TC-Helicon VoiceLive Rack Full User Manual

USER’S MANUAL
v1.0

Safety

Safety Instructions
1 Read these instructions.
2 Keep these instructions.
3 Heed all warnings.
4 Follow all instructions.
6 Clean only with dry cloth.
7 Do not block any ventilation openings.
8 Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s
instructions.
9 Do not install near heat sources such as radia-
tors, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus
(including ampliers) that produce heat.
10 Only use attachments/accessories specied by
the manufacturer.
11 Refer all servicing to qualied service person-
nel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power­supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.
Warning!
• To reduce the risk of re or electrical shock,
do not expose this equipment to dripping or
splashing and ensure that no objects lled with
liquids, such as vases, are placed on the equip­ment.
Caution
You are cautioned that any change or modica­tions not expressly approved in this manual could void your warranty.
EMC/EMI
This equipment has been tested and found to
comply with the limits for a Class B Digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in residen-
tial installations. This equipment generates, uses
and can radiate radio frequency energy and – if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions – may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television recep­tion – which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on –, the user is encouraged to try correcting the interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equip-
ment and the receiver.
• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a
circuit different from the one to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV technician for help.
• Do not install in a conned space.
Service
All service must be performed by qualied per­sonnel.
For Customers in Canada:
This Class B digital apparatus complies with Cana­dian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.
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Introduction

Before You Get Started
1. Check to see if this manual has been updated click the following link:
www.tc-helicon.com/products/voicelive-rack/suppor t/
2. Download VoiceSupport.
Get the latest rmware for your product, tips
and tricks, and videos. Click the following link to
download and install VoiceSupport
www.tc-helicon.com/voicesupport.
3. Register Your Product in VoiceSupport.
Click on the ACCOUNT button within the Voice-
Support application.
Thank You
VoiceLive Rack Features
• High quality, dedicated vocal channel and ef­fects processor
• 8 fully editable effect blocks
• Total recall of mic preamp and Setup menu parameters in up to 10 user proles
• Unique touch interface on front panel
• Large, bright LCD screen
• Wizard feature to help users nd presets
• Up to 4 intervals of NaturalPlay harmony
available
• Harmony reference can be guitar, MIDI or
MP3 input
• Global adaptive tone and auto-chromatic pitch
correction effects
• Mic Control feature allows remote effects con­trol with included MP-75 mic
Thank you for purchasing VoiceLive Rack, a
complete, programmable mic channel and vo-
cal effects processor. This product is the result of
input from customers like you who requested
the premium features of VoiceLive 2 in a 19” rack
chassis. We hope you enjoy making your music
sound even better with VoiceLive Rack.
About TC-Helicon
TC-Helicon is the only pro audio company 100%
dedicated to providing creativity and control to singers. We are a dedicated group of engineers, researchers and product specialists based in
Victoria BC, Canada, who spend every waking
moment of their working lives listening, talking, singing, and interacting with singers and those who have passion for the singing voice.
• 400 user presets
• USB for audio streaming, updates, and backup
to computer
• Discrete guitar mixing and effects to main
output
MP-75 Mic

