User Manual

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OCTAVES Mode
OCTAVES mode pitch shifts your vocal up and down exactly one octave.
Since the amount of pitch shift is preset to an octave, this mode does
not require an instrument to be played along with your vocal.
VOICE MIX knob: Mixes between the lower octave (in knob’s
LOW position) and the upper octave (in knob’s HIGH position).
When set to 12 o’clock, there will be an equal mix of the two
octaves.
GENDER BENDER knob: For the lower octave, turning
GENDER BENDER clockwise shifts the formant downward,
making the lower octave sound more male. For the upper
octave, turning GENDER BENDER clockwise shifts the formant
upward, making the upper octave sound more female. When
turned fully counter-clockwise, there is no formant shift.
UNISON + WHISTLE Mode:
UNISON + WHISTLE mode is really like having two modes in one. Each
function is separate from the other. UNISON mode allows for formant
shift without changing the pitch of your vocal. For example, you want to
sound more womanly but without changing your pitch. WHISTLE mode
synthesizes a whistle tone exactly two octaves above the note you sing.
VOICE MIX knob: Mixes between the UNISON effect (in knob’s
LOW position) and the WHISTLE effect (in knob’s HIGH
position). When set to 12 o’clock, there will be an equal mix of
UNISON and WHISTLE.
GENDER BENDER knob: Adjusts formant shift for the UNISON
effect only. When GENDER BENDER is set to 12 o’clock, there is
no formant shift. As you turn the knob clockwise from 12 o’clock,
the formant shifts upward for a more female sounding vocal. As
you turn the knob counter-
clockwise from 12 o’clock, the formant shifts downward for a
more male sounding vocal.
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VOCODER Mode
VOCODER mode turns the Voice Box into a 256 Band vocoder. Vocoding
is an effect that allows a voice to modulate an instrument or sound
source. The controls have been optimized so that the vocoder is very
much plug, play and sing; the musician does not need to do much work
to create fantastic sounding vocoder effects. As with most vocoders,
both a vocal signal and an instrument signal are required to obtain the
proper effect.
VOICE MIX knob: In Vocoder mode, the VOICE MIX knob
increases treble response and articulation. As you turn the knob
up from fully counter-clockwise to 12 o’clock, the treble will be
increasingly boosted. Turning the VOICE MIX knob further past
12 o’clock no longer increases the treble but puts the instrument
signal through octave harmonic enhancement. The increased
harmonic content gives the vocoder more frequencies to work
with in the vocals fricative and sibilant range. This is especially
useful with a clean guitar signal.
GENDER BENDER knob: When GENDER BENDER is set to 12
o’clock, there is no formant shift. As you turn the knob clockwise
from 12 o’clock, the formant shifts upward for a more female
sounding vocoder effect. As you turn the knob counter-clockwise
from 12 o’clock, the formant shifts downward for a more male
sounding vocoder effect.
- PRESETS -
The Voice Box can save one preset for each of the 9 modes. Each preset
will pertain directly to the mode you have saved it in. Once a preset is
saved, the Voice Box will remember the preset after power has been
disconnected.
Saving a preset will save the setting of all 5 of the black knobs. It will
not save the state of the MIC BYPASS Footswitch, the MIC GAIN Toggle
switch or the PHANTOM POWER Toggle switch.