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1. suus 27 VoiceLive 2 for the Lead Singer 28 ou 28 Using A Fixed Key aka Scale sssss 28 Singing To Music Playback sssssssssss 29 Borrowing From Another Player 30 General Usage Tips eese 31 Connecting VoiceLive 2 To A Computer 32 The Tone Butt ON sesccssisecsessacssasscsavstessiesesisacsscessasisees 38 TRO TONG TAD sinsercon nee EERIE 38 The Adaptive Check Boxes sssssssss 39 The Shape Control essere 39 The Compress Control n ie oed 40 Ihe De ESs Control ner 41 The Gate COhltol too ont ou eno 42 The EQ Tab With Adaptive On ssse 42 The EQ Tab With Adaptive Off sss 43 The Compress Tab With Adaptive On 45 The Compress Tab With Adaptive Off 45 TheGale TD sei rr retirer reos 46 The Pitch Button esee 48 The Guitar FX Button esee 49 Ihe Guitar FX Tab res 49 Table of Contents Details Section The EQ T b eo e t ite 51 The Compress Tab 52 The Edit Menu Overview ss 53 The uMod Tab sse 54 TG Delay Tab ciao n rs 57 Ihe Reverb Tab iaiii eterne 60 Ihe Hamnony Tab cre Den 63 Th Double Tab io rete ot pe D 72 The FX
2. OW you can connect the power adaptor and press the POWER switch to turn on the unit NOTE keep your PA level off until you set the mic gain level in Step 4 Quick Start Step 4 Set Mic Level Step 5 Quick Start Settings This step informs VoiceLive 2 how loud you plan to Ensure that the HOME and TONE buttons on the front sing with your particular mic We ll use VoiceLive 2 s panel are lit Load preset 1 with the PRESET up or automatic MIC GAIN feature to quickly set the optimum down footswitches Ensure that the FX footswitch is level not flashing Tap it once if it is flashing to exit Bypass Press and hold the REVERB footswitch Tuner mode 2 If you need to activate phantom power for your Sing as you carefully raise your PA level or put on your condenser mic adjust the onscreen PHANTOM headphones You should now hear your voice clearly parameter which will restart the level test with Preset l s effects added If you would like to adjust the headphones level turn the furthest right Mix Edit knob to adjust the OUTPUT level 2 Sing for five seconds with peaks that are as loud as you plan to sing Now you re ready for the next chapter First Impressions There you ll learn how to explore the presets in VoiceLive 2 3 Follow the prompts in the display to finalize mic level setting cancel or redo the procedure During performance if you see the CLIP indicator light in the HOME screen you can retu
3. Power Consumption Specifications RCA Phono S PDIF S PDIF 24 bit EIAJ CP 340 IEC 958 44 1 kHz 48 kHz 88 2kHz 96kHz EN 55103 1 and EN 55103 2 FCC part 15 Class B CISPR 22 IEC 65 EN 60065 UL6500 and CSA 32 F to 122 F 0 C to 50 C 22 F to 167 F 30 C to 70 C Max 90 non condensing USB B In Out Thru 5 Pin DIN 1 4 TRS phone jack 192 x 64 Blue STN LCD White Back light 13 8 x 3 x 8 5 350 x 76 x 216 5 Ib 2 3 kg 100 to 240 VAC 50 to 60 Hz auto select lt 14 W Technical specifications are subject to change without notice
4. These act similarly to a guitar distortion pedal or an amplifier with input gain and master level controls IN GAIN boosts or attenuates the amount of distortion for the distortion type selected When you adjust the IN GAIN parameter just like a guitar amplifier the overall level of the effect goes up and down Use th OUT GAIN control to adjust the output level of the Transducer block to properly balance The Edit Menu FX Tab the current preset with the others PRESENCE GAIN PRES FREQ and PRES WIDTH The parametric EQ allows a peak dip filter to be added to help emulate the sonic characteristic of various speakers such as a megaphone which has a very narrow mid peak GAIN or attenuation while FREQ sets of the filter WIDTH sets how narrow or wide the filter will be set Note that excessive boost of certain narrow frequencies can induce feedback with even the best monitor equipment and p HARDTUNE Turns the HARDTUNE pi HARDTUNE RATE RATE determines how he amount of boost he center frequency adjusts acement tch correction effect or or off fast the algorithm pulls you toward scale tones A value of O is off and a value of 100 is instant resulting in some thing like the infamous Cher effect where the pitch correction effect is stair stepped and obvious when using non chromatic scales those with at least a wholetone jump between most of the scale tones Usu
5. 100 possible steps in each of the left and right pan positions Note that the Setup parameter OUTPUT must be set to STEREO in order to hear the panning effect DOUBLING and DBL LEVEL This can thicken the sound of your harmony voices by engaging a doubled version of each voice The doubled voices are lightly humanized with modifications of the current HUMANIZE STYLE values in order to produce a doubled voice effect rather than simply adding level When the value of either the HUMANIZE STYLE or AMOUNT is Off or O respectively the doubled harmony voices are still slightly humanized The level of the doubling voice is dependent on the level of each harmony voice then by the overall doubling level parameter DBL LEVEL CHOIR CHOIR LEV and CHOIR STYLE The Choir effect strives to emulate the detuning timing and chorusing that occurs when human voices sing together in choral performances and recordings The Choir effect is applied to the Harmony voices and the Harmony Doubling and Double voices if they are active CHOIR ON OFF activates the style and level set by the CHOIR STYLE and CHOIR LEV parameters respectively To create a convincing choir performance it helps to sing legato sustained phrases as opposed to staccato or melismatic riffs HUMANIZE STYLE The term humanize simply means the application of processes designed to increase realism All harmony modes usually benefit from careful application of humanization styles that ma
6. LEAD MUTE enabled can t update my software If USB is connected check the USB CONTROL parameter under the SETUP SYSTEM page If it s set to OFF VoiceSupport will not be able to connect to VoiceLive 2 and upgrade your software When it s set to ON you will be able to upgrade software but not be able to use a MIDI keyboard connected to the MIDI IN to control harmony MIDI Input doesn t work See can t update my software above My lead vocal is cutting out l Is the FX button on Adjust the Transducer GATE THRESHOLD to a lower value in that preset FAQ and Troubleshooting 2 If the Tone button is on check that if the GATE is set to MANUAL that the THRESHOLD is adjusted properly for your singing style The edit asterisk is always on in preset names The LEAD MUTE parameter in the Setup I O menu may be set to ON How can reset everything To return all presets to factory settings apply power while holding the Tone Pitch and Guitar FX buttons Note that this will permanently erase any user presets you have created To return all System settings to factory defaults apply power while holding the Setup Wizard and Store buttons Where can find support for this product There are three easy ways to get support Install the VoiceSupport application 2 Visit www tc helicon com support 3 Email support tc helicon com MIDI Implementation Parameter Footswitch On Off Block Edits uMod
7. Low band shelving All band fully parametric peak dip control High band shelving The 2 Shelving EOs boost or cut all frequencies below or above the the frequencies set by the LOW FREO 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 defined by a center frequency PARA FREO 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 The Global Controls Tone voice as well he 3 GAIN controls allow 12 dB of adjustment The 3 FREQ controls range from 20 Hz to 20 kHz LOW GAIN Boosts or cuts the range of frequencies below the frequency set by the LOW FREQ control LOW FREQ Allows you to define the frequency range for the low shelf by choosing the highest frequency below which boosting or cutting is possible HIGH GAIN Boosts or cuts the range of frequencies above the frequency set by the LOW FREQ control HIGH FREQ Defines the frequency range for the high shelf with the selection of the lowest frequency above which boosting or cutting is possible PARA GAIN Boosts or cuts the band of frequencies centered at the setting of the PARA FREQ control and its associated WIDTH PA
8. Sing and or play 3 Tap SHORTCUT again usually on a downbeat to finish recording and play back your loop continuously The display shows PLAY To overdub another layer on your loop Tap SHORTCUT once during playback Sing Your new audio is added to the loop You can layer continuously if you like The display shows O DUB 2 Tap SHORTCUT once to stop recording and continue playback You can enter and exit overdubbing at any time during playback To undo the previous overdub Hold SHORTCUT during overdub or playback This can be repeated to redo the overdub A pop up will show LOOP UNDO each time To stop loop playback Tap SHORTCUT twice quickly during playback to stop This will briefly enter overdubbing so you should silence all inputs when stopping playback To erase your loop Hold SHORTCUT for a moment when stopped A pop up will show LOOP ERASED This is not undo able Overview Pressing the Store button presents either the STORE or MANAGE tab depending on which was last used n the STORE tab turn the respective control to name presets and re assign to other preset numbers Navigate o the MANAGE tab to access useful preset functions isted below SEND PRESET TO MIDI SYSEX Use this function to send an individual preset via MIDI for backup Select the preset using any Mix Edit knob Push STORE to transmit ERASE USER PRESET Use this function to erase an individual preset If the
9. Table of Contents Basics Section Using The Effect On Off Switches 19 The SHORTCUT Footswitch sss 19 The STEP FootSWIlCI iu itr rente 20 Programming Your Own Steps ssssss 20 Tone Pitch And Guitar FX Buttons 21 Activating Bypass Tuner Mode sss 22 Changing The MIX ioo T ied 22 Basic Editing Conc pls comis 23 VoiceLive 2 for the Guitarist Singer 24 OVelVIOW eise iode totae tet ENER OR ales 24 ACOL SIIC Guilaine eene 24 Electric GUIIBF isir dett rts 25 TURING YOUR GUNN x 2 aE AAE Ri 25 Guitar Performance Tips sss 25 Manual revision 1 3 English Version Table of Contents Basics Section VoiceLive 2 for the MIDI keyboardist Singer 26 The USB Connection sssssssssss 32 OVOLVIOW csse eneme Tete EE ces A 23 ex S RR ARE Co aeS 26 The VoiceSupport Application 32 MIDI Hookup And Channel Selection 26 VoiceLive 2 And Digital Audio ssss 33 MIDI IN And USB ssssssssee 26 USB Audio And ASIO Applications 35 MIDI Controlled Harmony sse 26 Selecting The Audio Device sesssss 35 MIDI Pertomance TIpS ieeh nne 27 USB and MIDEGOntIOL iii rte 35 Alternate Harmony Method
10. hi pass etc a or Hard Tune including scale based Pitch Correction Each preset may be set to enable either or both effects Holding the FX footswitch enters BYPASS TUN A for nd ER mode which mutes all effects except TONE and allows silent guitar tuning Back Panel U Uu n INPUTS OUTPUTS DIGITAL G THRU _ GUITAR A s MIC A Mono 3 ORY i IN THRU OUT IN p LINE 9 PEDAL AY st N Ax Q e o hic OUT STEREO 3 147 5 677 8 9 F108 11 I MIC and LINE inputs Connect your microphone or 4 HEADPHONE Out The main output is mirrored line level audio device s output here Only one should here to drive headphones Adjust the headphone be connected at a time Hold the REVERB footswitch and main output volume with the OUTPUT setting to set gain when changing back and forth between MIC controlled by turning the MIX knobs ana IRE 5 OUTPUTS The XLR and TRS l 4 produce 2 GUITAR IN and THRU Connect a guitar to the the same balanced audio output Both can be used GUITAR IN to guide harmony and mix the guitar signal simultaneously if required Mono Stereo configuration is into the main output Connect the THRU to your guitar found in the I O tab of the SETUP menu am and enove ERES Sutar Mor CIEL ARS SUPUN 6 DIGITAL IN OUT The S PDIF formatted DIGITAL 3 AUX In An audio signal received here can be mixed OUT is always active Selecting this DIGITAL IN inste
11. level at the end of vocal phrases LEAD TO DLY Sets the amount of lead voice sent into the Delay block HARM TO DLY Sets the amount of harmony level sent into the Delay block The HARMONY footswitch must be on to feed this send UMOD TO DLY This allows you to feed the delay block with the effected output of the uMod block The uMod footswitch must be on to feed this send The Edit Menu DELAY Tab LEAD LEVEL Controls the lead dry Tone voice level when the individual effect is turned on with its respective footswitch This allows a unique wet dry mix for individual effects When multiple effects are active the lowest LEAD LEVEL value will determine the value Note that the LEAD EFFECT SENDS parameter on the PRESET tab must be set to PRE in order for any signal to get to the effect block when LEAD LEVEL is set to OFF The Edit Menu REVERB Tab Overview t can add a spaciousness ike churches clubs and halls effects are recreations of e Reverbs are made up of early Dut Reverb is the arguably the most common vocal effect that softens the abrupt beginnings and endings of lyric phrases Many reverb ypes are meant to imitate the na ural sound of spaces not all Some reverb ectro mechanical effects meant to imitate real spaces like p ates and springs reflections and the longer reverberant sounds known as the tails There are usually controls to control the balance of
12. or SPDIF VOX L NST R the MIC and GUITAR IN are disabled When DIGITALIN is set to USB or SPDIF STEREO harmonies will follow the stereo audio coming from the selected digital input on presets where NATURALPLAY Connecting VoiceLive 2 To A Computer is set to AUX INPUT Digital Output Notes USB audio output will not function when either of the SPDIF options is chosen for the DIGITAL IN parameter SPDIF digital output is always available regardless of DIGITAL IN or OUT settings USB Audio And ASIO Applications PC based ASIO apps such as Cubase may require you to install a WDM to ASIO wrapper such as ASIO4ALL which is available at www asio4all com in order for VoiceLive 2 to be recognized as an audio device Selecting The Audio Device In the Mac and Windows operating systems you can select Voicelive 2 s audio device in your workstation program by name In some Windows XP DAW apps however the name of the audio device may be USB Audio Device USB And MIDI Control To use VoiceLive 2 s MIDI IN jack for harmony preset change or realtime control while USB is connected enter the I O tab in the SETUP menu and set USB CONTROL to OFF USB audio will function normally but MIDI will only be accepted by VoiceLive 2 s through its MIDI IN port To re enable VoiceSupport s features and reception of MIDI from your DAW turn USB CONTROL to ON In this part of the manual we shed light on the
13. 21 25 29 19 23 27 16 20 24 35 72 73 47 48 54 57 49 106 107 108 109 22 26 28 13 85 0 6 maps to 127 0 7 maps to 127 0 14 0 11 0 5 0 127 maps to 127 0 63 off 64 127 on maps to 127 0 63 off 64 127 on maps to 127 0 to the of styles available maps to 127 0 to the of styles available maps to 127 0 1 maps to 127 MIDI Implementation Comments Vib Style must not be 0 O Doubling off 1 127 mapped to parm values O Choir off 1 127 mapped to parm values O C 1 C etc Sending any value de activates Follow Harmony 0 Major 1 Minor Har 2 Minor Nat 3 Minor Asc 4 Chromatic 5 Custom On Off only O off On Off only O off 1 on MIDI Implementation Parameter Delay Reverb Lvl Dry Pan Output Level Bypass Harmony Hold Sustain Aux Level All Notes Off Non CC messages Pitch Bend MIDI Clock Bank select Preset select MIDI Notes CC 86 10 7 114 119 64 58 123 Range 0 63 off 64 127 on Maps to 127 0 3 0 127 Comments 127 MIDI values map to 201 pan values Center 64 Bypass only no tuner mode FX button is not lit in this Bypass Active in MIDI Naturalplay and MIDI Notes MIDI Notes 4 Chan modes Active when Delay tempo set to MIDI Presets 1 128 Bank 0 129 256 Bank 1 257 384 Bank 2 384 400 Bank 3 O preset 1 1 preset 2 etc Factory Preset List 5 ANOTHER BRICK 30 PROKIDS 55 LOWER amp DOUBLE 80 BRDS amp 5THSBIG 6 BR