Warranty

To view the general warranty for TC-Helicon
products click below or visit:
www.tc-helicon.com/support/warranty/
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Table of Contents
SAFETY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Warranty ..........................................2
FRONT PANEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
BACK PANEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
QUICK START . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
BASIC OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Selecting presets.................................. 11
Searching for presets using tags ..................... 11
Modifying presets .................................12
Changing the global mix ........................... 12
Adjusting the Guitar features .......................12
Phantom, Mono, MIDI etc. - the Setup menu .......... 13
Adjusting the Tone settings ......................... 13
Preset chaining with the Step feature ................ 13
Performing a global reset........................... 13
Restoring individual presets to factory settings......... 14
Mic-Control and Footswitch assignments .............14
THE TONE BUTTON . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tone Overview................................... 15
The TONE Tab ................................... 15
The ADAPTIVE Check Boxes....................... 15
SHAPE .......................................... 15
COMPRESS...................................... 16
DE-ESS.......................................... 16
GATE ........................................... 17
EQ Tab Overview...................... 18
EQ Tab With ADAPTIVE On ....................... 18
SHAPE .......................................... 18
WARMTH....................................... 18
EQ Tab With ADAPTIVE Off ....................... 18
LOW GAIN ..................................... 18
LOW FREQ ..................................... 18
HIGH GAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
HIGH FREQ ..................................... 19
PARA GAIN ..................................... 19
PARA FREQ ..................................... 19
PARA WIDTH ................................... 19
COMPRESS Tab Overview............... 20
COMPRESS Tab With ADAPTIVE ON ............... 20
COMPRESS...................................... 20
COMPRESS Tab With ADAPTIVE OFF ...............20
THRESHOLD .................................... 20
RATIO ..........................................20
GATE Tab Overview.................... 21
GATE .......................................... 21
LEAD ATTEN .................................... 21
HARM ATTEN ................................... 21
THRESHOLD (MANUAL Gate Only) ...............21
THE PITCH BUTTON . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Pitch Button Overview ............................ 22
AUTO-CHROMATIC AMOUNT ...................22
THE TAP BUTTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Tap Button Overview ............................. 23
THE BYPASS BUTTON . . . . . . . . . . .24
Bypass Button Overview ........................... 24
DETAILED OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . .25
Overview........................................ 25
Harmony and Hardtune Guided by a Guitar .......... 25
Acoustic guitar ................................... 25
Electric guitar..................................... 25
Guitar performance tips ........................... 25
Harmony and Hardtune Guided by a MIDI Keyboard .. 25
MIDI hookup and channel selection.................. 26
MIDI IN and USB .................................26
MIDI-controlled Harmony and Hardtune .............26
MIDI performance tips............................. 26
Alternate Harmony and Hardtune Methods .......... 26
Using a xed key (aka “Scale”) ...................... 26
Singing to Music Playback ..........................28
“Borrowing” from Another Player ...................28
Steps Overview ....................... 29
External Control Overview.............. 30
The MP-75 Mic Switch ............................ 30
The Switch3 Footswitch ........................... 30
MIDI Remote Control ............................. 31
The USB Computer Connection.......... 32
The VoiceSupport Application ...................... 32
VoiceLive Rack and Digital Audio.................... 32
Digital Input Notes:................................ 33
Digital Output Notes: ............................. 33
Audio Device Name .............................. 34
USB and MIDI Control ............................ 34
THE INPUT GAIN BUTTON . . . . . . . .35
Overview........................................ 35
Manual Gain Adjustment ........................... 35
Automatic Gain Adjustment ........................ 35
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User’s Manual revision 1.0 VoiceLive Rack
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English Version
Table of Contents
THE WIZARD BUTTON . . . . . . . . . . .36
Overview........................................ 36
The FIND tab ....................................36
The TAG tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
THE SETUP BUTTON . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Overview........................................ 38
Resetting Setup (Initializing) ........................ 38
The I/O Tab .......................... 39
IN GAIN ........................................ 39
PHANTOM...................................... 39
AUX LEVEL......................................39
OUTPUT........................................ 39
DIGITAL IN...................................... 39
DIGITAL OUT ................................... 39
LEAD MUTE..................................... 39
LEAD DLY....................................... 40
OUTPUT LEVEL RANGE.......................... 40
GUITAR MUTE................................... 40
PAN ............................................ 40
MIC/LINE PHASE................................. 40
The MIDI Tab ......................... 41
CHANNEL ......................................41
FILTER .......................................... 41
CC CHAN ...................................... 41
TRANSPOSE .................................... 41
SPLITDIR ........................................ 41
SPLITNOTE...................................... 41
SYSEXID ........................................41
VIBBOOST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PBRANGE....................................... 41
The SYSTEM Tab ...................... 42
LCD CONTRAST ................................42
USB CONTROL .................................42
GLOBAL NATURALPLAY ......................... 42
GLOBAL KEY/SCALE ............................. 42
GLOBAL TAP TEMPO ............................. 42
TUNEREF ....................................... 42
GUITAR Tab Overview ................. 43
REVERB STYLE................................... 43
REVERB LEVEL ................................... 43
UMOD STYLE ................................... 43
UMOD LEVEL ................................... 43
EQ LOW GAIN .................................44
EQ LOW FREQ(uency) ........................... 44
EQ HIGH GAIN.................................. 44
EQ HIGH FREQ.................................. 44
EQ PARA GAIN.................................. 44
EQ PARA FREQ ..................................44
EQ PARA WIDTH ................................ 44
COMPRESSION THRESH(old) ..................... 44
COMPRESSION RATIO ...........................44
REVERB Tab Overview.................. 45
GLOBAL REVERB ENABLE ........................ 45
STYLE ..........................................45
LEVEL........................................... 45
WIDTH ........................................ 45
DECAY ......................................... 45
LO COLOR / HI COLOR ......................... 45
HI FACTOR......................................45
EARLY REFLECTIONS / TAIL LEVEL................. 45
DUCKING....................................... 45
DIFFUSE ........................................ 45
PRE DLY ........................................ 46
SPEED .......................................... 46
DEPTH ......................................... 46
DUCKING AMOUNT ............................ 46
DUCKING TIME .................................. 46
LEAD to REV .................................... 46
HARM to REV ................................... 46
DEL to REV...................................... 46
LEAD LEVEL..................................... 46
MIC-CONTROL Tab Overview........... 47
CONTROL...................................... 47
GLOBAL MIC-CONTROL......................... 47
MIC-CONTROL button ...........................47
SWITCH3 Tab Overview ................ 48
SWITCH 1 FUNCTION ........................... 48
SWITCH 2 FUNCTION ........................... 48
SWITCH 3 FUNCTION ........................... 48
GLOBAL ........................................48
THE STORE BUTTON . . . . . . . . . . . .49
STORE Tab Overview ............................. 49
CURSOR........................................ 49
LETTER ......................................... 49
INS > < DEL .................................... 49
STORE TO....................................... 49
MANAGE PRESET Tab ............................ 50
SEND PRESET TO MIDI SYSEX..................... 50
ERASE USER PRESET ............................. 50
CLEAN PRESET BANK ............................ 50
STORE SETUP Overview ..........................51
CURSOR........................................ 51
LETTER ......................................... 51
INS > < DEL .................................... 51
STORE TO....................................... 51
LOAD SETUP Tab Overview ....................... 52
MANAGE SETUP Tab Overview .................... 53
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Table of Contents
EDITING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Editing Overview ................................. 54
Navigation ......................................54
Saving Changes ...................................54
THE EDIT BUTTON . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
µMOD Tab Overview .................. 55
STYLE .......................................... 55
LEVEL........................................... 55
WIDTH ......................................... 55
DETUNE LEFT / DETUNE RIGHT ..................55
SPEED .......................................... 55
DEPTH-L / DEPTH-R ............................. 55
OUT PHASE..................................... 55
DLY L / DLY R ................................... 55
FEEDBACK L / FEEDBACK R....................... 55
PHASE ......................................... 55
WAVE .......................................... 56
XFB L / XFB R ................................... 56
LOWCUT L / LOWCUT R & HICUT L / HICUT R.... 56
LEAD To UMOD ................................. 56
HARM To UMOD ................................ 56
LEAD LEVEL..................................... 56
DELAY Tab Overview................... 57
STYLE .......................................... 57
LEVEL........................................... 57
WIDTH ........................................ 57
SOURCE ........................................ 57
TEMPO ......................................... 57
DUCKING....................................... 57
DIV L / DIV R .................................... 57
TIME L / TIME R .................................. 57
FEEDBACK L / FEEDBACK R ......................58
XFB R TO L / XFB L TO R ......................... 58
LOCUT L / LOCUT R & HICUT L / HICUT R ........ 58
DUCKING AMOUNT ............................ 58
DUCKING TIME .................................. 58
LEAD TO DELAY ................................. 58
HARM TO DELAY ................................ 58
UMOD TO DELAY ............................... 58
LEAD LEVEL..................................... 58
REVERB Tab Overview.................. 59
STYLE ..........................................59
LEVEL........................................... 59
WIDTH ........................................ 59
DECAY ......................................... 59
LO COLOR / HI COLOR ......................... 59
HI FACTOR......................................59
EARLY REFLECTIONS / TAIL LEVEL................. 59
DUCKING....................................... 59
DIFFUSE ........................................ 59
PRE DLY ........................................ 60
SPEED .......................................... 60
DEPTH ......................................... 60
DUCKING AMOUNT ............................ 60
DUCKING TIME .................................. 60
LEAD to REV .................................... 60
HARM to REV ................................... 60
DEL to REV...................................... 60
LEAD LEVEL..................................... 60
HARDTUNE Tab ...................... 61
HARDTUNE KEY ................................ 61
HARDTUNE RATE ............................... 61
HARDTUNE AMOUNT........................... 61
HARDTUNE SHIFT............................... 61
HARDTUNE WINDOW ..........................61
KEY & SCALE ................................... 61
NOTE & ENABLED ............................... 62
DOUBLE Tab Overview ........................... 63
STYLE ..........................................63
LEVEL........................................... 63
HUMANIZE STYLE ............................... 63
HUMANIZE AMOUNT ...........................63
V1 to V4 PAN.................................... 63
V1 to V4 LEVEL .................................. 63
V1 to V4 PORTA ................................. 63
V1 to V4 SMOOTHING ...........................63
V1 to V4 GENDER................................ 63
LEAD LEVEL..................................... 64
CHOIR.......................................... 64
HARMONY Tab Overview .............. 65
STYLE ..........................................65
LEVEL........................................... 65
V1 to V4 VOICING................................65
V1 to V4 LEVEL .................................. 65
V1 to V4 GENDER................................ 65
V1 to V4 PAN.................................... 65
DOUBLING and DOUBLE LEVEL .................. 65
CHOIR, CHOIR LEV and CHOIR STYLE ............. 65
HUMANIZE STYLE ............................... 66
HUMANIZE AMOUNT ...........................66
VIBRATO STYLE ................................. 66
VIBRATO AMOUNT.............................. 66
V1 to V4 PORTA ................................. 66
V1 to V5 SMOOTHING ...........................66
GUITAR CHORDS ............................... 67
HOLD RELEASE ................................. 67
TUNING ........................................ 67
HARMONY EQ .................................. 67
LEAD LEVEL..................................... 67
NATURALPLAY .................................. 68
NATURALPLAY Settings and Parameter Changes ..... 69
NATURALPLAY = SCALE Mode ................... 69
KEY & SCALE .................................... 69
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Table of Contents
V1 to V4 VOICING................................69
MAP IN SOURCE / MAP IN NOTE ................. 69
V1 to V4 MAP OUT .............................. 69
NATURALPLAY = SHIFT Mode .................... 69
V1 to V4 VOICING................................69
NATURALPLAY = MIDI NOTES, MIDI NOTES 4 CHAN
Modes .......................................... 70
DOUBLING ..................................... 70
ATTACK & RELEASE .............................. 70
NOTES EXTENSION ............................. 70
NATURALPLAY = MIDI NOTES Mode Only ......... 70
PAN, GENDER, PORTA, SMOOTH, and Individual Voice
LEVEL........................................... 70
TRANSDUCER Tab Overview ...................... 71
TRANSDUCER STYLE ............................ 71
ROUTING: ...................................... 71
LOW CUT and HIGH CUT........................ 71
GATE THRESHOLD .............................. 71
DISTORTION TYPE and DISTORTION AMOUNT .... 71
TRANSDUCER IN and OUT GAIN ................. 72
PRESENCE GAIN, PRES FREQ and PRES WIDTH .....72
RHYTHMIC Tab Overview ......................... 73
Using the Rhythmic Features........................73
STYLE .......................................... 73
MODE .......................................... 73
MODE = RHYTHM............................... 73
DEPTH ......................................... 73
TARGET ........................................ 73
DIVISION ....................................... 73
TYPE ........................................... 73
MODE = SAMPLE ..................... 74
SAMPLE LOOP DIVISION ......................... 74
SAMPLE LOOP CAPTURE ........................ 74
SAMPLE DIRECTION ............................. 74
PATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
MIC-CONTROL Tab Overview........... 75
CONTROL...................................... 75
FUNCTION ..................................... 75
MIC-CONTROL BUTTON ........................ 75
SWITCH3 Tab Overview ................ 76
SWITCH 1 FUNCTION ........................... 76
SWITCH 2 FUNCTION ........................... 76
SWITCH 3 FUNCTION ........................... 76
PRESET Tab........................... 77
LEAD LEVEL .................................... 77
LEAD PAN ...................................... 77
LEAD EFFECT SENDS ............................ 77
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION . . . . . . . . . .78
PRESET LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
SCALES DIAGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) .85
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
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Front Panel

