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1. EDIT 1 knob ATTACK Time Sets the envelope attack time in milliseconds for harmony voices Available in Notes and Chords mode with LArcH set to Off edit screen HA3 EDIT 2 knob RELEASE TIME Sets the envelope release time for harmony voices Available in Notes and Chords mode with LArcH set to Off edit screen HA3 27 PRESET EDIT SCREENS Thickening Edit Screen A good portion of hit vocals use an effect similar to VoiceLive s thickening to add a stereo shim mer to the lead voice The parameters in this section are used to set the thickening parameters Thickening Block Diagram 0 to 25 cent _Pan Center to Full Left Instrumental Shift i Detune amount ux Lead Voice Spread Parameter gt Output 0 to 25 cent d Instrumental Shift V gt TE Detune amount Pan Center to Full Right VOICE m VOICE um VOICE3 mm VOICELIVE moro ma Input Clip HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS EROGRANLDSFEAG T I 4 VOICE 4 mm i ELS E i HARMONY mm P THICKEN ma E L EFFECTS mm PITCH CORR mm GLOBALFX EDITED MiciNT LIMIT mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES m EDIT 1 knob THICKEN LeveL This sets the volume level of the lead voice thickening effect Setting this between 6dB to OdB gives a thick doubling or unmodulated chorus effect Setting it between 10dB to 20dB gives the lead voice a subtle shimmer and creates a stereo quali
2. VO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN mg mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm This screen is used to select a vibrato style for each harmony voice The vibrato styles are based on the analysis of real singers When changing the style number the corresponding style descrip tion is displayed on the screen Available Vibrato styles include Ballad Tremolo RandVib random depth and speed vibrato Broadway Excited Folk Fast Warm Discreet Head RandTrem random tremolo Soprano EDIT 1 knob Voice 1 VIBRATO STYLE EDIT 2 knob Voice 2 VIBRATO STYLE EDIT 3 knob Voice 3 VIBRATO STYLE EDIT 4 knob Voice 4 ViBRATO STYLE VOICELIVE ma Out Clip ERA DISTAT VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS cp ON mmis VOCE2 VOICE3 mm lz VOICE 4 um j ER irit HARMONY m d gt THICKEN mu E i y dod EFFECTS m h PITCH CORR ms VO GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN uir mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES 888 This screen is used adjust the amount of vibrato applied to each voice EDIT 1 knob Voice 1 VIBRATO AMOUNT EDIT 2 knob Voice 2 ViBRATO AMOUNT EDIT 3 knob Voice 3 ViBRATO AMOUNT EDIT 4 knob Voice 4 VIBRATO AMOUNT 24 PRESET EDIT SCREENS VOICELIVE mm Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mm Input Clip I r v G GLOBALFX EDITED Custom Voice MAPPING Scale Mode Only Scale mode harmonies are basi
3. H1Vd OIANY LNIWNYLSNI ISNISSADOUd ANOWYVH 13431 ANOWUMH l l 32IOAANOWMHVH TIVNAIAIANI ewion I NOLLO 3HNO2 HOLId 4 4 31V5 dWOo 5 md um Oa aNvg e wen 102 MOT 9o a i NDDIHL IN3 2IH L A371 LOdNI LNIWNYLSNI av OLfdNI LNIWNYLSNI amp O 1ndNI 3NI1 vai 7I3A311 LOdNI INT 35 l s 3nduj 3 4 uan 3 navi IT NIV5 DIW 9Ar19210A QUICKSTART Getting Sound From VoiceLive VoiceLive Performance Features What you Need VoiceLive is designed to be the ultimate vocal VoiceLive performance product Foot control of vocal Power cable effects and harmonies can be achieved at vari microphone ous levels On a basic level in preset mode microphone cable you can scroll through presets On an two 1 4 cables advanced level in Song mode you can arrange PAor powered speakers preset sequences with markers within the sequence Along with this sophistication of pre 1 Connect the power cable to VoiceLive and Set access is the preset assignable USER to your mains power VoiceLive does not button and EXPRESSION pedal control have a power switch so just plugging it in will turn it on Step Through Orientation Most of this orientation may be done with the 2 Connect the two 1 4 cables to the Left and footswitch buttons Plug in a microphone and Right output of VoiceLive into two inputs on put it o
4. Select what song you would like to clear using the EDIT2 knob Press ENTER to clear the song VOICELIVE ma Out Clip VOICE mm VOICE2 wm VOICE3 mw wm 0 PPM dB F lux mco EE VOICEA mm m 5 4 i HARMONY mm wm 10 THICKEN mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mm Input Clip ERSGRANLDISHLAS mm 20 EFFECTS mm LE ausu Ul VO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN mg mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES m VoiceLive will operate properly with most passive volume and expression pedals Use this screen to calibrate the pedal To calibrate the expression pedal follow instructions on the VoiceLive LCD display With the expression pedal plugged into the Pedal Input on the back of VoiceLive press the DATA wheel for ENTER Move the pedal to its MAXIMUM position Press the data wheel for ENTER Move the pedal to it s MINIMUM position Press the data wheel for ENTER 44 SONG MODE Song mode is VoiceLive s advanced performance mode You can pre program a sequence of presets scale root or chord changes and step forwards and backwards through them as needed as well as jump directly to song steps in Direct mode all with foot control There is a maximum of 50 songs in VoiceLive with 30 steps each This feature also allows you to use a single preset throughout a sequence of footswitch steps while changing only the musical information the chord root and type information in chordal presets and t
5. III III VOICE2 mm VOICE3 mm IIT 4 ES mur mr I s as dama EFFECTS 88 ERE i Dus PITCH CORR mm VO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN mg mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm This screen sets the default expression pedal function In the preset if the expression pedal is set to default then the expression pedal assignment will come from this screen EDIT 1 knob EXPRESSION PEDAL DEFAULT AssiGN Assigns a parameter to be controlled by the Expression pedal Options include Lead Lev Full Control of lead voice level from off to maximum Harm Lev Full Control of harmony voice level from off to maximum Harm Lev Narrow Control of harmony voice level Foot control range 10dB to 0 dB with respect to other settings Inst Lev Full Control instrument output level not input gain from off to max This is especially useful for performers with multiple instruments to mute the instrument signal when changing instruments Inst Lev Narrow Control of instrument output level not input gain from 10dB to max The maximum position will give the same output level as set by the instrument level knob Voices 1 2 Lev Control of Voice 1 and Voice 2 level from off to the maximum level set in the preset Voices 3 4 Lev Control of Voice 3 and Voice 4 level from off to the maximum level set in the preset EX Level Control of Reverb and Delay level from off to the maximum in the preset Reverb l
6. GLOBALFX EDITED EDIT 1 knob EDIT 2 knob VOICELIVE HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mn I LJ GLOBALFX EDITED EDIT 1 knob EDIT 2 knob VOICELIVE HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS ut Clip mn I LI GLOBALFX EDITED EDIT 1 knob EDIT 2 knob EDIT 3 knob VOICE mm VOICE mm mm Out Clip mm Input Clip PROGRAM DISPLAY q Linein Lil d iz MICIN unir EFFECTS PITCH CORR mm VO mm HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm mm MIDI IN PRESET LINE INPUT GAIN Sets the input gain for the line input Low Cur FILTER 12dB per octave Cutoff frequency options include 60 80 and 120 Hz VOICE mm VOICE 2 mm VOICE 3 mm ma Out Clip mainte PROGRAM DISPLAY VOICE4 um HARMONY mm THICKEN mm EFFECTS mm PITCH CORR mm mm 0 PPM dB m5 vo mm MIC IN uit wm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm Dry LEAD ON Orr Setting this to off removes the dry lead audio from the signal path This is useful when using the signal from the Mic Pass Thru connector for the dry lead signal or when you want 100 wet output Dry INSTRUMENT ON OFF Setting this to off removes the dry instrument audio from the signal path This allows VoiceLive to have an effects send from a mixing board feed the instrument input ut Clip VOICE mm PROGRAM DISPLAY VOICE mm m 20 um 40 MICIN mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD Limit
7. 127 Fx Harmony2Delay Send 56 0 127 Fx Delay2Reverb Send 58 0 127 Fx Reverb Type 59 0 13 Fx Delay Type 63 0 2 Fx Delay Feedback 45 0 127 Fx Bypass 112 0 63 Off 64 127 On Correction Scale Root 47 0 11 Correction Scale Type 48 0 5 Correction Window 49 0 127 Correction Attack 54 0 127 Correction Amount 57 0 127 Correction Scale LSB 117 Special Correction Scale MSB 118 Special Correction Bypass 113 0 63 Off 64 127 On Setup Dry Level 13 0 127 Setup Lead Pan 10 0 127 Setup Dynamics 60 0 3 Setup EQ Routing 44 0 3 Setup Low Shelf Freq 80 0 127 Setup Low Cut Boost 81 0 127 Setup High Shelf Freq 82 0 127 Setup High Cut Boost 83 0 127 Setup Mid Freq 50 0 127 Setup Mid Boost 85 0 127 Setup EQ Q 86 0 127 Setup Output Level 87 0 127 Sustain Pedal 64 0 63 Off 64 127 On Affects performance in Notes and Chord Mode presets only Note Wherever applicable the entire CC range is mapped to a given parameter 55 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION Parameter Name CC Range Description Instrument Pan 102 0 127 Instrument Level 103 0 127 Bypass All 114 0 63 Off 64 127 On Harmony Hold CC Control 119 0 63 Off 64 127 On Global Vibrato 1 0 127 Song Step Forward 115 gt 63 Song Steps Forward Song Step Backward 9 gt 63 Song Steps Backward Special CC s same for both the Advanced and GM Basic CC maps Pitch Correction Scale Notes 118 MSB OnnopqrsB Binary Pattern nn reserved 0 71 C note on p 1 C Db note on q 1
8. 12dB 38 GLOBAL EDIT SCREENS VOICELIVE VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION i EFFECTS E VOICE wm VOICE3 mm w VOICE 4 mm j k HARMONY mE THICKEN mm E TL T L EFFECTS R PITCH CORR mm e e oo vO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN unir mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mms This screen provides control of the fully parametric mid EQ EDIT 1 knob CENTER FREQUENCY Hz EDIT 2 knob Cut Boost dB EDIT 3 knob Qe This value is equal to the center frequency of the filter divided by the difference between the upper and lower 3dB frequencies The higher the Q value the nar rower the filter Range is 1 wide band to 10 very narrow band VOICELIVE ma Out Cli VOICE mm HARMONY I CORRECTION EFFECTS Wm input Clp PROGRAM DISPLAY VOICE2 mm Hf U GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN LIMIT mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mw EDIT 1 knob Bypass Mope This sets how VoiceLive operates in Bypass as controlled by the footswitches The Stage setting disables all effect processing except for EQ and Dynamics processing The Studio setting removes all effect processing including the EQ and Dynamics and outputs the lead signal at full level to the digital output EDIT 2 knob DeLay Compensation Turning this on delays the lead vocal so that the humanized harmony voices will be randomly ahead and behind the lead voice Turning this off results in minimum lead
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10. Mode LCD screen looks like this Top Line Song number and name S2 Step number P39c Preset number and harmony type s Scale c Chord n notes blank shift G DOM7 Root and Scale Chord type for Scale and Chord presets Press the NEXT button 6 a few times while watching the LCD display Notice that the preset number does not change All that changes between steps is the Root and chord type This is how this song was programmed Press the REWIND button 3 to rewind back to the first step 12 Press the EDIT KEY to enter the Song Step edit mode Turn EDIT 1 knob to select the step you would like to edit or turn to to a new step Turn EDIT 2 knob to change the preset number Turn EDIT 3 knob to change the Chord Scale root Turn EDIT 4 knob to change the Chord Scale type Turn the DATA WHEEL to select Insert or Delete step functions Once the desired function is selected press the DATA WHEEL to enter To save changes press the STORE KEY You may then change the Song name and number Press the STORE KEY again to complete the store operation Press the EDIT KEY to go back to the Song Step mode Song Direct Mode Song Direct mode is a powerful way to use Voicelive You can use it in a number of different ways 2 Sequence the chords of the intro Verse chorus and bridge of a song into the steps of a Song Go into Song Direct mode and assign the beginning of each section to the
11. Notes mode The value corresponds to octaves 43 VOICELIVE i VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS a VOICE2 mm VOICE3 um T VOICE 4 mm 5 d gt HARMONY mE THICKEN mm lI Y y 11 EFFECTS mm al e PITCH CORR mm e VO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN unit um MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES m In this screen the selection from the first knob affects the options in the second knob Once you have made the selections you must press the DATA WHEEL for ENTER to perform the function EDIT 1 knob selection MIDI Dump Allows SYSEX MIDI dumping of all or individual presets all or individual Songs and the VoiceLive IO Util parameters Select what you would like to backup using the EDIT2 KNOB Pn denotes a preset Sn Denotes a song Setup is all IO Util parameters f connected to another VoiceLive simply press ENTER and your data will be copied to the other VoiceLive f connected to a sequencer arm it to record SYSEX data and press ENTER on VoiceLive EDIT 1 knob selection RestorePre Restore a Preset to its Factory setting Select what preset you would like to restore using the EDIT2 knob Press ENTER to restore the preset EDIT 1 knob selection RestoreSng Restore a Song to its Factory setting Select what Song you would like to restore using the EDIT2 knob Press ENTER to restore the song EDIT 1 knob selection ClearSng Clear song steps and name of a song