14. 8 DOT 1 8 1 8 TRIP 1 16 DOT 1 16 1 16 TRIP 1 32 DOT 1 32 1 32 TRIP TYPE Defines the rhythm At the beginning of the list are the single repeated waveforms which range from SQUARE to SAWTOOTH DOWN The SAMPLE AND HOLD option produces a random value on every beat division Following these are the synchopated one bar patterns When a synchopated pattern is selected the DIVISION value shows N A Rhythmic Sample Section Divisions of the Tap Tempo beat can be sampled and repeated to create coarse to fine short duration looping effects SAMPLE LOOP DIVISION Sets the repeating length from quarter notes to finer resolutions 1 4 1 4 TRIP The Edit Menu RHYTHMIC Tab 1 8 DOT 1 8 1 8 TRIP your singing with the rhythmic effects 1 16 DOT 1 16 1 16 TRIP 1 32 DOT 1 32 1 32 TRIP COWBELL Turning this feature on produces a metronome type SAMPLE LOOP CAPTURE cowbell sound to give an audible indication of the When set to START you must press the Shortcut current tempo This is also a possible SHORTCUT button immediately before you sing When set to END parameter so you can access it live you can press the Shortcut button at the end of your sung phrase LEVEL Volume control of the cowbell sound SAMPLE DIRECTION Samples can play forward or reverse This effect is most PATTERN AUDITION noticeable on longer duration samples Allows you to hear a tone playing when the TYPE is set to a pattern This allows you to hear the patte
15. FX GUITAR Tab This tab allows you to control the guitar mix level and the style and mix settings for the Reverb and uMod effects GUITAR This is the same Guitar mix control as the one that is activated when you access the main Mix screen You can adjust the level of the guitar in VoiceLive 2 s overall mix in either menu The range of this control is 30 dB to 24 dB in order to adapt to a wide range of guitar output levels ote that this does not effect guitar level when a jack is connected to the GUITAR THRU connector and the guitar signal is passed on to an external amplifier GUITAR PHASE Phase reverse can help to minimize low and low mid frequency feedback on acoustic guitars with loud monitoring The effectiveness of phase reversal depends on your guitars physical location in relation to the monitor If you move around the stage reversal may not help but if you typically remain in the same position it The Global Controls Guitar FX can help considerably To see if phase reversal will help stand where you will perform in relation to your monitor and carefully turn up the level of your guitar with your guitar s onboard volume control until it starts to feed back Note the volume if the control has an indication then turn down the volume and adjust the phase reverse control in VoiceLive 2 Return to standing position and adjust your guitar volume to the level that caused the feedback If this didn t work guitar monito
16. Method For some songs fixed scale harmony not controlled by an instrument works well To find out more about this see Using A Fixed Key aka Scale section in the chapter entitled VoiceLive 2 for the Lead Singer VoiceLive 2 for the Lead Singer Overview 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 2 s vocal harmony effects with these methods o Using fixed Key and Scale o Singing to music only playback o Borrowing from another player s instrument By this section we assume you have completed the Quick Start and have your voice set to a comfortable level in your PA or headphones Using A Fixed Key aka Scale This is the main method for creating harmony used successfully in the original Voicelive processor Briefly all of the chords in an entire song and your melody can belong to a single Key You can input this key in any harmony preset by holding the HARMONY footswitch or using the SET KEY shortcut if it s assigned in the current harmony preset When the match of Key and song is correct a fixed Key is nearly indistinguishable from recorded harmony There are limitations however o Fixed Key works for many but not all songs o Fixed Key works best with 3rd harmony intervals adding the 5th interval Higher reduces the number of compatible songs You should be singing with musical backing
17. Reverb Q HardTi NOR Lead Mute Tone Button HardTune x e Pitch Button o Voices c i Bates Pitch EQ Harmony tC Gate Doubli uMod Mic amp Line Input oubling sunk 2 4 uMod 7 Delay pey 2 VM Reverb IA Choir On Off Choir x e In Out Transducer Insert Effect 7 to Multiple Insert Points E Warranty All products manufactured by TC Helicon are warranted Liability is expressly excluded in respect of any third against failure arising through faulty workmanship and party or consequential loss or damage direct or materials for a period of one year from date of purchase indirect however or whenever arising This warranty ives you specific legal rights You may also have others All claims under this warranty must be made to the ee aes oe y a which vary from country to country distributor in the buyer s country in many cases the y y Wf distributor is T C Helicon s parent company TC Group by returning the unit securely packed postage prepaid and insured with an enclosed note describing the symptoms Within the warranty period the unit will be repaired at no charge for parts and labor This warranty remains valid only if the serial number on the unit has not been defaced or removed and if repairs are performed only by the distributor or TC Group company It does not cover damage due to misuse accident or neglect Distributor and TC Helicon retains the exclusive right
18. When LEAD LEVEL is off and LEAD EFFECT SENDS is PRE 100 wet effects can be achieved if desired When set to POST effect levels follow the LEAD LEVEL value so the effects stay in balance with your voice when its level is reduced SHORTCUT Each preset in VoiceLive 2 can have a unique Shortcut which can extend your control of effect features Choose from the selections and save to your current preset Note that not all may apply e g Harmony Hold may not work unless you have Harmony turned on EXPR PEDAL Sets the Expression pedal target for the current preset when GLOBAL EXPR PEDAL in the Setup tab is set to OFF Preset HARMONY DOUBLE LEVEL DELAY REVERB LEVEL HARMONY LEVEL DOUBLE LEVEL UMOD LEVEL DELAY LEVEL REVERB LEVEL LEAD LEVEL uMOD DLY REV LEVEL OUTPUT LEVEL GUITAR LEVEL AUX LEVEL DELAY SEND LEVEL RHYTHMIC DEPTH REVERB SEND LEVEL RHYTHMIC DIVISION The Setup Menu I O Tab IN GAIN OUTPUT Sets and displays the MIC LINE input level Both inputs The configures the outputs to be STEREO default share the same gain settings and are not meant to be MONO or DUAL MONO The STEREO option used simultaneously switching from a Mic to a Line outputs discrete Left and Right audio material when level signal will likely require resetting IN GAIN To set connected to a stereo monitor or PA system input level automatically use the AUTO MIC GAIN function by pushing and holding the REVERB footswitch and following
19. create wild special effects as you experiment with high values VIBRATO STYLE Vibrato assists in providing separation between your dry singing voice and the harmonies as well as to add some movement to the rigid pitch contour in MIDI NOTES mode harmony Even the smallest amount of vibrato pplied to your harmony voices can achieve this Like he HUMANIZE effects each voice is treated slightly ifferently by the VIBRATO algorithm so the voices ont all sound exactly the same There are 7 styles vailable in progressively more intensity as you browse own the list VIBRATO AMOUNT You can vary the amount of vibrato intensity for the overall style with this parameter All the styles were ct og vaqa Q The Edit Menu HARMONY Tab designed to be useful at middle values but you can add or remove vibrato as you like VI to V4 PORTA Each voice has its own Portamento time Portamento is a delayed response to the pitch movement of your singing voice It is also referred to as Glide in synthesizers The range of values equals approximately how long the upwards or downwards slide will take to reach each new note Setting each voice to different values greatly assists he illusion of other singers singing with you VI to V5 SMOOTHING At low values Smoothing acts like pitch correction for he harmony voices With the voices corrected like this some Portamento is usually required to help soften note to note transitions unless a robot like
20. or your amplifier o MIDI keyb oard Connect a MIDI cable to VoiceLive 2 s MIDI IN from your keyboard s MIDI OUT Set yourkeyboard s MIDI OUT channel to channel o MP3 playe if it is not already r AUX Input Connect the output of Quick Start an MP3 player or another music source to the AUX input using a stereo 1 8 connector If you do not connect an instrument to the GUITAR IN MIDI IN or AUX input most of the harmony presets in Voicel ive 2 will default to global Scale mode in the Key of A Major for this see the section entitled VoiceLive 2 for the Lead Singer INPUTS THRU GUITAR MIC Hold Reverb a footswitch to set mic gain and 48V Quick Start Step 3 Outputs The typical setup for monitoring the output of VoiceLive 2 is to connect two 4 cables to a stereo channel in a PA mixer VoiceLive 2 can be set to output in mono if preferred in the I O tab of the SETUP menu f you are using a snake to connect to an offstage mixer he OUTPUTS hen the XLR outputs can be connected without need for DI boxes The output of the XLR jacks is the same as the 1 4 jacks line level maximum 16 dBu Both the XLR and TRS output jacks can be used at the same time when required L MONO R DRY i f you prefer to monitor with headphones the output abelled with the headphones graphic will drive most GND LIFT headphone types that are equipped with an 1 8 jack
21. preset is in a factory slot 1 to 205 this action will restore to the factory settings at the current preset ocation Select the preset then set CONFIRM to YES using the 4th Mix Edit knob then push STORE The Store Menu CLEAN PRESET BANK UP TO 2 MINUTES This function will run automatically on VoiceLive 2 when a large number of preset stores have been executed To avoid this optimization sequence happening during performance scroll to this item and press STORE to run the optimization routine It takes approximately 2 minutes FAQ and Troubleshooting My guitar doesn t change the harmonies Ensure your guitar is connected to the Guitar IN and not the THRU Turn up the volume control on your guitar Confirm your guitar cable is good by connecting your guitar directly to your amp Remove any guitar effect pedals between your guitar and VoiceLive 2 s input Ensure that you are playing guitar chords made up of at least a root note and a major or minor third Ensure the NaturalPlay parameter in the HARMONY Edit menu is set to Auto or Guitar My guitar is connected to my amp but can t hear it You may be in Tuner mode Press the FX footswitch to hear your guitar Is your Shortcut assigned to Guitar Mute If so press the SHORTCUT footswitch to hear your guitar My DELAY REVERB MIX level is up but the sound is still dry Turn on the Reverb and or Delay effects with their respective footswitches If the effects a
22. 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 The ADAPTIVE Check Boxes These show whether the automatically adjust ing 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 The SHAPE Control 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 The Global Controls Tone while increasing brightness to a useful range for your voice Turning from 50 up to 10076 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 sin
23. sounds are more of a hyper reality designed to flatter 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 The COMPRESS Control 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 testing and refining 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 flat 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 o Note that in order for the Adapt
24. the prompts When any digital input is In MONO mode the Left output is the summed mono mix of Voicel ive 2 including effects The Right output is selected USB or SPDIF the IN GAIN does not control dry NK de TIC Gr HNE input the digital input level Use your transmitting device to signal This is useful when a live sound engineer wants to adi st level control the balance of wet dry mix at the mix position J In this case set LEAD MUTE to ON PHANTOM In DUAL MONO mode the effected vocal comes from the left output and effected guitar is produced from the right output This allows you to have a sound tech control the level balance between wet vocal vocal with harmonies and effects and wet guitar Turns 48V phantom power on and off for use with condenser microphones Note that VoiceLive 2 stores a different IN GAIN for PHANTOM ON and OFF states This is ideal as it unlikely a condenser and dynamic microphone will ever require the same IN GAIN for a single singer DIGITAL IN AUX LEVEL Selects between SPDIF and USB physical inputs as the Gel he evil ot eee ee input and also specifies where the incoming digital signal FER MPN ee okey ARS is routed By default the routing is USB STEREO where The Setup Menu I O Tab the digital input is routed to the same path as the AUX input but is not passed on to the digital output When set to USB VOX L INST R or S PDIF VOX L INST R the digital inp
25. ANUAL The THRESHOLD defines 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 The Global Controls Tone The Global Controls Pitch The Pitch Button 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 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 Above 50 the effect becomes more noticea
26. DAW To use VoiceLive 2 as an effects insert set the I O parameters as such DIGITAL IN USB VOX L INST R 2 DIGITAL OUT FULL MIX Configure an aux send in your DAW to send the vocal track to Voicelive 2 s left input and the instrument track to the right You can monitor through VoiceLive s headphone or main outputs When playing back using VoiceLive 2 as the output audio device dont forget to set the DIGITAL IN back to USB STEREO Method 3 Recording dry vocal and guitar tracks You ll need a fully dry mono vocal track and optionally a dry instrument track guitar or keyboard or midi performance if you plan to use harmony Set the O parameters as such DIGITAL IN USB FULL MIX 2 DIGITAL OUT VOCAL amp GUITAR Connect your mic and a guitar to Voicelive 2 and your headphones to the headphone out Even though you ll hear fully processed vocals and guitar with Guitar FX in the headphones the output feeding your DAW will be separate dry vocal and guitar that you can process later with Method 2 Digital Input Notes Sample rate is synchronized automatically to the incom ing digital audio stream There is no independent configuration of sample rate in Voicelive 2 When processing an analog input such as the MIC and sending to VoiceLive 2 s digital out sending a short bit of audio from your recording application to either Digital in will set the sample rate When DIGITAL IN is set to USB
27. Delay Reverb Double Transducer Harmony Harmony Double Reverb HardTune Step uMod Delay Trans FX OooooooooOo O 2 3 ooo yle Leve Harmony Key Harmony Scale Voicing Voice1 Voicing Voice2 Voicing Voice3 Voicing Voice4 Level Voice1 CCH 110 111 112 113 115 116 117 118 104 50 90 51 62 52 91 53 15 55 105 56 12 30 31 89 61 88 3 46 Range 0 63 off 64 127 on 0 to the of steps in preset 0 63 off 64 127 on 0 24 0 127 0 12 0 127 0 30 0 127 0 5 0 127 0 15 0 127 0 to the of styles available 0 127 0 11 0 6 0 to the of voicings in mode maps to 127 values Comments FX button must be active first O Step 1 1 Step 2 etc FX button must be active first On sets HardTune and Transducer to preset on off status Only for NaturalPlay Scale and Shift modes N A for Notes Notes 4Chan 0 C 1 C 2 D 3 Eb 4 E 5 F 6 F 7 G 8 G 9 A 10 Bb 11 B 0 Maj1 1 Maj2 2 Maj3 3 Min1 4 Min2 5 Min3 6 Custom Scale N A for Notes and Notes 4 Chan modes HardTune Globals System Parameter Level Voice2 Level Voice3 Level Voice4 Gender Voice1 Gender Voice2 Gender Voice3 Gender Voice4 Human Style Human Lvl Vib Style Vib Amt Doubling Lvl Choir Lvl Choir Style Key Scale Rate Amount Window Tone Pitch Guitar FX Guitar Level Guitar Rev Style Guitar Rev Lvl Guitar Mod Style Guitar Mod Lvl Lead Mute Voices Level CCH