Touch to access input
gain adjustment screen or hold to enter auto input gain feature.
Push in to apply power.
Connect headphones to monitor main out­put mix.
Touch to access Setup
menu and parameters.
Touch Home to exit.
Touch to browse
presets based on tags or to load presets on demand.
Touch to access Store
menu for presets and setups as well as man­agement features.
Touch Home to exit
any menu and set screen to show main preset display.
Touch to access Edit
menu and parameters or touch Home to exit.
Displays preset name and number in Home mode or all edit parameters in edit modes.
In Home screen, turning Mix knobs 1 detent will temporarily display 4 global mix values then allow adjustment.
Displays preset steps
if any (Count) and
current step in Home mode.
In all edit modes Mix knobs are used to adjust parameter values.
Displays parameter remote controlled by Mic-control feature us­ing optional MP-75 mic.
Tab/Step arrows cycle
through preset step
chain (if any) and allow
management of step chains in Home mode.
Main wheel locates presets in Home mode and selects rows in edit modes.
Navigate arrows will increment/decrement presets by 1 in Home mode or select rows in edit modes.
Tab/Step arrows cycle
through tabs in edit modes.
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Front Panel
Touch any to engage
effects or hold to jump directly to the effect’s edit menu.
Duplicates the switch on an MP-75 mic to activate switched parameters.
Touch to activate adap­tive EQ, compression, de-ess and gate or hold to edit.
Tap at song tempo to
set delay time in Home mode.
Touch to activate auto-
chromatic pitch cor­rection or hold to edit correction settings.
Mutes all processing
except Tone when Tone is active.
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Back Panel

