VoicePrism Quick Start Guide - TC
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1. QuickStart Setup and Level Setting and most of the green LED s are illuminated The bar of LED s beside the numerical display show the rela tive headroom so you can get an idea of when clip ping will occur Ideally the yellow LED should rarely light The top red OvF LED should never light 8 Slowly increase the LEAD level until you can hear yourself singing though the speakers 9 Press the HARMONY button to turn on the harmony voices 10 Press the SHIFT browser button this selects presets that produce simple pitch shifting 11 Slowly increase the HARMONY level until you can hear the shifted voices through your speakers Note If you are using the Line Input or Aux In and are reading low levels but still getting distortion check that the In Gain switch on the back panel is set cor rectly to be either 4dBu or 10dBV depending on your input source Making Some Noise 1 Set the MIDI output of your keyboard to channel one VoicePrism s default receive channel If you do not want to use channel one you can reset VoicePrism s MIDI channel via the UTILITY button see UTILITY section of the User Manual 2 Press the MANUAL browser button 3 Select the QuickStart preset using the data wheel 4 Play your MIDI keyboard while you sing You will hear that your harmonies are being created based on the MIDI notes played on the keyboard 5 Use the data wheel to scroll through other manual presets and try the wide vari2. in here If you need phantom power press the 48V button 22 LEVEL KNOBS The LEVEL knobs set global adjustments of LEAD HARMONY EFFECTS and INPUT as opposed to the MIX button which allow you to save unique mix settings within each preset Back Panel VoicePrism QuickStart Manual BACK PANEL 1 Line Input TRS balanced audio input connects your line level audio input to VoicePrism through a 1 4 jack Line Input is the default audio input the front panel microphone is the audio input when the MIC ON button is illuminated 2 Aux In a TRS balanced auxiliary input for audio signals passing through VoicePrism s effects processors This is not used to create harmonies and does not have an input level adjust ment or input level metering but is dependent on the In Gain switch setting of 4dBu or 10dBV 3 In Gain configures VoicePrism s line audio and aux input sensitivity 4dBu in the out posi tion or 10dBV when pressed in 4 Left Out TRS balanced audio output Use this for mono output 5 Right Out TRS balanced audio output 6 Digital Output S PDIF format digital output 44 1kHz standard 7 Footswitch VoicePrism can be configured to use a 1 or 3 button footswitch You can set the number of buttons and assign button functions in the FOOTSWITCH menu accessed by push ing the UTILITY button 8 MIDI In connect the MIDI Out of your keyboard or sequencer here to send MIDI to VoicePrism VoicePrism defaults to receiving on MIDI
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4. VoicePrism QuickStart Manual QUICKSTART We know you want to start using your new VoicePrism so we put the essentials here for a fast start Once you ve satisfied your initial needs for instant gratification it is a good idea to skim through the rest of the manual to learn about advanced setup configurations audio utilities preset modifications effects selections and so much more Quick Setup We assume that you have a mixer amplifier and speakers a MIDI keyboard and sufficient cabling and the expertise to have everything hooked together and working with VoicePrism 1 Make sure the power switch is off before making any connections 2 Plug your microphone into the front panel mic in 3 Connect the audio out to your mixer Use the left channel output for a mono signal 4 Connect the MIDI output of your keyboard to VoicePrism s MIDI IN MIDI KEYBOARD Level Setting Refer to the front panel diagram page 4 1 Set LEAD HARMONY EFFECTS level knobs and INPUT knob off counterclockwise 2 Turn the headphone LEVEL off 3 Turn VoicePrism on first then your connected equipment 4 Select Preset 1 5 Press the HARMONY button light is off to put VoicePrism in lead voice only mode 6 Press the MIC ON button light is on For condens er mics needing phantom power also press the 48V button light is on 7 Slowly increase the INPUT knob setting while singing until the LOCK LED stays lit on sustained notes
