3
GATE Tab Overview.................... 21
GATE .......................................... 21
LEAD ATTEN .................................... 21
HARM ATTEN ...................................21
THRESHOLD (MANUAL Gate Only) ............... 21
THE PITCH BUTTON . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Pitch Button Overview ............................ 22
AUTO-CHROMATIC AMOUNT ................... 22
THE TAP BUTTON. . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Tap Button Overview ............................. 23
THE BYPASS BUTTON . . . . . . . . . . .24
Bypass Button Overview........................... 24
DETAILED OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . .25
Overview........................................ 25
Harmony and Hardtune Guided by a Guitar .......... 25
Acoustic guitar ................................... 25
Electric guitar..................................... 25
Guitar performance tips ........................... 25
Harmony and Hardtune Guided by a MIDI Keyboard .. 25
MIDI hookup and channel selection.................. 26
MIDI IN and USB .................................26
MIDI-controlled Harmony and Hardtune ............. 26
MIDI performance tips............................. 26
Alternate Harmony and Hardtune Methods .......... 26
Using a xed key (aka “Scale”) ...................... 26
Singing to Music Playback ..........................28
“Borrowing” from Another Player ................... 28
Steps Overview ....................... 29
External Control Overview.............. 30
The MP-75 Mic Switch ............................ 30
The Switch3 Footswitch ........................... 30
MIDI Remote Control ............................. 31
The USB Computer Connection.......... 32
The VoiceSupport Application ...................... 32
VoiceLive Rack and Digital Audio .................... 32
Digital Input Notes:................................ 33
Digital Output Notes: ............................. 33
Audio Device Name .............................. 34
USB and MIDI Control ............................ 34
THE INPUT GAIN BUTTON . . . . . . . .35
Overview........................................ 35
Manual Gain Adjustment ........................... 35
Automatic Gain Adjustment ........................ 35
SAFETY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Warranty ..........................................2
FRONT PANEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
BACK PANEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
QUICK START . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
BASIC OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Selecting presets.................................. 11
Searching for presets using tags ..................... 11
Modifying presets .................................12
Changing the global mix ........................... 12
Adjusting the Guitar features .......................12
Phantom, Mono, MIDI etc. - the Setup menu .......... 13
Adjusting the Tone settings ......................... 13
Preset chaining with the Step feature ................ 13
Performing a global reset........................... 13
Restoring individual presets to factory settings......... 14
Mic-Control and Footswitch assignments ............. 14
THE TONE BUTTON . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tone Overview................................... 15
The TONE Tab ................................... 15
The ADAPTIVE Check Boxes....................... 15
SHAPE .......................................... 15
COMPRESS......................................16
DE-ESS..........................................16
GATE ........................................... 17
EQ Tab Overview...................... 18
EQ Tab With ADAPTIVE On ....................... 18
SHAPE .......................................... 18
WARMTH....................................... 18
EQ Tab With ADAPTIVE Off ....................... 18
LOW GAIN ..................................... 18
LOW FREQ ..................................... 18
HIGH GAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
HIGH FREQ ..................................... 19
PARA GAIN ..................................... 19
PARA FREQ ..................................... 19
PARA WIDTH ................................... 19
COMPRESS Tab Overview............... 20
COMPRESS Tab With ADAPTIVE ON ............... 20
COMPRESS......................................20
COMPRESS Tab With ADAPTIVE OFF ............... 20
THRESHOLD .................................... 20
RATIO ..........................................20
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TC Helicon User’s Manual revision 1.0 VoiceLive Rack
English Version