Connect dynamic or condenser mic here. Input gain and phantom power on/off located in Setup menu.
Attachment port for Kensington
lock
Connect TRS balanced
or unbalanced cable from mixer here.
Passes dry guitar signal
to an amplier or PA.
Connection here will remove guitar from the main mix.
®
A guitar connected here can guide Harmony and Hardtune
effects. If Thru is not connected,
guitar is mixed to main outputs with dedicated effects.
Auxiliary input from mp3 player can be mixed to outputs and be used to guide Har­mony and Hardtune.
If ground buzz is heard in
your PA, push the Ground
Lift in. Otherwise leave
it out.
Main outputs are balanced and default output is stereo. Mono and
dual mono modes are congured in
Setup menu.
S/PDIF output always
available. Full Mix or Vo­cal & Guitar (LR) cong-
ured in Setup menu.
S/PDIF digital input can be fed dry to analog mix outs or used as vocal and
instrument (LR) inputs for
effect processing.
Hardware MIDI ports allow remote harmony and preset control from MIDI keyboards etc. Ensure USB Control is set to Off in Setup menu to use this input.
Connect optional TC-Helicon
Switch 3 footswitch here for additional control per preset or globally.
USB I/O connects to a computer for audio I/O and system functions such as preset backup and version updates.
Connect supplied AC adaptor here.
AC cable strain
relief minimizes
shutdowns due to cable pulling.
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Quick Start

f a. Connections
1. Turn down your mixer channel or main PA
volume.
2. Connect a Mic or Line level input from the mixer to the respective input jack on VoiceLive
Rack.
3. Connect the XLR or TRS stereo outputs to
your mixer/PA.
4. Connect the supplied AC adaptor to the unit and press the POWER button in.
f b. Set input level
1. Touch the Bypass button so it ashes.
2. Touch the Input Gain button.
3. Sing or start playback while watching the IN meter in the display
4. Adjust the IN GAIN setting with the knob
below the onscreen parameter until no CLIP
message occurs.
5. Touch Home to exit Input Gain setup.
f c. First audio
1. Select preset 6: BRIGHT DOUBLE with the
large wheel or the Navigate up/down arrows.
2. Sing or start dry vocal playback then raise your
monitors/PA level until you hear the VoiceLive
Rack output at a comfortable volume.
3. Touch the Bypass button to hear the effect
programmed into the current preset.
4. Now you can select different presets and/or touch the effect blocks (µMod, Delay, Reverb etc) to turn them on and off within the cur­rent preset.
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Basic Operation

f Selecting presets

There are over 200 factory programmed presets in VoiceLive Rack. Presets are loaded as soon as the name appears in the LCD window.
To select presets:
1. Ensure the Home button LED is lit.
2. Turn the large encoder wheel. Detents in this
wheel allow increment and decrement by 1 or;
3. Touch the Navigate up or down arrows to
browse by single presets.

f Searching for presets using tags

The Wizard function organizes the presets by user-selected tag lters and alphabetically so you can search more effectively for them. The Wizard
also allows you to locate but not automatically load a new preset while another is currently ac-
tive.
To search for presets using the Wizard:
1. Connect an accompaniment instrument or
music player to VoiceLive Rack. This can be
either:
• A guitar connected to the GUITAR IN
• A MIDI keyboard (channel=1) connected to
the MIDI IN
• An MP3 player connected to the AUX IN
2. Select a harmony-based preset such as 1: Sixth Encore.
3. Play the accompaniment instrument or track
while singing into VoiceLive Rack. The harmony
intervals will follow the changing chords of the music.
By default, the GUITAR and AUX inputs are
routed to the main mix output. Their levels can be muted or adjusted in the GUITAR and I/O
tabs of the Setup menu respectively.
f Using Harmony or Hardtune presets
without a connected instrument or track
1. Touch the Wizard button
2. Use the Mix knobs to select the Sort function and/or to choose up to 3 tag criteria.
3. Turn the large encoder to view the ltered
results.
4. Press the Wizard button to load the highlight­ed preset.
f Using Harmony or Hardtune presets
with a connected instrument or music track
Presets that have the Harmony or Hardtune but­tons lit require a musical reference in order to sound musically correct. VoiceLive Rack automati­cally senses which input is connected (see follow-
ing) in order to use it as a reference.
This method, which uses a single key and scale
generally throughout an entire song, will produce useful musical results for many songs but not all. Experimentation in a rehearsal setting is essential before using this method before an audience.
1. An accompaniment is required so the singer
can sing relative to a key and scale. This can be
a piano, acoustic guitar, playback etc.
2. Touch the Setup button and navigate to the SYSTEM tab using the TAB/STEP arrows.
3. Set GLOBAL NATURALPLAY to SCALE and GLOBAL KEY/SCALE to ON.
4. Touch the Edit button and navigate to the
HARMONY tab.
5. Set the KEY and SCALE* parameters to match the song accompaniment. This is often the rst or last chord in the song.
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Basic Operation
6. Sing while the accompaniment plays.
* There are 3 major scales and 3 minor scales;
generally Major 2 and Minor 2 will work for more songs. See the Scales Diagram at the end of this manual for details.
Touch Home to exit and try different presets, all
of which are set to the same key by the Setup parameters changed in step 3.

f Modifying presets

The effect block buttons, the arrow buttons and
tabbed menus allow you to make changes to the current preset quickly.
To modify a preset by enabling and disabling effect blocks:
1. Touch any one or a group of effect blocks to reverse their on or off state. The buttons’ LEDs
will show their status.
To edit effect block parameters including preset mix:
1. There are two ways to enter the effects edit­ing menu -

f Changing the global mix

There are 4 global mix levels adjustable with the
front panel Mix knobs. When you adjust these controls at the Home level, the mix screen will
show values for the controls as well as Mic/Line
input, Guitar input and main output levels.
• Voices - Combined level of the Harmony and
Doubling voices.
• Delay/Reverb - Combined level of the Delay
and Reverb effects.
• Guitar - If a guitar is connected to the Guitar input and no Guitar Thru connection is made,
this control varies the level of the guitar in the main output mix.
• Output - Adjusts the overall output level to
the main outputs and the Headphone output.

