on the screen Alternatively you can browse the overall Help system from the table of contents without having to navigate to each particular edit screen Help on Help 1 Press the Help Button any time VoicePro is turned on Information on the current parameter tab will be presented in the Help Screen 2 To switch between the Contents and Overview Tab use the Left and Right Arrow keys 3 To read further down either the Contents or Overview pages use th
81. lack Lead amp Grey Harmony You might have noticed that each harmony note can cover more than one input note or that each input note doesn t necessarily have a unique harmony note For instance C and D both have E as the 3rd above E and F share G and so on This gives a more stepped sound to the harmony as the changes are both greater in magnitude and less frequent than when using other harmony methods shift mode for example The benefit of this method is that it is very easy to integrate vocal harmonies into your songs if you already know their chord progressions Scale mode Scale Harmonies use key and scale information to create musically correct diatonic harmonies Most popular music uses a single scale so you usually only have to input the information at the beginning of your song Scalic harmonies are more dynamic than the chordal harmonies because there are unique harmony notes for each input note The subsequent illustration shows the harmony notes for the C major scale with a single third above harmony voice You can see from the next diagram that the Scalic harmonies are intelligent and closely follow your lead voice for a tighter sound SS C Black Lead amp Grey Harmony Under the Harmony Key is a parameter called Smoothing When set to 100 the harmony voices follow your input pitch errors and all but when set to 0 the harmonies will jump directly to the scale harmony notes kind of lik
82. lay 1 2 2 3 Using the Matrik Blocks Tab configure a preset with all blocks off except Time Use Mix to tunr all levels off except VirutaLead Navigate to the Time Mode Tab and set the Mode to Rate Freestyle Turn the Soft Knob controlling Playback Rate to the left to slow playback Turn the Soft Knob for the Reset Parameter any direction to resume realtime playback How to speed up and slow vocal phrasing 1 2 3 Follow steps 1 2 above Set the Reset Position to Middle and selec the Reset Parameter Turning the Playback Rate Soft Knob to the left slows playback speed and turning to the right increases the speed Turn the Soft Knob for the Reset Parameter any direction to resume realtime playback When the Reset Position is set to Middle Q J ecntigure your DAW for 2500 ms of delay compensation to stay synchronized Section 3 Music Applications Modifying Vocal Character In VoicePro character is the term used for the over all effects of a group of blocks found under the Character Button e Resonance e Spectral e Inflection e Vibrato e Breath e Growl As the name suggests a new vocal character can be given to an existing voice which allows you to accomplish a wide range of production goals You can enhance a thin sounding vocal performance without EQ produce convincing character voices for children s songs in animated movies create interesting choir and duet
83. ll VoicePro has it s own dry path that will have to be muted in order to work in this scheme How to setup VoicePro with an aux send 1 Press the Utility Button and scroll to the I O Tab 2 Set Dry Lead to off This will allow VoicePro to operate like a standard aux send processor 3 From your mixing environment use a mono aux send to route audio into the Voice or Aux input Route VoicePro s outputs to returns or dedicated channels in your mixer Section 2 Getting Started When to use VoicePro as a channel insert If you are mainly using VoicePro for the purpose of pitch correction dynamics and EQ Character voice transformation or for processing speaking voices then an insert configuration will work well This is also the most flexible routing scheme if you plan to use the other features available in VoicePro In this configuration there is no dry path routed around VoicePro to your mixer as there is with the aux send scheme VoicePro handles this internally How to setup up VoicePro as a channel insert 1 Press the Utility Button and scroll to the I O Tab 2 Ensure that the Dry Lead Parameter is set to on 3 Because VoicePro is a mono in stereo or multi output device there are two methods you can use in your mixing environment to setup VoicePro as an insert a VoicePro on a mono aux send which returns to stereo channels Ensure that your mixer s aux send is set to pre fader and that the fader level for th
84. llation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna lt Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver lt Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Caution You are cautioned that any change or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment For the customers in Canada This Class B Digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canada Certificate Of Conformity TC Electronic A S Sindalsvej 34 8240 Risskov Denmark hereby declares on own responsibility that following products TC Helicon VoicePro that are covered by this certificate and marked with CE label conforms with following standards EN 60065 Safety requirements for mains IEC 60065 operated electronic and r
85. m the singer s input note Also Soft Knob Parameters and shift techniques for presets differ from those used for pitch correction How to modify vocal melody 1 Connect a MIDI keyboard to VoicePro see Utility section for MIDI details 2 Select or create a preset with Pitch Shift Mode set for the VirtuaLead path 3 Select the target notes on the MIDI keyboard to which you want the singer s pitch shifted to as they are sung 4 Adjust the Smoothing Parameter if required using the appropriate Soft Knob Modifying vocal phrasing A large part of a successful vocal is getting the timing just right Having a vocalist linger or accelerate through certain words can link the vocal and instrument tracks better for an improved and cohesive mix Rather than have a singer record take after take to get phrasing right you can get them to sing as close as possible and then edit using VoicePro In VoicePro you have the ability to manipulate vocal phrasing in a spontaneous way using the front panel Soft knobs Term Playback Rate Description Think of this as the accelerator and brake pedal for the timing of the incoming audio Returns playback to real time instantly Reset Accelerating playback is only possible if you set the Reset Position to Middle or Back and then select Reset In order to slow time down you ll have to wait until Q recording buffer fills with audio 22 How to slow vocal phrasing no de
