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1. WALSAS 3AISn15X3 W31SAS 39NVHO Appendix B Glossary VoicePrism Plus User Manual APPENDIX B GLOSSARY Note many terms will be found vour original VoicePrism User Manual We have provided an update to those terms in this edition AES EBU Audio Engineering Society European Broadcast Union standard accepted as the professional standard in digital audio transfer Breathiness the amount of apparent moving air sounds incorporated into the vocal Dithering when moving digital audio from a high bit rate to a lower bit rate dithering is often emploved to replace the digital distortion induced by this process and involves mixing in a level of broad band noise Glottal In the VoicePrism Plus glottal effects are the non pitched part of the sound produced by forma tions of the epiglottis and air turbulence in the facial and mouth regions they include BREATHI NESS RASP and GROWL Growl Vocal sounds produced by the epiglottal area that emphasize phrases with a grinding distorting tone Onset The time it takes for an effect to be applied to the sound 303 VoicePrism Plus User Manual Appendix B Glossary Rasp Resonance S PDIF Spectra Voice Modeling a sound produced by the vocal tract that gives a gruff gritty edge to the vocal delivery Rasp is a form of hard breathiness a Voice model that analyzes vocal formant har monics and changes their posi2. 221 9 440 89 0 ONILLIS HILINVAVd ONILLIS HILINVAVd ONILLAS HILINVAVd lt lt lt 4 ONILLIS HILINVAVd ONILLIS HILINVAVd ONILLIS HILINVAVd ONILLIS HILINVAVd ONILLIS HILINVAVd lt ONILLIS HILINVAVd ONILLIS HILINVAVd ONILLIS HILINVAVd ONILLIS HILINVAVd ONILLIS HILINVAVd lt ONILLIS HILINVAVd ONILLIS HILINVAVd lt lt ALVLS 1 81915 NVd Aud 3oNV IV8 lt Q3AMH3S3 Q3AMH3S3 Q3AMH3S3 WH3ON39 39 13GN39 30 334 39 39 L 39IOA NVd t 3910A Q3AMH3S3 NVd 39IOA 2 3910A NVd 3910A 39IOA 13447 39IOA Q3AMH3S3H 134371 2 39IOA 13447 39IOA lt lt SSVdAgH ALNIN ANONAVH VoicePrism Plus User Manual Appendix A MIDI NOLLINNA ALLA IAIN NOLLINNA ALLA IAIN NOLLINNA ALLA IAIN NOLLVINMOANI 3 LON 5 99 5135 884 11V 404 T3NNVHO IAIN T1V8O 19 9L L 221 0 AONVHO IOHLNOO TV8O19 V SI SIHL L OL 0 MOGNIM SalllTi1n IAIN NI H9NV3 193735 OL 318V 38 15 43501 832IOA ALVINdOUddV 399141 SALON A33 37195 NOILIN 9093H 43991441 GINOM SALON JHL NO SI LIS 1 6 3l IAOW 21195 39914
3. Analog Through Dynamic Range THD Frequency Response EMC Complies with Safety Certified to Environment Max Operating Temperature Min Storage Temperature Control Interface MIDI In Out Thru GPI Pedal Power Mains Voltage Power Consumption Fuses General Finish Display Dimensions Weight Warranty Parts and Labour Appendix E Technical Specifications 97dB typical A weighted 0 008 1 typical 10Hz 12kHz 0 8dB 2dB 20kHz EN 55103 1 2 ENS 5022 Class B EN61000 4 2 3 4 5 6 11 EN 60065 CAN CSA E60065 00 UL 6500 50 degrees Celsius 122 degrees Fahrenheit 25 degrees Celsius 13 degrees Fahrenheit 5 Pin DIN 1 4 Stereo Jack 100 to 240 VAC 50 to 60 Hz 40W 250V 500mA Slow Blow North America and Japan 250V 500mA Time Lag Europe and United Kingdom Painted Galvanized Steel ABS Plastic Bezel Knobs and Buttons 128 x 64 Graphics LCD 19 x 3 5 x 8 2 483mm x 89mm x 208mm 7 8 Ib 3 54kg 1 year oe 22 Appendix Product Safety and Conformity APPENDIX F VoicePrism Plus User Manual PRODUCT SAFETY AND CONFORMITY IMPORTANT FOR CUSTOMERS IN THE UK THE WIRES IN THIS MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE BLUE NEUTRAL BROWN LIVE AS THE COLOURS OF THE WIRES IN THE MAINS LEAD OF THIS APPARATUS MAY NOT CORRE SPOND WITH THE COLOURED MARKINGS IDEN TIFYING THE TERMINALS IN YOUR PLUG PRO C
4. These Warp styles enable you to sing in a natural range and still hit the notes of your oppo site gender comfortably they are STYLE settings Female to Male and 2 Male to Female The AMOUNT knob allows you to dial in the relative strength of this effect on your VM voice 0 for no effect 100 for pure Warping VoicePrism Plus User Manual Voice Modeling Effect Categories Glottal refers to the combination of complex sounds the human voice can make to change non pitched aspects of the vocal sound Consider these examples the cool breathv sound of a Jazz or Folk singer the legendary warm grumble of Blues from the Mississippi Delta the brazen sizzle of Rock and Alternative Rock or the orowl of 60 s Soul The Glottal STYLE settings contain three types ag S smm of effects BREATHINESS RASP and GROWL STYLES DESCRIBE THE TYPE arranged in various combinations in the style OR RIND OF EFFECT AMOUNT 5 CONTROLS THE EFFECT GAIN library All of these are set to create percus STYLE AMOUNT 2 5 oye BREATH 4 e sive and expressive textures in addition to the sung note Experimentation is the key to finding styles that work in your scenario or are difficult to create in your scenario The last few entries contain extreme and unreal Glottal styles no longer need you burn out your throat night after night Glottal styles are created using the following parameters BREATHINESS factors in virtual air that gives
