TC-Helicon VoiceLive User Manual

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VoiceLive

Harmony | Correction | Effects

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VoiceLive - Harmony, Correction and

Effects Processor

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Text Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Signal Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

QUICKSTART

Getting Sound From the VoiceLive . .10

Step Through Orientation . . . . . . . . .10

Preset Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Song Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

User Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Expression Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Making Scale Harmony Presets

Work With Your Song . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Basic Editing Concepts . . . . . . . . . . .15

BASIC OPERATION

Live Setup with Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Live Setup with a MIDI Keyboard . . .16

BASIC OPERATION

Parameter Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Preset Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

MIDI Backup and Restore . . . . . . . . .17

Global Effect Preset Setting . . . . . . .17

Store Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

PRESET MODE

GLOBAL EDIT SCREENS

IO Edit Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Utility Edit Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

SONG MODE

Song Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Song Mode LCD Screen . . . . . . . . .45

Song Edit Mode LCD Screen . . . . . .45

Song Edit Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

HARMONY AND TUNING

Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Harmony Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Harmony Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Notes Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Shift Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Chord (Chordal) Mode . . . . . . . . . . .48

Scale (Scalic) Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Diatonic and Chromatic . . . . . . . . . . .50

Just Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

FOOTSWITCH FUNCTION TABLES

Preset Mode Footswitch Functions . .52 Song Mode Footswitch Functions . . .53

SPECIFICATIONS

MIDI Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . .57

Preset Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Preset Direct Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Preset Voice Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

Configuration Screens . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Voice Edit Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Harmony Edit Screens . . . . . . . . . . .26

Thicken Edit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Effects Edit Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Pitch Correct Edit Screens . . . . . . . .33

Special Edit Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

TEXT CONVENTIONS

Throughout this manual the following conventions will be followed:

• Names of front panel controls, and keys are

written in CAPITALS.

• Parameter names are in S

• Parameter values are in underline

• Special notes appear in italic.

Prod. No: E60503512

Rev 1.02 – SW – V 1.00English Version

MALL CAPITALS

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for purchasing VoiceLive, TC-Helicon's harmony, correction and effects processor built for the road. A lot of effort went into this product. TC-Helicon engineers and product specialists met with performing musicians to make sure VoiceLive enhances your vocals on stage. The analog and digital signal path is designed to the same standards as our studio processors. However, every aspect of VoiceLive, from VOS™ limiting to the instrument input, has been designed for the specific demands of live performance. We hope you and your fans enjoy VoiceLive.

We update our manuals and various support material on a regular basis. For the most up to date information we encourage you to visit our website at www.tc-helicon.com

Features:

• Studio-quality mic preamp (Burr Brown INA163 based) with VOS™ Limiter and 48V phantom power

• Vocal processing technology based on VoiceWorks including:

· The most natural sounding vocal harmony available using proprietary TC-

Helicon technology

- HybridShift™ harmony generation for smooth, natural harmony voices

- Humanization of harmony voices utilizing FlexTime™, Human-Modeled Vibrato, Inflection, Pitch randomization, Portamento and gender

- Four harmony control modes for intelligent voicing and/or MIDI control

- Selectable Equal-tempered and Just tuning for harmonies

- HarmonyHold™ - freezes harmony voices for more interesting harmony phrasing.

· Automatic pitch correction using factory and custom scales

· Lead voice thickening

· TC Electronic 3-band EQ, low cut and compressor/gate

· TC Electronic reverb & tap-tempo delay

• Eight smooth-travel footswitches

• Four edit knobs and one encoder for hands-on preset editing

• Expression pedal input

• MIDI control over all parameters via CC and SYSEX

• MIC pass-thru for post mixing by Front of House engineer

• Instrument input to reverb/delay

• 24 bit harmony processing

• S/PDIF digital I/O

Please refer to this manual often, as there are many features and variations to explore. Our website is another good resource for applications, support and other user services.

Enjoy!

The TC-Helicon Team

www.tc-helicon.com

FRONT PANEL

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Pr37

LED TEXT DISPLAY

Displays important, top-level performance and editing information.

GLOBAL FX DOT

Indicates that a global effect preset has been selected. This means that delay and reverb settings will remain unchanged when changing presets.

EDITED DOT

Indicates that preset settings have been edited. Powering down or changing to another preset without first storing will result in a loss of changes.

MIC IN DOT

Indicates that the microphone input is selected.

LIMIT DOT

Indicates that the limiter is active.

INPUT METER

Peak meter shows Mic or Line Input level. The meter range is:

-40 to 0dB.

INPUT CLIP LED

Indicates that the Mic/Line or instrument input level is too high, possibly causing digital distortion. Reduce the input level to correct this condition. The Input Clip LED may flash when the limiter is enabled, which indicates clipping of initial transients and does not severely degrade audio performance.

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Flying Eagle

-10

-20

-40

37: Scale F#maj1

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

LEAD HARMONY INSTRUMENT OUTPUT

EDIT 1 EDIT 2 EDIT 3 EDIT 4

OUTPUT CLIP LED

Indicates an internal DSP overflow. Reduce the overall level of the harmony voices and vocal effects to correct this condition.

MIDI IN LED

Indicates valid, incoming MIDI information.

LCD TEXT DISPLAY

Displays top-level preset information (preset mode), detailed preset information (preset edit screens), system configuration (I/O and utility

edit screens), Song data (Song mode), and any important status

messages or user alerts.

Voices LEDs (1-4)

Indicates On/Off status of individual harmony voices. All 4 green LEDs flash to indicate Harmony Mute as a result of the HARMONY MUTE/HOLD FOR BYPASS button pressed.

Red Voice Effect LEDs

These indicate the effects that are enabled for a preset. All 4 red LEDs flash to indicate that VoiceLive is in Bypass mode as a result of holding the HARMONY MUTE/HOLD FOR BYPASS button.

HARMONY LED

Indicates On/Off status of overall harmony.

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

I/O

UTILITIES

THICKEN LED

Indicates On/Off status of lead voice thickening.

EFFECTS LED

Indicates On/Off status of Reverb and Delay.

PITCH CORRECT LED

Indicates On/Off status of pitch correction.

I/O LED

Indicates that you are on an IO parameter edit screen.

UTILITIES LED

Indicates that you are on a Utility parameter edit screen.

LEVEL/EDIT KNOBS

In performance modes, these are used to adjust audio levels of Lead Voice,

Harmony Voices, Instrument input and overall Output level. You store the

IO/UTIL settings to save these level settings. Press STORE to initiate this procedure. In the edit

modes, these knobs are used to adjust parameter values. Please note that at the end of the travel of these knobs, the parameter values will scroll. Turn back the knob to stop scrolling and adjust to find your desired value.

PUSHTO ENTER

FRONT PANEL

PRESET

SONG

SELECT

KEY

STEP

SCALE

REWIND

1234

HOLD FOR MODE HOLD FOR SUBMODE

PRESET SONG VOICE

DirectA / Voice 1

Direct B / Voice 2

DIRECT

Direct C / Voice 3

USER

Direct D / Voice 4

HARMONY MUTE

EDIT KEY Enters and exits edit modes.

STORE KEY

Press STORE to begin the store process. Presets, Songs and IO/Utility parameters may be stored using this key. Each Preset and Song name/number store destination may be changed after the first press. Pressing the STORE key a second time will complete the store operation.

DATA WHEEL

This control is used to select presets in preset mode, songs in Song mode and edit screens in edit mode. With the Store Operation this is used to select whether to store Preset, Song or IO/Util parameters. Parameters surrounded by triangular brackets (eg. <STEP INS> ) may be changed using the DATA WHEEL.

PUSH WHEEL TO ENTER

Pressing the DATA WHEEL activates special functions in the Preset edit and Song edit modes. Parameters surrounded by triangular brackets (eg. <Execute> MIDI-Dump) perform their actions when ENTER is pressed.

5678

HOLD FOR

BYPASS

FOOTSWITCH BUTTONS

These allow control of VoiceLive in performance. These buttons are multifunctional depending on the operating mode of the unit.

The best place to get an understanding of how these work is the Performance Mode Step Through Orientation in the Quickstart section of the manual. For a detailed reference of the operation of the footswitches in the various modes, see the Footswitch Function Tables near the end of the manual.

Please note that the footswitch buttons have multiple functions. To ensure clarity in this manual they will often be referred to as switches 1 through 8 as numbered above.

REAR PANEL

BALANCED INPUT

INSTRUMENT

LINE

MIC PASSTHRU

Balanced Inputs (1/4” TRS) Line - You have the option of selecting this or

the mic input as the main Vocal input.

Instrument - This input is designed to accept

output from the following sources:

• Mixer

• Guitar pedal or preamp

• Active pickups (guitar with batteries)

• Acoustic guitar with preamp

• Keyboard output Plugging an electric or acoustic guitar with passive pickups directly into this input will not result in optimal audio quality. (See note on page 16.)

Balanced Outputs (1/4” TRS) Left/Right - This is the stereo output of

VoiceLive. If mono operation is desired use either of the outputs and set the

UTPUT parameter to Mono (edit screen

IO9). These outputs may be connected directly to balanced mic inputs with proper 1/4”TRS to XLR out adapters as long as there is no phantom power on the input. It is also necessary to set the O

to a lower setting (edit screen IO9) when driving mic inputs. When there is phantom power, direct boxes are necessary to connect to mic inputs.

Digital I/O

S/PDIF In/Out - Sends and receives digital

audio to S/PDIF standards.

MIDI

In, Out and Thru - Standard MIDI interface

Pedal In

Accepts passive volume pedals and expression pedals. The operation of the

MIC INPUT

MIC LEVEL

-20dB

US Patent:#4,688,464 #5,231,671 #5,301,259 #5,567,901 #5,641,926 #5,986,198 #6,046,395

UTPUT RANGE

MIC IN SELECT

S/PDIF

LIMITER +48V

MIDIBALANCED OUTPUTS DIGITAL I/O PEDAL

THRU

INLEFT RIGHT

CAUTION

RISKOF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DONOT OPEN

WARNING

TOREDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAINOR MOISTURE

RISQUEDE CHOC ELECTRIQUE-NE PAS

AVIS:

OUVRIR.

THISCLASS B DIGITAL DEVICE MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE CANADIAN INTERFERENCECAUSINGEQUIPMENT REGULATIONS AND COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATIONSUBJECT TO CONDITIONS STATED IN THE MANUAL.

OUT

SERIAL NO.

TYPE: HFW001

MADEIN THAILAND

UL6500 EN/IEC 60065

CUS

100-240VAC 50-60Hz,15W

expression pedal can be programmed per preset on edit screen XPED and globally on

edit screen UT1.

Mic Pass Thru

This connects directly to the microphone input and is used to connect directly to a mixing board. If VoiceLive loses power for any reason, the signal from the microphone will still get through to the mixer. When using this connector and microphones requiring phantom power, you have the option of using the phantom power from VoiceLive or the mixing console. Please note that using both the

mixing console phantom power through this connector and VoiceLive phantom power will result in too much power to the microphone.

Mic Input

Mic Connector - Balanced microphone input.

MIC LEVEL Knob - This controls the input gain

of the mic input.

-20dB - This attenuates the input by 20dB to handle high output condenser microphones (and the occasional really loud singers with dynamic microphones).

MIC IN SELECT Button - This selects the

microphone for the Vocal input. When not pressed, VoiceLive defaults to the Line input.

LIMITER Button- This enables the VOS™

optical limiter on the mic input.

+48V - This enables +48 V phantom power on

the mic input. Never plug single ended

(unbalanced) microphones or instruments or signal processors (balanced or unbalanced) into the mic input if +48V phantom power is on.

Note: Optimal connection to balanced equipment is achieved using balanced cables. However, if your equipment is NOT balanced you will generally have no problems.

SIGNAL FLOW

LEFT OUT

LEAD

EFFECTS

- Summing point

- Pan

Mono Signal Path

Stereo Signal Path

MIC INPUT

LINE INPUT

Dry Off

LOW CUT

3 BAND EQ

PITCH CORRECTION

COMP/GATE

Mic Input

Select

Digital Input

[S/PDIF]

44.1 kHz

48 kHz

Digi

Clock

Select

MIC GAIN

LINE INPUT LEVEL

THICKEN

LEVEL

INDIVIDUAL

HARMONYVOICE

LEVELS

HARMONY

LEVEL

LEADVOICE

LEVEL*

EFFECTS

LEVEL

OUTPUT

LEVEL

THICKEN

HARMONY

PROCESSING

A/D

Digital L

Digital R

D/A

RIGHT OUT

Digital Output

[S/PDIF]

VoiceLive

INSTRUMENT AUDIO PATH

Normal

LIMITER

INSTRUMENT INPUT

INSTRUMENT INPUT LEVEL

QUICKSTART

Getting Sound From VoiceLive

What you Need:

• VoiceLive

• Power cable

• microphone

• microphone cable

• two 1/4" cables

• PA or powered speakers

1. Connect the power cable to VoiceLive and to your mains power. VoiceLive does not have a power switch so just plugging it in will turn it on.