12. direct buttons Put 4 presets with Root and Scale chord types customized for your music in a song and have direct access to them There are 50 songs in VoiceLive so in doing this you could effectively create 50 groups of presets for efficient live recall Press the SONG SELECT button 1 to change the Song number Press the NEXT button 5 to advance to an empty song Press the STEP button 2 Press the EDIT KEY to enter edit mode Turn EDIT 1 and EDIT 2 knobs to assign presets 62 64 68 and 69 to steps 1 4 QUICKSTART Press the EDIT KEY to exit edit mode Hold the DIRECT button 3 to enter Song Direct mode Press the NEXT button 5 to advance to Step 2 Hold the DIRECT B button 2 to assign Step 2 to this button Please note that when new songs are created all direct buttons are assigned to Step 1 Press the NEXT button 5 to advance to Step 3 Hold the DIRECT C button 3 to assign Step 3 to this button Press the NEXT button 5 to advance to Step 4 Hold the DIRECT D button 4 to assign Step 4 to this button Talk into the mic and press the different DIRECT buttons DIRECT A to DIRECT D Hear yourself take on different personalities To store the Song to the current location press the STORE key edit the Song name using EDIT knobs 1 and 2 and press STORE again Song Voice Mode Song Voice mode makes it possible to toggle each individual harmony voice on off This
13. lt Feedback Amount L Delay b L gt Delay Feedback Amount lt A Delay Left Delay Send HF Damping gt Left Delay Out EDIT 2 knob EDIT 3 knob gt Right Delay Out DELAY FEEDBACK AMOUNT Increasing this value causes the delayed signal to take longer to fade out HIGH FREQUENCY DAMPING Setting this to flat results in a delayed signal that is iden tical to the input Setting this to 16k0 and lower values will simulate tape and is often preferred since it results in a delay that enhances the input without being dis tracting 3l PRESET EDIT SCREENS VOICELIVE i VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION i EFFECTS ea SNe VOICE2 um VOICE 3 mm VOICE 4 um HARMONY mm THICKEN mm EFFECTS m PITCH CORR mm VO GLOBALFX EDITED MIcIN unit mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm EDIT 1 knob DeLay Time ms This can be used to manually set a delay time or adjust a delay time entered through tap tempo EDIT 2 knob DeLay Time Source Select from the following TAP the delay time comes from the last tapped tempo MCLK the delay time comes from incoming MIDI clock messages Manual the delay time always comes from the value manually entered into the preset using the DATA WHEEL EDIT 3 knob Beats PER Division This sets the ratio between the Tapped or MIDI tempo and the resulting delay Note Tempos can only be tapped
14. otherwise have missed Just Tuning Why just tuning Although probably no one has ever told you this your expensive grand piano and the last great keyboard synthesizer you bought are both out of tune Well to be fair we can say instead that they are all tuned using Equal temperament Harmony is the result of the interaction between differing audible frequencies in ratios that sound musical to the human ear A more exact ratio leads to a nicer sounding harmony Most instruments like the piano are absolute by nature Each note on the keyboard has a specific pitch Equal temperament tuning uses approximations for the tuning of each note allowing us to easily alter the key of our music without re tuning our instruments Unfortunately with this method of tuning we lose the ability to create perfect ratios when playing multiple notes As a result much of the harmony you ve heard in music has not been perfectly in tune The bottom line is that the approximations of equal temperament tuning are practical but imperfect Using VoiceLive with Just tuning will definitely expand your musical horizons Just tuning is practice of maintaining the rela tive and perfect ratios between pitches cre ating perfect harmonies Singers especially when performing multi part a cappella music base their tuning on how it harmonically sounds with other singers The natural tendency and what sounds best is to sing with just tuning so th
15. preset access Hold the DIRECT button 3 when in preset mode until the LED Text Display flashes DRCT putting VoiceLive into Preset Direct Mode Press any of the top 4 buttons to access the programmed direct presets Press the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons to find a different preset that you like making sure that the second character on the LED text display is a Press and hold one of the top 4 buttons until the second character on the LED text display changes to A B C or D You have now programmed that button to recall the desired preset Note Holding a direct button when a preset has not been changed is not displayed will cause VoiceLive to leave direct mode Here s how the LED text Display works in Preset Direct Mode P 33 For example FL P This character indicates that the unit is in Preset Mode A A B C D means that a Direct preset is recalled Holding one of the top 4 buttons when this is displayed will put VoiceLive into a new mode If this character is a then a Direct preset is not recalled Holding one of the 4 top buttons will pro gram this button to recall the current pre set 23 This indicates the current preset number Find a preset that you like with lots of harmony using the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons Hold one of the top four buttons to program a DIRECT button to this preset Preset Voice Mode Hold the VOICE button 4 until the LED text display flashes VGIC to
16. put VoiceLive into Preset Voice Mode Press any of the top four buttons to enable disable a harmony voice Notice that the Vocal 1 4 LEDs to the right of the LCD display indicate which Voices are enabled Press the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons to change presets Notice that the enabled disabled combination of voices do not change as you change presets Here s how the LED text Display works in Preset Voice Mode pal baba For example Ves P This character indicates that the unit is in Preset Mode V This indicates that VoiceLive is in Voice Mode 23 This indicates the current preset number QUICKSTART Editing Song Step Sequences Song Mode This is VoiceLive s advanced performance mode Song mode allows you to 1 Create sequences of presets that you can step through 2 Modify the Scale Root and Type as well as Chord Root and Type of the presets within the Song steps 3 Set up to 4 markers in each song with Direct Song mode Follow the steps below to learn the capabilities of Song Mode Hold the SONG button 2 until the LED text display flashes SONG to enter Song mode Press the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 5 6 to change the Song number to Song 3 Amazing Grace Press the STEP button 2 to allow stepping through the song Sing into your microphone You ll hear chord based harmonies Press the NEXT button 6 to advance the step of the song Hear how the harmonies change The Song
17. voice processing delay VOICELIVE VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS OA SSS VOICE mm VOICE 3 mm i m VOICE 4 um j 1 a LIT HARMONY mE E THICKEN mm I l 4 1 EFFECTS m m PITCH CORR m a 10 GLOBALFX EDITED MICINI LIMIT mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES wm EDIT 1 knob Output RANGE This sets the output level range The value displayed reflects the maximum output level at that setting Please note that some mixers will produce a distorted signal with a 20dB signal If you experience distortion and neither the input nor output clip lights are flashing on VoiceLive try adjusting this parameter to a lower setting EDIT 2 knob Output Mone Stereo or Mono VOICELIVE m Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION i EFFECTS vy GEEERUEERAM o a a A VOICE mm VOICE 3 mm 1 1 MEE S R Ineut ESSE LJ L iz Analog ee vO GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN Limit mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mms EDIT 1 knob Sample RATE 44 1kHz 48kHz or External EDIT 2 knob INPUT SELECT Analog or Digital 39 GLOBAL EDIT SCREENS Utility Edit Screens Utility screens provide parameters that relate to the general setup of VoiceLive All Utility parame ters are global in that they are not stored with the preset and are applicable to all presets VOICELIVE mm Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mm InputClip PROGRAMDISPLAY
18. 0 PPM dB i ue Ek EN mm 20 TETE EFFECTS mm mm 40 k u Li PITCH CORR 88 VO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN unit mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm EDIT 1 knob Revers Low Co or Sets the low frequency characteristics of the reverb EDIT 2 knob Revers HIGH Co or Sets the high frequency characteristics of the reverb 30 PRESET EDIT SCREENS VOICELIVE HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN unir mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD VOICE um VOICE m VOICE3 mm VOICE4 um HARMONY mE THICKEN mm EFFECTS PITCH CORR mm vo mm UTILITIES mm EDIT 1 knob DeLay Type Available parameters include DualMono Delay maintains the panning of the harmony lead and instrument sends PingPong1 sends the lead voice to the left effect send only and the instrument to the right send only This results in the lead voice s first delay coming out of the right side and the instrument s coming out the left PingPong2 sends the lead voice to the sends depending on the lead pan setting Dual Mono Delay Left Delay Send _ HF Damping x Right Delay Send HF Damping Left Delay Out PingPong1 and PingPong2 Delay Right Delay Send j HF Damping Y Right Delay Out m Delay 2
19. 17 7 EFFECTS mm m ox PITCH CORR 88 e VO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN uir mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES 88 Compressor Gate settings The compressor in VoiceLive has auto makeup gain to a maximum of 20dB This means that the volume level of the signal will be increased for most volume levels of input with the compressor enabled EDIT 1 knob CompRESSOR THRESHOLD LEVEL Range 0 to 60 dB EDIT 2 knob Compression Ratio Range 1 1 1 to 64 1 EDIT 3 knob Gate THRESHOLD Range Off 70dB to 0dB VOICELIVE ma Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION I EFFECTS input MMC snm VOICE3 mm I ims 11 VOICE 4 mm j L x ii HARMONY mm i THICKEN mm J 1 73 Be T EFFECTS m i f PITCH CORR mr e a VO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN mg Wm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT __SCALE CHORD UTILITIES 888 VoiceLive has an extremely flexible 3 band EQ with frequency adjustable high and low shelving bands and a fully parametric band with Q frequency and Gain controls This screen gives control over the high and low shelf EQ parameters EDIT 1 knob Low SHELF FREQUENCY Hz Range 80Hz to 16kHz EDIT 2 knob Low SHELF Cur Boosr dB Range Cut 12 dB per octave low cut at the Low SHELF FREQUENCY 12dB to 12dB EDIT 3 knob HIGH SHELF FREQUENCY Hz Range 80Hz 16kHz EDIT 4 knob HIGH SHELF Cur Boosr dB Range Cut 12 dB per octave high cut at the HIGH SHELF FREQUENCY 12dB to
20. 5 6 will change the preset number Ferrie Above is an example of the Preset Scale Key Change and Preset Scale Type Change LED Displays When in Preset Mode you can get here either by pressing the KEY button 2 or SCALE button 3 when on a Scale type preset This allows changing the scale key and type respectively with the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 5 6 Not applicable for other preset types H Indicates the key of the scale of the current preset indicates a sharp Tie Scale type M indicates Major m indicates minor VoiceLive has 3 major scales 3 minor scales and one custom scale type PRESET MODE Preset Direct Mode To enter Preset Direct Mode you need to be in Preset Mode then hold the DIRECT button 3 until the LED text display flashes DRCT PAC i Above is an example of a Preset Direct Mode Display P This character means that you are in Preset Mode H This character means that you are in Direct Submode as well as If it s an A B C or D then a Direct Preset has been recalled by pressing one of correspon ding top four DIRECT buttons In this case holding one of the top four buttons will change the mode of VoiceLive operation If it s a then holding one of the top four buttons will program the current preset to the button held ei This indicates the current preset number Pressing the DIRECT buttons 1 4 will jump to the direct programmed preset Holding the DIRECT buttons 1 4 will either pro
21. 89 336 EEC Issued in Risskov 03 2004 Mads Peter L beck Chief Executive Officer ES A TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Table of Contents 3 Text Conventions 3 Introduction 5 Front Panel u us awa sua vedad 6 Rear Panel 8 Signal Flow 9 QUICKSTART Getting Sound From the VoiceLive 10 Step Through Orientation 10 Preset Mode 10 Song Mode 12 User Button 13 Expression Pedal 13 Making Scale Harmony Presets Work With Your Song 14 Basic Editing Concepts 15 BASIC OPERATION Live Setup with Guitar 16 Live Setup with a MIDI Keyboard 16 BASIC OPERATION Parameter Types 17 Preset Types 17 MIDI Backup and Restore 17 Global Effect Preset Setting 17 Store Operation 18 PRESET MODE Preset Mode 19 Preset Direct Mode 20 Preset Voice Mode 20 PRESET EDIT SCREENS Configuration Screens 21 Voice Edit Screens 22 Harmony Edit Screens 26 Thicken Edit Screen 28 Effects Edit Screens 30 Pitch Correct Edit Screens 33 Special Edit Screens 35 GLOBAL EDIT SCREENS IO Edit Screens 37 Utilit
22. CE 4 mm H yt EE EP HARMONY mew pea aoe THICKEN mu T tab EFFECTS mm mos PITCH CORR mm e VO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN mg mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES m EDIT 1 knob HUMANIZATION STYLE This is a list of humanization style types Each Style is made up from a combination of Flextime based time randomization pitch randomization and pitch inflection scoop Available styles include ScpDwn Scoop down ScpUp Scoop up ScpTim Scoop and time randomization Loose Scoop time and pitch randomization Timing time randomization TimPit time and pitch randomization Pitch pitch randomization Detune static detuning of the voices to a maximum of 25 25 19 19 cents for the Voices 1 4 respectively EDIT 2 knob HuMANIZATION AMOUNT Sets the amount that the humanization style is applied to the harmony voices EDIT 3 knob Swooruisc Sets how much of the input pitch nuance is applied to the output voice Not applicable to Shift presets 26 PRESET EDIT SCREENS VOICELIVE VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION i EFFECTS E o VOICE wm VOICE3 mm i POCT VOICE 4 um ac I LAPT HARMONY mm 4 THICKEN mm d Tag EFFECTS m M VM PITCH CORR mm E vO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN umit mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm EDIT 1 knob Leap Voice ENABLE DISABLE This allows turning the lead voice On or Off This is useful in cr
