Digitech VOCALIST LIVE 4 User Manual
Vocal Harmony and
Effects Processor
Owner’s
Manual
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Vice-President of Engineering-MI
8760 S. Sandy Parkway
Sandy, Utah 84070, USA
Date: February 1, 2007
European Contact: Your local DigiTech Sales and Service Office or
Harman Music Group
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Sandy, Utah 84070 USA
Ph: (801) 568-8800
Fax: (801) 568-7583
Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1
The Vocalist® Live 4 Features .....................................................................1
Included Items ............................................................................................... 1
A Guided Tour of the Vocalist Live 4 ................................................................2
Overview ........................................................................................................2
About musIQTM Technology ........................................................................2
Quick Start ..................................................................................................... 2
Front Panel .....................................................................................................3
Store Button ..........................................................................................3
Numeric Display ................................................................................. 3
Alphanumeric Display .......................................................................... 3
Stereo Out LED ................................................................................... 3
Guitar Signal LED .................................................................................3
Key Up/Down Buttons ........................................................................ 3
Phantom Power LED ...........................................................................3
Key Display ............................................................................................ 4
Major/Minor Button ............................................................................ 4
Vocal Signal LED ...................................................................................4
musIQ Button .......................................................................................4
Level Knobs ........................................................................................... 4
Up/Down Footswitches ......................................................................4
Harmony LED .......................................................................................4
Harmony Footswitch ...........................................................................4
Effects LED ............................................................................................ 4
Effects/Tuner Footswitch .................................................................... 4
Effects Matrix ........................................................................................4
Edit Up/Down Buttons .......................................................................4
Parameter Knobs .................................................................................4
Rear Panel .......................................................................................................5
Phantom Power .................................................................................... 5
Guitar In .................................................................................................5
Guitar Thru ............................................................................................ 5
Stereo/Mono .........................................................................................5
Mic/Line Input Level .............................................................................5
Mic In ...................................................................................................... 5
Expression Pedal ...................................................................................5
Line In .....................................................................................................5
Aux In ..................................................................................................... 5
Guitar Ground Lift ...............................................................................5
Line Out L/R ..........................................................................................6
Left/Mono Out and Right Out ..........................................................6
Phones .................................................................................................... 6
Power ......................................................................................................6
Getting Started ......................................................................................................7
Connect the Microphone, Guitar, and P.A. or Mixer ............................. 7
Set the Vocalist Live 4 Controls .................................................................7
Adjust Levels and Tune Your Guitar ..........................................................7
Set up the Mixer for Stereo Operation
(If Using Two Channels of a Mixer) ...........................................................8
Common Setups ....................................................................................................9
Guitar and Microphone In/P.A. Out (Mono or Stereo) ........................9
Guitar and Microphone In/Guitar Amp and P.A. Out (Mono) ............9
Guitar and Microphone In/P.A. and Powered Monitor Out (Mono) .10
Guitar and Mixer or Preamp in/P.A. Out (Stereo) ................................10
Using the Vocalist® Live 4 ....................................................................................11
Editing, Storing and Copying User Presets ..............................................11
Level Knobs ....................................................................................................12
Effects Matrix ................................................................................................. 12
musIQTM Button ............................................................................................12
Key Display, Key Up/Down Buttons, and Major/Minor Button........... 12
Effects Footswitch .........................................................................................12
Harmony Footswitch ...................................................................................12
Guitar Tuner ................................................................................................... 12
Mono and Stereo ..........................................................................................13
Regarding External Effects Pedals ..............................................................13
Setting Levels on the Vocalist Live 4 ......................................................... 13
Effects and Parameter Descriptions ................................................................. 14
Preamp ............................................................................................................14
Comp/Gate .................................................................................................... 15
EQ .................................................................................................................... 15
Pitch Correction ...........................................................................................16
Lead Effects .................................................................................................... 18
Harmony ......................................................................................................... 19
Reverberation ................................................................................................ 21
Delay ................................................................................................................21
Guitar Mix ......................................................................................................22
Utility Parameters ......................................................................................... 23
Factory Reset ......................................................................................................... 24
Troubleshooting .....................................................................................................25
Preset List ...............................................................................................................25
Specifications ..........................................................................................................29
Warranty
We at DigiTech® are very proud of our products and back up each one we sell with the following
warranty:
1. The warranty registration card must be mailed within ten days after purchase date to validate this
warranty.
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workmanship under normal use and service.
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evidence of defect, provided the product is returned to DigiTech WITH RETURN AUTHORIZATION,
where all parts and labor will be covered up to a period of one year. A Return Authorization number may
be obtained from DigiTech by telephone. The company shall not be liable for any consequential damage as
a result of the product’s use in any circuit or assembly.
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product without incurring any obligation to install the same on products previously manufactured.
6. The consumer forfeits the benefits of this warranty if the product’s main assembly is opened and tampered with by anyone other than a certified DigiTech technician or, if the product is used with AC voltages
outside of the range suggested by the manufacturer.