86. me Pitch hlulti F Characte 10 dB Vocal Hall 1 98 Crisp When the Home Button is lit the Select Scroll Wheel is used to scroll through all Factory and User presets The Factory Bank of 250 presets are presented first followed by any User Bank presets The Preset Change Parameter in the UTILITY System Tab determines whether presets are loaded instantly or merely previewed as you decide which one to load Upon loading a new preset you will see the Home Screen and the Home Button lit Searching for Presets using the Browser F130 Octave Up Group o F131 Octave Up Group Fa Big Double F35 Octave Double F132 Octave Up amp Down roU FS 1st and 2nd Take F173 sloppy Joea F56 Silky Double F174 Deep Man F129 Octave Down Group F175 Growl Double Time Pitch Harmony Transduce hlulti F a Dynamics Characte Doubling Factory The Browser allows you to narrow your search for presets based on application filters you can specify This is very useful when you consider the product has the capability of storing 500 presets Press the Browser Button from any screen The top half of the screen shows the presets that match the search criteria displayed on the bottom line of the screen By using the 13 Section 2 Getting Started Soft Knobs you can specify any or all of the three search filters as follows Source Filter Here you select whether you want to
87. me shifted Section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions Hold Hold freezes the input voice when the parameter is engaged At this point the position can be moved within the buffer TIME Rate Freestyle Rate FreeStyle IH OUT n Seconds seconds VoicePro contains a 5 seconds Time buffer With Rate Freestyle mode you control the playback speed of the input voice Playback Rate Rate Range The Position Rate and Rate Range Parameters work together Rate Range sets the amount to which you can speed up or slow down the input voice The Playback Rate Parameter changes the rate within the rate range Smoothing Lower smoothing values will quickly jump from by the sensisity value on each turn of the Position Delta Parameter Higher Smoothing values will glide through each click Reset Reset Position The Reset and Reset Position Parameters work together When the ResetParameter is moved by a single click the position of the voice is moved automatically to the Reset Position This is very useful for extending notes in a song as the voice can be reset to back to real time with a single click Tape Effect When the Tape Effect value is 0 time is manipulated without effecting pitch As the Tape Effect value increases the pitch is shifted in a similar way to the effect of slowing down a tape Slowing a tape down shifts the pitch down Speeding up the tape shifts the pitch up UV Mod When the UV Mode Paramet
88. nd 1 Follow instruction in How to load a character preset 2 Use the Matrix Blocks Tab to turn off all blocks except Inflection Inflection is the automatic pitch and timing modification block in VoicePro It can superimpose the pitch warbles scoops and natural timing fluctuations of human singing onto any voice In musical applications Inflection could produce a second take that when mixed with the dry track could sound very convincingly like a singer doubling themselves Inflection could also be used to modify the beginning of notes with small pitch scoops that can introduce quirky personality into a track How to use Vibrato to create alternate characters Vibrato SEM Tang WE del AAT DE lon od Seconds 1 Follow instruction in How to load a character preset 2 Use the Matrix Blocks Tab to turn off all blocks except Vibrato Vibrato as a singing technique needs no introduction yet its implementation in VoicePro should be clarified The Vibrato block can be used to create an alternate singing persona for singers A distinctly unique vocal backup group can be made by the same singer overdubbing multiple tracks while singing through the Vibrato block This is more effective than the singer attempting to sing in an unnatural way for an extended period of time Strikingly real character modification is possible using the various Vibrato styles because they have been created by detailed e
89. ng vocal pitch 000 cea ee 20 Modifying vocal melody 0000 00a 22 Modifying vocal phrasing 0000000s 22 Modifying vocal character 0 23 Working with Classic FX 1 0 0 0 25 Shaping a voice with EQ and Dynamics 26 Creating Special FX 0 0 0 0 cc ees 27 Section 4 Dialog Speech Applications Introduction asa KA AA riaa ees 29 Changing the Character of a performance 29 Re creating the sound of a phone radio etc 30 Creating a low pitched voice 31 Re phrasing the timing of a performance 31 Shaping a voice with EQ and Dynamics 32 Special FX with Speech 000 ee 33 Section 5 Live Performance Applications WHTOQUCUOND sercata er FEE RE A 35 POOK se ea e ani BAN Ub Be ees oe gi A 35 Notes on VoicePro features in live performance 35 Optimizing Latency 00 cee ene aes 36 MIDI and live performance control 36 TC Helicon 6710 Bertram Plc Victoria BC Canada info tc helicon com HOME 22609 she EFIE eben ae ea ag cones ee 37 UNC Y Serer ey eee te ee re ee eee 38 KIE 2b au aap oe eta ere eee ee ee 42 TA Bears OE ee hee hae ee ae ee oe 43 HARMONY 00 020 e eee 43 MOLEX aaa een A anrea Gals ee en ean a 48 TRANSDUCER 0000 eee eeee 50 MATRIX odo hie ek aa ai ga Na i 50 DYNAMICS aa aa ee 52 PO ade Gee eee eee bee ee ee one ee 53 UE prc oa Sat Ate ge ards ge eee ore Eo ge 55 PUG 3b oe Gee eee tee eee ee eee ee
90. ns are when you want the processed voice to be dramatically different than the input voice Transformations will often use multiple Character blocks and pitch shifts great than 2 semitones The Amount Parameters for the Character blocks are typically set at Unity or above Transformations can be more realistic when the voice artist can monitor the preset in real time In this configuration the artist will modify their voice to bring out certain aspects of the preset How to select a Character preset FEO Masculine woman F36 Bad Cold Day Far Face Litt Fan Dirty voice F58 Throaty Growl F59 Formant Reduction F61 Smoked Too Much F62 Feminine Man F63 4 Bit Younger F192 Change Up F193 Change Down Time Harmony Transduce Pitch Mlulti F Dynamics Characte Speaking gt Enter the Browser Tab by pressing the Browser Button 2 Use Edit 1 and 2 to configure the Source Filter to Speaking and the Application Filter to Character 3 Using the Select Scroll Wheel or the Arrows to preview one of the Character presets 4 When you ve selected a preset press Ok to load the previewed preset 29 Section 4 Dialog and Speech Applications Changing the gender or formants of a voice 1 Start with a Character preset loaded 2 Enter Matrix Blocks Tab by pressing the Matrix Button and using the Arrow Buttons 3 Disabled all blocks except Resonance 4 Enter