2. Connect the two 1/4" cables to the Left and Right output of VoiceLive into two inputs on your PA or powered speakers.

3. With the MIC LEVEL knob and the OUTPUT knob at minimum (fully counter-clockwise) connect one end of your microphone cable to your microphone. Plug the other end into the MIC input of VoiceLive.

4. Engage the 'microphone' and 'limiter' switches on the back panel (the limiter switch will make it easier to set the levels). If your microphone requires phantom power engage the 'phantom power' switch on the back panel.

5. While singing into the microphone increase the microphone volume using the MIC IN knob until the level meters on the display are fluctuating above '-20dB' but never to the 'red' with clipping. If the level from the microphone is always too high, engage the '-20dB Pad' switch on the back panel.

VoiceLive Performance Features

VoiceLive is designed to be the ultimate vocal performance product. Foot control of vocal effects and harmonies can be achieved at various levels. On a basic level in preset mode, you can scroll through presets. On an advanced level in Song mode you can arrange preset sequences with markers within the sequence. Along with this sophistication of preset access, is the preset-assignable USER button and EXPRESSION pedal control.

Step Through Orientation

Most of this orientation may be done with the footswitch buttons. Plug in a microphone and put it on a stand to free up your hands to hold this manual. Try going through this procedure, singing into the microphone as you go and jamming with VoiceLive. Often during this orientation we give background to how certain things are set up. This often means referring

to “edit screens”. These edit screens can accessed by pressing the EDIT button and turning the DATA WHEEL.

Preset Mode

This is VoiceLive's basic performance mode. On power-up VoiceLive is in Preset Mode.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Pr39

PRESET

SELECT

SONG

SELECT

1234

PRESET SONG VOICE

DirectA / Voice 1

OutClip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

InputClip

0 PPM dB

-5

Take it Over

-10

-20

39: Scale Bmaj2

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

MIDI IN

LEAD HARMONY INSTRUMENT OUTPUT

EDIT 1 EDIT 2 EDIT 3 EDIT 4

KEY

STEP

HOLD FOR MODE HOLD FOR SUBMODE

Direct B / Voice 2

SCALE

REWIND

DIRECT

Direct C / Voice 3

VOICE1 VOICE2

VOICE3

VOICE4

HARMONY

THICKEN EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

I/O

UTILITIES

PUSHTO ENTER

Direct D / Voice 4

7. With your PA or speaker level at a nominal setting sing through the microphone adjusting the 'Lead', ‘Harmony', 'Effects' and 'Output' level using the edit knobs on the front panel.

8. Push on the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5,6) or turn the DATA WHEEL to try out the different presets.

USER

5678

HARMONY MUTE

HOLD FOR

BYPASS

• Press the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5, 6 shown above) to change the preset number.

• Select preset Number 11 which is a Scale type preset.

QUICKSTART

• Press the USER Button. You will now hear the “Telephone Voice” effect. This preset has the USER button setup to do this function. (make sure you try singing into the mic to hear what’s going on)

• Press the HARMONY MUTE button (8) to turn off the harmonies.

• Press the USER button and then the HARMONY MUTE button to enable the harmonies and disable the Telephone Voice effect.

• Hold the HOLD FOR BYPASS BUTTON (8) to bypass all effects on VoiceLive.

• Hold the HOLD FOR BYPASS BUTTON (8) again to enable effects in VoiceLive.

• Press the KEY button (2) followed by the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons to change the key of the harmony scale.

• Press the SCALE button (3) followed by the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons to change the scale type.

• Press the PRESET SELECT (1) button followed by the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons to change the preset number.

Note: Key and Scale may only be changed with scale type presets. Pressing the KEY (2) and SCALE buttons when on anything other than a Scale preset will have no effect.

Preset Direct Mode

Preset Direct Mode makes the top buttons on VoiceLive respond like radio station buttons on a car radio for preset access.

• Hold the DIRECT button (3) when in preset mode until the LED Text Display flashes DRCT, putting VoiceLive into Preset Direct Mode.

• Press any of the top 4 buttons to access the programmed direct presets.

• Press the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons to find a different preset that you like, making sure that the second character on the LED text display is a “*”.

• Press and hold one of the top 4 buttons, until the second character on the LED text display changes to A, B, C or D. You have now programmed that button to recall the desired preset.

Note: Holding a direct button when a preset has not been changed ("*" is not displayed) will cause VoiceLive to leave direct mode.

Here's how the LED text Display works in Preset Direct Mode:

For example: P: This character indicates that the unit is in

Preset Mode.

A: A,B,C,D means that a Direct preset is

recalled. Holding one of the top 4 buttons when this is displayed will put VoiceLive into a new mode. If this character is a “*” then a Direct preset is not recalled. Holding one of the 4 top buttons will program this button to recall the current preset.

23: This indicates the current preset number.

• Find a preset that you like with lots of harmony using the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons.

• Hold one of the top four buttons to program a DIRECT button to this preset.

Preset Voice Mode

• Hold the VOICE button (4) until the LED text display flashes VOIC to put VoiceLive into

Preset Voice Mode.

• Press any of the top four buttons to enable/disable a harmony voice. Notice that the Vocal 1 - 4 LEDs to the right of the LCD display indicate which Voices are enabled.

• Press the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons to change presets. Notice that the enabled/disabled combination of voices do not change as you change presets.

Here's how the LED text Display works in Preset Voice Mode:

For example: P: This character indicates that the unit is in

Preset Mode.

V: This indicates that VoiceLive is in Voice

Mode.

23: This indicates the current preset number.

PA23

PV23

QUICKSTART

Song Mode

This is VoiceLive’s advanced performance mode. Song mode allows you to:

1. Create sequences of presets that you can step through.

2. Modify the Scale Root and Type as well as Chord Root and Type of the presets within the Song steps.

3. Set up to 4 markers in each song with Direct Song mode.

Follow the steps below to learn the capabilities of Song Mode.

• Hold the SONG button (2) until the LED text display flashes SONG to enter Song mode.

• Press the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5, 6) to change the Song number to Song 3, “Amazing Grace”.

• Press the STEP button (2) to allow stepping through the song.

• Sing into your microphone. You’ll hear chord based harmonies.

• Press the NEXT button (6) to advance the step of the song. Hear how the harmonies change.

• The Song Mode LCD screen looks like this:

3: AMAZING GRACE

S2 P39c G Dom7

Top Line- Song number and name

S2 - Step number.

P39c - Preset number and harmony type. s=

Scale; c= Chord; n= notes; blank =shift.

G DOM7 - Root and Scale/Chord type for

Scale and Chord presets.

• Press the NEXT button (6) a few times while watching the LCD display. Notice that the preset number does not change. All that changes between steps is the Root and chord type. This is how this song was programmed.

• Press the REWIND button (3) to rewind back to the first step.

Editing Song Step Sequences

• Press the EDIT KEY to enter the Song Step edit mode.

• Turn EDIT 1 knob to select the step you would like to edit or turn to to a new step.

• Turn EDIT 2 knob to change the preset number.

• Turn EDIT 3 knob to change the Chord/Scale root.

• Turn EDIT 4 knob to change the Chord/Scale type.

• Turn the DATA WHEEL to select Insert or Delete step functions.

• Once the desired function is selected, press the DATA WHEEL to enter.

• To save changes press the STORE KEY. You may then change the Song name and number

• Press the STORE KEY again to complete the store operation.

• Press the EDIT KEY to go back to the Song Step mode.

Song Direct Mode

Song Direct mode is a powerful way to use VoiceLive. You can use it in a number of different ways.

2. Sequence the chords of the intro, Verse, chorus and bridge of a song into the steps of a Song. Go into Song Direct mode and assign the beginning of each section to the direct buttons.

1. Put 4 presets with Root and Scale/chord types customized for your music in a song and have direct access to them. There are 50 songs in VoiceLive so in doing this you could effectively create 50 groups of presets for efficient live recall.

• Press the SONG SELECT button (1) to change the Song number.

• Press the NEXT button (5) to advance to an empty song.

• Press the STEP button (2).

• Press the EDIT KEY to enter edit mode.

• Turn EDIT 1 and EDIT 2 knobs to assign presets 62, 64, 68 and 69 to steps 1 - 4.

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• Press the EDIT KEY to exit edit mode.

• Hold the DIRECT button (3) to enter Song Direct mode.

• Press the NEXT button (5) to advance to Step 2

• Hold the DIRECT B button (2) to assign Step 2 to this button. Please note that when

new songs are created all direct buttons are assigned to Step 1.

• Press the NEXT button (5) to advance to Step 3

• Hold the DIRECT C button (3) to assign Step 3 to this button.

• Press the NEXT button (5) to advance to Step 4

• Hold the DIRECT D button (4) to assign Step 4 to this button.

• Talk into the mic and press the different DIRECT buttons (DiRECT A to DIRECT D). Hear yourself take on different personalities.

• To store the Song to the current location, press the STORE key, edit the Song name using EDIT knobs 1 and 2 and press STORE again.

Song Voice Mode

Song Voice mode makes it possible to toggle each individual harmony voice on/off. This is useful for building up voices during a chorus.

• Hold the VOICE button (4) until the LED text display flashes VOIC to enter the Voices

Submode. (Note that if you changed Song

steps with the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5,

6) prior to holding this button or any of the top four buttons, the second character on the LCD display will show “*” and the current step would then be programmed to that DIRECT button. The second character on the LED display must read A,B,C or D to allow changing to another mode).

• Press any of the upper 4 buttons to turn on and off individual voices.

• Press the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5, 6) to change the Song step. Note that the enabled/disabled combinations of voices do not change while changing steps. This is really handy when you want to increase the number of harmony voices for a later part of a song.

USER Button

In every preset you have the option of either assigning a unique function to the USER button or setting the USER button to Default screen UBTN). When set to Default button is assigned to the setting in the global edit screen UT2. Most factory presets in VoiceLive have the USER button set to default unless the USER button is integral to the preset. If you like to sustain your harmonies, then you may want to set the default USER button to Harmony there are short phrases of harmonies, rather than having to press the HARMONY MUTE button at the start and at the end of the phrases, you can set the default USER button to Moment have a harmony preset that works for a song but the intro requires a Low-Fi telephone sound, you may want to edit the preset and set the USER button (edit screen UBTN) to

eleVoice All so that regardless of the default

T USER button setting, in that preset, pressing the USER button creates a Low-Fi effect.

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the USER

EXPRESSION Pedal

In the same way as the USER button, you have the option of assigning a unique function to the Expression Pedal or setting it to default in the preset (edit screen XPED). Most factory presets in VoiceLive come with the Expression Pedal set to Default you may want to set this default to Harm Narrow

so that you can control the harmony

levels with your foot.

You must calibrate the EXPRESSION pedal for proper operation. See edit screen UT9 for

details.

The USER button and Expression pedal capabilities are extremely flexible and powerful, allowing you to set VoiceLive for optimal control and creative possibilities.

. In the UT1 edit screen

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Making Scale Harmony Presets Work with Your Song

When you're not using MIDI, Scale Presets are the best way to produce harmonies in VoiceLive. You need to know a few things to make this work:

1. In what key is the song (A,B C.. etc.)?

2. Is the song in a major or minor key?

Another thing you need is an instrument to sing with so that you know that you are singing in the right key.

• Hold the PRESET button (1) to put VoiceLive into preset mode.

• While singing “ahhh” into VoiceLive, find a preset with the word “Scale” in the second line having only one or two VOCAL LEDs lit. Choose one that has a general sound to the harmonies that you would like for the song.

• Press the KEY button (2) followed by the NEXT button to set the key of the Song.

• Press the SCALE button (3) followed by the NEXT button (6) to set the scale type of the song to either “M1” if the song is in a major key or “m1” if the song is in a minor key.

• Play a chord or a starting note on your instrument to ensure that you are going to sing in the right key, and try singing the song into VoiceLive.

• If the harmonies don’t sound right try a different Scale type number (1, 2 or 3) by pressing the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5,6). Remember to stick with “M” if your song is in a major key and “m” if your song is in a minor key.