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6. 6 12 21 13 31 6 21 6 31 34 10 VoicePrism Plus User Manual V VERSION VIBRATO VM DETUNE VM GLOTTAL VM PAN VM PITCH VM SPECTRAL VM WARP VOCALS VOICE MODELING W WARP 22 16 13 16 11 11 12 7 9 31 12 oe oe Appendix C Index Appendix D About Digital I O VoicePrism Plus User Manual APPENDIX D ABOUT DIGITAL ABOUT S PDIF S PDIF Sony Phillips Digital Interface digital audio format generally recognized as the consumer standard for digital audio transfer ABOUT AES EBU AES EBU Audio Engineering Society European Broadcast Union standard is accepted as the professional standard in digital audio transfer AES EBU requires the use of a bal anced XLR cable with an impedance of 110 W The AES EBU format is 24 bit AES EBU is often chosen over S PDIF because of its superior performance in jitter and sig nal noise ratio AES EBU works with a higher voltage level than S PDIF ABOUT DITHERING Going from one type of bit resolution to a lower resolution e g from 24 bit to 16 bit you are losing 8 bits of information The process of cutting off bits is called truncation and it intro duces digital distortion of low level signals due to the lack of complete signal information To compensate for this dither must be applied Dither is a small amount of filtered noise that generates randomization at the noise floor ensuring a less distorted low level signal 343 Voice
7. EED AS FOLLOWS THE WIRE WHICH IS COLOURED BLUE MUST BE CONNECTED TO THE TERMINAL WHICH IS MARKED WITH THE LETTER N OR COLOURED BLACK THE WIRE WHICH IS COLOURED BROWN MUST BE CON NECTED TO THE TERMINAL WHICH IS MARKED WITH THE LETTER L OR COLOURED RED UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES MUST EITHER OF THE ABOVE WIRES BE CONNECTED TO THE EARTH TERMINAL OF THE THREE PIN PLUG FOR CUSTOMERS IN CANADA THIS CLASS B DIGITAL APPARATUS MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE CANADIAN INTERFERENCE CAUSING EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS CET APPAREIL NUMERIQUE DE LA CLASSE B RESPECTE TOUTES LES EXIGENCES DU REGLE MENT SURE LE MATERIEL BROUILLER DU CANA DA THIS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN TESTED AND FOUND TO COMPLY WITH LIMITS FOR A CLASS B DIG ITAL DEVICE PURSUANT TO PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES THESE LIMITS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REA SONABLE PROTECTION AGAINST HARMFUL INTERFERENCE IN A RESIDENTIAL INSTALLATION 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 INTER FERENCE WILL NOT OCCUR IN A PARTICULAR INSTALLATION IF THIS EQUIPMENT DOES CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE TO RADIO OR TELEVISION RECEP TION WHICH CAN BE DETERMINED BY TURNING THE EQUIPMENT ON AND OFF THE USER 1 ENCOURAGED TO TRY TO CORRECT THE INTER FERENCE BY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING MEASURES REORIENT OR R
8. EGORIES There are two basic parameters in each of the Voice Modeling VM menus AMOUNT and STYLE The AMOUNT softknob controls whether the VM effect is subtle or intense When initially dialing in a sound we recommend an AMOUNT setting of 50 STYLES are created for each voice modeling effect to provide a diverse range of vocal possibilities to incorporate into your presets feel free to scroll and explore The last few stvles in each effect are often special effects noveltv sounds or something else out of the ordinarv combinations of these styles may be stored in preset along with the other effects available in the VoicePrism Plus as described in the original VoicePrism User Manual VoicePrism Plus User Manual Voice Modeling Effect Categories VM SPECTRAL The Spectral control is a set of equalizer response curves intended to complement the WARP selections This equal ization is different than those controlled via COMP EQ and applied to the output signal The vM SPECTRAL stvles reflect the natural equalization equivalent to the native control a singer has over his or her own voice and apply this equalization to the Voice Modeling VM voice These styles may be used in con junction with the resonances or purely as additional tonal control over the VM voice SPECTRAL alllin STYLES DESCRIGE THE TYPE OR HIND OF EFFECT AMOUNT CONTROLS THE EFFECT GRIN STYLE AMOUNT 00 60057 oe Special No
