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Contents Introduction................................... 1 Editing, Copying, or Storing Presets.............................. 27 Features.......................................... 2 Edit Preset............................................... 27 Included Items............................... 3 Copy or Store Preset........................... 27 Front Panel..................................... 4 The Edit Preset Menu................... 28 Rear Panel......................................
Introduction Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Vocalist® Live Pro. The Vocalist Live Pro is a breakthrough processor that automatically generates live multi-part vocal harmony while you maintain your natural playing style.
Features Vocalist® Live Pro Features • musIQ™ Harmony Technology • 24-bit, 44.
Included Items Included Items Before you get started, please make sure that the following items have been included: • • • • • The Vocalist® Live Pro Power Cord Bag of Mounting Hardware Owner’s Manual Warranty Card The utmost care was taken while your Vocalist Live Pro was being manufactured. Everything should be included and in perfect working order. If anything is missing, contact the factory at once.
Front Panel Front Panel 1. Guitar Input: Connect your guitar here. 2. Guitar Input Signal Level: This signal LED represents the guitar input signal level. It is green when sufficient guitar signal strength is present, amber when approaching limit, and red when the signal clips. 3. Guitar Thru Output: Outputs the unprocessed guitar signal, enabling you to utilize external processing for the guitar.
Front Panel 14. MIDI LED: This green LED lights whenever data is present at the MIDI In port on the MIDI channels specified in the MIDI/Expr Pedal Setup menus. 15. USB LED: This blue LED lights when a valid USB connection is made 16. Edit/Select: Turn this knob to scroll through presets, menus or parameters and to adjust parameter values. Press this knob to enter a menu, select a parameter or accept a parameter value. 17.
Rear Panel Rear Panel 1. AC Power Jack: Standard IEC power cord input, to supply the Mains AC input.. This AC input jack also contains the fuse that the unit is currently using in addition to a spare fuse. 2. USB Port: This port is USB 1.1 full-speed (12Mbits/second) and carries MIDI control information to the Vocalist® Live Pro from a personal computer.
Common Configurations Common Configurations There are many ways to set up and use the Vocalist® Live Pro. Some common setup configurations are shown below. Important Note: The Vocalist Live Pro Main Out XLR outputs are line level outputs. Many mixers accept only mic levels on the XLR inputs. You will know this is the case if you find that you have to turn your Input Level completely down in order to avoid clipping at the mixer’s XLR input.
Common Configurations 2. Guitar and Mic Preamp with MIDI Controller and Monitor Output In this configuration, the vocal microphone is using a mixer / preamp and is connected to the Vocalist® Live Pro through the Line In vocal input. Assure this input is selected using the Line Vocal Input button on the front panel in the Vocal Input section. Remote functionality is achieved using an external MIDI floorboard controller.
Common Configurations 3. Keyboard and Mic with Separate Monitor and PA Mixes This configuration uses the MIDI Keyboard as the vocal guide instrument. Assure that either the front panel musIQ™ MIDI Harmony Mode is selected or the Other (Menu) Harmony Mode button is selected with one of the desired modes. The keyboard MIDI data is echoed out through the MIDI Thru output to the daisy chained MIDI Synthesizer that provides the FOH (Front Of House) Engineer with the audio signal.
Common Configurations 4. Keyboard and Mic with Individual Voice Outputs In this configuration, the V1+V2 V3+V4 Output Mode in Global I/O Setup is being implemented to provide the FOH Mixer with each Harmony Voice separately. The dry vocal signal obtained at the input is provided using the Mic Pass Thru output. This allows the FOH Engineer to have full mixing or external processing control for the lead and harmony voices.
Common Configurations 5. Digital Audio Workstation Recording with MIDI Control This configuration involves using the Vocalist® Live Pro with a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) Computer for post processing of recorded vocal material. The vocal audio track is sent from the DAW into the Line In and the guitar track audio is sent into the Guitar Input. Assure the Line In is selected as the vocal input using the Line Vocal Input button on the front panel.