f Adjusting the Guitar features

The Guitar input has its own Reverb and µMod
processors, 3 band EQ and compressor. As long
as the Guitar Thru has no jack inser ted, the guitar
will be routed to the main output mix with these effects added.
a. Hold any effect block button for 1 second. This
will present its editing menu. The on/off status
of the effect will not change however.
b. Touch the Edit button and use the Tab/Step
arrow buttons to locate the tab of effect you want to edit.
2. Adjust parameter values on the highlighted row with the Mix knobs.
3. Select another row with the wheel or the Navigate up/down arrows.
4. To nish, either touch Store twice to save your
changes or touch the Home button to allow further preset navigation without saving.
To adjust the Guitar effects:
1. Touch the Setup button.
2. Use the Tab/Step arrow buttons to navigate to the GUITAR tab.
3. Select and adjust parameters within the GUI-
TAR tab using the Navigate arrows and the
Mix knobs.
All changes are recalled automatically the next time the unit is powered.
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Basic Operation
f Phantom, Mono, MIDI etc. - the
Setup menu
Global parameters are adjusted in the Setup menu. Changes made in this menu are automati­cally stored as they are made. Note that some
settings of parameters such as DIGITAL IN and LEAD MUTE can result in unexpected sound (or lack thereof) from the unit.
To adjust global setup parameters:
1. Touch the Setup button to enter the Setup
menu.
2. Use the Tab/Step and Navigate arrow buttons
to locate parameters then make changes with the Mix knobs.
3. Touch Home to exit.

f Adjusting the Tone settings

The goal of the single Tone button, with its adapt­ing Shape EQ, compression, de-essing and gate is that adjustment is done automatically. If, however, you want to make manual adjustments, they are easy to perform.
To change the Tone settings:
1. Hold the Tone button to reveal its menu in the
display.
2. In the rst TONE tab, sing while you make
general adjustments such as adjusting bright­ness and bass rolloff via the SHAPE control or increasing or reducing compression amount with the COMPRESS control.
3. Use the Tab/Step arrows to tab over to the individual effects and disable the ADAPTIVE parameter if desired. This will reveal additional
manual adjustment settings.

f Preset chaining with the Step feature

Each preset can consist of up to 10 steps that
you can step through using the Tab/Step arrow
buttons or a footswitch. Steps can be edits of the starting preset or other presets copied into the slots.
To add a step to a preset:
1. Locate the desired starting preset and hold
the right Step arrow button.
2. Follow the onscreen prompts to insert and delete steps in your chain.
Note that inserted steps are automatically stored.
See “Restoring...” below to return the preset to its
original state.

f Performing a global reset

This can be performed to initialize all presets and
system parameters back to their factory defaults.
To perform a global reset:
1. Power up the unit.
2. When the rst text is displayed in the LCD
window, hold the 4 buttons listed below and continue to hold until the reset prompt is displayed:
• µMod
• Delay
• Reverb
• Tone
This procedure can take up to 2 minutes.
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Basic Operation
f Restoring individual presets to
factory settings
To reset a preset to its original settings:
1. Locate the Manage Preset tab in the Store
menu.
2. Use Erase User Preset to select the preset to
restore and set Conrm to Yes.
3. Touch the Store button.
f Mic-Control and Footswitch
assignments
External control of parameters via the MP-75 microphone and Switch 3 footswitch can be as­signed uniquely per preset or globally.
To set Mic-control and Footswitch assignments:
1. Locate the Mic-Control and/or Switch3 tabs in either the Setup menu (for global assignment) or in the Edit menu (unique per preset).
2. Make the changes required.
3. If you have made a preset assignment it will need to be stored with the preset. Global as­signment does not require storing.
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The Tone Button

Tone Overview

The Tone button activates what we call the “Live Engineer Effects”. These are different from stan-
dard vocal processing effects in that they adjust their settings to your particular voice and the way you sing at different times of your performance just like a professional audio engineer will. All EQ and compression enhancements applied here will affect the overall sound of VoiceLive Rack includ­ing Harmony, Doubling, Reverb etc.
The suite of effects that make up Tone are:
• Adaptive Shape EQ
• Adaptive Compression
• De-Ess
• Adaptive Gate

The TONE Tab

knobs below the LCD and listening to the results. You can also cycle the Tone button on and off
while editing to hear the difference between your effected and non-effected voice.
Note that there is a slight lag between adjusting the Adaptive effects and hearing the effect as the algorithm re-assesses your voice input.

f The ADAPTIVE Check Boxes

These show whether the automatically-adjusting
Adaptive feature is enabled for the SHAPE or COMPRESS controls.
NOTE: If either or both ADAPTIVE check boxes
is unchecked, the associated control is set to
MANUAL. Manual adjustment is possible by using
the Navigate buttons to go to the edit tab associ­ated with it and changing the controls on that tab.

f SHAPE

Press and hold the Tone button to enter this
screen and make adjustments or view settings. This will present the TONE tab allowing conve­nient control of these four processors in one screen. At any time you can exit the tab menus by pressing the Home button.
The factory settings for the Tone button are:
• SHAPE
ADAPTIVE=X(On), SHAPE=50%
• COMPRESS
ADAPTIVE=X(On), COMPRESS=50%
• DE-ESS
DE-ESS=50%
• GATE
ADAPTIVE
These settings are intended to apply to a broad
range of singers’ tastes and PA equipment. Mak­ing adjustments consists of turning the Mix/Edit
“Shape” is the name given to the automatically adjusting EQ that is activated by the ADAPTIVE
check box. When the Adaptive feature is acti­vated, Shape processing offers an EQ curve that
adds an airy brightness, or “sizzle” to your voice while reducing “mud” due to the proximity effect
from singing closely into a cardioid microphone.
Adjusting the control from 0% to 50% reduces
mud while increasing brightness to a useful range
for your voice. Turning from 50% up to 100%
adds more brightness.
Reducing Mud:
For singers who have a voice with less bass
frequencies, the “mud” reduction may be less and perhaps not noticeable at all. This is a good
thing - your voice is nicely balanced regarding bass frequencies. For the average male singer or women who sing closely on their mic, the re-
duction in bass will be noticeable and benecial.
When voices have too much bass, they tend to become lost in the other instruments that occupy
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The Tone Button
those frequencies resulting in sonic clutter. Reduc-
ing bass has the natural effect of emphasizing mid
and upper frequencies which allow the voice to cut through dense instrumentation.
Lastly, the term “proximity effect” and “cardioid” need to be claried as they can cause bass build up. The typical microphone used by singers has a pickup pattern called “cardioid” or heart-like,
because it picks up less sound at the rear than at the front. This intends to reduce other instru­ments or sounds from getting into the front of the mic. A side effect of this that singing closely on a cardioid mic adds more bass frequencies
than your voice actually has. This is called “proxim­ity effect” because it is caused by closeness to the mic. The adaptive Shape feature of VoiceLive Rack
listens continually to your voice through your mic and adjusts to make your voice sound like it is professionally produced and balanced.
Adding Highs
The other facet of the Shape feature is that it adds high frequencies, also known as “air” or “presence” without making your voice sound “tinny”. The vocal sounds we hear on CDs and
the radio are not typically what you hear when you listen to a singer acoustically. Commercial vocal sounds are more of a hyper-reality designed
to atter the voice or voices and make them cut
through a group of instruments and thus make
a larger impression on the listener. The Shape
feature, used at moderate settings, emulates this sound through the average microphone and PA system.
When making Shape adjustments, it’s important to sing while listening to the PA system your audi­ence will hear rather than only judging by your monitor sound.

