TC-Helicon VoiceLive User Manual

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

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UTPUT RANGE

MIC IN SELECT

S/PDIF

LIMITER +48V

MIDIBALANCED OUTPUTS DIGITAL I/O PEDAL

THRU

INLEFT RIGHT

CAUTION

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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

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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.

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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

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VOICELIVE

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PRESET

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DirectA / Voice 1

Direct B /Voice 2

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INPUT

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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.

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LEFT/RIGHT

PEDAL

INPUT

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HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

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SELECT

SONG

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MIDI IN

UTILITIES

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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.

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