9. ELOCATE THE RECEIVING ANTENNA INCREASE THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT AND THE RECEIVER CONNECT THE EQUIPMENT INTO AN OUTLET ON A CIRCUIT DIFFERENT FROM THAT TO WHICH THE RECEIVER IS CONNECTED CONSULT A QUALIFIED DEALER OR AN EXPERI ENCED RADIO TV TECHNICIAN FOR HELP THE USER MAY FIND THE FOLLOWING BOOKLET PREPARED BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION HELPFUL HOW TO IDENTIFY AND RESOLVE RADIO TV INTERFERENCE PROBLEMS THIS BOOKLET IS AVAILABLE FROM THE US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC 20402 USA STOCK NO 004 000 0034 4 CAUTION YOU ARE CAUTIONED THAT ANY CHANGE OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED IN THIS MANUAL COULD VOID YOUR WARRANTY VoicePrism Plus User Manual DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY TC HELICON TC IVL VENTURES INC JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN IVL TECHNOLOGIES LTD AND TC ELECTRONIC HEREBY DECLARES ON THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE FOLLOW ING PRODUCT VOICEPRISM PLUS VOCAL FORMANT PITCH PROCESSOR FEATURING THE VOICECRAFT HUMAN VOICE MODELING CARD THAT IS COVERED BY THIS DECLARATION AND MARKED CE LABEL CONFORMS WITH THE FOL LOWING STANDARDS AS AMENDED BY CE MARKING DIRECTIVE 93 68 EEC LOW VOLTAGE DIRECTIVE 73 23 EEC EN 60065 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR MAINS OPERATED ELECTRONIC AND RELATED APPARATUS FOR HOUSEHOLD AND SIMILAR GENERAL USE UL 6500 SECOND EDITION STANDARD FOR AUDIO VIDEO AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT APPARATUS FOR HOUSEHOLD COMMERC
10. IAL AND SIMILAR USE CAN CSA E60065 00 AUDIO VIDEO AND SIMILAR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS SAFETY REQUIREMENTS Appendix Product Safety and Conformity EMC DIRECTIVE 89 336 EEC EN 55103 1 2 PRODUCT FAMILY STANDARD FOR AUDIO VIDEO AUDIO VISUAL AND ENTERTAIN MENT LIGHTNING EN 55022 CLASS B RADIATED AND CONDUCTED EMISSIONS EN61000 4 3 RADIATED IMMUNITY EN61000 4 6 CONDUCTED IMMUNITY EN61000 4 4 EFT BURST IMMUNITY EN61000 4 2 ESD IMMUNITY EN61000 4 11 VOLTAGE DIPS INTERRUPTIONS EN61000 4 5 SURGE IMMUNITY ISSUED IN VICTORIA FEBRUARY 15 2001 BY FRED SPECKEEN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER EUROPEAN CONTACT TC ELECTRONIC A S SINDALSVEJ 34 DK8240 RISSKOV DENMARK TEL 45 87427000 FAX 45 87427010 WEB HTTP WWW TCELECTRONIC COM oe Sep 00 Prod 606103611 www TC Helicon com TC Electronic A S Sindalsvej 34 8240 Risskov Denmark Phone 45 8742 7000 Fax 45 8742 7010 Info tcelectronic com TC Electronic Inc 742 A Hampshire road Westlake Village 91361 USA Phone 805 373 1828 Fax 805 379 2648
11. LLIS HILINVAVd 13431 2 193443 813447 HIHLO SV IWYS 3dl333AO 221 0 rL 559 ONILLIS HILINVAVd 13437 123333 13437 ANONAVH SV IWYS 221 0 1 55 SNILL3S 3 3 13431 3910A QV31 OL QAddVN 21 0 SNILL3S HILINVAVd 13437 3910A ANOWYVH 93 1 3934 SI JILNN ALISNALNI ANNLAG SAAIXYIAO 221 0 00 ONILLIS HILINVAVd LX3N TILNN ALISNALNI OLVAGIA 35384 934 3 221 0 52 SNILL3S HILINVAVd OLVYGIA SANTVA dO 3SVSS3N IAIN NOILVOI3I23dS IAIN SfY Td INSIHd32IOA Appendix MIDI VoicePrism Plus User Manual TINA 201 LHOIM 43 LN39 821 69 H3 1N3O v9 93439 41437 9 1 1431 1105 0 LHS 1104 1221 LHOIM 43 LN39 821 69 H3 1N3O v9 131N3O 14371 9 14311104 0 INA 96001 221 ANG 96001 0 Q3AMH3S3H Q3AMH3S3 Q3AMH3S3H Q3AMH3S3 3 39 39IOA 33S 13GN39 39IOA 33S 13GN39 L 39IOA 33S 001 SV AWVS ZL 153443 1104 31VW34 00 05 103444 1104 ITVN 0001 OL 0 NVd 33S Q3AMH3S3 NVd 32IOA 33S NVd 33S 1104 2821 H31N32 821 59 13 LN32 r9 YILNI 1431 69 1 1431 11014 0 APO 151 440 0 3H3HM 221 0 APO 151 34O 0 3H3HM 221 0 93 43 34 APO 151 34O 0 221 0 APO 151 34O 0 3H3HM 221 0 4 4 221 9 440 89 0
12. MANCE OR E THE PRODUCT HAS BEEN DROPPED OR THE ENCLOSURE DAMAGED 13 DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SERVICE THE PRODUCT BEYOND WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED IN THE USER MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS ALL OTHER SERVICING SHOULD BE REFERRED TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL FOR PRODUCT SAFETY AND CONFORMITY REFER VOICEPRISM PLUS USER MANUAL APPENDIX F IVL PART SUP0129 R1 1 VoicePrism Plus User Manual Introduction INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing the VoicePrism Plus This remark able tool contains these exciting features TC Helicon Voice Modeling dedicated to the Lead voice with parameters such as Vibrato Scooping Warp Spectral Effects Breath Rasp and Growl World Class Digital Effects and Signal Processing from TC Electronic of Denmark Two Dynamics Banks Four EQ Banks assignable to either the Lead or Harmonv voices S PDIF and AES EBU Stereo Digital Inputs and Outputs 24 Bit Internal Processing If you already own a TC Helicon VoicePrism the VoiceCraft upgrade expansion card containing all of the above special features is also available You can easily upgrade to the VoicePrism Plus in a matter of minutes Only updated VoiceCraft features are included in this supplementary manual you may need to refer back to your original VoicePrism User Manual for func tions that have been retained from the VoicePrism Text conventions Bold all capitals front panel BUTTON AND KNOB control names Underlines a
