TC-Helicon VoiceTone Create XT User Manual

PRODUCT MANUAL

ENGLISH VERSION

Create.XT

WARNING

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CAUTION

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Table of Contents

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

QuickStart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Front Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Back Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Setup Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Mono or Stereo Setup? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

What Is The Pedal Input For? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Do I Tap Or Hold The Footswitches? . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Getting To Know Create XT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Auditioning Create XT's Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

What Is A Preset? What Is A Style? . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Selecting Sounds In Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Using The Tone Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

The Effect Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Using HardTune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Modifying The Preset Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Tweaking Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Storing Your Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Browsing Styles By Category And Genre . . . . . . . .22

Using Tap Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

For Advanced Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

The Alternate Tone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Restoring to Factory State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

External Mixing with Mono and Dry Outputs . . . . . .24

Changing the Number of Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Using the VoiceSupport Application . . . . . . . . . .26

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

First Impressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

The Download Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

The Backup Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

FAQ and Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Style List and Tweak Assignments . . . . . . . . . . .30

Introduction

Welcome to VoiceTone Create XT

VoiceTone Create XT was built for the performanceminded singer desiring studio quality effects on stage. In essence, Create XT can be thought of as a professional producer and all of his/her tools, boiled down into one easy-to-use, portable pedal. The effects in VoiceTone Create XT are produced by the very same algorithms used in high-end studio hardware processors and software plug-ins. In terms of audio quality (noise floor, harmonic distortion, and frequency response), Create XT surpasses anything that has come before it, and arguably exceeds even the most stringent "audiophile" standards.

To make your life as easy as possible, Create XT presents a wide pallet of professionally authored sounds, offering singers instant por tholes into the secrets behind producing great sounds for many music genres. Where out-of-the-box sounds aren't enough, Create XT provides a powerful tweak control and effect on/off buttons, designed to give you exactly what you need to find the sound you want.

Your audience, band members and sound engineers may be surprised to see a singer taking control over their sound. We think it's about time!

Features:

o 10 presets each with A and B settings

o 100 factory effects styles

o Highest quality reverb with lots of variations

o Multiple effects blocks to create complex sounds

o HardTune effect allows auto-tuned sound live

o Quick and easy tweaking of presets

o Convenient operation while performing

o Easy connection between mic and mixer

o Clean, high quality mic preamp with phantom power

for use with condenser mics

Introduction

About TC-Helicon

At TC-Helicon we truly believe that the voice is the world's most beautiful instrument. We don't mean to degrade other beautiful instruments, but the singing voice is the anthropological source for all things melodic.

You should know there is 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.

All this knowledge and experience is used to design products respecting and empowering the modern

vocalist. Our products focus on removing barriers and inspiring creativity in performance. That's why our products range from near-field personal vocal monitors to floor-based vocal multi-effects pedals.

Enjoy!

The TC-Helicon Team a TC Group company

Quick Start

Step 1:

Connect your microphone to a mic cable

Step 2:

Connect the mic cable to the Mic Input on Create XT.

PEDAL

Quick Start

Step 3:

While you’re connecting and setting up, lower the fader on your mixer channel to off. Connect a mic cable from the Left/(mono) Out to a mic input on your sound system.

Step 4:

Set the Input control fully left then set Mix to the 12 o’clock detent position. The Style and Tweak knob positions are not important yet.

Pedal

Pan

Pedal

Hold for TapHold for Preset

12 O’Clock

Quick Start

Step 5:

Connect Create XT’s power adapter to main power and to the Power Input on Create XT.

Step 6:

While singing through your microphone, raise the Input control until its LED turns green, sometimes orange on louder parts, but never red.

PEDAL

Pedal

Quick Start

Step 7:

Carefully raise the gain and/or volume on your sound system mic input channel and master volume until you hear a good level from your vocals.

Step 8:

Initial setup and operation is shown below.After setting, sing to hear Create XT’s factory effects.

Pedal

Hold for TapHold for Preset

Press until

LED lights up

Tap to light

On LED and

hear effects

a) Tap to switch A and B

settings in each preset

Tap to advance through factory

presets 0-9

Stereo LED

should be off

Pedal

Front Panel Descriptions

sound of your singing even when the main effect is off.

4. Mix Control

Controls the overall balance between your lead voice (including Tone, HardTune and Transducer if active) and the Mod, Reverb and Delay effects. This is a global control meaning that it will affect the sound of all presets. Setting fully clockwise with no effects blocks active will produce no sound.

5. Style Selector Control

Selects and loads a preset from one of the 10 style banks. Each bank has 10 style variations available by pressing and holding the Tweak button then tapping to cycle forward through the styles in each bank. Press and hold to exit..

6.Tweak Control

Edits the value of the parameter chosen with the Tweak button. Editing will light the Preset button LED indicating the preset has been edited.

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1. Input Control

Controls microphone pre-amplifier (input) gain. To set, sing normally and watch the Input Light.

2. Input Light

Indicates input level. Flashing green, sometimes orange is good. Flashing red shows a distorted peak has occurred and input level should be reduced.

3.Tone Button

Engages the Live Engineer Effects which smooth the

Front Panel Descriptions

7. Preset Button

Tap to advance and cycle through the 10 presets. Hold to store an edited preset.

8. Preset Numeric Display

Shows the current preset number in normal operation. Shows the style variation number when the Tweak button is held. Temporarily shows HardTune key and scale when HardTune key set mode is active.

9. Style Bank Display

Shows which factory style bank the current preset is based upon.

10.Tweak Parameter List

Shows the parameter editable by the Tweak knob.

11. 48V Phantom Power Indicator

Indicates phantom power on or off. Hold the FX and

Mod buttons for a moment to activate.

12. Stereo Indicator

Shows stereo output. Hold Reverb and Tweak for a moment to switch between stereo or mono.

13. Effect On/Off Buttons

Press to turn effect blocks on and off in the preset.

14.Tweak Button

Tap to cycle through tweak parameters for adjustment.

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