91. nsible for bringing out the best in the human voice TC Helicon s proprietary voice processing algorithms allow all of the dimensions of the voice to be refined Appreciating the complexity of producing memorable dialog and hit vocal lines TC Helicon surrounded its core technology with voice optimized versions of all the auxiliary blocks necessary for voice production Features e Voice optimized tools amp effects e Pitch shift the voice using a transparent and versatile Hybrid Shifting algorithm with an 8 octave shift range e Time creative and humanized control over time shifting using FlexTime e Character manipulate or enhance a voice s character using VoiceModeling e Harmony four voices of natural sounding intelligent harmony e Transducer emulate telephones radios and megaphones and introduce distortion e uMod dial up an endless amount of the classic micro shifted sounds including flange and chorus e Delay voice optimized delay includes ducking and tap tempo e Reverb TC Electronic s classic algorithms lt EQ Dynamics standard filtering and leveling tools from TC Electronic s arsenal of respected algorithms Application based user interface e 250 user and 250 factory presets created by focused listening to vocals dialog effects and the masters who created them e Preset Browser Select your source and application to browse the best presets as creative starting points e Matrix Presets become palet
92. nt voices Style A Resonance Style sets all the Resonance Parameters to a preset sound The styles are authored with the amount at Unity A style can be very dependent on the input voice The name of the style will give you some indication of what the Style will do Amount The Amount Parameter allows you to get more or less of the selected Style With a value of Unity all the Resonance Parameters represent their actual values Above or below unity the parameters are scaled to achieve more or less of the sound Length Alters the apparent vocal tract length Changing length is similar to changing the apparent gender of the input voice Band Gain Freq BW There are three parametric bands controlled by Gain Freq and BW which control the spectral region that is modified A positive or negative gain moves spectral energy to higher or lower frequencies respectively Typically the first second and third band operate at low mid and high frequency ranges respectively Freq Shift Shifts the frequency center of all of the parametric bands This can be used to tune a Resonance Style to a particular voice UV Balance Controls how Resonance is applied to voiced and un voiced segments A value of 0 applies Resonance to voiced and unvoiced evenly whereas positive values apply more Resonance to unvoiced and less Resonance to voiced Similarly negative values apply more Resonance to voiced and less Resonance to unvoiced
93. o O HNN O O N YY 5 ZY UL6500 EN IEC 60065 CSA FILE LR108093 Cc US PROFESSIONAL AUDIO EQUIPMENT This class b digital device meets all requirements of the Canadian interference causing equipment regulations and complies with part 15 of the FCC rules Operation subject to conditions stated in the manual ICHELICON VOICEPRO PROFESSIONAL VOICE PROCESSOR O S es YEN I f TN LINK eR em Back Panel Description 1 Voice Input This is the main analog input for voice or monophonic instruments All processing blocks in VoicePro can be used on audio signals received at this input 2 Auxilliary Input This input allows analog audio sources of any kind to be routed to the uMod Delay Reverb and Transducer effects 3 Left and Right Outputs A full analog stereo mix is always provided on these outputs 4 AES EBU Digital I O Digital input and multi channel output is provided using a DB 25 connector Using the supplied break out cable or standard DB 25 cable VoicePro can receive separate digital voice and auxilliary input signals The 8 digital outputs are configurable in the Utlity I O Tab Digital outputs 1 and 2 are fixed to the full stereo mix 5 Wordclock Use a standard BNC cable to synchronize VoicePro to external wordclock 6 Ethernet Ethernet can be used to facilitate software upgrades and other improvements as they become available
94. ode Harmony presets may use other auxiliary effects to create a complete vocal sound Application Character Character presets are useful for enhancing aspects of a voice s character Examples of enhancements are bringing out breathiness adding air and deepening the gender Application Classic FX The Classic FX presets have been crafted to emulate popular reverb delay flange and combination effects commonly used on vocals Application Special FX Special FX presets are good starting points for finding an interest hook for a song Special FX presets may be subtle or out of this world Any or all blocks are used in these presets Application Transducer Transducer presets use the Transducer Block to offer Distortions and Telephone effects Application Pitch amp Time Pitch amp Time presets are intended for real time manipulation of dialog expressiveness The top level editable parameters are setup for creative control Some of the presets start with no pitch or time shifting Application Character Character presets are useful for enhancing aspects of a voice s character Examples of enhancements are bringing out breathiness adding air and deepening the gender Pitch shifting is also used to alter character Application Special FX Special FX presets offer excellent starting points for monsters aliens and animated characters Application Transducer Transducer presets use the Transducer Block to emulate th
95. oduction Registering VoicePro There are two methods for registering your VoicePro e Online visit www tc helicon com VoicePro and click Product Registration in the left hand column e Mail complete and return the registration card included with your product Support If you run into technical challenges TC Helicon will be more than happy to help There are a number of sources for product support We ve prioritized them below according to the speed at which you will access the help information 1 Help Button VoicePro has an integrated context sensitive help system You can access the help system from any tab in VoicePro by clicking the Help Button More information about VoicePro Help is covered in Section 2 Getting Started 2 Manual The manual for VoicePro is extensive It s a good source of application information and in depth answers for common questions 3 On Line visit www tcsupport tc to search and ask for answers on up to date questions about VoicePro 4 Phone International 45 8742 7000 USA amp Canada 805 373 1828 Section 2 Getting Started SYSTEM EFFECTS