13. OMFORTABLE LEVEL IF YOU EXPERI ENCE ANY HEARING LOSS OR RINGING IN THE EARS CONSULT AN AUDIOLOGIST THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE LOCATED WITH SUF FICIENT AIR SPACE FOR PROPER VENTILATION THE PRODUCT SHOULD BE LOCATED AWAY FROM HEAT SOURCES SUCH AS RADIATORS HEAT REGISTERS OR OTHER HEAT PRODUCING PRODUCTS CLEAN ONLY WITH A DAMP CLOTH BEFORE CLEANING THE UNIT TURN OFF THE POWER AND UNPLUG THE POWER CORD FROM THE OUTLET THE POWER SUPPLY CORD OF THE PRODUCT SHOULD BE UNPLUGGED FROM THE WALL OUT LET DURING LIGHTNING STORMS OR WHEN LEFT UNUSED FOR A LONG PERIODS OF TIME 9 DO NOT DEFEAT THE SAFETY PURPOSE OF THE GROUNDING TYPE PLUG A GROUNDING TYPE PLUG HAS TWO BLADES AND A THIRD GROUND ING PRONG THE THIRD PRONG IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR SAFETY IF THE PROVIDED PLUG DOES NOT FIT INTO YOUR OUTLET CONSULT AN ELECTRICIAN FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE OBSOLETE OUTLET 10 PROTECT THE POWER CORD FROM BEING WALKED ON OR PINCHED PARTICULARLY AT PLUGS CONVENIENCE RECEPTACLES AND THE POINT WHERE THEY EXIT FROM THE APPLI ANCE 11 USE ONLY WITH ATTACHMENTS ACCESSORIES SPECIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER 12 THE PRODUCT SHOULD BE SERVICED BY QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL WHEN A THE POWER SUPPLY CORD OR THE PLUG HAS BEEN DAMAGED OR B OBJECTS HAVE FALLEN OR LIQUIDS HAS BEEN SPILLED INTO THE PRODUCT OR C THE PRODUCT HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO RAIN OR D THE PRODUCT DOES NOT APPEAR TO OPERATE NORMALLY OR EXHIBITS A MARKED CHANGE IN PERFOR
14. Prism Plus User Manual Appendix D About Digital I O Dithering is relevant only on digital outputs and it is always the receiving device that determines the number of bits you must dither to A DAT or CDR recorder should normally be dithered to 16 bit 5 353 Chapter Information VoicePrism Plus User Manual 22 nN oe Appendix E Technical Specifications VoicePrism Plus User Manual APPENDIX E TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Note This is an update to the original VoicePrism document Digital Connectors Input Format Output Format Digital Output Output Dither Sample Rates Frequency Response DIO Analog Inputs Connectors Impedance Bal Unbalanced Line Max Input Level Line A to D Conversion THD Frequency Response Analog Outputs Connectors Impedance Max Output Level D to A Conversion XLR AES EBU RCA Phono S PDIF 24 Bit 24 bit processed audio on VoiceCraft Card AES EBU and S PDIF 24 bit unprocessed ADC output on VoicePrism Plus S PDIF HPF TPDF dither 24 20 16 8 bit VoiceCraft Card outputs only 44 1kHz 48kHz DC to 23 9 kHz 0 01 dB 48 kHz XLR Balanced pin 2 hot TRS 1 4 28 kOhms 21dBu 24 bits 100dB dynamic range A weighted 0 005 1kHz A weighted 10Hz 12kHz 0 8dB 2dB 20kHz TRS 1 4 680 Ohms stereo out 340 Ohms mono out 21 dBu 24 bits 100dB dynamic range A weighted VoicePrism Plus User Manual
15. VOICEPRISM PLUS VOCAL FORMANT PITCH PROCESSOR FEATURING VOICECRAFT HUMAN VOICE MODELING CARD USER S MANUAL SUPPLEMENT TCHELICON CAL TECHNOLOGIE THE LIGHTNING FLASH WITH ARROWHEAD SYMBOL WITH IN AN EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE IS INTENDED TO ALERT THE USER TO THE PRESENCE OF UNINSULATED GEROUS VOLTAGE WITHIN THE PRODUCT S ENCLO SURE THAT MAY BE OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO CONSTITUTE A RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK TO PERSONS THE EXCLAMATION POINT WITHIN AN EQUILATERAL TRI ANGLE IS INTENDED TO ALERT THE USER TO THE PRESENCE OF IMPORTANT OPERATING AND MAINTE NANCE SERVICING INSTRUCTIONS IN THE LITERATURE ACCOMPANYING THE PRODUCT INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE ELECTRIC SHOCK OR INJURY TO PERSON IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS READ AND SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS WARNING WHEN USING ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS BASIC PRECAUTIONS SHOULD ALWAYS BE TAKEN INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING READ ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT NEAR WATER FOR EXAMPLE NEAR A BATHTUB WASHBOWL KITCHEN SINK IN A WET BASEMENT OR NEAR A SWIMMING POOL THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE USED ONLY WITH A CART OR STAND THAT IS RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER THIS PRODUCT EITHER ALONE OR IN COMBINA TION WITH AN ANPLIFIER AND HEADPHONES OR SPEAKERS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUC ING SOUND LEVELS THAT COULD CAUSE PER MANENT HEARING LOSS DO NOT OPERATE FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME AT HIGH VOLUME OR AT AN UNC