• If they still don’t sound right, press the KEY button (2) followed by the PREVIOUS button (5) five times to set the key to a 5th above the key of the song.

• If they still don’t sound right press the SCALE button (3) followed by the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5,6) to select a different scale type.

• Finally, if they still don’t sound right press the KEY button (2) followed by the PREVIOUS button (5) two times to set the key to a 4th above the key of the song then try changing the scale.

• If one of the Key/Scale type combinations you tried above sounded close but not quite right, go back and set the Key and Scale to the best setting you achieved.

Up to this point we have been trying to find a key and scale type with a scale preset to work with the song. If there are only one or two notes in the song that don’t sound right with the current setting, it may be possible to “adjust” the harmonies for those notes using a custom pitch map.

• Sing the song into VoiceLive and stop on the note that has the wrong harmonies.

• Figure out what note it is using your ears and your instrument or look at sheet music of the song.

• Press the EDIT key and turn the DATA WHEEL to edit screen VO7.

• Press ENTER (the DATA WHEEL) and turn the DATA WHEEL until the In: note is the note with the wrong sounding harmonies.

• Adjust the voices to the correct notes using the 4 EDIT knobs. (you only have to adjust the voices that are shown lit on the LEDs)

• Try singing the song again to see if you need to adjust any more harmony voices and correct them using the procedure above.

• Press ENTER to allow normal operation of the DATA WHEEL.

If this still does not result in acceptable harmonies it may be because in the song you need to have different harmonies for the same note, depending on what the chord is. You then need to use chord presets in Song mode to step though the changing chord information in the song.

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Basic Editing Concepts

We have designed the factory presets in VoiceLive to be useful in many musical situations, but we know you will want to make your own presets that suit your taste and your needs. If you follow this tour you will quickly learn the basics of editing VoiceLive presets.

Turning the voices and effects on and off within a preset and exploring their editable parameters

1. Hold the PRESET button (1) to enter preset mode.

2. Go back to Preset 1 using either the DATA WHEEL or the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5,6).

2. Notice that each of the eight VOICES & EFFECTS LEDs is lit on the front panel. When the LED is lit, the voice or effect described by the LED is on.

3. Press the EDIT KEY and turn the DATA WHEEL until the LED TEXT DISPLAY reads CFG2 (This is the second edit screen). To get to this screen you can turn the DATA WHEEL counter clockwise a couple of turns and then clockwise one click).

4. While singing, try turning off each of the four voices using the 4 EDIT knobs. Notice how the VOICE LEDs go off. Turn them back on.

5. Turn the DATA WHEEL counterclockwise one click to get to the CFG1 edit screen, then turn EDIT knob 1 to turn the HARM (harmony) parameter off. Notice that the Harmony LED goes off.

6. With harmonies off, now turn off the THICKEN, EFFECTS and PITCH CORRECT using the EDIT knobs 2-4. You will now only hear your singing voice. Turn them all back on.

7. Turn the DATA WHEEL to see what you can control and edit. Each edit screen has up to 4 parameters that may be edited using the 4 EDIT knobs. The IO and Utilities LEDs indicate that you are on pages that are Global and are not stored in the preset.

8. To save a preset at this point:

• Press the STORE key

• Select the “store to” location using EDIT 4 knob

• Edit the preset name using EDIT knobs 1 and 2.

• Press STORE again.

9. Press the EDIT key once to return to the top menu.

10.If you did not save the preset in step 8, pressing the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5,6) or turning the DATA WHEEL will change the preset and to undo your edits.

APPLICATIONS

HOLD FOR

BYPASS

HARMONY MUTE

HOLD FOR

BYPASS

Live Setups

Using Voicelive is like bringing 4 professional backup singers to your gig! You’ve got several options when it comes to controlling VoiceLive live. For best results you can use (in various combinations) the Express-1 expression pedal, a MIDI keyboard, a MIDI CC controller, and of course the controls on the box itself. We’ve provided setup examples below for a few common situations.

Live Setup with Guitar

• Connect a microphone to the XLR mic input on VoiceLive and enable the MIC input on the rear panel.

• Connect a guitar with a built-in pre-amp to the instrument input of VoiceLive*.

• Plug any passive volume or expression pedal into the Pedal Input of VoiceLive. You must calibrate the expression pedal for proper operation. See edit screen UT9 for details.

• Connect the VoiceLive stereo output to a stereo channel (or two mono channels panned left and right) on your mixer. For mono operation use either of the VoiceLive outputs and set the unit to mono

UTPUT parameter in the edit screen IO9.

operation with the

AC POWER

MIXER

PEDAL INPUT

LEFT/RIGHT

OUTPUT

Out Clip

VOICELIVE

Input Clip

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

0PPM dB

-5

-10

-20

-40

Pr43

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MIDI IN

LEAD HARMONY INSTRUMENT OUTPUT

PRESET

SONG

EDIT 1 EDIT 2 EDIT 3 EDIT 4

SELECT

KEY

SELECT

STEP

HOLDFORMODE HOLDFORSUBMODE

PRESET SONG VOICE

DirectA / Voice 1

Direct B /Voice 2

PROGRAM DISPLAY

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PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

INSTRUMENT

INPUT

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3

VOICE 4 HARMONY THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

I/O

UTILITIES

SCALE

REWIND

DIRECT

Direct C /Voice 3

USER

PUSHTO ENTER

Direct D /Voice 4

HARMONY MUTE

HOLD FOR

MIC INPUT

BYPASS

Live Setup with a MIDI Keyboard

MIDI KEYBOARD

AUDIO OUT

MIDI OUT

MIXER

• Connect a microphone to the XLR mic input on VoiceLive and enable MIC input from the rear panel.

• Connect the keyboard mono output to the VoiceLive Instrument Input.

• Connect the keyboard MIDI Output to the VoiceLive MIDI input.

• Plug any passive volume or expression pedal into the Pedal Input of VoiceLive. You must calibrate the expression pedal for proper operation. See edit screen UT9 for details.

• Connect the VoiceLive stereo outputs to a stereo channel (or two mono channels) on your mixer. For mono operation use the either of the VoiceLive outputs and set the unit to mono operation with the OUTPUT parameter in the edit screen IO9.

AC POWER

LEFT/RIGHT

PEDAL

INPUT

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Pr47

PRESET

SELECT

SONG

SELECT

PRESET SONG VOICE

DirectA /Voice 1

OUTPUT

INSTRUMENT

MIDI

Out Clip

VOICE 1

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

VOICE 2 VOICE 3

0PPM dB

VOICE 4

-5

HARMONY

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-10

THICKEN

-20

EFFECTS

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PITCH CORR.

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MIDI IN

UTILITIES

LEAD HARMONY INSTRUMENT OUTPUT

EDIT 1 EDIT 2 EDIT 3 EDIT 4

KEY

SCALE

STEP

HOLDFORMODE HOLDFORSUBMODE

REWIND

DIRECT

Direct B /Voice 2

Direct C /Voice 3

USER

MIC INPUT

INPUT

I/O

PUSHTO ENTER

Direct D /Voice 4

HARMONY MUTE

HOLD FOR

BYPASS

* Note: For electric or acoustic guitars without a pre-amp, the use of an external preamp is

necessary for optimal performance. Often, using a “stomp box” style effects pedal between the guitar and the VoiceLive produces acceptable results. The output of the stomp box will be compatible with the instrument input of VoiceLive. Make sure that the stomp box does not have a passive bypass. You can check this by removing the stomp box’s battery- when you do you should not be able to get any sound out of it regardless of how many times you stomp on it.

PRESET HANDLING

Parameter types

VoiceLive has over 100 useful parameters and a user interface that lets you view and edit efficiently. There are preset parameters and global parameters. Pressing the EDIT key when in preset mode gets you into the edit mode where you can change these parameters.

Preset parameters are stored in each preset. In the edit menu The LED text display indicates the type of parameter. CFGconfiguration, VO- individual voice, HAharmony, TH - thickening, FX- effects, CO- pitch correction, XPed expression pedal and UBtn USER button are all preset parameter types. Global parameters do not change when a different preset is recalled. In the preset edit menu the I/O or UTIL LEDs are lit and the LED text Display shows IO or UT for global parameters. I/O and Util parameters include: Lead input level and pan, Compression/Gate, and EQ parameters among many others. If you change your microphone (or singer!) the EQ/Compression settings need be adjusted only once in the edit menu. If you wish to backup your setup settings, VoiceLive is able to MIDI dump setup parameters to sysex for later retrieval.

Preset Types

It’s important to understand the concept of the current preset versus stored presets.

The current preset is the preset that is always active in VoiceLive. Recalling a preset copies preset data from one of the 99 stored presets into the current preset. As you change the current preset, the underlying stored presets are not affected until you choose to store the current preset back to a stored preset.

When dumping and receiving presets via MIDI, data is dumped from and received to stored presets. The current preset remains untouched.

MIDI Backup and Restore

VoiceLive allows MIDI dumping of all or individual presets, all or individual songs and VoiceLive global parameters.

• Connect the VoiceLive MIDI Out to MIDI In on either another VoiceLive or an external MIDI device.

• Enter the edit menu by pressing the EDIT

key and scroll to the edit screen UT8.

• Turn EDIT 1 knob to select the MIDI-Dump function.

• Select what you would like to backup using the EDIT 2 knob. P Sm indicates a song, and Setup global parameters.

• If connected to another VoiceLive simply press ENTER and your data will be copied to the other VoiceLive.

• If connected to a sequencer, arm it to record SYSEX data and press ENTER on VoiceLive.

It is possible to directly receive and dump from the current preset. Refer to the SYSEX MIDI documentation available on: www.tc-helicon.com.

All presets may be restored to their factory default from edit screen UT8.

Global Effect Preset Setting

If you select a preset for the G in the edit menu (edit screen UT3), its effect

settings will be used regardless of the current preset effect settings. The Global FX LED DOT is lit when active.

If you store the current preset while a Global Effect is active, the current preset data will be stored to the selected preset number, but any changes to the effect data (which come from the Global preset) will be stored to the global preset.

All 99 presets shipped with VoiceLive can be modified or overwritten. You can always restore a preset to its factory default in the global edit screen UT8.

VoiceLive is always ready to receive MIDI System Exclusive Dumps.

Simply connect MIDI Out from the device you are dumping from to the MIDI In on VoiceLive and send the SysEx dump at any time.

n indicates a preset;

indicates all

LBFX parameter

STORE OPERATION

Pressing the STORE key on VoiceLive allows storing the current Preset or Song, or IO and Util Global System Parameters.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Stor

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

<Preset> To:23

-10

-20

Go Your Own

-40

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

Above is an example of the store screen after editing a preset and pressing store. VoiceLive keeps track of the last thing you changed. Pressing the STORE button again will store the preset to the current location. For example, if the last thing you changed was a Global parameter under the IO and UTIL edit screens, the LCD display would show:

At this point the EDIT knobs and data wheel do the following:

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

DATA WHEEL: Selects whether to store current Preset, Song or IO/Util

parameters.

When Preset or Song are selected by the DATA WHEEL:

EDIT 1 knob: Select character of preset/song name to edit

EDIT 2 knob: Change selected character.

EDIT 4 knob: Change Store destination.

Pressing store again will execute the store operation. To abort the store operation press the EDIT key. Storing after a quick edit is as simple as pressing the STORE button twice.

PRESET MODE

Preset mode is VoiceLive’s basic performance mode. Here you can select presets by turning the DATA WHEEL or by pressing the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons. Direct and Voice modes give additional control.

To enter Preset Mode, hold the PRESET button (1) until the LED text display flashes PRE.

Preset Mode LCD Screen

Go Your Own

39: Scale F#maj2

The LCD display above is an example of a preset screen.

Here’s what it all means.

• Top Line Preset Name

• 39 Preset number.

• Scale Harmony type of the current preset. This can be either Scale, Chord, Shift or Notes.

• F# Scale/Chord Root for scale and chord mode presets. Not applicable to Shift and

• Maj2 Scale/Chord Type for scale and chord mode presets. Not applicable to Shift and

Preset Mode LED Displays

Notes Presets.

PR39

Above is an example of a Preset Select LED Display.

pr Indicates that you are in preset select mode. 39 Preset number.

Pressing the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5,6) will change the preset number.

F”M2

Above is an example of the Preset Scale Key Change and Preset Scale Type Change LED Displays.

When in Preset Mode you can get here either by pressing the KEY button (2) or SCALE button (3) when on a Scale type preset. This allows changing the scale key and type respectively with the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5,6). Not applicable for other preset types.

