TC-Helicon VoiceLive Touch 2 Reference Manual
INPUT
Edit
Store
Home
Hold for Genre
Effects
Voices
Tap
Setup
Mix
Loop
Hit
Hold for Talk
RefeRence Manual
Table of conTenTs
About this manual 1
The Mix Menu 3
FX Mix page ..................................... 4
Guitar parameter 4
Aux parameter 4
Roomsense parameter 4
Harmony parameter 4
Delay/Reverb parameter 4
Loops parameter 4
Using the Loops parameter creatively 4
Output Mix page .................................. 5
USB In parameter 5
USB Out parameter 5
Headphone parameter 5
Analog Out parameter 5
The Store menu 6
The Edit Menu 7
Table of contents
Chapter overview .................................8
Anatomy of a preset 8
Editing basics ..................................... 8
Locating the Edit menu 8
Main and Advanced edit pages 9
Selecting edit parameters with the Matrix 9
Understanding effect styles 9
Understanding levels 10
Linked vs. unlinked effect parameters 10
Dry Level 10
The Mod effect ..................................11
Mod effect – main edit page 11
Mod effect – advanced edit page 11
The Delay effect .................................12
Delay effect – main edit page 12
Delay effect – advanced edit page 12
The Reverb effect ................................14
Reverb effect – main edit page 14
Reverb effect – advanced edit page 14
The Harmony effect ..............................15
Harmony effect – main edit page 15
Harmony effect – advanced edit page 16
Scale definitions 16
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Harmony and the Voices menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
The Voice Edit pages 1/9 through 9/9 18
Naturalplay, Scale, Shift and Notes harmony 19
The Choir effect .................................21
Choir effect edit page 21
The Double effect ................................22
Double effect – main edit page 22
Double effect – advanced edit page 22
The Transducer effect .............................23
A note about feedback 23
Transducer effect – main edit page 23
Transducer effect – advanced edit page 24
The Rhythm effect ...............................25
Rhythm effect – main edit page 25
Rhythm effect – advanced edit page 25
The Hardtune effect ..............................27
Hardtune effect edit page 27
Assigning effects to the Hit button .................. 29
Assigning Hit effects in Effects mode 30
Assigning Hit effects using the Control parameter 30
The Slider FX 31
Chapter Overview ............................... 32
Gender Warp effect 32
Delay Feedback effect 32
Harmony Hold effect 32
Dual Filter effect 32
Harmony Bend effect 32
Shift Wide effect 33
Shift Narrow effect 33
Rhythm Div effect 33
Rhythm Depth effect 33
Stutter effect 33
Hmny (Harmony) Rhythm effect 33
Slider FX actions 33
The Loop Menu 35
Loops – Overview ...............................36
Loop Assist 36
The Loop menu pages ............................37
The Loop Layers page ............................ 37
The Loop Tools page .............................38
Recording a basic loop ............................38
Stopping and starting loops ........................ 39
Erasing loops .................................... 39
Notes about erasing loops 39
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Overdubbing ....................................40
Notes about overdubbing 40
Undo ..........................................41
What can be undone? 41
Undoing and redoing a recording 41
Limitations of the Undo feature 41
Extending loop length with 2x ......................42
Notes about using the 2x feature 42
Reverse ........................................42
Clear ..........................................43
Metronome .....................................43
Metronome – Off setting 43
Metronome – On setting 44
Metronome – Shh setting 44
Other metronome-related parameters 44
Recording a loop using the metronome .............. 44
Notes about using the metronome 45
Recording multitrack loops ........................45
Recording your first multitrack loop 45
Muting loop layers ............................... 47
Muting vs. selecting loops 47
Muting and recording 47
Muting loops in Select mode 47
Synching loops to MIDI Clock ......................48
Triggering loops in Shots mode ..................... 48
Shots mode and playback 49
Loop FX ....................................... 49
What are Loop FX? 49
Using Loop FX 49
Changing Loop FX 49
Loop FX descriptions 50
