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1. SOIWVNAG SNISS32O0Nd SOINVNAG L ATNO SOIWVNAG ANO 03 ON VoiceWorksPlus MIDI Implementation Details Note individual parameter editing is done via system MIDI IMPLEMENTATION exclusive using the free Vysor editor for VoiceWorksPlus Parameter CC number Range Bypass 114 0 63 Off 64 127 On Harmony Mute 110 0 63 Off 64 127 On Block On Off Harmony Model 110 0 63 Off 64 127 On Block On Off Effects 112 0 63 Off 64 127 On Block On Off Correction 113 0 63 Off 64 127 On Harmony Hold 119 0 63 Off 64 127 On Sustain 64 0 63 Off 64 127 On Lead voice level 13 0 127 Harm Model level 12 0 127 Effects level 91 0 127 Output level 87 0 127 Mod Wheel 1 0 127 Other MIDI messages Program Change Received Transmitted Pitch Bend Received Note On Off Received
2. 5 Back Panel Descriptions 8 Quick Start au s oid ccce cic ccc o d 9 Editing Overview wk 9 CAE 13 Harmony Editing 435 6 b AER EAR 16 Harmony Background and 19 Lead Voice Model Editing 24 Pitch Correction saxi 28 Reverb Mod and Delay Editing 30 The Transducer Block 33 The Setup Menu iux x OX EOR ARCA RC AERA C X 34 Technical Specifications 37 Signal Flow Diagram eec oo E C4 nn 38 MIDI Implementation 39 PRODUCT OVERVIEW VoiceWorksPlus can be thought of as a rack full of vocal processing in one single rackspace unit with a couple of specialty effects thrown in for good measure The specialty effects vocal harmony and modeling offer you the advantages of Producing rich harmony vocals and doubling from one voice during live performance Saving time when recording vocal harmonies Changing the characteristics of your singing voice with modeling to create interesting vocal hooks and effects The remaining processing blocks including the multieffects dynamics and EQ add to your list of advantages allowing you to Make your live performances sound more like a fully produced CD Make your recordings sound more professional Save time preparing for mixes or perf
3. 5th above G nc A nc MAJ3 3rd above E 5th above G nc A nc MIN1 3rd above Eb nc F G 5th above G nc Bb Bb MIN2 3rd above Eb nc F G 5th above G nc A Bb MIN3 3rd above Eb 5th above G nc A Bb The table above illustrates the how the six scale types differ It shows the third and fifth intervals for input notes in the key of C The bold line of notes at the top represent the sung or input note The symbol nc means no change in that the harmony voice will simply stay on the previous note until the lead voice changes to a non note The table at right shows the range of harmony voicings available in Scale mode WAIN 09 Q OPIN SIO FIO S1O gt gt o nc nc Voicing intervals in Scale mode G G A B nc D nc E Bb nc D nc E Bb D Eb nc Bb D Eb nc B D Eb nc presets 2 Octaves 2ve 7 6 5 4 3 2 Octave 7 6 5 4 3 2 Unison 2 3 4 5 6 7 Octaves 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 Octaves 2 00 5 monoimuonoinojmu HARMONY BACKGROUND ANDTIPS Chord types and voicings Voicing intervals in Chord mode table presets E 2 Octaves The following gives additional detail on Chords mode It shows the range of chords recognized by Harmony4 1 Octave based on a chord
4. To be effective pitch correction needs key and scale to be set so that it matches your song Like the Scale harmony presets the default setting for these is A major To change the key and scale of pitch correction press the EDIT button and scroll to menu CO with the Data Wheel Several presets are devoted to pairing pitch correction with the Chord Notes and Scale harmony modes Note that the harmony information shown on the preset main screen e g H Scale A Major2 does not reflect the pitch correction key and scale settings Delete the following text in all versions To view the key and scale of the pitch correction in one of these presets briefly bypass the Harmony Model effects by pressing the Harmony Model button Once you ve learned the correction information you can re activate the Harmony Model effects There is one preset that uses a chromatic scale in which all notes are valid and no key or scale is required Presets that feature the Transducer Presets 7 to 80 The presets in these group send your voice through the Transducer to provide interesting distortion megaphone and telephone effects Care must be taken when using this effect because it can cause feedback simply because of the nature of distortion which tends to raise the average level of the signal You can take steps such as pointing your mic away from the speaker and turning down the volume until you get used to how this effect reacts with y
5. to reach its target note Rand Randomization randomizes several values of the current style so that each time a new note is sung or spoken a slightly different effect will be heard Vibrato VibratoStyle Menus L3 to 16 Vibrato as a singing technique needs no introduction yet its implementation in VoiceWorksPlus should be clarified The Vibrato block can be used to create an alternate singing persona for singers If used during recording a unique vocal backup group can be made by the same singer overdubbing multiple tracks while singing through different styles from the Vibrato block This is faster and more effective than the singer attempting to sing in an unnatural way for an extended period of time Strikingly real Voice Modeling modification is possible using the various Vibrato styles because they have been created by detailed examination of many singers voices To take full advantage of a different vibrato than your own it s best to reduce or remove the vibrato from your singing voice Also note that when changing Vibrato Styles the effect won t change until a new sung note triggers the new style L3 Vibrato Style and Amount VibratoStyle allows you to choose with vibrato style fo impose upon your voice You have the same choice of vibrato styles as you have for harmony presets They are numbered to 4 to be more effective when used on four harmony voices but the subtle differences between styles that share
6. Louis Armstrong and Bob Seger While a preset using these effects can be imposed a recorded voice a the most effective technique is to sing while hearing the effect It is possible to use either a Breath effect or Growl effect but not both at once Breath effects are summed or mixed with your voice whereas Growl effects are 10076 wet at all times L8 Glottal Style and Amount The Glottal Style allows you to choose Brth Breath or Grwl Growl styles Amount allows you to add more breath or growl effect to the maximum set by the style L9 Voice Glottal Mix and Tract Control The Voice and Glotl Glottal Level controls work for Breath styles only The Voice setting allows you to reduce the level of your voice if desired to make the breath effect more prominent Note that you can remove your voice completely with this parameter allowing you to hear the Breath effect alone The Glotl Glottal setting allows you to add or remove level to of the Breath effect beyond the style value Trct Tract is a further modification of the Frequency effect It is used to personalize the effect to the individual singer For a given style to sound its best a deep voiced singer would be set to values less than 100 and a thin voiced singer would be set above 100 Of course this can be used to attain interesting effects as well A value of 100 sets no Tract effect If No Style is loaded or the value of the current Frequency style is 0 n
7. Tap or MIDI is selected for the Src parameter There is one setting for tempo in beats per minute bpm that is used to derive delay times for both the left and right delay lines that is then subdivided by the division set in the next screen L Beat Div R Left and right beat division When the Src is set to Tap or MIDI turning the Data wheel will reveal this screen allowing you to divide the delay tempo into even or synchopated beats D2 Delay feedback and cross feedback amounts FBL FBR Feedback left and right Re introduces a portion of the audio output signal of the Delay block back to the input to add repeats XFL XFR Cross feedback left and right Cross feedback returns the delayed audio to the opposite side s delay line for ping pong type effects D3 Low band filtering LowCutL LowCutR Low cut left and right Reduces low frequencies from the audio delays to constrain them to a specific band D4 High band filtering HiCutL HiCutR High cut left and right Reduces high frequencies from the audio delays to constrain them to a specific band Reverb block editing menus Reverb is the arguably the most common vocal effect It can add a spaciousness that softens the abrupt beginnings and endings of lyric phrases Many reverb types are meant to imitate the natural sound of spaces like churches clubs and halls but not all Some reverb effects are recreations of electro mechanical effects meant to i
8. block back to the input to create flanges tube and chorus effects Values above 90 add a high amount of gain and cause distortion and high audio levels XFL XFR Cross feedback left and right XFL and XFR indicate cross feedback for the left and right delay lines Cross feedback returns the delayed audio to the opposite side s delay line for ping pong type effects and more M5 Modulation phase and waveform Phase Modulation phase This parameter defines the phase relationship between the left and right modulation LFOs oscillators In a flange style setting this to 0 degrees puts all of the effect in the center MOD AND DELAY EDITING while setting it to 180 degrees pulls the effect far into the stereo field Wave Modulation waveform You can choose the modulation waveform from Square Triangle or Sine to vary the periodic nature of the modulation effect M6 Low band filtering LowCutL LowCutR Low cut left and right These steep highpass filters allow you to reduce the amount of low frequencies sent to the Mod block M7 Feedack high band filtering HiCutL HiCutR High cut for left and right These steep lowpass filters allow you to reduce the amount of high frequencies sent to the Mod block M8 Phase adjustment OutPhase Inverse Output phase inversion This setting puts the output of the left and right sides out of phase creating more 3D sound space around the effect Note that this may potentially limit the
9. in relation to the peaks and valleys of the pitch modulation value of 0 aligns the two exactly Values above and below 0 align the volume envelope peaks and valleys at different parts of the pitch envelope Resonance FreqncyStyle menu L7 The Resonance block simulates changes in the physiology of the vocal tract In musical applications this can be used for example to make a singer s voice sound deeper without shifting the pitch or to make a singer sound younger Resonance can also disguise a singer s voice as a special effect in the breakdown or hook section of a song Singers who sing a number of simultaneous advertising spots in a single market could use resonance to disguise their voice and avoid overexposure LEAD VOICE MODEL EDITING FreqncyStyle Frequency Style allows selection of pre configured modeling tones for your voice The range covers thick sounding effects to thin Amt Frequency Amount allows you to add more or lessen the Frequency effect The amount set when the style is loaded is what was created at the factory Note that further Frequency modification can be performed with the Trct Tract parameter in menu 19 and the Frmt Formant and Hybr Hybrid parameters in menu SI These are explained below Growl Breath GlottalStyle menus L8 to L9 The Growl Breath block can be used to create the intimate sound of a breathy singer whispers or an effect that evokes the gravelly voices of singers like
10. knee frequency for the low frequency shelving boost or cut Frequency Range 80Hz to 16kHz Cut Boost Range Sets how much boost cut to apply to the low band Range 124 to 12dB HiShelf Sets the cutoff frequency above which the high shelf EQ may be boosted or cut Range 80Hz I 6kHz Cut Boost Range Sets how much boost or cut to apply to the high band Range 124 to 12dB Q3 Parametric mid controls MidParaEQ Mid band parametric EQ Sets the center Frequency in Hz Cut Boost Range 124 to 12dB Q 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 narrower the filter Range is shown as Wide to 10 shown as Thin Q4 LowCut and gate controls LowCut Low cut This feature reduces rumble and excess low frequency which can cause muddy sound The knee is I2dB per octave Cutoff frequency options include 60 80 and 120Hz NoiseGate Sets the threshold at which the noise gate opens to allow sound through If this is set above the input level indicated on the led ladder no sound will be heard UO to U5 User Settings U0 Global settings GIbIFX Global effects on off The Global Effects parameter allows you to re assign all presets to the effect settings in a single preset of your choice This is to keep one effects setting across multiple presets Chord Key Global chord and key The Globa