Common Configurations 6. PC Recording with USB MIDI Control In this configuration, the guitar is used as the tracking input and vocal microphone is connected to the Vocal Input. A USB cable is connected from the PC to the Vocalist® Live Pro for PC MIDI control of the Vocalist Live Pro’s presets and parameters. The resulting processed Lead Vocal and Harmony Voice analog audio output is routed out of the Aux Outputs and fed into a USB or Firewire audio interface that is connected to the PC for recording.
Getting Started Getting Started- Basic Setup 1. Make sure the Vocalist® Live Pro’s power switch is in the off position (up), connect the power cord to the power input (located on the back panel) and plug it into the AC outlet. 2. Make sure the Vocal Input Level knob is turned all the way down (counter-clockwise). 3. Plug a microphone into the Vocal Mic In jack. 4. Plug your guitar directly into the Guitar Input jack.
Getting Started being accepted. If the Guitar Signal LED does turn red while you are playing confirm the Vocalist Live Pro Guitar Sensitivity in the Global I/O Setup menu is set to Low (see page 23). If it is and you have a volume control on your guitar (for example, an acoustic guitar with a pre-amp built in), you should adjust the volume so that the Guitar Signal LED is green or amber most of the time while playing. Some older guitars send a very low signal.
Getting Started 14. Turn on your amplifier and gradually turn it up until you reach a comfortable listening level. 15. Turn on your P.A. system and gradually turn it up until you reach a comfortable listening level. 16.
The Preset Screen The Preset Screen 4EMPO When you first turn on the Vocalist® Live Pro, the Graphic Display briefly shows the title screen, then the Preset Screen appears. Here you can see the currently selected Preset Name, Effects Configuration, Harmony Mode and Harmony Voicings. The Preset Screen displayed Preset Effects options are shown as active when they are highlighted with a white background.
Vocalist® Live Pro Menu Navigation Vocalist® Live Pro Menu Navigation From the Preset Screen, you can enter the Main Menu by pressing the Edit/Select knob. The Main Menu contains the following sub-menus: • Edit Preset • Global I/O Setup • MIDI/Expr Pdl Setup • Utilities • Contrast • Preset Load • Version Turn the Edit/Select knob to highlight a sub-menu; press the Edit/Select knob to select it.
The Main Menu Screen The Main Menu Screen This section describes each of the Vocalist® Live Pro main menu sub-menus and functions. Note that all Main Menu parameter changes except those in the Edit Preset menu do not need to be stored and will be retained even after the unit is powered down. Edit Preset Select this sub-menu to access and adjust the configurable settings and parameters of the currently selected preset.
The Main Menu Screen When in Manual Preset Load mode, if you stop on a preset after cycling through the Preset Banks and 5 seconds pass without any Edit/Select knob activity, the Vocalist® Live Pro will revert back to last preset that was loaded. Version This non-selectable option shows the current Vocalist Live Pro firmware version number. This information is helpful if customer service should ever be required.
Footswitch and Expression Pedal Inputs Control Footswitch and Expression Pedal Inputs Control When connecting the Footswitch Input to the optional DigiTech® FS3X or GNXFC 3-button footswitch, you must define what each of the 3 footswitches control. In the Global I/O Setup of the Main Menu, there are the available function definitions for Footswitch 1, Footswitch 2 and Footswitch 3. Note that these 3 parameter definitions are globally applied to all presets.
The Global I/O Setup Menu The Global I/O Setup Menu There are 3 stereo outputs on the Vocalist® Live Pro that can support up to 2 unique mixes simultaneously. The physical outputs are MAIN, AUX and S/PDIF. The MAIN and S/PDIF outputs always carry the same output signals in the corresponding analog or digital format. These outputs can be assigned to carry different audio signals to make individual channel processing or sub-mixing possible.