28. HRU jack must be empty for GUITAR FX to be heard 2 HOME Press this to return to the main performing mode from SETUP WIZARD STORE or EDIT modes 3 MAIN DISPLAY All text and graphics feedback is shown here The Contrast adjustment is in the SYSTEM tab of the SETUP menu 4 SETUP Press this to access the I O MIDI SYSTEM and EXPRESSION pedal edit tabs 5 WIZARD This helps you find presets on the basis of factory assigned tags or to sort alphabetically by name 6 STORE Press to enter a menu to name assign a destination and commit edited presets to memory To cancel and exit press HOME 7 EDIT Press to enter EDIT menu and make changes to the MOD DELAY etc effects parameters via their tabbed menus HOME exits EDIT mode 8 MIX EDIT When HOMEis lit turning any of these will temporarily present the MIX screen allowing control of the relative levels of the VOICES harmony and doubling DELAY REVERB GUITAR and OUTPUT evel In EDIT mode these controls adjust the highlighted parameters immediately above them 9 NAVIGATE CONTROLS The Data Wheel scrolls through presets when HOME is lit or through editing rows when EDIT is lit The left and right arrow buttons increment presets up and down respectively when OME is lit or through edit tabs when EDIT is lit 10 PRESET UP DOWN The UP A arrow advances through presets and the DOWN Warrow reverses olding either will accelerate in
29. IGHT DOUBLE 31 CLOSE 1UP IDOWN 56 DARK SWIRL 81 HIGHERCHOIR WET 8 CHORALE THREE 33 BRDOCTBELOW 58 CHORALE ONE 83 CHANGE THE WORL 9 JUNISONCHOIR 34 BRDS amp 5THSL R 59 CHORALE TWO 84 BIG BOTTMCHOIR 10 AUTOTUNE RADIO 35 JFAR TUPFIDOWN 60 BRDUPGROUP 85 BRD UP CHOIR 11 DEEPER YoU 36 J ARGENDERS 61 BRDUPLADES 86 MTHDOWNCHOIR 14 HARMONY CHOIR 39 pUPHIDOWN OCT 64 1UP 2DOWN OCT 89 URALTO 15 RADIOHARMNY DLY 40 SHIFT 4 SEM 65 DOMINUS REQUIEM 90 URSOPRANO 16 BASS amp 3RDUP 4t SHIFT 5 SEM 66 FADEOUT3RDUP 91 TUNED HARMONY 8 DOUBLE REFLECT 43 CHOIR ONE 1 68 JUP TWO ROOM 93 TUNED1BELOW 19 ANGELS RADIO 44 J OWERTRIO 69 SLAP ABOVE 94 LOWER ROBOTS 21 DISTORTO 46 COUNTRY GIRLS 71 pBASS amp LOW 96 RADIOGOSPEL 23 OWER BACKUP 48 STEREOPAIR3 5 73 RUNNING ONMT 98 FLANGEY3RD 24 THE MASSES 49 6TH BELOW 74 FLANGE TWO HIGH 99 POWER CORDS Factory Preset List fos ped poes fie berad lepa J Effects Path Diagram To Guitar Thru Jack Guitar Mut Guitar Input Guitar MAG EQ O i Comp uMod O
30. Impressions The STEP Footswitch The Step feature allows you to create a series of up to 10 linked effect changes associated with a preset In a preset that has steps for example tapping STEP could toggle to another preset s effects turn on all of the effects at once increase the Delay level by 6 dB or all of the above Some factory presets have been programmed with examples of steps You can see that a preset has steps when the COUNT graphic ttem in the HOME screen is a number greater than When you see this you can press the STEP footswitch to cycle through the pre programmed effect changes The STEP footswitch cycles forward through any steps present The PRESET down arrow cycles backwards towards step after which it will cycle backwards through presets again VVhen the Step count is 2 the STEP footswitch can be used toggle between the two settings Programming Your Own Steps Select a preset as the starting effect in your chain 2 Hold STEP for a moment to enter Step programming mode Segments of the main display will change color 3 To insert another preset s effect as the next step use the PRESET footswitches to locate the desired preset 4 If you want to change which effect blocks are on press the desired effect footswitches 5 f you want to make an edit press the EDIT button and make your changes Edits made in Step insert mode before accepting are stored automatically to the ne
31. NSE Following the parameter descriptions for AUTO INPUT SENSE exceptions and differences for the other NATURALPLAY modes are listed STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choose a Harmony style you like Styles configure useful settings to pre programmed values to allow you to make changes quickly The selection of styles will change depending on the setting of the NATURALPLAY parameter LEVEL The Edit Menu HARMONY Tab Sets the level for the overall Harmony effect in the current preset VI to V4 VOICING Here you set the pitch shift intervals of voices through 4 relative to your input pitch The names of the intervals change depending on NATURALPLAY mode In the two MIDI NOTES modes the VOICING parameters disappear entirely The options start at the lowest harmony interval and go the highest VI to V4 LEVEL The four knobs contro the relative volume of each voice This is also where voices are turned on an off The range of values goes from Off to O dB Full Typically all voices are set at the same level unless you want to highlight or minimize a particular voicing interval VI to V4 GENDER Each voice has its own timbre adjustment in the form of the GENDER control Values below O lend each voice a more masculine and deeper effect and values above 0 The Edit Menu HARMONY Tab lend a more feminine or thinner effect VI to V4 PAN Each voice may have a unique pan position There are
32. RA FREQ Defines the center of the parametric band PARA WIDTH Defines how narrow or wide the parametric band is to be The ends of the control range are labelled NARROW and WIDE to add meaning to the numbers in the middle of the control range The COMPRESS Tab The controls on this tab change depending on the status of the ADAPTIVE setting in the same way as the EO tab Compression concepts are discussed earlier COMPRESS Tab With ADAPTIVE ON The ADAPTIVE Compression algorithm performs automatic processing which reduces the amount of adjustable parameters As such once ADAPTIVE is enabled the only control is COMPRESS 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 THRESHOLD This sets the singing level at and above which the amount of gain reduction compression specified by the RATIO control will occur The range is O dB to 30 dB O dB being the loudest input signal VoiceLive 2 can accept without distortion and 30 dB being a very quiet signal If you sing consistently more quietly than the The Global Controls
33. S and 5mS at the rate set by the SPEED parameter OUT PHASE The OUT PHASE setting puts the output of the left and right sides of the uMod effect out of phase to create more 3D sound space around the effect Note that this may potentially limit the effect s ability to collapse to mono LEFT puts the left side out of phase with the right which is normal phase and vice versa for the RIGHT value BOTH puts both sides out of phase with their respective sides correct phase while remaining in phase with each other DLYL DLYR Sets the left and right delay times Up to 50 ms of delay is available on the left and right delay lines to create effects from flange to slapback FEEDBACK L FEEDBACK R Re introduces a portion of the audio output signal of the uMod block back to the input to create flanges tube and chorus effects Values above 90 add a high amount of gain and cause distortion and higher audio levels PHASE This defines the modulation phase which is the phase relationship between the left and right modulation LFOs oscillators In a flange style for example setting this to O degrees puts all of the effect in the center while setting itto 180 degrees pulls the effect far into the stereo field The Edit Menu MOD Tab WAVE This lets you choose the modulation waveform from Square Triangle or Sine to vary the periodic nature of the modulation effect XFL L XFL R These send cross feedback from the left and righ
34. TCHELICON VOICELIVE 2 USER S MANUAL Ver 1 3 WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture CAUTION This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation The lightning symbol within a triangle means Electrical A NE It indicates the presence of information about operating voltage and potential risks of electrical shock A he exclamation point within a triangle means Caution Please zad the information next to all caution signs Introduction iiia ratto stone aient 7 Front Panel 9 Back Panel wu cescccsecssesssessccenscssssesssesssssssesesenssenssees 12 Quick Start irrita teneris 14 OVEIVIOW 14 Step 1 Pre Flight Check c es 14 Step 2 Inputs cin o oai 15 Step 3 Outputs ino e terae 16 Step 4 Set Mic Level 17 Step 5 Quick Start Settings 17 First Impresslons oett 18 How To Audition Presets e 18 Finding Presets With The Wizard 18 Using Harmony Presets retten 18 TC Helicon Vocal Technologies Ltd support tc helicon com
35. Tab cocci pa ena pn den oae 74 Ihe Rhythmic Tab eie 79 The Preset Tab esr ee 82 The Setup Menu eeessseseeseieennnnnnn 83 WO TADS E g 83 The MIDI Tab sero ottobre 86 Table of Contents Details Section The System Tab uai 88 The Expression Tab sssssssseeeeeene 89 The VEOOD Tab ez sctssassei onndsne cos aeeai 91 The Store Menu eese nnn 93 FAQ and Troubleshooting 94 MIDI Implementation eeeeneen 98 Factory Preset List 101 Effects Path Diagram esee 103 Warranty nite etre ees 104 Specifications eene prenne 105 Welcome to VoiceLive 2 Thank you for stepping into the evolution of what i means to be a singer VoiceLive 2 was conceived and engineered during a time in history when singers too control of their vocal sound with the advent of voca effects pedals and rack mount units The significance for you the singer using VoiceLive 2 is being able to benefi from a wave of innovation that makes production of your vocal sound effortless and creative We encourage you to give a quick scan of the Quic Start and First Impressions section You likely don t need much help getting started with VoiceLive 2 but these sections can help you get the most from VoiceLive 2 and your voice Also please install the VoiceSu
36. Tone THRESHOLD you will not hear any compression You can see your input level on the IN meter on the Home screen A good setting for experimentation is 10 dB RATIO This sets how much gain reduction you prefer when your voice level goes above the threshold The range is from 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 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 dB louder ote 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 The Global Controls Tone 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 The GATE Tab If your musical accompaniment is loud or you hear feedback the GATE tab will enable you to make adjustments GATE This sets the Gate type The factory default is ADAPTIVE which performs automatic level assessment for the average musical setting You can also turn the gate to OFF with good results if you are i
37. UT and HIGH CUT Sets the cut off frequency for these very steep low and high shelving filters TIP these and the PRESENCE filters can be used without Distortion effects to apply more radical EQ to your presets GATE THRESHOLD A gate separate from the main Gate under the Tone button is used to help prevent feedback when using the Transducer with heavy distortion or presence filtering that can introduce feedback in a live environment This parameter sets how loud you must sing in order to open the gate DISTORTION TYPE and DISTORTION AMOUNT These are pre configured distortion styles that range from Overdrive through Saturation and Distortion and finally Fuzz Each has a unique character Though these styles have no detailed controls like the Delay or Reverb tabs for example you can add or reduce the distortion component and apply filtering with LOW CUT HIGH CUT and PRESENCE to customize them The Edit Menu FX Tab The AMOUNT parameter adjusts the amount of distortion for the current distortion style This is not the same as the IN and OUT GAIN controls which work on level adjustjment The Distortion Amount contro adjusts the algorithmic distortion curve that you can further trim with the TRANSDUCER IN GAIN and TRANSDUCER OUT GAIN controls ote that your IN GAIN in the Setup menu mus be sufficient in order to hear the correct amount of distortion present in distorted styles TRANSDUCER IN GAIN and TRANSDUCER OUT GAIN
38. ad into the main output or used to control harmony of the USB digital input is done in th SETUP menu 7 PEDAL Input A standard express connected here to control the level of Doubling voices Calibration is done in tab of the SETUP menu eyboard connected to the MIDI control realtime parameter control an harmony voices MIDI IN and OUT ca restore operations 9 USB I O USB is a standard com e I O tab of the ion pedal can be the Harmony and he EXPRESSION 8 MIDI Connectors A computer or controller N offers preset d guidance of the n also be used as an alternative to the USB connection for backup and puter connection allowing transfer of digital audio to and from VoiceLive 2 as well as for MIDI control and MIDI preset backup Configuration of the digital audio and MIDI settings is done in the SETUP menu Back Panel 10 POWER In Connect only the supplied adaptor or one with the exact specifications shown on the back of VoiceLive 2 11 POWER Switch Press to turn VoiceLive 2 on and off Quick Start Overview This chapter will help you get set up in the typical live performance setting with a microphone You will learn how to connect external devices and how to set the microphone gain properly At the end you will be ready to move on to experimenting with the vocal effects in the First Impressions chapter In this section we cover Initial connections 2 Setting microp
39. ally values around 20 yield acceptable results for smooth correcti HARDTUNE KEY Sets HardTune s source ost pi informa to play your guitar or MID the result When set to FOLLOW effect will follow the same s For example if a guitar voices When the Key and Scale are se parameters lower down in is controlling your it would also control your HardTune effect the parameter is set to MANUAL CUSTOM ve pitch correction for musical information tch correction products require either scale tion offline editing or MIDI performance to yield correction VoiceLive 2 goes one further and allows you keyboard normally and get HARMONY the HardTune ource as the harmony voices harmony with the KEY the FX tab and SCALE When FOLLOW HARMONY is set for HARDTUNE and the Harmony NAI URALPLAY mode is set to SCALE then only the key is passed on to the HARDTUNE effect This allows a different scale to be used for the HardTune effect independent of the Harmony effect When Harmony is set to SHIFT MIDI NOTES or MIDI NOTES 4 CHAN HardTune will use its own key and scale parameters HARDTUNE SHIFT Sets the a relative shift in semi tones above or below the input vocal This is useful for transposing or creating character voices while simultaneously pitch correcting HARDTUNE AMOUNT Allows you to soften the correction effect A value of 50 for example will only pull you hal
40. also a MANUAL setting on this page Further controls for the Gate are on the GATE Tab discussed on pg 46 The EQ Tab From the TONE tab you can access the EQ tab by pressing the right Navigate button The EQ tab will be highlighted and you will see either the ADAPTIVE SHAPE and WARMTH controls when ADAPTIVE is On or parametric EQ controls when ADAPTIVE is Off 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 SHAPE AMOUNT This is a duplicate of the SHAPE control found on the TONE tab discussed previously WARMTH ON OFF This control returns a narrow band of low frequencies for singers who prefer this sound The majority of the mud frequencies are still reduced automatically when using this control The Global Controls Tone 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
41. and shelving All band fully parametric peak dip control High band shelving The 2 Shelving EQs boost or cut all frequencies below or above the 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 defined by a center frequency PARA FREQ and a width control PARA WIDTH Usually the gain of a narrow parametric band is typically reduced to overcome room or undesirable guitar resonances This smoothes the sound and can help overcome guitar feedback The 3 GAIN controls allow 12 dB of adjustment The 3 FREQ controls range from 20 Hz to 20 kHz LOW GAIN Boosts or cuts the range of frequencies below the frequency set by the LOW FREQ control LOW FREQ uency Allows you to define the frequency range for the low shelf by choosing the highest frequency below which boosting or cutting is possible HIGH GAIN Boosts or cuts the range of frequencies above the frequency set by the LOW FREQ control HIGH FREQ Defines the frequency range for the high shelf with the selection of the lowest frequency above which boosting or cutting is possible The Global Controls Guitar FX PARA GAIN Boosts or cuts the band of frequencies centered at the setting of the PARA FREQ control and its associated WIDTH PARA FREQ Defines the center
