Peavey Equinox User's Manual
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1. Resonance A filter control which affects the signal s tonal character by introducing complex harmonic overtones Cut Off Another filter control usually used com bined with Resonance which opens and closes the filter to change the tonal char acter of the signal Analog Out Selects the outputs from the following set tings Stereo L R mono 1 2 1 or 2 Note The Input settings remain memorized even after turning the instrument off V P functions assignable to the Pedals Under SYSTEM CONTROLS two important Vocal Proc essor functions can be assigned to the pedals for foot con trol Vocal On Off switch control Vocal Volume Continuous control The pedal assignment can be memorized to the Perform ances Special Midi Controllers associated to the V P To control the Vocal Processor via MIDI the following new special MIDI controllers Common Channel have been implemented Cntrl No Description Value 12 Vocal volume 0 127 13 Vocal On Off 0 Off On toggle 64 127 On 14 Mode recall 1 Vocoder mode 2 Unison 85 Voice Mute mode 0 Voice 1 1 Voice 2 2 Voice 3 3 Voice 4 4 Harmony Loading MIDI Files containing a Vocoder track When a MIDI File containing a Vocoder track is loaded from disk the Vocoder track sets to track 5 by default Vocal Processor 13 14 Vocal Processor2. mic signal without distortion The screen should show something like this even if you shout into the mic Hic f Line INPUTS Once you have set your Gain to the correct level you re ready to sing or play through the Equinox and or use the Vocal Processor features If you re going to sing or play through the Equinox you can regulate some of the parameters which intervene on the Mic Line signals on their way to the internal effects proc essors and main mix functions In1 and In2 You can also adjust some EQ settings for the Mic signal EQUAL func tion The parameters associated to the IN1 IN2 and EQUAL functions are discussed further ahead Let s first examine the Vocal Processor feature Vocal Processor 5 LIBRARIES v v ENVELOPE Wy a 6 Vocal Processor Understanding the Vocal Processor The first thing to be sure about is what the Vocal Processor actually does Quite simply it harmonizes the mic signal your voice up to 4 times depending on how many notes you play on the keyboard one note one harmonized voice There are also two modes of operation Vocoder mode and Unison mode In Vocoder mode the pitch of the harmo nized voices depend on the pitch of the notes played on the keyboard In Unison mode the mic signal is doubled up to 4 times at the same pitch without having t
3. TEP 2 You will see a message in the instrument display screen that says Loading OS DISK clears ALL MEMORY lt Enter to Load Escape to abort gt Press ENTER and wait about 3 minutes for the new Oper ating System to load When the new system has finished loading you will see the following message in the instru ment display screen Loading Successful lt Enter to continue gt At this time Press ENTER again and the instrument will proceed through the normal operating display screens You can now Turn OFF the instrument in preparation for the final step explained below IMPORTANT REMOVE THE OPERATING SYSTEM DISK BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THE FINAL STEP FINAL STEP As you turn the instrument ON KEEP ROTATING THE DIAL until the following message appears in your dis play screen TWARNING Dial on Power Up Requests Memory Clear lt Enter to clear Escape to abort gt Press ENTER You have now completed the update proc ess and your Equinox has been permanently upgraded MIC LINE INPUTS OOS GAIN1 GAIN2 PEDALS OOO DAMPER dO VOLUME Connections To work with the Vocal Processor the minimum amount of equipment you will need is 1 A low impedance microphone with a standard jack connector on the other end of the cable 2 An amplification system domestic hi fi unit ampli fied speakers mixer etc 3 Although not essential you can also use one or both types of optional control ped
