Quick Start Guide

24 HARMONY V100/ V60 Quick Start Guide 25
OVERVIEW
This “getting started” guide will help you set up the
unit and briey introduce its capabilities.
CONNECTION
To connect the unit to your system, please
consult the connection examples shown earlier
in this document.
SOFTWARE SETUP
The USB connection allows your unit to send
2 channels of audio to your computer for recording
onto a DAW for example, and to receive 2 channels of
computer audio playback.
The unit requires a Windows driver to be installed
onto PC computers. No driver is required for
connections to Mac OS computers.
Please check our website for the latest version of the
Windows driver. Follow the installation instructions
sup-plied with the driver
With the unit connected to your computer via the
USB cord, and powered on, it should be recognized
as a USB audio device.
Choose the unit as an input device for recording, and
as an output device for playback. The USB computer
connection is only required to update the rmware,
or to playback from the computer and/or to record
onto the computer.
The recording to the computer will include all the
processing by the Harmony V60/V100 unit. The
playback from your computer is not aected by the
processing, just the Master Volume control.
HARDWARE SETUP
Make all the connections in your system, including
the footswitch.
For a simple system, connect a microphone to
MIC IN, a guitar to GUITAR IN.
Check if your microphone requires Phantom Power.
Be careful, as some microphones may be damaged
by Phantom Power.
Turn down the Mic input and Guitar input volume
controls, and the Master Volume.
Connect AC power to the unit using the supplied
power cord only. Ensure your external sound system
(if used) is turned down.
Footswitch operation
Assign a footswitch by holding it down while
turning/pressing the desired control.
Some controls can be also selected as a group, for
example, while holding down the footswitch press:
REVERB and ECHO
CHORUS, REVERB and ECHO
MUTE and TALK
Notes:
HARMONY: Hold down any footswitch, press
HARMONY, or rotate selector, and the footswitch will
enable/disable that voicing.
ECHO: After a footswitch is assigned, adjust the TAPE
and DIGITAL repeat rates at any time, by holding
down the footswitch, and then tapping at the
desired tempo.
MICROPHONE SECTION
The following steps will help you get started
making vocals.
1. Turn on the rear panel power switch.
2. Turn up the VOLUME a small amount and
talk or sing into the microphone. Adjust the
MASTER volume to a reasonable level.
3. Press ANTI-FEEDBACK to reduce the chance of
vocal feedback.
4. Press TALK if you want to listen to your voice
with no processing added.
5. With the HARMONY switch o, and the
REVERB, and ECHO controls both in the OFF
position, listen to the eect of the ADAPTIVE
TONE and CORRECTION controls on your vocals.
Vocal Harmony
1. HARMONY can be engaged by pressing the
HARMONY ENABLE switch or the HARMONY
footswitch. Turn up the Harmony LEVEL
control and listen to the eect on your vocals
of the eight dierent vocal harmonies.
2. Note: If the HARMONY switch is held down
during power-up, then any footswitches
used for HARMONY will become
momentary switches.
Vocal Reverb
1. Adjust the REVERB control to add reverb
to your vocals, with increasing amounts of
delay time and venue size simulation from
OFF (no reverb) to ROOM, CLUB, and HALL.
Listen to its eect on your vocals.
Vocal Echo
1. Adjust the ECHO control to add echo to your
vocals, from OFF (no echo) and TAPE, DIGITAL,
and SLAP styles. Listen to its eect on your
vocals.
2. The repeat rates for the TAPE and DIGITAL
styles can be adjusted by pressing the TAP
TEMPO switch. It ashes at the current tempo.
GUITAR SECTION
The following steps will help you get started using
your guitar.
1. Turn on the rear panel power switch of the
unit.
2. Turn up the VOLUME a small amount and play
the guitar. Adjust the MASTER volume to a
reasonable level.
Guitar Tuning
1. Press the MUTE switch to prevent the guitar
being heard while tuning.
2. Carefully tune your guitar using the display of
the built-in chromatic tuner.
3. When tuning is complete, disengage the
MUTE switch.
4. Press the ANTI-FEEDBACK switch to reduce the
chance of feedback.
5. If your guitar uses a Piezo pickup, press the
BODYREZ switch to help restore the natural
tone. There are four selections, each with its
own LED color:
OFF: (no eect)
Red: (Bodyrez 1)
Blue: (Bodyrez 2)
Green: (Bodyrez 3)
6. Adjust the BASS, MID, and TREBLE controls
to suit. Although the level range is quite
large, try to use small adjustments to the EQ,
using cut more than boost.