11. main preset operating mode where both the Edit and Setup LEDs are off press the FX button above the soft knobs so the LED turns off You can now store the modified preset To adjust effect levels and styles in a preset Press the EDIT button and scroll the Data Wheel until you see X2 in the main LED display This is the address for the effects mix screen The soft knob at the far left sets the Out parameter to either Wdth stereo width or Lev effect level The remaining soft knobs allow you to individually adjust the levels of each effect processor in VoiceWorksPlus Note that 0 means full volume not off If you turn up the level for an effect but you don t hear it this could be because I The main FX button on the front panel is off If so press the button to turn it on 2 The main FX level soft knob is turned down Exit Edit mode and turn the FX mix knob 3 clockwise 3 The Send to the effect is off Re enter Edit mode and scroll to menu XI The leftmost soft knob selects which effect processor you want to adjust and the remaining soft knobs allow you to set the send amounts from the Lea dry or corrected lead voice H M harmony or modeling and Aux auxilliary input to 0 4 The effect you want has no Style loaded Use the Data Wheel to scroll to screens MO DO and RO These are the style selection screens for Mod micromod Delay and Reverb Select any styles you prefer If you want to make fur
12. root of C in the left column To the Up 6 right in the table is the combination of notes that are 1 P required to be played in order for Harmony4 to recognize each chord type Up 4 Up 3 Recognized Chord Types with Root p of C vp Type Required Notes Unison Maj C E G Maj6 C E G A Maj7 Down Maj7sus4 C F G B Down 2 Min C Eb G Down 3 Min6 C Eb G A Min7 C Eb G Bb Down Min7b5 C Eb Gb Bb Down 5 Dim C Eb IL Octave Dim7 C Gb equiv to A Dom C EG Bb Dom7b5 C E Gb Bb Bass 2 Aug C Bass Aug C Bb Sus C Sus2 C Root Sus7 C Bb LEAD VOICE MODEL EDITING Chapter Overview When you load a preset that has modeling enabled you will see an M at the lower left of the display The M indicates that the primary effect is modeling Information beside the M shows the method of pitch shifting and the amount Voice Modeling is a collection of the following algorithms that modify your voice o Resonance edited with the FreqncyStyle parameter o inflection edited with the HumanStyle parameter o Vibrato edited with the VibratoStyle parameter o Growl Breath edited with the GlottalStyle parameter Voice Modeling can be applied to your voice to achieve a diverse range of performance objectives o enhance thin sounding vocal performance without EQ produce character voices to emulate popular singers or f
13. set your monitoring levels to off right 6 Connect the audio cable from your source to VoiceWorksPlus This can either be an XLR cable from your mic or the line level 1 4 connector from your computer s audio interface 7 Connect the VoiceWorksPlus outputs to your mixer or computer inputs Stereo is best as this delivers the sounds as they were programmed If you can only connect in mono you ll have to enter the Setup menu and adjust this parameter 8 You can optionally connect a MIDI keyboard which allows you to check out the harmony methods using MIDI input for selecting harmony intervals QUICK START Note When connecting the unit to a computer you ll need to know how to route your dry vocal track to a separate auxilliary output z wm MIDI SS v 909009 Demo setup 1 Mic input and analog mixer Monitors Outputs gt line 9900 Sy Demo setup 2 Analog to computer interface Front panel setup 9 Press the BYPASS button so it lights We ll check that audio is flowing properly in Bypass first and then move on to checking out the effects 10 If you re using a mic for input press the MIC IN button so it lights You ll need to adjust the MIC GAIN knob so that no red shows on the LED stack when you sing Apply 48
14. short for micro modulation is the REVERB scientific symbol for micro The Mod effect is capable of creating many different sounds that range from subtle but lush thickening to creatively destructive It uses a combination of stereo pitch shifting Detune small amounts of stereo delay Delay and then a complex path of filtering feedback and modulation Mod does a faithful job of emulating classic detune chorus flange and thickening sounds uMod Style style selection Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choosea Mod style you like MI Detune amounts LDetune RDetune Left and right detune amounts You can apply a small amount of pitch shift to the left or right sides independently This setting is shown in cents and the maximum 15 25 cents M2 Modulation rate and depth Speed Modulation rate This setting sets how fast the delay time modulation occurs In order for this to be audible the depth amount parameter has to be non zero L Depth R Left and right modulation depth Sets the percentage of modulation of the delay time for the left and right delays M3 Left and right delay times DelayL DelayR Left and right delay time Sets the left and right delay times Up to 80 ms of stereo delay is available here to create effects from flange to slapback M4 Feedback amounts FBL FBR Feedback left and right Re introduces a portion of the audio output signal of the Mod
15. singing voice drones on a single note or goes in a completely different direction Notes is a little unwieldy when you re simultaneously playing a live piano or organ part but it really shines when you need to create something new in your song harmonies Notes 4 Channel with its ability to accept multiple pitch bend performances and the fact that the voices never swap sides when hard panned left and right make it a useful tool for recording or the creation of live backup tracks do use Harmony Hold Harmony Hold is a feature of harmony based presets that can be activated by pressing one of the buttons on a Switch3 footswitch optional or via MIDI CC while singing a sustained note When this feature is triggered during a held vocal note the vowel sound is looped and sustained for as long as you hold down the pedal At this point you can sing an improvised melody over the sustained vowel sound if you like This feature works slightly differently in Notes mode presets Sing and hold a syllable then initiate Hold mode You can stop singing and while continuing to hold the footswitch play riffs and melodies on your MIDI keyboard with the sustained vowel sound The feature can make for very interesting live affects that seem to defy what one singer alone can produce HARMONY BACKGROUND ANDTIPS Scale types and voicings table Lead Voice C C OD Eb MAJ1 3rd Above E nc F nc 5th Above G nc A nc MAJ2 3rd above E
16. that occurs at the start of each sung note is set in menu L2 These values are changed each time you load a new Humanization style A ScpAmt value of 0 0st zero semitones disables the effect How to change the pitch shift in a modeling preset Modeling presets allow chromatic or scale based pitch shifting If you have no dry voice mixed in in menu DV the modeled voice with it s shifted pitch replaces your voice If your dry voice is mixed in the modeled voice can be used as a harmony or duet voice 1 Load a modeling preset press EDIT and scroll to menu 50 2 With the left soft knob select which type of shifting you prefer Chroma chromatic or one of the scale shifts from major 1 to Cust custom intervals 3 You can either adjust the chromatic shift amount in cents hundredths of a semitone or set a new key scale and voicing interval as you would with a Scale harmony preset only with a single modeled voice HARMONY EDITING Chapter Overview Presets are configured as Harmony or Modeling The following pages detail only the editing interface for presets configured to produce harmony The edit interface for modeling presets is discussed in the chapter entitled Lead Voice Modeling Editing Preset Type menu PC This configures the current preset s edit menus for either Harmony Doubling processing or Lead Modeling processing Harmony Control menu HC The parameters in this screen determine the type o
17. value is adjusted The meter shows the amount of correction generated by VoiceWorksPlus Extension to the right shows your input is flat according to the key and scale you ve set and the correction algorithm is nudging you sharp to compensate Extension to the left indicates that your input pitch is sharp and the correction is pulling you flatter If any of the three pitch correction values are 0 no meter swing or pitch correction will occur Wndow Correction Window is the setting in cents where you determine how close to a valid scale note you have to be before the algorithm acts to pull you in For example a value of 80 cents means that only when you are singing within plus or minus 40 cents from the target scale note will you be corrected The maximum value is 200 cents which in a Major scale having no more than 100 cents on either side of any scale tone would result in fulltime correction activity Attk Correction Attack Time determines how fast the algorithm pulls you toward scale tones A value of 0 is off and a value of 100 is instant resulting in something like the infamous Cher effect where the pitch correction effect is stair stepped and obvious when using non chromatic scales Usually values around 20 yield acceptable results Amnt Correction Amount allows you to soften the correction effect A value of 50 for example will only pull you halfway toward a correction scale target at the speed set by the Attk param
18. 0 These presets use modeling and the hybrid shifter to modify the timbre and pitch of your voice In most of these presets your dry voice is replaced with the modeled version so you can use them to mimic other singers growl rasp or timbre and create cartoon characters In a few of the presets a duet is created with the modeled voice and your dry voice hard panned left and right There is an M on the lower line of the display indicating that the preset uses modeling The remainder of the text on the lower line shows the amount of pitch shifting in cents hundredths of a semitone if any is enabled in the preset QUICK START Presets that create automatic doubling Presets 41 50 You can use these to recreate the lush thickness of voices singing in unison along with your dry voice Some presets feature multiple harmony voices others use the model to create a unique character to sing along with you and at least one uses the Mod effect to create the doubling illusion Though some presets display a key and scale no key and scale adjustment or MIDI input is required to enjoy them Presets that offer Pitch Correction Presets 51 to 56 You can explore pitch correction with this group of presets You should be aware that when set optimally the effect of pitch correction is subtle compared to the other effects in VoiceWorksPlus especially when you are singing through the product as opposed to playing back a recorded track
19. 3 buttons allow selective muting of blocks in each preset to simplify editing HARMONY MODEL button When this LED is lit the current preset is configured to produce harmony or a modeling effect You can press this button to disable the current effect and see what other effects are enabled in the preset CORRECTION button This button allows you to quickly disable pitch correction when needed If this button is off in a preset turning it on will enable pitch correction with default settings which may or may not be optimum for your purpose In this case you can edit the settings in the Edit menu at location CO FX button If the FX effects button is lit pressing it will mute all signal from the Mod Delay and Reverb blocks The Transducer effect will not be muted If this button is not lit in a preset pressing it will patch in a default effects setting 7 Mode Button Group EDIT button Press this button to enter and exit the preset Edit menu All settings relating to the current preset only are accessed here The last edit screen you accessed with the Data Wheel is remembered to reduce time required to locate specific edit menus SETUP button Press this button to access all of the global audio settings MIDI functions the EQ and Dynamics processors and preset backup and restore Press again to return to recalling presets FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTIONS BYPASS button Pressing BYPASS mutes all processing blocks of Voic
20. B 20 Hz to 20 kHz THD lt 98 dB 0 0013 kHz Frequency Response 20 Hz to 20 kHz 0 0 3 dB Crosstalk lt 100 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz EMC Complies with IEN 55103 1 and EN 55103 2 FCC part 15 Class B CISPR 22 Class Safety Certified to IEC 65 EN 60065 UL6500 and CSA E60065 CSA FILE LR 108093 Environment Operating Temperature 32 F to 122 F 0 C to 50 C Storage Temperature 22 to 167 30 to 70 Humidity Max 90 non condensing Control Interface MIDI In Out Thru 5 Pin DIN Pedal 1 4 phone jack Supplementary Display 2x16 backlit LCD Dimensions 19 x 1 75 x 82 483 x 44 x 195 mm Weight 4 1 Ib 1 85 kg Mains Voltage 100 to 240 50 to 60 Hz auto select Power Consumption lt 15 Warranty Parts and labor year Note Due to continuous development and standardization all specifications are subject to change without notice SIGNAL FLOW DIAGRAM An ns ONON yasni 179170 ino YAXIN 1NIOd ONIMWRS c 9 Su3A38 OL anas CX X 3910A c Aviad 248145 sn ds 40AA92IOA _ WISLUNIVO NI loz1 00108 430 1n2 Mo1