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authorizes any person to assume any obligation or liability in connection with the sale of this product. In
no event shall DigiTech or its dealers be liable for special or consequential damages or from any delay in
the performance of this warranty due to causes beyond their control.
NOTE: The information contained in this manual is subject to change at any time without notification.
Some information contained in this manual may also be inaccurate due to undocumented changes in the
product or operating system since this version of the manual was completed. The information contained in
this version of the owner’s manual supersedes all previous versions.
Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the Vocalist® Live 4. The Vocalist Live 4 is a breakthrough
processor that automatically generates live multi-part vocal harmony by analyzing guitar chord
progressions. Armed with patent pending musIQ™ Harmony Technology (which includes both
musIQ note detection and musIQ harmony generation), the Vocalist Live 4 gives you accurate
vocal harmonies even with complicated songs because only Vocalist Live tracks guitar chords,
along with your voice.
The Vocalist® Live 4 Features
musIQ harmony technology
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One, two, three, or four voices of automatic harmony with selectable voicings (Unison, a
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3rd up or down, a 5th up or down, and an octave up or down), generated based on incoming music from your guitar, or a manually selected key and scale/mode
Selection of lead voice effects (Preamp, Reverb, Echo/Delay, Compressor, EQ, modulation
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and pitch effects)
Next-generation vocal pitch detection, pitch shifting, and humanization processing.
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Built-in guitar tuner
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Built-in microphone preamp
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Stereo XLR balanced and 1/4” unbalanced line outputs
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50 factory presets and 50 user (editable) presets
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Expression pedal input for real-time control of most performance parameters
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Guitar ground lift function
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External 1/8” audio input for MP3 and CD players
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Headphone output
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+48V phantom power
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24-bit/44.1kHz audio quality
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Included Items
Before you get started, please make sure that the following items have been included:
The Vocalist® Live 4
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PS0913B Power Supply
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This owner’s manual
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Warranty Card
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The utmost care was taken while your Vocalist Live 4 was being manufactured. Everything should
be included and in perfect working order. If anything is missing, contact the factory at once.
Please help us become acquainted with you and your needs by completing your warranty card
or registering online at www.digitech.com. It is your safeguard should a problem arise with your
Vocalist Live 4.
Important safety tip: Always turn on amplifiers AFTER all other connections are made to the
Vocalist Live 4 and AFTER the Vocalist Live 4 is powered up.
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A Guided Tour of the Vocalist® Live 4
Overview
The Vocalist® Live 4 is a revolutionary voice processor that creates musically correct harmonies
for your singing voice that automatically change to fit with the current guitar chord and key of
the music you have been playing.
About musIQTM Technology
musIQ is a revolutionary technology that eliminates the need to enter key and scale information into the product as it listens to the notes/chords played on a guitar and makes sure that the
harmony voices fit with the music. Real-time processing discerns the individual notes and key
signatures that are played to automatically generate appropriate vocal harmonies that complement the lead vocal. With musIQ, you can focus on your live singing and playing performance,
and discard song programming once and for all.
Quick Start
It’s a good idea to read this brief manual completely, but if you want to start using the Vocalist
Live 4 right away, go to the Getting Started section on page 7.
For more information on what the knobs and buttons do, refer to the Using the Vocalist Live 4
section on page 11.
To find out about using the tuner, see the Guitar Tuner section on page 12.
To locate and identify the various controls, inputs, and outputs, see the Front Panel and Rear
Panel sections on pages 3 and 5.
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Front Panel
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Store Button
1.
Press to store changes you make to a preset. For more information on storing and editing
presets, see page 11.
Numeric Display
2.
Shows the number (location) of the selected preset. While editing, it also shows the value
of the parameter being edited.
Alphanumeric Display
3.
Shows the name of the selected preset or parameter names and values (when editing a
preset).
Stereo Out LED
4.
Indicates stereo output from the Line Out and XLR outputs is enabled (you can change
this with the Stereo/Mono button on the rear panel).
Guitar Signal LED
5.
Turns green when a guitar signal is detected in the Guitar In input, amber when the guitar
signal is approaching levels that may clip, and red when the signal may be clipping and may
degrade the ability of the Vocalist® Live 4 to detect the guitar notes.
Key Up/Down Buttons
6.
Use these to select a key for the harmonies that will be generated (when the musIQTM button is not lit).
Phantom Power LED
7.
Indicates the Phantom Power switch is engaged, and phantom power is being applied to
the Mic In XLR input.
Note: Phantom power is normally only needed with condenser microphones and should
never be used with ribbon microphones. To avoid damaging the microphone, please consult
your microphone documentation to ensure phantom power is applied only when appropriate.
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Key Display
8.
Shows the currently selected root key for generating harmonies (when the musIQTM button
is not lit). The Key display includes accidental symbols (sharp and flat) as well as the scale
modes major or minor.
Major/Minor Button
9.
Toggles between major and minor when the musIQ button is not lit.
Vocal Signal LED
10.