F” Indicates the key of the scale of the current preset. ”indicates a sharp (#). M2 Scale type. M indicates Major, m indicates minor. VoiceLive has 3 major scales, 3 minor

scales and one custom scale type.

PRESET MODE

Preset Direct Mode

To enter Preset Direct Mode, you need to be in Preset Mode, then hold the DIRECT button (3) until the LED text display flashes DRCT.

PA21

Above is an example of a Preset Direct Mode Display

P This character means that you are in Preset Mode. A This character means that you are in Direct Submode as well as:

• If it’s an A,B, C or D then a Direct Preset has been recalled by pressing one of corresponding top four DIRECT buttons. In this case holding one of the top four buttons will change the mode of VoiceLive operation.

• If it’s a “*” then holding one of the top four buttons will program the current preset to the button held.

21 This indicates the current preset number.

Pressing the DIRECT buttons (1-4) will jump to the direct programmed preset.

Holding the DIRECT buttons (1-4) will either program the current preset to that Direct Button (when the second LED character is a “*”) or change the mode of operation of VoiceLive.

PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5, 6) changes the preset. When this happens the second character on the LED display changes to a “*”, indicating that a DIRECT button may be programmed.

Preset Voice Mode

To enter Preset Voice Mode, you need to first be in Preset Mode, then hold the VOICE button (4) until the LED text display flashes VOIC.

PV21

Above is an example of a Preset Voice Display.

P This character means that you are in Preset Mode. V This character means that you are in Voice Submode. 21 This indicates the current preset number.

Pressing the VOICE buttons (1-4) will enable/disable the individual harmony voices.

Holding the VOICE buttons (1-4) will change the mode of operation of VoiceLive.

Pressing the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5, 6) changes the preset number. The enabled/disabled combinations of voices are maintained as presets are changed.

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

Pressing the EDIT key while in Preset Mode gives access to the edit parameters. Turning the data wheel scrolls through the edit screens. Each edit screen has up to four parameters that may be adjusted with the EDIT knobs. This section of the manual goes screen by screen to describe the parameters in VoiceLive. To leave the edit screens press the EDIT key.

Configuration Screens

The parameters in this section are used to enable/disable the harmony and effect components of a preset.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Cfg1

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Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Harm Thk FX Cor

-10

-20

On Off On On

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2

VOICE 3

VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

These parameters allow enabling/disabling of Harmony, Thickening, Effects and Pitch correction audio components. The Voices and Effects LEDs will reflect the settings of this page.

EDIT 1 knob: E

NABLE/DISABLE

EDIT 2 knob: ENABLE/

HARMONY V

OICES

DISABLE LEAD VOICE THICKENING

EDIT 3 knob: ENABLE/DISABLE EFFECTS (Reverb and Delay)

EDIT 4 knob: ENABLE/DISABLE PITCH CORRECTION

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Cfg2

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Voice Enable

-10

-20

On On Off Off

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

These parameters allow enabling/disabling of individual harmony voices. Voices and Effects LEDs will reflect the settings of this page.

EDIT 1 knob: ENABLE/DISABLE

EDIT 2 knob: E

NABLE/DISABLE VOICE 2

EDIT 3 knob: ENABLE/DISABLE

EDIT 4 knob: E

NABLE/DISABLE VOICE 4

VOICE 1

VOICE 3

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

Voice Edit Screens

VoiceLive can create up to 4 harmony voices. The parameters in this section allow adjustment of the individual voices.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Vo 1

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Voice Level (dB)

-10

-20

-3 -8 0 -2

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

This screen is used to set the output level of the individual harmony voices. Please note that there is also a master harmony voice level found on edit screen HA 1.

EDIT 1 knob: V

OICE 1 LEVEL

EDIT 2 knob: VOICE 2 LEVEL

EDIT 3 knob: VOICE 3 L

EVEL

EDIT 4 knob: VOICE 4 LEVEL

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Vo 2

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Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Voice Pan

-10

-20

L99 R99 L45 R34

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

This screen is used to set the pan position of the individual harmony voices.

EDIT 1 knob: V

OICE 1 PANNING

EDIT 2 knob: VOICE 2 PANNING

EDIT 3 knob: V

OICE 3 PANNING

EDIT 4 knob: VOICE 4 PANNING

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Vo 3

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Voicing Scale

-10

-20

--4 -8 +3 +5

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

This screen is used to set the voicing of the four harmony voices. Voicing means setting the harmony voice note/pitch with respect to the lead note/pitch. This parameter means different things for different harmony modes. The harmony mode of the preset is shown on the LCD display.

EDIT 1 knob: V

OICE 1 VOICING

EDIT 2 knob: VOICE 2 VOICING

EDIT 3 knob: VOICE 3 VOICING

EDIT 4 knob: VOICE 4 VOICING

Note: the EDIT knobs will have no effect with Notes mode presets.

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

Voicing in Scale Mode Presets

In this mode the V input note in the scale. The range of values goes from --8

which is two octaves above the input note. For example, a setting of +3 will result in a har-

to ++8 mony voice a third above the input voice, related to the current scale.

Voicing in Chord Mode Presets

In this mode the V respect to the current chord. In chord mode presets, the harmony voices are always notes in the chord. A setting of Up1 will result in the harmony voice being the next note above the input voice in the chord. For example, if the Chord was C Major and the input note was an E, an Up1 setting would produce a G harmony voice, just above the input E. The range of values goes from Dn5 (Down 5) to U (unison) to Up6 root as the harmony voice, and Bs1 and Bs2 (bass voicing) which give the lowest MIDI note received. Rt2

and Bs2

parameter specifies the interval of the harmony note with respect to the

OICING

, which is 2 octaves below the input note,

OICING parameter specifies the relation of the harmony note to the input note with

. Additional values are Rt1 and Rt2 which give the decoded chord

are the higher pitch root and bass settings.

Voicing in Shift Mode Presets

In this mode the voices are shifted relative to the input note. The values range from -24

semitones, shifted relative to the input note, creating parallel harmonies.

to +24

semitones

Voicing Notes Mode Presets

In this mode a MIDI keyboard needs to be connected. On this screen you will see the currently decoded MIDI note for the selected voice.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Vo 4

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Gender

-10

-20

-12 -4 0 +10

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

This screen is used to shift the formant (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

(mice/alien sound).

+50

EDIT 1 knob: V

EDIT 2 knob: V

OICE 1 GENDER

OICE 2 GENDER

EDIT 3 knob: VOICE 3 GENDER

EDIT 4 knob: VOICE 4 GENDER

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Vo 5

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Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

VibStyle Ballad

-10

-20

11267

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

This screen is used to select a vibrato style for each harmony voice. The vibrato styles are based on the analysis of real singers. When changing the style number, the corresponding style description is displayed on the screen. Available Vibrato styles include:

• Ballad

•Tremolo

• RandV

ib (random depth and speed vibrato)

• Broadway

• Excited

• Folk

• Fast

•Warm

• Discreet

• Head

• RandTrem (random tremolo)

• Soprano.

EDIT 1 knob: VOICE 1 VIBRATO STYLE

EDIT 2 knob: VOICE 2 VIBRATO STYLE

EDIT 3 knob: V

OICE 3 VIBRATO STYLE

EDIT 4 knob: VOICE 4 VIBRATO STYLE

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Vo 6

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Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Vibrato Amount

-10

-20

100 99 20 44

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

This screen is used adjust the amount of vibrato applied to each voice.

EDIT 1 knob: VOICE 1 VIBRATO AMOUNT

EDIT 2 knob: VOICE 2 VIBRATO AMOUNT

EDIT 3 knob: V

OICE 3 VIBRATO AMOUNT

EDIT 4 knob: VOICE 4 VIBRATO AMOUNT

I/O

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Vo 7

CUSTOM

OICE MAPPING

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Maj1 Map In:<C>

-10

-20

--C -E E G

-40

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PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

(Scale Mode Only). Scale mode harmonies are basically pitch maps. For

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

each input note in a scale you can define a resulting harmony note. VoiceLive has 3 major and 3 minor scale pitch maps for all scale roots, and intervals. The Custom voicing feature allows you to create your own pitch maps. For example, you could define a pitch map so that a C input produces an E output and a D input produces an A output. A good way to work with custom voicing is as follows:

• For a given harmony voice, select the scale root, type (HA1 edit screen), and interval (VO3 edit

screen) that most closely matches the desired voicing.

• Come back to this edit screen, press ENTER (the DATA WHEEL) and turn the DATA WHEEL TO select the input note that requires a different harmony note.

• Turn the EDIT KNOB that corresponds to the harmony voice that needs remapping.

• Select various other input notes by turning the DATA WHEEL and remap using the EDIT KNOBS as desired.

• Press ENTER to exit custom map editing.

• The custom map can be transposed under the Harmony Edit page 1 by changing the S

CALE

ROOT.

Pressing ENTER activates custom map editing. Pressing ENTER again exits custom map editing.

DATA WHEEL: Change input note for map editing

EDIT 1 knob: Voice 1 note mapped to input.

EDIT 2 knob: Voice 2 note mapped to input.

EDIT 3 knob: Voice 3 note mapped to input.

EDIT 4 knob: Voice 4 note mapped to input.

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

Harmony Edit Screens

The parameters in this section are used to set up basic harmony functions and adjust the overall sound of the harmonies.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

HA 1

EDIT 1 knob: H

EDIT 2 knob: H

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ARMONY L

ARMONY

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Lev Mode Rt Type

-10

-20

-8 Scale C Maj1

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

. Sets overall harmony level.

EVEL

. Available settings:

MODE

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

• Scale

• Chord

• Shift

• Notes

Note: Changing the harmony mode will reset individual voice and harmony settings that are not applicable across different harmony modes.

EDIT 3 knob: R

OOT. In Scale presets this sets the scale root. In Chord presets this sets the chord

root.

EDIT 4 knob: S

CALE/CHORD. In Scale presets this sets the scale type. In Chord presets this sets

the chord type. (The Chord will change if incoming MIDI notes are detected as representing Valid chords).

See the “Harmony and Tuning” section of the manual for a full description of each harmony mode.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

HA 2

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Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Hum Amt Smooth

-10

-20

TimPit 3 40%

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

EDIT 1 knob: H

UMANIZATION STYLE

up from a combination of Flextime™ based time randomization, pitch randomization and pitch inflection (scoop). Available styles include:

• ScpDwn (Scoop down)

• ScpUp (Scoop up)

• ScpT

• Loose (Scoop, time and pitch randomization)

•Timing (time randomization)

•TimPit (time and pitch randomization)

• Pitch (pitch randomization)

• Detune (static detuning of the voices to a maximum of +25, -25, +19, -19 cents for the Voices 1-4 respectively).

EDIT 2 knob: H

UMANIZATION AMOUNT. Sets the amount that the humanization style is applied to the

harmony voices.

EDIT 3 knob: SMOOTHING

Not applicable to Shift presets.

. This is a list of humanization style types. Each Style is made

im (Scoop and time randomization)

. Sets how much of the input pitch nuance is applied to the output voice.

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

HA 3

EDIT 1 knob: LEAD V

EDIT 2 knob: T

EDIT 3 knob: L

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

useful in creating presets where you want to hear harmony voices only.

UNING MODES. This gives the option of either Equal temperament, Just intonation,

or Barbershop tuning modes. See the “Harmony, and Tuning” section of the manual for a full description of each tuning mode.

ATCH M

remains active after the notes have been released from the MIDI keyboard. When enabled in Notes mode, the harmony voices will only respond to MIDI note input when the number of notes being played equals the harmony voices enabled. This ensures logical voice assignment when voices change. When Latch is On

HA 4

EDIT 1 knob: P

EDIT 2 knob: A

ORTAMENTO. The time in milliseconds to reach a target note when a harmony voice

changes pitch.

SSIGN PITCHBEND WHEEL. Allows assignment of the pitch bend wheel to the harmo-

ny voice pitch or gender.

Out Clip Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

-10

-20

-40

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MIDI IN

OICE

ENABLE/DISABLE

. On or Of

ODE

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PROGRAM DISPLAY

Lead Tune Latch On Just Off

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

. This allows turning the lead voice On

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

or Of

f. This is

f. When enabled in Chord mode, the last chord played

, the envelope parameters Attack and Release are not applicable.

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Porta Pitchbend

-10

-20

34 Gender

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

HA 5

EDIT 1 knob: A

EDIT 2 knob: R

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Notes Envelope

-10

-20

Att: 23 Rel: 50

-40

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PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

TTACK TIME. Sets the envelope attack time in milliseconds for harmony voices.