16. VOT1 VoicePrism Plus User Manual Appendix A MIDI ANOWNYH 193135 9NOS LAS aqoN 31 31V 8 MINIMOIHL d31S 9NOS 4215 9NOS 193135 ANOWSIVH 8 AIM T3A312 193333 T3A31 193333 GV31 T3A31 ANONW2IVH L 1 1 1 S3NOLIN3S Z4 T3NNVH2 SINOHdONON 3 INOHdATOd 33139 330 3LON NO 310N ALIDOTSA v9 14 02 6 8L LL 9L SL 147 L 42 gt lt gt lt gt x X X x X x X X x x o x x x x x 3QON SALON 31V9S A3M LOO 39IOA 1 38 ALON aasariv SI VSSIN L1nv43a IAOW 321 QA9NVHO L1nv43a TANNVHO OlSV8 SIN dO 3SVSS3N IAIN 3 18VLI NOLLVLN3IW3 1dMI IAIN 5014 INSi Id3SIOA Appendix A MIDI VoicePrism Plus User Manual 135384 V dO LNHVd 11 318ISS359V SYILINVAVd 11V 9135384 x x x x x x x x o x x O O O gt x x x 439588 WALSAS SNISN3S 3AILOV 330 SALON 34 1V201 490719 1S3no33 ANNL 193135 9NOS NOILISOd 3AVS 9NOS 3AVS 135844 Lida 9 1103 HILINVAVd S3SVSS3N XNV 1V33 W31SAS
17. effect incorporated into the signal VoicePrism Plus User Manual Voice Modeling Effect Categories The vM INELECT stvles allow the singer to adjust the character istics of scooping to the sung note This is stylistic effect in singing where a singer sweeps up a variable range of pitch to rest on the intended note The VM INFLECT STYLE settings use the following nomenclature UP FAST OFTEN PITCH UM INFLECT INFLECTION UM GLOTTAL au PF STYLES DESCRIGE DIRECTION SPEED AND ONSET AMOUNT CONTROLS INFLECTION DEPTH AMOUNT oe up is the direction of Inflection ur to a note or to a note rast is the Speed at which the inflection scoops either sLow MEDIUM FAST STYLE UP FAST OFTEN OFTEN is how regularly the Inflection occurs The VoicePrism Plus listens for an Onset period before applying Inflection to the beginning of the next phrase To have a longer Onset time you can turn the effect off and back on later with MIDI control change commands See the MIDI section for CC numbers These settings are selected with the STYLE softknob The AMOUNT or depth of the Inflection is controlled by the AMOUNT softknob This control varies between 0 and 100 A setting of zero turns the effect style off 100 provides inflec tion of an octave There are some specialty styles included which have depths variable to two octaves for extreme inflection possibilities Voice Model
18. ing Effect Categories VoicePrism Plus User Manual UM FITCH uM INF LECT UM GLOTTAL gt WIERATO Vibrato is a pitch effect that singers often use in their delivery of a piece of music This effect is achieved by repeatedly altering the size of the mouth and vocal tract in a pattern that varies above and below a central pitch in an oscillating fash ion The Vibrato STYLES are based on real vocal ane ist s vibratos We have analyzed a large set of STYLES DESCRIGE THE TYPE KIND DF AMOUNT parameters from a voice database and creat CONTROLS VIERATO DEFTH STYLE ed various vibrato models The Vibrato set LOUNGE ting names reflect the style of the vocals from which they were extracted However a vibrato modeled from a style or gender different from yours can sound very good when applied to your voice Experimentation is the key to finding a STYLE setting that best suits your application You might begin incorporating Vibrato into your sound by setting the AMOUNT control to 50 This setting matches the depth level that we analyzed in our modeling subjects You can then vary the effect from this middle range up or down to suit your taste VoicePrism Plus User Manual Effects Button EFFECTS BUTTON The lavouts of the EFFECTS button menus are the same as in the original VoicePrism TC Electronic of Denmark has spe cially designed the effects in the VoicePrism Plus Compressor EQ Butt
19. ity Button VoicePrism Plus User Manual UTILITY BUTTON MIDI CONFIGURATION The MIDI FILTER parameter under the MIDI menu has been updated so that you can filter out incoming System Exclusive messages and MIDI Program Change messages This param eter can be set to an position where no filtering takes place or you can have both filters oN at the same time DIGITAL I O DIGITAL VO is a new menu used for setting the SAMPLE RATE of the digital signal and the type of dithering employed in the digital domain You can choose from 44 1kHz or 48 KHz sam ple rates or ext for an external sample rate either 44 1KHz or 48KHz On the front panel lens if you are synchronized at 44 1 KHz a 44 1K indicator will light If you are synchronized at 48KHz a 48K indicator will light If you are not linked to a digital signal properly both indicators will flash DITHERING can be set to 8 16 or 20 bits or an position 203 VoicePrism Plus User Manual Utility Button ROUTING is a new menu with four parameters to control audio processing and path DIGITAL SOURCE may be set to spor for a digital signal on the S PDIF jacks or AEs EBU to select input from the AES EBU jacks on the back of the expansion card AIRUDTDIOTETTAL Io RaU TING LEAD INPUT to use your analog line in on the back panel or the Mic preamp on the front of your VoicePrism Plus set the LEAD INPUT to ANALoG To use the microphone input