42. and stay true to a A 440Hz reference This could be a CD or other musicians Choose a simple song to start with Determine the Key of your song this is often the first or ast chord in a song without extensions For example G ajor is a valid Key Gm7b5 is not Hold the HARMONY footswitch to enter Key Set mode then use the PRESET up and down footswitches to enter the Key The STEP footswitch will cycle through the 3 Major and 3 Minor alternate scales that can be chosen if your harmony intervals sound incorrect at certain chord melody combinations Note that the Key you set is global so you can try other presets with your song without entering Key again f you re lucky the first time you ll be rewarded with soaring harmony over your whole chorus or song If not you can try the following o ry a different Key perhaps a 5th away from your first choice Choose a different Major or Minor alternate Scale Choose a preset with only the 3rd High interval Create a Step to change Key at the right momen O O 0 Q tn Move on to the next options listed VoiceLive 2 for the Lead Singer Singing To Music Playback Voicelive 2 can derive musical information from fully mixed music tracks For this alternative you ll need o Music source device This could be an MP3 player computer CD player etc o Recorded music without vocals This could be your latest CD tracks minus your vocals or Karaoke tracks available on
43. ange MAP N SOURCE set to SUNG or select it with the MAP IN OTE parameter MAP IN SOURCE set to MANUAL ow you can change the harmony interval with the MAP IN NOTE parameter described below VI to V4 MAP OUT Sets the interval relationship between each of the four harmony voices for the current input note and key and scale settings Typically incrementing or decrementing any active harmony voices can make a scale work over your combination of melody and chord change NATURALPLAY SHIFT Mode VI to V4 VOICING The voicings for Shift mode have no musical intelligence and as such will produce harmony a fixed unmoving interval away from your lead voice You can select any semitone interval from 24 semitones to 24 semitones They are organized lowest to highest relative to the input note NATURALPLAY MIDI NOTES MIDI NOTES 4 CHAN Modes DOUBLING This changes from an ON OFF parameter to a selection of the number of voices you can control via MIDI o OFF No harmony voice doubling is possible but you have access to 8 unique MIDI note intervals upon which to build harmonies o ON 4 VOICES X2 With this you can play up to 4 voices at once but each voice can be doubled for extra thickness The Edit Menu HARMONY Tab o UNISON All 8 voices are triggered from a single MIDI note This is similar to a synthesizer mode of the same name where you can layer all voices on one note ATTACK RELEASE These settings
44. are designed to introduce fade ins and fade outs to the harmony voices The Attack parameter provides a gentle volume fade in when you strike a MIDI note during a sustained sung note The Release parameter adds a smooth fade out if you release your MIDI note as you continue to sing The values range from O to 1000 milliseconds for the Attack and O to 2000 ms for the Release NOTES EXT This feature is most useful when singing to a commercial MIDI file that is controling the harmony voices in Voicelive 2 Often the MIDI notes used to control harmony cut off where the singer might prefer to hold the notes longer and this makes for a more singer oriented MIDI performance The Notes Extension setting allows a harmony voice that has been triggered in Notes mode to continue sounding while the singer sings a sustained note after the MIDI note has ceased NATURALPLAY MIDI NOTES Mode only GENDER PAN PORTA SMOOTH and Voice LEVEL The ability to control voices individually is removed in MIDI NOTES mode to simplify and reduce the number of parameters required when 8 voices are active In their place are macro type settings for the features listed above For individual control of 4 MIDI voices you can use MIDI 4 CHAN mode The Edit Menu DOUBLE Tab Overview The Double effect uses the same type of Humanization technology as in the Harmony effect to create up to four overdubbed versions of your voice The four voices are set to un
45. ble 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 specifically for this that can be found by pressing the Wizard button and choosing CORRECT or HARDTUNE as the Tag The Guitar FX Button For those guitar players who mix their guitar through VoiceLive 2 s outputs by not connecting to an external mixer or amp via the GUITAR THRU jack the effect processors enabled with the Guitar FX button yield added sonic depth and clarity Pressing the Guitar FX button will apply default settings for the Reverb uMod EQ and Compress processors to your guitar Press and hold the Guitar FX button to see the edit tabs for these processors Any time these menus are displayed you can cycle the GUITAR FX button to compare your effect edits with dry guitar sound The Guitar FX do not change with VoiceLive 2 preset selection The choices you make for effect styles should be useful across all of your repertoire You can however use MIDI CC messages from a MIDI sequencer or MIDI pedalboard to make changes during your performance See the MIDI Implementation chart for the CC numbers The Global Controls Guitar
46. brato amount recall the preset The Setup Menu MIDI Tab PBRANGE Pitchbend Range Sets the range in semitones that MIDI pitch bend information will alter voice pitch shifts The Setup Menu SYSTEM Tab LCD CONTRAST Sets the contrast level of the LCD display Useful for better viewing at different angles and light conditions USB CONTROL Setting this parameter ON should only be done when USB is connected When this is ON the MIDI in and out connectors are disabled and instead MIDI is routed in and out via the USB connector only When USB CONTROL is set to OFF MIDI is disabled over USB and instead the MIDI in and out connectors function for MIDI GLOBAL NATURALPLAY When this parameter is enabled it forces all harmony to a predefined NATURALPLAY mode for all presets This is for use when multiple inputs are used simultaneously yet only one is to be accepted for harmony control The default for this parameter is OFF GLOBAL KEY SCALE When this parameter is ON default the Key and Scale set for a NATURALPLAY SCALE preset affects all presets This allows you to browse SCALE presets without having to change Key every time In this mode Key and Scale settings are not saved with a STORE action When set to OFF key and scale is configurable per preset GLOBAL SHORTCUT When enable GLOBAL SHORTCUT assigns the same shortcut to all presets Note that setting all to one depends on whether certain conditions are m
47. ce 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 briefly play a chord first A recognized chord will show NP in the LCD display Your guitar should be well tuned to the onboard tuner If the song section you want vocal harmony on has fast chord changes single note runs or very slow arpeggios you can use presets based on a fixed Key to produce harmony To find out more about this see Using A Fixed Key aka Scale section in the chapter entitled VoiceLive 2 for the Lead Singer Setting Fixed Key and Scale With Guitar If you wish to try using this type of harmony it s easy Find a preset with the SHORTCUT set to SET KEY Tap the SHORTCUT button when the root of the chord you re playing is the Key you want You can change the Scale type with the STEP footswitch if you like To accept this Key and Scale just keep playing the menu will time out automatically If the preset SHORTCUT is not assigned to SET KEY you can hold the HARMONY footswitch in any preset to enter the same menu VoiceLive 2 for the MIDI Keyboardist Singer Overview Using MIDI opens up a wide range of harmony and parameter control options This section will discuss the basics of setting MIDI channel and performing with a IDI keyboard synth to control harmony By this section we assume
48. ct is powered down so as long as you use the same pedal calibration need only be performed once To Calibrate The Expression Pedal Press Setup and then navigate to the EXPRESSION tab The Setup button will flash 2 Follow the prompts in the display to set the minimum and maximum extents of your pedal When successful the display will show the values of the various positions of the pedal you stop at The Setup Menu EXPRESSION Tab Assigning The Expression Pedal The pedal can now be set to control any of the following parameters HARMONY DOUBLE LEVEL DELAY REVERB LEVEL HARMONY LEVEL DOUBLE LEVEL UMOD LEVEL DELAY LEVEL REVERB LEVEL LEAD LEVEL UMOD DLY REV LEVEL OUTPUT LEVEL GUITAR LEVEL AUX LEVEL DELAY SEND LEVEL RHYTHMIC DEPTH REVERB SEND LEVEL RHYTHMIC DIVISION To assign the pedal globally affects all presets choose a value with the knob below the GLOBAL EXPR PEDAL parameter in the EXPRESSION tab of the Setup menu To assign the pedal per preset Ensure that the GLOBAL EXPR PEDAL value is OFF in the EXPRESSION tab of the Setup menu 2 Load a preset in which you would like to assign the expression pedal and press the Edit button 3 Navigate to the PRESET tab In the PRESET tab turn the knob below the EXPR PEDAL parameter to assign any of the parameter options to the expression pedal in that preset Press Store to save the preset Any preset can have a unique assignment of the expression peda
49. dd the default effects to your guitar The Guitar FX on off status and style is static through preset changes Now you can sample the harmony based presets with harmonies closely related to your guitar playing You should now hear nicely produced lead vocal harmony vocals and guitar from your PA system or headphones Electric Guitar Connect a cable from your electric guitar to the GUITAR IN Connect another cable from the GUITAR THRU to your first 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 2 If you hear a buzz from either your guitar amplifier or VoiceLive 2 for the Guitarist Singer the PA VoiceLive 2 is connected to press the GND LIFT ground lift button to silence it Now you can sample the harmony based presets with the harmonies musically related to your guitar playing Tuning Your Guitar The Bypass Tuner function works for both acoustic and electric guitars The tuner is a chromatic type so you can use alternate tunings as well as standard tuning To activate the tuner hold the FX button This will o Change the main display to show the tuning meter o Mute the guitar in both the OUTPUTs and THRU o Remove all effects on the voice except TONE ap the FX footswitch to exit Bypass Tuner mode Guitar Performan
50. diting menu navigation and concepts are briefly discussed on page 23 This Edit Menu section discusses the actual parameters in detail for those that want to go beyond merely loading a new style in order to make changes to their sound Navigation Press the Edit button to access the editing menus and make changes to the current preset This will present the edit tabs Press the right and left Navigate arrow buttons to cycle right and left through the tabs shown at the top of the screen Each tab represents an effect footswitch with an additional tab for overall preset settings Holding either arrow button jumps from the uMod tab to the FX tab Turn the Mix Edit knobs to change the setting of the parameter directly above that is within the highlighted row Up to 3 rows are visible per screen with additional rows accessible by turning the Data Wheel A vertical scroll bar at the right of the screen shows where you currently are in the menu To exit the Edit menu press Home Saving Changes You can quickly store at the current preset location from within the Edit menu by pressing the Store button twice If you re finished editing press Home to exit the Edit menu You can rename the preset and store to another ocation by pressing Store once and changing the values at the bottom of the Store menu When you ve edited the name and found a new place to store your edited preset press Store again To cancel a Store op
51. effect is desired Higher values offer progressively less correction Like Portamento setting each voice with a unique value of he Smoothing parameter helps the harmonies sound more natural When NATURALPLAY is set to MIDI OTES high values of smoothing will sound out of tune GUITAR CHORDS This parameter changes the harmony note response to DOM guitar chords only At the default setting ACCEPT DOM 7 whenever you play a dominant 7th chord and the combination of your singing note and harmony voicing is set to produce a 7th harmony you ll hear the 7th n a song composed largely of DOM7 chords it s not that easy to sing a melody composed of all of the 7ths and thus many harmony singers move to the chord root instead Broadly speaking this is also a difference between a Pop sounding harmony and a more Bluesy harmony sound This is what the IGNORE DOM setting does HOLD REL Hold Rel Hold Release varies the amount of time it takes for any notes held with the Hold feature to decay This makes for a more natural release Note that no new harmony notes will sound until the time you set with this parameter has elapsed TUNING The Tuning parameter allows you to affect tiny pitch adjustments to your harmony intervals to achieve Equal ust or Barbershop tuning Each preset can have a different value for TUNING Equal tuning is the compromised tuning standard that instruments such as guitar and keyboards a
52. elays o Initial reflections o Slaps Long Delays max stereo delay is 2500 ms or 2 5 sec o ono taps o Stereo taps o Syncopated taps o Ping pongs delays travelling from left to right STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choose a pre programmed delay style you like LEVEL Sets the mix level for the delay effect WIDTH The 2 delay lines are panned hard left and right This allows you to determine the stereo imaging of the delay effect 0 is mono 10056 is fully stereo SOURCE Determines which of the three methods you want to use to set delay times These include TIME This allows you to set the exact delay time for the left and right delay lines manually with the TIMEL and TIME R controls TAP This allows you to tap the SHORTCUT footswitch when it is assigned to TEMPO in the PRESET tab The Edit Menu DELAY Tab MIDI The unit can be set to derive its delay times from ncoming MIDI clock signal TEMPO This is where you can manually set the tempo in beats er minute bpm that is used to derive delay times for oth the left and right delay lines The bpm value of the TEMPO parameter is only applied to the delay times when TAP or MIDI is set as the source DUCKING When DUCKING is set to ON the delay output will be reduced while you are singing At the end of a sung phrase the delay effects return to the level you set This can increase the clarity of your vocals while still sounding ver
53. ening talking singing and Product Firmware Version interacting with singers and those who have passion for the singing voice Feature descriptions in this manual represent VoiceLive 2 firmware version 2 and newer Product version is All this knowledge and experience is used to design temporarily visible when the product is powered on products respecting and empowering the modern You can check for the latest firmware version by running vocalist Our products focus on removing barriers and the VoiceSupport application and checking the items in inspiring creativity in performance That s why our its HOME tab products range from near field personal vocal monitors to floor based vocal multi effects pedals Enjoy The TC Helicon Team Front Panel THO 2 VOICELIVE 2 P D HARMONY L SET YOU FREE SHORTCUT Tone Pitch Guitar FX Home 387 1 1 EDEN CLIP Setup Wizard Store Edit PRESET SHORTCUT p MOD 9 O0 Oe e STEP HARMONY DOUBLE FX Ow Ov 0J 0G Front Panel GLOBAL GROUP When activated these three effects stay on independent of preset changes Press any to activate or hold to enter a specific edit menu TONE applies EQ compression and more to improve the core sound of your voice PITCH adds subtle chromatic pitch correction to help you sing more in tune Press GUITAR FX to add modulation and reverb effects to the guitar connected to the GUITAR IN jack The GUITAR T