96. on 4 Dialog and Speech Applications 2 If you would like to edit controls not found on the Home Screen press the Dynamics Button which will take you to the tabs for compression and de essing where you will find the complete set of controls 3 Use the Up Down Arrow Buttons and Soft knobs to locate the desired parameters and to adjust them 4 Follow the previous instructions to add EQ The processing blocks can be used simultaneously if required How to add dynamics and EQ to an existing preset 1 After loading the desired preset press the Matrix Button to enable the processing blocks you require 2 To access insert parameters on the dry or VirtuaLead path press the Dynamics or EQ Buttons 3 Use the Up Down Arrow Buttons and Soft Knobs to locate and adjust the required parameters 4 Press the Store button twice to save Note that there is plenty of gain available for each of the four EQ bands and compressor makeup to seriously exceed the headroom in VoicePro If you hear unmusical cracking sounds while adjusting these reduce the amount of send to the unit or reduce the Voice Sensitivity Parameter in Utility I O Special FX with Speech The Special FX presets were created to quickly call up sounds which are notoriously time consuming to re create in the post production environment How to load a Special FX preset F21 Stereo Station ID F6 Waterfall Up F22 Spooky Cathedral F10 Big Double Talk F29 Whisper Flange
97. ong with the included DB25 to XLR AES adapter 1 Connect the male end of the DB25 connector to the female DB25 connector on VoicePro 2 Connect the AES EBU digital output of your audio source to the female XLR on the AES EBU adapter cable 3 Connect the male XLR labeled Channel 1 2 of the DB25 connector to the appropriate AES EBU input in your mixing environment Utility Setup for Digital Inputs with External Clock oe Hormial Rate Digital In 441K 88 2K 1 Go to the Utility I O Tab and set the Voice Input to Digital Left 2 Set the Clock Rate Parameter to match the sampling rate of your mixing environment If your mixing environment is running at 88 2 kHz or 96 kHz set the Rate Mode Parameter to Double Rate 3 Set the Clock Master Parameter to External This will cause VoicePro to derive its clock from the digital input To provide the best possible jitter rejection Q veep uses a narrow clock rate detection jJ algorithm Therefore to detect the external clock rate VoicePro s clock rate must be set in the same range 12 Some sound cards with digital I O will only accept digital input if they are set up as the Slave that is they need to get their clock from their digital input If this is the case then you will need to have at least one of the Digital Outputs connected to the sound card as well as the Digital input and set the Clock Master to Internal The Left Right Output meters are
98. op of the screen These are usually set at nominal send settings in the Factory presets but you can adjust them if needed using the Arrow Buttons and Soft Knobs 6 Use the Arrow Buttons to reveal the effects return levels at the bottom of the screen These are usually set at nominal send settings in the Factory presets but you can adjust them if needed using the Arrow Buttons and Soft Knobs How to mute the classic effects in a preset 1 Press the Matrix Button 2 Press the Up or Down Arrow Buttons to highlight the Multi FX row 3 Turn the appropriate Soft Knobs counter clockwise to mute any effects enabled in the preset 4 Press Store twice if you want to save the change to the preset 5 Press the Home Button How to edit the classic effects 1 Follow the previous instructions to enable the desired effects block in the Matrix and to confirm signal routing is correct in the mixer 2 Press the Multi FX Button to access the effect editing parameters 3 Press the Right or Left Arrow Buttons to locate the tab containing parameters for the effect you want to edit e g Reverb 4 Use the Up and Down Arrow Buttons to locate the Edit row containing the Style Parameter 5 Turn the appropriate Soft Knob to change to the desired style 6 If further editing is required you can edit all parameters using a combination of the Up and Down Arrow Buttons and the Soft knobs 7 Press Store twice to save edits with the preset 25
99. ormation is provided in the form of chords key and scale to produce intelligent results The Key Scale Chord Parameter configures whether that information is set globally or by preset Preset Change There are two modes of Preset Change in VoicePro Immediate triggers preset changes when the Select Scroll knob is used on the Home Page Preview requires the OK Button to be pressed to load the selected preset Latency Mode VoicePro contains several latency modes These modes affect the VirtuaLead path The Nominal setting gives the best quality Lower latencies are useful for performing live or monitoring applications The latency of the VirtuaLead Dry Lead and Harmonies are shown in the visualization area Dry Delay When Dry Delay is set to None the Dry Lead is outputed as fast as the system allows When Harmony Sync is selected the Dry Lead is delayed to synchronize with the Harmony Processing Tuning Reference All the Pitch and Harmony Parameters related to shifting the pitch of the voice input are tuned to this reference A440 Hz is the default reference Use this parameter for tuning VoicePro in a situation where the reference tuning of instruments is sharp or flat 39 Section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions UTILITY MIDI lz T 14 TE 1 7 in BT Transmit la cH 1 Receive i 11 UTILITY CC Assign CC Assign Transmit i REE CH1 4 Receive ll BG
100. peech Applications Shortening or lengthening the timing of a voice 1 2 3 Enter the Browser Tab by pressing the Browser Button Use Edit 1 and 2 to configure the Source Filter to Speaking and the Application Filter to Pitch amp Time Using the Select Scrol Wheel or the Arrows to select the preset Pitch amp Time Freestyle When you ve selected the preset press Ok to load Use the Matrix Blocks Tab to disable all blocks except Time Enter the Time Rate Freestyle Tab by pressing the Time Button and using the Arrow Buttons If you want to lengthen the clip set the Reset Position to Front If you want to shorten the clip set the Reset Position to Back On Edit Row 1 turn Edit 3 to Reset the buffer Set the Rate Range to Small and Tape Effect to 0 Set the appropriate Playback Rate to shorten or lenghthen the audio clip To start again turn Edit 3 on Edit Row 1 to reset the Buffer The UV Mod Parameter effects the quality of the time shift When UV Mod is set to 100 all un voiced signals are time shifted This can sound unnatural A UV Mod setting below 20 can reproduce more natural results However when UV Mod is set below 100 the resulting Playback Rate will not be precise because no time stretching will occur during un voiced signals 32 Shaping a voice with EQ Dynamics and Character There are two independent but identical sets of high precision E