23. CKSTART 7 Turn the DATA WHEEL to see what you can control and edit Each edit screen has up to 4 parameters that may be edited using the 4 EDIT knobs The IO and Utilities LEDs indicate that you are on pages that are Global and are not stored in Basic Editing Concepts We have designed the factory presets in VoiceLive to be useful in many musical situa tions but we know you will want to make your own presets that suit your taste and your needs If you follow this tour you will quickly learn the basics of editing VoiceLive presets the preset 8 To save a preset at this point Turning the voices and effects on and off Press the STORE key within a preset and exploring their editable Select the store to location using EDIT 4 parameters knob 1 Hold the PRESET button 1 to enter preset mode 2 Go back to Preset 1 using either the DATA WHEEL or the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 5 6 2 Notice that each of the eight VOICES amp EFFECTS LEDs is lit on the front panel When the LED is lit the voice or effect described by the LED is on 3 Press the EDIT KEY and turn the DATA Edit the preset name using EDIT knobs 1 and 2 Press STORE again 9 Press the EDIT key once to return to the top menu 10 If you did not save the preset in step 8 pressing the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 5 6 or turning the DATA WHEEL will change the preset and to undo your edits WHEEL until the LED TEXT DISPLAY reads CFG2 This is the sec
24. D FOR MODE HOLD FOR SUBMODE rect HARMONY MUTE sO HOLD For BYPASS NEXT gt 6 USER 76 FOOTSWITCH BUTTONS These allow control of VoiceLive in performance These buttons are multifunctional depending on the operating mode of the unit lt PREVIOUS The best place to get an understanding of how these work is the Performance Mode Step Through Orientation in the Quickstart section of the manual For a detailed reference of the operation of the footswitches in the various modes see the Footswitch Function Tables near the end of the manual Please note that the footswitch buttons have multiple functions To ensure clarity in this manual they will often be referred to as switches 1 through 8 as numbered above REAR PANEL SS es BALANCED OUTPUTS DIGITAL I O LINE INSTRUMENT LEFT RIGHT IN THRU OUT IN DI e e co i M j BALANCED INPUT MIC INPUT MIC LEVEL 20dB SELECT LIMITER 48V OG O cooo US Patent 8488464 8531471 5301 259 5567901 51641 926 45 306 198 6046395 Balanced Inputs 1 4 TRS Line You have the option of selecting this or the mic input as the main Vocal input Instrument This input is designed to accept output from the following sources Mixer Guitar pedal or preamp Active pickups guitar with batteries Acoustic guitar with preamp Keyboard output Plugging an electric or acoustic guitar with passive pickup
25. D note on r 1 D Eb note on s 1 E note on 117 LSB OtuvwxyzB t 1 F note on u 1 F Gb note on v 1 G note on w 1 G Ab note on x 1 A note on y 1 A Bb note on z 1 B note on o z 0 notes off use 0 value Example Custom Scale Message Intended scale C E G B based on a C root This scale may be transposed by changing the scale root Message CC 118 00010001 converts to 17 decimal CC 117 00010001 17 decimal MIDI Program Change messages result in a Song Number change while in Song mode In any other mode MIDI Program Change messages result in a Preset Number change Note To capture the desired correction scale you can change the correction scale from the front panel and record the MIDI out Other MIDI messages Program Change Received Transmitted In Song mode only received changes Song number Pitch Bend Received Controls Pitch or Gender assignable in preset Note On Off Received 56 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Digital Inputs and Outputs B Connectors RCA Phono S PDIF Formats S PDIF 24 bit EIAJ CP 340 IEC 958 Sample Rates 44 1 kHz 48 kHz Frequency Response DIO DC to 22 23 9 kHz 0 01 dB 44 1 48 kHz Analog Inputs Connectors balanced Mic XLR Line phone jack Impedance Balanced Unbalanced Mic 3 6 1 8 kOhm Line 21 13 kOhm Line Input Level 0 dBFS 24 dBu to 0 dBu Line Sensitivity 12 dB headroom 12 dBu to 12 dBu Instrument Input Level 0 dBFS 18 dBu to 12 dBu Instrument Se
26. DI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mw EDIT 1 knob Used to select Reverb or Delay send parameters EDIT 2 knob LEAD voice SEND LeveL in dB EDIT 3 knob HARMONY Voices SEND LEVEL in dB EDIT 4 knob INSTRUMENT SEND LEVEL in dB 29 PRESET EDIT SCREENS VOICELIVE ma Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mm Input Clip PROGRAM DISPUAT VOICE2 mm VOICE3 mm mm 0 PPM dB 1 VOICE 4 mm 5 eb JF HARMONY mm 10 THICKEN mm 20 EFFECTS e um 40 PITCH CORR vo GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN mg mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm EDIT 1 knob Revers TYPE Available reverb models include Living Room Chamber Club Classic Hall Concert Hall Large Cathedral Vocal Studio Vocal Room Vocal Hall Ambience Live Reverb Plate 1 Plate 2 Spring Note Changing the REVERB TYPE will affect the other reverb parameters VOICELIVE ma Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mm P EG n 2 m VolcE 3 FX EM E VO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN LIMIT mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm EDIT 1 knob Revers Decay TIME EDIT 2 knob REVERB PRE DELAY TIME Sets the delay time prior to the reverb output Large rooms typically have reverbs that start much later than the initial signal VOICELIVE ma Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS EI Input Clip ERS GR EHD SHY wm
27. DIN Pedal 1 4 phone jack Supplementary Display 4 character LED 16x 2 character LCD Dimensions 11 1 x 10 25 x 3 5 282 x 260 x 89 mm Weight 5 9 Ib 2 7 kg Mains Voltage 100 to 240 VAC 50 to 60 Hz auto select Power Consumption lt 15 W Warranty Parts and labor 1 year x Due to continuous development these specifications are subject to change without notice 57
28. ILITIES mm This screen is used to set the voicing of the four harmony voices Voicing means setting the harmo ny voice note pitch with respect to the lead note pitch This parameter means different things for dif ferent harmony modes The harmony mode of the preset is shown on the LCD display EDIT 1 knob EDIT 2 knob EDIT 3 knob EDIT 4 knob VoicE 1 VoiciNG VoicE 2 VoiciNG VoicE 3 VoiciNG VoicE 4 VoiciNG Note the EDIT knobs will have no effect with Notes mode presets 22 PRESET EDIT SCREENS Voicing in Scale Mode Presets In this mode the VoiciNG parameter specifies the interval of the harmony note with respect to the input note in the scale The range of values goes from 8 which is 2 octaves below the input note to 8 which is two octaves above the input note For example a setting of 3 will result in a har mony voice a third above the input voice related to the current scale Voicing in Chord Mode Presets In this mode the VoiciNG parameter specifies the relation of the harmony note to the input note with respect to the current chord In chord mode presets the harmony voices are always notes in the chord A setting of Up1 will result in the harmony voice being the next note above the input voice in the chord For example if the Chord was C Major and the input note was an E an Up1 setting would produce a G harmony voice just above the input E The range of values goes from Dn5 Down 5 to U unison to Up6 Add
29. IT 1 knob EDIT 2 knob EDIT 3 knob EDIT 4 knob Voice 1 note mapped to input Voice 2 note mapped to input Voice 3 note mapped to input Voice 4 note mapped to input 25 PRESET EDIT SCREENS Harmony Edit Screens The parameters in this section are used to set up basic harmony functions and adjust the overall sound of the harmonies VOICELIVE ma Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS ut Clip PROGRAM DISPLAY VOICE2 mm 4 Emi d HARMONY mm THICKEN mm I S EFFECTS mm x PITCH CORR mm e VO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN mg mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES m EDIT 1 knob HARMONY LEVEL Sets overall harmony level EDIT 2 knob Harmony Mope Available settings Scale Chord e Shift Notes Note Changing the harmony mode will reset individual voice and harmony settings that are not applicable across different harmony modes EDIT 3 knob Root In Scale presets this sets the scale root In Chord presets this sets the chord root EDIT 4 knob ScALE CHoRD In Scale presets this sets the scale type In Chord presets this sets the chord type The Chord will change if incoming MIDI notes are detected as rep resenting Valid chords See the Harmony and Tuning section of the manual for a full description of each harmony mode VOICELIVE ma Out Clip VOICE mm eee PROGRAM DISPLAY HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mm Input Clip VOICE mm VOICE3 m L nmn i VOI
30. Level Voice 2 Voicing Voice 2 Gender Voice 2 Vibrato Style Voice 2 Vibrato Amount Voice 2 Pan Voice 2 Active Voice 3 Level Voice 3 Voicing Voice 3 Gender Voice 3 Vibrato Style Voice 3 Vibrato Amount Voice 3 Pan Voice 3 Active Voice 4 Level Voice 4 Voicing Voice 4 Gender Voice 4 Vibrato Style Voice 4 Vibrato Amount Voice 4 Pan Voice 4 Active Harmony Root Harmony Type Harmony Level Harmony Smooth Harmony Style Amount Harmony Portamento Harmony Notes Attack Harmony Notes Release Harmony Latch Harmony Bypass Thickening Bypass 54 46 14 29 89 90 16 106 17 18 19 61 62 20 107 21 22 23 88 15 24 108 25 26 27 3 105 28 109 30 31 12 116 41 84 73 72 35 110 111 0 127 Harmony Mode Dependent 0 127 0 Number of Styles 0 100 0 127 0 63 Off 64 127 On 0 127 Harmony Mode Dependent 0 127 0 Number of Styles 0 100 0 127 0 63 Off 64 127 On 0 127 Harmony Mode Dependent 0 127 0 Number of Styles 0 100 0 127 0 63 Off 64 127 On 0 127 Harmony Mode Dependent 0 127 0 Number of Styles 0 100 0 127 0 63 Off 64 127 On 0 11 Harmony Mode Dependent 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 127 0 63 Off 64 127 On 0 63 Off 64 127 On 0 127 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION Parameter Name CC Range Description Fx Level 91 0 127 Fx Rev Delay Mix 51 0 127 Fx Lead2Reverb Send 52 0 127 Fx Harmony2Reverb Send 53 0 127 Fx Lead2Delay Send 55 0
31. ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES m MIDI Fitter With this parameter you can cause VoiceLive to ignore certain MIDI commands and data P ignore program changes SX ignore system exclusive messages e P SX ignore program changes and system exclusive messages Notes Four CHANNEL MODE Off All harmony voices in Notes Mode will respond to the base MIDI channel On In Notes mode Harmony Voice 1 responds to the base MIDI channel Harmony Voice 2 responds to the base MIDI channel 1 etc All Harmony Voices will respond to unique MIDI channels BEND RANGE Sets in semitones the range that MIDI pitch bend information will alter the pitch of the harmonies in Notes mode VOICE mm VOICE mm VOICE3 um VOICE 4 um HARMONY mm THICKEN mm mm Out Clip CE PROGRAM DISPLAY y n unir mm 20 40 EFFECTS mm Aun um Hiec PITCH CORR mm c yo mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES m The parameters on this screen allow keyboard players to specify a range of the keyboard to control Notes and Chord mode harmonies For example using a combination of the three controls below a user can set the top octave of the keyboard to play notes mode harmonies EDIT 1 knob EDIT 2 knob EDIT 3 knob MIDI SPLir ABovE BELow Sets whether notes above or below the split point are used for notes mode and chord mode presets MIDI Spuit Point MIDI TRANsPOSE This transposes the harmony voices in
32. The scale may be modified by moving the cursor to an o or with EDIT 1 KNOB and turning the EDIT KNOB 2 to change its state Modified custom scales are stored with presets EDIT 1 knob Selects note EDIT 2 knob Adds or removes note from the correction scale selects either o or 34 PRESET EDIT SCREENS Special Edit Screens The USER button and EXPRESSION pedal functions in VoiceLive give the performer foot control of their sound They allow you to be your own sound man while you are performing These special screens allow you to setup the USER button and EXPRESSION pedal in the preset VOICELIVE HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mm Input Clip GLOBALFX EDITED MciNI mm Out Clip VOICE mm PROGRAM DISPLAY VOICE mm VOICE 3 mam VOICE 4 um FE iF EFFECTS mm PITCH CORR mm VO mm Limit mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mmm EDIT 1 knob ExPRESSION PEDAL AssIGN Assigns a parameter to be controlled by the Expression pedal Options include Off This setting disables the operation of the expression pedal Lead Lev Full Control of lead voice level from off to maximum Harm Lev Full Control of harmony voice level from off to maximum Harm Lev Narrow Control of harmony voice level Foot control range 10dB to 0 dB with respect to other settings Inst Lev Full Control instrument output level not input gain from off to max This is especially useful for pe
33. UTILITIES mw LEAD Voice PANNING This setting pans the lead voice INSTRUMENT PANNING This setting pans the instrument SYSTEM TUNING REFERENCE This sets the overall tuning reference with respect to A 440 37 GLOBAL EDIT SCREENS VOICELIVE ma Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mm lnputClp PROGRAMDISPLAY III VOICE mm VOICE3 mm VOICE 4 mm D n HARMONY mm THICKEN mm H 2 EFFECTS mm um 40 i PITCH CORR mm VO mm GLOBAL FX sj MIC mi LIMIT wm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm VoiceLive has EQ and dynamics processing optimized for vocals This screen and the following provide parameters for setting up the EQ and dynamics processing EDIT 1 knob Dynamic Processinc AssicN This allows assigning of dynamic processing com pressor and gate to the lead voice harmony voices both lead and harmony voices or neither Hint assigning only to the lead voice with a medium compressor setting threshold 15dB ratio 2 1 keeps the lead voice a consistent volume but keeps harmony levels following the singers level This gives control of harmony levels with mic technique EDIT 2 knob EQ AssicN This allows assigning of the three band EQ to the lead voice harmony voices both lead and harmony voices or neither VOICELIVE ma Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS Mn nem VOICE3 mm T VOICE 4 um j 2 I Lic inst HARMONY mm 4 THICKEN mu E 2
