Operation Manual
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Detailed Operation
“Borrowing” from Another 
Player
If you sing with a guitarist or MIDI keyboard 
player, you can use their playing to guide the 
Harmony and Hardtune effects in your VoiceLive 
Rack. 
Your guitarist can connect to the GUITAR IN and 
THRU then to their pedalboard or amp. Their 
guitar sound will remain the same and you can 
turn the effects on and off when you need them. 
The only limitation is the length of cable because 
high impedance signals lose signal over long cable 
runs. If this is an issue, you could use a preamp 
out or effects loop output from the amp.
Alternatively, you can run a MIDI cable from your 
keyboardist’s controller to your VoiceLive Rack. 
This has no effect on the keyboard sound and 
cable runs are not a problem. 
With either solution, you can coordinate with the 
player to make sure they are playing complete 
chords where you plan to use Harmony or Hard-
tune in a song.
•  Try a different Key, perhaps a 5th away from 
your rst choice.
•  Choose a different Major or Minor alternate 
Scale.
•  Choose a preset with only the 3rd (High) 
interval.
•  Create a Step to change Key at the right mo-
ments with the Switch 3 footswitch or MIDI 
command. 
•  Move on to the next options listed.
Singing to Music Playback
VoiceLive Rack can derive musical information 
from fully mixed music tracks. For this alternative 
you’ll need:
•  Music source device. This could be an MP3 
player, computer, CD player etc.
•  Recorded music without vocals. This could be 
your latest CD tracks minus your vocals or 
Karaoke tracks available on the web.
Connect an MP3 Player or another audio source 
to the AUX input. When you power up VoiceLive 
Rack, it will auto-recognize the AUX input as the 
harmony music source. Choose a Harmony or 
Hardtune preset and play your music source. You 
should hear your music, voice and the effects in 
your PA system or headphones.
Use the volume control on your music source 
device to adjust the balance of music to vocals. 
You can also adjust the AUX level in the I/O tab 
of the Setup menu.