20. ll capitals MENUS accessed by the front panel buttons Italic all capitals CONFIGURABLE PARAMETERS assigned to the softknobs Underline small capitals PARAMETER sETTINGS twist the softknobs to modify Table of Contents VoicePrism Plus User Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 USER INTERFACE 5 WHAT S NEW 5 FRONT PANEL 5 REAR PANEL 6 PRESET SCREEN 7 VOCALS BUTTON 9 LEAD 9 VOICE MODELING EFFECT CATEGORIES 10 VM SPECTRAL 11 VM WARP 12 VM GLOTTAL 13 VM INFLECT 15 VM PITCH 16 EFFECTS BUTTON 17 COMPRESSOR EQ BUTTON 18 ASSIGN 18 EQ1 EQ2 COMPRESSOR NOISE GATE 18 MIX BUTTON 19 STEP BUTTON 19 BROWSER BUTTONS 19 UTILITY BUTTON 20 MIDI CONFIGURATION 20 DIGITAL 20 ROUTING 21 VERSION 22 APPENDIX A MIDI 23 APPENDIX B GLOSSARY 30 APPENDIX C INDEX 32 APPENDIX D ABOUT DIGITAL 34 ABOUT S PDIF 34 ABOUT AES EBU 34 ABOUT DITHERING 34 APPENDIX E TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 36 APPENDIX F PRODUCT SAFETY AND CONFORMITY 38 VoicePrism Plus User Manual User Interface USER INTERFACE WHAT S NEW FRONT PANEL Whether you are upgrading your original VoicePrism with the new VoiceCraft card or you have purchased a VoicePrism Plus the front panel controls are the same All improvements and new features are neatly contained within the internal software so you can avoid the hassle of learning new con trols The of 44 1K and 48K illuminate to indicate Digital Signal status a
21. on VoicePrism Plus User Manual COMPRESSORIEQ BUTTON Like the original VoicePrism the Lead and Harmonv voices can be assigned to a Compressor and or Noise Gate The dif ference in the VoicePrism Plus is that you aSStGN COMP LeAD oaTE LEAD can independently modify parameters for the LEAD Lead and Harmony voices With VoicePrism SCALES E Plus you are now able to assign two WW it Equalizers to the Lead and two separate EQ s to the Harmony voices EQ1 EQ2 COMPRESSOR NOISE GATE The parameters for setting the EQ s Compressors and Noise Gates follow a similar layout as in the original VoicePrism The assignments to Lead and Harmony voices have changed allowing for greater flexibility You now have EQ 1 and 2 LEAD and EQ 1 and 2 HARMONY settings in the COMP EQ menu tabs There is also a separate COMPRES SOR and NOISE GATE for each of the Lead and Harmony voices GATE LEAD ASSIGNICOMP LEAD LEAD COMPRESSOR ON LEAD GATE 000 THRESH RATIO ATTACK RELEASE THRESH ATTACK RELEASE 045 11 ims 10 ms 70 45 ims 10 m5 VoicePrism Plus User Manual Mix Step Browser Buttons MIX BUTTON The MIX button and its menu controls remain consistent with VoicePrism STEP BUTTON The STEP functions and its menu controls also remain consis tent with VoicePrism BROWSER BUTTONS See vour original VoicePrism User Manual for a description of the browser buttons and their functions Util
22. parameters vou can now access new libraries using these same controls The new parameters that can be assigned to the softknobs are Selecting a VM will automatically set the style and amount of each of the VM effects to a predetermined setting designed by TC Helicon creating pleasing results that you can quickly recall and implement in any of your presets The Thickening effect a parameter in the original VoicePrism can be replicated using the controls on the LEAD menu page under the VOCALS button on the VoicePrism Plus In the LEAD menu you can set the Detune amount of the Voice Modeled VM voice and set the ratio between the dry and VM voice with the DRY VM MIX softknob Pitch differences between the two voices along with the Pan settings enables the creation of a more configurable Thickening effect Preset Screen VoicePrism Plus User Manual 1 1 LIB LEQ2 LIB HEQ1 LIB 2 LIB LCMP NG HCMP NG In each of these acronvms L stands for Lead H stands for Harmonv EQ stands for Equalizer CMP stands for Compressor NG stands for Noise Gate and LIB stands for Library There are now separate Lead and Harmony library settinos in addition to two banks of EQ for the Lead voice and two banks for the Harmonv voices These libraries recall standard settings for quick preset construction With an increased number of effects and dynamics parameters we have created a greater number of library categories enabling vo
