Vocalist VR
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VOCALIST VR AC Power & Safety Warnings.......................................................................................inside cover Introduction.....................................................................................................................................2 Jump Start........................................................................................................................................3 Program List..................................................................
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VOCALIST VR Plug in the external power supply and turn turn ACCESS VOCALIST on. Connect a microphone on. VR Connect a microphone to to VOCALIST via panel the front ACCESS via theVR front XLRpanel jack.XLR jack. Connect the the stereo stereo outputs outputs of of ACCESS VOCALIST VR toon inputs yourintelligent mixer, intelligent to inputs your on mixer, keyboardkeyor board oranything with speakers at the end. anything with speakers at the end.
Front Panel VOCALIST VR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Power Switch Harmony Voicing Buttons allow you to adjust the voicing of harmonies. The High and Higher buttons create harmonies above your voice. The Low, Lower and Bass buttons creates harmonies below your voice. The Double button creates detuned unison copies of your voice. See page 16 for more detail on Harmony Voicing. The LCD Display shows preset number and harmony mode information at the initial level.
VOCALIST VR Input Level Knob adjusts the input input level level for the the microphone microphone and andline lineinputs. inputs. Input Level The Signal LED guides you to an optimal optimal level level setting. The LED LED lights lights in in three three colors. colors. Green can recognize the pitchthe of your • Greenis isdisplayed displayedwhen whenACCESS VOCALIST VR can recognize pitchvoice of your voice Orange is isdisplayed is generating optimal signal to signal noise. to noise.
Set-Up Examples Live Performance The line-drawing below represents a typical live performance set-up. The keyboard is optional depending on how you want to control your harmony parts (see Harmony Control Modes for more information on page 10).
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VOCALIST VR press the button - the Store button will begin flashing. If you wish to store your preset to a different preset number than you currently have selected, use the Data Entry Knob to select the preset number which you want to store your modified preset to. When you have selected your new preset, press that number. - the preset is then stored to note: If you want to store the preset under the current preset number skip step 2.
The Harmony Control Modes Each preset is based on one of the four harmony control modes: Scale, Chord, Notes and Double. The Scale, Chord and Notes programs require musical information just like another player in your band in order to produce musically effective harmony . The following details how each mode works and how it is controlled. Scale You can tell you have selected a Scale preset when the preset number is followed by the word ‘Scale’.
VOCALIST VR A chord has two parts: the chord root and the chord type. An example of this would be an “A Major 7th” chord which has “A” as its root and “Major 7th” as its type. Chord harmony programs can interpret the following chords: Major Major 7 minor minor 7 diminished 7 major 6 augmented 7 minor 7 flat 5 diminished suspended suspended 7 minor-Maj 7 Notes You’ve selected a preset which uses the Notes harmony control mode when the word “Notes” appears after the preset number.
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VOCALIST VR VOCALIST VR has the easiest editing system* you are ever likely to see. Here are the guidelines to the easiest editing system* you are ever likely to see. Here are the guidelines to be beACCESS aware of has for editing: aware of for editing: How do you get in to EDIT mode? Press the Data Entry Knob/Switch to enter the edit mode. The EDIT LED will light and you will jump to the first editable parameter on the LCD display.
Scale: Key and Scale: This parameter is used on “ Scale” presets. There are two editable parameters here. The Key parameter is used to set the Key and Scale (if you don’t know why you would set Key and Scale see “Scale Harmony Control Modes” on page 10). The Key can be set “C” through to “B”. The Scale choices are “maj1” through “maj4” and “min1” through “min4”. Chord: Harmony Hold on/off: This parameter is used on “Chord” presets.