34. V CEE 7 page VII SR section 107 2 D1 IEC 83 page C4 BS 1363 of 1984 Specification for 13A fused plugs and switched and unswitched socket outlets This equipment should be installed near the socket outlet and disconnection of the device should be easily accessible To completely disconnect from AC mains disconnect the power supply cord from the AC receptable The mains plug of the power supply shall remain readily operable Do not install in a confined space Do not open the unit risk of electric shock inside Caution You are cautioned that any change or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment Service There are no user serviceable parts inside All service must be performed by qualified personnel IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS EMC EMI This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television re
35. a single one above Root C Chord Type Maj Voicing Up1 HARMONY AND TUNING Black Lead amp Grey Harmony You might have noticed that each harmony note can cover more than one input note or that each input note doesn t necessarily have a unique harmony note For instance C and D both have E as the 3rd above E and F share G and so on This gives a more stepped sound to the harmony as the changes are both greater in magnitude and less frequent than when using other harmony methods shift mode for example The benefit of this method is that it is very easy to integrate vocal har monies into your songs if you already know their chord progressions The following lists the chords available with respect to the root of C Maj C E G Maj6 C E G A Maj C E G B Maj7sus4 C F G B Min C Eb G Min6 C Eb G A Min7 C Eb G Bb Min7b5 C Eb Gb Bb Dim C Eb Gb Dim7 C Eb Gb Bbb equiv to A Dom7 C E G Bb Dom7b5 C E Gb Bb Aug C E G Aug C E G Bb Sus C F G Sus2 C D G Sus7 C F G Bb Scale Scalic mode Harmonies use key and scale information to create musically correct diatonic harmonies Most popular music uses a single scale so you usually only have to input the information at the beginning of your song Scalic har monies are more dynamic than the chordal harmonies because there are unique harmony notes for each input note The subsequent illustration shows the harmony notes for the C major
36. at beating is mini mized One of the goals in barbershop quartet singing is to strive for just relative intonation so that a sub frequency is audible Achieving this goal results in what barbershop fans often describe as the coveted ring and lock sound In barbershop music it is the lead singer s responsibility to try to sing the melody as close to the tuning of a piano equal temperament as possible The other singers must then tune their harmonies to the melody using just rela tive intonation VoiceLive is able to do this in both the Just and Barbershop tuning modes Barbershop differs from Just tuning in Chordal mode Just tuning will use the root of the chord for the tuning reference while Barbershop tun ing uses the input notes as the tuning refer ence For this reason it is better to use Barbershop in an a cappella situation and Just when playing with other instruments because Just tuning sounds more in tune with the other instruments that most likely have equal tem perament tuning Our best advice is to experiment and use your ears 51 74 LLI l lt Z o U Z m LL I U 2 oO O LL peBueuo si apow eu esiweujo e si ejdsip G37 eui Jo Jejoe1euo puooes y ueuw peulureJ amp oJd eje suonnq 1581id y ssed qun ssed g uonounj peurjep Jesf 4eseJg jueuleJou jeedey 2eseJg jueueJoeq jeedey S89I0A uouueH lnuun MNN uonoun peuyep Jesi HijeseJgd jueueJou S 1d jueuie
37. at you are singing in the right key Hold the PRESET button 1 to put VoiceLive into preset mode While singing ahhh into VoiceLive find a preset with the word Scale in the second line having only one or two VOCAL LEDs lit Choose one that has a general sound to the harmonies that you would like for the song Press the KEY button 2 followed by the NEXT button to set the key of the Song Press the SCALE button 3 followed by the NEXT button 6 to set the scale type of the song to either M1 if the song is in a major key or m1 if the song is in a minor key Play a chord or a starting note on your instrument to ensure that you are going to sing in the right key and try singing the song into VoiceLive f the harmonies don t sound right try a different Scale type number 1 2 or 3 by pressing the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 5 6 Remember to stick with M if your song is in a major key and m if your song is in a minor key If they still don t sound right press the KEY button 2 followed by the PREVIOUS button 5 five times to set the key to a 5th above the key of the song If they still don t sound right press the SCALE button 3 followed by the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 5 6 to select a different scale type 14 Finally if they still don t sound right press the KEY button 2 followed by the PREVIOUS button 5 two times to set the key to a 4th above the key of the song then try changi
38. be used regardless of the current preset effect settings The Global FX LED DOT is lit when active If you store the current preset while a Global Effect is active the current preset data will be stored to the selected preset number but any changes to the effect data which come from the Global preset will be stored to the global preset All 99 presets shipped with VoiceLive can be modified or overwritten You can always restore a preset to its factory default in the global edit screen UT8 VoiceLive is always ready to receive MIDI System Exclusive Dumps Simply connect MIDI Out from the device you are dumping from to the MIDI In on VoiceLive and send the SysEx dump at any time STORE OPERATION Pressing the STORE key on VoiceLive allows storing the current Preset or Song or IO and Util Global System Parameters VOICELIVE T VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS Input uM VOICE2 um VOICE3 mm G TMD E a 1 EFFECTS PITCH CORR mm VO GLOBALFX EDITED MIcIN mg mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES m Above is an example of the store screen after editing a preset and pressing store VoiceLive keeps track of the last thing you changed Pressing the STORE button again will store the preset to the current location For example if the last thing you changed was a Global parameter under the IO and UTIL edit screens the LCD display would show At this
39. cally pitch maps For each input note in a scale you can define a resulting harmony note VoiceLive has 3 major and 3 minor scale pitch maps for all scale roots and intervals The Custom voicing feature allows you to PROGRAM DISPLAY VOICE mm VOICE 3 mm mi mm 0 PPMdB icd T VOICE4 mm d I gt r HARMONY mE THICKEN mm 4 fr EFFECTS mm PITCH CORR mm VO mm MICIN unir mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm create your own pitch maps For example you could define a pitch map so that a C input produces an E output and a D input produces an A output A good way to work with custom voicing is as fol lows For a given harmony voice select the scale root type HA1 edit screen and interval V23 edit screen that most closely matches the desired voicing Come back to this edit screen press ENTER the DATA WHEEL and turn the DATA WHEEL TO select the input note that requires a different harmony note Turn the EDIT KNOB that corresponds to the harmony voice that needs remapping Select various other input notes by turning the DATA WHEEL and remap using the EDIT KNOBS as desired Press ENTER to exit custom map editing The custom map can be transposed under the Harmony Edit page 1 by changing the ScALE Roor Pressing ENTER activates custom map editing Pressing ENTER again exits custom map editing DATA WHEEL Change input note for map editing ED
40. cents When VoiceLive tries to determine which target note you are clos est to it uses this parameter For example if the set of correction notes includes C D E F G A B C major and you are singing a very sharp D 80 cents sharp the window dictates whether you should be corrected to D or not at all If the window was set to 80 or more cents the D would be corrected to the D 33 PRESET EDIT SCREENS because it falls within the window If the window was less than 80 cents no correc tion would take place Your input pitch must fall within the window around one of the supplied correction notes if it is to be corrected at all This allows you to natu rally inflect your vocals and slide between notes while cleaning up the pitches as you get fairly close to them A setting of 100 cents or larger will cause correction to be on continuously when using the scale C Major as 200 cents is the largest inter val between any two notes EDIT 2 knob ArrAcK Once the target correction pitch has been identified by VoiceLive it begins to shift the pitch of your vocal at a rate determined by this parameter A setting of 99 gives the fastest setting which instantaneously pulls your vocal in tune an effect that can be useful for some types of music Settings between 16 and 40 give the most natural results EDIT 3 knob Amount Scales the amount of automatic correction applied to the input voice The range is 096 to 10096 However 096 does
41. ception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on The user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help For the customers in Canada This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe B est conforme la norme NMB 003 du Canada Ye sqa Of Conformity UN TC Electronic A S Sindalsvej 34 8240 Risskov Denmark hereby declares on own responsibility that following products VoiceLive Harmony Correction and Effects Processor that is covered by this certificate and marked with CE label conforms with following standards EN 60065 Safety requirements for mains IEC 60065 operated electronic and related apparatus for household and similar general use Product family standard for audio video audio visual and entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use Part 1 Emission Product family standard for audio video audio visual and entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use Part 2 Immunity EN 55103 1 EN 55103 2 With reference to regulations in following directives 73 23 EEC
42. crophones requiring phantom power you have the option of using the phantom power from VoiceLive or the mixing console Please note that using both the mixing console phantom power through this connector and VoiceLive phantom power will result in too much power to the microphone Mic Input Mic Connector Balanced microphone input MIC LEVEL Knob This controls the input gain of the mic input 20dB This attenuates the input by 20dB to handle high output condenser microphones and the occasional really loud singers with dynamic microphones MIC IN SELECT Button This selects the microphone for the Vocal input When not pressed VoiceLive defaults to the Line input LIMITER Button This enables the VOS optical limiter on the mic input 48V This enables 48 V phantom power on the mic input Never plug single ended unbalanced microphones or instruments or signal processors balanced or unbalanced into the mic input if 48V phantom power is on Note Optimal connection to balanced equipment is achieved using balanced cables However if your equipment is NOT balanced you will generally have no problems z O l L lt Z O V aas 3ndino peyia p aiaq s 3ndul e3 8iq Ano LHS O zl Ano 1431 O lt i E via 1ndino Yed eusis 094335 lt used euis ouo lt 3utod Suttutuns 1 S193443 4 Z Am Z S123443 ued
43. e the harmony and effect components of a preset VOICELIVE HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS f 1 mm Out Clip wm Input Clip CFG GLOBALFX EDITED MIC IN uit mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD VOICE mm VOICE um VOICE 3 um VOICE 4 um HARMONY mt THICKEN mm EFFECTS PITCH CORR mam vO mm UTILITIES mm These parameters allow enabling disabling of Harmony Thickening Effects and Pitch correction audio components The Voices and Effects LEDs will reflect the settings of this page EDIT 1 knob EDIT 2 knob EDIT 3 knob EDIT 4 knob VOICELIVE HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS ENABLE DISABLE HARMONY VOICES ENABLE DISABLE LEAD VOICE THICKENING ENABLE DISABLE EFFEcTs Reverb and Delay ENABLE DISABLE PITCH CORRECTION ma Out Clip Wm input Clp EE GLOBALFX EDITED MIC IN uit mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE PROGRAM DISPLAY ROOT _SCALE CHORD VOICE m VOICE2 mm VOICE3 mm VOICE 4 um HARMONY mmi THICKEN mm EFFECTS mm PITCH CORR mm vO mm UTILITIES mt These parameters allow enabling disabling of individual harmony voices Voices and Effects LEDs will reflect the settings of this page EDIT 1 knob EDIT 2 knob EDIT 3 knob EDIT 4 knob ENABLE DISABLE VOICE 1 ENABLE DISABLE VOICE 2 ENABLE DISABLE VOICE 3 ENABLE DISABLE VOICE 4 21 PRESET EDIT SCREENS Voice Edit Screens VoiceLive can create up to 4 harmony voices The parameters in
44. eating presets where you want to hear harmony voices only EDIT 2 knob Tuninc Mopes This gives the option of either Equal temperament Just intonation or Barbershop tuning modes See the Harmony and Tuning section of the manual for a full description of each tuning mode EDIT 3 knob LarcH Mope On or Off When enabled in Chord mode the last chord played remains active after the notes have been released from the MIDI keyboard When enabled in Notes mode the harmony voices will only respond to MIDI note input when the number of notes being played equals the harmony voices enabled This ensures logical voice assignment when voices change When Latch is On the envelope parameters Attack and Release are not applicable VOICELIVE ma Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS ut Clip Cl ipp HARMONY um THICKEN mm I J n s EFFECTS mm PROGRAM DISPLAY VOICE 2 um PITCH CORR mm VO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MiCIN LIMIT mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm EDIT 1 knob PORTAMENTO The time in milliseconds to reach a target note when a harmony voice changes pitch EDIT 2 knob AssiaN PrrcHBEND WHEEL Allows assignment of the pitch bend wheel to the harmo ny voice pitch or gender VOICELIVE ma Out Cli VOICE m HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mci PROGRAM DISPLAY VOICE 2 mm vO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN md mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES m