Making the most of Loop FX 50
Re-sync ........................................ 51
Layer Mixdown ..................................51
The Setup menu 53
Setup Menu Overview ............................ 54
Input page ......................................54
Input parameter 54
Roomsense parameter 55
Guitar parameter 55
Mic Control parameter 56
Tone Style parameter 57
Pitch Cor Amt 58
Output page .................................... 59
Output parameter 59
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Vocal Cancel feature 59
Lead Mute parameter 59
Headphone Limiter parameter 59
Lead Delay parameter 60
Guitar page (1) ..................................61
Reverb Style parameter 61
Reverb Level parameter 61
Mod Style parameter 61
Mod Level parameter 61
Compressor Ratio parameter 61
Compressor Threshold parameter 61
A note regarding compression on an acoustic guitar 62
Guitar page (2) ..................................63
High Frequency parameter 63
High Gain parameter 63
Mid Frequency parameter 63
Mid Gain parameter 63
Low Frequency parameter 63
Low Gain parameter 63
Loop page ......................................64
Input parameter 64
Filter Resonance parameter 64
Undo parameter 64
Loop Feedback parameter 64
MIDI Control parameter 65
Queued Mode parameter 65
Metronome page .................................66
Routing parameter 66
MIDI Tempo parameter 66
Sound parameter 66
Level parameter 66
MIDI page (1) ................................... 67
MID Channel parameter 67
Filter parameter 67
CC Channel parameter 67
Transpose parameter 67
SplitDir (Split Direction) parameter 67
Split Note parameter 68
MIDI page (2) ................................... 69
SysEx ID parameter 69
PB Range parameter 69
MIDI CTRL parameter 69
Switch-3 page ................................... 70
Customizing Switch-3 footswitch assignments 70
Control parameter 70
Switch 1, Switch 2 and Switch 3 parameters 70
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System page ....................................74
LCD Contrast parameter 74
Mic Boost parameter 74
Global Key parameter 74
Tune Reference parameter 74
Aux In Type parameter 74
Global Tempo parameter 75
Product Info page ................................76
Factory initialization procedure 76
MIDI Implementation 77
Preset list 81
Styles list 87
Mod Styles 88
Delay Styles 88
Reverb Styles 89
Harmony Styles 89
Doubling Styles 90
Hardtune Styles 90
Transducer Styles 91
Delay Filter Styles 91
Getting Support 92
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abouT This Manual
About this manual
This is version 1.2 of the reference manual pertaining to Firmware version 1.0.02 build 37 of VoiceLive Touch 2.
The information in this manual takes up where the VoiceLive
Touch 2 Quick Guide left off, so please make sure to read
the VoiceLive Touch 2 Quick Guide first.
To make the most of the information in this reference manual,
you should be able to navigate the VoiceLive Touch 2 as described in the Quick Guide.
This document has been optimized for on-screen reading.
If you still have questions about the product after reading this
manual, please get in touch with TC-Helicon Support:
http://support.tc-helicon.com/home
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Store
INPUT
Home
Hold for Genre
Effects
Voices
Tap
Mix
Setup
Loop
Hit
Hold for Talk
Edit
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About this manual
1. Edit button
2. Store button
3. Home / Hold for Genre button
4. Effects button
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5. Voices button
6. Tap button
7. Setup button
8. Mix button
9. Loop button
10. Play & Record buttons (Loop transport controls)
11. Hit / Hold for talk button
12. Matrix (9 buttons)
13. Slider FX Bar
14. Arrow buttons
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The Mix Menu
The Mix Menu
This chapter of the VoiceLive Touch 2 reference manual introduces the Mix menu, where you set up the levels of the signals
coming into the device, the levels of the effects and the output
levels.
There are two pages of faders that control global mix levels
of the various inputs and generated effects within the device:
– the FX Mix page and
– the Output Mix page.
To switch Mix pages, either tap the Mix button or use the Arrow buttons on the Slider FX bar.
To display mix levels, tap on any Matrix button corresponding
to a mix level. The value will be shown briefly.