5. channel one For details regarding MIDI parameters please read the UTILITY section of the User Manual 9 MIDI Thru transmits a copy of any information received by MIDI In for convenience in daisy chaining your MIDI devices 10 MIDI Out all front panel controls have corresponding MIDI messages which will be trans mitted through MIDI Out in addition to any user requested MIDI dumps 11 Power Entry use the standard IEC connector power cord supplied with your unit and plug in 12 TC Helicon VoicePrism Plus Expansion Card this little piece of real estate is reserved for an upgrade card and provides a brief description of some of its cool features just to whet your appetite VoicePrism QuickStart Manual Audio Setup MIDI and Digital Setup LIVE PERFORMANCE AUDIO SETUP This setup is designed for a live performance situation with two options for MIC input VoicePrism toggles between the the two inputs using the MIC ON button when MIC ON is active MIC A is the input otherwise the input is MIC B going through the mixer as the line source We have assumed that the mixer is hooked up to to the PA system 1 Connect Mic A to VoicePrism s front panel microphone input 2 Connect your mixer setup to VoicePrism s Audio Out EN VOICEPRISM 3 Connect your Mic B through the mixer to VoicePrism s AUDIO OUT MIDI IN AR Line In Qo 9 Q 4 Connect your footswitch to VoicePrism s back panel Footswitch 5 Connect your MIDI keyboard to Voic
6. ePrism s MIDI IN 6 Set the VoicePrism s In Gain for your desired audio sen sitivity You can use Mic A or B as your lead voice input MIDI AND DIGITAL SETUP ALL SINGING ALL DANCING This setup requires a computer capable of transmitting and receiving MIDI as well as digital data to make the most of VoicePrism s digital and MIDI features We ve assumed the mixer is connected to a monitor amplifier setup 1 Connect the keyboard s MIDI Out to the computer 2 Connect the computer s MIDI Out to VoicePrism s MIDI In VOICEPRISM 3 Connect VoicePrism s Digital Out to the computer DIGITAL antag ws THRU 4 Connect the computer s Audio Out to the mixer UT EN 5 If you wish to use other MIDI controlled modules con nect them to the VoicePrism s MIDI Thru DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION SEQUENCER
7. ed by front panel illumination When turned Off the VoicePrism is not completely disconnected from the mains VoicePrism starts up with your last settings and preset 2 Tab Arrows these scroll forward or back one menu page or preset You ll find them especially useful for navigating the multi page menus 3 Softknobs the softknob names and current settings are displayed on the LCD they will change depending on your menu Turning the softknobs will modify their settings Pushing the softknob until it clicks will access the softknob submenu if available In the softknob submenu twisting the associated softknob will scroll you through the list of parameters clicking again selects the highlighted parameter and kicks you out of the submenu In the top level preset window clicking the softknobs brings up a shortcut menu of factory preset configurations 4 LCD Display the most informative part of VoicePrism at the highest level this shows preset information in addition to the softknob libraries and controls Elsewhere the LCD provides menus where you can view your editable features particularly the softknob menus by click ing the softknobs and the softknob settings 5 Numeric Display displays the current preset number 6 Input Indicators these light up for the following input types LOCK illuminates to indicate pitch tracking MIDI lights up when MIDI messages are received 44 1 diaital input received at 44 1kHz for use with the upa
8. ety of sounds and har monies 6 Learn more about VoicePrism s capabilities keep reading Words of Wisdom Keep the box It was desianed to keep VoicePrism safe through the rigors of transport Also please take a moment to write down the following details about your unit in case you need to call technical support make an insurance claim etc Serial No Where Purchased Date Purchased Amount Paid x 1X Editing Basics EDITING BASICS VoicePrism QuickStart Manual When you load a preset in VoicePrism you can use it exactly the way the preset was programmed at the factory or you can modify it The design of the VoicePrism allows four different parameters to be adjusted easily from the main preset screen using the softknobs below the LCD It is simplest for you to sing through the VoicePrism and alter the softknob settings in order to get a feel for how the different parameters affect the sound There is an abbreviated name above each softknob to let you know which parameter you are adjusting the current setting is displayed below the parameter name For a full description of each parameter refer to the VoicePrism User Manual You are not limited to the softknob parameters that have been preprogrammed at the factory Press one of the softknobs and you ll see a menu from which you can choose a different parameter to edit with that softknob Spin the softknob to select a parameter and press again to set The new parameter i
