Tc-helicon VoiceLive Rack Full User's Manual Manual de usuario

USER’S MANUALv1.0

9Back PanelAttachment port for Kensington®lockConnect dynamic or condenser mic here. Input gain and phantom power on/off located in Setup menu.Connect

10Quick Start f a. Connections1. Turn down your mixer channel or main PA volume.2. Connect a Mic or Line level input from the mixer to the respectiv

11 f Selecting presetsThere are over 200 factory programmed presets in VoiceLive Rack. Presets are loaded as soon as the name appears in the LCD windo

12 f Changing the global mixThere are 4 global mix levels adjustable with the front panel Mix knobs. When you adjust these controls at the Home level,

13 f Preset chaining with the Step featureEach preset can consist of up to 10 steps that you can step through using the Tab/Step arrow buttons or a fo

14Basic Operation f Restoring individual presets to factory settingsTo reset a preset to its original settings:1. Locate the Manage Preset tab in the

15Tone OverviewThe Tone button activates what we call the “Live Engineer Effects”. These are different from stan-dard vocal processing effects in that

16The Tone Button f COMPRESSWith the ADAPTIVE control activated, the COMPRESS control reduces the amount of range between louder and softer singing

17The Tone Button only briey required and it then gets out of the way allowing the silky brightness to remain on the voiced portion of your singing.

18The Tone ButtonEQ Tab OverviewThe EQ tab is where you control the tone shap-ing of your voice. It is where you can turn the ADAPTIVE feature on an

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19The Tone Button f HIGH FREQDenes the frequency range for the high shelf with the selection of the lowest frequency above which boosting or cutting

20The Tone ButtonCOMPRESS Tab OverviewThis tab offers further control of the compression effect. The controls on this tab change depend-ing on the s

21The Tone Button GATE Tab OverviewThe Gate feature can assist in:1. Minimizing feedback.2. Reducing the amount of audible effects pro-cessing on

22Pitch Button OverviewPressing the Pitch button activates Auto Chro-matic pitch correction. For most applications, this is all that is required to se

23Tap Button OverviewThis button provides convenient access to tempo setting for the Delay and Rhythmic effects. You can tap it at any time to synchro

24Bypass Button OverviewPressing the Bypass button will mute all active ef-fects blocks from the vocal audio path except Tone if it’s active. This is

25OverviewMuch of the operation of VoiceLive Rack is covered in the Quick Start and Basic Operation chapters. This Detailed Operation chapter offers a

26Detailed Operationyou play. The harmony notes will adapt to the octave of your playing where the Hardtune effect ignores it.The maximum number of ha

27Detailed Operationb) Set the GLOBAL NATURALPLAY parameter in the SYSTEM tab of the Setup menu to SCALE. This will disable the auto input sensing fe

28Detailed Operation“Borrowing” from Another PlayerIf you sing with a guitarist or MIDI keyboard player, you can use their playing to guide the Harmon

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29Steps OverviewThe Step feature allows you to create a series of up to 10 linked effect changes associated with a preset. In a preset that has steps,

30External Control OverviewVoiceLive Rack can be controlled by three exter-nal sources:• TC-Helicon MP-75 mic• TC-Helicon Switch3 footswitch• MIDI

31Detailed Operation5. Program your transmitting MIDI controller or sequencer application to send any further messages to VoiceLive Rack. See The Set

32The USB Computer ConnectionThe USB port on the rear panel of VoiceLive Rack offers a digital connection between it and a computer. This offers the f

33Detailed Operation1. Connect your mic and a guitar to VoiceLive Rack and either monitor through the head-phone out or analog outputs to a mixer. 2.