45. evel Control of reverb level from off to the maximum level set in the preset Delay Level Control of delay level from off to the maximum level set in the preset Vibrato Controls the vibrato intensity from minimum to maximum Smoothing Control of the smoothing parameter from 0 to 100 Voicing Mirror Controls voicing of the harmonies see edit screen V03 At minimum expression pedal position the voicing is as in the preset at center position the voicing is unison and at full position the voicing is the programmed interval on the opposite side of unison The is useful for creative applications With Shift mode presets you can use this to create extreme voice shift special effects With Chord mode presets you can create voice arpeggiator like effects Gender mirror Control of the four voice gender settings see edit screen UJ At minimum expression pedal position the gender is as in the preset eg 12 at center position the gender is 0 no format shifting applied and at full position the gender is minus the programmed interval eg 12 Pan mirror Control of the four voice pan settings At minimum expression pedal position the panning is as in the preset eg R45 at center position all pan settings are C center and at full position the pan setting is minus the programmed interval eg L45 40 GLOBAL EDIT SCREENS Off This setting disables the operation of the expression pedal PROGRAM DISPLAY VOICELIVE m
46. evel using the edit knobs on the front panel Press the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 5 6 shown above to change the preset number 8 Push on the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 5 6 or turn the DATA WHEEL to try out the Select preset Number 11 which is a Scale different presets type preset 10 QUICKSTART Press the USER Button You will now hear the Telephone Voice effect This preset has the USER button setup to do this function make sure you try singing into the mic to hear what s going on Press the HARMONY MUTE button 8 to turn off the harmonies Press the USER button and then the HARMONY MUTE button to enable the harmonies and disable the Telephone Voice effect Hold the HOLD FOR BYPASS BUTTON 8 to bypass all effects on VoiceLive Hold the HOLD FOR BYPASS BUTTON 8 again to enable effects in VoiceLive Press the KEY button 2 followed by the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons to change the key of the harmony scale Press the SCALE button 3 followed by the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons to change the scale type Press the PRESET SELECT 1 button followed by the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons to change the preset number Note Key and Scale may only be changed with scale type presets Pressing the KEY 2 and SCALE buttons when on anything other than a Scale preset will have no effect Preset Direct Mode Preset Direct Mode makes the top buttons on Voicelive respond like radio station buttons on a car radio for
47. gram the current preset to that Direct Button when the second LED character is a or change the mode of operation of VoiceLive PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 5 6 changes the preset When this happens the second character on the LED display changes to a indicating that a DIRECT button may be programmed Preset Voice Mode To enter Preset Voice Mode you need to first be in Preset Mode then hold the VOICE button 4 until the LED text display flashes VOL PVC i Above is an example of a Preset Voice Display P This character means that you are in Preset Mode U This character means that you are in Voice Submode E This indicates the current preset number Pressing the VOICE buttons 1 4 will enable disable the individual harmony voices Holding the VOICE buttons 1 4 will change the mode of operation of VoiceLive Pressing the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 5 6 changes the preset number The enabled dis abled combinations of voices are maintained as presets are changed 20 PRESET EDIT SCREENS Pressing the EDIT key while in Preset Mode gives access to the edit parameters Turning the data wheel scrolls through the edit screens Each edit screen has up to four parameters that may be adjusted with the EDIT knobs This section of the manual goes screen by screen to describe the parameters in VoiceLive To leave the edit screens press the EDIT key Configuration Screens The parameters in this section are used to enable disabl
48. he key and scale information in scalic presets To enter Song Mode hold the SONG button 2 until the LED text display flashes SONG Song Mode LCD Screen The LCD display above is an example of a Song mode screen Here s what it all means Top Line Song number and name 82 Step number P53s Preset number and harmony type s Scale c Chord n notes blank shift C Maj2 Root and Scale chord type for scale and chord mode presets To access the Song Edit screen press the EDIT key while in Song Mode Song Edit Mode LCD Screen The LCD display above is an example of a Song edit screen Here s what it all means Sng33 Song number Step INS Song Edit Function This is selectable by turning the data wheel and is executed by pressing the data wheel ENTER 21 Step number Change the step number using the EDIT 1 knob P53s Preset number and harmony type s Scale c Chord n notes blank shift The preset number may be edited using the EDIT 2 knob CH Scale Chord Root for scale and chord mode presets This may be changed using the EDIT 3 knob Maj2 Scale Chord Type for scale and chord mode presets This may be changed using the EDIT 4 knob 45 Song Edit Functions Turn the data wheel to select between the following two Song Edit Functions inserts a copy of the current step deletes the current step Press ENTER to execute the function Once you have created a Song remember to pres
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50. ies preset data from one of the 99 stored presets into the current preset As you change the current preset the underlying stored presets are not affected until you choose to store the current preset back to a stored preset When dumping and receiving presets via MIDI data is dumped from and received to stored presets The current preset remains untouched MIDI Backup and Restore VoiceLive allows MIDI dumping of all or individual presets all or individual songs and VoiceLive global parameters Connect the VoiceLive MIDI Out to MIDI In on either another VoiceLive or an external MIDI device Enter the edit menu by pressing the EDIT key and scroll to the edit screen UTB Turn EDIT 1 knob to select the MIDI Dump function Select what you would like to backup using the EDIT 2 knob Pn indicates a preset Sm indicates a song and Setup indicates all global parameters f connected to another VoiceLive simply press ENTER and your data will be copied to the other VoiceLive f connected to a sequencer arm it to record SYSEX data and press ENTER on VoiceLive It is possible to directly receive and dump from the current preset Refer to the SYSEX MIDI documentation available on www tc helicon com All presets may be restored to their factory default from edit screen UTB Global Effect Preset Setting If you select a preset for the GLBFx parameter in the edit menu edit screen UT3 its effect settings will
51. in with the USER button The USER button must be set up to do this See edit screens UBTN and UTe 32 PRESET EDIT SCREENS Pitch Correction Edit Screens VoiceLive will listen to the pitch of your voice compare it to the selected correction scale and then apply pitch correction in real time The amount of correction applied is governed by the various amount and timing settings In order to correct the pitch of a vocal VoiceLive needs three pieces of information It needs to know what pitch you are singing it needs to know what pitch you would like to be singing and it needs to know how perfectly you would like to be singing it The first piece of information is deter mined automatically by VoiceLive as you sing using voice trained pitch detection algorithms The second piece is supplied by you in the form of a set of possible target correction notes VoiceLive looks at the set of supplied notes listens to your vocal and determines which note you are closest to at any given time Depending on how you ve configured the correction settings VoiceLive will either subtly nudge your pitch or aggressively force it to match the target note Pitch correcting your lead voice not only makes for great sounding lead vocals it can also benefit your harmonies pitch correction is applied prior to harmony voice generation VOICELIVE mm Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS ite ee SSS VOICE2 mm ERIT VOICE3 wm y m T lm VOICE 4 mm L
52. is useful for building up voices during a chorus Hold the VOICE button 4 until the LED text display flashes VOC to enter the Voices Submode Note that if you changed Song steps with the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 5 6 prior to holding this button or any of the top four buttons the second character on the LCD display will show and the current step would then be programmed to that DIRECT button The second character on the LED display must read A B C or D to allow changing to another mode Press any of the upper 4 buttons to turn on and off individual voices Press the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 5 6 to change the Song step Note that the enabled disabled combinations of voices do not change while changing steps This is really handy when you want to increase the number of harmony voices for a later part of a song USER Button In every preset you have the option of either assigning a unique function to the USER but ton or setting the USER button to Default edit screen UBTN When set to Default the USER button is assigned to the setting in the global edit screen UTE Most factory presets in VoiceLive have the USER button set to default unless the USER button is integral to the pre set If you like to sustain your harmonies then you may want to set the default USER button to Harmony Hold If you perform songs where there are short phrases of harmonies rather than having to press the HARMONY MUTE button at the sta
53. is is because your song doesn t hit any of the scale s altered notes A melody centered around the fifth of the scale such as B in the key of E highlights the differences between the scales Try the Sha Lala Lala La Tee Daa chorus of Van Morrison s Brown Eyed Girl key E scale major 3rd above voicing with each major scale to hear the audible difference between them For the minor scales Santana s Evil Ways key G scale minor 3rd above voicing highlights the differences between the three minor scales The following table illustrates the third and fifth above for a given input note to illustrate the dif ferences between the six different scales nc means no change in that the harmony voice will simply keep its previous pitch until the lead voice pitch changes to a non nc note 49 HARMONY AND TUNING Diatonic and Chromatic We ve described scalic and chordal harmonies as diatonic and shift harmonies as chromatic but what do those words mean Look at a piano keyboard Between middle C and the next C there are twelve keys 7 white keys and 5 black keys Each of those keys are pitched one semitone apart for a total of you guessed it 12 semitones The chro matic scale uses all twelve semitone notes opposed to the diatonic scales Thus there is only one chromatic scale but 12 each of the major minor etc diatonic scales C major C major D major etc Most of us have grown up hearing the traditi
54. ith the cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally or has been dropped A The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the product Warning Voltage To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock do not expose this equipment to dripping or splashing and ensure that no objects filled with liquids such as vases are placed on the equipment This apparatus must be earthed Use a three wire grounding type line cord like the one supplied with the product Be advised that different operating voltages require the use of different types of line cord and attachment plugs Check the voltage in your area and use the correct type See table below Line plug according to standard 110 125V UL817 and CSA C222 no 42 220 230
55. itional values are Rt1 and Rt2 which give the decoded chord root as the harmony voice and Bs1 and Bs2 bass voicing which give the lowest MIDI note received Rt2 and Bs2 are the higher pitch root and bass settings Voicing in Shift Mode Presets In this mode the voices are shifted relative to the input note The values range from 24 semitones to 24 semitones shifted relative to the input note creating parallel harmonies Voicing Notes Mode Presets In this mode a MIDI keyboard needs to be connected On this screen you will see the currently decoded MIDI note for the selected voice VOICELIVE mm Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mm Input Clip PROGRAM OBEN VOICE2 mm VOICE3 m man Gender m THICKEN mm lI ci Fi EFFECTS mm PITCH CORR mm vo mm GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN unir mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm This screen is used to shift the formant often called gender of the Harmony Voices Use it to alter the character of the voice ranging from 50 a big person with a deep voice to 0 no change to 50 mice alien sound EDIT 1 knob EDIT 2 knob EDIT 3 knob EDIT 4 knob Voice 1 GENDER VOICE 2 GENDER VOICE 3 GENDER VoicE 4 GENDER 23 PRESET EDIT SCREENS VOICELIVE mm Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS Wm Input Clip FROGRAM DISPUAT VOICE2 mm VOICE 3 mm Ur 5 Uibstele Ballad MESE E EFFECTS PITCH CORR mm Vu