VOCALIST VR Global Parameters MIDI Channel Select: Thisparameter parameter allows allowsyou youtotoselect selectthe theMIDI MIDI channel channel which which the ACCESS will look to generate This VOCALIST VRatwill look at to harmony information on Chords or Notes presets, as well as Control Change information. MIDI generate harmony information on Chords or Notes presets, as well as Control Change informaChannels 1 through 16 can be selected. tion. MIDI Channels 1 through 16 can be selected.
so you can slide in and out of notes like the best Blues singers. Be careful though, if you can’t hear yourself well and your pitch is sharp or flat, the harmonies will be too. Global Reverb on/off: Thisparameter parameterallows allowsyou youtotoselect selectwhether whetherorornot notthe thereverb reverbtype typeisisdifferent differentper perpreset, preset,ororglobal globThis al for all presets. Since ACCESS hasVR thehas capability to associate a different reverb reverb type with for all presets.
VOCALIST VR below your voice. Note that when the ScaleSmooth parameter is off and the other harmony voices are pitch corrected, the Bass voice remains non-pitch-corrected. If you want to be the Bass singer in your group but you just can’t sing that low, try selecting a Scale preset with only the Bass voice turned on. Turn the lead level off and the Harmony level to max. This way you can sing the part in a range you are comfortable in but the sound will be an octave lower.
Footswitch If you perform live, it is strongly recommended that you invest in the FS300 footswitch. The FS300 has three buttons that allow you to bypass the harmony voices, mute the reverb effect to talk to your audience between songs, and switch between ‘main’ and ‘alternate’ keys on Scale presets. What are ‘main’ and ‘alternate’ Keys? Read on to the section below which explains what they are and why they are so nifty to use.
VOCALIST VR Using MIDI Control Change MIDI is an easy way to get added control over the Vocalist VR. Using a sequencer or MIDI MIDI is an easy way to get added control over the Vocalist ACCESS. Using a sequencer or MIDI keyboard that can transmit control change messages ( ‘CC’ messages), you can automate changes keyboard that can transmit control change messages ( ‘CC’ messages), you can automate changes you make in the harmony/lead mix, reverb levels and more.
Set Key on/off Enables chord recognition of key and scale in Scale programs via MIDI. This allows you to change key and scale from a sequencer. Chord recognition is normally turned off because Scale mode does not require the changing chords used to control harmonies in Notes and Chord programs. This CC message must be sent first and then a chord can be played on the keyboard that will call up the key and scale your require. See Appendix 4 on page 26 for the Scale Chart.
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The opposite of a diatonic harmony is chromatic. A chromatic scale is defined as: a scale type that uses all 12 semitones. Notice that the previous scale example had 8 notes. The chromatic scale uses all the sharp and flat notes in between as well. There are 12 of each of the major, minor, etc. scales; there is only one chromatic scale. To illustrate a chromatic harmony, see the following example of a chromatic 3rd above harmony on our C major scale.
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Bright Room: Simulates a smaller room which accentuates the higher frequencies. Not only can this preset give your vocals some added depth, but it can increase the clarity in live spaces where the upper frequencies are not reproduced well. Dark Room: Simulates a smaller room where higher frequencies roll off. Great for adding depth to your vocal sound in a live space where higher frequencies are already accentuated. Med Room: This room is a bit larger than the previous two.
VOCALIST VR Microphone Input Balanced XLR, 2 KOhm Line Input Unbalanced 1/4 TS, -10 dBV level, 10 KOhm Auxiliary Input Unbalanced 1/4 TS, -10 dBV level, 10 KOhm Microphone Input Range -32 dBV minimum to -9 dBV maximum Line Input Range -20 dBV minimum to +6dBu maximum Line Outputs Unbalanced 1/4” stereo or mono, -10 dBV nominal Sampling 16 bit A/D conversion @ 44.
MIDI Implementation Chart IVL Technologies VOCALIST VRLtd.
VOCALIST VR The Key and scale in a Scale preset may be selected by MIDI. After sending a controller 21 message of 64 or greater, a single chord may be used to set both key and scale. The following graphics show the required intervals in the key of C to load the various scale types. To se other keys, simply transpose these chords to your desired key. The black and white dots shown in the legend show which intervals are required to set Key and Scale by MIDI. The grey dots show optional intervals.
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