23. riginal VoicePrism you can dump one or all of the pre sets as a System Exclusive message to another VoicePrism Plus or to a sequencer or editor that stores System Exclusive files Please refer to the following VoicePrism Plus MIDI Specification and MIDI Implementation tables 93 VoicePrism Plus User Manual Appendix A MIDI 69 16 1 9 0 SZ 99 ANON ALON 111485 3AOS8V Z V V9 MO139 9 0 v2 499 3NON LNIOd 1485 221 9 44O 89 0 C 99 3NON ASOdSNVUL OLNV SNOS NI dl YAGIWNN 5 61941838 67 0 ec 99 193135 9NOS OL ATVOS AHL 5115 3 90 YSHLO NI 31VO9S V ZL OL 31TVOS SLIS Z L 3AVL2O NI Q3AV Id QNOHO V Ady 3 1V2S S3 18VN3 NOz ZI 9 33O 9 0 LZ 99 330 LAS IAOW 31V2S Q3AI323 SI 39 NVA O d ALVA OLVYGIA 3 3 221 0 05 99 ONILLIS 3 3 31VM 93 1 3934 SI ALISNALNI HINIMIIHL S3Gl33AO 05 0 61 55 ONILLIS HILINVAVd 4316 2101 99 440 59 0 81 55 ANON QHVMM2V8 4315 SONOS 4316 121 99 440 69 0 1 99 ANON QYVMHAOA 431 9NOS 9 3195 WOLSND 6 0 3199 51941385 9 0 91 55 ONILLIS HILINVAVd 493135 3199 13 3 1 HIHLO SV IWYS 3 3 221 0 5 99 ONI
24. s follows Solid 41 1K OR 48k means locked with either internal or external frequency Blinking 44 1K XOR 48k means not locked but using internal frequency Blinking 44 1 AND 48k means not locked but using external frequency which is unknown if we have no lock User Interface VoicePrism Plus User Manual REAR PANEL Behind the four screw plate lies the new VoiceCraft Human Voice Modeling Card which provides the VoicePrism Plus two additional connections for Digital S PDIF and AES EBU Digital signal configuration and routing are modi fied bv pressing the UTILITY button on the front panel You can scroll to either the DIGITAL 1 0 page or the ROUTING page to edit these parameters using the MENU TAB buttons TCHELICO VOICECRAFT EXPANSION CARD AES EBU SPD VoicePrism Plus User Manual Preset Screen PRESET SCREEN You will notice a slight change in the preset screen from the original VoicePrism On the original VoicePrism if vou incor porated the Thickening effect on the lead voice a block marked TH would appear in the signal path diagram after the lead voice block With VoicePrism Plus when vou incorpo rate Voice Modeling VM in vour preset this block appears VM as Voice Modeling is used to create a Thickening effect For details on VM refer to the VOCALS button section The original VoicePrism manual illustrated how vou can assign the softknobs in the PRESET screen to control different
25. te Each VM effect menu has an AMOUNT control to dial in the amount of effect desired Remember that there is also a DRY VM MIX control in the LEAD menu that determines how much of the input vocal is left Dry and how much is passed through VM The setting of this ratio can determine the effectiveness of your other parameter settings as it is essentially a master mix control for the Dry and VM Lead voice Voice Modeling Effect Categories VoicePrism Plus User Manual Warping is how we model different vocal tract dimensions and apply them to incoming vocals Your favorite vocalists all have unique pitch and glottal characteristics Warp changes the tonal makeup of the sound by moving vocal formants so that the Voice Modeled VM Lead voice sounds quite differ ent than the original Formants are the harmonic combina tions that help make our voices unique The styles have been given names that are easily identified when assembling presets The names may be associated with a particu STYLES DESCRIBE LENGTH lar genre of music or sound This way you ee Can associate a certain modification with a name similar to how we describe colors in a STYLI SHORT NARROW 1 oe picture with names UM INFLECT UM GLOTTAL RESONANCE Some of the Warp styles contain a built in octave shift either up or down This is to accommodate a male singing in the female register with a feminine timbre or for a female to simulate a male singing voice
26. the MIC ON button must be selected as well as the 48V button if you require phantom power for your mic The MIC ON button must be orr to use Line input from the back of the unit AUX INPUT you can now accept a digital input from the left or right channels of the card or from the auxiliary input jack on the back panel These inputs are then sent to the effects sec tion of the VoiceCraft card To avoid digital signal conflicts you are prevented from selecting the same AUX INPUT channel as the digital LEAD INPUT channel PROCESS DELAY whenever Voice Modeling is activated a cer tain amount of time is required to analyze and modify the output signal The VoicePrism Plus requires 20 ms of time for optimal performance Increasing PROCESS DELAY enables the VoicePrism Plus to do a more concentrated signal analysis for greater accuracy As some vocalists in a live situation may feel uncomfortable about hearing a delay you can reduce the amount of processing time being aware that the quality of the modeled voice is reduced at lower settings Utility Button VoicePrism Plus User Manual The version window will display the current version of VoicePrism Plus software including the current version of VoiceCraft Human Voice Modeling Card software VoicePrism Plus User Manual Appendix A MIDI APPENDIX A MIDI Your Voicecraft modeling card style settings can be saved in presets with your other effects and dynamics settings Like the o