f COMPRESS

With the ADAPTIVE control activated, the
COMPRESS control reduces the amount of range between louder and softer singing to produce more even-sounding vocals. It does so by listening
to your singing over time (less than 30 seconds)
and adjusting accordingly.
Typical compressors require multiple controls,
knowledge and experience, and time spent test-
ing and rening over a performance. With TC-
Helicon’s Adaptive Compress feature, these are not required.
The factory setting of 50% strikes a good balance
between moderating dynamics in your singing without incurring feedback, a side effect of com­pression used in a live mic setting. If you have a high quality monitoring/PA setup with a at fre­quency response and you want more compres­sion, by all means add more with the COMPRESS control. Be aware though, that average quality systems have frequency peaks that may cause feedback with lots of compression combined with Adaptive Shape EQ.
• Note that, in order for the Adaptive Compres­sion feature to work properly, you must have your mic gain set properly either with by using auto MIC GAIN or by setting it manually.

f DE-ESS

There is a side effect that comes from adding
high frequencies and compression to your voice, and that’s excessive sibilance. Sibilance can be de-
scribed as the brief whistle that accompanies “S”, “T” and “D” syllables in your vocal performance.
Again, when singing acoustically, there is no issue with these sounds. It’s when you amplify and combine with boosted highs and compression that they can become piercing.
VoiceLive Rack’s DE-ESS control monitors the
level of sibilance and, when it is detected, will
quickly and transparently reduce it. Typically, it’s
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The Tone Button
only briey required and it then gets out of the
way allowing the silky brightness to remain on the voiced portion of your singing.
There is only the single DE-ESS control; no other manual adjustment settings are required. The factory setting of 50% gently reduces sibilance
without becoming obvious. Higher settings of compression and Shape or a bright, sibilant voice may require a higher setting.

f GATE

When set to the factory default of ADAPTIVE, the GATE control on the Tone Edit screen helps
in two very important ways by:
1. Minimizing feedback
2. Reducing the amount of audible effects pro­cessing on sounds entering the mic other than your voice.
A typical, xed gate works by shutting off, or
reducing the level of any signal below a thresh­old that you set. When you sing louder than that threshold, the gate will open and your vocal will come through the PA. When you aren’t singing, the gate will close and block sounds around you.
The Adaptive Gate in VoiceLive Rack works au­tomatically with your singing style to provide the optimum balance between how loud you have to sing to open the gate and how much other noises are reduced.
For troublesome audio environments, or for those who are familiar with setting manual gate
parameters, there is also a MANUAL setting on
this page.
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The Tone Button

EQ Tab Overview

The EQ tab is where you control the tone shap­ing of your voice. It is where you can turn the
ADAPTIVE feature on and off for the SHAPE EQ.

EQ Tab With ADAPTIVE On

When the ADAPTIVE control is set to ON (the factory default), most of the adjustment is done
automatically so fewer controls are required.
These are:
• ADAPTIVE ON/OFF
• SHAPE AMOUNT
• WARMTH ON/OFF
• ADAPTIVE ON/OFF
This activates the automatic EQ algorithm and
changes the control set for the EQ tab. When set
to ON, this places an X in the ADAPTIVE check box in the TONE tab and allows editing of the
SHAPE control in that tab. When set to OFF, this presents the manual parametric EQ controls, and
removes the check in the ADAPTIVE box on the TONE tab.

EQ Tab With ADAPTIVE Off

Turning ADAPTIVE off presents manual paramet­ric EQ controls for users who understand this
type of equalization. There are 3 bands of control:
• Low band shelving
• All band fully parametric peak/dip control
• High band shelving
The two “Shelving” EQs boost or cut all frequen-
cies below or above the frequencies set by the
LOW FREQ and HIGH FREQ controls respec­tively. These are most like the common Bass and Treble controls on a stereo system.
The “Parametric” EQ boosts or cuts the frequen­cies within a selected band that is dened by a center frequency (PARA FREQ) and a width control (PARA WIDTH). For vocals, the gain of
a narrow parametric band is typically reduced to overcome room or voice resonances and smooth the sound although experienced users may boost a band felt to be missing in a particular voice as well.
The three GAIN controls allow +/- 12 dB of adjustment. The 3 FREQ controls range from 20 Hz to 20 kHz.

f SHAPE

This is a duplicate of the SHAPE control found on the TONE tab discussed previously.

f WARMTH

This control returns a narrow band of low fre­quencies for singers who prefer this sound. The majority of the “mud“ frequencies are still re-
duced automatically when using this control.

f LOW GAIN

Boosts or cuts the range of frequencies below
the frequency set by the LOW FREQ control.

f LOW FREQ

Allows you to dene the frequency range for
the low shelf by choosing the highest frequency below which boosting or cutting is possible.

f HIGH GAIN

Boosts or cuts the range of frequencies above the
frequency set by the LOW FREQ control.
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The Tone Button

f HIGH FREQ

Denes the frequency range for the high shelf
with the selection of the lowest frequency above which boosting or cutting is possible.

f PARA GAIN

Boosts or cuts the band of frequencies centered at the setting of the PARA FREQ control and its
associated WIDTH.

f PARA FREQ

Denes the center of the parametric band.

f PARA WIDTH

Denes how narrow or wide the parametric band is to be. The ends of the control range are labelled “NARROW” and “WIDE” to add mean-
ing to the numbers in the middle of the control range.
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The Tone Button

COMPRESS Tab Overview

This tab offers further control of the compression effect. The controls on this tab change depend­ing on the status of the ADAPTIVE setting in the
same way as the EQ tab.