54. eration from within the Store tab press Home or Edit The Edit Menu MOD Tab Overview uMod is short for micro modulation u is the scientific symbol for micro The Mod effect is capable of creating many different sounds that range from subtle but lush thickening to creatively destructive It uses a combination of stereo pitch shifting Detune small amounts of stereo delay Delay and then a complex path of filtering feedback and modulation uMod does a faithful job of emulating classic detune chorus flange and thickening sounds STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choose a pre programmed uMod style you like LEVEL Sets the mix level for the uMod effect WIDTH Normally the output of the uMod effect is panned hard left and right This parameter sets the stereo imaging of the uMod effect to mono 0 and stereo 100 DETUNE LEFT DETUNE RIGHT Applies a small amount of pitch shift to the left or right sides independently This setting is shown in cents and the maximum is 25 cents SPEED This setting sets how fast the delay time modulation occurs In order for this to be audible the depth amount parameter has to be nonzero The setting range is 10 00 Hz very fast to 05 Hz very slow DEPTH L DEPTH R These set the amount of modulation of the delay time for the left and right delays If one delay is set to OmS for example a setting of 50 will vary the delay time between 5m
55. et eg HARMONY HOLD won t work unless Harmony is on GLOBAL TAP TEMPO When set to ON all presets with Delay SOURCE set to AP will share the same tempo When set to OFF default the preset s tempo is recalled with a preset but can be changed via TAP TUNEREF This sets the overall tuning reference with respect to A 440 MOMENTARY ON Globally sets the activation of HARMONY DOUBLE or both to momentary NONE returns to latching behaviour The Setup Menu EXPRESSION Tab Overview Connecting an expression pedal such as a TC Helicon Express allows you to modify preset or global settings from a standing position using a standard volume or expression pedal Supported Pedal Types Both common types of sweep type or treadle pedals can be used with VoiceLive 2 o Guitar type volume pedal 2 conductor cable o Keyboard expression pedal 3 conductor cable Connections Guitar Type Volume Pedal Connect a standard guitar cable from the Output or To Amp jack of the volume pedal to the PEDAL input on the back of VoiceLive 2 It s not necessary to make a connection to the Input of your volume pedal Keyboard Type Expression Pedal If you are using a keyboard type expression pedal connect a 3 conductor cable or the cable built into the pedal to the PEDAL input on VoiceLive 2 Pedal Setup VoiceLive 2 needs to be calibrated so that your pedal s full range can be used properly Calibration is stored even when the produ
56. fway toward a correction scale target at the speed set by the HARDTUNE RATE parameter For a true HardTune sound set it to 100 HARDTUNE WINDOW Allows you to determine how close to a valid scale note you have to be before the algorithm corrects you For example a value of 80 cents means that only when you are singing within 40 cents away from the target The Edit Menu FX Tab scale note will you be corrected The maximum value is 200 cents which in a Major scale having no more than 100 cents on either side of any scale tone would result in fulltime correction activity The maximum value is 600 cents At maximum a custom scale could be created with only one note for special effects In a Major scale having no more than 100 cents on either side of any scale tone a setting of 200 would result in fulltime correction activity KEY SCALE These set the musical map that the HardTune effect will correct to They are applied when HARDTUNE KEY is set to MANUAL CUSTOM When the current preset is based on Scale Harmony and HARDTUNE KEY is set to FOLLOW HARMONY these will display the key set in the HARMONY tab The manual scale selection is different from the ones available for Harmony They are o Major o Minor Har harmonic minor The Edit Menu FX Tab o Minor Nat natural minor o Minor Asc ascending melodic minor o Chromatic no key or scale required NOTE ENABLED These are applicable when
57. ger or women who sing closely on their mic the reduction in bass will be noticeable and beneficial When voices have too much bass they tend to become los in the other instruments that occupy those frequencies resulting in sonic clutter Reducing bass has the natura 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 clarified 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 a the rear than at the front This intends to reduce other instruments or sounds from getting into the front of the The Global Controls Tone 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 2 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
58. h uses distortion and steep filters to emulate the sound of radios phones and devices that generally degrade the audio signal o HardTune which is a pitch corrector that has been optimized to produce corrective pitch correction as well as obvious effects made popular by a number of artists Both effects can be used simultaneously or independently TRANSDUCER This parameter turns the Transducer effect on or off for the current preset ROUTING Selects where the Transducer effect is inserted into the signal path for maximum flexibility The options are o OFF No routing o LEAD Transducer is inserted on the Lead voice o o HARMONY Transducer armony path only nly Harmonies and Doubling are unaffected is inserted on the o VOICES Transducer is inserted on both the Lead armony and Doubling voices o LEAD FX Transducer is inserted on the Lead e o ARM FX transducer is by only the Harmonies wil ransducer style TRANSDUCER STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to a Transducer style you like Threshold parameters are not 4 inserted on the ARMONY send to the effects Lead and armony voices will be clean but the effects driven send to the uMod Delay and Reverb effect sends Lead voice will be clean and the effects will be ffected by the Transducer style be affected by the his parameter to choose The Routing and Gate part of the style LOW C
59. he MIDI channel that VoiceLive 2 uses for presets and MIDI harmony control When a NATURALPLAY preset is set to MIDI NOTES 4 CH the channel selected is the channel used for VOICE The MIDI channel for VOICE 2 is the selected MIDI channel VOICE 3 is 2 VOICE 3 is plus 3 FILTER Allows MIDI Program Change or System Exclusive messages to be ignored for convenience CC CHAN Sets a separate MIDI channel for CC control if desired TRANSPOSE This transposes the harmony voices in MIDI NOTES mode to allow it to be controlled by upper or lower sections of a MIDI keyboard if required The value corresponds to octaves SPLITDIR Split Direction Sets whether MIDI notes ABOVE or BELOW the split point are used to contro MIDI NOTES presets only SPLITNOTE Sets the MIDI note above or below which the keyboard split will be active SYSEXID MIDI System Exclusive ID number When addressing multiple VoiceLive 2 units on the same MIDI In Thru chain with a Sysex editor each one should have its own ID or they all will be edited in the same way VIBBOOST Specifies how the Mod Wheel message affects vibrato if it is enabled in a preset The Boost setting default will add more vibrato once the part of the wheel movement reaches the corresponding amount of vibrato and then returns to the original amount at rest position The Manual setting allows full range control of vibrato once the wheel is moved To restore the factory vi
60. he settings for the early reflections in each style are slightly different but non editable DUCKING When DUCKING is set to ON the Reverb block s output will be reduced while you are singing At the end of a sung phrase the effects return to the level you set increasing the clarity of your vocals while still sounding very wet The amount of attenuation and attack time for ducking are set with the DUCKING AMOUNT and DUCKING TIME parameters further down in this menu The Edit Menu REVERB Tab DIFFUSE Also known as Diffusion this is a very subtle parameter used to simulate and control the density of the reflections inherent in real acoustic spaces Low DIFFUSE values 25 to 0 are intended to introduce more discrete echo like motion to the tail where high values O to 25 make the tail smoother sounding PRE DLY Pre Delay introduces a short up to 100 ms delay between the dry audio signal and the onset of reverb to help simulate larger spaces and to provide audio separation between the dry signal and the reverb effect SPEED This controls the rate of pitch modulation set by the DEPTH parameter This modulation adds complexity and slight chorusing between the reverb tail and the input voice The values range from 25 to 25 DEPTH This controls the amount of pitch modulation applied to the reverb tail The values range from 25 to 25 The Edit Menu REVERB Tab DUCKING AMOUNT This sets how much attenuation gain reducti
61. hone gain See the section on Basic Editing Concepts for more information on Voicelive 2 s tabbed style based edit menus Step Pre Flight Check Assemble the gear you need to get started For now leave your VoiceLive 2 and PA system turned off Vocal microphone 2 PA system or headphones 3 Harmony control instrument This can be a Guitar MIDI keyboard external audio source such as an MP3 player or none if you plan to enter Key and Scale with the footswitches 4 You will need a selection of cables listed below depending on your harmony control instrument and monitoring XLR cable for your microphone 4 cable from your guitar MIDI cable from your keyboard 8 mini from an MP3 player XLR or 1 4 cables to feed your PA system O 0 0 0 O Step 2 Inputs First connect tl the MIC input j Next connect use to contro will automatic he XLR cable from your microphone to ack on VoiceLive 2 the instrument or device you will harmony On power up VoiceLive 2 ally configure all harmony presets to recognize which instrument is connected Only one of the following should be connected for this Quick Start o Guitar Co nnect the 1 4 cable directly from your guitar no pedals between the guitar and VoiceLive 2 to the input jack labelled GUITAR IN If you want your connect an guitar to go through pedals and an amp other 1 4 cable from the GUITAR THRU to either your first effect pedal
62. icelive 2 s DE ESS control monitors the level of sibilance and when it is detected will quickly and transparently reduce it Typically it s only briefly required and it then gets out of the way allowing the silky brightness to remain on the voiced portion of your singing The Global Controls Tone 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 The GATE Control When set to the factory default of ADAPTIVE the GATE control on the Tone Edit screen helps in two very important ways by Minimizing feedbac 2 Reducing the amount of audible effects processing on sounds entering the mic other than your voice A typical fixed 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 2 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
63. ignore the control urrent preset to look musical input In the case sequencer and guitar into VoiceLive 2 this will cause it to ignore the guitar input AUX INPUT Harmonies will ignore all but this input if the other inputs SCALE Changes the p are used simultaneously reset to scale mode which will ignore ongoing musical input from an instrument in favour of the Key and Scale setting you need to input Scale harmonies are a great alternative to instrumen certain songs SHIFT Many doubling the Harmony block are SHIFT allows you to pic t controlled harmony for presets that also use based on this mode pitch shift intervals that fall outside of the standard musical harmony The Edit Menu HARMONY Tab definition and as such require no musical input Non NATURALPLAY Parameter tonii iN Changes IDI NOTES Allows you to specify exact Below are descriptions of parameters that are different melodies and chords as harmony pitches from a when set to the NATURALPLAY modes other than IDI keyboard or sequencer A MIDI note held AUTO INPUT SENSE GUITAR MIDI and AUX INPUT during a sung arpegglo will not move until the note which are identical except for the input device The e changed As well a s ngle sustained input note parameters that disappear are not listed Note that rom you can have a moving harmony arpeggio by each of the following mode
64. individual editing parameters in VoiceLive 2 This section discusses The Global controls Tone Pitch and Guitar FX The Edit menu including all effect specific tabs The Setup menu and its 4 tabs Details Section The Global Controls Tone The Tone Button The Tone button activates what we call the Live Engineer Effects These are different from standard 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 2 including Harmony Doubling Reverb etc The suite of effects that make up Tone are o Adaptive Shape EO o Adaptive Compression o De Ess o Adaptive Gate The TONE Tab 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 o SHAPE ADAPTIVEZX On SHAPE 50 COMPRESS ADAPTIVEZX On COMPRESS 50 D D G E ESS E ESS 50 ATE 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 knobs below the LCD and listening to the
65. ison intervals as opposed to the move able intervals available for the harmony voices Unlike simple detune or micro shift techniques available with the uMod effect Double simulates the sound of a vocalist overdubbing their vocal part multiple times Many of the edit parameters for the Doubling tab are the same as for Harmony tab STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choose a pre programmed Double style you like This allows you to quickly choose an effect close to what you want instead of having to go directly into the individual parameters each time LEVEL Sets the level for the overall Double effect in the current preset HUMANIZE STYLE These apply small pitch and time variations to simulate natural variation in human singing For more information see HUMANIZE STYLE in the HARMONY Tab section preceeding HUMANIZE AMOUNT Increases or decreases the amount of Humanize variations to the Double voices only VI to V4 PAN Each voice may have a unique pan position There are 100 possible steps in each of the left and right pan positions VI to V4 LEVEL These settings control the volume of each of the voices and are used to set the number of voices active for Doubling The range of values goes from Off to 0 dB Full VI to V4 PORTA Each voice has its own Portamento time Portamento is a delayed response to the pitch movement of your singing voice It is also referred to as Glide in synthesizer
66. its direction Il SHORTCUT Press to access the effect extension that is listed in the MAIN DISPLAY under SHORTCUT This can include TEMPO HARMONY HOLD and more 12 uMOD ON OFF Press to enable or disable modulation effects including chorus flange detune tube resonance and more 13 DELAY ON OFF Press to enable or disable timed echo tempo based echo slapback effects and more Hold to enter a temporary tap tempo setting mode then tap at the tempo of your song 14 REVERB ON OFF Press to enable or disable reverberation effects such as Hall Room Plate and Ambience Hold to access MIC GAIN setting 15 STEP When the COUNT legend in the AIN DISPLAY shows a number greater than one tapping this will advance to the next step in the chain Holding STEP enters the STEP programming menu 16 HARMONY ON OFF Tap to add or mute the Harmony voices created by your voice and VoiceLive Front Panel 2 Hold this footswitch to enter a temporary key setti ng mode then tap the Preset Up Down Shortcut and Step footswitches to set a fixed key and scale See Using Fixed Key in VoiceLive 2 for the Lead Singer section more detail on using fixed key to guide harmonies 17 DOUBLE ON OFF Adds or mutes the Doubli voices assigned to the current preset The Doubli voices are constrained to unison intervals only 18 FX ON OFF Press to add the serial effects Transducer megaphones distortion
67. ive 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 Compression A Primer You may not notice this effect as easily as with Shape It can be quite subtle until you educate your ears to compression Following is a very brief description We typically sing dynamically like this capitals are used to show louder dynamics LOVE to watch you WALK down the STREET At acoustic singing levels with no or very quiet instrumentation this would sound fine When amplified however the loud words become strident and even worse quiet words can be lost in the instrument sounds The louder the PA and band the more pronounced the loud parts become Compression seeks to do the following to your dynamics The Global Controls Tone LOVE to watch you WALK down the STREET Applied appropriately the difference between loud and soft is reduced without killing the interesting dynamics in your performance The DE ESS Control There is a side effect that comes from adding high frequencies and compression to your voice and that s excessive sibilance Sibilance can be described 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 Vo