The Global I/O Setup Menu Global I/O Setup Table (Continued) Mono Sets the Left and Right Aux Outputs to Mono Output. This option is only available when the Output Mode is Main, Aux Separate. Stereo Sets the Left and Right Aux Outputs to Stereo Output. This option is only available when the Output Mode is Main, Aux Separate Preset Up Cycles up to the next preset in the Preset Bank. The updated Preset is shown in the Preset Screen. Preset Down Cycles down to the previous preset in the Preset Bank.
The Global I/O Setup Menu Global I/O Setup Table (Continued) Footswitch 1, Footswitch 2, Footswitch 3 Harmony/ Reverb/ Delay Toggle Toggles both the Harmony Voices and Reverb and Delay Effects of the current preset Off and On. The Harmony and Reverb/ Delay buttons light on the front panel indicating the status of their parameters. Harmony/ Reverb/ Delay Momentary The Harmony Voices and Reverb and Delay Effects are active while the specified Footswitch is pressed and deactivated when released.
The MIDI/Expression Pedal Setup Menu The MIDI/Expression Pedal Setup Menu CC/PC Channel Defines the MIDI CC (Continuous Controller) and PC (Program or Preset Change) Channels being used at the MIDI In and USB ports of the Vocalist® Live Pro. Range: Off, All and 1 to 16 Harmony Instrument CH Defines which of the MIDI channels the Vocalist Live Pro will read note data and pitch bend data from for musIQ™ MIDI, Chordal, and Notes Harmony Modes.
The MIDI/Expression Pedal Setup Menu MIDI/Expression Pedal Setup Table (Continued) Patch Wizard Preset Map Pitch Bend Range Exits Patch Wizard with no changes applied MIDI 1128 = VL U1-99,F129 Sets the MIDI PC definition to associate the User Preset Bank presets to the first 99 programs of the PC message and the first 29 Factory Preset Bank presets to the following 29 programs MIDI 1128 = VL F1-99,U129 Sets the MIDI PC definition to associate the Factory Preset Bank presets to the firs
The MIDI/Expression Pedal Setup Menu MIDI/Expression Pedal Setup Table (Continued) MIDI Tempo Exp Pedal Type VL Pro Owner’s Manual Turns the MIDI Tempo functionality Off or On. This allows MIDI control of the Delay Tempo using the MIDI Timing Clock, so that the delays can be in synch with the music currently being played. TRS Configures Expression Pedal Input on rear panel for Linear type Expression Pedal.
Editing, Copying, or Storing Presets Editing, Copying, or Storing Presets Edit Preset The Vocalist® Live Pro comes with 99 User Presets and 99 Factory Presets. Initially, the User Presets are exact copies of the Factory Presets.You can only store changes to a User Preset. Presets in the Factory Preset Bank cannot be overwritten. Select the desired preset that you would like to refine or modify the characteristics of by editing its individual preset parameters.
The Edit Preset Menu the preset name are the function definitions for the Edit/Select knob. Upon Store screen entry, they are defined as -Character and
The Edit Preset Menu Edit Pre-Effects Table (Continued) Noise Gate Noise Gate Noise Gate is turned Off or On. The Noise Gate is useful for muting the signal when it falls below a specified threshold. Threshold The Noise Gate engages when the Lead Voice input falls below the specified threshold. Range: –80dB to –20dB Compressor Compressor is turned Off or On Type Abruptly reduces gain when the input level rises above the threshold.
The Edit Preset Menu 2. Edit Lead Effects Pitch Correction Key Scale Pitch Correction Pitch feature is turned Off or On.
The Edit Preset Menu Edit Lead Effects Table (Continued) Rate Controls how aggressively your pitch is corrected. If the rate is low, then all of your rapid pitch variations (vibrato, scoops, etc.) will be left untouched, and only long sustained notes will be corrected. If the rate is high, then all of your pitch variations will be removed resulting in a very flat robotic sounding voice. Range: 1 to 99 Scales the amount of pitch correction applied to the input voice. The range is 0 to 99.
The Edit Preset Menu Edit Lead Effects Table (Continued) Parametric Filter Distortion Band Limit Modulation Parametric Filter Parametric Filter is turned Off or On Gain Adjusts the boost or attenuation applied at the center frequency. Range: -12dB to +12dB Frequency Defines the Parametric Filter center frequency.