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The Mix Menu
FX Mix page
Guitar parameter
The Guitar parameter sets the level of the guitar signal plus all
applied effects.
Aux parameter
The Aux parameter sets the level of audio received on the
Aux input jack.
Roomsense parameter
The Roomsense parameter sets the level of the Roomsense
microphones for the headphones only. When the Roomsense
parameter in the Setup menu is set to Voice, this control is
unavailable.
Harmony parameter
The Harmony parameter trims the global mix level of the
Harmony and Doubling effects. Factor y presets were created
with this parameter set to 0dB. There is an additional 6dB of
gain available.
Delay/Reverb parameter
The Delay/Reverb parameter trims the global mix level of the
Delay and Reverb effects. Factor y presets were created with
this parameter set to 0dB. There is an additional 6dB of gain
available.
Loops parameter
The Loops parameter sets the level of loop playback. Note that
if you set this parameter below 0dB, your initial recording pass
will sound louder than the looped playback, though this may
be desirable.
Using the Loops parameter creatively
The Loops parameter in the FX Mix page can also be useful for
fading out loop playback: Slowly slide your finger along the Slider
FX bar while the Loops parameter is highlighted, then release.
Once you get the slide rate correct, the level will continue to
drop. The same is true for fading in loop playback.
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Output Mix page
USB In parameter
The USB In parameter sets the mix level for the audio signal
arriving from a computer via the USB connector.
USB Out parameter
The USB Out parameter sets the output level of the overall
main mix output going to a computer via USB.
Headphone parameter
The Headphone parameter controls headphone volume.
This level is independent of the Analog Out control.
Analog Out parameter
The Analog Out parameter sets the main output level for the
XLR and TRS Left and Right outputs. If you set the Analog Out
parameter to 0dB and with the input gain set correctly, the outputs will deliver approximately the same level as a microphone.
There is 6dB of additional gain available from this level control
if required. Please be careful when raising the output level as
feedback can occur.
The Mix Menu
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The sToRe Menu
The Store menu
Preset edits can be saved for later use and named in the Store
menu. Please note that changes to parameters on the Setup
and Mix pages do not require storing.
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1. Selects the preset destination number.
2. Deletes the currently highlighted letter.
3. Selects the letter for the current cursor position.
4. Inserts empty letter at the current cursor position.
When you have selected either the Delete, Letter or Inser t
option, you can use the arrow buttons on the Slider FX Bar to
set the cursor position.
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The ediT Menu
The Edit Menu
This chapter of the VoiceLive Touch 2 reference manual details
the nine effect blocks of the VoiceLive Touch 2, the editing
screens and all effect parameters.
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The Edit Menu
Chapter overview
Making changes to the preset effects in VoiceLive Touch 2 and
storing them to use later is called editing. The Edit menu is
where you make these changes.
Anatomy of a preset
Each VoiceLive Touch 2 preset is made up of:
– nine different vocal effects
– an assignment for the Slider FX bar.
You can…
– turn effects on or off within presets,
– edit them and
– store each preset to any of 300 preset locations for recall
later.
There is no limit to how many of the effects shown in the
Matrix display can be active at one time.
Editing basics
Locating the Edit menu
A single menu containing all effect pages can be accessed in
two ways:
1. Tap the Edit button, then use the arrow buttons to scroll left
or right to see the desired effect’s edit page.
For convenience, the edit page you were on previously is
always shown first when you tap the Edit button.
2. Tap the Effects button then hold the Matrix button corresponding to an effect to jump directly to the edit page for
this effect. For example, to access the Mod Edit page, tap
and hold the upper left Matrix button.
When you access an effect page using the Matrix buttons,
the effect will temporarily switch on/off state before displaying the edit menu. If you do not want to interrupt audio
during effect editing, use the Edit button to access edit the
menu instead.
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The Edit Menu
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INPUT
Home
Hold for Genre
Effects
Voices
Mix
Setup
Loop
Edit
Main and Advanced edit pages
Most effects have a main page and an advanced edit page containing additional settings. You can switch between these two
pages by tapping the Edit button.