Turns green when a vocal signal is detected at the Mic In input, amber when the vocal
signal is approaching its limit, and red when the built-in limiter is active. The limiter generally
prevents clipping unless a very large input is applied.
musIQ Button
11.
Turns automatic harmony generation on or off. When turned off, you can select the root key
and modes for harmonies using the Key Up/Down buttons and the Major/Minor button.
This can be used, for example, to manually set a key and scale when no guitar is available to
trigger the musIQ-based harmony generation.
Level Knobs
12.
Vocal Level
Controls the lead vocal level in the mix being sent from the Vocalist® Live 4.
Harmony Level
Controls the harmony vocal level in the mix being sent from the Vocalist Live 4.
Guitar Level
Controls the guitar level in the mix being sent from the Vocalist Live 4.
Up/Down Footswitches
13.
Use these to step through the presets. Hold either footswitch down to quickly scroll
through the presets.
Harmony LED
14.
Indicates harmonies are turned on.
Harmony Footswitch
15.
Enables or disables the vocal harmonies. You can configure the Harmony Footswitch to be
a toggle (press and release to turn harmonies on or off) or momentary (harmonies are active
when you hold it down). See the Utility Parameters menu on page 23 for more information.
Effects LED
16.
Indicates the vocal and guitar effects are turned on. Some effects may still be enabled when
the LED is off; see the Utility Parameters menu on page 23 for more information.
Effects/Tuner Footswitch
17.
Press to enable or disable any selected effects (reverb, compressor, etc.). See page 23 for
more information about what effects can be enabled or disabled. Press and hold this footswitch for at least one seond to enable the guitar tuner. Press the Effects/Tuner footswitch
again to disable the guitar tuner. See page 12 for more information about the guitar tuner.
Effects Matrix
18.
The Effects matrix is used to customize the sound and parameters of the Vocalist Live 4.
Use the Edit Up/Down buttons to navigate the matrix rows. As the Edit Up/Down buttons are pressed, an LED illuminates indicating the currently selected effects row, and the
VL4’s main display shows the row name. Use the five Parameter knobs above the display
matrix columns to edit the parameters for the selected effect row. For more information
about the Effects matrix, see page 12.
Edit Up/Down Buttons
19.
Use these buttons to navigate through the Effects matrix rows. Press and hold both buttons
simultaneously to access the Utility Parameters menu (see page 23).
Parameter Knobs
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Use these to adjust parameters for the selected row in the Effects matrix.
Rear Panel
Expression
Pedal
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Phantom Power
1.
Enables 48 volt phantom power on the XLR mic input.
Note: Phantom power is normally only needed with condenser microphones and should
never be used with ribbon microphones. To avoid damaging the microphone, please consult
your microphone documentation to ensure phantom power is applied only when appropriate.
Guitar In
2.
Connect a guitar directly to this high-impedance input. Note that there is no loss of quality
between the Guitar In and Guitar Thru jacks.
Guitar Thru
3.
Connect this output to the input of a guitar amplifier or powered speaker.
Stereo/Mono
4.
When Stereo is selected (Stereo Out LED is lit), the harmony voices are panned slightly
left and right, and certain effects (chorus, flanger, and reverb, for example) operate in stereo.
When Mono is selected (Stereo Out LED is not lit), the output mix is mono and the
outputs carry the same signal.
Mic/Line Input Level
5.
This knob adjusts the gain of the Mic and Line inputs. Turn clockwise to increase gain, or
counter-clockwise to decrease gain. If the Vocal Signal LED is turning red while you sing,
you need to decrease the Mic gain.
Mic In
6.
Connect a dynamic or condenser microphone to this XLR input. This input is the lead voice
for the Vocalist® Live 4.
Expression Pedal
7.
Connect an expression pedal here to control any parameter in the Effects matrix with your
foot. See the Utility Parameters menu on page 23 for more information.
Line In
8.
Connect a line input source (mixer, mic preamp, etc.) to this input. When connected to a
source, this input is the lead voice for the Vocalist Live 4, and disables the Mic In XLR input.
Aux In
9.
Plug in a CD or MP3 player to this 1/8” jack to add recorded music to the Vocalist Live 4
mix. Control the level with the CD or MP3 player’s volume control.
Guitar Ground Lift
10.
Eliminates most “hum” problems. If you hear a humming sound or buzz coming from your
amp or P.A., try pressing this button.
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Line Out L/R
11.
Connect both these balanced/unbalanced outputs to a mixer, powered speakers or P.A. system. If only a single output is to be used, be sure the Stereo Out LED is not lit (use the
Stereo/Mono Out button to change this, if necessary).
Left/Mono Out and Right Out (XLR Outputs)
12.
Connect these XLR balanced outputs to a powered speaker or mixer. If a mono mix is
desired, use only the Left/Mono XLR jack and be sure the Stereo Out LED is not lit (use
the Stereo/Mono Out button to change this, if necessary).
Phones
13.
Use this jack to hear the Line Out L/R mix through headphones.
Power
14.
Connect only the DigiTech® PS0913B power supply to this jack.
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