9. rade card 48 digital input received at 48kHz for use with the upgrade card 7 Input Level LED Bar the LED s illuminate to indicate the input volume level from 30dB to OdB The red Ovf LED illuminates to indicate the level is too high and is being digitally clipped 8 Edit Buttons these 5 buttons jump you directly to your multi page edit menus Each button has its own section in the User Manual that describes its menu screens and adjustable parameters thus only a very brief description is given here VOCALS accesses the editing screens for vocals EFFECTS accesses the editing screens for the two separate post effects blocks COMP EQ accesses the compressor EQ and gate editina screens MIX accesses the editing screens to set mix levels within that particular preset The LEVEL knobs located on the front panel are for altering the levels alobally for all presets STEP allows you to create an ordered group of presets that you can step through either manually or by footswitch VoicePrism QuickStart Manual Front Panel 9 Data Wheel at the highest level this scrolls through the available presets 10 Browser Buttons these allow you to view presets of a single harmony type This is a areat feature if you know you want a particular type of preset but don t know exactly which one SHIFT fixed interval pitch shifting presets SCALE presets using intelligent key and scale based shifting MANUAL requires a MIDI keyboard to create ha
10. rmony CHORDS also requires a keyboard has intelligence that interprets chords and follows your lead voice EFFECTS presets without harmony voices 11 BYPASS while this button is illuminated all VoicePrism processing is bypassed 12 HARMONY this button turns all harmonies On Off without affecting the rest of your mix 13 UTILITY accesses screens to edit MIDI parameters audio preferences footswitch configura tion and other useful features T 14 HELP accesses a context sensitive help screen P d a onthe LCD Use the data wheel to scroll i E L 31 through the entire help messaae the tab a BYPASS UTILITY 48V PREVIEW E arrows to change topics Pressing HELP again makes the message go away E 15 48V turns phantom power s HARMONY HELP MIC ON STORE M On Off 16 MIC ON switches the active input from SUM ee em E the back panel LINE IN to the front panel MIC 17 PREVIEW can be set in UTILITY to initiate a demonstration of VoicePrism using an internal audio file or to provide a cue note based on current preset information 18 STORE accesses a menu that lets you rename modify and store presets Nothing vou change within a preset will be saved unless you go through the storing process 19 Headphone Level Knob controls headphone audio level 20 Headphone Jack plug your stereo headphones in here The amplifier will work with a wide variety of headphones 21 MIC plug your balanced microphone
11. s now assigned to that soft knob Here is a list of the softknob parameters you can choose from None No assignment Softknob parameter disappears from screen Key Key select for Scale presets only Scale Scale select for Scale presets only Porta Portamento effect for harmony voices Thicken Lead voice thicken level Gender Calls up preset style libraries of gender settings for all four harmony voices Detune Same as above for Detune style libraries Vibrato Same as above for Vibrato style libraries Scoop Same as above for Scoop style libraries Timing Same as above for Timing style libraries FX1 Lib Style presets for FX1 Lead or Harmony voices must to routed to FX1 s input in FX1 Inputs screen This is already done in the Factory presets FX2 Lib Style presets for FX2 Lead or Harmony voices must to routed to FX2 s input in FX2 Inputs screen This is already done in the Factory presets EQI Lib Style presets for EQ1 Lead or Harmony voices EQ assignment is integrated into style name EQ2 Lib Style presets for EQ2 Lead or Harmony voices EQ assignment is integrated into style name Comp NG Style presets for Compressor and Noise Gate Lead and or Harmony voices assignment is integrated into style name VoicePrism QuickStart Manual Editing Basics Now that you have explored the softknob editing capability of VoicePrism let us ao deeper Again we have worked hard to make the VoicePrism easy to edit The row of buttons to the lef
12. t of the data wheel allow you to jump directly to the editing area of your choice The VOCALS EFFECTS COMP EQ and MIX buttons all function simi larly the STEP button works a little differently Start by pressing the VOCALS button The first thing you will notice is the tabbed menu interface with one tab brought forward Pressing the arrow buttons beside the softknobs will step you through the available menu tabs The softknobs allow editing of the menu parameters You can jump from one editing button to another to quick ly access different areas When you have finished de select the current editing but ton and this will return you to the main preset screen Note that there are certain screens in which the softknobs can be pressed to access another layer of parameters These are VOCALS HARMONY VOCALS STYLE COMP EQ EQ1 and COMP EQ EQ2 Also note that the data wheel can substitute for this function in these screens The other button that uses the tabbed menu interface is UTILITY Pressing this but ton will allow you to set alobal parameters These determine characteristics for all presets rather than one at a time as in the preset editing menus There are more menus than can easily fit on one screen and the arrow buttons are used to scroll through them VoicePrism QuickStart Manual Audio Path Diagram AUDIO SIGNAL FLOW eugJy EH qn o Jequueu OIPNIS QJ9A9M LX90 g 198943 se suondo aues e oq c 001g 129
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