The main effect pages are numbered to help with navigation
such as “Transducer 7/9” showing this page is 7th of a total of
9 effect pages. When no arrow is shown to the left or to the
right of the current effect page, you have reached the fir st or
last page in the menu.
Selecting edit parameters with the Matrix
When the Effects page is displayed, each effect shown corresponds to one of the nine Matrix buttons. In the example
below, the leftmost button in the lowest row corresponds to
the Tr ansducer effect.
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The leftmost button in the bottom row (2) of the Matrix corresponds to the Transducer effect (1).
Understanding effect styles
Styles allow you to quickly load different variations of a
particular effect without editing a large number of individual
parameters.
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The Edit Menu
Most Styles have editable modifiers that can be stored as part
of a preset – for example Speed in the Mod effect.
Understanding levels
The mix level – or “volume” – of effects and inputs is displayed
in decibels (dB).
– Full level is 0 (zero) dB.
– Lower levels are shown as negative values, e.g. -10 dB.
– Off is shown as “Off ”.
This is true for levels displayed in all menus, including Mix, Setup
and Voices.
Linked vs. unlinked effect parameters
Some edit parameters are linked and will change with the current style – e.g. Speed in the Mod effect. This ensures that the
style sounds as intended when it was created.
Other parameters are not linked to the current style such as
Reverb Width, which allows you to browse a number of effect
styles while Width is set to mono for example.
In the following descriptions of all effect parameters, effect
parameters that are linked to the style are shown with an
asterisk (*).
Dry Level
This setting is available on the advanced edit pages of the Mod,
Delay, Reverb, Harmony and Double effects. It sets your dry
voice level when that individual effect is turned on. This allows
a unique wet/dry mix for individual effects. When multiple
effects are active, the lowest Dry Level value is used.
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The Mod effect
The Edit Menu
The Mod (modulation) effect is where you will find lush chorus,
detune and flanger effects plus a collection of bizarre pitch
effects.
Mod effect – main edit page
Style parameter
The Style parameter lets you select from a range of preauthored styles.
Level parameter
The Level parameter controls the output level of the effect.
Speed parameter*
The Speed parameter sets the speed of modulation if the currently selected style uses modulation and the Depth parameter
is set to a value greater than zero.
Control parameter
The Control parameter sets Hit on/off status.
See “Assigning Hit effects using the Control parameter”.
Mod effect – advanced edit page
Dry Level parameter
The Dry Level parameter sets the dr y voice level.
Depth parameter*
The Depth parameter sets the amount of modulation. Speed
may have to be increased to hear the Depth effect.
Width parameter
The Width parameter sets the stereo pan width from mono
(0%) to full (100%).
* This parameter is linked to the currently selected style.
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The Delay effect
The Edit Menu
The Delay effect block produces tap tempo echo, fixed time
echoes and quick slap echo effects.
Delay effect – main edit page
Style parameter
The Style parameter selects from a range of pre-authored
styles.
All styles with the exception of Classic Slap and Set Time are
synced to the tempo you have tapped in with the Tap button.
Classic Slap and Set Time delay times are not controlled by the
Tap tempo. These delay times are set on the Delay edit page.
Level parameter
The Level parameter controls the output level of the effect.
Feedback parameter*
The Feedback parameter sets the number of echo repeats:
0: no repeats
100: continuous/self oscillation.
Control parameter
The Control parameter sets Hit on/off status.
See “Assigning Hit effects using the Control parameter”.
Delay effect – advanced edit page
The last two parameters on this page vary depending on the
current Delay style.
Dry Level parameter
The Dry Level parameter sets the dr y voice level.
Filter Style parameter
The Filter Style parameter determines the tone of the echoes
by applying a filter to the echo path. The filters range from none
(setting “Digital”) to steep (setting “Lo-Fi”).
Mod to Delay parameter
The Mod to Delay parameter determines the amount of signal
sent from the Mod block to the Delay block. At 0 dB, this will
pass modulation effects into the echoes. Set to Off, modulation
effects will not be heard in the echoes.