56. m Se eee PROGRAM DISPLAY HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mm Input Clip VO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN mg mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm EDIT 1 knob MIDI CHANNEL Sets the base MIDI Send and Receive channel EDIT 2 knob System Excuusive ID This parameter sets the MIDI system exclusive ID for VoiceLive VOICELIVE ma Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mm P M D p VOICE3 mw mm 0 PPM dB 7 1 1 VOICE 4 um os i oi HARMONY m d THICKEN mm EFFECTS mm 40 PITCH CORR mm L l VO m GLOBALFX EDITED MIcIN mg mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm EDIT 1 knob MIDI CC CoNTRoL On sends and responds to MIDI CC messages Off MIDI CC messages not sent or responded to EDIT 2 knob GLoBAL CHoRD Options are as follows On The last MIDI detected chord type and root is retained when switching through chordal presets Off The chord type and root is always taken from the preset recalled 42 GLOBAL EDIT SCREENS VOICELIVE HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS IIT L I GLOBALFX EDITED EDIT 1 knob EDIT 2 knob EDIT 3 knob VOICELIVE HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS P IIT L I GLOBALFX EDITED ma Out Clip mm Input Clip VOICE mm VOICE mm VOICE 3 um VOICE 4 um HARMONY mEi THICKEN mm EFFECTS PITCH CORR mm PROGRAM DISPLAY b s VO mm MICIN unir mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE
57. m Out Clip VOICE m HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mm Input Clip IIT LI GLOBALFX EDITED VOICE 2 mm VOICE3 mm 9 ia EFFECTS um 40 k PITCH CORR mm VO MICIN Limit mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm This screen sets the default USER button function In the preset if the USER button is set to default then the USER button assignment will come from this screen EDIT 1 knob User BUTTON DEFAULT AssiGN Assigns a parameter to be controlled by the User Button Options include Harmony Hold Not Latching For a complete description of Harmony Hold see the Harmony and Tuning section of the manual Tap Tempo The LED Displays TAP the flashes the tempo Please note that this setting will only have an effect on presets where the delay time source is set to TAP see edit screen FX Tap tempo will be maintained in VoiceLive through preset changes If multiple presets are used in a song with a given tempo the delay time only needs to be tapped in once EX Override This controls turning on and off the Reverb and Delay effects RevSend Override Mutes and un mutes the Reverb sends DlySend Override Mutes and un mutes the Delay sends Bypass Toggle this is for people who do not like having to hold the harmony BYPASS button for bypass and would like to do it with a fast click Harmony Override Control of Reverb and Delay level from off to the maximum i
58. n a stand to free up your hands to hold your PA or powered speakers this manual Try going through this procedure singing into the microphone as you go and 3 With the MIC LEVEL knob and the OUT jamming with VoiceLive Often during this ori PUT knob at minimum fully counter clock entation we give background to how certain wise connect one end of your microphone things are set up This often means referring cable to your microphone Plug the other to edit screens These edit screens can end into the MIC input of VoiceLive accessed by pressing the EDIT button and turning the DATA WHEEL 4 Engage the microphone and limiter Switches on the back panel the limiter Preset Mode Switch will make it easier to set the levels If your microphone requires phantom power engage the phantom power switch on the back panel This is VoiceLive s basic performance mode On power up VoiceLive is in Preset Mode 5 While singing into the microphone increase the microphone volume using the MIC IN knob until the level meters on the display are fluctuating above 20dB but never to the red with clipping If the level from the microphone is always too high engage the E 20dB Pad switch on the back panel 2 3 36 rhe 7 With your PA or speaker level at a nominal setting sing through the microphone adjust M pis m E ing the Lead Harmony Effects and 50 eo 76 80 Output l
59. n the limiter is enabled which indicates clipping of initial transients and does not severely degrade audio performance 6 OUTPUT CLIP LED Indicates an internal DSP overflow Reduce the overall level of the harmony voices and vocal effects to correct this condition MIDI IN LED Indicates valid incoming MIDI information LCD TEXT DISPLAY Displays top level preset information preset mode detailed preset information preset edit screens system configuration I O and utility edit screens Song data Song mode and any important status messages or user alerts Voices LEDs 1 4 Indicates On Off status of individual harmony voices All 4 green LEDs flash to indicate Harmony Mute as a result of the HARMONY MUTE HOLD FOR BYPASS button pressed Red Voice Effect LEDs These indicate the effects that are enabled for a preset All 4 red LEDs flash to indicate that Voicelive is in Bypass mode as a result of holding the HARMONY MUTE HOLD FOR BYPASS button HARMONY LED Indicates On Off status of overall harmony THICKEN LED Indicates On Off status of lead voice thickening EFFECTS LED Indicates On Off status of Reverb and Delay PITCH CORRECT LED Indicates On Off status of pitch correction VO LED Indicates that you are on an IO parameter edit screen UTILITIES LED Indicates that you are on a Utility parameter edit screen LEVEL EDIT KNOBS In performance modes these are used to adjust audi
60. n the preset PtchCor Override Pitch Correction Enable Disable Thicken Override Enable disable thickening RoboVoice Enables pitch correction and overrides Window Attack and Amount parameters to their maximum values which creates the Cher effect TeleVoice All Takes over the EQ parameters to make the voice sound telephone like Affects the lead and harmony voices TeleVoice Harm Takes over the EQ parameters to make the harmony voices sound telephone like Effects the harmony voices only Momentary Harm Harmonies are enabled only while this button is held 4l GLOBAL EDIT SCREENS VOICELIVE mm Out Cp VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mm input Clp PROGRAM DISPLAY VOICE 2 mm VOICE3 mm mm 0 PPM dB L 1 VOICE 4 mm LOS FP HARMONY mm 10 THICKEN mm mm 20 HE EFFECTS m um 40 PITCH CORR am LU l VO GLOBALFX EDITED m ciN LIMIT mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm EDIT 1 knob GLoBAL ErrEcrs PRESET SELECT This makes the effect parameters of the chosen preset global for all recalled presets and Song steps EDIT 2 knob VIBRATO CoNrRoL This sets whether the vibrato follows the onset and attack of the model Boost or is instantaneous Manual The Mod Wheel on most keyboards controls the vibrato in both modes boosting the preset value in the Boost setting and starting from a value of 0 in the Manual Setting VOICELIVE ma Out Clip VOICE m
61. nd Delay effects RevSend Override Mutes and un mutes the Reverb sends DlySend Override Mutes and un mutes the Delay sends Bypass Toggle this is for people who do not like having to hold the harmony BYPASS button for bypass and would like to do it with a fast click Harmony Override Similar to pressing the harmony BYPASS button except that this button can turn on harmonies from a preset that has them stored as off PtchCor Override Pitch Correction Enable Disable Thicken Override Enable disable thickening RoboVoice Enables pitch correction and overrides Window Attack and Amount parameters to their maximum values which creates the Cher effect TeleVoice All Takes over the EQ parameters to make the voice sound telephone like Affects the lead and harmony voices TeleVoice Harm Takes over the EQ parameters to make the harmony voices sound telephone like Effects the harmony voices only Momentary Harm Harmonies are enabled only while this button is held Default UT2 With this setting the USER button will default to settings in the T8 edit screen 36 GLOBAL EDIT SCREENS IO Edit Screens IO edit screens provide parameters that relate to general audio settings All IO parameters are global in that they are not stored with the preset and are applicable to all presets Press the STORE Key to save IO parameters after editing VOICELIVE HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mn I LJ
62. ng the scale If one of the Key Scale type combinations you tried above sounded close but not quite right go back and set the Key and Scale to the best setting you achieved Up to this point we have been trying to find a key and scale type with a scale preset to work with the song If there are only one or two notes in the song that don t sound right with the current setting it may be possible to adjust the harmonies for those notes using a custom pitch map Sing the song into VoiceLive and stop on the note that has the wrong harmonies Figure out what note it is using your ears and your instrument or look at sheet music of the song Press the EDIT key and turn the DATA WHEEL to edit screen UO7 Press ENTER the DATA WHEEL and turn the DATA WHEEL until the In note is the note with the wrong sounding harmonies Adjust the voices to the correct notes using the 4 EDIT knobs you only have to adjust the voices that are shown lit on the LEDs Try singing the song again to see if you need to adjust any more harmony voices and correct them using the procedure above Press ENTER to allow normal operation of the DATA WHEEL If this still does not result in acceptable harmonies it may be because in the song you need to have different harmonies for the same note depending on what the chord is You then need to use chord presets in Song mode to step though the changing chord information in the song QUI
63. not mean that the correction is turned off The amount of applied correction depends on how far out of tune the input note is This allows for a very musical way of correcting pitch It corrects the large pitch errors while preserving the natural micro variations around the target pitch For example With the amount set to 10096 a 10 cent flat input will be corrected by 10 cents and a 50 cent flat input will be corrected by 50 cents With the amount set to 8096 a 10 cent flat input will be corrected by approximately 5 cents and a 50 cent flat input will be corrected by approximately 40 cents With the amount set to 096 a 10 cent flat input will not be corrected and a 50 cent flat input will be corrected by approximately 10 cents VOICELIVE mm Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mm InputClip PROGRAMDISAAY Voce 2 m VOICE 3 m P3 E TENE VOICE 4 um oh n TD HARMONY m THICKEN mm m EFFECTS mm d PITCH CORR m vO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN UMIT mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm This screen shows the actual notes of the of current correction scale Maj Min1 Min2 Min3 Chrom or Cus It provides a chromatic list of notes beginning with the scale root Below this list a series of o s and s indicating which notes are in the pitch correct scale and which are ignored o indicates that the note is in the scale and indicates that the note is ignored
64. nsitivity 12 dB headroom 6 dBu to 24 dBu Mic Input Level 0 dBFS Pad Off On 13 dBu 7 dBu to 51 dBu 31 dBu Mic Sensitivity 12 dB headroom Pad Off On 25 dBu 5 dBu to 63 dBu 43 dBu Line Mic Min gain Dynamic Range gt 92 dB 20 Hz 20 kHz EIN Max mic amp gain Rg 200 Ohm 126 dBu THD 100 dB 0 001 96 1 kHz Line Frequency Response 0 0 1 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz Mic Frequency Response max gain 1 5 dB 40 Hz 0 0 1 dB 200 Hz to 20 kHz Crosstalk 85 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz A to D Conversion 24 bit 128 x oversampling bitstream A to D Delay 0 65 0 70 ms S R 48 44 1 kHz Analog Outputs D to A Conversion 24 bit 128 x oversampling bitstream D to A Delay 0 63 0 68 ms S R 48 44 1 kHz Connectors balanced A phone jack Output Impedance 40 Ohm Max Output Level Balanced Unbalanced 20 dBu 14 dBu R load 1200 Ohm Output Range 20 dBu 14 dBu 8 dBu 2 dBu Dynamic Range gt 104 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz THD 98 dB 0 0013 96 1 kHz Frequency Response 0 0 3 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz Crosstalk 100 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz EMC Complies with EN 55103 1 and EN 55103 2 FCC part 15 Class B CISPR 22 Class B Safety Certified to IEC 65 EN 60065 UL6500 and CSA E60065 CSA FILE LR108093 Environment Operating Temperature 32 F to 122 F 0 C to 50 C Storage Temperature 22 F to 167 F 30 C to 70 C Humidity Max 90 non condensing Control Interface MIDI In Out Thru 5 Pin
65. o levels of Lead Voice Harmony Voices Instrument input and overall Output level You store the IO UTIL settings to save these level settings Press STORE to initiate this procedure n the edit modes these knobs are used to adjust parameter values Please note that at the end of the travel of these knobs the parameter values will scroll Turn back the knob to stop scrolling and adjust to find your desired value PRESET SONG O FRONT PANEL SELECT KEY SELECT STEP 20 SONG 4O o EDIT PUSH TO ENTER 56 EDIT KEY Enters and exits edit modes STORE KEY Press STORE to begin the store process Presets Songs and 10 Utility parameters may be stored using this key Each Preset and Song name number store destination may be changed after the first press Pressing the STORE key a second time will complete the store operation DATA WHEEL This control is used to select presets in preset mode songs in Song mode and edit screens in edit mode With the Store Operation this is used to select whether to store Preset Song or IO Util parameters Parameters surrounded by triangular brackets eg STEP INS may be changed using the DATA WHEEL PUSH WHEEL TO ENTER Pressing the DATA WHEEL activates special functions in the Preset edit and Song edit modes Parameters surrounded by triangular brackets eg Execute MIDI Dump perform their actions when ENTER is pressed PRESET HOL