101. ressor Threshold Parameter sets the input level when compression will occur Ratio Parameter determines the amount of gain reduction when the threshold is triggered Make up Output Gain When the mode is Compress the makeup gain is automatic However an offset can be applied using the Make up Gain Parameter When the mode is Comp Limit Output Gain can be added to the desired level Attack Release In both modes the release parameter determines the speed at which the compressor stops reducing levels In Comp Limit mode the Attack Parameter determines the speed at which the compressor starts reducing levels Because of the variable knee modes with Compress there is no Attack Parameter Knee In Compress mode there are two knee modes In Hard mode the compressor ratio is used immediately when the threshold is reached In Soft mode the compressor ratio is gradually reached as the level increases past the threshold Soft mode is ideal for a smooth compressor sound Section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions Insert Path The compressor can be inserted Pre EQ or Post EQ The Pre EQ value is useful for targeting compression on specific frequency bands HARMONY De ees IH OUT D H a H F m s 24 Din Use the Harmony De esser to help reduce the sibilant levels associated with homophonic harmony parts Amount Sets the amount that the De esser will reduce sibilant levels Frequency Se
102. rs Each Pitch mode Correct Shift and Freestyle has six common parameters that control the shift quality Modeling Optimization To support legacy type pitch shifting modeling optimization can be turned off In this state transitions can be heard when turning off various Character blocks However in this state the legacy pitch shift sounds used for effects like monster pitch shifts can be produced It can also be useful to turn modeling optimization off when doing small pitch shifts in for example pitch correction applications Formant Correct Amount Formants affect the naturalness of a pitch shift In VoicePro formants and pitch can be shifted separately The Formant Correction Amt control sets the amount the formants are corrected shifted When set to 0 formants are shifted with the pitch like an instrument shifter When set to 100 the formants are not shifted like a PSOLA shifter When set to Auto the amount of formant correction is modified as a function of shift amount to sound the most natural Formant Offset The overall formant structure of the voice can be shifted up to sound more feminine or chipmunk like Or formants can be shifted down to sound more masculine to monster like This control moves the formants independently from the pitch shift UV Shift Attenuation This parameter allows the un voiced sibilant signals to be attenuated when pitch shifting The effect is more noticeable when shift intervals
103. s This can be useful as sometimes MIDI is used to quickly override a single with agressive correction settings MIDI notes received temporarily override the correction scale Custom Note Select Enable These parameters allow a custom correction scale to be used Select the Custom Note using the Select Parameter and then turn it off or on in the scale using the Enable Parameter 5 section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions PITCH Pitch Shift Pitch Shift IH OUT ro 7 i SE H el The pitch shift mode offers fixed pitch shifting by semitone and cents MIDI control is also supported for re pitching melody lines or creating a harmony part Coarse Fine Shift The Coarse Parameter shifts the pitch up or down with a range of 48 semitones The Fine Parameter shifts the pitch relative to the Coarse Parameter by 99 cents The distance between semitones is 100 cents Portamento When MIDI notes are used to control the pitch shift Portamento sets the time in milliseconds to reach a MIDI note MIDI Latch When enabled the last MIDI note sent to the pitch shift is used until a new note is received This allows robot voices to be created by triggering the note of the desired monotone voice with MIDI Latch on MIDI Smoothing Sets how much of the input pitch nuance is applied to the pitch shifted voice 58 PITCH Pitch Freestyle Pitch Freestyle IH OUT fe LHPLIT aig aie CII ooa wk
104. s between pitches creating perfect harmonies Just tuning is different from Equal temperament tuning which is what most of us use and hear everyday Equal temperament uses approximations for the tuning of each note allowing us to easily alter the key of our music without re tuning our instruments Although probably no one has ever told you this your expensive grand piano and the last great keyboard synthesizer you bought are both out of tune Well to be fair we can say instead that they are all tuned using Equal temperament Harmony is the result of the interaction between differing audible frequencies in ratios that sound musical to the human ear A more exact ratio leads to a nicer sounding harmony Most instruments like the piano are absolute by nature meaning that each note has a specific pitch Unfortunately with this method of tuning we lose the ability to create perfect ratios when playing multiple notes As a result much of the harmony you ve heard in music has not been perfectly in tune Singers especially when performing multi part a cappella no accompaniment music base their tuning on how it harmonically sounds with other singers The natural tendency and what sounds best is to sing with Just tuning so that inharmonic beating is minimized One of the goals in Barbershop quartet singing is to strive for Just relative intonation so that a sub frequency is audible Achieving this goal results in what Barb
105. t consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet 10 Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus 11 Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer 12 OONO OS ON Use only with the cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over 13 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time 14 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel 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 equipment e This apparatus must be earthed e Use a three wire grounding type line cord like the one supplied with the product e Be advised that different operating voltages require the use of different types of line cord and attachment plugs e Check the voltage in your area and use the correct type See table