Guitar Chorus
1. Adjust the CHORUS control to add chorus
to your guitar, with various styles from OFF
(no chorus), DETUNE, SILK, and CORONA.
Listen to its eect on your guitar.
Guitar Reverb
1. Adjust the REVERB control to add reverb
to your guitar, with increasing amounts of
delay time and venue size simulation from
OFF (no reverb) to ROOM, and CLUB, to HALL.
Listen to its eect on your guitar.
Guitar Echo
1. Adjust the ECHO control to add echo to the
guitar, from OFF (no echo) and TAPE, DIGITAL,
and SLAP styles. Listen to its eect on
the guitar.
2. The repeat rates for the TAPE and DIGITAL
styles can be adjusted by pressing the TAP
TEMPO switch at the desired tempo.
LOOPER SECTION
1. Use the MIC/ALL/GUITAR switch to select
the source to LOOP, either microphone,
microphone and guitar, or guitar.
2. By default, the LOOPER footswitch will
operate the PLAY/RECORD switch.
3. Note: The PLAY/RECORD switch will turn red
during initial recording or overdubbing, as will
the footswitch LED. During playback, they will
be green.
4. The TAP TEMPO switch is used to set the
tempo, and it ashes at the current tempo.
This allows you to synchronise the ECHO delay
time to prevent the echoes from being out of
step with your current song.
The tempo can also be changed using
the footswitch as follows: press and
hold either the VOCAL FX or GUITAR FX
footswitch until its LED begins ashing at
the current tempo. Tap the footswitch at
the desired tempo. After a few seconds
of inactivity, the footswitch will return to
normal operation.
When a loop is created, the tempo is
automatically derived from the loop length.
Holding the TAP TEMPO switch (on the unit
only) will disable the tempo derivation from
the loop length for future recording and
overdubs. Hold it again to return to tempo
derivation from loop length.
Note: if both ECHO controls are further
clockwise than the “DIGITAL” setting, then the
TAP TEMPO switch will be o (not needed for
SLAP ECHO settings).
5. Begin playing and/or singing the sequence
you would like to loop.
6. At an appropriate time while playing, press
PLAY/RECORD or the assigned footswitch to
begin recording.
7. When nished, press PLAY/RECORD to
stop the recording. The recorded loop will
begin playing.
8. If you are happy with the loop, press PLAY/
RECORD twice to stop the playback, or press
the STOP switch once. The STOP switch will
turn red, and the footswitch LED will ash
green as a reminder that a loop is recorded.
9. Press PLAY/RECORD once to play the loop at
any time, and then twice to stop.
10. Use the LOOPER LEVEL control to adjust the
loop playback level, compared to live play.
Overdubbing
1. While playing a loop, begin playing and/or
singing the sequence you would like to add to
the loop.
2. At the appropriate time, press the PLAY/
RECORD to enter overdubbing mode and
record your additional track on top of
the current loop (not taking its place,
but adding to it).
3. Press PLAY/RECORD once to stop the overdub
recording, and it will begin playback.
4. Repeat steps 1 to 3 to add more overdubs
if required.
Undo/Redo
5. While playing back, you can hold down PLAY/
RECORD to mute the latest overdub (an UNDO).
6. Hold it down again to un-mute the latest
overdub (a REDO). (This can be used to create
interesting musical performances, not just to
remove a poor overdub.)
7. Press PLAY/RECORD twice to stop playback,
or press the STOP switch once. Press the STOP
switch again to erase the loop if required.
8. To erase a loop using PLAY/RECORD, play the
loop, and then press the footswitch twice, but
make sure to hold down the second press.
LOOPER OPERATION
(with LOOPER Footswitch assigned to PLAY/RECORD)
FIRMWARE UPDATE
Firmware updates are available through
VoiceSupport. For PC, check our website for the
latest Windows driver then download and install
VoiceSupport 2.0 for Microsoft Windows or Mac.
Connect the Harmony V60/V100 via USB then run
VoiceSupport to see if your rmware is up to date.
The Harmony LEDs cycle during the rmware update.
Do not turn o the unit until the rmware update
is successful.
Record
Tap the LOOPER
footswitch once
Switch to playback Tap the LOOPER
footswitch again
Undo/Redo
last recording
Press and hold the
LOOPER footswitch
Stop Double-tap the
LOOPER footswitch or
Tap Stop
Stop and clear the
loop
Double-tap and
hold the LOOPER
footswitch or Tap and
hold Stop
Resume playback Tap the LOOP
footswitch again
HARMONY V100/V60 Getting Started
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