4. Vocal Processor Operating instructions English Contents VOCAL PROCESSOR About the Vocal Processor The new features offered by the Vocal Processor Loading the Operating System Connections Activate the Mic interface and the Vocal Processor Adjust the Gain Understanding the Vocal Processor Example The Vocal Processor settings Setting the Voices Setting the Harmony Master Volume Lock F1 The EDIT button F4 Vocoder F1 Unison F2 The Edit parameters The Microphone Equalizer Singing or playing through the Mic Line inputs V P functions assignable to the Pedals Special Midi Controllers associated to the V P Loading MIDI Files containing a Vocoder track O Oo Oo N N O O oO A WO PN ne ee ome ee V ai oOo wo WoO PO Vocal Processor IMPORTANT The new Op erating System updates the instrument s Flash Rom with the new Vocal Processor function but it is indispensa ble that you install the Vocal Processor card into your Equinox to render the Vocal Processor operative About the Vocal Processor Installing the Vocal Processor kit activates Equinox s Mic Line interface allowing you to sing and play instruments through the instrument s pre amp process the mic or line signals with the internal Digital Effects Processors and di rect the processed signals to the stereo and mono out puts In addition the Vocal Processor feature allows you to add vocal harmonies to your live singing so t
5. als to control the Mic Line and Vocal Processor features a switch action pedal and a Continous control pedal Microphone to add vocal harmonies to our voice con nect the Microphone to the MIC LINE 1 jack Note The Mic Line 2 jack can also accept a microphone but this jack is not enabled for the Vocal Processor fea tures You can sing or play an instrument through the Mic Line 2 input process the signals with Equinox s inter nal Digital Effects Processors and direct the processed sig nals to the outputs Switch and or Continuous Pedals plug the pedals into the PEDAL 1 or 2 or DAMPER jacks program the jacks appropriately for a Continuous or Switch action pedal and assign the new Vocal Processor functions to the pedal s accordingly Vocal Volume Vocal On Off Introduction 3 SYSTEM v SYSTEM PERF H 15 27 51 Time Eih 58m 325 Date 84m 15d 19994 Led mode Normal 4 Vocal Processor Activate the Mic interface and the Vocal Processor After loading the new operating system and connecting your microphone to the Mic Line 1 jack the first thing to do is to activate the Mic Line interface and the Vocal Processor Press the SYSTEM button then go into the MASTER menu F3 SYSTEH HASTER Time Eh Som 336 Date Bom 15 d 19994 Lod mode Hormal RESET Now press the MIC LINE button F2 to open the MIC LINE INPUTS screen Mic fLine INPUTS Mi
6. c Line Vocal Proc OFF ini Here you can enable both the Mic Line interface Mic Line ON and the Vocal Processor Vocal Proc ON Mic Line On Vocal Processor On Mici Line INPUTS Mici Line INPUTS T a Hic Line Mic Line On Vocal Proc OFF Vocal Proc Ti Lint JP ne L Lint JD h EGAL With the Mic Line interface On you can sing or play through the instrument s pre amp process the mic or line signal with Equinox s internal effects processors and send the processed signal to the audio outputs With the Vocal Processor On you can sing into a micro phone and add vocal harmonies to your playing Adjust the Gain The next step is to regulate the level of the microphone or Fe line signal With the front panel INPUT slider set to about N N HIO fo oN the half way mark speak into the microphone and adjust 4 2 Went cane the signal gain impedance with the rear panel GAIN 1 control by turning in a clockwise rotation MIC LINE INPUTS INPUT 2 u i er The GAIN 1 level is monitored by the Ini bar graph at the you insert your mic into the Mic Line 2 jack you will not top of the display be able to use the Vocal Setting a too high Gain produces clipping a signal distor Processor eAIuras tion which appears in the bar graph as shown below Mic f Line INPUTS Clipping can be eliminated by adjusting the Gain to obtain a clean
7. hat you can play and record songs with your own harmonized vo cal backings You can easily upgrade your Equinox with the Mic Line and Vocal Processor features by installing the optional Vo cal Processor card and loading the new Operating System software from disk The new features offered by the Vocal Processor 1 Vocal harmonies can be added to your voice according to various preset configurations 2 The signals input at the Mic Line 1 and 2 jacks can be independently processed by Equinox s internal Digital Effects Processors and directed to the outputs 3 A microphone Equalizer is available to process the mi crophone signal at the Mic Line 1 input 4 New functions assignable to the Pedals are available to control the Mic Line and