106. t MIDI channel from a sequencer program enabling unique pitch bends on each channel An intelligent harmony mode where a sequence of chords played on a MIDI keyboard are interpreted to produce musically correct pitches that move according to the pitch of the sung note An automatic harmony mode where you set only the key and scale of your song Usually no on going musical input from a keyboard is required This is the one non intelligent harmony mode where a fixed interval is set for each harmony voice that is maintained throughout the song Various methods by which VoicePro introduces random variations to the sound that mimic human deviations in pitch and timing Doubling Term Unison Micro shift Correction Term Window Key Scale Attack Rate Amount Time Phrasing Term Playback Rate Reset Description The same pitch Refers to an effect where detuned copies of a vocal are played back at the same time Sometimes there is a time varying delay Description The pitch range around a scale tone where correction will occur The musical center of the song i e key of C Major minor or custom edited these are the target notes that the vocal is nudged towards When a singer s pitch falls winthin the Window the Attack Rate Parameter sets how fast the vocal will be shifted to the Window s center Can be used to reduce the effect of correction if desired Description Think of this as the acceler
107. tail sound is the decay part of the reverb Style The Reverb Style is essentially a preset for the block A style sets all the Reverb Parameters Duck Thresh Release Attenuation The ducking feature attenuates the output of the Reverb based on the level at the input Setting the threshold at 24 dB and attenuation at 60 dB will ensure the Reverb sounds are only heard at the end of a vocal line TRANSDUCER Transducer IH OUT IS ao Telephone 2 The Transducer Block emulates the noise bandwidth and distortion characteristics of phones radios and megaphones There are three elements that make up a Transducer sound Each element has its own tab Band Shape Distortion and Noise The Main Page gives overall control of the Transducer sound Style The Transducer Style is essentially a preset for the block A style sets all Transducer Parameters in all tabs Input Output Gain The input and output gain for the Transducer can be key in creating a sound A perfect example is a quiet person talking through a phone with its volume turned up This requires balance of those controls to emulate the correct sound for a specific Transducer setup Distortion Amount Overall Noise Level and Band Shape Enable give Main Tab access to the most important parameter from the other Transducer Tabs Routing There are 3 routing choices for the Transducer Block VirtuaLead Only Harmony Only Stereo Output TRANSDU
108. ter We consider this type of harmonizing to be non intelligent because VoicePro is not set to any particular key or scale These are pure parallel harmonies The most common shift harmony voices are the 5th 7 semitones and octave 12 semitones ranging from two octaves below or above the input pitch Below is The C Major scale showing third above chromatic scale harmony as used in VoicePro Shift Mode Black Lead amp Grey Harmony Chord Mode Chord harmonies take your chord information to create intelligent diatonic harmonies based on your voice To make Chord harmonies you need to input in real time the chords of the song This may be done either via MIDI or through a programmed sequence of chord roots and types via CC control changes Chord information consists of the chord root and type which define the 3 or 4 notes in a given chord In Chord mode Voicepro will only create harmony voices that fall on the notes of the chord Chord harmonies are intelligent because they decipher the chord you re playing and the note you re singing to produce musically pleasing harmonies When 1 above is defined as a harmony voice Up1 the next note from the chord above the input note is output for that harmony voice The subsequent illustration shows the harmony notes for the C major scale with a voicing selection of a C major chord and a single one above Root C Chord Type Maj Voicing Up1 E E ec De F B
109. terval of the harmony note with respect to the input note according to the selected scale The range of values goes from 2 octaves 2 octaves For example a setting of 3rd will result in a harmony voice a third above the input voice related to the current scale In Chord Mode the Voicing Parameter specifies the relation of the harmony note to the input note with respect to the current chord The harmony voices are always notes in the chord A setting of Up1 places the harmony voice on the next chord tone above the input voice Pan Each harmony voice can have its own stereo pan position Spreading the harmony voices within the stereo field can help de couple the harmony voices from the input voice resulting in more natural harmonies Gender This parameter shifts the formants often called gender of the harmony voices Use it to alter the character of the voice ranging from 50 a big person with a deep voice to 0 no change to 50 mice alien sound Section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions Custom Scales in Scale Mode Note Source Input Note The Note Source and Input Note Parameters are used to create custom scales When Note Source is set to Manual the Input Note value can be set to any note in the scale When Note Source is set to Sung the Input Note is set by the input pitch Output Note Use these parameters to set the desired output note for each harmony voice for the select Input Note To create a compl
