User Manual
10 PERFORM-VK User Manual
Talk
During a performance, especially between songs, you might want to speak with
the audience. It’s unlikely that you’ll want all the eects on your voice while
doing so. That’s where the TALK button comes in. When active, Talk bypasses all
of the eects in the box (except Tone) so that you can speak with the crowd and
be heard clearly.
AUX signals are still passed to the XLR out in TALK mode.
To activate Talk, press the button. White is OFF, Red is ON.
Lock/Mute
Press and HOLD the TALK button to enter Lock/Mute mode. All outputs, including
XLR and Headphone, are muted and the front panel is disabled. This stops people
from messing with your gear if you’ve stepped away.
The TALK button will ash when in Lock/Mute mode.
To re-activate PERFORM-VK, press and HOLD the TALK button again.
Tap (Tempo)
When pressed, this light ashes in time with your echo eects. You can re-tap the
tempo at any time to sync up with your current song. Keep in mind that you can
tap at half-time or double-time to make your echo sounds more exible.
If you have an Echo selected but the Tap button is dark, the Echo style is a “slap”
style that doesn’t use tap tempo.
RoomSense
Did you notice that little hole on the front of the unit? It’s a microphone!
It’s there for two reasons:
1. If you beam in a preset that contains Harmony or HardTune eects and
you’re not using MIDI, keyboard audio or an Aux music source to guide key/
scale, the mic will listen for chords in the room (like a nearby guitar) and try
to gure out key and scale from that! Pretty cool.
a. RoomSense is the most unpredictable of the key/scale trackers, since
the room dynamics and chord information is most easily obscured using
this mode. That said, it can be quite eective in specic situations,
like placing the unit on top of an acoustic piano.
2. If you don’t plug in a microphone and have headphones connected, you
can sing into the onboard mic. It’s a great way to practice with virtually no
other equipment.
a. If you’re singing into the RoomSense mic, the Main Outputs *there isn’t
a Mic Out on VK* will be muted to prevent feedback.
AUX Input
When you have a music player connected to the AUX jack, and nothing is
connected to the MIDI or INST jacks, any incoming chord information from the
AUX input will be used to determine key/scale for Harmony or HardTune.
(When both the AUX and MIDI/INST jacks are used, the MIDI and INST connections
take priority for detection of key/scale)
You will hear the AUX input mixed with your Mic input (vocals). If the AUX is
too loud or too quiet, use the volume control on the music player to create the
appropriate mix with your vocals.