Width parameter
For Ping Pong and Multitap styles only, the Width parameter
sets the stereo pan width from mono (0%) to full (100%) .
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Tempo
For Tap tempo styles only, the Tempo parameter sets the delay
tempo in beats per minute. This is most useful when the Global
Tap parameter (on the System page of the Setup menu) is set
to Off and you want to store a pre-set tempo in each preset.
Division*
For Tap tempo styles only, the Division parameter sets the echo
time to divisions of the bar.
Delay Time*
For the Slap and Set Time styles only, the Delay Time parameter
sets the exact delay time from 0 to 2500 milliseconds.
* This parameter is linked to the currently selected style.
The Edit Menu
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The Reverb effect
The Edit Menu
The Reverb effect block contains a high-end TC Electronic reverb algorithm. Reverb simulates hearing your voice in acoustic
spaces, such as a small reflective room or a large concert hall.
Reverb effect – main edit page
Style parameter
The Style parameter selects from a range of pre-authored
styles.
Level parameter
The Level parameter controls the output level of the effect.
Decay parameter*
The Decay parameter sets the length of time it takes for the
effect to fade out.
Control parameter
The Control parameter sets Hit on/off status.
See “Assigning Hit effects using the Control parameter”.
Reverb effect – advanced edit page
Dry Level parameter
The Dry Level parameter sets the dr y voice level.
Pre Delay parameter*
The Pre Delay parameter introduces a short delay between the
dry audio signal and the onset of the reverb to help simulate
larger spaces and separate the voice from reverb.
Width parameter
The Width parameter sets the stereo pan width from mono
(0%) to full (100%)
Delay to Reverb parameter
The Delay to Reverb parameter determines the amount of
signal sent from the Delay block to the Reverb block.
* This parameter is linked to the currently selected style.
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The Edit Menu
The Harmony effect
The Harmony effect block produces the famous TC-Helicon
harmony sound. Your voice is multiplied up to four times at
musical intervals to simulate a group of singers.
“Using the Harmony and Hardtune effects” in the Quick Guide
explains the different guide methods that make the harmonies
sound musically correct.
Harmony effect – main edit page
Style parameter
The Style parameter selects from a range of pre-authored
harmony effects.
– The styles from “High” through “Lower Choir” are called
the Naturalplay styles. Each offers a unique voicing arrangement. These styles follow the Key setting to guide the
harmony voices. See the following description of the Key
parameter.
– The styles from “Lower Monks” through “Octave Down
Group” are called the Shift styles. These styles ignore the
Key setting.
– The four Notes styles (“Humanized”, “Tight”, “Male” and
“Female”) shift your voice to any four notes played on a
connected MIDI keyboard to produce harmony. These styles
ignore the Key setting.
Level parameter
The Level parameter controls the output level of the effect.
Key parameter
The Key parameter sets whether detected chords or a fixed key
is used to guide the Harmony and Hardtune effects.
– When you set the Key parameter to “Auto”, VoiceLive
Touch 2 adjusts harmony automatically by analyzing chords
detected from a connected guitar, music player, MIDI keyboard, or the Roomsense mics.
– When you set the Key parameter away from Auto (C , C#,
D ... to B), VoiceLive Touch 2 will ignore chordal input and
instead will be guided by a combination of the displayed key
and the Major or Minor scale set in the Advanced edit page.
The Key parameter continues to guide the Hardtune effect
even when Harmony is off or when the selected Harmony
style ignores chords (Shift or Notes styles).
Control parameter
The Control parameter sets Hit on/off status.
See “Assigning Hit effects using the Control parameter”.
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The Edit Menu
Harmony effect – advanced edit page
Dry Level parameter
The Dry Level parameter sets the dr y voice level.
Human Style parameter*
The Human Style parameter lets you select from a range of
Humanization styles that introduce subtle and not-so-subtle
variances to Harmony pitch and timing. To hear the effects of
the selected humanization style, the Human Amount parameter
has to be set to a value greater than zero.