The Edit Preset Menu 3. Edit Harmony 3.1 HARMONY MODE musIQ™ This option selects the musIQ technology for the Harmony Mode. musIQ eliminates the need to enter key and scale information into the product as it listens to the notes/chords played on a guitar or keyboard and automatically adjusts the harmony voices to assure that they fit with the music being played.
The Edit Preset Menu harmonies to the Lead Vocal. The most common Shift Harmony Voices are the 7 semitones (5th) and 12 semitones (octave), ranging from two octaves below the Lead Vocal pitch to two octaves above it. The following shows the Shift Harmony Mode being applied to the C Major Scale with a +4 Shift Voicing (3rd above).
The Edit Preset Menu In some cases where a song is centered around the 3rd or root of the scale, it may seem as through there is little difference between the three Major Scales or three Minor Scales. This is because the Lead Vocal for the song doesn’t reach any of the altered notes for the given scale. A vocal line centered around the 5th of a scale, such as G in the key of C, highlights the differences between the Scalic Harmony Scales.
The Edit Preset Menu Chordal Chordal Harmony Mode uses the notes played on a MIDI keyboard to determine the current chord. This Chordal Harmony MIDI chord definition is used to pitch the Harmony Voice to a note contained in the chord that is closest to the current Lead Vocal pitch. Once the Chordal Harmony Mode is selected, the Chordal Voicings must be defined in the Advanced Edit Mode menu or by selecting a patch in the Voicing Patch menu.
The Edit Preset Menu The following table lists the MIDI chords the Chordal Harmony Mode can detect with the root of C: Major C E G Major 6th C E G A Major 7th C E G B Major 7th Suspended 4th C F G B Minor C D# G Minor 6th C D# G A Minor 7th C D# G A# Minor 7th Flat 5th C D# F# A# Diminished C D# F# Diminished 7th C D# F# A Dominant 7th C E G A# Dominant 7th Flat 5th C E F# A# Augmented C E G# Augmented 7th C E G# Suspended 4th C F G Susp
The Edit Preset Menu 3.2 musIQ™ HARMONY Mode Main The main musIQ Harmony Mode. Alternate This is an Alternate musIQ mode that follows the melody note changes in the lead more closely than the main mode. For some songs, this mode will produce an interesting alternative to the main musIQ mode, but because it is more aggressive in following the lead melody, it can also produce some unexpected harmonies. 3.3 SCALIC HARMONY These parameters are applicable to the Scalic Harmony Mode.
The Edit Preset Menu 3.5 VOICE EDIT MODE Normal Voice Edit Mode These settings allow you to select the number and type of Harmony Voices that are generated by the Vocalist® Live Pro. You can add up to 4 voices of harmony or duplicates (unison) to your Lead Vocal. Note that with musIQ™ Harmony Modes active, the Voicing settings, such as ▼3 or ▼5, produce harmonies that are only nominally third up and fifth up. They vary depending on the guitar chord and input vocal pitch.
The Edit Preset Menu Normal Voice Edit Mode Table (Continued) Voicing Patch (Cont.
The Edit Preset Menu Advanced Voice Edit Mode When the Advanced option of the Voice Edit Mode parameter is selected, in addition to the all the parameters available in Normal Voice Edit Mode, additional Advanced Harmony Menu Options are available. This also allows you to see all the additional parameters that have been automatically set for you when a Voicing Patch was selected.
The Edit Preset Menu Advanced Voice Edit Mode Table (Continued) Scalic VCG (Cont.) Voices 1-4 (Cont.
The Edit Preset Menu Advanced Voice Edit Mode Table (Continued) Notes VCG Voices 1-4 Turns the Notes Harmony Voices Off or On. Harmony Voices that are turned on are used for Notes Harmony Mode. Detune Voices 1-4 Detunes the specified Harmony Voice. Detune has no effect with a setting of +0 cents. Range: -50 cents to +50 cents Delays the specified Harmony Voice with respect to the Lead Voice.