110. tes through four top level parameters and a dedicated feature visualization assignable to each preset Professional quality hardware design lt gt 110 dB unweighted dynamic range Analog I O 2 in 8 out AES EBU digital I O Included with VoicePro Your VoicePro box should include the following items If you can not locate an item below please see the Support section of the Introduction VoicePro appropriate power cable AES EBU 2 in 8 out break out cable user s manual registration card About TC Helicon TC Helicon is a joint venture company created early in the 21st century that is owned by TC Group Denmark and IVL Technologies Ltd Canada TC Helicon s core value is that the voice is the world s most beautiful instrument Therefore everything TC Helicon does is dedicated to this instrument TC Helicon envisions a world where those who work with voice are able to bring out its very best and where the possibilities of vocal craft are endless The company s mission was galvanized by a simple question Isn t it time that someone finally provided dedicated tools and solutions for voice TC Helicon is revolutionizing the vocal channel by providing innovative tools and solutions for people who create and work with the speaking and singing voice Our customers include the most demanding of live performers producers broadcasters and recording engineers Enjoy The TC Helicon Team Section 1 Intr
111. the Harmony or Pitch Block 40 VoicePro contains a configurable CC assignment engine Up to 70 of VoicePro s preset parameters can be assigned to any CC CC Assign Style VoicePro contains several CC Assign Styles This is a quick way to get external control setup The included styles emulate aspects of other TC Helicon products or typical external control applications Default standard for VoicePro VoicePrismPlus VoiceWorks VoiceLive VoiceOne Quintet Assigning CCs Each of the 70 assignments has its own editing row In the edit row choose the parameter and then the CC number Parameters and CCs must be mapped in a one to one relationship section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions UTILITY Visualization Visualization The Visualization Tab allows customization of graphics This includes some colors types of pitch plots and meter peak hold times UTILITY File The UTLITY File Tab allows for the backing up and restoring of presets and utility parameters via MIDI Use the OK Button to execute the action Action Select whether you want to dump restore or erase data in the product The Dump Action requires the MIDI Out to be connected to a MIDI sequencer or data filer Press the OK Button to execute the action Include This parameter determines what data is dumped restored or erased when the OK Button is pressed When the value is set to Presets use the Preset Number Parameter
112. the Timing of a Performance VoicePro s Time Block uses TC Helicon s FlexTime algorithm to stretch and speed up a voice performance The buffer for the Time effects is 5 seconds The main application for the Time block is dynamic control over the phrasing of a voice by slowing down and speeding up words or phrases Additionally it is possible to reduce or increase the length of a 30 second voice clip by 17 Real time control over timing F15 Tape deck Time i z F45 Move in Time F52 Small Pitch Shift F53 Large Down Shift _ Fed Tape Machine Harmony Transduce hiulti F as Dynamics Pitch amp Time Speaking Enter the Browser Tab by pressing the Browser Button 2 Use Edit 1 and 2 to configure the Source Filter to Speaking and the Application Filter to Pitch amp Time 3 Using the Select Scroll Wheel or the Arrows to select the preset Pitch amp Time Freestyle 4 When you ve selected the preset press Ok to load 5 Enter the Time Rate Freestyle Tab by pressing the Time Button and using the Arrow Buttons The Time block is typically configured to start at the beginning of the buffer This means the first j operation has to be slowing down the voice However it is possible with the Reset Position Parameter to set the buffer starting point to be Middle This will allow the audio rate to be increased or decreased oT Section 4 Dialog and S
113. tic pitch correction you can achieve musical and natural result that is very time consuming to achieve with graphical based pitch editing The parameters are described below Attack Rate Attack Rate determines the rate it takes for the input pitch to be shifted to the corrected note Settings between 16 and 40 provide the most natural results Effects can be created with extreme settings Window and Attack Rate Parameters are key in achieving transparent correction Window The Window Parameter works in conjunction with the selected or custom correction scales notes The window value determines how close in pitch a sung note needs to be to a note in the correction scale for correction to be applied Lowering this value can help VoicePro chose the right correction note Higher values can sometimes help when using a single note custom scale to correct a very out of tune note Amount This parameter musically controls the amount of pitch correction applied to the input note The actual amount varies based on the amount a voice is out of tune Root Scale Match the Key and Scale Parameter to the melody being pitch corrected The key and scale determine the notes that the pitch corrector will correct to Create a custom scale for more complex or single note corrections MIDI Attack Window The pitch corrector can also be controlled via MIDI When MIDI is used the Attack amp Window Parameters can be set to different value
114. ts the center point of the de esser detection circuit that decides when to reduce sibilant sounds 47 section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions MULTI FX Mod pMod IH OUT ao Down amp Up Tube 20 cents UMod is short for MicroMod By combining micro pitch shifters modulated delay and feedback the uMod block can create micro shifts choruses flanges and anything in between Style The uMod style is essentially a preset for the uMod block A style sets all the uMod Parameters Detune L R This sets the amount of pitch shifting in the left and right input to the uMod block The shifting can be 25 cents Mod Speed Depth Phase Wave The Mod Parameters in uMod control the modulation of the delay parameter The combination of modulation speed depth phase and waveform are necessary to create flanged and chorused sounds Delay L R A subtle amount of delay on the right and left path adds depth to the uMod effect Feedback X Feedback L R Feedback is essential for going beyond a simple detune sound with the uMod Block X Feedback allows the left and right channel to be fed into each other for creating complex sounds 48 MUTLI FX Delay IH OUT D ar E H F ooh Complex Decay The Delay Block in VoicePro has been optimized for the voice These optimizations include tempo control and a ducking feature for keeping mixes clean Style The Delay Style is essentially a preset for the