Available in Notes and Chords mode with L

ATCH

f (edit screen HA3).

set to Of

ELEASE TIME. Sets the envelope release time for harmony voices. Available in

set to Of

Notes and Chords mode with L

ATCH

f (edit screen HA3).

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

Thickening Edit Screen

A good portion of hit vocals use an effect similar to VoiceLive’s thickening to add a stereo “shimmer” to the lead voice. The parameters in this section are used to set the thickening parameters.

Thickening Block Diagram

0 to 25 cent Instrumental Shift (Detune amount)

Lead Voice

0 to -25 cent Instrumental Shift (Detune amount)

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

TH 1

EDIT 1 knob: T

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HICKEN LEVEL

Setting this between -6dB to 0dB gives a thick doubling or unmodulated chorus effect. Setting it between -10dB to -20dB gives the lead voice a subtle shimmer and creates a stereo quality.

EDIT 2 knob: DETUNE AMOUNT

detuned above and one is detuned below by this amount.

EDIT 3 knob: S

PREAD AMOUNT. Sets the amount that the detuned voices are panned. A value of

100% results in the detuned voices being panned hard R and L. A value of 0% pans the detuned voices to center.

Pan Center to Full Left

(Spread Parameter)

Output

Pan Center to Full Right

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

ThLev Det Spread

-10

-20

-12dB 10 85%

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

. This sets the volume level of the lead voice thickening effect.

. Sets the amount of lead voice detuning in cents. One voice is

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

Effects Edit Screens

VoiceLive has a maximum of 1800 milliseconds of stereo delay time with filtering and 12 Reverb models. The parameters in this section provide control of these effects.

Effects Block Diagram

Lead (pitch corrected with thickening)

Harmony (up to 4 voices mixed)

Instrument

Effects On/Off

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

FX 1

EDIT 1 knob: E

EDIT 2 knob: R

EDIT 3 knob: D

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

FX 2

Delay Sends

Delay

Reverb/Delay

Mix

Reverb

Reverb Sends

Effects Out

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

FXLev R/DMix D2R

-10

-20

-15 50/50 -3

-40

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

FFECT LEVEL. This sets the overall volume of the combined Reverb and Delay

effects.

EVERB

/DELAY MIX.

ELAY OUTPUT TO REVERB EFFECTS SEND LEVEL.

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Snd Lead Har Ins

-10

-20

Rev -20 -12 -18

-40

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PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

EDIT 1 knob: Used to select Reverb or Delay send parameters

EDIT 2 knob: L

EAD VOICE SEND LEVEL in dB.

EDIT 3 knob: HARMONY VOICES SEND LEVEL in dB.

EDIT 4 knob: I

NSTRUMENT SEND LEVEL in dB.

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

FX 3

EDIT 1 knob: REVERB T

• Living

• Chamber

• Club

• Classic Hall

• Concert

• Large Cathedral

•Vocal S

•Vocal Room

•V

ocal Hall

• Ambience

• Live Reverb

• Plate 1

• Plate 2

•Spring

Note: Changing the R

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

EVERB TYPE

FX 4

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Reverb Type

-10

-20

Classic Hall

-40

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

. Available reverb models include:

YPE

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

Room

Hall

tudio

will affect the other reverb parameters.

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

DecayTime PreDly

-10

-20

1.8s 16ms

-40

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

EDIT 1 knob: R

EDIT 2 knob: REVERB

EVERB DECAY TIME.

PRE-DELAY TIME

. Sets the delay time prior to the reverb output. Large rooms

typically have reverbs that start much later than the initial signal.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

FX 5

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

LowColor HiColor

-10

-20

Round Clear

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

EDIT 1 knob: REVERB LOW COLOR. Sets the low frequency characteristics of the reverb.

EDIT 2 knob: R

EVERB HIGH COLOR. Sets the high frequency characteristics of the reverb .

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

FX 6

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

DlyType FB Damp

-10

-20

DualMono 46% 1k0

-40

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PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

EDIT 1 knob: DELAY TYPE. Available parameters include:

• DualMono

Delay- maintains the panning of the harmony, lead and instrument

sends.

• PingPong1

sends the lead voice to the left effect send only and the instrument to the right send only. This results in the lead voice’s first delay coming out of the right side and the instrument’s coming out the left.

• PingPong2

sends the lead voice to the sends depending on the lead pan setting.

Dual Mono Delay

Left Delay Send

Right Delay Send

HF Damping Delay

Feedback

Amount

HF Damping Delay

Left Delay Out

Right Delay Out

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

PingPong1 and PingPong2 Delay

Right Delay Send

Left Delay Send

EDIT 2 knob: D

HF Damping Delay

ELAY FEEDBACK AMOUNT. Increasing this value causes the delayed signal to take

longer to fade out.

EDIT 3 knob: H

IGH FREQUENCY DAMPING. Setting this to flat results in a delayed signal that is iden-

tical to the input. Setting this to 16k0 and lower values will simulate tape and is often preferred since it results in a delay that enhances the input without being distracting.

Feedback

Amount

Left Delay Out

Right Delay Out

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

FX 7

EDIT 1 knob: DELAY

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Time Src BeatDiv

-10

-20

1120 Tap 3:4

-40

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

(ms). This can be used to manually set a delay time or adjust a delay

IME

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

time entered through tap tempo.

EDIT 2 knob: D

ELAY TIME SOURCE. Select from the following:

AP: the delay time comes from the last tapped tempo.

•T

• MCLK

• Manual

: the delay time comes from incoming MIDI clock messages.

: the delay time always comes from the value manually entered into the

preset using the DATA WHEEL.

EDIT 3 knob: B

EATS

PER DIVISION

. This sets the ratio between the Tapped or MIDI tempo and the

resulting delay.

Note: Tempos can only be tapped in with the USER button. The USER button must be set up to do this. See edit screens UBTN and UT2

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

Pitch Correction Edit Screens

VoiceLive will listen to the pitch of your voice, compare it to the selected correction scale, and then apply pitch correction in real-time. The amount of correction applied is governed by the various amount and timing settings.

In order to correct the pitch of a vocal, VoiceLive needs three pieces of information. It needs to know what pitch you are singing, it needs to know what pitch you would like to be singing, and it needs to know how perfectly you would like to be singing it. The first piece of information is determined automatically by VoiceLive as you sing using voice trained pitch detection algorithms. The second piece is supplied by you in the form of a set of possible target correction notes. VoiceLive looks at the set of supplied notes, listens to your vocal, and determines which note you are closest to at any given time. Depending on how you’ve configured the correction settings, VoiceLive will either subtly nudge your pitch, or aggressively force it to match the target note.

Pitch correcting your lead voice not only makes for great sounding lead vocals, it can also benefit your harmonies - pitch correction is applied prior to harmony voice generation.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Co 1

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Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Root ScaleType

-10

-20

C Maj

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

The best way to supply a set of target notes is in the form of a scale that matches the musicality of your vocal. The parameters in this screen let you do this. For example, you could select all of the notes of a C Major scale to be your target notes.

EDIT 1 knob: P

EDIT 2 knob: P

ITCH CORRECTION SCALE ROOT.

ITCH CORRECTION SCALE TYPE

(Major)

• Maj

. Available options include:

• Min1 (natural minor)

• Min2

(harmonic minor)

• Min3 (ascending melodic minor) (Chromatic)

• Chro

• Custom

. This setting in combination with scale root determines which notes your input vocal will be corrected to.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

CO 2

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

-10

-20

-40

MIDI IN

Wn55 At31 Am78

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

This screen gives access to parameters that determine how subtle or aggressive the pitch correction. The upper line of the display shows in real-time the pitch correction being applied by VoiceLive. The maximum correction displayed is +/- 200 Cents (there are 100 cents per semitone).

EDIT 1 knob: WINDOW (cents). When VoiceLive tries to determine which target note you are clos-

est to, it uses this parameter. For example, if the set of correction notes includes “C, D, E, F, G, A, B” (C-major), and you are singing a very sharp D (80 cents sharp), the window dictates whether you should be corrected to D, or not at all. If the window was set to 80 or more cents, the D# would be corrected to the D

EDIT 2 knob: A

EDIT 3 knob: A

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

because it falls within the window. If the window was less than 80 cents, no correction would take place. Your input pitch must fall within the window around one of the supplied correction notes if it is to be corrected at all. This allows you to naturally inflect your vocals and slide between notes while cleaning up the pitches as you get fairly close to them. A setting of 100 cents or larger will cause correction to be on continuously when using the scale C-Major, as 200 cents is the largest interval between any two notes.

. Once the target correction pitch has been identified by VoiceLive, it begins

TTACK

to shift the pitch of your vocal at a rate determined by this parameter. A setting of 99 gives the fastest setting which instantaneously pulls your vocal in-tune, an effect that can be useful for some types of music. Settings between 16 and 40 give the most natural results.

. Scales the amount of automatic correction applied to the input voice. The

MOUNT

range is 0% to 100 The amount of applied correction depends on how far out of tune the input note is. This allows for a very musical way of correcting pitch. It corrects the large pitch errors while preserving the natural micro variations around the target pitch. For example:

%. However, 0% does not mean that the correction is turned off.

With the amount set to 100

%, a 10 cent flat input will be corrected by 10 cents and

a 50 cent flat input will be corrected by 50 cents.

With the amount set to 80%, a 10 cent flat input will be corrected by approximately 5 cents and a 50 cent flat input will be corrected by approximately 40 cents.

With the amount set to 0

%, a 10 cent flat input will not be corrected and a 50 cent

flat input will be corrected by approximately 10 cents.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Co 3

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Cus C#D#EF#G#A#B

-10

-20

-40

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MIDI IN

O-o-oo-o-o-ol

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

This screen shows the actual notes of the of current correction scale (Maj

or Cus). It provides a chromatic list of notes beginning with the scale root. Below this list a

Chrom

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

, Min1

, Min2, Min3,

series of “o”s and “-”s indicating which notes are in the pitch correct scale and which are ignored. “o” indicates that the note is in the scale and “-” indicates that the note is ignored. The scale may be modified by moving the cursor to an “o” or “-” with EDIT 1 KNOB and turning the EDIT KNOB 2 to change its state. Modified (custom) scales are stored with presets.

EDIT 1 knob: Selects note.

EDIT 2 knob: Adds or removes note from the correction scale (selects either “o

” or “-”)

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

Special Edit Screens

The USER button and EXPRESSION pedal functions in VoiceLive give the performer foot control of their sound. They allow you to be your own sound man while you are performing. These special screens allow you to setup the USER button and EXPRESSION pedal in the preset.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Xped

EDIT 1 knob: E

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

X-Ped Assign

-10

-20

Pan Mirror

-40

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XPRESSION PEDAL ASSIGN

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

. Assigns a parameter to be controlled by the Expression

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

pedal. Options include:

•Off. This setting disables the operation of the expression pedal.

• Lead Lev Full

. Control of lead voice level from off to maximum.

• Harm Lev Full. Control of harmony voice level from off to maximum.

• Harm Lev Narrow

. Control of harmony voice level. Foot control range: -10dB to

0 dB with respect to other settings.

• Inst Lev Full. Control instrument output level (not input gain) from off to max. This is especially useful for performers with multiple instruments to mute the instrument signal when changing instruments.

• Inst Lev Narrow

. Control of instrument output level (not input gain) from -10dB to max. The maximum position will give the same output level as set by the instrument level knob.

oices 1+2 Lev. Control of Voice 1 and Voice 2 level from off to the maximum

•V level set in the preset.

•V

oices 3+4 Lev. Control of Voice 3 and Voice 4 level from off to the maximum

level set in the preset.

• FX Level.

Control of Reverb and Delay level from off to the maximum in the

preset.

• Reverb level. Control of reverb level from off to the maximum level set in the preset.

• Delay Level. Control of delay level from off to the maximum level set in the preset.

•Vibrato. Controls the vibrato intensity from minimum to maximum.

• Smoothing

oicing Mirror. Controls voicing of the harmonies (see edit screen VO3). At

•V

. Control of the smoothing parameter from 0 to 100.

minimum expression pedal position the voicing is as in the preset; at center position the voicing is unison and at full position the voicing is the programmed interval on the opposite side of unison. The is useful for creative applications. With Shift mode presets you can use this to create extreme voice shift special effects. With Chord mode presets you can create voice appegiator like effects.

• Gender mirror

. Control of the four voice gender settings (see edit screen VO4).

At minimum expression pedal position the gender is as in the preset (ie. 12); at center position the gender is 0 (no format shifting applied) and at full position the gender is minus the programmed interval (ie. -12).