21. User s manual VOICEWORKS PLUS 3 LEAD LEVEL HARM b VOICE VVORKSPLUS HARMONY MODELING EFFECTS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read these instructions 2 Keep these instructions 3 Heed all warnings 4 Follow all instructions 5 Do not use this apparatus near water 6 Clean only with dry cloth 7 Do not block any ventilation openings Install accordance with the manufacturer s instructions 8 Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers that produce heat 9 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 10 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 12 Use only with 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 13 Unplug this apparatus
22. V phantom power if needed and press the 20 dB button if the lowest setting of the MIC GAIN knob still causes peaks while you sing I If you re using the Line Input make sure the MIC IN led is not lit Start playback on your computer There is no front panel input level knob so adjust the send from your mixer or computer so the LED stack shows no red on peaks QUICK START 12 Hopefully you ve waited until now to raise your monitoring PA levels and if you have you should be greeted by a voice that sounds nice and dry at a reasonable level 13 Turn off BYPASS by pressing the button so the LED is off Turn the DATA WHEEL to preset number and press the wheel to load this preset You re now ready to explore the factory presets in VoiceWorksPlus Making front panel tweaks Before you get to exploring the presets here are some tips that will help you Browsing presets When you first turn on VoiceWorksPlus the last preset loaded will be loaded for you Turn the Data Wheel to browse through the preset list As you do so the name and information fields of the next preset will be previewed in the main LCD and the effect buttons will flash indicating which effects will turn on An H on the lower line indicates a harmony preset An M indicates a modeling preset To load presets push the Data Wheel Adjusting the mix You can vary the global mix all presets will be affected in the same way by adjusting the soft kno
23. as you see fit The last four were designed at low values so you can create wild special effects as you experiment with high values H2 Vibrato Style Vibrato assists in providing separation between your dry singing voice and the harmonies Even the smallest amount of vibrato applied to your harmony voices can achieve this There are 28 styles available in progressively more intensity as you browse down the list Again they are grouped in fours for when you have four voices enabled that you want vibrato on but you want them slightly out of sync to sound more natural Of course mixing styles is useful and recommended Note that changed style or parameter values will be heard at the next sung note H3 Vibrato Amount You can vary the amount of vibrato intensity of the current vibrato style independently for each voice All the styles were designed at middle values to allow you to add or remove vibrato as you like H4 Detune Pitch Time and Level Trims Detune applies a slightly different amount of pre set and opposite pitch shift to each voice as you raise the value At maximum 50 cents of detune is applied Pit Pitch Trim Tim Timing Trim and Lev Level Trim allow you to adjust the amounts of these components within the current humanization style For example if you like the sound of the Pitch and Timing variation in the style but would rather that the levels didn t fluctuate you could lessen or remove this part of the e
24. bs As you turn one of them the LCD display will temporarily change to show the value of all four levels before returning to the main display Note that a value of 0 denotes full level not Off You can use the soft knob the far right as a master volume instead of your mixer if that is more convenient Any adjustment of these settings will remain through subsequent power up sessions Enabling and disabling the effects blocks The three block on off buttons above the soft knobs allow you to temporarily enable or disable the Harmony or Modeling block in the preset In a harmony preset this is the Harmony Mute button 2 the Pitch Correction block in the preset 3 the Reverb Delay Mod effect blocks in the preset Reloading the preset or loading another will return the block on off status to what was stored Exploring the presets The factory presets are grouped by the different abilities of the product which makes it much simpler for browsing The different harmony modes require different inputs from you and the preset groupings make it easier to compare presets of a harmony single control method with others of that same method Harmony presets that utilize MIDI input Presets to 10 Chord harmony mode Presets to 20 Notes harmony mode Presets 57 to 60 Combi harmony mode If you have connected a MIDI keyboard or the output of a MIDI sequencer track to VoiceWorksPlus you can use these presets to p
25. bs will momentarily switch the LCD display so that it shows the levels before reverting to the preset name and the information line When either the EDIT SETUP or STORE buttons have been pressed the soft knobs control up to four editing functions from left to right in the editing menus Global LEAD LEVEL control This adjusts the level of the Lead voice This path is called Lead because it has no Harmony or Modeling processing applied Note that this path may have Pitch Correction enabled if the Correction switch from the upper switch group is lit Global HARMONY MODEL LEVEL control Adjusts the overall level of any harmony voices that are turned on or the level of the modeled voice depending on which configuration is chosen in the current preset Make sure the Harmony Model switch above this knob is lit or this control will have no effect Global FX LEVEL control Adjusts the master level of the Mod Delay Reverb and Transducer effects blocks for all presets The individual effects blocks have their own level adjustment controls which may be turned down preventing you hearing them when you turn the FX Level control Make sure the FX switch above this knob is lit or the FX Level control will have no effect Global OUTPUT LEVEL control This control raises lowers or mutes the master output of VoiceWorksPlus BYPASS 22 i MAX rel MIC GAIN STORE PUSH TO LOAD 6 Block On Off button group These
26. ce and also a multieffect for other instruments or vocals in your mix To use this input the MIC IN must be set as the main vocal input The effects level settings are located in the Edit menu 3 Balanced Outputs These are the balanced analog line level stereo output of VoiceDoubler You can connect either a balanced 3 conductor TRS or unbalanced 2 conductor TS equipped cable here You can sum the left and right outputs to mono by changing the Output parameter in the Setup menu 4 Digital I O Sends and receives digital audio Using digital I O instead of the analog I O bypasses VoiceWorksPlus converter circuitry for enhanced audio clarity when used with compatible systems The digital output DO is configured to always produce the same audio as the main outputs The Input parameter in the Setup menu IN DI EN SIPDIF N BN DO must be set to Digital for the digital input DI to receive audio Also the ClockSrc must be set to Ext ernal for proper audio synchronization when using the digital input 5 MIDI This is the standard MIDI In Out and Thru interface used to allow editing preset selection preset dump and restore functions 6 Pedal This input accepts a single function footswitch or a triple function footswitch Any normally open passive footswitch will work for the single function footswitch A t
27. ce paths to allow you to create interesting doubling and duet effects Can add pitch correction to an existing preset If you like the sound of a particular harmony or modeling preset and you want to add this feature follow the directions discussed in the Editing Overview chapter under the heading How to add pitch correction to a preset Pitch Correction Menus CO to C2 All correction parameters except the front panel Correction On Off button are located in these three menus C0 Correction Key and Scale Set the key and scale here to match your song The scale options include Major Minor Har harmonic minor Minor Nat natural minor Minor Asc ascending melodic minor Chro chromatic O O 0 O O Custom The active scale notes of these scales is shown in menu C2 for the current key you have set The Custom scale allows you to determine exactly which notes you want corrected If your song changes key or modulates you will likely need to change key in one of the following ways o For live performance you can create two user presets with the only difference being the correction key and scale o the studio you can browse to menu and make the change manually Cl Correction parameters When you first turn to this menu the upper line briefly shows the names of the three parameters before switching automatically to the correction meter This display will revert to the parameter names anytime a
28. ch shift This parameter sets the offset from 50 which is deeper and more male to 50 which is thinner or more feminine and at high levels alien At a setting of 0 there is no formant change LEAD VOICE MODEL EDITING Hybr Hybrid Amount This works only when the pitch of the modeled voice is shifted Typically there are two types of pitch shift techniques o Formant corrected and o Instrumental shifting Applying a pitch shift using Formant correction better preserves natural humanlike sound when the pitch is shifted Instrumental shifting does no such thing which results in the famous Chipmunk Darth Vader effects common to special effects and old generation pitch shifting products The Hybrid Amount parameter allows you to define midpoints between these two techniques for finer control of timbre The Auto setting is full formant correction The values from O full Instrumental shifting to 100 closest to Auto give you fine control S2 Portamento Time and Smoothing Porta Portamento Time slows pitch response as you sing up and down through a melody It is useful for making a modeled harmony voice sound more like you are singing with another person This is because your dry melody and the harmony are slightly out of pitch synchronization at lower values and wildly out of sync at high values The number value is roughly the time it takes to glide between two pitches Smooth Smoothing At low or zero values Smoothing a
29. cts like a pitch corrector on the shifted voice As you sing up and down through your melody note to note transitions become stepped and the pitches are corrected even as your dry voice dips above and below pitch With low smoothing values it s often useful to add Portamento to soften the note attacks while the Smoothing keeps them in tune As you progress through higher Smoothing values generally above 60 or 70 the hard note transitions become softer Smoothing and Portamento apply to all shift modes including MIDI note derived pitch shifting S3 Unvoiced Attenuation The UVAtn Unvoiced Attenuation reduces Ess type sounds to improve pitch shifting artifacts that occur when pitch shifting over larger intervals Mixing menus MV and DV It is possible to vary the blend between the modeled voice and your dry voice with the parameters in these two menus MV Model Level Model Level is the volume of the modeled voice A value of OdB is full volume Pan allows you to place your modeled voice where you would like in the left right or in the middle of your stereo spectrum DV Dry Voice Level Dry Level Dry Voice Level controls the volume of your completely unaffected voice In VoiceWorksPlus modeling presets the Dry voice is your singing voice with no other effects processing You would raise the level of your dry voice to create a harmony or duet perfomance in tandem with your modeled voice Pan places your dry v
30. d or notes you played When turning Latch On in Notes mode you must trigger the same number of notes for the subsequent chord as there are voices turned on in the preset For example if four voices are enabled in the preset Levels are more than zero and you play a four note chord on the keyboard while you sing you will hear four harmony voices If you remove your hands from the keyboard and play two different notes the harmony will not change Only when you hold four notes at once will the harmonies change Dry Voice Mix Screen DV You can vary the level of your singing voice in the harmony mix with the Dry Level and Pan controls In harmony presets in VoiceWorksPlus the Dry voice is your singing voice with or without pitch correction HARMONY BACKGROUND AND TIPS Chapter overview By now you ve likely browsed through the harmony presets in VoiceWorksPlus and are relatively familiar with the harmony modes and features This chapter gives some background and tips to help you produce the best harmony performances possible using VoiceWorksPlus Editing your settings is discussed in the following chapter Why are there different harmony modes For every note you sing there are many notes that could qualify as good sounding harmony notes In order to have VoiceWorksPlus sing the right notes you need to feed it some information and this is done through creating several harmony modes Each harmony mode requires diffe