Vibrato Style parameter*
The Vibrato Style parameter selects from a range of humanmodeled vibrato styles that can, at moderate Vibrato Amount
values, add a distinct pitch character to the harmonies.
Scale parameter
The Scale parameter applies when the Key parameter is set to
a non-Auto setting to define a fixed key and scale, which is used
to produce diatonic harmony.
There are three Major and three Minor scales that can work
with different chord progression and melody combinations. See
the following table for the Scale definitions.
Human Amount parameter*
The Human Amount parameter sets how much Humanization
is applied. The style of humanization is defined by the Human
Style parameter.
Vibrato Amount parameter*
The Vibrato Amount parameter sets how much Vibrato is applied. The style of the vibrato is defined by the Vibrato Style
parameter.
* This parameter is linked to the currently selected style.
Scale definitions
The table below shows harmony notes in the key of C for the
three major and three minor scales.
The shades cells indicate harmony intervals that illustrate the
differences between scales. The abbreviation “nc” means “no
change”. This indicates that the harmony note will remain at the
previous interval even though your sung note has changed from
the adjacent upper or lower note.
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Input (Sung) Note
C C# D Eb E F F# G G# A Bb B
MAJ1 3rd ab. E nc F nc G A nc B nc C D D
5th ab. G nc A nc B C nc D nc E F F
MAJ2 3rd ab. E nc F nc G A nc C nc C D D
5th ab. G nc A nc C C nc E nc E F F
MAJ3 3rd ab. E nc F nc G A nc Bb nc C D D
5th ab. G nc A nc Bb C nc D nc E F F
MIN1 3rd ab. Eb nc F G nc Ab nc Bb C nc D nc
5th ab. G nc Bb Bb nc C nc D Eb nc F nc
MIN2 3rd ab. Eb nc F G nc A nc Bb C nc D nc
5th ab. G nc A Bb nc C nc D Eb nc F nc
MIN3 3rd ab. Eb nc F G nc Ab nc B C nc D nc
5th ab. G nc A Bb nc C nc D Eb nc F nc
Scales definition table.
The Edit Menu
Harmony and the Voices menu
Tapping the Voices button enters a menu where you can
choose combinations of the nine harmony “voicings”. Voic-
ings are pre-set pitch intervals between your lead voice and a
harmony voice generated by the VoiceLive Touch 2. The Voices
menu offers the quickest way to experiment with harmony
arrangements.
To hear the voicings, ensure the Harmony block is on in the
Effects menu. Up to four voices may be active at a time. When
four voices are active, turning on an additional voice will turn off
one of the four active voices.
When a Notes harmony style is loaded, the MIDI notes you play
determine the voicing. The Voices button displays settings that
control all four Notes mode harmony voices as a group.
Each preset may have a different selection of voicings and their
names and intervals can var y according to the combination of
Harmony Style and Key as shown in the table following.
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The Edit Menu
The Voice Edit pages 1/9 through 9/9
Up to nine different voicings are possible, though only four may
be active at one time. The following describes the parameters
available for each voicing button. For Notes mode styles, each
setting described below affects all Notes harmony voices.
To edit a voicing selection, tap the Voices menu button and hold
any voicing button.
Level parameter
The Level parameter sets the output level of the current voicing.
Pan parameter
The Pan parameter sets the stereo placement of the voicing.
Porta (portamento) parameter
The Porta parameter sets values up to 200 ms (milliseconds)
that slow pitch transitions as you sing from note to note. Values
from 30-70 can help “humanize” harmonies.
(NP, Scale, Shift) Voicing parameter
This parameter sets the voicing interval. The name of this
parameter and the value range changes according to the table
following.
Gender parameter
The Gender parameter determines whether the voicing has
deeper, male characteristics (values lower than 0), or female
characteristics (values higher than 0).
Smooth parameter
Setting the Smooth parameter to low values compresses the
pitch variations of your singing as they apply to the harmony
voices. High values follow your singing more closely.
This parameter is used to differentiate your dry lead voice’s
pitch against the harmonies and serve to increase humanization.