Vocal Processor New MIDI Controllers have also been implemented to control the additional features via MIDI Introduction 1 2 Vocal Processor Loading the Operating System The new Operating System upgrade rewrites the instru ment s Flash ROM memory therefore before updating the instrument be sure to save all user programmed data Songs Performances Grooves Drawbars etc to disk or hard disk If your instrument is installed with a SCSI interface you can save any user programmed data to an external SCSI device STEP 1 With the instrument turned OFF insert the Generalmusic Operating System disk into the disk drive After you have inserted the disk turn the instrument ON S
8. o play on the keyboard Each voice has an independent Volume and Pan control and an on off switch There s also a general Voice Edit with LFO Pitch envelope and Transpose controls The easiest way to learn about how to use the Vocal Proc essor is to try an example Let s try and listen to our voice harmonized 4 times without other background sounds In Performance mode the track whose note data is used by the Vocal Processor to duplicate the voices the Vocoder track corresponds to track 1 but you can assign this track to any Performance part syn 1 16 If you want to use the Sequencer you can assign the Vocoder Track to one of the 16 sequencer tracks seq 1 16 Example 1 Make sure you have a Performance selected 2 Turn off all parts of the Performance except Part 1 3 Play on the keyboard and turn down the volume of Part 1 until you hear no sound Mic_ Line INPUTS 1 Mic Line On Vocal Proc Ti Lint JP ne 4 Speak into the microphone and turn down the mic volume with the INPUT panel slider You should not hear your voice over the amp system 5 Now play a note or chord of up to 4 notes on the key board and at the same time sing into the mic You ll hear a vocal harmony consisting of as many voices as the number of notes pressed up to 4 You don t necessarily have to sing you can speak or even grumble the pitch of the vocal harmony will take the pitch of the notes played
9. rameter to change the position of the voice within the stereo panorama Using the VOICE button F3 you can select the other 3 voices and program the corresponding parameters inde pendently Voice 2 Voice 3 Vocal processor voice Vocal processort voices The default settings of all 4 voices is ON Setting the Harmony Master Volume After the Voice 4 screen pressing the VOICE button F3 again opens the Vocal Processor Harmony screen where you can adjust the overall volume of the Vocal Proc essor Wocal processori hare Mester volume Use the VOICE button F2 to step backwards Vocal processor yoicel Unison Lock F1 The LOCK button locks the current Vocal settings to pro tect them from subsequent Performance changes To lock the current setting press the function button F8 to activate the Lock If you prefer memorize various different settings to the Performances deactivate LOCK The EDIT button F4 The EDIT button gains access to the Vocoder and Unison selection buttons and various edit parameters which affect the vocal harmonies globally Wocal processor EDIT Vocoder F1 VOCODER mode operates by referring to the notes played in real time on the keyboard or reproduced by the se quencer The Vocal Processor responds by shifting the pitch of your voice exactly to the notes played Unison F2 In UNISON mode the Vocal Processor duplicates your voice according to
10. rest unchanged In AUTO CORRECTION mode the imperfections are automatically corrected Assignable values Free Auto Correction Vocoder Track Selects the track exploited by the Vocoder Assignable values syn 1 16 seq 1 16 Transpose Transposes the Vocoder track one octave above standard pitch Assignable values Off Octave The EDIT settings can be memorized to the Performances provided that the LOCK function is not active Press ESCAPE to return to the Voice screen The Microphone Equalizer NOTE the Mic EQ affects Whether you are singing through the Equinox or using the the Mic Line IN1 jack only Vocal Processor feature you can optimize the microphone signal by applying some EQ to the mic signal From one of the Voice screens press ESCAPE to return to the SYSTEM MASTER screen coir SYSTEM MASTER Time Rh Soe 33s Date Bom 15 d 1999y Lod mode Hormal RESET S VSTEM MASTER Press the MIC LINE button F2 to open the MIC LINE INPUTS screen Mic fLine INPUTS Press the EQUAL button F4 to open the Equalizer ie screen Mic Line On Vocal Proc Till Lint JP ne SEGAL Equalizer High Gain lt EERME Middle Gain Sde Middle Freq 256Hz2 Low Gain AdE The Equalizer is a 4 band Mic Eq which allows you to fur ther optimize your input signal by adjusting the relative parameters e High gain Middle Freq Middle gain Low gain The Mic Equali