31. d time variation to sustained portions of notes o Level volume modulation This effect is like a subtle tremolo with a non periodic or semi random waveform that simulates the way different singers change note volumes as they sing H0 Humanize Style You may choose from 24 pre programmed humanization styles that were created at the factory to speed editing Each voice can have a unique style The styles are loosely ordered from subtle to overt with a general style quality indicated by the name As you change the values with the EDIT knobs the screen briefly shows the name of the style you have selected before reverting to the menu name The styles were designed in groups of four so that if you apply all four numbered Natural styles one for each voice for example each voice would respond slightly differently but still would remain within the flavour of the style name Applying similarly named humanization styles to multiple voices is not required however allowing you can mix and match to your liking HARMONY EDITING All humanization styles but the last four have scoop or onset events pre programmed into them in varying degrees The last four called PitTimLvl through 4 have none to allow you more programming variation Humanize Amount You can vary the amount of humanization independently for each voice All the styles except the last four were designed at middle values to allow you to add or remove effects
32. during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time 14 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in anyway such as 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 Warning To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock do not expose this apparatus 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 Voltage Line plug according to standard 110 125V UL817 and CSA C22 2 no 42 CEE 7 page VII SR section 107 2 D1 IEC 83 page C4 220 230V BS 1363 of 1984 Specification for 13A fused plugs and switched and switched socket outlets To completely disconnect this equipment from the AC mains disconnect the power supply cord plug from the AC receptacle The mains plug of the power supply cord shall remain readily operable A The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operati
33. e pan position of each voice you can do the following and then store your edited preset to the user bank This procedure also allows you to add or remove harmony voices to the preset harmony preset press EDIT and scroll to menu VO with the Data Wheel Here you ll see how many voices are enabled and their relative levels 2 Adjust the voice levels with the soft knobs while you sing To lower the overall harmony volume for your preset adjust each voice by the same amount 3 To edit pan positions scroll to the next menu V and adjust the positions with the soft knobs If any voices are Off in the previous menu screen adjusting their pans will have no effect 4 If you raised the level of any voice that was set to Off you ll need to set the new voice s interval in menu V2 How to adjust Humanization and vibrato settings in a preset Humanization in VoiceWorksPlus is controlled by several settings that impose time pitch and level variances upon the harmony voices or to the modeled voice to mimic human singing You can choose to add more of these effects or reduce them with these menus In a harmony or doubling preset Press the EDIT button and scroll to menu V4 to speed up lower number or slow down higher number or disable value 0 the Portamento or glide time between notes 2 Scroll to menu V5 to adjust the amount of Smoothing which at lower numbers acts as pitch correction for the harmony vo
34. e sends for As you turn the knob the send settings for each effect are shown in the display Lead This is where you send your dry voice to the effect selected with the Send parameter H M Harmony and Lead Modeling sends This is where you send to the effects from either of the Harmony block or the Modeling block depending on the configuration of the current preset Aux Auxilliary input send You can apply effects to any audio signal received at the Line Input when you have a mic plugged into the Mic Input X2 Effect returns These parameters allow you to adjust the relative level balance and stereo width of each of the three effects blocks If the send level 15 0 for any of the parameters in the send screen turning up the returns in these screens will have no effect Out Turning the soft knob associated with this parameter selects either the level for each effect block or the stereo width Note that for some effects like mono delays adjusting the Width will have no effect Unless you specifically prefer mono effects this is best left Stereo If you are using VoiceWorksPlus with mono sound system you can set the global Mono Stereo parameter to Mono in the Setup menu Mod Dly Delay and Rev erb These allow you to bring the output of these effect blocks into the main mix and to balance their levels Mod block editing menus M0 M8 These menus allow to select styles and perform customization on this block Mod is
35. eWorksPlus Any audio signal that is received at the line or mic input is passed directly to the left and right audio outputs STORE button Pressing STORE initiates the storing sequence and presents the preset name and target user preset number in the main display In Store mode you can edit the name of the new preset by turning the EDIT knob to highlight the letter positions and then using EDIT 2 to change the letter You can press either EDIT or SETUP to cancel a Store operation or press STORE or the Data Wheel to complete 8 The Data Wheel The Data Wheel has two actions you can turn it and you can press it When the display shows a preset name turning the Data Wheel allows you to browse through the available presets You can then press the Data Wheel to load the preset of your choice If you ve pressed the EDIT or SETUP buttons this wheel cycles up and down through the menus available in these modes Pressing it has distinct functions in some menus When the STORE button is lit turning the Data Wheel allows you to choose a user bank preset number in which to store your edited preset and pressing it completes the Store operation 9 Mic Input control group MIC GAIN knob The MIC GAIN knob allows you to tailor VoiceWorksPlus s input gain to match your combination of microphone sensitivity and singing level MIC IN button The Mic In switch controls which of VoiceWorksPlus s inputs Mic In or Line In will drive t
36. ed to voice Which is the best harmony mode for you From the chart above you can see which harmony mode is likely to become your favorite Shift is not described as it s not a true harmony mode Chords presets the best for me If you play keyboards presets based on Chords are likely to work best for you You just select a preset with the arrangement of intervals above or below your voice and get down to playing your instrument you do when you require harmony is to un mute the harmonies with the Harmony Mute function on your footswitch and then play the chords in your song A new TC Helicon feature has been added to VoiceWorksPlus that greatly improves Chord mode flexibility and it s called Improvise mode This is found in the Setup menu press the SETUP button at menu U2 and once set it will affect all Chord harmony presets Improvise mode configures Chord mode presets so that only 3 note chords will trigger a chord change instead of each note as is the case with Classic mode This allows you to play your keyboard arrangements more naturally allowing runs bass riffs and chord partials while you sing and create harmony simultaneously Scale presets the best for me If you are a guitar player in a live act Scale mode will work best because there is no requirement for ongoing musical information during the song as there is with the MIDI modes All you do is set the Key and Scale or load a pr
37. effect s ability to collapse to mono Delay block editing menus 00 04 The delay effect is a configurable echo You can control how far apart the echoes occur Delay Time and whether the echoes fade out quickly or slowly or build on themselves In addition there are filtering and stereo controls that allow you to create many popular delay sounds Delays can be typically be categorized into the two listed categories below Short Delays Initial reflections Slaps Long Delays the maximum stereo delay is 1800ms Mono taps Stereo taps Syncopated taps Ping pongs delays travelling from left to right DO Delay Style Delay style selection Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choose a delay style you like DI Delay time input source and time tempo Src Source from which to derive delay time Determines which one of the three methods you want REVERB MODAND DELAY EDITING to use to set delay times These include setting the exact delay time for the left and right delay lines manually Time tapping the Data wheel in time with your music to have the times calculated automatically Tap or the unit can be set to derive it s delay times from incoming MIDI clock signal MIDI L DelTime R Left and right manual delay times These settings are shown when the Src is set to Time You may set up to 1800ms 1 8 seconds of delay for the left and right delay lines here Tempo This setting is shown only when
38. el of the return from the effect you ve selected Also make sure the FX led on the front panel is lit o Goto the style selection screen for the effect you ve chosen and choose a style that sounds close to what you want to hear o Edit the effect style or parameters if you prefer Note that if Global FX is activated any editing you do will appear to be applied to the current preset but will actually be applied to the preset designated in the Global FX menu in Setup Effects mixing menus X0 X2 These screens allow you to adjust the send and return levels of the effects blocks As always OdB means full level X0 Crossover feeds to Delay and Reverb Mod2Del Micromod send to Delay This allows you to route the output of the Mod block to the input of the Delay block Del2Rev Delay send to Reverb You can route the output of the Delay block to the Reverb block input Sends to the effect blocks The outputs of each of the Dry voice Lead modeling Harmony and Auxilliary input paths can be routed to the effects here This is where you can adjust the balance of reverb applied to your dry voice versus how much reverb is sent to the harmony voices for example In order for an effect to be audible both the send and return levels need to be set Default send levels have been set for each expected effect configuration Send Turning the soft knob associated with this parameter determines which effect you wish to adjust th
39. eset you ve saved with the song s information before you start your song This only takes a moment and then you can get on with playing During the song when you need harmony you can use the Harmony Mute button on your footswitch to turn harmonies on and off Some songs where the combination of vocal melody and your music may produce odd harmony notes may occur but the songs where you can create harmonies handsfree will completely impress your audience Combi presets for me For someone who uses a sequencer to help with backup music live or to at home to record their own music Combi mode can give you the excellent combination of natural sounding note to note HARMONY BACKGROUND ANDTIPS transitions that Scale mode gives you with the benefit of a MIDI chord override that solves the Scale mode dilemma Because inputting a chord is only required during problem sections you have to be aware of where these sections are and while you re performing your mind is usually focussing on your performance Also an intricate keyboard part is usually not required so limited keyboard skills are all that s needed What about Notes and Notes 4 Channel These two modes or rather the one with its sub mode are highly useful for home recording enthusiasts that can play a keyboard melody Notes mode presets give you ultimate flexibility in allowing you to create harmony melodies that ascend or descend even while the pitch of your