27. the effect of being close to a sensitive condenser microphone This intimate sound may be used in some Jazz styles or for pop ballads although its application is not limited to these BREATHINESS may also be used to give a tired or strained sound where the singer may be pushing a lot of air You can also dial in whisper or like textures to simulate a specific singer s style is an effect where the breath pushed through the throat cavity goes beyond mere breathiness into a harsh sizzle or grind These sounds are a combination of hard breath and friction in the larynx which are difficult for many singers to reproduce and are very damaging on the vocal cords You can use rasp on your normal voice and achieve a grittier 5 13 Voice Modeling Effect Categories VoicePrism Plus User Manual rouqh deliverv sending a clean voice into an overdriven fren zy In many forms of heavy rock music this is an expressive and elusive performance component Grow describes another way that we can achieve Blues Rock or Rhythm amp Blues sounds with our normal voice Grow refers to a type of grind or friction of the larynx and epiglottis usually heard in Soul R amp B and Blues music Some of the styles are sensitive to the dynamics of the lead voice meaning that when you raise the volume of a syllable the VoicePrism Plus growls that syllable As with the other Voice Modeling effects the AMOUNT knob controls the level of
28. tion in the audio spectrum resulting in a sound with a different overall character that can be subtle or extreme Sony Phillips Digital Interface is digital audio format generally recognized as the consumer standard for digital audio transfer A matrix of frequency boost cut settings such as those in a graphic equalizer Rather than singling out individual frequencies a spectra setting cov ers a range of frequencies abbreviated as VM a scientific means of elec tronically simulating a natural vocal phenome non 313 Appendix Index VoicePrism Plus User Manual APPENDIX G INDEX 44 1K 48K A AES EBU AMOUNT ASSIGN AUX INPUT B BREATHINESS C COMPRESSOR COMPRESSOR EQ D DIGITAL DIGITAL SIGNAL DIGITAL SOURCE DITHERING DRY PAN DRY VM MIX EQ1 EQ2 EQUALIZATION F F2M FEMALE TO MALE FORMANTS FRONT PANEL G GENDER GLOSSARY GLOTTAL GROWL H HCMP NG HEQ1 LIB HEQ2 11 12 12 12 13 90 14 30 Q L LCMP NG LEAD LEAD INPUT LEQ1 LIB LEQ2 LIB LIBRARIES M M2F MALE TO FEMALE MIDI CONFIGURATION MIDI FILTER MIDI IMPLEMENTATION MIDI SPECIFICATION N NOISE GATE ONSET P PITCH PRESET SCREEN PROCESS DELAY R RASP REAR PANEL ROUTING 5 S PDIF SAMPLE RATE STYLE T TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS TEXT CONVENTIONS THICKENING U USER INTERFACE UTILITY O0 00 me 12 20 28 24 18 15 1
29. u to fine tune vour presets without delving into subter ranean edit parameters For further details refer to the COMP EQ and EFFECTS sec tions of the VoicePrism and VoicePrism Plus User Manuals VoicePrism Plus User Manual Vocals Button VOCALS BUTTON This accesses the new VoicePrism Plus Voice Modeling VM features enabling you to manipulate the Lead voice using our Voice Modeling effects You access the following menus bv pressing the VOCALS button and paging left and right with the MENU TAB buttons just like on the original VoicePrism LEAD The LEAD menu provides the tools necessary to produce a Thickening effect by designating different characteristics for the Dry Lead and VM Lead voice and controlling the Lead voice mix The control parameters are as follows DRY VM MIX 0 100 MopELEp sets the balance between the Dry Lead voice and the VM Lead voice 100 is undiluted VM voice and O0 is Dry voice pRY UM unt HIS o ORY PAN UMPAN EAK DRY 100 LEFT 100 sets the posi tion in the stereo field of the voice VM PAN 100 LEFT 100 sets the position in the stereo field of the VM voice DETUNE 0 50 cents detunes or offsets the pitch of the VM voice from the Dry voice to create an fuller overall Lead voice Voice Modeling Effect Categories VoicePrism Plus User Manual VOICE MODELING EFFECT CAT
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