115. ts to the clock rate from Internal Word Clock or Digital In Clock Rate When Clock Master is set to Internal the Clock Rate parameter sets the sampling rates based on the Clock 38 Mode If the Clock Master Parameter is set to Digital or External the Clock Rate Parameter sets the target sampling rate to which VoicePro will lock Master Output Level Sets the stereo output level to the stereo analog and digital channels 1 and 2 Section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions UTILITY System System Latency Version Numbers Dry Lead VWirtuaLead Harmony Preset REERR OSPF EE HARM BRT cra ER SARM RI This tab configures the functions related to bypass latency and preset change Below are descriptions of the various parameters Bypass Mode This parameter configures the functionality of the Bypass Button There are four options Default bypasses all the processing in VoicePro Dry Lead is routed to both left and right outputs Default with EQ amp Comp is the same as default mode except Dynamics amp EQ are left on Harmony Mute this is a harmony performance mode where the harmony voices are turned on and off Digital Wire bypasses the voice input to the left analog digital 1 output and the aux input to the right analog digital 2 output This mode is useful when VoicePro is being used for analog to digital conversion Key Scale Chord When using the harmony block musical inf
116. udio plays or while you sing in time with the MIDI tracks Notes 4 Channel Mode The best way to benefit from this type of harmony is to use a MIDI Audio sequencer to send synchronized MIDI and audio tracks to VoicePro First record or import a vocal track into the sequencer then perform up to 4 different harmony parts on separate MIDI channels in synchronization with the vocal Section 3 Music Applications How to create harmony using a Chord Mode preset 1 Connect the output of a MIDI keyboard to VoicePro see Utility section for MIDI details Fit One wih Even More Fes Two For The Show F118 Two For The Showe Prog Fo4 Gospel Trio F119 Gospel Trio Proc Fas Awesome Foursome F120 Foursome Proc Fe Flock Of Angels F121 Foursome Verb F58 Chord Bass Voice F122 Twozome werh Harmony EE ir hiulti F x Dynamics Harmony Chord Singing 2 Navigate to the browser and set the Source Filter to Singing and the Application Filter to Harmony Chord then select a preset using the Scroll Wheel and Ok Button 3 Play keyboard chords of 2 or more simultaneous notes while you sing How to create harmony using a Scale mode preset F107 Scale 3rd Down Group F102 Scale Add One F108 Scale 6th Down Group F103 Scale Add One Process Fi0gscale Add Three F104 Scale Add Two F110 Scale Add Four F105 Scale Add 2 Praces F111 Scale Add jProc F106 Scale 3rd
117. ve based on their ranges to further tune the shift Working with large up shifts A large up shift is considered a shift interval more than 2 semitones above the input voice The range of values will change as you move beyond an octave 1 Select or create a preset that only has the Pitch block enabled and the VirtuaLead Level set to OdB and dry and harmony turned off 2 Navigate to the Pitch Mode Tab Use the Edit Knobs to select Pitch Shift for the mode parameter 3 Set the Pitch quality parameters within the guidelines following Shift Interval Parameter 2 to 12 12 to 36 Modeling Optimization On On Formant Correct Amount Auto Auto Formant Offset 0 0 UV Shift Attenuation 0 20 to 60 UV Shift Amount Auto 0 to 100 Downshift Quality 0 N A 4 Navigate to the Pitch Shift Tab and select a large up shift using the Coarse or Fine Shift parameters 6 Modify the Pitch parameters above based on their ranges to further tune the shift Working with large down shifts A large down shift is considered anything more than 2 semitones The ranges of values will change as you move beyond an octave down shift 1 Select or create a preset that only has the Pitch block enabled and the VirtuaLead Level set to OdB and dry and harmony turned off Section 7 Optimizing Hybrid Pitch Shifting 2 Navigate to the Pitch Mode Tab Use the Edit Knobs to select Pitch Shift for the mode parameter 3 Set the Pitch quality parameters within
118. xaminination of many singers voices When changing Vibrato Styles the effect wont change until a onset triggers the new style 24 How to use Breath to introduce air Breath IH OUT Amount all Ltt ao Seconds 1 Follow instruction in How to load a character preset 2 Use the Matrix Blocks Tab to turn off all blocks except Breath The Breath block can be used to create the intimate sound of a breathy singer or a breathy performance At extreme settings the Breath block can turn a track sung in full voice into a whisper This and other varied Breath styles are available to closely match the voice of the singer and the requirements of the track How to use Growl IH OUT Srconds o 0 1 Follow instruction in How to load a character preset 2 Use the Matrix Blocks Tab to turn off all blocks except Growl Growl adds an effect that evokes the gravelly voices of singers like Louis Armstrong and Bob Seger While a preset using the Growl effect can easily be dialed up to process a recorded voice the most effective use is to have the singer hear the effect while they sing This allows them to modulate the volume of their voice to introduce the effect when desired There are various Growl styles available to suit the track Section 3 Music Applications Working with Classic FX In VoicePro the effects that are termed classic are created using the uMod Delay and Reverb blocks T
119. yle With a value of Unity all the Breath Parameters represent their actual values Above or below unity the parameters are scaled to achieve more or less of the sound 62 CHARACTER Growl IH OUT Amount Constant Growl The Growl effect can bring out vocal sounds where the throat is constricted Style A Growl Style sets all the Growl Parameters to a preset sound The Styles are authored with the amount at Unity A Style can be very dependent on the input voice The name of the Style will give you an indication of what the Style will do Amount The Amount Parameter allows you to get more or less of the selected Style With a value of Unity all the Growl Parameters represent their actual values Above or below unity the parameters are scaled to achieve more or less of the sound Amplitude Weight Thres The Amplitude Parameters scale the amount of Growl based on the input level The Amplitude Threshold Parameter determines the level where growl will begin to be applied Edge Weight The Edge Parameters scale the amount of Growl triggered at the onsets of signals Edge Probability determines how often Growl is triggered on onsets The Release Times sets how long it takes for the Edge Growl to dissipate Section 6 Detailed Parameter Descriptions Dry Lead Virtualead Harmony Overall Fx To facilitate the creation of complete presets VoicePro contains a full featured mixer Mix is based around a tra

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