40. eter C2 Scale display and customization screen In this screen you can see the current scale and its active scale tones and make changes to both The leftmost soft knob allows you to change the scale As you change the scale you can see the active scale tones for the key you ve selected in menu The second soft knob acts like a cursor to select scale tones and the third changes the flashing scale note to active shown an or disabled shown by a PITCH CORRECTION REVERB MODAND DELAY EDITING Chapter Overview This chapter discusses editing of the classic effects blocks that produce Reverb Mod and Delay In VoiceWorksPlus these three effects are only available in a parallel or aux send type configuration meaning they are added to the effect in a maximum 50 50 mix of wet and dry never 100 wet Because the application of these types of effects is largely understood we ll discuss only the editing parameters and not their usage The Transducer effect functions slightly differently and is discussed separately in the next chapter Effects editing is discussed briefly in the Editing Overview chapter The method for adding effects is typically thus o Decide which effect you would like to add o Decide which of the input paths from the Dry Harmony Lead Modeling or Aux input that you would like hear to the effect added to o Check or raise the send level for that input path o Raise the lev
41. eter helps the harmonies sound more natural At low values Smoothing acts like pitch correction of the harmony voices according to the shifting rules applied by the current harmony mode With the voices corrected like this some Portamento is usually required to help soften note to note transitions Higher values offer progressively less correction Humanization menus 7 The term humanization simply means the application of processes designed to increase realism harmony modes usually benefit from careful application of humanization styles that make each harmony voice respond slightly differently to your singing voice Humanization is especially useful to make Notes and Chords harmonies sound more natural The rigid pitch definitions imposed by MIDI don t automatically lend themselves to matching the small pitch wobbles timing inconsistencies and varying volume envelopes of a human singing group Humanization styles are made up of o Onset pitch events This is also known as scooping which adds a generated pitch trajectory for each new note that is different than the sung note o Pitch modulation a random wave generator wobbles the pitch in non periodic ways to simulate even the finest singers pitch variation o Timing delay and modulation Singers are unable to start notes at the same time with the exactness of a machine so this algorithm applies slight delays to the onset of notes and then adds modulate
42. ets 21 to 30 Scale harmony mode These presets require that you input the key and scale of your song No further input is generally required because the musical intelligence built into VoiceWorksPlus shifts the intervals automatically while you sing The factory default key setting for all of these presets is A major so if you sing a song in this key you won t have to keep changing key and scale each time you load a new preset To change key and scale press EDIT and turn the Data Wheel to locate edit screen HC Use the soft knobs to select the combination of key and scale for your song that sounds good over your chord changes Note that VoiceWorksPlus is configured so that all presets share the key and scale settings saved with the last preset If you wish to change this so each preset has a different key perhaps for different songs in live performance the Setup menu has a parameter called Chord Key which is set to Global You can set this to Preset if you prefer The Scale harmony technique works best when the accompaniment uses the simple chord changes found in pop and blues A preset with a single 3rd harmony interval will usually produce pleasing harmony with more songs than presets that have a 5th or additional interval If your key and scale result in odd harmonies now and then switch to a Combi preset or edit the current preset and play MIDI chords at those times Presets that change voice character Presets 31 to 4
43. f harmony processing for the current preset and it s associated musical requirements Mode allows you to choose between the multivoice shift modes The menu interface will change adding or removing additional parameters depending on the mode chosen Shift no additional parameters in this screen Scale Key and Scale Chord Chord Root and Type Notes no additional parameters O O 0 O Combi Key and Scale When the current value is Scale or Combi this screen is where you set Key and Scale for your song Replace current text with If the current value is Chord mode you can store the preset with default values for the Root and Chord Type Voicing Screens menus to V6 These edit screens apply to the pitch shifting aspects of your four harmony voices V0 Voice Level The four EDIT knobs control the volumes of each of the voices Note that the range of values goes from Off to 6 dB Typically you would avoid the OdB to 6dB values unless only a single voice is active and you need extra level for it The presets were created at the factory at optimum levels designed to minimize output distortion that may arise when adding the levels of the voices together at high levels Pans Each voice may have a unique pan position There are 100 possible steps in each of the left and right pan positions V2 Voicing Harmony Intervals Here you set the pitch shifting intervals depending on the harmony
44. ffect Note that a 10076 value in this menu is only as much effect as what is applied in the Humanize Amount menu Hl The Detune parameter operates on its own H5 Tuning and Hold Release The Tuning parameter allows you to affect tiny pitch adjustments to your harmony intervals to achieve Equal Just or Barbershop tuning HARMONY EDITING Equal tuning is the compromised tuning standard that instruments such as guitar and keyboards are designed to This tuning mode allows you to play in any key without completely retuning your instrument for every chord This value is the default from the factory Just tuning is what is known as perfect intonation between harmony intervals It is best to use this when performing with other instruments tuned to Equal or standard tuning The pitches of major and minor thirds and the fifth intervals are brought into exact mathematical symmetry which overcomes the beating of harmonics that occurs with Equal tuning mode Barbershop functions exactly like Just tuning in all harmony modes except for Chord mode In this case Barbershop tuning uses your singing voice as the pitch reference where Just intonation uses the root of the current chord played via MIDI HoldRel Hold Release varies the amount of time it takes for any notes held with the Hold feature to decay This makes for a more natural release Note that no new harmony notes will sound until the time you set with this parameter ha
45. has been activated Be careful when adjusting these parameters because feedback is more likely Q0 EQ and compressor assignment DynAssign Dynmics assignment This allows you to assign dynamic processing compressor and gate to the lead voice harmony model voices both lead and harmony model voices or neither Hint assigning only to the lead voice with a medium compressor setting threshold I5dB 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 EQAssign EQ assignment This allows assignment of the three band EQ to the lead voice harmony model voices both lead and harmony model voices or neither QI Compressor controls The compressor in VoiceWorksPlus has automatic 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 Threshold Sets threshold at which the compressor becomes active level from 0 to 60 dB A moderate setting of 6 to 15 works well Ratio Sets your compression ratio range from 1 12 1 to 64 l This sets how much level reduction occurs once the input signal reaches the threshold you have set Q2 EQ settings VoiceWorksPlus has a flexible 3 band EQ with frequency adjustable high and low shelving bands and a fully parametric band with Q frequency and gain controls LoShelf Sets the
46. he unit This switch must be lit before any adjustment of the MIC GAIN and phantom power will have any effect 48V button You must press and hold this button for approximately second to send DC voltage to condenser microphones requiring phantom power When using non phantom powered mics leaving this off is best 20 dB switch This switch reduces the sensitivity of the mic input when you use mics that have a high output level You would press this switch when you notice that even though the MIC GAIN knob is set to minimum fully left the Input Clip LED shows clipping during singing In this case press the 20 dB switch and you will have more range adjustment with the Mic Gain control BACK PANEL DESCRIPTIONS MONO Balanced Input 1 Mic Input When the MIC IN switch on the front panel is lit this becomes the main analog input It accepts a balanced mic level XLR cable carrying a monophonic vocal source 2 Line Input When the MIC IN switch is not lit this 1 4 jack becomes the main analog input You can connect either a balanced 3 conductor TRS or unbalanced 2 conductor TS equipped cable here The input sensitivity for the line input is located in the Setup menu This jack can alternately be used as an auxilliary input to the Mod Delay and Reverb effects blocks in VoiceWorksPlus This allows VoiceWorksPlus to do double duty as both a harmony processor for your voi
47. his will light to confirm the MIDI data is received by VoiceWorksPlus on the correct MIDI channel To ensure that it will respond correctly to the incoming data check to see that both your sending device and VoiceWorksPlus are set to the same MIDI channel 4 LCD display During normal operation none of the EDIT SETUP or STORE buttons are pressed this display shows the name of the current preset on the top line and the main harmony or modeling parameter values on the lower line A slight turn of any of the soft knobs will change the display to show master mix levels While the mix levels are shown the four soft knobs allow editing of the mix After a few seconds the display will revert to preset name After the EDIT SETUP or STORE buttons have been pressed this display shows up to four editing parameters on the top line and their associated values on the bottom After a parameter value has been changed an asterisk will be shown to the left of the name when you return to normal operation This is to warn that you will lose any changes should you recall another preset unless it is saved first FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTIONS CONTROL HARMONY MODEL CORRECTION SETUP LEAD LEVEL 2 913158 EDIT 3 HARM MODEL LEVEL OUTPUT LEVEL 5 Soft knobs overview During normal operation these controls act as a mixer allowing you to quickly modify the global mix levels without entering an edit menu Moving any of the kno
48. hmic distortion curve that you can further trim with the Pre and Post Gain controls Low BandLimit Hi Low and high band filters These are attenuation only filters that allow you to roll off high and or low frequencies to simulate radios telephones and the like When the Transducer is set with no distortion style these can act as creative filters for any of the audio paths selected in the Transducer Insert parameter THE SETUP MENU IO to 14 Inputs Output 10 Input sensitivity MicSens Microphone sensitivity This allows further adjustment of microphone input sensitivity Normal is best for the majority of microphones However the Low and High settings can be useful for extra high output or extra low level microphones LineSens Line input sensitivity Sets the Line input sensitivity or maximum input level from OdBu to 24dBu to match with your mixer The factory default setting of 159 is an average output level from most mixers Adjust this up or down when you see the input meters consistently low or in the red 11 Digital input gain Digital In Gain Here the digital in signal can attenuated to reduce clipping OdB is unity and is the ideal setting 12 Input source and clock settings Input Here you select the Analog or Digital input Selecting Analog input will use the input selected via the front panel Mic or Line Digital input will use the rear S PDIF connectors The digital output is always available
49. ice Inflection HumanStyle menus 0 L2 Inflection is the automatic pitch timing and level modification block in VoiceWorksPlus The effects from this block can be used to O create a pitch event on the beginning of sung or spoken notes to create an alternate character voice o introduce subtle timing and pitch modulation effects o allow creation of bizarre inhuman special effects The Humanization styles found in this menu are the same as those in harmony presets with additional controls for the scoop component of the effect L0 Humanization Style and Amount EDIT controls selection of the style and EDIT 2 varies the amount The styles are numbered through 4 to be used primarily with the four harmony voices There are subtle differences between them that are useful for modeled voices as well LI Pitch Time and Level Randomization Amount and Rate Rand Randomization allows you to chose Pitch Time or Level randomization for further adjustment Amt Amount adjusts the modulation amount in cents c milliseconds ms or decibels dB Rate allows you to adjust the modulation rate for the effect LEAD VOICE MODEL EDITING L2 Scoop Amount Duration and Randomization ScpAmt Scoop Amount sets the amount of pitch swing 0 to 8 semitones that a scoop can cover during its onset Note that each style has a slightly different scoop trajectory curve Dur Duration sets how long it takes for that scoop