The Edit Preset Menu Advanced Voice Edit Mode Table (Continued) 13 Light Vibr Style (Cont.) Voices 1-4 (Cont.) 14 Light-Slowest 15 Light-Fastest 16 Soprano 17 Opera Vibr Amount Advanced Voice Style Params VL Pro Owner’s Manual 44 Infl Style Voices 1-4 Voices 1-4 Sets the amount of the Vibrato effect, defined in Vibrato Style, applied to the specified Harmony Voice. Be sure to adjust the Vibrato Amount to the desired level when making adjustments to Vibrato Style for a particular Harmony.
The Edit Preset Menu 4. Edit Lexicon® Reverb REVERBS The Vocalist® Live Pro provides you with the legendary licensed Lexicon Reverbs. Note that each of the 4 Reverb Types are applied in stereo. Reverberation (or “reverb” for short) is the complex effect created by the way we perceive sound in an enclosed space. When sound waves encounter an object or boundary, they don’t just stop. Some of the sound is absorbed by the object, but most of the sound is reflected or is diffused.
The Edit Preset Menu Edit Lexicon® Reverb Table (Continued) Mid RT Controls the amount of time the reverb can be heard. Higher settings increase reverberation times which are usually associated with larger acoustical environments, but can decrease intelligibility. Lower settings shorten reverb times and should be used when a smaller apparent space or a more subtle effect is desired. This parameter is not available when the Ambience Type is selected. Vocal Hall Range: 670ms to 3.
The Edit Preset Menu Edit Lexicon® Reverb Table (Continued) Diffusion Controls the initial echo density. High settings of Diffusion result in high initial echo density, and low settings cause low initial density. In a real-world situation, irregular walls cause high diffusion, while large flat walls cause low diffusion. Range: 0 to 99 ER Time Adjusts the amount of time before reverb early reflections occur. This parameter is only available when the Vocal Hall or Room Type is selected.
The Edit Preset Menu 5. Edit Lexicon® Delay DELAYS AND ECHOES Delays repeat a sound a short time after it first occurs. Delay becomes Echo when the output is fed back into the input (see Feedback parameter). This turns a single repeat into a series of repeats, each a little softer than the last. Delay Delay feature is turned Off or On. Studio Delay The Studio Delay features up to 2.
The Edit Preset Menu Edit Lexicon® Delay Table (Continued) Pan Pan is only available when the Tape Delay Type is selected and pans the effect at the outputs in stereo mode. Negative values pan left, positive values pan right and +0 evenly distributes the effect to the left and right channels. Range: L -99 to R +99 Smear This parameter controls the amount of smear or signal degradation and frequency loss.
The Edit Preset Menu 6. Edit Expression Links In the Edit Expression Links menu of the Edit Preset menu, you can assign each or any of the 16 available MIDI Controllers to any of the 159 parameters. Before you can assign Expression Links, you must first define the CC/Controller Map in the MIDI/Expr Pdl Setup menu. Note that Expression Links are programmable per preset, providing the versatile ability to define unique Controller Expression Links to each or any of the 99 available User Presets.
The Edit Preset Menu 52. HARMONY SCALIC SCALE 53. HARMONY MIDI NOTE ATTACK 54. HARMONY MIDI NOTE RELEASE 55. HARMONY MIDI NOTE LATCH 56. HARMONY musIQ™ VOICING 1 57. HARMONY musIQ VOICING 2 58. HARMONY musIQ VOICING 3 59. HARMONY musIQ VOICING 4 60. HARMONY SHIFT VOICING 1 61. HARMONY SHIFT VOICING 2 62. HARMONY SHIFT VOICING 3 63. HARMONY SHIFT VOICING 4 64. HARMONY SCALIC VOICING 1 65. HARMONY SCALIC VOICING 2 66. HARMONY SCALIC VOICING 3 67. HARMONY SCALIC VOICING 4 68.