68. ke each harmony voice respond with small pitch and timing variations different from your voice Each Humanize Style configures each of the four voices differently Voice has slightly different parameter values than say Voice 4 in the same style bu all four voices will work together to produce a usefu overall effect The various Humanization styles consist of various amounts of the following modifiers o Onset pitch events This is also known as scooping which adds a generated pitch trajectory for each new note that is different than the sung note o Pitch modulation a random wave generator wobbles the pitch in non periodic ways to simulate even the finest singers pitch variation o Timing delay and modulation Singers are unable to start notes at the same time with the exactness of a machine so this algorithm applies slight delays to the onset of notes and then adds modulated time variation to sustained portions of notes o Level volume modulation This effect is like a subtle tremolo with a non periodic or semi random waveform that simulates the way different singers change note volumes as they sing The Edit Menu HARMONY Tab HUMANIZE AMOUNT You can vary the amount of humanization for the harmony voices All the styles except for the last one TIME amp PITCH were designed at middle values to allow you to add or remove effects as you see fit TIME amp PITCH was designed so you can
69. l Expression Pedal Notes When viewing the main mix screen with the expression pedal connected the VOICES or DELAY REVERB value is shown as EXPR when the pedal is assigned to HARMONY DOUBLE LEVEL or DELAY REVERB LEVEL You are still able to adjust the mix level using the respective Mix knob and this will become the maximum level when you sweep the pedal to its full position If your volume pedal continues to de calibrate or levels jump around when swept it may be dirty and need replacing The Setup Menu VLOOP Tab Overview Looping is a new feature for firmware version 1 3 The VLOOP tab offers control of new parameters required for looping After the parameter descriptions below is a discussion of how to loop with VoiceLive 2 UNDO Turning this parameter to OFF doubles the amount of looping time available with the trade off that you will not be able to undo the previous overdub With the default setting of UNDO ON you have 15 seconds of stereo looping or 30 seconds of mono Stereo and mono output is configured in the I O tab of the Setup menu LOOP FEEDBACK This helps reduce audio overload when adding new recorded audio to a loop overdubbing It does so by reducing the level of each successive loop playback The value is the multiplier of the previous playback in percent A setting of 50 would sound like an echo unit where the echoes loops taper off audibly Using VLoop VLoop allows you to create sh
70. n 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 LEAD ATTEN This controls how much your lead voice level is reduced attenuated when your voice fal threshold and the Gate closes s below the Gate 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 vo threshold it is not cut off comple ice strays below the tely If you are in a feedback prone environment loud monitors plus Shape and Compress on you can incre more A setting of O dB offers no gai ase this to reduce n reduction on your lead voice at all Settings of 30 to OFF effectively mute your voice when the Gate is on HARM ATTEN This sets the amount of attenuatio n 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 harmonized when you aren t singing and being The factory default attenuation amount of 10 dB should work well in many situations but you can further reduce the still hear harmonized instrumental c stop singing evel if you hattering when you THRESHOLD MANUAL Gate Only This parameter becomes visible when the GATE has been switched to M
71. n also vary the level of each effect in the edit abs All effect blocks except for FX Transducer and Hard Correct are always 00 wet and Rhthmic can be adjusted To store your edits press the STORE button This will show the preset naming and destination preset number display Press STORE again to save If you want to cancel press the HOME button and then load any other preset To store from a standing position hold PRESET down arrow and STEP together The LCD will show STORING briefly and your edit is stored VoiceLive 2 for the Guitarist Singer Overview Guitarists have bonus features in VoiceLive 2 In addition to sensing the guitar chords to guide harmony VoiceLive 2 offers the guitarist o Effects including compression EQ modulation and reverb dedicated to the guitar o Guitar mix to main outputs o Chromatic Tuner By this section we assume you have completed the Quick Start and have your voice set to a comfortable level in your PA or headphones Acoustic Guitar If you havent 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 Press the GUITAR FX button if it is not already lit This will a
72. n tags yourself to assist o Voicelive 2 for the Guitarist Singer in searching later o Voicelive 2 for the MIDI Keyboardist Singer The Wizard can also list the presets in alphabetical order o VoiceLive 2 for the Lead Singer when you change the Sort setting First Impressions Using The Effect On Off Switches The SHORTCUT Footswitch The Effect On Off footswitches give you the option This footswitch extends the capabilities of the current to modify the sound without changing to another preset Depending on the preset it could allow you to preset You can do so by tapping any of the 6 engage Harmony Hold set the tempo for the Delay or effects footswitches which include uMOD pronounced turn on the Choir effect The shortcut assignment for micromod DELAY REVERB HARMONY DOUBLE he current preset is clearly shown in the HOME screen AND Ts Some shortcuts require holding the footswitch e g Tapping an effect that s off will add it to the effects Harmony Hold and some require tapping it e g Delay mix and vice versa All effects have default settings so tempo Every preset has a shortcut so be sure to you can merely press their associated footswitches to familiarize yourself with them all while exploring the add them to your preset without editing When you product advance to the next preset your on off settings will be lost unless stored REVERB G SHORTCUT 9 ve HARMONY DOUBLE T e First
73. nded to enhance your experience with Voicelive 2 As well as keeping you up to date with the la and support materials Voi est TC Helicon news items ceSupport simplifies system updates preset backups and product registration Voicelive 2 does not need to be USB connected in order to access the tutorials news and other downloads Also you may view videos and other media from the included CD without connecting to the internet PC Installation I 2 3 Place the supplied VoiceSupport application CD in your computer CD drive If the install wizard does not start automatically double click the setup exe file on the CD Follow the instructions on the installation wizard Connect VoiceLive 2 when prompted VoiceSupport will run automatically when the install is complete Mac Installation Place the supplied VoiceSupport application CD in your computer CD drive Open the VoiceSupport pkg icon on the CD to start the installation Follow the prompts on the installation wizard Connecting VoiceLive 2 To A Computer After the wizard finishes connect your VoiceLive 2 and start VoiceSupport located in the Applications folder The first time you open VoiceSupport it may take a while to load as it must download all of the newest content When the application finishes loading it should display VoiceLive 2 in the top right corner and a connection icon indicating that connected was successf
74. of the parametric band PARA WIDTH Defines how narrow or wide the parametric band is to be The ends of the control range are labelled NARROW and WIDE to add meaning to the numbers in the middle of the control range The COMPRESS Tab Use the Navigate arrows to tab over to the COMPRESS tab from the EO tab Here you will find controls for the guitar compressor The default settings offer very gentle compression of peaks THRESHOLD This sets the level at and above which the amount of gain reduction compression specified by the RATIO control will occur The range is O dB not compressing any peaks to 60 dB compressing everything you play with the default being 6 dB RATIO This sets how much gain reduction you want when your guitar level goes above the threshold The range is from I 1 no gain reduction to 64 1 complete flattening of peaks also known as limiting The number on the left side of the colon symbol is how loud your guitar has to be in order to achieve a dB gain increase The default setting is 8 1 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 The Edit Menu Overview Basic e
75. on is applied to the reverb signal when a vocal is present For ducking to not be too obvious a slight reduction of 6 is best The DUCKING parameter must be set to ON for this to have any effect DUCKING TIME Ducking time sets how long it takes to ramp up the reverb level at the end of vocal phrases LEAD to REV Sets the amount of lead level sent into the Reverb block HARM to REV Sets the amount of harmony level sent into the Reverb block Harmonies must be on to feed this send DEL to REV This allows you to feed the reverb block with the effected output of the delay block The DELAY footswitch must be on to feed this send LEAD LEVEL Controls the lead dry Tone voice level when the individual effect is turned on with its respective footswitch This allows a unique wet dry mix for individual effects When multiple effects are active the lowest LEAD LEVEL value will determine the value Note that the LEAD EFFECT SENDS parameter on the PRESET tab must be set to PRE in order for any signal to get to the effect block when LEAD LEVEL is set to OFF Overview The Harmony block in VoiceLive 2 produces up to 8 harmony voices and is the home of the Choir effect MPORTANT NOTE The parameters available on the HARMONY Tab and their organization differs depending on the value of the NATURALPLAY parameter at the bottom of the tab This section begins by describing the most common NATURALPLAY harmony mode AUTO NPUT SE
76. or setting MIDI channel Check that the USB CONTROL parameter in the MIDI tab of the SETUP menu is OFF and remove the USB FAQ and Troubleshooting cable If the MIDI light does flash make sure no jack is connected to the GUITAR IN don t hear my voice only harmony and effects Make sure LEAD MUTE in the SYSTEM menu is set to OFF For any effect that is currently enabled turn its LEAD MUTE parameter to OFF to hear your lead voice when the effect is on I m not getting any sound out of VoiceLive 2 Confirm the power adapter is properly connected and power switch is in the on position Check the display meter when you sing to confirm the microphone and cable are good and that the level is set correctly Find out if your microphone needs phantom power and enable it if needed ake sure the Output level is turned up by turning one of the Mix Edit knobs on the top screen FAQ and Troubleshooting My corrected voice or harmony voice sounds out of tune t s possible that the tuning reference of the instruments you are singing with are not tuned to the default setting of A 440 You can change the default tuning reference in the I O tab of the SETUP menu My sound is distorted Press and hold the REVERB footswitch and follow the instructions for setting your mic gain f mic gain is set properly and the CLIP indicator is not blinking turn down the OUTPUT setting on the mix screen or reduce the input level on yo
77. ort layered audio recordings on the fly All analog audio inputs are recorded into the loop including Mic input vocal effects Guitar and Aux In MIDI and USB inputs are not recorded Voicelive 2 is capable of one loop with as many layers as you want Loops are erased during power off cycles Getting Ready The SHORTCUT footswitch is used to initiate the ooping features You can assign it to LOOP in individual presets or globally Your use depends on whether you require different Shortcut settings in different presets or not If you do then it s best to select a preset or presets whose effects would be useful for looping and assign heir Shortcut to LOOP This parameter is found under he PRESET tab in the Edit menu f you want looping available in all presets set the GLOBAL SHORTCUT parameter in the SYSTEM tab of he Setup menu to LOOP This will override all Shortcut The Setup Menu VLOOP Tab settings previously assigned to your presets but it can be reversed later if needed After assigning the SHORTCUT footswitch the Home display will show LOOP STOP in any presets in which it is assigned or all presets if LOOP is assigned globally Rhythmic features are disabled when Loop is assigned Using Looping All looping functions are done using one footswitch To make a new loop Assign the SHORTCUT footswitch to looping as discussed previously 2 Tap SHORTCUT once on a downbeat of your music to start recording
78. ough Voicelive 2 with the shortest possible latency inherent to the system When set to VOICE SYNC the lead voice is delayed slightly to synchronize with the processing latency of the harmony voices OUTPUT LEVEL RANGE Configures the maximum stereo analog output XLR and headphone level Set this value to MIC or LINE when connecting to mic or line level inputs on a mixer respectively This will minimize distortion and noise The 6 and 12 options raise the respective outpu evels by reducing internal headroom If you hear distortion on singing peaks when otherwise connected correctly MIC level output to a mic input LINE to a line input use a lower level output option Note that the LINE 12 option is the highest outpu evel and it is effective for increasing headphone outpu evel in loud environments GUITAR MUTE utes the guitar signal in the main outputs when no jack is connected to the GUITAR THRU jack This allows the guitar dry signal to be mixed externally The guitar signal still feeds the NATURALPLAY harmonies and tuner The Setup Menu I O Tab PAN Sets the stereo position of the dry guitar signal MIC LINE PHASE Selects between NORMAL and INVERTED to help reduce feedback in live performance This feature is intended to work with low and low mid frequency feedback tones The mic must be in a stationary position in relation to the monitor The Setup Menu MIDI Tab CHANNEL Sets t
79. pport application from the CD in your products packaging This web enabled application connects you to the latest updates tips and tricks for your VoiceLive 2 Introduction Features o Stompbox access to six effect blocks o Easy editing of all parameters o Simple effect chaining with Step feature o Control harmonies with guitar MIDI or MP3 input o Up to 8 voices of new NaturalPlay harmonies Oo ew reverb delay uMod and double o FX block for HardTune megaphone distortion o Global tone correction and guitar effects o Digital mic gain control is engaged by your feet o USB for updates back ups and audio streaming Introduction About TC Helicon About This Manual At TC Helicon we truly believe that the voice is the You ve no doubt noticed that the Table of Contents has world s most beautiful instrument We don t mean to two sections the Basics section and the Details section degrade other beautiful instruments but the singing This manual is divided into sections so that users who voice is the anthropological source for all things melodic prefer to get right into using the product can do so quickly with a minimum of detailed text Users who want to learn the detailed operation of every parameter can use the Details section 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 list