50. ices A value of 0 is full correction and 100 yields smooth transitions between note changes 3 Scroll to menu HO to choose a different Humanization style for each voice or disable it by setting the value to Off No Style Menu HI allows you to adjust the amount of each Style EDITING OVERVIEW 4 Scroll to screens H2 and H3 to change vibrato styles and adjust the amount on each voice 5 In menu H4 you can adjust the overall amount of detuning to all voices with a single Det Detune amount parameter and trim the three effects set by the current Humanization style These include Pit Pitch modulation Tim Timing variation and Lev Level modulation Note that these values are not reset when you change Humanization styles and if you reduce any value to zero and then change styles you will not get the full effect until you turn it up again In a modeling preset Press the EDIT button and scroll to menu LO Here you can choose the Humanization style you prefer and adjust the amount in the same screen These are the same styles as those available for the harmony voices 2 menu LI you can adjust the individual amounts of Pitch Time and Level randomization Rand set by the current Humanization style The leftmost soft knob allows selection of the Pitch Time or Level parameter for adjustment by the next two soft knobs 3 Editing the amount ScpAmt duration Dur and randomization over time Rand of the pitch event
51. ix between the tail and the room with this control Chapter Overview The edit screens and usage tips for the Transducer block are discussed in this chapter The Transducer can create many of the megaphone and telephone effects in popular music as well as replicating the vintage audio quality of older audio effects and recordings Within the Transducer there is a configurable distortion block with internal filtering and curves as well as a bandwidth block which emulates the frequency response of various audio devices like phones and radios The Transducer is serial or 10076 wet meaning that any signal going through it is typically meant to lose its dry component The FX button on the front panel will engage and disengage the Transducer effect along with the Reverb Delay and Mod effects It is essential to have your input levels set correctly in order for the distortion component of the Transducer block to work Setting the input level too low will result in less or no distortion than is intended Transducer editing menus T0 T4 Transducer insertion point In order to hear the effect you must choose to apply the Transducer effect to either the dry voice path the Harmony or Modeling path or on the master output Applying the Transducer to the master output will effect all Harmony Modeling processing as well as the Reverb Delay and effects Any stereo signals entering the Transducer will be summed to mono Tra
52. l Chord and Key setting works much like the Global Effects setting only for musical input When you change and save a key and scale in any Scale based preset all presets will now be based on this setting For Chord mode presets the last chord received at the MIDI inputs is the first chord all Chord mode presets will produce harmony from UI Dry delay and tuning reference DryDelay Turning this On delays the lead vocal slightly so the harmony voices will sound at the same time as your lead voice Turning this Off results in the least amount of lead voice processing delay Tuning This sets the overall tuning reference with respect to A 440 THE SETUP MENU U2 Chord mode configuration Chord Mode The Classic setting sets the standard Chord mode operation where any MIDI notes played will be interpreted by the chord detection algorithm In Improvise chord mode only 3 note chords trigger the chord detection algorithm allowing more freedom in playing keyboard parts and controlling harmony at the same time U3 Notes Mode configuration Selects between Channel and 4 Channel notes mode for all Notes presets in the product U4 Footswitch assignments Footswitch 1 2 3 Allows custom assignment of parameters to the Switch3 three button footswitch None no assignment Pre preset down Pre preset up Byp bypass EffL effect on off latching EffM effect on off momentary HarL harmony on off latching HarM harmony on
53. mitate real spaces like plates and springs All reverbs are made up of early reflections rooms and the longer reverberant sounds tails Common controls are the level of the room Room Level and the level and decay of the tail Tail Level Reverb Decay Additionally a small delay can be added between the dry voice and the reverb signal Predelay that adds clarity by briefly separating the dry voice from its reverb By far the most important control for reverb is the level One reverb patch can have a very different result for the audience whether it is mixed subtly or up front in the mix RO Reverb Style Reverb style selection Use the soft knob assigned to this parameter to choose a reverb style you like RI Decay time and predelay settings DecayTime Decay Time Sets the length of the reverb tail PreDly Predelay Introduces a short delay between the dry audio signal and the onset of reverb to simulate larger spaces and to improve the audio separation between the dry signal and the reverb effect R2 Reverb tail filtering LowColor HiColor These are preset filters that tailor the low and high frequency response of the reverb tails R3 Room and tail level balance RoomLev Room level Each reverb style has a pre configured short initial reflection sound that can be boosted or attenuated with this control TailLev Tail level The tail is the long decaying component of reverb You can adjust the m
54. mode chosen in the Harmony Control menu The representations of the pitch shifts also vary according the current harmony mode In Shift mode you may pitch shift the voice in chromatic fixed one semitone intervals up to two octaves in either direction In Scale mode the pitch shift follows diatonic moving third rules The choices are musically useful and cover the two octave range In Chord mode the interval range covers the range of harmony motion defined by Chord mode In Notes mode voicing is determined by the notes you hold down on your MIDI keyboard and so adjustment is not applicable in this screen In Combi mode the intervals are the same as for Scale mode because these two modes are similar V3 Voicing Gender Each voice has its own timbre adjustment in the form of Gender control Values below 0 lend each voice a more masculine and deeper effect and values above 0 lend a more feminine or thinner effect V4 Portamento Times Each voice has its own Portamento time Portamento is a delayed response to the pitch movement of your singing voice It is also referred to as Glide in synthesizers The range of values equals approximately how long the upwards or downwards slide will take to reach each new note Setting each voice to different values greatly assists the illusion of other singers singing with you V5 Smoothing Amount Like Portamento setting each voice with a unique value of the Smoothing param
55. much editing if you d prefer not to While at the preset level the four soft knobs and the block on off buttons on the front panel allow you to make changes to the effects without requiring a trip into the EDIT menu Styles To make quick edits you can press the EDIT button and navigate to the styles edit screens e g RO Reverb Style The styles are like presets within a preset allowing you to make large changes to the reverb sound for example without requiring time consuming individual parameter changes Style values can be edited and stored with a preset but the edited style cannot be used in other presets Parameters Adjusting individual harmony voice levels for example cannot be done easily with styles so parameters such as these are available individually Even if you are an experienced effects programmer it s a good idea to browse through the parameter descriptions in the following pages to familiarize yourself with the unique features available in VoiceWorksPlus EDITING OVERVIEW How to find the EDIT Menu you want Each edit screen has an alphanumeric address to make finding it easier For example the Delay edit screens show DO to D4 in the LED display The following graphic shows the addresses in the order found in the EDIT Menu Dr tL Preset configuration screen 3 Preset Type is set to Preset Type is set to Harmony Doubling Lead Voice Model HL LU LS Harmony control SLINKY Harmony voici
56. nes the range that MIDI pitch bend information will alter pitch shifts in both Harmony and Modeling modes Trans Notes mode transposition This transposes the harmony voices in Notes mode to allow it to be controlled by upper or lower sections of a MIDI keyboard if required The value corresponds to octaves SyxID MIDI System Exclusive ID number When addressing multiple VoiceWorksPlus units on the same MIDI In Thru chain with a Sysex editor each one should have its own ID or they all will be edited in the same way M3 Keyboard zone settings KBSplitZone Split zone Sets whether MIDI notes above or below the split point are allowed for Notes mode and Chord mode presets Note Sets the MIDI note above or below which the keyboard split will be active FO FI Preset Management FO MIDI Dump initiation Select which VoiceWorksPlus information you want to back up via MIDI All User Setup dumps all user settings and user presets in one file User Bank dumps only user presets Setup dumps only setup data User to 99 dumps the individual user preset selected Press the Data Wheel to start the dump File functions Function Pushing the data wheel triggers the listed function Restore Setup reverts all setup parameters back to factory settings This includes the front panel mix settings Erase User Bank erases all user presets CAUTION do not leave this screen set to Erase User Bank or
57. ng H HC nm Harmony E Dry voice level 3 LL Le Correction Vii Wo A LI AC FX fo settings 20 04 Delay settings Reverb settings Modeling settings cr c 2 Li Shifting settings Main vocal mix 70 14 Transducer settings EDITING OVERVIEW Quick editing guides The following quick guides cover standard edits you may require How to store modified presets We ll discuss this first so you can get on with modifying and saving right away Make a parameter change to a preset 2 Press the STORE button The main LED and the STORE button s LED will flash indicating store mode 3 Select a user location for the new preset with the Data Wheel This only scrolls through the 100 user locations so don t worry about overwriting a factory preset 3 Name the new preset You can use the left two soft knobs as a cursor and letter selector respectively Your name can have up to I5 characters 4 You can press STORE the Data Wheel to commit the preset to memory If you decide to cancel the store operation press either the EDIT or the SETUP button How to change the effect FX settings in a preset The following should help when you ve found a harmony or modeling preset you like but for example the reverb effect is too long or too quiet or maybe there is a delay effect you want to use instead To disable effects in the preset In the
58. ng and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the product The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons A This equipment should be installed near the socket outlet and disconnection of the device should be easily accessible 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 ha
59. ns in following directives 73 23 EEC 89 336 EEC Issued in Risskov 03 2004 Mads Peter Lubeck Chief Executive Officer INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing VoiceWorksPlus a vocal processing powerhouse designed to enable the singing musician to produce captivating vocals in recording and live performance Everything from exciting harmony parts to evocative character impersonations to simply better vocal sound is possible with VoiceWorksPlus Features Generates up to 4 additional harmony voices with a variety of musical input methods Exclusive TC Helicon pitch timing and energy humanization that effectively mimics singing groups Vocal modeling effects such as breathiness growl and resonance help create alternate voice personalities Vocal pitch correction block TC Electronic Reverb chorus tap delay effects amp more Distortion megaphone and telephone effects 3 band EQ compressor and gate Handy top level edit knobs 100 Factory 100 User presets and MIDI control Microphone preamp stereo analog and digital input output Optional footswitch control We update our manuals and various support materials on a regular basis For the most up to date information we encourage you to visit our website at www tc helicon com We hope you and your fans enjoy VoiceWorksPlus The TC Helicon Team TABLE OF CONTENTS Product OVEFVIEW ada dde EX x XE dR HERE 4 Front Panel Descriptions