34Detailed OperationAudio Device NameIn the Mac and Windows operating systems, and with most audio apps you can select VoiceLive Rack’s audio device b

35OverviewTrimming the input level entering VoiceLive Rack’s analog to digital converter is essential for prevent-ing unwanted distortion and minimizi

36OverviewThe Wizard allows you to:• Search for appropriate presets for your appli-cation by criteria or “tags”.• Sort presets by number or alphab

37 f The TAG tabThis tab allows you to assign or remove the assignment of tag criteria for each preset. The Factory presets have been assigned tags bu

38The Setup ButtonOverviewThe Setup menu brings together all of the global conguration settings. Changes made in these tabs are automatically stored

3GATE Tab Overview... 21GATE ... 21LEAD ATTEN ... 21HARM AT

39 The Setup ButtonThe I/O Tab f IN GAINSets and displays the MIC / LINE input level. Both inputs share the same gain settings and are not meant to b

40 The Setup Button f MIC/LINE PHASESelects between NORMAL and INVERTED to help reduce feedback in live performance. This feature is intended to work

41 The Setup ButtonThe MIDI Tab f CHANNELSets the MIDI channel that VoiceLive Rack uses for preset change and MIDI harmony control. When a NATURALPLA

42 The Setup ButtonThe SYSTEM Tab f LCD CONTRASTSets the contrast level of the LCD display. Use-ful for better viewing at different angles and light

43GUITAR Tab OverviewThis tab offers control of a suite of processing effects for the guitar input. These effects are only applicable when the guitar

44 The Setup Button f EQ PARA WIDTHDenes how narrow or wide the parametric band is to be. The ends of the control range are labelled “NARROW” and “W

45REVERB Tab OverviewThis tab allows you to congure a global Reverb style that does not change as you change presets. This can be useful when you wa

46 The Setup Button f LEAD to REVSets the amount of lead level sent into the Re-verb block. This and the remaining send and Lead Level parameters are

47MIC-CONTROL Tab OverviewThis tab allows Mic-Control from a TC-Helicon MP-75 mic to assigned globally. You can assign a single parameter such as Tem

48SWITCH3 Tab OverviewThis edit tab allows you to globally set the target for each of the 3 switches on the TC-Helicon Switch3 footswitch. f SWITCH

4Table of ContentsREVERB Tab Overview... 45GLOBAL REVERB ENABLE ... 45STYLE ...

49STORE Tab OverviewThis menu gives you the ability to name and save preset edits for use later. To store edited presets:1. Edit a preset2. Press t

50MANAGE PRESET TabThis tab contains various preset ling options. f SEND PRESET TO MIDI SYSEXThis parameter provides an alternative to the VoiceSupp

51STORE SETUP OverviewIn this tab you can name and store setup proles. A prole is a collection of all Setup menu pa-rameters that can be recalled. T

52LOAD SETUP Tab OverviewIn this tab you can load a previously stored setup prole. If no user proles have been stored, load-ing any available EMPTY

53MANAGE SETUP Tab OverviewThis menu allows you to erase user setup proles and restore them to default settings. This opera-tion is not undo-able so

You can rename the preset and store to another location by pressing Store once and changing the values at the bottom of the Store menu. When you’ve ed

55The Edit Button f DEPTH-L / DEPTH-R These set the amount of modulation of the delay time for the left and right delays. If one delay is set to 10mS,

56The Edit Button f WAVE This lets you choose the modulation waveform from Square,Triangle or Sine to vary the periodic nature of the modulation effec

57DELAY Tab OverviewThe delay effect is a congurable echo. You can control how far apart the echoes occur (Delay Time), and whether the echoes fade

58The Edit Button f HARM TO DELAYSets the amount of harmony level sent into the Delay block. The HARMONY effect must be on to feed this send. f UMOD

5Table of ContentsSPEED ... 60DEPTH ... 60DUCKING AMOUNT ...

59REVERB Tab OverviewReverb is the arguably the most common vocal effect. It can add a spaciousness that softens the abrupt beginnings and endings of

60The Edit Button f HARM to REVSets the amount of harmony level sent into the Reverb block. Harmonies must be on to feed this send. f DEL to REVThis a

61The Edit ButtonHARDTUNE Tab f HARDTUNE KEYSets HardTune’s source for musical information. Most pitch correction products require either scale inform

62The Edit ButtonThe key that is set in the HARMONY tab will be displayed but not editable when the current pre-set is based on Scale Harmony and HARD

63The Edit ButtonDOUBLE Tab OverviewThe Double effect uses the same type of Human-ization technology as in the Harmony effect to create up to four ov

64The Edit Button f LEAD LEVELControls the lead (dry + Tone) voice level when the individual effect is turned on with its respec-tive footswitch. This