• Pan mirror. Control of the four voice pan settings. At minimum expression pedal position the panning is as in the preset (ie. R45); at center position all pan settings are C (center) and at full position the pan setting is minus the programmed interval (ie. L45).

• Default (UT1)

. With this setting the expression pedal will default to settings in

the UT1 edit screen.

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Ubtn

EDIT 1 knob: USER B

Options include:

• Harmony Hold the Harmony and Tuning section of the manual.

•T that this setting will only have an effect on presets where the delay time source is set to TAP (see edit screen FX7). Tap tempo will be maintained in VoiceLive through preset changes. If multiple presets are used in a song with a given tempo, the delay time only needs to be tapped in once.

• FX Override

• RevSend Override

• DlySend Override

• Byp BYPASS button for bypass and would like to do it with a fast click.

• Harmony Override that this button can turn on harmonies from a preset that has them stored as off.

• PtchCor Override –Pitch Correction Enable/Disable.

• Thicken Override

• RoboVoice - Enables pitch correction and overrides Window, Attack and Amount parameters to their maximum values which creates the “Cher” effect.

•T

eleVoice All

telephone like. Affects the lead and harmony voices.

eleVoice Harm– Takes over the EQ parameters to make the harmony voices

•T sound telephone like. Effects the harmony voices only.

• Moment

• Default (UT2) UT2 edit screen.

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

UTTON

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

UserBtn Assign

-10

-20

Tap Tempo

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

. Assigns a parameter to be controlled by the USER button.

ASSIGN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

(Not Latching). For a complete description of Harmony Hold see

Tempo. The LED Displays TAP* - the * flashes the tempo. Please note

– This controls turning on and off the Reverb and Delay effects.

- Mutes and un-mutes the Reverb sends.

- Mutes and un-mutes the Delay sends.

ass Toggle – this is for people who do not like having to hold the harmony

. Similar to pressing the harmony BYPASS button, except

Enable/disable thickening

– Takes over the EQ parameters to make the voice sound

ary Harm - Harmonies are enabled only while this button is held.

. With this setting the USER button will default to settings in the

GLOBAL EDIT SCREENS

IO Edit Screens

IO edit screens provide parameters that relate to general audio settings. All IO parameters are “global” in that they are not stored with the preset and are applicable to all presets. Press the STORE Key to save IO parameters after editing.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

IO 1

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

LineIn LowCut

-10

-20

12 80Hz

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

EDIT 1 knob: L

INE INPUT GAIN. Sets the input gain for the line input.

EDIT 2 knob: LOW C

Hz.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

IO 2

EDIT 1 knob: D

EDIT 2 knob: D

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

RY LEAD ON/OFF. Setting this to off removes the dry lead audio from the signal

path. This is useful when using the signal from the Mic Pass Thru connector for the dry lead signal or when you want 100% wet output.

RY INSTRUMENT ON/OFF. Setting this to off removes the dry instrument audio from

the signal path. This allows VoiceLive to have an effects send from a mixing board feed the instrument input.

IO 3

EDIT 1 knob: L

EDIT 2 knob: I

EDIT 3 knob: S

EAD VOICE PANNING. This setting pans the lead voice.

NSTRUMENT PANNING. This setting pans the instrument.

YSTEM TUNING REFERENCE. This sets the overall tuning reference with respect to A-

440.

UT FILTER. 12dB per octave. Cutoff frequency options include 60, 80 and 120

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Lead Instrument

-10

-20

Dry On Dry On

-40

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

LPan Ipan Tune

-10

-20

R12 L52 440.0

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

GLOBAL EDIT SCREENS

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

IO 4

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

DynAssgn EQAssgn

-10

-20

Lead Lead+Hm

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

VoiceLive has EQ and dynamics processing optimized for vocals. This screen and the following provide parameters for setting up the EQ and dynamics processing.

EDIT 1 knob: DYNAMIC PROCESSING ASSIGN

. This allows assigning of dynamic processing (compressor and gate) to the lead voice, harmony voices, both lead and harmony voices or neither. Hint: assigning only to the lead voice with a medium compressor setting (threshold: -15dB, ratio:2:1) keeps the lead voice a consistent volume but keeps harmony levels following the singers level. This gives control of harmony levels with mic technique.

EDIT 2 knob: EQ A

SSIGN

, harmony

. This allows assigning of the three band EQ to the lead voice

voices, both lead and harmony voices or neither.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

IO 5

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

Thrsh Ratio Gate

-10

-20

-12 2.5 -45

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

Compressor / Gate settings. The compressor in VoiceLive has auto makeup gain to a maximum of +20dB. This means that the volume level of the signal will be increased for most volume levels of input with the compressor enabled.

EDIT 1 knob: C

OMPRESSOR THRESHOLD LEVEL. Range: 0 to -60 dB.

EDIT 2 knob: COMPRESSION RATIO. Range: 1.1:1 to 64:1

EDIT 3 knob: G

ATE THRESHOLD. Range: Off, -70dB to 0dB

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

IO 6

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

LowShlf HighShlf

-10

-20

L200+3 H4k0+7

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

VoiceLive has an extremely flexible 3 band EQ with frequency adjustable high and low shelving bands and a fully parametric band with Q, frequency and Gain controls. This screen gives control over the high and low shelf EQ parameters.

EDIT 1 knob: LOW SHELF

FREQUENCY

EDIT 2 knob: LOW SHELF CUT/BOOST

(Hz). Range: 80Hz to 16kHz

(dB). Range: Cut (12 dB per octave low cut at the L

SHELF FREQUENCY), -12dB to +12dB

EDIT 3 knob: H

EDIT 4 knob: H

IGH SHELF FREQUENCY (Hz). Range: 80Hz - 16kHz

IGH SHELF CUT/BOOST (dB). Range: Cut (12 dB per octave high cut at the HIGH

SHELF FREQUENCY), -12dB to +12dB.

GLOBAL EDIT SCREENS

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

IO 7

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

MidPara Q

-10

-20

M3k2-2 0.32

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

This screen provides control of the fully parametric mid EQ.

EDIT 1 knob: C

EDIT 2 knob: CUT/

ENTER FREQUENCY (Hz)

(dB)

BOOST

EDIT 3 knob: Q. This value is equal to the center frequency of the filter divided by the difference

between the upper and lower -3dB frequencies. The higher the Q value the narrower the filter. Range is .1 (wide band) to 10 (very narrow band).

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

IO 8

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

BypMode DlyComp

-10

-20

Stage On

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

EDIT 1 knob: BYPASS MODE. This sets how VoiceLive operates in Bypass as controlled by the

footswitches. The S Dynamics processing. The S

age setting disables all effect processing except for EQ and

tudio setting removes all effect processing including

the EQ and Dynamics and outputs the lead signal at full level to the digital output.

EDIT 2 knob: D

ELAY COMPENSATION. Turning this on delays the lead vocal so that the humanized

harmony voices will be randomly ahead and behind the lead voice. Turning this off results in minimum lead voice processing delay.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

IO 9

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

OutRng Output

-10

-20

+14dBu Stereo

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

EDIT 1 knob: O

EDIT 2 knob: O

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

Io10

EDIT 1 knob: S

EDIT 2 knob: I

UTPUT RANGE. This sets the output level range. The value displayed reflects the

maximum output level at that setting. Please note that some mixers will produce a distorted signal with a +20dB signal. If you experience distortion and neither the input nor output clip lights are flashing on VoiceLive, try adjusting this parameter to a lower setting.

UTPUT MODE: Stereo or Mono.

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

S-Rate Input

-10

-20

44.1kHz Analog

-40

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

AMPLE RATE : 44.1kHz, 48kHz or External.

NPUT SELECT: Analog or Digital.

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

GLOBAL EDIT SCREENS

Utility Edit Screens

Utility screens provide parameters that relate to the general setup of VoiceLive. All Utility parameters are “global” in that they are not stored with the preset and are applicable to all presets.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

UT 1

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

X-Ped Default

-10

-20

Harm Lev Narrow

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

This screen sets the default expression pedal function. In the preset if the expression pedal is set to default, then the expression pedal assignment will come from this screen.

EDIT 1 knob: EXPRESSION P

EDAL DEFAULT

ASSIGN. Assigns a parameter to be controlled by the

Expression pedal. Options include:

• Lead Lev Full

• Harm Lev Full

• Harm Lev Narrow

. Control of lead voice level from off to maximum.

. Control of harmony voice level from off to maximum.

. Control of harmony voice level. Foot control range: -10dB to

0 dB with respect to other settings.

• Inst Lev Full

. Control instrument output level (not input gain) from off to max. This is especially useful for performers with multiple instruments to mute the instrument signal when changing instruments.

• Inst Lev Narrow. Control of instrument output level (not input gain) from -10dB to max. The maximum position will give the same output level as set by the instrument level knob.

•Voices 1+2 Lev. Control of Voice 1 and Voice 2 level from off to the maximum level set in the preset.

oices 3+4 Lev. Control of Voice 3 and Voice 4 level from off to the maximum

•V level set in the preset.

• FX Level. Control of Reverb and Delay level from off to the maximum in the preset.

• Reverb level. Control of reverb level from off to the maximum level set in the preset.

• Delay Level. Control of delay level from off to the maximum level set in the preset.

ibrato. Controls the vibrato intensity from minimum to maximum.

•V

• Smoothing. Control of the smoothing parameter from 0 to 100.

oicing Mirror. Controls voicing of the harmonies (see edit screen VO3). At

•V minimum expression pedal position the voicing is as in the preset; at center position the voicing is unison and at full position the voicing is the programmed interval on the opposite side of unison. The is useful for creative applications. With Shift mode presets you can use this to create extreme voice shift special effects. With Chord mode presets you can create voice arpeggiator like effects.

• Gender mirror

. Control of the four voice gender settings (see edit screen VO4).

At minimum expression pedal position the gender is as in the preset (eg. 12); at center position the gender is 0 (no format shifting applied) and at full position the gender is minus the programmed interval (eg. -12).

• Pan mirror. Control of the four voice pan settings. At minimum expression pedal position the panning is as in the preset (eg. R45); at center position all pan settings are C (center) and at full position the pan setting is minus the programmed interval (eg. L45).

GLOBAL EDIT SCREENS

•Off. This setting disables the operation of the expression pedal.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

UT 2

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

UserBtn Default

-10

-20

Radio Voice

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

This screen sets the default USER button function. In the preset if the USER button is set to default, then the USER button assignment will come from this screen.

EDIT 1 knob: U

SER BUTTON DEFAULT ASSIGN. Assigns a parameter to be controlled by the User

Button. Options include:

• Harmony Hold

(Not Latching). For a complete description of Harmony Hold see

the Harmony and Tuning section of the manual.

•T

Tempo. The LED Displays TAP* - the * flashes the tempo. Please note

that this setting will only have an effect on presets where the delay time source is set to TAP (see edit screen FX7). Tap tempo will be maintained in VoiceLive

through preset changes. If multiple presets are used in a song with a given tempo, the delay time only needs to be tapped in once.

• FX Override

– This controls turning on and off the Reverb and Delay effects.

• RevSend Override - Mutes and un-mutes the Reverb sends.

• DlySend Override

- Mutes and un-mutes the Delay sends.

• Bypass Toggle – this is for people who do not like having to hold the harmony BYPASS button for bypass and would like to do it with a fast click.

• Harmony Override.

Control of Reverb and Delay level from off to the maximum

in the preset.

• PtchCor Override –Pitch Correction Enable/Disable.

• Thicken Override

• RoboV

oice - Enables pitch correction and overrides Window, Attack and

Enable/disable thickening

Amount parameters to their maximum values which creates the “Cher” effect.

eleVoice All– Takes over the EQ parameters to make the voice sound

•T telephone like. Affects the lead and harmony voices.

eleVoice Harm– Takes over the EQ parameters to make the harmony voices

•T sound telephone like. Effects the harmony voices only.

• Moment

ary Harm- Harmonies are enabled only while this button is held.

GLOBAL EDIT SCREENS

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

UT 3

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

GlbFX VibrtoCtrl

-10

-20

Off Boost

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

EDIT 1 knob: GLOBAL EFFECTS PRESET SELECT. This makes the effect parameters of the chosen

preset global for all recalled presets and Song steps.

EDIT 2 knob: V

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

UT 4

EDIT 1 knob: MIDI C

EDIT 2 knob: S

IBRATO CONTROL. This sets whether the vibrato follows the onset and attack of the

model (Boost controls the vibrato in both modes, boosting the preset value in the Boost and starting from a value of 0 in the Manual

) or is instantaneous (Manual). The Mod Wheel on most keyboards

Setting.