COMPRESS Tab With ADAPTIVE ON

The ADAPTIVE Compression algorithm performs
automatic processing which reduces the number of adjustable parameters. As such, once ADAP-
TIVE is enabled, the only control is COMPRESS.

f COMPRESS

This allows you to vary the amount of peak reduction by the ADAPTIVE compression al­gorithm. The factory value is 50% but you can
increase or decrease as you require.

COMPRESS Tab With ADAPTIVE OFF

Turning off ADAPTIVE compression switches
compression to manual control. Be sure to reduce the level of your PA or switch to head­phones when adjusting the manual compressor because high settings can cause more gain and thus feedback.
input level on the IN meter on the Home screen. A good setting for experimentation is -10 dB.

f RATIO

This sets how much gain reduction you prefer
when your voice level goes above the threshold.
The range is from 1:1 (no gain reduction) to 4:1 (maximum vocal gain reduction ). The default set­ting for RATIO is 4:1.
The number on the left side of the : (colon)
symbol is how loud the peaks in your singing have to be in order to achieve a 1 dB gain increase. A brief example of how adjusting the ratio of com­pressor works is this: say a word you sang went 4 dB over the threshold when the Ratio was set to
4:1. The compressor would only allow it to go 1
dB louder.
Note that the RATIO control has to be set above
1.0 (1.0:1) to apply any compression regardless of the setting of the THRESHOLD.
Also note that automatic makeup gain occurs
depending on your combination of THRESHOLD and RATIO. A side effect of compression is that
it can reduce apparent level until makeup gain is applied to raise the overall level.

f THRESHOLD

This sets the singing level at and above which the amount of gain reduction (compression) specied by the RATIO control will occur. The range is 0
dB to -30 dB: 0 dB being the loudest input signal
VoiceLive Rack can accept without distortion and
-30 dB being a very quiet signal. If you sing con-
sistently more quietly than the THRESHOLD, you
will not hear any compression. You can see your
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The Tone Button

GATE Tab Overview

The Gate feature can assist in:
1. Minimizing feedback.
2. Reducing the amount of audible effects pro­cessing on sounds entering the mic other than your voice.

f GATE

This sets the Gate type. The factory default is ADAPTIVE, which performs automatic level as-
sessment for the average musical setting. You can also turn the gate to OFF with good results if you are in a quiet, low volume musical environment.
This can be set to MANUAL if you have more challenging requirements. When the GATE is set to MANUAL, an additional parameter, THRESH­OLD, is displayed.
you aren’t singing . The factory default attenua-
tion amount of -10 dB should work well in many situations, but you can further reduce the level if
you still hear harmonized instrumental chattering
when you stop singing.
f THRESHOLD (MANUAL Gate
Only)
This parameter becomes visible when the GATE has been switched to MANUAL. The THRESH­OLD denes the minimum singing level you need
to reach in order for the Gate to open and let
your voice sound. The factory default setting of
-40 dB is very sensitive to allow a wide range of singing levels but it may also allow more nearby instrumental sounds through when you are not singing. In this case, further adjustment from -39 dB and upward may be needed.

f LEAD ATTEN

This controls how much your lead voice level is reduced (attenuated) when your voice falls below the Gate threshold and the Gate closes. This set­ting applies whether the GATE is set to ADAP­TIVE or MANUAL. The factory default setting of
-3 dB (a reduction of 3 dB) is gentle enough that
if your voice strays below the threshold, it is not cut off completely. If you are in a feedback-prone environment (loud monitors plus Shape and
Compress on) you can increase this to reduce
more. A setting of 0 dB offers no gain reduction on your lead voice at all. Settings of -30 to OFF effectively mute your voice when the Gate is on.

f HARM ATTEN

This sets the amount of attenuation for the
Harmony and Doubling voices when the Gate
closes. They have a separate attenuation setting
to reduce chatter caused by instrument sounds
entering the mic and being harmonized when
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The Pitch Button

Pitch Button Overview

Pressing the Pitch button activates Auto Chro­matic pitch correction. For most applications, this
is all that is required to set this feature. There is
no need to set Key or Scale; all notes that you sing in the 12 tone western chromatic scale are corrected to the nearest scale tone.
This type of vocal pitch correction is quite subtle at its factory setting of 50% but even the most
highly skilled and on-pitch singers will hear a slight chorusing from the PA or monitors with it en­gaged.
Press and hold the Pitch button to access the
PITCH tab and adjust the single parameter for
this feature. Once you see this tab, the Pitch but­ton can be cycled on and off to allow you to hear the difference. Press the Home button to exit the Pitch edit tab.

f AUTO-CHROMATIC AMOUNT

The factory default value of 50% is active when you enter the PITCH edit tab. Turning the control towards 0% reduces the correction effect and turning towards 100% increases it. Above 50%
the effect becomes more noticeable when you
slide from note to note. This is the effect of faster
transition speed between your input note and the closest scale tone as well as the fact that the algorithm is trying to pull you closer to the target.
For those singers who want to use or experiment with scale-based pitch correction and perhaps
even the jagged, modern HardTune effects, there are presets set up specically for this that can be found by pressing the Wizard button and choos­ing CORRECT or HARDTUNE as the Tag.
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The Tap Button

Tap Button Overview

This button provides convenient access to tempo
setting for the Delay and Rhythmic effects. You
can tap it at any time to synchronize these effect
blocks to the beats of a song.
The display will temporarily show the BPM (Beats Per Minute) derived from your most recent two
taps.
To enter an exact BPM, you can use the up or down Navigate buttons while the TEMPO display is shown on the display for ne tuning.
The Delay or Rhythmic effect buttons must be active for Tap tempo to have an audible effect.
Upon loading a new preset, the LED in the Tap button will ash indicating the Delay SOURCE in the preset is set to TAP. If the Tap LED does not ash upon loading a preset, the Delay SOURCE is set to TIME or MIDI. Regardless of the initial setting, tapping the Tap button will temporarily
modify the current preset so that its SOURCE
becomes TAP.
To prevent the tempo from changing as you load different presets, set GLOBAL TAP TEMPO in the SYSTEM tab of the Setup menu to ON.
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The Bypass Button