Block Diagrams Block Diagrams Effects Flow Normal Output Mode Signal Flow Note that in Aux=Main Output Mode the front panel Levels knobs adjust the Main Out, S/PDIF Out and Aux Out mixes.
Block Diagrams Separate Output Mode Signal Flow Note that in Main, Aux Separate Output Mode the front panel Levels knobs adjust only the Main Out and S/PDIF Out mixes and relative Lead and Harmony Levels for the Aux Out mix can be set in the Global I/O Setup menu.
Factory Preset List Factory Preset List Listed below are the Factory Presets with their genre, factory preset number, name, harmony mode and music style, and pitch correction. Note that when the Factory Reset: User Presets utility is used, these presets will also be loaded into the User Presets. Genre Basic Harmony musIQ™ Stylized musIQ VL Pro Owner’s Manual 54 Preset No.
Factory Preset List Factory Preset Table (Continued) Stylized musIQ™ 30 SoulSistaz musIQ™ (R&B) No 31 Barbershop musIQ (Barbershop) Yes 32 Gospel 1 musIQ (Gospel/R&B) No 33 Gospel 2 musIQ (Gospel/R&B) Yes 34 Bass Altos musIQ (Pop) No 35 Can We Stl musIQ (Pop) No 36 Be Friends musIQ (Pop) No 37 Alt Harmny musIQ (Pop) No 38 Gold Chanl musIQ (Pop) No 39 GoldChanPC musIQ (Pop) Yes 40 DannySong musIQ (Pop/Country) No 41 PurpleRain musIQ (Rock) No 42 Jimi musIQ
Factory Preset List Factory Preset Table (Continued) Keyboardbased Scalic / Efx Special Delay / Efx VL Pro Owner’s Manual 56 66 Warm 3rdUp musIQ™(General) Yes 67 Magic 3rdz musIQ (General) Yes 68 Gal Duet musIQ (General) Yes 69 MaleDuet musIQ (General) Yes 70 BluesMan musIQ (Blues) No 71 Key2Myself Chordal (General) Yes 72 Chord of 3 Chordal (Pop/Urban) No 73 Key4Spaces Chordal (Ambient) No 74 Lo FatChrd Chordal (Pop/Urban) Yes 75 Digiroo Chordal (Techno) Yes 7
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting The Vocalist® Live Pro does not turn on. • Make sure the power cord is plugged into both the AC Power Jack on the rear panel and an AC outlet or power bar that is turned on. • Check that the fuse installed in the fuse compartment of the AC Power Jack has not blown. The Main Out signals sound like they are clipping. • Verify that when you sing into the microphone or provide the lead voice, the Vocal Input - Signal LED lights green.
Troubleshooting • Check that when you play the keys, the MIDI activity is reflected on the MIDI LED on the front panel. • Confirm that the current preset is either using the musIQ Harmony Mode and the Harmony Mode – musIQ MIDI button is selected, or that the Harmony Mode - Other (Menu) button is selected and the current preset is using Chordal, Notes or 4-Channel Notes Harmony Mode.
Electrical / Audio Specifications Electrical / Audio Specifications Line In to Line Out Dynamic Range: THD+N: Frequency Response: Analog Inputs Guitar Connectors: Max Input Level: Input Impedance Ground Connected: Ground Lifted: Mic Preamp Connectors: Input Sensitivity for 0dBFS: Input Sensitivity for Analog Clip: Equivalent Input Noise (EIN): Input Impedance: Mic Thru: Line Connectors: Input Sensitivity for 0dBFS: Input Impedance: 107dB A-weighted 0.
Electrical / Audio Specifications Digital/Analog Converter D/A: 24-bits (20-20KHz, +/-1dB) Dynamic Range: 114dB, A-Weighted, -60dB Full Scale Input Crosstalk: -90dB Sample Rate: 44.1KHz Internal Clock Signal Processing: Freescale DSP56367 DSP with Custom Firmware All Signal Processing Takes Place at 44.1KHz Sample Rates, Native Digital Outputs: S/PDIF: VL Pro Owner’s Manual RCA Connector.
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