80. r level or overall guitar and vocal effects will have to be reduced REVERB STYLE The Reverb processor accurately simulates acoustic spaces around your guitar This is an entirely separate processor from the one used for the vocal processing It does however offer the same style selection but with no Style editing Use the Data Wheel to scroll down to this row and turn the Mix Edit control beneath the parameter to audition the Reverb styles There are 30 styles to choose from covering everything from tight ambience to giant arenas The factory default style is called SMOOTH PLATE REVERB LEVEL Turn the Mix Edit knob below this parameter to raise and lower the amount of Reverb on your guitar from the factory default of 30 dB UMOD STYLE Scroll down to this row and use the Mix Edit knob to change uMod Micromod style for the guitar As with Reverb this effect processor is entirely separate from the vocal uMod processor while offering the same style selection No Mod style editing is possible for guitar The factory default style MICROMOD CLONE offers a gentle stereo detune effect UMOD LEVEL Turn the Mix Edit knob below this parameter to raise or lower the amount of Mod effect on your guitar The factory default mix level is 12 dB The Global Controls Guitar FX The EQ Tab Use the Navigate arrows to tab over to the EQ tab from the GUITAR tab Here you will find a 3 band EQ featuring Low b
81. re designed to produce This tuning mode allows you to play and sing in any key without completely retuning your instrument for every chord When your harmonies are set to this mode the harmony notes produced by VoiceLive 2 will sound exactly in tune with the Equal tuned instruments you use for accompaniment Just tuning is what is known as perfect intonation between your lead voice and harmony intervals This is the tuning that occurs when singers sing a cappella or without instruments The pitches of major and minor thirds fifth intervals and others are brought into exact mathematical symmetry with your lead voice by introducing very small pitch shifts to the harmonies which overcomes the slight beating of harmonics that occurs The Edit Menu HARMONY Tab with Equal tuning mode Because of this however the harmony intervals may sound infinitesimally out of tune with your instrument Barbershop has the same tuning offsets as Just tuning mode with one difference Barbershop tuning uses your singing voice as the pitch reference where Jus intonation uses the root of the current chord played via MIDI HARMONY EQ The Harmony EQ settings are separate from the Globa TONE control This allows customizing of the EQ of the Harmony and Double voices separately from the lead For a description of the EQ controls see the Global TONE parameter description when MANUAL is ON LEAD LEVEL Controls the lead dry Tone voice level
82. re on but you still don t hear the effect make sure the sends are turned up for the effects These parameters are located on the Reverb and Delay Edit menus How do talk to my audience with no FX on Hold FX footswitch to enter Bypass Tuner mode I m using the Line input and the sound is distorted or can t hear anything The LINE input shares the same input gain as the MIC input You can use the automatic MIC GAIN setup procedure you used to set your Mic gain ensure only the LINE input is connected or you can set the gain manually in the I O tab of the System menu When switch Phantom on and off the level changes Why Because condenser microphones tend to have much higher output levels than a dynamic microphone Voicelive 2 stores different mic gain levels for when phantom power is on and off The gain you set for your condenser mic is recalled when you turn Phantom on and an alternate gain is recalled for your dynamic mic Can Use Alternate Tunings On My Guitar Alternate tunings e g drop D DADGAD etc are okay The most important notes of your chord as far as Voicelive 2 is concerned are the chord root and the third so make sure these notes are clearly voiced Your guitar can be tuned to alternate tunings as long as you are in tune with the onboard tuner Why doesn t my keyboard change the harmonies If the MIDI light is not flashing when you play your MIDI device then follow the steps f
83. rn to the automatic MIC GAIN feature to adjust the input level First Impressions How To Audition Presets Using Harmony Presets The best way to sample VoiceLive 2 s effects is to Most presets that have the HARMONY footswitch lit start with preset 1 sing and then tap the PRESET up require that you play your guitar keyboard or music footswitch to audition the next preset These factory source AUX input to arrange the harmony intervals presets contain collections of settings that affect your musically around your voice There are however voice in different ways presets where the HARMONY footswitch can be lit but that do not require musical input from you such as when the harmony intervals are unisons octaves or fixed shifts used to create doubling and special effects Holding PRESET up or down will automatically cycle in that direction When working close to the unit you can also use the DATA WHEEL to cycle through presets If you want to audition presets without a music source Finding Presets With The Wizard simply press the HARMONY footswitch to mute this Press the WIZARD button to search for presets by effect each time you load a new preset ags which are preset attributes Choosing a single tag will result in a broad search adding successive tags up to 3 total will narrow your search When you edit You can read more about using harmony in the following sections and store presets you can assig
84. rns PATH without singi p t singing When this is set to POST the captured sample will be a composite of all effects that were on when it was Note that the COWBELL and PATTERN AUDITION captured When set to PRE the sample is captured dry sounds are bussed into the Guitar audio path As such but effects can be added and removed as the sample they will not produce sound if GUITAR MUTE in the i o tab continues to loop in the Setup menu is on A side benefit is that if you d like to use the cowbell sound in performance any effects Additional Rhythmic Features you select in the Guitar FX menu will be present on the cowbell also These features help you to co ordinate the timing of The Edit Menu PRESET Tab Overview his tab contains parameters that don t pertain to the ther tabs LEAD LEVEL This allows the overall lead dry with Tone voice evel to be reduced for the current preset There are additional LEAD LEVEL parameters in the effect tabs uMOD DELAY etc which may be used to reduce lead level further but only when their respective effect is active LEAD PAN Sets where your lead voice appears in the stereo field for the current preset This can be useful when panning a Harmony O voice to one side and your Lead voice to the other LEAD EFFECT SENDS When set to PRE your voice will be sent at a fixed level to the MOD DELAY and REVERB effects regardless of whether the LEAD LEVEL setting is reduced or off
85. room level and tail Additionally a small delay can be added between the dry voice and the reverb signal that adds clarity by briefly separating the dry voice from its reverb By far the most important control for reverb is the level A single reverb patch can have a different result for the audience whether it is mixed quietly or boldly in the mix STYLE Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choose a pre programmed reverb style you like LEVEL Sets the mix level for the Reverb effect WIDTH Sets the stereo imaging of the Reverb effect 076 is mono 100 is fully stereo DECAY Sets the length of the reverb tail from lOmS to 20 seconds Note that due to the complex nature of Reverb algorithms a decay time of 4 seconds may sound quiet different from one style to the next even when the rest of the settings are identical LO COLOR HI COLOR These are preset frequency filters inserted into the Reverb feedback path that tailor the low and high frequency response and decay of the tails Values toward 50 will cut response in its respective band and a values toward 50 increase response HI FACTOR This allows you to raise or lower the level of the high band of the Reverb tail independently EARLY REFLECTIONS TAIL LEVEL These parameters allow you to attain the right balance between reflections you would hear from close surfaces EARLY REFLECTIONS with those from surfaces further away TAIL LEVEL T
86. rt duration sample looping effects known as Rhythmic Sample assignments ote 2 When SAMPLE or SAMPLE MOMENT are assigned to the SHORTCUT the footswitch should be pressed while you are singing to feed into the loop The last row offers a fun tap tempo synchronized cowbell sound and a useful pattern audition feature Using the Rhythmic features Select a Rhythmic based preset There are example Rhythm presets available via download within the VoiceSupport application if you can t find any in the factory presets 2 Set a tempo you want by holding the DELAY button for a moment then tapping 1 4 notes on Rhythmic Stutter Gender Section STYLE Here are is a small collection of pre authored Rhythmic effects Ensure that the DEPTH is greater than O and RHYTHM is ON to audition the different styles The Edit Menu RHYTHMIC Tab DEPTH Sets the intensity that the Rhythmic settings have on the Target TARGET Determines what Rhythmic modifies These include LEAD LEVEL GENDER Lead only LEAD PAN HARM LEVEL HARM PAN L H LEVEL Lead and Harmony L H PAN RHYTHM Turns the effect on and off Note that this can be assigned to the SHORTCUT button in the PRESET tab for easy access in performance DIVISION Sets how many cycles of the TYPE waveform occur during the bar or the elapsed time over a number of beats 8x 1 4 7x 1 4 6 x 1 4 4x 1 4 1 2 DOT 1 2 1 2 TRIP 1 4 TRIP 1 42 DOT 1 4 1 4 TRIP 1
87. s The range of values equals approximately how long the upwards or downwards slide will take to reach each new note Setting each voice to different values greatly assists the illusion of other singers singing with you VI to V4 SMOOTHING At low values Smoothing acts like pitch correction for the harmony voices With the voices corrected like this some Portamento is usually required to help soften note to note transitions unless a robot like effect is desired Higher values offer progressively less correction Like Portamento setting each voice with a unique value of the Smoothing parameter helps the harmonies sound more natural VI to V4 GENDER Each voice has its own timbre adjustment in the form of the GENDER control Values below O lend each voice a more masculine and deeper effect and values above 0 lend a more feminine or thinner effect The Edit Menu DOUBLE Tab LEAD LEVEL Controls the lead dry Tone voice level when the individual effect is turned on with its respective footswitch This allows a unique wet dry mix for individual effects When multiple effects are active the lowest LEAD LEVEL value will determine the value Note that the LEAD EFFECT SENDS parameter on the PRESET tab must be set to PRE in order for any signal to get to the effect block when LEAD LEVEL is set to OFF The Edit Menu FX Tab Overview The FX tab contains the edit settings for a combination of two effects o Transducer whic
88. s not facing directly into your mic as this can confuse VoiceLive 2 s pitch detection and result in poor sounding harmony voices as well Foot Control When changing prese as bring on feedback s or toggling effects with the footswitches be sure to tap and not hold them Many of the footswitches have alternate functions that are accessed by holding whi performance Harmony Contrast Your performance wil ch could cause confusion in your be more interesting to your audience when you use Harmony and Doubling to highlight song sections as opposed to using them throughout a whole song or set of songs General Usage Tips Singing Tips For Harmony The more in tune you sing the better the harmonies will sound Most harmony presets have a slight amount of pitch correction known as Smoothing on the harmonies but your pitch is still very important Connecting VoiceLive 2 To A Computer The USB Connection Connecting the supplied USB cable between VoiceLive 2 and your Mac or PC computer offers the following benefits o Audio input and output for recording processing and monitoring without a separate audio I O box o MIDI connection from your computer to VoiceLive 2 without an external MIDI interface o Easy backup and restore of preset and system settings o Simplified system updates o information and tutorial videos The VoiceSupport Application This is a web enabled appl ication inte
89. s has it s own unique Style playing it on a keyboard This mode is for people selection who want to arrange their harmony vocals exactly and have keyboard playing skills When set to NATURALPLAY SCALE Mode OTES the Harmony DOUBLING parameter KEY amp SCALE S average vie Cava This parameter and the SET KEY shortcut if assigned as such set a fixed key and scale that fits your music A IDI NOTES 4 CHAN This is the same as custom scale can also be selected where the relationship IDI NOTES mode with the difference that each of each harmony voice to a given input note can be defined of the four harmony voices has its own MIDI by you In the majority of presets the default custom scale channel This is best when you want the harmony is defined to give drone notes based on the selected key voices to have fixed pan positions and MIDI pitch EL oh P VI to V4 VOICING The voicing alternatives change in SCALE mode and The Edit Menu HARMONY Tab they are displayed in scale degree terminology They are organized lowest to highest relative to the input note MAP IN SOURCE MAP IN NOTE These allow to customize individual harmony note intervals relative to your input note and create a custom scale A custom scale is not share able with other presets until the preset is copied to another location To customize a scale pick a key and scale closest to what you want for your song Sing the note you upon which you want the harmony interval to ch
90. s that feature the harmony effect Load a preset with the HARMONY footswitch VoiceLive 2 for the MIDI Keyboardist Singer it or tap it to engage harmony in any preset Now you can play a song on your keyboard while singing and hear how the harmony voices adjust musically as you play the different chords in your song As each chord is recognized the LCD display will briefly show NP meaning NaturalPlay The factory presets that have the word Notes in their names use another form of harmony control called MIDI Notes These presets allow you to tie the pitch of the harmony voices to the exact notes you play The maximum number of notes can be 4 or 8 depending on whether Harmony Doubling is activated in the HARMONY tab of the EDIT menu MIDI Performance Tips In chords without a clear third VoiceLive 2 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 f 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 By default program change messages from your eyboard are ignored so you can change your keyboard sound without changing VoiceLive 2 s preset Your mod wheel can be used to add or remove vibrato in harmony presets Alternate Harmony
91. t delay lines XFL L and from right to left XFR L Cross feedback returns the delayed audio to the opposite side s delay line This can produce interesting stereo effects LOWCUT L LOWCUT R HICUT L HICUT R These steep highpass LOWCUT and low pass HIGHCUT filters control the bandwidth of the uMod feedback paths These are very useful for tailoring Flange effects LEAD TO UMOD Sets the amount of lead voice sent into the uMod block The Edit Menu MOD Tab HARM TO UMOD Sets the amount of harmony level sent into the uMod block The HARMONY footswitch must be on to feed his send LEAD LEVEL Controls the lead dry Tone voice level when he individual effect is turned on with its respective footswitch This allows a unique wet dry mix for individual effects When multiple effects are active the owest LEAD LEVEL value will determine the value ote that the LEAD EFFECT SENDS parameter on the PRESET tab must be set to PRE in order for any signal to get to the effect block when LEAD LEVEL is set to OFF The Edit Menu DELAY Tab Overview The delay effect is a configurable echo You can control how far apart the echoes occur Delay Time and whether the echoes fade out quickly or slowly or build on themselves In addition there are filtering and stereo controls that allow you to create many popular delay sounds Delays can be typically be categorized into the two listed categories below Short D