65The Edit Button HARMONY Tab OverviewThe Harmony block in VoiceLive Rack produces up to 8 harmony voices and is the home of the Choir effect. IMPORT

66The Edit Button f HUMANIZE AMOUNTYou can vary the amount of humanization for the harmony voices. All the styles except for the last one: TIME &

67The Edit Button boards are designed to produce. This tuning mode allows you to play and sing in any key without completely retuning your instrument

68The Edit Button • SHIFT - Many doubling presets that also use the Harmony block are based on this mode. SHIFT allows you to pick pitch shift inter

6Table of ContentsMIDI IMPLEMENTATION . . . . . . . . . .78PRESET LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81SCALES DIAGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

69The Edit Button f MAP IN SOURCE / MAP IN NOTEThese allow to customize individual harmony note intervals relative to your input note and cre-ate a c

70The Edit Button Setting Notes Extension to ON allows Harmony voices triggered in Notes mode to continue sounding after the MIDI note has ceased for

71The Edit ButtonTRANSDUCER Tab OverviewThe Transducer effects block uses distortion and steep lters to emulate the sound of radios, phones and devi

72The Edit Button f TRANSDUCER IN and OUT GAINThese act similarly to a guitar distortion pedal or an amplier with input gain and master level con-tro

73RHYTHMIC Tab OverviewUsing the Rhythmic features, tap tempo can pro-duce stuttering and panning effects on your lead, Harmony and Double voices in

74The Edit Button f PATH When this is set to POST, the captured sample will be a composite of all effects that were on when it was captured. When set

75MIC-CONTROL Tab OverviewThis tab sets parameters for the Mic-Control switch on the MP-75 microphone and the front panel Mic-Control switch. f CONT

76SWITCH3 Tab OverviewThis edit tab allows you to set the target for each of the 3 switches on the TC-Helicon Switch3 footswitch while the current pr

77The Edit ButtonPRESET Tab f LEAD LEVEL This allows the overall lead (dry with Tone) voice level to be reduced for the current preset. There are addi

78Effects On/OffHarmony 110 0-63 off 64-127 onDouble 111 “ “Reverb 112 “ “HardTune 113 “ “µMod 116 0-63 off 64-127 onDelay 117 “ “Trans 118 “ “Rh

7Front PanelTouch to access input gain adjustment screen or hold to enter auto input gain feature.Touch Home to exit any menu and set screen to show m

79MIDI ImplementationGender Voice129 “ “ 64=Gender off, <64=Male, >64=FemaleGender Voice219 “ “ “ “Gender Voice323 “ “ “ “Gender Voice427

80MIDI ImplementationDelay/Re-verb Lvl86 “ “Dry Pan 10 “ “ 127 MIDI values map to 201 pan values, Center = 64Output Level7 “ “Bypass 114 0-63 off 6

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82Preset List127 TOE PLASTIC128 HIGHERCHOIR WET129 BIG BOTTM CHOIR130 3RD UP CHOIR131 4TH DOWN CHOIR132 6TH DOWN CHOIR133 BASSY CHOIR134 TUNE

83Preset List211 CHOIR PAN RAND212 TWO HIGH PANNER213 HARD LR PAN214 SALSA HARMONY215 FUN FOR HOURS216 GENDER DOUBLES217 BASIC NOTES 8V Notes H

84 Key of CInput (Sung) NoteC C# D Eb E F F# G G# A Bb BScaleMAJ1 3rd Above E nc F nc G A nc B nc C D D5th Above G nc A nc B C nc D nc E F FMAJ2 3rd

85Where can I nd support for this product?TC-Helicon has a comprehensive support system for our products. Go to www.tc-helicon.com/sup-port and click

86Specications f Analog InputsConnectors, balanced Mic.: XLR, Line: 1/4” phone jack, Guitar: 1/4” phone jack, Aux: 1/8” stereo mini jack

87Specications f EnvironmentOperating Temperature 32° F to 122° F (0° C to 50° C)Storage Temperature -22° F to 167° F (-30° C to 70° C)Humidity

8Touch any to engage effects or hold to jump directly to the effect’s edit menu.Touch to activate auto-chromatic pitch cor-rection or hold to edit cor