66. om VOS limiting to the instrument input has been designed for the specific demands of live performance We hope you and your fans enjoy VoiceLive We update our manuals and various support material on a regular basis For the most up to date information we encourage you to visit our website at www tc helicon com Features Studio quality mic preamp Burr Brown INA163 based with VOS TM Limiter and 48V phantom power Vocal processing technology based on VoiceWorks including The most natural sounding vocal harmony available using proprietary TC Helicon technology HybridShift harmony generation for smooth natural harmony voices Humanization of harmony voices utilizing FlexTime Human Modeled Vibrato Inflection Pitch randomization Portamento and gender Four harmony control modes for intelligent voicing and or MIDI control Selectable Equal tempered and Just tuning for harmonies HarmonyHold freezes harmony voices for more interesting harmony phrasing Automatic pitch correction using factory and custom scales Lead voice thickening TC Electronic 3 band EQ low cut and compressor gate TC Electronic reverb amp tap tempo delay Eight smooth travel footswitches Four edit knobs and one encoder for hands on preset editing Expression pedal input MIDI control over all parameters via CC and SYSEX MIC pass thru for post mixing by Front of House engineer Instrument input to reverb delay 24 bit ha
67. onal doh ray me fah so la tee doh diatonic scale so that harmonies based on the diatonic scale sound correct What does this mean harmony wise Diatonic scale harmonies can only use notes within specified scale or chord so a third above harmony voice actually varies between 3 and four semitones above the lead note where the chromatic harmony would stay exactly 4 semitones a major 3rd above each note E WE A Bb C D To recap we have three different harmony modes that use chromatic or diatonic scales Shifting which uses the chromatic 12 semi tone scale changes the input pitch by a fixed number of semitones t Chordal which uses the root third fifth and sometimes seventh of the many diatonic scales pitches the harmony voice to the closest note contained within the chord Lead Voice C 3rd Above 5th Above 3rd above 5th above 3rd above 5th above 3rd above 5th above 3rd above 5th above 3rd above 5th above Scalic which uses one of many diatonic scales pitches the harmony voice to the near est note contained within the scale MAJ1 MAJ2 MAJ3 MIN2 MIN3 50 HARMONY AND TUNING Theory aside the best way to get great sound is to experiment with all of VoiceLive possible harmony modes Not only will you develop an intuitive sonic sense of what works best where but by investigating different permutations and combinations you could discover some delight ful sounds you might
68. ond edit screen To get to this screen you can turn the DATA WHEEL counter clockwise a couple of turns and then clockwise one click 4 While singing try turning off each of the four voices using the 4 EDIT knobs Notice how the VOICE LEDs go off Turn them back on 5 Turn the DATA WHEEL counterclockwise one click to get to the CFG1 edit screen then turn EDIT knob 1 to turn the HARM harmony parameter off Notice that the Harmony LED goes off 6 With harmonies off now turn off the THICK EN EFFECTS and PITCH CORRECT using the EDIT knobs 2 4 You will now only hear your singing voice Turn them all back on APPLICATIONS Live Setups Using Voicelive is like bringing 4 professional backup singers to your gig You ve got several options when it comes to controlling VoiceLive live For best results you can use in various combinations the Express 1 expression pedal a MIDI keyboard a MIDI CC controller and of course the controls on the box itself We ve provided setup examples below for a few common situations Live Setup with Guitar Connect a microphone to the XLR mic input on VoiceLive and enable the MIC input on the rear panel Connect a guitar with a built in pre amp to the instrument input of VoiceLive Plug any passive volume or expression pedal into the Pedal Input of VoiceLive You must calibrate the expression pedal for proper operation See edit screen UT9 for details Connect the VoiceLive ste
69. point the EDIT knobs and data wheel do the following DATA WHEEL Selects whether to store current Preset Song or IO Util parameters When Preset or Song are selected by the DATA WHEEL EDIT 1 knob Select character of preset song name to edit EDIT 2 knob Change selected character EDIT 4 knob Change Store destination Pressing store again will execute the store operation To abort the store operation press the EDIT key Storing after a quick edit is as simple as pressing the STORE button twice 18 PRESET MODE Preset mode is VoiceLive s basic performance mode Here you can select presets by turning the DATA WHEEL or by pressing the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons Direct and Voice modes give additional control To enter Preset Mode hold the PRESET button 1 until the LED text display flashes PRE Preset Mode LCD Screen The LCD display above is an example of a preset screen Here s what it all means Top Line Preset Name 39 Preset number Scale Harmony type of the current preset This can be either Scale Chord Shift or Notes FR Scale Chord Root for scale and chord mode presets Not applicable to Shift and Notes Presets Maj2 Scale Chord Type for scale and chord mode presets Not applicable to Shift and Notes Presets Preset Mode LED Displays PR38 Above is an example of a Preset Select LED Display PR Indicates that you are in preset select mode 39 Preset number Pressing the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons
70. r mony the theory of which we ll go into later We consider this type of harmonizing to be non intelligent because VoiceLive is not set to any particular key or scale These are pure parallel harmonies The most common shift harmony voices are the 5th 7 semitones and octave 12 semitones ranging from two octaves below the input to two octaves above the input pitch Below is The C Major scale showing third above chromatic scale harmony as used in VoiceLive Shift Mode Black Lead amp Grey Harmony Chord Chordal Mode Chordal harmonies take your chord information to create intelligent diatonic harmonies based on your voice To make Chordal harmonies you need to input in real time the chords of the song This may be done either via MIDI or through a programmed sequence of chord roots and types in Song mode Chord infor mation consists of the chord root and type which define the 3 or 4 notes in a given chord In Chordal mode the Voicelive will only create harmony voices that fall on the notes of the chord Chordal harmonies are intelligent because they decipher the chord you re play ing and the note you re singing to produce musically pleasing harmonies When 1 above is defined as a harmony voice Up1 the next note from the chord above the input note is output for that harmony voice The subsequent illustration shows the harmo ny notes for the C major scale with a voicing selection of a C major chord and
71. reo output to a stereo channel or two mono channels panned left and right on your mixer For mono operation use either of the VoiceLive outputs and set the unit to mono operation with the OurPUr parameter in the edit screen 5 Live Setup with a MIDI Keyboard AUDIO Connect a microphone to the XLR mic input on VoiceLive and enable MIC input from the rear panel Connect the keyboard mono output to the VoiceLive Instrument Input Connect the keyboard MIDI Output to the VoiceLive MIDI input Plug any passive volume or expression pedal into the Pedal Input of VoiceLive You must calibrate the expression pedal for proper operation See edit screen UT9 for details MIDI KEYBOARD Connect the VoiceLive stereo outputs to a stereo channel or two mono channels on your mixer For mono operation use the either of the VoiceLive outputs and set the unit to mono operation with the OuTPUT parameter in the edit screen 109 Note For electric or acoustic guitars without a pre amp the use of an external preamp is necessary for optimal performance Often using a stomp box style effects pedal between the guitar and the VoiceLive produces acceptable results The output of the stomp box will be compatible with the instrument input of VoiceLive Make sure that the stomp box does not have a passive bypass You can check this by removing the s
72. rformers with multiple instruments to mute the instrument signal when changing instruments Inst Lev Narrow Control of instrument output level not input gain from 10dB to max The maximum position will give the same output level as set by the instrument level knob Voices 1 2 Lev Control of Voice 1 and Voice 2 level from off to the maximum level set in the preset Voices 3 4 Lev Control of Voice 3 and Voice 4 level from off to the maximum level set in the preset EX Level Control of Reverb and Delay level from off to the maximum in the preset Reverb level Control of reverb level from off to the maximum level set in the preset Delay Level Control of delay level from off to the maximum level set in the preset Vibrato Controls the vibrato intensity from minimum to maximum Smoothing Control of the smoothing parameter from 0 to 100 Voicing Mirror Controls voicing of the harmonies see edit screen V03 At minimum expression pedal position the voicing is as in the preset at center position the voicing is unison and at full position the voicing is the programmed interval on the opposite side of unison The is useful for creative applications With Shift mode presets you can use this to create extreme voice shift special effects With Chord mode presets you can create voice appegiator like effects Gender mirror Control of the four voice gender settings see edit screen UO At minimum expression pedal position the gender is as in
73. ri I m N D Z lt n gt P m m n z r 2 m v VoiceLive USER S MANUAL IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous volt age within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons NOOR WN Read these instructions Keep these instructions Heed all warnings Follow all instructions Do not use this apparatus near water Clean only with dry cloth Do not block any ventilation openings Install in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers that produce heat Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer Use only w
74. rmony processing S PDIF digital I O Please refer to this manual often as there are many features and variations to explore Our website is another good resource for applications support and other user services Enjoy The TC Helicon Team www tc helicon com FRONT PANEL VOICELIVE HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS VOICE mm VOICE 2 mm VOICE 3 mm VOICE 4 um HARMONY mem THICKEN mm EFFECTS mm PITCH CORR m m UTILITIES m PROGRAM DISPLAY GLOBALFX EDITED MIC IN uir mm MIDIIN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD LEAD HARMONY INSTRUMENT OUTPUT VOCAL TECHNOLOGIE EDIT EDIT 2 EDIT 3 EDIT 4 LED TEXT DISPLAY Displays important top level performance and editing information GLOBAL FX DOT Indicates that a global effect preset has been selected This means that delay and reverb settings will remain unchanged when changing presets EDITED DOT Indicates that preset settings have been edited Powering down or changing to another preset without first storing will result in a loss of changes MIC IN DOT Indicates that the microphone input is selected LIMIT DOT Indicates that the limiter is active INPUT METER Peak meter shows Mic or Line Input level The meter range is 40 to OdB INPUT CLIP LED Indicates that the Mic Line or instrument input level is too high possibly causing digital distortion Reduce the input level to correct this condition The Input Clip LED may flash whe
75. rt and at the end of the phras es you can set the default USER button to Momentary Harmony n cases where you have a harmony preset that works for a song but the intro requires a Low Fi telephone sound you may want to edit the preset and set the USER button edit screen UBTN to TeleVoice All so that regardless of the default USER button setting in that preset pressing the USER button creates a Low Fi effect EXPRESSION Pedal In the same way as the USER button you have the option of assigning a unique function to the Expression Pedal or setting it to default in the preset edit screen XPED Most factory presets in VoiceLive come with the Expression Pedal set to Default In the UTI edit screen you may want to set this default to Harm Lev Narrow so that you can control the harmony levels with your foot You must calibrate the EXPRESSION pedal for proper operation See edit screen UT9 for details The USER button and Expression pedal capa bilities are extremely flexible and powerful allowing you to set VoiceLive for optimal con trol and creative possibilities QUICKSTART Making Scale Harmony Presets Work with Your Song When you re not using MIDI Scale Presets are the best way to produce harmonies in VoiceLive You need to know a few things to make this work 1 In what key is the song A B C etc 2 Is the song in a major or minor key Another thing you need is an instrument to sing with so that you know th
76. s directly into this input will not result in optimal audio quality See note on page 16 Balanced Outputs 1 4 TRS Left Right This is the stereo output of Voicelive If mono operation is desired use either of the outputs and set the OurPur parameter to Mono edit screen 109 These outputs may be connected directly to balanced mic inputs with proper 1 4 TRS to XLR out adapters as long as there is no phantom power on the input It is also necessary to set the OUTPUT RANGE to a lower setting edit screen 129 when driving mic inputs When there is phantom power direct boxes are necessary to connect to mic inputs Digital I O S PDIF In Out Sends and receives digital audio to S PDIF standards MIDI In Out and Thru Standard MIDI interface Pedal In Accepts passive volume pedals and expression pedals The operation of the SERIAL NO Type Hewoon PERDEREN EJ puri 432 i MTM d umo d LASS CAUSING EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS AND COMPLIES WITH PART 18 OF THE FOC RULES 50 60Hz ISW OPERATION SUBJECT TO CONDITONS STATED IN THE MANUAL expression pedal can be programmed per preset on edit screen XPED and globally on edit screen UTI Mic Pass Thru This connects directly to the microphone input and is used to connect directly to a mixing board If VoiceLive loses power for any reason the signal from the microphone will still get through to the mixer When using this connector and mi