92. the web Connect as described for MP3 Player AUX input in the Quick Start section When you power up VoiceLive 2 it will auto recognize the AUX input as the harmony music source Choose a harmony preset and play your music source You should hear your music voice and the harmonies in your PA system or headphones Use the volume control on your music source device to adjust the balance of music to vocals You can also adjust the AUX level in the SETUP menu in the I O tab VoiceLive 2 for the Lead Singer Borrowing From Another Player If you play with a guitarist or MIDI keyboard player you can use their playing to guide the harmony voices in your VoiceLive 2 Your guitarist can connect to the GUITAR IN and THRU then to their pedalboard or amp Their guitar sound will remain the same and you can turn the harmonies on and off when you need them The only limitation is the length of cable because high impedance signals lose signal over long cable runs If this is an issue you could use a preamp out or effects loop output from the amp Alternatively you can run a MIDI cable from your keyboardist s controller to your Voicel ive 2 This has no effect on the keyboard sound and cable runs are not a problem With either solution you can co ordinate with the player to make sure they are playing complete chords where you plan to use harmony Monitor Placement Try to ensure that your keyboard amp or monitor i
93. to make such determinations on the basis of inspection Analog Inputs Connectors balanced Mic XLR Line 1 4 phone jack Guitar 1 4 phone jack Aux 1 8 stereo mini jack Input Impedance Bal Unbal Mic Input Level 0 dBFS Line Input Level 37 dBu to 22 dBu EIN Max Mic Gain Rg 150 Ohm Mic Line Input SNR Guitar Input impedance Guitar Input Level 0 dBFS Guitar Input SNR Aux Input Level OdBu A to D Conversion Analog Outputs D to A Conversion Connectors balanced Output Impedance Bal Unbal Output Range Line Mic Level Dynamic Range Frequency Response Headphone Out Mic 2 14 1 07 kOhm Line 13 6 5 kOhm 49dBu to 10dBu 37 dBu to 22 dBu 126 dBu gt 107 dB 1 MOhm 14 dBu to 4 dBu gt 104dB 2dBu 24 bit 128 x oversampling bit stream via S PDIF 16 bit via USB 110dB SNR A weighted 24 bit 128 x oversampling bit stream via S PDIF 16 bit via USB 115dB SNR A weighted XLR and 1 4 phone jack 100 50 Ohm 16 dBu OdBu gt 109 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz 0 0 3 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz 1 8 Mini stereo jack 32 Ohm 16dBu max 180mW max Digital Inputs and Outputs Connectors Formats Sample Rates EMC Complies with Class B Safety Certified to Environment Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Humidity Control Interface USB MIDI Pedal Supplementary Display Dimensions Weight External Power Supply Mains Voltage
94. ts and dry signal will be muted if a jack is connected to the GUITAR THRU Jack Press and hold any of these buttons to access their menus and make global changes Guitar FX First Impressions Activating BYPASS TUNER Mode Press and hold the FX footswitch to remove all effects from your voice except TONE when active The Tone feature remains active in BYPASS TUNER Bypass so your voice does not sound darker when switching to Bypass for speaking or singing with no effects If you have a guitar connected to the GUITAR IN its output will be muted in Bypass and the Tuner display will become active so you can tune silently Tap the FX or any other footswitch to exit Bypass mode and return to the previous display screen Changing The Mix The effects balance in VoiceLive 2 is adjusted at the factory to suit many situations The Mix Edit knobs change the levels of o the combined Harmony and Doubling voices o the combined Delay and Reverb effects o your guitar and its Guitar FX as long as GUITAR THRU jack is unused o the overall output level NOTE These adjustments are global meaning they affect all presets by the same amount With the HOME button lit turn any of the 4 MIX knobs This will present the MIX screen where you can see and adjust these levels After approximately 3 seconds the display will revert back to the HOME screen Your new balance will remain in effect each time you po
95. ul If it says Not Connected check that the USB cable is properly attached and then click the blue connection button Check the FAQs and Troubleshooting section if this is unsuccessful Also VoiceSupport is updated periodically so check that your version number shown on VoiceSupport s HOME page is current with the version shown on the TC Helicon website If a newer version is available you can download it from our website Voicelive 2 And Digital Audio Here are a few common methods of using VoiceLive 2 with a USB connected computer and an audio application DAW Capturing a full mix of your performance 2 Processing vocals from your DAW 3 Recording dry vocal and guitar tracks We assume you are familiar with configuring your audio application for input and output and that you understand connection of VoiceLive 2 s inputs and outputs Method Capturing a full mix of your performance Set Voicel ive 2 s I O parameters as such DIGITAL IN USB STEREO DIGITAL OUT FULL MIX Connect your mic and headphones to VoiceLive2 and pick a preset you like Voicelive 2 will send the fully processed sound to your DAW and you ll be able to monitor through your headphones or the analog audio outputs of Voicelive 2 In order to set Voicelive 2 s sample rate play a little bit of audio from your DAW Connecting VoiceLive 2 To A Computer before recording your vocal track Method 2 Processing vocals from your
96. ur mixer channels can t hear any Reverb or Delay Check the top level mix screen and make sure the DELAY REVERB level is turned up 2 Confirm that the REVERB and or DELAY footswitch is turned on as indicated by its footswitch light 3 Confirm that the send levels are up for the Reverb and Delay block To do this press EDIT navigate to the REVERB or DELAY tab and scroll down to the Lead and Harmony send parameters and make sure they are turned up 4 If the send levels active are for the harmony voices make sure the Harmony effect is turned on can t hear any Harmony voices Confirm that the Harmony effect is on by checking the HARMONY footswitch 2 Check the top level mix by turning one of the knobs while on the home screen Make sure the VOICES level is turned up 3 If the name of the preset has NOTES in it it s set to MIDI NOTES or MIDI NOTES 4 CH and will require you to play MIDI notes on the correct MIDI channel to produce harmonies don t hear any audio from VoiceLive 2 when using MIC in Check that the DIGITAL IN parameter in the Setup I O tab is not set to USB VOX L INST R or DIGITAL VOX L INST R 2 Check to see if there is level in the INPUT meter when singing If not check connection and run MIC GAIN setting procedure 3 It s possible LEAD MUTE is enabled globally in the Setup I O menu set it to OFF to change 4 Turn off all effects one of the effects could have
97. ut replaces the analog MIC LINE and GUITAR inputs and the MIC and GUITAR IN connections are disabled Sample rate is synchronized automatically to the incoming digital audio stream There is no sample rate adjustment in Voicel ive 2 When processing an analog input such as the MIC and sending to VoiceLive 2 s digital out sending a short bit of audio from your recording application to either Digital input will set the sample rate When DIGITAL IN is set to USB or SPDIF STEREO harmonies will follow the stereo audio coming from the selected digital input on presets where NATURALPLAY is set to AUX INPUT While the Voicelive 2 is connected via USB to your computer other applications such as your browser may not make sound through your regular sound card In this case disconnect Voicel ive 2 s USB cable DIGITAL OUT Configures the digital output between the stereo mix of VoiceLive 2 FULL MIX and separated dry outputs used for recording VOCAL amp GUITAR See the section Connecting VoiceLive 2 to a Computer for more details on recording procedures with these digital I O options LEAD MUTE Turns the lead voice off in all presets This is useful in the live sound engineer setting described above or when VoiceLive 2 or is being fed by an aux send from a mixer channel where the lead level is mixed in at the mixing console LEAD DLY When set to NONE default the lead voice is sent thr
98. w step 6 Tap STEP to accept your new step and exit Step programming mode The COUNT legend in the main display will increment by one and the STEP footswitch will light To cancel and exit Step programming mode hold STEP To delete any to remove the are automatica you want to ex Step chain you location first S single step locate the step you want n enter Step programming mode Tap SHORTCUT to delete the current step To speed Step programming all insertions and deletions y stored when you exit Step mode If periment without affecting an important can either store the preset to another teps are stored with presets and work there or perform a backup before experimenting and restore when d The Tone one Pitch and Guitar FX Buttons These three but global in that and brighter ttons apply live engineer features that are they affect all presets he TONE button makes your voice sound smoother by applying studio grade adaptive compression EQ de ess and gating We recommend that the TONE button be turned on and left active to improve your overall vocal tone First Impressions Press the PITCH button to add subtle Auto Chromatic pitch correction which helps you sing more in tune f you have a guitar connected to the GUITAR IN jack pressing the GUITAR FX button will apply effects to your guitar sound that will be heard through VoiceLive 2 s main outputs The guitar effec
99. wer up the unit until they are changed again If you want to adjust the level of a music source connected to the AUX IN you can do so with the AUX LEVEL setting in the SETUP menu under the I O tab INPUT mE GUITAR OUTPUT oT L VOICES DELAY REVERE GUITAR OUTPUT Ode Ode 0 dE 4dE Basic Editing Concepts When you want to go beyond turning effects on and off to make changes in your preset press the Edit button to explore VoiceLive 2 s editing tabs Each of the effect footswitches has a related tab you can access with the NAVIGATE left and right arrow buttons Holding the eft or right NAVIGATE buttons will jump between the uMOD and PRESET tabs f you make changes you want to keep presets can be edited and stored in place or to another location ndividual factory presets can be restored at any time from the STORE menu Once in the Edit screens you can cycle up and down to browse the rows of parameters by turning the DATA WHEEL The settings are arranged left to right so that they can be accessed by the Mix Edit knob immediately below each parameter Turn the knobs to make changes The first row of each tab contains the Style for that effect Styles speed editing by collecting a group of parameter values together If you like the sound of a First Impressions particular preset but you want a shorter reverb for example changing the Reverb style is the quickest way accomplish this You ca
100. when the individual effect is turned on with its respective footswitch This allows a unique wet dry mix for individual effects When multiple effects are active the lowest LEAD LEVEL value will determine the value The Edit Menu HARMONY Tab Note that the LEAD EFFECT SENDS parameter on the PRESET tab must be set to PRE in order for any signal to get to the effect block when LEAD LEVEL is set to OFF NATURALPLAY This parameter defines how VoiceLive 2 derives the musical information that makes the harmony voices follow your song The most common value for this is AUTO INPUT SENSE which automatically decides which of the GUITAR IN MIDI IN and AUX IN you are currently playing into so it can derive musically correct harmonies Changing the value of this parameter changes the number and organization of settings in the HARMONY tab The values are described below o AUTO INPUT SENSE Most harmony presets are based on this mode decides which of the GU AUX IN you are current musically correct harmo This mode automatically ITAR IN MIDI IN and y playing so it can derive nies from that input GUITAR This forces the current preset to look only to the GUITAR IN for musical input In the case where you have a into Voicel ive 2 this wi MIDI input for harmony MIDI This forces the c only to the MIDI IN for where you have a MIDI MIDI sequencer and guitar ll cause it to
101. y wet The amount of attenuation and attack time for the ducking to engage are set with the DUCKING AMOUNT and DUCKING TIME parameters further down in this menu DIVL DIVR When the source is set to TAP or MIDI these parameters divide the tempo into even eg 4 or jem quarter notes or syncopated sub beats e g 1 4 triplets 4 dotted notes for the left and right delays TIME L TIMER These parameters are used to display the exact delay time and to allow editing with all SOURCE settings You may set from 0 to 2500ms 2 5 seconds of delay for the left and right delay lines FEEDBACK L FEEDBACK R Re introduces a portion of the audio output signal of the Delay block back to the input to add echo repeats XFBR TOL XFBLTOR Cross feedback returns the delayed audio to the opposite side s delay line for ping pong type effects LOCUT L LOCUT R HICUT L HICUT R These steep highpass LOWCUT and low pass HIGHCUT filters control the bandwidth of the delays Applying these filters to the delays can create the feeling f space while not obscuring the main vocal signal O DUCKING AMOUNT This sets how much attenuation gain reduction is applied to the delayed signal when a vocal is present For ducking to not be too obvious a slight reduction of 6 dB is best The DUCKING parameter must be set to ON for this to have any effect DUCKING TIME Ducking time sets how long it takes to ramp up the delay
102. you have completed the Quick Start and have your voice set to a comfortable evel in your PA or headphones MIDI Hookup and Channel Selection f you haven t already connect a MIDI cable between your keyboard s MIDI out and VoiceLive 2 s MIDI IN Play a note on your keyboard and check VoiceLive 2 s display to see if the MIDI indicator lights If it doesnt set the MIDI transmit channel of your keyboard to Voicelive 2 s default or perform the following quick MIDI receive channel procedure Hold the PRESET up and SHORTCUT footswitches briefly to enter MIDI Setup Press any note on your keyboard This will automatically configure VoiceLive 2 s MIDI receive channel to match your keyboard s Tap the SHORTCUT footswitch to exit You should now see the word MIDI flash in the main display when you play your keyboard You can also set MIDI channel manually in the MIDItab of the SETUP menu MIDI IN and USB To use the MIDI IN while you have a USB cable connected press the SETUP button locate the SYSTEM tab and turn the USB CONTROL setting to OFF This will enable the MIDIIN Alternatively you may also remove the USB cable to access MIDI IN When you want to restore computer control of Voicelive 2 over USB or you want to access the VoiceSupport application s features you can turn the USB CONTROL parameter back to On MIDI Controlled Harmony Now that you ve followed the preceding section you can sample the many preset
103. you wish to edit a custom scale for HARDTUNE A custom scale is indicated by a series of dashes and circles and o Each of these symbols represents where a note is in the correction scale or not You can change the custom map by selecting a note you want to be corrected to or to jump over with the NOTE parameter and setting its ON or OFF status with the ENABLE parameter You ll see an indication of your custom scale with o representing notes that are enabled and showing notes that are disabled For example o 0 00 o o o would represent a major scale in any key the octave up note is implied by the root note The Edit Menu RHYTHMIC Tab Overview the DELAY button in your tempo Using the Rhythmic features tap tempo can control 3 Sing a sustained note or a legato melody effects on the lead voice harmonies and doubling voices 4 Press the SHORTCUT button while continuing to in time with your music The RHYTHMIC menu is i sing to enable the Rhythmic feature when required organized into three main collections of rows Some presets may have Rhythmic enabled The first two rows in this menu control the waveform ote You can re synchronize the beat of the modulation type effects aka Rhythmic Stutter and Rhythmic effect or restart the pattern each time you Rhythmic Gender press the SHORTCUT switch setting to ON However this does not apply to SAMPLE and SAMPLE MOMENT The next two rows control sho

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