11. the number of voices active up to 4 This mode is independent of the notes played on the key board Each voice is doubled with a slight detune effect above or below the input pitch according to the following scale Voice 1 12 cents Voice 2 7 cents Voice 3 7 cents Voice 4 12 cents Vocal Processor 9 Lf ollave EIT LfoRate 161 LfoDepthi 2 ee li Vocal processor EDIT Lf ollavet Sinus LfoRate ay LfoDepth 2 LfoDelayt 11 Lf ollavet Sinus LfoRate 161 Lfolepth as L tonelag 11 Lf ollavet Sinus LfoRate 161 LfoDepth 2 Do UocoderTrack syni Transposer OFF Vocal processor EDIT LfoDe lay 11 PitchFilter Autocar VocoderT rack ER Transpose OF F LfoDelayt 11 PitchFilter Autocar Wocoder Track sunt Teeneposs B 10 Vocal Processor Vocal processor EDIT The Edit parameters LFO Wave Selects the waveform of the low frequency oscillation Assignable values Off Sinus Triangle Saw Square Random Sample Hold LFO Rate Determines the velocity of the LFO Assignable values 1 200 LFO Depth Determines the depth of action of the LFO Assignable values 0 7 LFO Delay Determines the delay before the entry of the LFO Entry of the LFO is gradual Assignable values 0 64 Pitch Filter Checks the pitch of the voices In FREE mode all pitch imperfections detected due to minor changes in the pitch of the voice
12. therefore even if you sing out of tune the pitch of the duplicated voices will be exactly the same pitch as the corresponding notes If you want to hear your voice as well as the vocal har mony adjust the INPUT panel slider to balance your voice with the vocal harmony Let s now examine the parameters that you can set The Vocal Processor settings You can change the default settings of the Vocal Proces sor as required and store them to the Performances Each Performance can memorize a different Vocal Processor setting Setting the Voices After enabling the Mic Line interface and the Vocal Proc essor see page 4 press ESCAPE to close the Mic Line Inputs screen and return to the SYSTEM MASTER screen SYSTEM MASTER Time Rh Soe 33s Date Bom 15 d 19994 Ledmoad e Wormal RESET Vocal Processor 7 SYSTEM MASTER th 55n 33s 4nmn 15d 19999 Lcd mode Normal Vocal processori voiced 15 Vocal processori voiced Woice i Volume 114 Fan 21 NOTE At any moment you may want to store the set tings to the current Perform ance Use the Store Per formance procedure ex plained in the Performance Mode chapter of your Equi nox owner s manual 8 Vocal Processor Select the Vocal P button F3 to enter the VOICE 1 screen Wocal processor voicel ii Here you have the Voice parameter to turn the voice off or on the Volume parameter to adjust the Volume and the Pan pa
13. zer settings remain memorized even after turning the instrument off Press ESCAPE to close the EQUALIZER screen and re turn to the MIC LINE INPUTS screen Vocal Processor 11 Mic fLine INPUTS ee Hic Line Vocal Proc OFF Lint fe Note If you are not using the Vocal Processor deacti vate it by setting the Vocal Proc parameter to OFF Effect types The effect types Reverb MultiFX ProEFX affecting the signal will depend on the current Performance being used 12 Vocal Processor Singing or playing through the Mic Line inputs If you want to sing or play though the Equinox to exploit the instrument s internal Digital Effects Processors you can set appropriate parameters for both the In1 and In2 Mic Line inputs From the MIC LINE INPUTS screen press IN1 or IN2 ac cording to which input you are using Mic Line INPUT 1 1 Volume 2 Pan f 3 Reverb Send 64 4 HultiFs Send 64 This screen provides several parameters which affect the signal on its way to the outputs Volume Adjusts the Volume of the signal Pan Varies the pan position of the signal Reverb Send Adjusts the amount of Reverb to apply to the signal MultiFX Send Adjusts the amount of MultiFX to apply to the signal ProEFX Send Adjusts the amount of ProEFX to apply to the signal Filter Type Applies one of the following filters to the signal Low Pass High Pass Band Pass Parametric Boost Parametric Cut
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