77. s the STORE key to save your work Song Mode LED Displays 5531 Above is an example of a Song Select LED text display 56 Indicates that you are in Song select mode 31 D Song number Pressing the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 5 6 will change the song number When in Song Mode you can get there by pressing the SELECT button 1 Sici Above is an example of a Song Step Display ST Indicates that you are in Song step mode ei Song step number Pressing the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 5 6 will change the step number When in Song Mode you can get there by pressing the STEP button 2 46 Song Direct Mode To enter Song Direct Mode you need to be in Song Mode then hold the DIRECT button 3 until the LED text display flashes DRCT SA i I Above is an example of a Song Direct Mode LED text display 5 This character means that you are in Song Mode R This character means that you are in Direct Submode as well as lfit san AB C or D then a Direct Step has just been recalled by pressing one of corre sponding top four DIRECT buttons In this case holding one of the top four buttons will change the mode of VoiceLive operation lfit sa then holding one of the top four buttons will program the current step to the button held gl This indicates the current Song step Pressing the DIRECT buttons 1 4 will jump to the programmed step Holding the DIRECT buttons 1 4 will either program the current step to that Direct B
78. scale with a voicing selection of a C major scale and a single third above harmo ny voice You can see from the next diagram that the Scalic harmonies are intelligent and closely follow your lead voice for a tighter sound E E o c p EF D Black Lead amp Grey Harmony Under the Harmony Edit Screen HA2 is a parameter called SMooTHING When set to 100 the harmony voices follow your input pitch errors and all but when set to 0 the harmonies will jump directly to the scalic har mony notes kind of like a hard pitch correction on the harmony voice Setting the SMOOTHING parameter between 0 and 100 is like having variable amounts of pitch correction on the har monies VoiceLive has six preprogrammed har mony scales three major three minor and one custom per preset To create a custom scale or pitch map see the Custom Voice Mapping section in the Preset Edit Screens part of this manual It is also tricky to pick out the key in some songs An example is Sweet Home Alabama Listening you might think this song is in the key of D as that s the first chord but the har monies actually work best in the key of G try running the song through VoiceLive to hear for yourself Setting the scale can also take a bit of practice for songs centered around the third or root of the scale it might not sound like there s any noticeable differences between the three major or three minor scales Th
79. the preset ie 12 at center position the gender is 0 no format shifting applied and at full position the gender is minus the programmed interval ie 12 Pan mirror Control of the four voice pan settings At minimum expression pedal position the panning is as in the preset ie R45 at center position all pan settings are C center and at full position the pan setting is minus the programmed interval ie L45 Default UT1 With this setting the expression pedal will default to settings in the UT edit screen 35 PRESET EDIT SCREENS VOICELIVE i VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS Mama EXER sr r VOICE2 mm VOICE3 mm l T NER is om LI B tld Tar Tene n VO GLOBALFX EDITED MciNI mg um MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES m EDIT 1 knob User Button AssIGN Assigns a parameter to be controlled by the USER button Options include Harmony Hold Not Latching For a complete description of Harmony Hold see the Harmony and Tuning section of the manual Tap Tempo The LED Displays TAP the flashes the tempo Please note that this setting will only have an effect on presets where the delay time source is set to TAP see edit screen FX7 Tap tempo will be maintained in VoiceLive through preset changes If multiple presets are used in a song with a given tempo the delay time only needs to be tapped in once EX Override This controls turning on and off the Reverb a
80. this section allow adjustment of the individual voices VOICELIVE HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS EN V Li GLOBALFX EDITED This screen is used to set the output level of the individual harmony voices Please note that there mm Out Clip ut Clip 1 d LIMIT mm MIDIIN VOICE mm PROGRAM DISPLAY VOICE mm HARMONY mm THICKEN um EFFECTS mm PITCH CORR mm VO mm PRESET UTILITIES mm HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALEICHORD is also a master harmony voice level found on edit screen HA 1 EDIT 1 knob EDIT 2 knob EDIT 3 knob EDIT 4 knob VOICELIVE HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS EN V Ll GLOBALFX EDITED This screen is used to set the pan position of the individual harmony voices EDIT 1 knob EDIT 2 knob EDIT 3 knob EDIT 4 knob VOICELIVE HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS BEE v LU GLOBALFX EDITED Voice 1 LEVEL Voice 2 LEVEL Voice 3 LEVEL Voice 4 LEVEL mm Out Clip mm Input Clip MIC IN uir m 40 mm MIDI IN VoicE 1 PANNING VoicE 2 PANNING VoicE 3 PANNING Voice 4 PANNING um Out Clip wm Input Clip 3 MICIN mm 40 UMIT mm MIDI IN VOICE mm VOICE2 um VOICE3 m VOICE 4 um HARMONY mm THICKEN um EFFECTS mm PITCH CORR mm PROGRAM DISPLAY vO PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mm VOICE mm PROGRAM DISPLAY VOICE2 m EFFECTS mm PITCH CORR mm VO mm PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UT
81. tomp box s battery when you do you should not be able to get any sound out of it regardless of how many times you stomp on it 16 PRESET HANDLING Parameter types VoiceLive has over 100 useful parameters and a user interface that lets you view and edit efficiently There are preset parameters and global parameters Pressing the EDIT key when in preset mode gets you into the edit mode where you can change these parameters Preset parameters are stored in each preset In the edit menu The LED text display indicates the type of parameter CFG configuration VO individual voice HA harmony TH thickening FX effects CO pitch correction XPED expression pedal and UBTN USER button are all preset parameter types Global parameters do not change when a different preset is recalled In the preset edit menu the I O or UTIL LEDs are lit and the LED text Display shows I or UT for global parameters I O and Util parameters include Lead input level and pan Compression Gate and EQ parameters among many others If you change your microphone or singer the EQ Compression settings need be adjusted only once in the edit menu If you wish to backup your setup settings VoiceLive is able to MIDI dump setup parameters to sysex for later retrieval Preset Types It s important to understand the concept of the current preset versus stored presets The current preset is the preset that is always active in VoiceLive Recalling a preset cop
82. ty EDIT 2 knob DETUNE Amount Sets the amount of lead voice detuning in cents One voice is detuned above and one is detuned below by this amount EDIT 3 knob SPREAD Amount Sets the amount that the detuned voices are panned A value of 10096 results in the detuned voices being panned hard R and L A value of 096 pans the detuned voices to center 28 PRESET EDIT SCREENS Effects Edit Screens VoiceLive has a maximum of 1800 milliseconds of stereo delay time with filtering and 12 Reverb models The parameters in this section provide control of these effects Effects Block Diagram Lead pitch corrected with thickening Harmony up to 4 voices mixed Instrument M Reverb Sends Reverb Reverb Delay Mix Effects Out VOICELIVE ma Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mm Input Clip ERGGRANIDISHEAI FX i GLOBALFX EDITED MICIN LIMIT mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES m EDIT 1 knob ErFFEcT LeveL This sets the overall volume of the combined Reverb and Delay effects EDIT 2 knob Revers DELAY Mix EDIT 3 knob DELAY OurPur TO REVERB EFFECTS SEND LEVEL VOICELIVE ma Out Cli VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS mm input Cip PROGRAMDISIAY VOICE mm 0 PPM dB 1 P VOICE 4 mm wd i H l HARMONY mm 4 THICKEN mm A E lt ES EFFECTS 2 id PITCH CORR mm vO mm GLOBALFX EDIED MICIN LIMIT mm MI
83. utton when the second LED character is a or change the mode of operation of VoiceLive PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 5 6 changes the Song step When this happens the second char acter on the LED display changes to a indicating that a DIRECT button may be programmed Song Voice Mode To enter Song Voice Mode you need to be in Song Mode then hold the VOICE button 4 until the LED text display flashes VOC Ve i Above is an example of a Song Select LED text display 5 This character means that you are in Song Mode U This character means that you are in Voice Submode el This indicates the current Song step Pressing the VOICE buttons 1 4 will enable disable the individual harmony voices Holding the VOICE buttons 1 4 will change the mode of operation of VoiceLive Pressing the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 5 6 changes the Song step The enabled disabled combinations of the voices are maintained as Song steps are changed 47 HARMONY AND TUNING Harmony Here s where we can go into a little more depth about harmonies We ve tried to keep it practical focusing on what VoiceLive can do for you Harmony Hold Truly an innovation the Harmony Hold feature lets you on a whim sustain the backing har mony voices while you continue to sing through them On activation assign the USER button to this function in either edit screen UBTN or UT and press and hold or use the Harmony Hold MIDI CC you can freeze what ever the harmon
84. v HARMONY mms rn E z m F EFFECTS ma p J PITCH CORR mm e sa 10 GLOBALFX EDITED MIC IN LIMIT mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES wm The best way to supply a set of target notes is in the form of a scale that matches the musicality of your vocal The parameters in this screen let you do this For example you could select all of the notes of a C Major scale to be your target notes EDIT 1 knob PitcH CoRRECTION SCALE Root EDIT 2 knob PitcH ConRECTION SCALE TYPE Available options include Maj Major Min1 natural minor Min2 harmonic minor Min3 ascending melodic minor hro Chromatic Custom This setting in combination with scale root determines which notes your input vocal will be corrected to O VOICELIVE ma Out Clip VOICE mm HARMONY CORRECTION EFFECTS ME InputCip PROGRAMDISAY NE VOICE 2 mm VOICE 3 mm y e VOICE 4 um j j 5 HARMONY mm THICKEN mmt 10 mm 20 pjp E EE Cph Ti DT EFFECTS 9 x 40 HESS u PITCH CORR mm VO mm GLOBALFX EDITED MIC IN unir mm MIDI IN PRESET HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE CHORD UTILITIES mt This screen gives access to parameters that determine how subtle or aggressive the pitch correc tion The upper line of the display shows in real time the pitch correction being applied by VoiceLive The maximum correction displayed is 200 Cents there are 100 cents per semitone EDIT 1 knob WiNpow
85. y Edit Screens 40 Song Mode 45 Song Mode LCD Screen 45 Song Edit Mode LCD Screen 45 Song Edit Functions 46 HARMONY AND TUNING Harmony i2 dae eer py 48 Harmony Hold 48 Harmony Modes 48 Notes Mode 48 Shift Mode 48 Chord Chordal Mode 48 Scale Scalic Mode 49 Diatonic and Chromatic 50 Just Tuning 0 002s 51 FOOTSWITCH FUNCTION TABLES Preset Mode Footswitch Functions 52 Song Mode Footswitch Functions 53 SPECIFICATIONS MIDI Implementation 54 Technical Specifications 57 TEXT CONVENTIONS Throughout this manual the following conven tions will be followed Names of front panel controls and keys are written in CAPITALS Parameter names are in SMALL CAPITALS Parameter values are in underline Special notes appear in italic English Version Rev 1 02 SW V 1 00 Prod No E60503512 3 INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing VoiceLive TC Helicon s harmony correction and effects processor built for the road A lot of effort went into this product TC Helicon engineers and product specialists met with performing musicians to make sure VoiceLive enhances your vocals on stage The analog and digital signal path is designed to the same standards as our studio processors However every aspect of VoiceLive fr
86. y voices are doing and they will hold their notes in a very natural way until you let go of the PEDAL button or by sending the proper CC value See edit screen UBTN description in the Preset Edit Screen section of the manual and the MIDI Implementation section of the manual for more information Harmony Modes VoiceLive has four different harmony modes which give four unique methods of creating harmony Once we get into describing the more complex harmony modes we ll be show ing you examples based on the C major scale If you are unfamiliar with this scale we ve shown C major here G C EF D Notes Mode In this Mode you provide VoiceLive with spe cific MIDI note information to determine the pitch of the harmony voices VoiceLive has two Manual Notes harmony modes single and 4 channel VoiceLive may be set to Notes 4 Channel mode through the Edit Screen UT6 Notes 4 Channel mode allows you to send 4 channels of MIDI information one for each individual harmony voice This is the most direct and flexible way of creating harmonies allowing you to weave complex melodies and counter harmonies irrespective of your lead vocal Shift Mode Also known as Fixed Interval this takes the pitch of your lead voice and creates harmonies 48 a set number of semitones away based on that pitch The method of creating harmonies using a fixed number of semitones relative to an input note or pitch is called chromatic ha

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