Bypass Button Overview

Pressing the Bypass button will mute all active ef­fects blocks from the vocal audio path except Tone
if it’s active. This is done so that your basic tone
remains the same as you address the audience
during Bypass. To remove Tone from Bypass, press the Tone button.
The Bypass button will ash and the display will
show BYPASS as long as the unit is bypassed.
Bypass has no effect on the Guitar or Aux inputs.
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Detailed Operation

Overview

Much of the operation of VoiceLive Rack is
covered in the Quick Start and Basic Operation
chapters. This Detailed Operation chapter offers
additional procedural detail where it’s needed. For button menus and parameter descriptions see the Setup, Edit etc. menu chapters.

Harmony and Hardtune Guided by a Guitar

TC-Helicon’s NaturalPlay algorithm can listen to chords played on an electric guitar or electried
acoustic guitar to guide the Harmony and the
Hardtune effects. Both need to stay “in key” or
musically relevant to accompanying instruments.

f Acoustic guitar

If you haven’t by now, connect a cable from your
pickup-equipped acoustic guitar to the GUITAR
IN as described in the Quick Start. You should now hear your guitar sound mixed with your voice.
To adjust the balance of guitar and voice, ensure
the HOME button is lit then turn the third Mix/
Edit knob. This will present the MIX screen so you
can adjust the level of your guitar.
Now, sing while you sample the harmony- and Hardtune-based presets with effects closely related to your guitar playing. You should now hear nicely produced lead vocal, harmony and/or Hardtuned vocals and guitar from your PA system or headphones.

f Electric guitar

Connect a cable from your electric guitar to the
GUITAR IN. Connect another cable from the GUITAR THRU to your rst guitar effects pedal
or to your amp. Set your guitar amp volume to a level compatible with your vocals.
By connecting a jack to the GUITAR THRU, the
guitar signal is removed from the internal mixer
and effects paths in VoiceLive Rack.
If you hear a buzz from either your guitar ampli­er or the PA VoiceLive Rack is connected to, press the GND LIFT (ground lift) button to silence it.
Now you can sample the harmony- and Hard­tune-based presets with the effects musically related to your guitar playing.

f Guitar performance tips

To ensure that the harmony voices follow your
guitar closely, it’s best to play cleanly with chords containing at least two notes. If you want to sing right at the start of a song, it’s important to
briey play a chord rst. A recognized chord will show “NP” in the LCD display.
Your guitar should be well-tuned. TC Electronic’s PolyTune is perfect for this.
If the song section you want vocal harmony or Hardtune effects on has fast chord changes, single note runs or very slow arpeggios, it may be bet-
ter to use presets based on a xed Key. To nd
out more about this see Harmony and Hardtune guided by a xed key.
Harmony and Hardtune Guided
The recommended pickup is the typical under­saddle type because potential mistracking can re­sult from resonances generated by soundboard­mounted pickups.
by a MIDI Keyboard
Using MIDI opens up a range of harmony options.
This section will discuss the basics of setting MIDI
channel and performing with a MIDI keyboard/ synth to control Harmony and Hardtune.
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Detailed Operation

f MIDI hookup and channel selection

If you haven’t already, connect a MIDI cable
between your keyboard’s MIDI out and VoiceLive
Rack’s MIDI IN. Play a note on your keyboard and
check VoiceLive Rack’s display to see if the MIDI
indicator lights. If it doesn’t, set the MIDI transmit
channel of your keyboard to 1 (VoiceLive Rack’s default). If you want VoiceLive Rack to receive on
another MIDI channel, locate the MIDI tab in the
Setup menu and set CHANNEL to the same as
your keyboard transmits on. Check the display as
you play your keyboard to conrm reception.

f MIDI IN and USB

To use the MIDI IN jack while you have a USB cable connected, locate the SYSTEM tab in the
Setup menu and turn the USB CONTROL set­ting to OFF. This will enable the MIDI IN jack.
Alternatively, you may also remove the USB cable to access MIDI IN.
When you want to restore computer control of
VoiceLive Rack over USB, or you want to access the VoiceSupport application’s features, you can turn the USB CONTROL parameter back to On.
you play. The harmony notes will adapt to the
octave of your playing where the Hardtune effect ignores it.
The maximum number of harmony notes that
will sound can be 4 or 8 depending on which
preset you load. This in turn is due to whether
Harmony Doubling is activated in the HARMO-
NY tab of the EDIT menu.

f MIDI performance tips

In chords without a clear third, VoiceLive Rack will
assume a major chord, so when you play in a mi­nor key, and as a general rule, you should always include a third when changing chords.
If you want to sing right at the beginning of your song, it’s important to play a chord just before you sing
If you sing while playing a chord and then press the sustain pedal, you’re able to add a keyboard embellishment that doesn’t affect the harmony.
Your mod wheel can be used to add or remove vibrato in harmony presets.
f MIDI-controlled Harmony and
Hardtune
Now that you’ve followed the preceding section, you can sample the many presets that feature the
Harmony and Hardtune effects. Load a preset
with one or both of these effect buttons lit. Now you can play a song on your keyboard while singing and hear how the effects adjust musically as you play the different chords in your song. As
each chord is recognized, the LCD display will briey show “NP” meaning NaturalPlay.
The factory presets that have the word “Notes” in their names (presets #217-238) operate dif­ferently for both Harmony and Hardtune. These
presets allow you to determine the pitch of the Harmony or Hardtune effects to the exact notes

Alternate Harmony and Hardtune Methods

This section is for those who do not play an
instrument such as a MIDI keyboard or guitar. You are still able to experience VoiceLive Rack’s Har­mony and Hardtune effects with these methods:
• Using xed Key and Scale
• Singing to music-only playback
• “Borrowing” from another player’s instrument

f Using a fixed key (aka “Scale”)

This is the main method for creating harmony used successfully in the original VoiceLive proces-
sor. It is also the main method for other Hard-
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