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

MidiChan SYXID

-10

-20

-40

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

setting

HANNEL. Sets the base MIDI Send and Receive channel.

YSTEM EXCLUSIVE ID. This parameter sets the MIDI system exclusive ID for

VoiceLive.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

UT 5

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

CC-Ctrl GlblChrd

-10

-20

On On

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

EDIT 1 knob: MIDI CC C

messages not sent or responded to.

EDIT 2 knob: G

LOBAL CHORD. Options are as follows:

- The last MIDI detected chord type and root is retained when switching

•On through chordal presets.

•Of

f - The chord type and root is always taken from the preset recalled.

ONTROL. On: sends and responds to MIDI CC messages. Off: MIDI CC

GLOBAL EDIT SCREENS

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

UT 6

EDIT 1 knob: MIDI F

EDIT 2 knob: N

EDIT 3 knob: B

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

commands and data.

•P

•SX

• P+SX

OTES FOUR

•Off - All harmony voices in Notes Mode will respond to the base MIDI channel.

•On Harmony Voice 2 responds to the base MIDI channel +1 etc. All Harmony Voices will respond to unique MIDI channels.

END RANGE. Sets in semitones the range that MIDI pitch bend information will alter

the pitch of the harmonies in Notes mode.

UT 7

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

M.Flt N4C BndRng

-10

-20

Prg+SX Off +-12

-40

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

. With this parameter you can cause VoiceLive to ignore certain MIDI

ILTER

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

- ignore program changes.

- ignore system exclusive messages.

-ignore program changes and system exclusive messages.

CHANNEL MODE

- In Notes mode, Harmony Voice 1 responds to the base MIDI channel;

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

KB-Split Transp

-10

-20

Above C4 +2

-40

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

The parameters on this screen allow keyboard players to specify a range of the keyboard to control Notes and Chord mode harmonies. For example using a combination of the three controls below, a user can set the top octave of the keyboard to play notes mode harmonies.

EDIT 1 knob: MIDI S

PLIT ABOVE/BELOW. Sets whether notes above or below the split point are

used for notes mode and chord mode presets.

EDIT 2 knob: MIDI S

EDIT 3 knob: MIDI T

PLIT POINT.

RANSPOSE

. This transposes the harmony voices in Notes mode. The value

corresponds to octaves.

SONG MODE

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

UT 8

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

<Function> Item

-10

-20

MIDI Dump P-All

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

In this screen the selection from the first knob affects the options in the second knob. Once you have made the selections you must press the DATA WHEEL for ENTER to perform the function.

EDIT 1 knob selection: MIDI Dump

. Allows SYSEX MIDI dumping of all or individual presets, all or

individual Songs and the VoiceLive IO/Util parameters.

• Select what you would like to backup using the EDIT2 KNOB. P Sn Denotes a song; Setup

is all IO/Util parameters.

n denotes a preset;

• If connected to another VoiceLive simply press ENTER and your data will be copied to the other VoiceLive.

• If connected to a sequencer, arm it to record SYSEX data and press ENTER on VoiceLive.

EDIT 1 knob selection: RestorePre

. Restore a Preset to its Factory setting.

• Select what preset you would like to restore using the EDIT2 knob.

• Press ENTER to restore the preset.

EDIT 1 knob selection: RestoreSng

. Restore a Song to its Factory setting.

• Select what Song you would like to restore using the EDIT2 knob.

• Press ENTER to restore the song.

EDIT 1 knob selection: ClearSng

. Clear song steps and name of a song.

• Select what song you would like to clear using the EDIT2 knob.

• Press ENTER to clear the song.

VOICELIVE

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

UT 9

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

Out Clip

PROGRAM DISPLAY

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

PedalCalibration

-10

-20

<Enter> to Start

-40

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

MIDI IN

VOICE 1 VOICE 2 VOICE 3 VOICE 4

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

UTILITIES

I/O

VoiceLive will operate properly with most passive volume and expression pedals. Use this screen to calibrate the pedal. To calibrate the expression pedal follow instructions on the VoiceLive LCD display:

With the expression pedal plugged into the Pedal Input on the back of VoiceLive press the DATA wheel for ENTER.

• Move the pedal to its MAXIMUM position.

• Press the data wheel for ENTER.

• Move the pedal to it’s MINIMUM position.

• Press the data wheel for ENTER.

SONG MODE

Song mode is VoiceLive’s advanced performance mode. You can pre-program a sequence of presets, scale, root, or chord changes, and step forwards and backwards through them as needed as well as jump directly to song steps in Direct mode - all with foot control. There is a maximum of 50 songs in VoiceLive with 30 steps each.

This feature also allows you to use a single preset throughout a sequence of footswitch steps while changing only the musical information - the chord, root, and type information in chordal presets, and the key and scale information in scalic presets.

To enter Song Mode hold the SONG button (2) until the LED text display flashes SONG.

Song Mode LCD Screen:

33: Happy Joe

S2 P53s C#Maj2

The LCD display above is an example of a Song mode screen.

Here’s what it all means.

• Top Line Song number and name

• S2 Step number.

• P53s Preset number and harmony type. s= Scale; c= Chord; n= notes; blank =shift.

• C# Maj2 Root and Scale/chord type for scale and chord mode presets.

To access the Song Edit screen press the EDIT key while in Song Mode.

Song Edit Mode LCD Screen:

Sng33 <STEP INS>

S21 P53s C#Maj2

The LCD display above is an example of a Song edit screen.

Here’s what it all means.

• Sng33 Song number

• <Step INS> Song Edit Function. This is selectable by turning the data wheel and is executed by pressing the data wheel (ENTER).

• S21 Step number. Change the step number using the EDIT 1 knob.

• P53s Preset number and harmony type. s= Scale; c= Chord; n= notes; blank =shift. The preset number may be edited using the EDIT 2 knob.

• C# Scale/Chord Root for scale and chord mode presets. This may be changed using the EDIT 3 knob.

• Maj2 Scale/Chord Type for scale and chord mode presets. This may be changed using the EDIT 4 knob.

SONG MODE

Song Edit Functions

Turn the data wheel to select between the following two Song Edit Functions:

<STEP INS> inserts a copy of the current step. <STEP DEL> deletes the current step.

Press ENTER to execute the function.

Once you have created a Song, remember to press the STORE key to save your work.

Song Mode LED Displays

SG31

Above is an example of a Song Select LED text display.

Sg Indicates that you are in Song select mode. 31 Song number.

Pressing the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5,6) will change the song number.

When in Song Mode you can get there by pressing the SELECT button (1).

ST21

Above is an example of a Song Step Display.

ST Indicates that you are in Song step mode. 21 Song step number.

Pressing the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5,6) will change the step number.

When in Song Mode you can get there by pressing the STEP button (2).

SONG MODE

Song Direct Mode

To enter Song Direct Mode, you need to be in Song Mode, then hold the DIRECT button (3) until the LED text display flashes DRCT.

SA21

Above is an example of a Song Direct Mode LED text display

S This character means that you are in Song Mode. A This character means that you are in Direct Submode as well as:

• If it’s an A,B, C or D then a Direct Step has just been recalled by pressing one of corresponding top four DIRECT buttons. In this case holding one of the top four buttons will change the mode of VoiceLive operation.

• If it’s a * then holding one of the top four buttons will program the current step to the button held.

21 This indicates the current Song step.

Pressing the DIRECT buttons (1-4) will jump to the programmed step.

Holding the DIRECT buttons (1-4) will either program the current step to that Direct Button (when the second LED character is a *) or change the mode of operation of VoiceLive.

PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5, 6) changes the Song step. When this happens the second character on the LED display changes to a *, indicating that a DIRECT button may be programmed.

Song Voice Mode

To enter Song Voice Mode, you need to be in Song Mode, then hold the VOICE button (4) until the LED text display flashes voic.

SV21

Above is an example of a Song Select LED text display.

S This character means that you are in Song Mode. V This character means that you are in Voice Submode. 21 This indicates the current Song step.

Pressing the VOICE buttons (1-4) will enable/disable the individual harmony voices.

Holding the VOICE buttons (1-4) will change the mode of operation of VoiceLive.

Pressing the PREVIOUS/NEXT buttons (5, 6) changes the Song step. The enabled/disabled combinations of the voices are maintained as Song steps are changed.

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 VoiceLive can do for you.

Harmony Hold

Truly an innovation, the Harmony Hold feature lets you (on a whim) sustain the backing harmony voices while you continue to sing through them. On activation (assign the USER button to this function in either edit screen UBTN or UT2 and press and hold or use the Harmony Hold MIDI CC), you can freeze whatever the harmony voices are doing, and they will hold their notes (in a very natural way) until you let go (of the PEDAL button or by sending the proper CC value). See edit screen UBTN

description in the “Preset Edit Screen” section of the manual and the “MIDI Implementation” section of the manual for more information.

Harmony Modes

VoiceLive has four different harmony modes, which give four 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 VoiceLive with specific MIDI note information to determine the pitch of the harmony voices. VoiceLive has two “Manual/Notes” harmony modes, single and 4 channel. VoiceLive may be set to Notes 4 Channel mode through the Edit Screen UT6. Notes 4 Channel mode allows you to send 4 channels of MIDI information, 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.

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 later. We consider this type of harmonizing to be non-intelligent because VoiceLive 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 the input to two octaves above the input pitch.

Below is The C Major scale, showing third above chromatic scale harmony, as used in VoiceLive Shift Mode.

Black = Lead & Grey = Harmony

Chord (Chordal) Mode

Chordal harmonies take your chord information to create intelligent, diatonic harmonies based on your voice. To make “Chordal” 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 in Song mode. Chord information consists of the chord root and type, which define the 3 or 4 notes in a given chord. In Chordal mode the Voicelive will only create harmony voices that fall on the notes of the chord. Chordal 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 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

), the next

Shift Mode

Also known as “Fixed Interval”, this takes the pitch of your lead voice and creates harmonies

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Black = Lead & 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! The following lists the chords available with respect to the root of “C”:

Maj C E G Maj6 C E G A Maj7 C E G B Maj7sus4 C F G B Min C Eb G Min6 C Eb G A Min7 C Eb G Bb Min7b5 C Eb Gb Bb Dim C Eb Gb Dim7 C Eb Gb Bbb

(equiv. to A) Dom7 C E G Bb Dom7b5 C E Gb Bb Aug C E G# Aug7 C E G# Bb Sus C F G Sus2 C D G Sus7 C F G Bb

Scale (Scalic) mode

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 voicing selection of a C major scale and 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.

Black = Lead & Grey = Harmony

Under the Harmony Edit Screen HA2, 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 scalic harmony notes, kind of like a hard pitch correction on the harmony voice. Setting the SMOOTHING parameter between 0 and 100 variable amounts of pitch correction on the harmonies. VoiceLive has six preprogrammed harmony scales: three major, three minor and one custom per preset. To create a custom scale or

pitch map see the "Custom Voice Mapping" section in the "Preset Edit Screens" part of this manual.

It is also 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 VoiceLive 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 between 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 its previous pitch until the lead voice pitch changes to a non “nc” note.

% is like having

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Diatonic and Chromatic

We've described scalic and chordal 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 scales (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 within specified scale or chord, 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.

Lead Voice C C# D Eb E F F# G G# A Bb B

3rd Above E nc F nc G A nc B nc C D D

5th Above G nc A nc B C nc D nc E F F

MAJ1

Shifting, which uses the chromatic, 12 semi-

tone scale, changes the input pitch by a fixed number of semitones:

Chordal, 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:

5th above G nc A nc C C nc E nc E F F

5th above G nc A nc Bb C nc D nc E F F

5th above G nc BbBbncC nc D EbncF nc

5th above G nc A Bb nc C nc D Eb nc F nc

Scalic, which uses one of many diatonic

MAJ2 3rd above E nc F nc G A nc C nc C D D

MAJ3 3rd above E nc F nc G A nc Bb nc C D D

MIN1 3rd above Eb nc F G nc Ab nc Bb C nc D nc

MIN2 3rd above Eb nc F G nc A nc Bb C nc D nc

MIN3 3rd above Eb nc F G nc Ab nc B C nc D nc

scales, pitches the harmony voice to the nearest note contained within the scale:

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Theory aside, the best way to get great sound is to experiment with all of VoiceLive' 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.

natural tendency, and what sounds best, is to sing with “just tuning” so that 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 barbershop 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”. VoiceLive is able to do this in both the Just

and Barbershop tuning modes.