Transpose Parameter (Notes mode styles only)
Raises or lowers the octave of harmony notes played on a
MIDI keyboard.
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The Edit Menu
The following table shows how Harmony style and the value of
the Key parameter affect voicing selection:
Style range Key
parameter
“High” to
“Lower Choir”
“High” to
“Lower Choir”
“Lower
Monks” to
“Octave
Down Group”
Auto 2 Oct Dn, Oct Dn,
C…B -2ve, --7…--2, -1ve,
(Ignored) -24, -23 … Uni
Voicing names Harmony
type
Naturalplay
Bass, Lower, Low,
Uni, High, Higher,
Oct Up
-7th…2nd, Uni,
2nd…7th, +1ve,
++2…++7th,
+2ve
… +24
(NP)
Scale
Shift
Naturalplay, Scale, Shift and Notes harmony
Naturalplay
Most of the factory presets in VoiceLive Touch 2 are set to
Naturalplay. Naturalplay is the easiest method of producing
musically correct harmony over the largest number of chord
sequences and melodies. Naturalplay follows the moment-bymoment chord changes from an instrument or the Roomsense
mics to determine which harmony note is best for your current
sung note.
Naturalplay also determines which of the Guitar, Aux input,
MIDI input or Roomsense inputs is currently active and should
be used for harmony guidance. This process is dynamic and
automatic – which allows you to play guitar in one song then
switch to a MIDI keyboard in the next without changing any
parameters. When two or more inputs are simultaneously active, a pre-set hierarchy will choose one.
Scale
When you change the Key setting away from Auto, the momentby-moment harmony guidance described above is ignored in
favor of a fixed Key and Scale that you set. This is known as
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The Edit Menu
Diatonic harmony. A single Key and Scale e.g. E Maj2, is typically
used for a whole song or section when no instrument is available or when the sound of Scale harmony is preferred.
The pitch interval between your voice and a generated harmony voice varies between 3, 4 or 5 semitones away, depending
on the scale tone you’re singing at any moment. This produces
more harmony note changes per octave than Naturalplay and
can sound uncanny in its realism. The downside is that Scale harmony works for fewer chord change and melody combinations
than Naturalplay, since it is not “listening” for the ongoing chords
in your music. For good results with Scale harmony, avoid 5th
voicings and, when a Major key is called for, use the Maj 2 scale.
Shift
With Shift harmony, intervals are solidly fixed. This is in contrast
to Naturalplay and Scale harmony, where the pitch interval between your voice and the harmony voices varies according to
chordal input or scale rules. Once you have specified a voicing
interval, that harmony voice will remain at exactly that interval
no matter what notes you sing.
In the factory presets, Shift mode is mostly used to produce
group unison, octaves or 5th inter vals. Via the Voices menu, you
are able to choose other intervals from 1 semitone to 2 octaves
above or below.
When using voicings other than octaves and fifths, Shift harmony
can create unusual voicings and interesting sonic experiments,
but it is usually not used for creating typical harmony sounds.
Notes
Preset #155 in the VoiceLive Touch 2 factory set is called “MIDI
Notes”. This preset requires a MIDI keyboard to be connected
to the MIDI jack. Playing the keyboard while singing will shift the
pitch of your singing voice to up to four notes played simultaneously on the keyboard. Additional held notes will not sound.
MIDI Sustain pedal and Pitch bend messages will hold harmony
notes and bend pitches respectively.
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The Choir effect
The Choir effect emulates the detuning, small timing variances
and chorusing effects that occur when several people sing
together in groups. New with VoiceLive Touch 2 is the ability
to apply this thickening effect to both your lead voice and the
Harmony and Doubling voices.
Choir effect edit page
Style parameter
The Style parameter selects from a range of pre-authored
styles.
Level parameter
The Level parameter controls the output level of the effect.
Lead/Harmony Balance
In presets where your lead voice is turned up and the Harmony
and/or Doubling effects are on, the Lead/Harmony Balance
parameter lets you tailor the amount of Choir effect on either.
