Peavey Equinox User Manual

Vocal Processor

Operating instructions

English

Contents

VOCAL PROCESSOR

About the Vocal Processor 1
The new features offered by the Vocal Processor 1
Loading the Operating System 2
Connections 3
Activate the Mic interface and the Vocal Processor 4
Adjust the Gain 5
Understanding the Vocal Processor 6
Example 6
The Vocal Processor settings 7
Setting the Voices 7
Setting the Harmony Master Volume 8
Lock (F1) 9
The EDIT button, F4 9
Vocoder, (F1) 9
Unison (F2) 9
The Edit parameters 10
The Microphone Equalizer 11
Singing or playing through the Mic/Line inputs 12
V.P. functions assignable to the Pedals 13
Special Midi Controllers associated to the V.P. 13
Loading MIDI Files containing a Vocoder track 13

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Vocal Processor

About the Vocal Processor

Installing the Vocal Processor kit activates Equinox’s Mic/
Line interface, allowing you to sing and play instruments
through the instrument’s pre-amp, process the mic or line
signals with the internal Digital Effects Processors and di­rect the processed signals to the stereo and mono out­puts. In addition, the Vocal Processor feature allows you
to add vocal harmonies to your live singing, so that you
can play and record songs with your own harmonized vo­cal backings.

You can easily upgrade your Equinox with the Mic/Line
and Vocal Processor features by installing the optional V o­cal Processor card and loading the new Operating System
software from disk.

The new features offered by the Vocal Processor

1. Vocal harmonies can be added to your voice according
to various preset configurations.

IMPORT ANT: The new Op­erating System updates the
instrument’s Flash Rom with
the new Vocal Processor
function, but it is indispensa­ble that you install the Vocal
Processor card into your
Equinox to render the Vocal
Processor operative.

2. The signals input at the Mic/Line 1 and 2 jacks can be
independently processed by Equinox’s internal Digital
Effects Processors and directed to the outputs.

3. A microphone Equalizer is available to process the mi­crophone signal at the Mic/Line 1 input.

4. New functions assignable to the Pedals are available
to control the Mic/Line and Vocal Processor . New MIDI
Controllers have also been implemented to control the
additional features via MIDI.

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Introduction 1

Loading the Operating System

The new Operating System upgrade rewrites the instru­ment’s Flash ROM memory, therefore, before updating the
instrument, be sure to save all user-programmed data
(Songs, Performances, Grooves, Drawbars, etc.) to disk
or hard disk. If your instrument is installed with a SCSI
interface, you can save any user programmed data to an
external SCSI device.

STEP 1

With the instrument turned OFF, insert the Generalmusic
Operating System disk into the disk drive. After you have

inserted the disk, turn the instrument ON.
STEP 2

You will see a message in the instrument display screen
that says:

Loading OS-DISK clears ALL MEMORY!!
<Enter to Load/Escape to abort>

Press ENTER and wait about 3 minutes for the new Oper-

ating System to load. When the new system has finished
loading, you will see the following message in the instru­ment display screen:

Loading Successful!! <Enter to continue>

At this time, Press ENTER again and the instrument will
proceed through the normal operating display screens. Y ou
can now Turn OFF the instrument in preparation for the
final step explained below.

IMPORT ANT : REMOVE THE OPERA TING SYSTEM DISK
BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THE FINAL STEP!

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FINAL STEP
As you turn the instrument ON, KEEP ROTATING THE

DIAL until the following message appears in your dis­play screen:

!!WARNING!! Dial on Power-Up Requests
Memory Clear!! <Enter to clear/Escape to abort>

Press ENTER. Y ou have now completed the update proc-
ess, and your Equinox has been permanently upgraded.

Connections

To work with the Vocal Processor , the minimum amount of
equipment you will need is:

1. A low impedance microphone with a standard jack
connector on the other end of the cable.

2. An amplification system (domestic hi-fi unit, ampli­fied speakers, mixer, etc.).

3. Although not essential, you can also use one or both
types of optional control pedals to control the Mic/Line
and Vocal Processor features: a switch-action pedal and
a Continous control pedal.

Microphone: to add vocal harmonies to our voice, con­nect the Microphone to the MIC/LINE 1 jack.

Note: The Mic/Line 2 jack can also accept a microphone,
but this jack is not enabled for the Vocal Processor fea­tures. You can sing (or play an instrument) through the
Mic/Line 2 input, process the signals with Equinox’s inter­nal Digital Effects Processors and direct the processed sig­nals to the outputs.

Switch and/or Continuous Pedals: plug the pedals into
the PEDAL 1 or 2 or DAMPER jacks, program the jacks
appropriately for a Continuous or Switch action pedal and
assign the new Vocal Processor functions to the pedal(s)
accordingly (Vocal Volume, Vocal On/Off).

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Introduction 3