Just Tuning

Why just tuning? 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

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. Each note on the keyboard has a specific pitch. Equal temperament tuning uses approximations for the tuning of each note, allowing us to easily alter the key of our music without re-tuning our instruments. 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!

The bottom line is that the approximations of equal temperament tuning are practical, but imperfect. Using VoiceLive with Just tuning will definitely expand your musical horizons!

temperament.

Barbershop 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!

differs from Just tuning in Chordal

Just tuning is practice of maintaining the relative (and perfect) ratios between pitches, creating perfect harmonies.

Singers, especially when performing multi-part a cappella music, base their tuning on how it harmonically sounds with other singers. The

FOOTSWITCH FUNCTION TABLES

Preset Mode Footswitch Functions: Buttons 1-4

Voices

OR Enter Voice Mode

Program Direct C* Preset Program Direct D* Preset

Enable/Disable Voice 2 Enable/Disable Voice 3 Enable/Disable Voice 4

Program Direct B* Preset

OR Enter Song Mode

Enter Song Mode Enter Direct Mode Enter Voice Mode

User defined function Mute/ Unmute Harmony

IncrementPreset#,Key,or

Scale

Voices

User defined function Bypass/ Unbypass

IncrementPreset#,Key,or

Scale Repeat

Voices

, otherwise the mode is changed.

Preset Mode Footswitch Functions: Buttons 5-8

Submode Action Button 1 Button 2 Button 3 Button 4

Preset Select Key Select Scale Select N/A

N/A Enter Song Mode Enter Direct Mode Enter Voice Mode

Hold

Press

Normal

Recall Direct A Preset Recall Direct B Preset Recall Direct C Preset Recall Direct D Preset

Press

Program Direct A* Preset

OR Enter Preset Mode

Hold

Direct

Decrement Preset#, Key, or

Scale

Repeat Decrement Preset#,

Key, or Scale Repeat

Decrement Preset# Increment Preset# User defined function Mute/ Unmute Harmony

Repeat Decrement Preset# Repeat Increment Preset# User defined function Bypass/ Unbypass

Decrement Preset# Increment Preset# User defined function Mute/ Unmute Harmony

Enable/Disable

Voice 1

Enter Preset Mode (leave

Voice Submode)

Hold

Press

Voice

Submode Action Button 5 Button 6 Button 7 Button 8

Press

Normal

Hold

Press

Direct

Hold

Repeat Decrement Preset# Repeat Increment Preset# User defined function Bypass/ Unbypass

Hold

Press

* Direct buttons are programmed when the second character of the LED display is a

Voice

FOOTSWITCH FUNCTION TABLES

Song Mode Footswitch Functions: Buttons 1-4

Enter Voice Mode

Program Direct C* Step Program Direct D* Step OR

Program Direct B* Step OR

Enter Song Mode

Enable/Disable Voice 2 Enable/Disable Voice 3 Enable/Disable Voice 4

Voices

Increment Song# or Step# User defined function Mute/ Unmute Harmony

Voices

User defined function Bypass/ Unbypass

Repeat Increment Song# or

Step#

Voices

Repeat Increment Step# User defined function Bypass/ Unbypass

Increment Song Step# User defined function Mute/ Unmute Harmony

Song Mode Footswitch Functions: Buttons 5-8

Submode Action Button 1 Button 2 Button 3 Button 4

Enter Preset Mode N/A Enter Direct Mode Enter Voice Mode

Song Select Song Step Select Rewind to Step 1 N/A

Hold

Press

Normal

Goto Direct A Step Goto Direct B Step Goto Direct C Step Goto Direct D Step

Press

Program Direct A* Step OR

Enter Preset Mode

Hold

Direct

Decrement Song Step# Increment Song Step# User defined function Mute/ Unmute Harmony

Press

Repeat Decrement Song

Hold

Direct

Repeat Decrement Song# or

Step#

Decrement Song# or Song

Enter Preset Mode Enter Song Mode Enter Direct Mode Enter Voice Mode

Enable/Disable

Voice 1

Hold

Press

Voice

Step#

Hold

Press

Normal

Submode Action Button 5 Button 6 Button 7 Button 8

Repeat Decrement Step # Repeat Increment Step# User defined function Bypass/ Unbypass

Step#

Decrement Song Step

Number

Hold

Press

* Direct buttons are programmed when the second character of the LED display is a *, otherwise the mode is changed.

Voice

MIDI IMPLEMENTATION

Parameter Name CC# Range / Description

Voice 1 Level 46 0-127 Voice 1 Voicing 14 Harmony Mode Dependent Voice 1 Gender 29 0-127 Voice 1 Vibrato Style 89 0-Number of Styles Voice 1 Vibrato Amount 90 0-100 Voice 1 Pan 16 0-127 Voice 1 Active 106 0-63 Off, 64-127 On

Voice 2 Level 17 0-127 Voice 2 Voicing 18 Harmony Mode Dependent Voice 2 Gender 19 0-127 Voice 2 Vibrato Style 61 0-Number of Styles Voice 2 Vibrato Amount 62 0-100 Voice 2 Pan 20 0-127 Voice 2 Active 107 0-63 Off, 64-127 On

Voice 3 Level 21 0-127 Voice 3 Voicing 22 Harmony Mode Dependent Voice 3 Gender 23 0-127 Voice 3 Vibrato Style 88 0-Number of Styles Voice 3 Vibrato Amount 15 0-100 Voice 3 Pan 24 0-127 Voice 3 Active 108 0-63 Off, 64-127 On

Voice 4 Level 25 0-127 Voice 4 Voicing 26 Harmony Mode Dependent Voice 4 Gender 27 0-127 Voice 4 Vibrato Style 3 0-Number of Styles Voice 4 Vibrato Amount 105 0-100 Voice 4 Pan 28 0-127 Voice 4 Active 109 0-63 Off, 64-127 On

Harmony Root 30 0-11 Harmony Type 31 Harmony Mode Dependent Harmony Level 12 0-127 Harmony Smooth 116 0-127 Harmony Style Amount 41 0-127 Harmony Portamento 84 0-127 Harmony Notes Attack 73 0-127 Harmony Notes Release 72 0-127 Harmony Latch 35 0-63 Off, 64-127 On Harmony Bypass 110 0-63 Off, 64-127 On

Thickening Bypass 111 0-127

MIDI IMPLEMENTATION

Parameter Name CC# Range / Description

Fx Level 91 0-127 Fx Rev:Delay Mix 51 0-127 Fx Lead2Reverb Send 52 0-127 Fx Harmony2Reverb Send 53 0-127 Fx Lead2Delay Send 55 0-127 Fx Harmony2Delay Send 56 0-127 Fx Delay2Reverb Send 58 0-127 Fx Reverb Type 59 0-13 Fx Delay Type 63 0-2 Fx Delay Feedback 45 0-127 Fx Bypass 112 0-63 Off, 64-127 On

Correction Scale Root 47 0-11 Correction Scale Type 48 0-5 Correction Window 49 0-127 Correction Attack 54 0-127 Correction Amount 57 0-127 Correction Scale LSB 117 *Special Correction Scale MSB 118 *Special Correction Bypass 113 0-63 Off, 64-127 On

Setup Dry Level 13 0-127 Setup Lead Pan 10 0-127 Setup Dynamics 60 0-3 Setup EQ Routing 44 0-3 Setup Low Shelf Freq 80 0-127 Setup Low Cut Boost 81 0-127 Setup High Shelf Freq 82 0-127 Setup High Cut Boost 83 0-127 Setup Mid Freq 50 0-127 Setup Mid Boost 85 0-127 Setup EQ Q 86 0-127 Setup Output Level 87 0-127 Sustain Pedal 64 0-63 Off, 64-127 On

Affects performance in Notes and Chord Mode presets only.

Note: Wherever applicable, the entire CC range is mapped to a given parameter.

MIDI IMPLEMENTATION

Parameter Name CC# Range / Description

Instrument Pan 102 0-127 Instrument Level 103 0-127

Bypass All 114 0-63 Off, 64-127 On Harmony Hold CC Control 119 0-63 Off, 64-127 On Global Vibrato 1 0-127

Song Step Forward 115 >63, Song Steps Forward” Song Step Backward 9 >63, Song Steps Backward”

pecial CC’

Pitch Correction Scale Notes 118 MSB 0nnopqrsB (Binary Pattern)

Example Custom Scale Message:

MIDI Program Change messages result in a Song Number change while in Song mode. In any other mode, MIDI Program Change messages result in a Preset Number change.

Note: To capture the desired correction scale you can change the correction scale from the front panel and record the MIDI out.

s (same for both the Advanced and GM-Basic CC maps)

nn reserved o=1 C note on p=1 C#/Db note on q=1 D note on r=1 D#/Eb note on s=1 E note on

117 LSB 0tuvwxyzB

t=1 F note on u=1 F#/Gb note on v=1 G note on w=1 G#/Ab note on x=1 A note on y=1 A#/Bb note on z=1 B note on

o...z=0 notes off use 0 value

Intended scale: C, E, G, B based on a C root. This scale may be transposed by changing

the scale root.

Message: CC#118, 00010001 (converts to 17 decimal), CC#117, 00010001

(17 decimal)

Other MIDI messages:

Program Change: Received/Transmitted. In Song mode only received

Pitch Bend: Received. Controls Pitch or Gender, assignable in preset. Note On/Off: Received.

- changes Song number.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Digital Inputs and Outputs

Connectors: Formats: Sample Rates: Frequency Response DIO:

Analog Inputs

Connectors, balanced: Impedance: Balanced/Unbalanced Line Input Level @ 0 dBFS: Line Sensitivity @ 12 dB headroom: Instrument Input Level @ 0 dBFS: Instrument Sensitivity @ 12 dB headroom: Mic. Input Level @ 0 dBFS: Pad Off/On Mic. Sensitivity @ 12 dB headroom: Pad Off/On Line, Mic. @ Min gain, Dynamic Range: EIN @ Max. mic amp. gain, Rg = 200 Ohm: THD: Line Frequency Response: Mic. Frequency Response, max gain: Crosstalk: A to D Conversion: A to D Delay:

Analog Outputs

D to A Conversion: D to A Delay: Connectors, balanced: Output Impedance: Max. Output Level: Balanced/Unbalanced Output Range: Dynamic Range: THD: Frequency Response: Crosstalk:

EMC

Complies with:

Safety

Certified to:

Environment

Operating Temperature: Storage Temperature: Humidity:

Control Interface

MIDI: Pedal:

Supplementary

Display: Dimensions: Weight: Mains Voltage: Power Consumption: Warranty Parts and labor:

RCA Phono (S/PDIF) S/PDIF (24 bit), EIAJ CP-340, IEC 958

44.1 kHz, 48 kHz DC to 22/23.9 kHz ± 0.01 dB @ 44.1/48 kHz

Mic.: XLR, Line: ¼"phone jack Mic.: 3.6/1.8 kOhm, Line: 21/13 kOhm

24 dBu to 0 dBu 12 dBu to -12 dBu 18 dBu to -12 dBu 6 dBu to -24 dBu

-13 dBu/7 dBu to -51 dBu/-31 dBu

-25 dBu/-5 dBu to -63 dBu/-43 dBu > 92 dB, 20 Hz - 20 kHz 126 dBu < -100 dB (0,001 %) @ 1 kHz +0/-0.1 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz

-1.5 dB @ 40 Hz, +0/-0.1 dB (200 Hz to 20 kHz) <-85 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz 24 bit, 128 x oversampling bitstream

0.65/0.70 ms @ S.R. = 48/44.1 kHz

24 bit, 128 x oversampling bitstream

0.63/0.68 ms @ S.R.= 48/44.1 kHz ¼"phone jack 40 Ohm 20 dBu/14 dBu, R-load = 1200 Ohm 20 dBu / 14 dBu / 8 dBu / 2 dBu > 104 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz <-98 dB (0.0013 %) @ 1 kHz +0/-0.3 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz <-100 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz

EN 55103-1 and EN 55103-2 FCC part 15, Class B, CISPR 22, Class B

IEC 65, EN 60065, UL6500 and CSA E60065 CSA FILE #LR108093

32° F to 122° F (0° C to 50° C)

-22° F to 167° F (-30° C to 70° C) Max. 90 % non-condensing

In/Out/Thru: 5 Pin DIN 1/4" phone jack

4 character LED, 16x 2 character LCD

11.1" x 10.25" x 3.5" (282 x 260 x 89 mm)

5.9 lb. (2.7 kg) 100 to 240 VAC, 50 to 60 Hz (auto-select) <15 W 1 year

Due to continuous development these specifications are subject to change without notice.

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