Control parameter
The Control parameter sets Hit on/off status.
See “Assigning Hit effects using the Control parameter”.
For this effect, no Advanced edit page is available.
The Edit Menu
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The Edit Menu
The Double effect
“Doubling” is a time-consuming recorded effect to thicken a
singer’s voice by having them overdub the same melody several
times. The Double effect in VoiceLive Touch 2 recreates this instantly by creating up to four copies of your voice and applying
subtle pitch and timing variations.
Double effect – main edit page
Style parameter
The Style parameter selects from a range of pre-authored
styles.
Level parameter
The Level parameter controls the output level of the effect.
Control parameter
The Control parameter sets Hit on/off status.
See “Assigning Hit effects using the Control parameter”.
Double effect – advanced edit page
Lead Level parameter
The Lead Level parameter sets the dry voice level.
Human Style parameter*
The Human Style parameter selects from a range of Humanization styles that introduce subtle and not-so-subtle variances to
pitch and timing. To hear the effects of the selected humanization style, the Human Amount parameter has to be set to a
value greater than zero.
Human Amount parameter*
The Human Amount parameter sets how much Humanization
is applied. The style of humanization is defined by the Human
Style parameter.
* This parameter is linked to the currently selected style.
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The Edit Menu
The Transducer effect
The Transducer effects block uses distortion and steep filters to
emulate the sound of radios, phones and devices that generally
degrade the quality of an audio signal.
A note about feedback
Sustained squealing (also known as feedback) can occur when
the Transducer effect is active and the mic is near a PA speaker
or monitor. Each Transducer style has a slightly different susceptibility to feedback. In the case of a par ticular preset/Transducer
style causing feedback, lower the output level of the Transducer
effect and try raising the Gate Threshold described below.
Transducer effect – main edit page
Style parameter
The Style parameter lets you select from a range of preauthored styles. The last style, “Beatbox”, is unique in that it
temporarily overrides the global Tone feature to restore bass
frequencies specifically for creating bass-heavy vocal beatboxing.
Drive parameter*
The Drive parameter adjusts the amount of distortion for the
current style.
Filter parameter*
The Filter parameter adjusts the tone of the current style with
the application of steep filters (EQ). Each style has it’s own
filter sound.
Control parameter
The Control parameter sets Hit on/off status.
See “Assigning Hit effects using the Control parameter”.
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The Edit Menu
Transducer effect – advanced edit page
Routing parameter
The Routing parameter allows you to choose where to apply
Transducer filtering. For example, you may want to add distortion to the lead voice, but not the harmony voices. The options
are listed below:
Output setting
When the Routing parameter is set to “Output”, the lead vocal
and all its effects are fed through the Transducer.
FX-Lead setting
When the Routing parameter is set to “FX-Lead”, the Transducer effect applies only to effects fed by the lead voice: Mod,
Delay, Reverb and Choir.
FX-Harmony setting
When the Routing parameter is set to “FX-Harmony”, the
Transducer effect applies only to effects fed by the Harmony
and Double voices: Mod, Delay, Reverb and Choir.
Lead setting
When the Routing parameter is set to “Lead”, the Transducer
effect applies only to the lead voice and its effects.
Harmony setting
When the Routing parameter is set to “Harmony”, the Transducer effect applies only to the Harmony and Double voices
and their effects.
Low Cut parameter*
The Low Cut parameter adjusts the frequency of the low cut
filter applied by the current style. This and the High Cut filter
are steep (4 pole) filters.
Gate Threshold parameter
This gate protects against feedback by shutting off the input signal when you’re not singing. Around -60 to -50dB, the slightest
whisper will open the Transducer gate. At higher settings (e.g.
-40 to -30dB) you will need to sing loudly to open the gate.
Gain parameter*
The Gain parameter adjusts the output level of the current
style. Be very careful when adding gain (above 0dB) as serious
feedback levels can occur!
High Cut parameter*
The High Cut parameter adjusts the frequency of the high cut
filter.
* This parameter is linked to the currently selected style.
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