60. nsducer Style Here you can choose from one of the twenty one pre configured styles that bring together all of the distortion and filtering effects possible with the Transducer You can also choose No Style and edit the parameters in the following screens to your liking T2 PreGain PostGain These controls apply only when a distortion type is selected in the following screen These act similarly to a guitar distortion pedal or an amplifier with input gain and master level controls PreGain Boosts or attenuates the amount of distortion for the distortion type selected in menu T3 PostGain When you adjust the PreGain parameter just like a guitar amplifier the overall level of the effect goes THE TRANSDUCER BLOCK up and down Use this control to adjust the output level of the Transducer block to properly balance the current preset with the others T3 Distortion type and amount Distort Type These are pre configured distortion styles that range from Overdrive through Saturation and Distortion and finally Fuzz Each has a unique character Though these styles have no detailed controls like Delay or Reverb for example you can add or reduce the distortion component menu T2 and apply filtering menu T4 to customize them Amt Adjusts the amount of distortion for the current distortion style This is not the same as the Pre and Post Gain controls which work on level adjustjment The Distortion Amount control adjusts the algorit
61. o Tract effect is possible Pitch Shift menus SO to S3 Pitch shifting adds tremendously to character voices you can create From instant male female duets to deep Bass singers to soaring Sopranos this block stimulates interest in your listening audience Two types of pitch shift may be applied to the modeled voice Chromatic and Scale You can use Chromatic shift to achieve octave transformations or any unvarying interval from your input pitch Scale shifting allows the modeled voice to be used to sing harmony in a particular key and scale much like the Scale harmony capability of the harmony presets only with a character rich modeled voice S0 Shift Type Amount and Key Shift determines whether the pitch shift is chromatic Chroma or diatonic Majl 3 Minl 3 Cust Key As you change from Chroma to the scales this additional parameter appears in the display allowing you to set the key to match your song Key is only shown when the Shift type is non chromatic Amount sets the chromatic fixed or diatonic moving thirds interval When the Shift is set to Chroma the Amount is in cents Oc is no shift When Shift is set to the scales this parameter works in the same way as the Voicing Scale parameter does for a harmony preset based on Scale mode Uni is the unison no shift value SI Formant Hybrid Amount Frmnt Formant affects the male or female timbre of the modeled voice independent of the direction of pit
62. off momentary CorL correction on off latching correction off momemtary Hold enables the Harmony Hold feature described in the Harmony Background and Tips chapter US Effects priority Lead FX Priority When using Lead Model presets at 48 kHz sampling rates VoiceWorksPlus does not allow uMod and Transducer to be enabled simultaneously The parameter sets which effect gets priority upon preset or effect load if both are activated in the preset to MIDI Settings MIDI settings MidiCh MIDI channel assignment Sets the input MIDI channel for harmony and CC messages When set the same as incoming MIDI such as that from a keyboard the front panel MIDI led will flash When the channels do not match the led will not respond Filter Allows MIDI Program Change or System Exclusive messages to be ignored for convenience THE SETUP MENU MI Controller enable and disable CC Ctrl CC control Enables or disables CC message control VibCtrl Vibrato control Specifies how the Mod Wheel message affects vibrato The Boost setting will add more vibrato once the part of the wheel movement reaches the corresponding amount of vibrato and then return to the original amount once the wheel resets to its rest position The Manual setting allows the full range of control of vibrato once the wheel is moved To restore the factory vibrato amount recall the preset M2 Various PB Pitchbend range Sets in semito
63. oice left or right in the stereo field PITCH CORRECTION Chapter Overview A brief intoduction to Pitch correction is discussed in the Quick Start chapter This Pitch Correction chapter provides more detail on usage and the editing menus for this feature Setting expectations Will sound like insert talented singer here by just using pitch correction This question is best answered by saying that it can make good singing sound better Using pitch correction in real time live as opposed to studio editing can help your pitch performance most transparently when o the key and scale are set correctly you are singing well o the parameter values are set to reasonable values You should be aware that the pitch correction effect may be very subtle even when it s working perfectly How is Correction applied Pitch correction works differently in harmony presets and modeling presets In harmony presets your dry voice can have pitch correction applied which in turn feeds the corrected pitch to the harmonies You can think of this as having an additional pitch correction device inserted between your mic and your harmony processor In modeling presets it is only the modeled voice that can have pitch correction applied While there is the possibility of mixing in your dry voice alongside the corrected modeling voice your dry voice will not be corrected This was done for pitch differentation between your modeled and dry voi
64. or novelty effects create duet tracks from one voice In addition the modeled voice can be chromatically or diatonically pitch shifted to produce duets doubling or modeled harmony parts Each Voice Modeling block can be used independently or combined with the others into a preset The factory presets have been created containing various groups of these blocks as a starting point Understanding what each block does will help you to use edit and create presets effectively The editing menu for each block contains a style and amount The styles were created at a value of 50 to allow you room to increase or decrease the amount to your preference A note about styles in VoiceWorksPlus Styles are presets within presets that allow you to get the sound you want faster large number of user and behind the scene parameters are required to construct a particular effect so styles are created that combine the settings You can edit the styles and the changes you make will be stored with the preset The following pages describe the effect menus that allow editing of modeling settings A brief discussion of each effect is followed by the location name and edit parameters Preset Type menu PC This configures the edit menus and effects blocks for either Harmony Doubling processing using all four harmony voices or Lead Modeling processing which is a single voice processed through VoiceWorksPlus s modeling blocks Lead Vo
65. ormances by using factory presets and settings See the diagram at right for a rough algorithmic path overview Mic preamp 00 55 Shelving parametric EQ Pitch correction Modeling block 4 voice harmony block Mod block chorus detune etc e c3 0 E Delay E Reverberator Effects mixer To computer audio interface or live PAsystem FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTIONS PRESET NUMBER VOICEWORKS PLUS HARMONY MODELING EFFECTS TCHELICON VOCAL TECHNOLOGIES 11 hd FACTORY user PRESET NAME MODE Lea FX OUT l2 Iz OFF 12 MIDI IN 1 Power Switch Press to turn the unit on or off As the unit shuts down it saves any setup data you may have changed 2 Alphanumeric LED display This 15 segment LED display shows the current preset number whenever the EDIT and SETUP buttons are not lit There are dots on the bottom line indicating whether the current preset is in the Factory or User bank The legend below the display indicates which dot represents which bank When you press the EDIT SETUP buttons this display shows a letter and a number making up the address of the current edit screen 3 Metering LED displays There are several conditions indicated by these LEDs and they are described in the following paragraphs Output Clip This LED will light
66. our PA setup Classic vocal effects Presets 81 to 90 There is a group of presets in VoiceWorksPlus configured to produce classic effects such as reverb delay chorus and flange etc These are best auditioned in stereo although they are useful in mono as well the rest The presets described above will give you a good overview of the capabilities of VoiceWorksPlus There are of course more presets scattered throughout the 100 preset slots that are variations on these themes Editing overview When you want to make a change to the sound you re hearing from VoiceWorksPlus you ll need to press the EDIT button to navigate the various menus find the setting you want to change with the Data Wheel and then press STORE to name and save the result to the User preset bank The first editing menus are different for Harmony and Modeling presets as you can see in the graphic at the right Both types however share the same editing menus from the Pitch Correction menu CO to the end There is extensive editing ability within this product and we ve made every effort to balance easy customization with access to useful parameters Understanding the control layers concept The following paragraphs discuss the concept of the three control layers that help you find the sound you need Presets The factory presets have been designed to cover as many musical styles and effect combinations as possible so that you don t need to do
67. regardless of this setting ClockSrc Clock source This sets the audio clock frequency and source If using the analog inputs this parameter is best set to Int ernal 44 1 If you are using the digital input you should set this to sync to Ext ernal clock If no valid clock signal is recieved via the digital inputs an error message will be shown 13 Output and bypass mode Output Collapses all stereo output to mono if desired BypMode Bypass mode This sets how VoiceWorksPlus operates in Bypass The Stage setting preserves any EQ and Dynamics settings you have set and matches the level of the Dry voice The Studio setting removes all effect processing including the EQ and Dynamics and outputs the lead signal at full level to the output 14 Input on off controls Dry Voiceln Setting this to Off removes the dry lead audio from the signal path in any presets that mix in your dry voice This is useful when using VoiceWorksPlus on an auxilliary mixer send and want 10076 wet output Auxln Auxilliary input Setting this to Off removes the dry Aux Input audio from the signal path This allows VoiceWorksPlus to produce only 100 wet effects when receiving an effects send from a mixing board into the Aux Input Only available in analog input mode if Mic Input is selected 0 to Q4 EQ Compressor The EQ and compressor in VoiceWorksPlus are global meaning that all presets will be affected once either of the compressor or EQ
68. rent input from you and is capable of producing unique harmonies from the same vocal performance We will use a little allegory to explain When you and a fellow musician get together to play and sing typically some musical information is passed from one to the other before commencing the song You do this in order to make sure the music sounds pleasant and not discordant The information can be as simple as the name of a song you both know a musical key or even pointing out the chords on your instrument In this respect VoiceWorksPlus is similar You will need to share some musical information in order for it to do its job properly The different ways in which you can communicate this information to VoiceWorksPlus are through the harmony modes Like your friend in our analogy VoiceWorksPlus has intelligence that can contribute to making good music You can choose to use this intelligence or not depending on the chord structure of your song and the harmony lines you have in mind You make this choice when choosing presets to produce harmony in your song The factory presets are organized on the basis of the five harmony modes Chords Notes Scale Shift Combi The intelligent harmony modes Scale Chords and Combi calculate an input note to output note harmony map with the following inputs from you The note you re singing at any given moment 2 In Scale mode the key and scale you ve se
69. riple function footswitch is available from TC Helicon called Switch 3 The switch type or volume pedal is detected automatically on power up If you plug your footswitch in after power up you may get unexpected operation Footswitch Pedal features button footswitch Bypass only 3 button footswitch individually selectable in Setup menu Getting set up There are several ways to connect and use VoiceWorksPlus including using a microphone analog line input and output or digital input and output but in order to speed things up during this quick start we ll assume you re using analog connections between either a mic and PA system or a computer setup with a couple of monitors Unpack Remove the product from the packaging Store the box and documents that came with it 2 Place the product on a non skid surface or in a rack It s best to have easy access to the rear panel connectors for the first few days while you sort out which I O scheme you prefer Prepare 3 Before connecting power or turning the unit on set up your mixer or computer interface to receive audio from VoiceWorksPlus 4 Set your PA or monitoring levels to zero before powering up the unit This is just good practice when setting up new gear or even the same gear in a new situation Back panel connections 5 Connect the power cord to VoiceWorksPlus and plug the other end into an AC outlet You can turn the unit on now because you ve safely
70. rmful interference to radio or television reception 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 Certificate Of Conformity TC Electronic A S Sindalsvej 34 8240 Risskov Denmark hereby declares on its own responsibility that the following product VoiceWorksPlus Harmony Modeling Effects Processor 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 apparatus for household and similar general use related EN 55103 1 Product family standard for audio video audio visual and entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use Part 1 Emission EN 55103 2 Product family standard for audio video audio visual and entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use Part 2 Immunity With reference to regulatio
71. roduce harmony for any combination of melody and musical accompaniment MIDI Channel channel is recognized by default so set the output of your keyboard or sequencer track to send on channel The text on the lower line of the Icd display will show an H indicating that it is a harmony preset and either 5 or Combi which are the names of the MIDI controlled harmony modes In the Chord harmony presets the chords you play on your keyboard are interpreted by VoiceWorksPlus to produce related harmony intervals that move while you sing Holding a chord and singing a melody or arpeggio will result in a moving harmony arrangement In Notes presets you play melodies or chords that define the exact harmony intervals while you sing Holding a chord or a note while you sing a melody or arpeggio will freeze the harmony arrangement on the notes held on the keyboard VoiceWorksPlus will recognize up to 4 MIDI notes at a time although some presets may be set to mono voice or duophonic 2 voices operation Combi mode presets use the MIDI chords you play to momentarily override the key and scale you ve set This can correct odd sounding harmonies that result at times from the combination of your sung note and musical accompaniment that diverges from strict diatonic scale rules Note that the sung melody note should be in the chord played QUICK START Harmony presets you set with Key and Scale Pres
72. s an overview of the plusses and minuses of each harmony mode Harmony Mode Set Key and Scale of song Most natural sounding with mini Benefits Challenges Diatonic harmony doesn t work mal input Can be the fastest way with all chord accompaniments to produce harmony Play chords on a MIDI keyboard Works for nearly every chord change accompaniment Requires that you know how to choose Key and Scale correctly Limited harmonic movement not always most realistic sounding Set Key and Scale then use MIDI Optimal blend of natural sounding Requires that you know how to chords where needed to correct harmony chord change errors Set shift amount with the Voicing parameter or choose Shift based preset Perform harmony melodies on MIDI keyboard or use MIDI track playback Notes 4 Channel Perform harmony melodies on Scale harmonies and Chord mode arrangement flexibility Easiest to use choose Key and Scale correctly Fixed interval less useful for musical harmony Complex harmonies can be creat Requires keyboard skills Wide ed that move independently of sung voice melody panned voices may swap sides due to voice allocation Any harmony melody can be cre More time required to input four MIDI channels tracks using ated for each voice Unique pitch melodies Sequencing knowledge MIDI keyboard and or sequencer bends on each channel add real required ism Pan and Gender assign ments lock
73. s elapsed H6 Notes Envelope Attack Decay and Release These settings affect only Notes mode harmony They are designed to introduce level modifications to the harmony voices onset duration and release for more natural effect All values are in milliseconds The Attack parameter provides a gentle volume fade in when you strike a MIDI note during a sustained sung note The Decay parameter adds a brief pre set level boost to the sustained portion of a MIDI note to separate Notes harmony from the dry voice better Adjusting it determines the time to ramp in and out of the higher level The Release parameter adds a smooth fade out if you release your MIDI note as you continue to sing H7 Notes Extension and Latch The Notes Extension feature is a new feature for TC Helicon harmony processors It allows a harmony voice that has been triggered in Notes mode to continue sounding while the singer sings after the MIDI note has ceased This feature makes it possible for singers to improvise by holding their sung notes longer without having to reprogram the sequencer controlling their harmony performance Latch works the Notes and Chord modes It acts like an automatic sustain pedal With Latch set to Off you can sing a sustained vowel and press the notes on your MIDI keyboard on and off to bring the harmony voices in and out With Latch set to On removing your hands from the keyboard will cause no change to the chor
74. showing the output of the product has clipped due to internal level overload possibly causing audible distortion This LED can light even though the Input Clip LED has not This is because VoiceWorksPlus has effect blocks such as Harmony for example that can potentially add significant level to the input signal Input Clip Steady flickering of this LED with audio input shows that the level of the signal received at the input to VoiceWorksPlus is too high given the input sensitivity setting To correct this reduce the send level to VoiceWorksPlus from the upstream mixer or enter the Setup menu to reduce the LineSens Line input sensitivity Input LED Stack These LEDs allow you to gauge how much level to send to VoiceWorksPlus from your mixer They use PPM Peak Program Meter weighting which is a way to view signal level when using digital processors The range shows logarithmic steps down from 0 dB which is the maximum allowable level It s important to adjust the send level from your mixer within the proper range shown by these meters Sending too little audio signal level contributes to noise buildup and unsatisfactory performance of the voice algorithms Too much input signal level causes distortion If your mixer is sending its maximum level and these meters show insufficient level or vice versa you can adjust the Input Sensitivity setting by pressing the SETUP button and entering the Setup menu MIDI indicator LED T
75. t at the beginning of your song 3 In Chords mode the chord root and type interpreted by VoiceWorksPlus from your incoming MIDI 4 Combi mode the key and scale you ve set at the beginning of your song plus any additional MIDI chords you play to momentarily replace the scale This map has an output note associated with every input note This creates a harmony melody that moves with your lead melody while generally sounding harmonically correct with your accompaniment The non intelligent modes Notes and Shift each have unique requirements so we will deal with them individually The Notes harmony mode requires a MIDI keyboard or other MIDI source to dictate to VoiceWorksPlus what harmony notes you d like to hear during your lead melody Once a harmony note or notes are held down on your MIDI keyboard or MIDI track this is where they will stay regardless of your changing vocal melody Shift mode follows the pitch of the lead melody a fixed interval away This is most useful for unison doubling octaves special effects or Gothic sounding 5ths As such it s not as useful for creating what we call harmony which is usually made up of diatonic intervals or those that vary their distance away from the sung note depending on which note you are singing in a scale See the following page for a comparison chart of the harmony modes HARMONY BACKGROUND ANDTIPS A Comparison of the Harmony Modes The following table give
76. the same first name can still be used effectively on a single voice Amount increases or decreases the amount of pitch variation set by the vibrato style you have chosen is the value at which the style was created L4 Vibrato Amount Envelope and Time VibAm Vibrato Amount sets the pitch swing of the current style in cents An amount of 100 would swing a total of 100 cents although not necessarily equal amounts above and below your input pitch Env Envelope allows you to choose Atk attack time Sus sustain and Rel release time for adjustment by the Time parameter Time sets the time in milliseconds for the Attack Sustain and Release of the vibrato effect If the Attack is set too long you may never hear vibrato unless you sing very long notes L5 Frequency Onset Delay and Randomization VbFrq Vibrato Frequency controls the period or rate of the vibrato waveforms OnDly Onset Delay determines how long a note has to hold before the vibrato enters the Attack Sustain Release phase High values of OnDly may cause you to never hear the effect Rand Randomization actively varies the style settings to be slightly different with each new sung note L6 Tremolo and Phase VbTrem Vibrato Tremolo controls the volume change in a vibrato sound At OdB there is no volume envelope at 6dB the effect is highly pronounced Phase allows you to determine where the peaks and values of the volume changes occur
77. ther edits to the effects consult the discussion of edit parameters in the following chapter How to add pitch correction to a preset Pitch correction is generally added to your lead voice in a mix of harmony voices but the following is the full list of the possibilities You can add pitch correction to o your dry voice when it s mixed into a harmony doubling or effects only preset o your modeled voice created in a modeling preset o your dry voice fed through transducer presets Load a preset that meets the above criteria 2 Press EDIT and scroll to menu CO with the Data Wheel Enter the key and scale of your song using the soft knobs This could be the first or last chord in your song 3 Scroll to screen and set the Wndow Window Size Attk Attack Time Amnt Correction Amount settings to 100 20 and 100 as a good starting point If you stay this screen while you sing you can adjust the settings to your liking Note that you should sing with an instrument tuned to A 440 for correction to work correctly 4 Store the modified preset to the user bank If you don t want to edit your preset before singing songs in different keys you may want to store your preset in several locations with different correction settings How to change the levels and position of the harmony voices In the case where one or more of the voices in a harmony preset stand out or are too quiet or you would like to chang
78. you stand the chance of accidentally erasing all of your presets in a return visit to the Edit menu TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Digital Inputs and Outputs RCA Phono S PDIF S PDIF 24 bit EIAJ CP 340 IEC 958 44 kHz 48 kHz DC to 22 23 9 kHz 0 01 dB 44 1 48 kHz Connectors Formats Sample Rates Freq Response DIO Analog Inputs Connectors balanced Mic XLR Line 1 4 phone jack 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 Mic Input Level 0 dBFS Pad Off On 14 dBu 6 dBu to 51 dBu 31 dBu Mic Sensitivity 12 dB headroom Pad Off On 26 dBu 6 dBu to 63 dBu 43 dBu Line Mic Min gain Dynamic Range gt 92 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz NF Vi Max micamp gain Rg 200 Ohm lt 2 dB 127 4 dBu THD lt 100 dB 0 001 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 lt 85 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz A to D Conversion 24 bit 128 x oversampling bitstream 0 65 0 70 ms 48 44 1 kHz Impedance Bal Unbal A to D Delay Analog Outputs D to A Conversion 24 bit 128 x oversampling bitstream D to A Delay 0 63 0 68 ms 48 44 1 kHz Connectors balanced 1 4 phone jack Output Impedance 40 Ohm Max Output Level Bal Unbal 20 dBu 14 dBu R load gt 1200 Ohm Output Range variable up to 20 dBu Dynamic Range gt 104 d

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