USER MANUAL
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 You are cautioned that any change or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your warranty. 10 11 Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
BEFORE YOU GET STARTED 1. Download the Latest User’s Manual. To get the latest and most comprehensive information and to view the product warranty visit: www.tc-helicon.com/support and select your specific product. 2. Download VoiceSupport – Get the latest firmware for your product, tips and tricks, and videos. Download and install VoiceSupport from www.tc-helicon.com/voicesupport. 3. Register Your Product in VoiceSupport – Click on the ACCOUNT button. TC Helicon Vocal Technologies Ltd. www.tc-helicon.
Table of Contents Mounting to a Mic Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 The VoiceSupport Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Basic Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Using the Slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Using the Vocal Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mounting to a Mic Stand MIC STAND 1. 2. 3. SETUP With no cables attached to the product, grasp it on both sides so the printed top faces you and is approximately level. Slide VoiceLive Touch to the left so that the upper shaft of your mic stand is captured by the lower slot on the product. (Figure 1) Slowly but firmly lower the front of the product so the serrated slot fully captures the micstand shaft. (Figure 2) You’ll feel initial resistance then the shaft should snap in and seat tightly.
The VoiceSupport Application USING VOICESUPPORT VoiceSupport is your way of getting the most from your TC-Helicon product, as well as letting your product grow with firmware updates that include new features.VoiceSupport includes: • Drag & drop preset management and backup • Access to firmware updates and new features • Videos, artist profiles, tips & tricks • Registration of your product To access the VoiceSupport application 1. Download VoiceSupport from www.tc-helicon.com/voicesupport. 4.
Connections Rear View 3 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 5. Guitar In and Thru - Plug a 1/4” cable directly from your guitar into the high Z (impedance) In jack. If you use effect pedals, they should be connected after VoiceLive Touch. Plug a 1/4” cable from the Thru jack to your first effect pedal or to your amplifier/PA. If you leave the Thru unconnected, the guitar sound will be mixed into the main output of VoiceLive Touch. 6.
Front Panel 1. EFFECT BLOCKS - Tap any effect block to turn it on or off. Hold to edit, then tap to exit. Holding the Delay button is used to set tap tempo. 2. HARMONY VOICING - Tap any four to choose harmony voice arrangements. Hold any lit Voicing button to edit. 3. LEDs - Input and Clip show signal present(green) and input too high (red). MIDI indicates MIDI input. An unlabeled flashing LED shows the tap tempo of the current preset. 4.
Basic Operations THE SLIDER Using the Slider: Swipe Loading a Favorite Tap any Favorite button to load the effect assigned to it. There are 25 Favorites contained in banks labeled A through E. To access the banks, hold the Slider and immediately tap one of the 5 Favorites buttons. The factory-programmed Favorite banks are organized as follows: A quick flick along a portion or the entire Slider will start it freewheeling through the parameter values or presets. Repeated swipes will continue.
Basic Operations 2. Press and hold the desired Favorite location to store. Displaying preset names As long as you are not in an editing menu, you can scroll the current preset or Favorite’s name by tapping the Slider once. MUSICAL CONTROL OF HARMONY AND HARDTUNE To enter the Harmony key and scale of your song: 1. Hold the Harmony button to enter its edit menu. 2. Press the arrow buttons until you locate the Key: menu. 3. Slide along the Slider to choose the key. 4.
Basic Operations To overdub the next layer: 2. 1. Load a different Favorite or preset if desired, then start playback and press Record when ready to add your layer. Press Record again to continue playback without recording or continue recording layers. Holding the left arrow will undo the previously recorded layer. Holding it again will undo the previous undo (or redo). 3. When you have found the parameter you want to change, swipe quickly or drag along the Slider.
Basic Operations 5 Tempo - Parameter appears when delay style is set for tap tempo (styles 1-16 only). Used to set delay time via beats per minute (BPM). Harm+Dbl: Transducer is inserted on the Harmony and Doubling paths only. Voices: Transducer is inserted on the Lead, Harmony and Doubling voices and their effect sends. 1 Level - Sets amount of effect in the mix. 2 Style - Selection of 30 factory-configured effect types. 3 Lead Level - Lowers lead when only Reverb is active.
Basic Operations 4 Lead Level - Lowers lead when only the Harmony effect is active. 1 Level - Reduces the volume of the current voice relative to the others. 5 Naturalplay - Determines whether Harmony in the current preset is controlled by the automatic input sensing feature (Auto) or by one of the specific inputs: Guitar, MIDI, Aux Input, Scale, Shift, Notes or Notes 4 Channel.The Nat Play Gbl parameter in the setup menu must be set to Off in order to allow editing this setting.
Basic Operations FINDING PRESETS WITH THE PRESET WIZARD 5. To exit the Setup menu, double tap the Slider. The Setup parameters are listed below: 1. In Home mode, press and hold the Slider 2. Drag the slider to choose a preset category 1 Phantom - Turn this on to provide 48V phantom power if you are using a condenser microphone. 3. Tap the Slider 2 Tone - Applies adaptive Shape EQ, compression, de-ess and gate functions. 4. Swipe the slider to listen to presets within the choosen category 5.
Basic Operations Mono - Set when using the single XLR output jack only. Dual Mono - Allows independent external mix control of mono wet guitar and mono wet vocals. Mono vocals with effects are produced from the Left TRS output and mono guitar plus effects are produced from the Right TRS output. 6 USB - Configures USB input and output. setting in their Harmony edit menu. Thus, one Favorite could be controlled by a guitar and another could be controlled by MIDI.
Basic Operations Pedal Legend: Harm - Harmony effect on/off Fav - Cycle Favorites Banks - Cycle Favorite banks 10s - Increment preset by 10. Hold to reverse 1s - Increment preset. Hold to reverse Loop - Single button loop control: first tap=Record, 2nd tap=Play, subsequent tap/release=Record on/off during playback, tap/hold=undo /redo previous, double tap=Stop. MIDI Chan - Choose a channel from 1 to 16 to match the MIDI output channel of your controller keyboard. Choose Off to ignore incoming MIDI.
MIDI Setup Menu ADDITIONAL SETUP MENUS 3 CC Chan - Sets the MIDI channel on which Touch can receive continuous controller (CC) messages such as volume (CC7). By default, this is set to channel 1 but it can be changed to other values including 0ff which will ignore all CC messages on all channels. In addition to the Setup menu described previously are the MIDI and Advanced menus. Hold the Mix button to enter the most recently used of these menus.
Advanced Setup Menu MERGE (default) - Keyboard controller data (MIDI notes and CCs) are received via the MIDI In jack. USB sysex data (presets, updates) are received via the USB jack. This allows you to load presets from VoiceSupport and then immediately test them with a keyboard controller if you like. MIDI - Keyboard controller data and sysex are received via the MIDI In jack only.The USB jack is ignored. Note that VoiceSupport updates will not work because USB is required for this.
Advanced Setup Menu Demo - There is a looped vocal recording in VoiceLive Touch that can be used to facilitate self demonstration. Turning this parameter to On will change the user interface prompt to offer this feature. When Demo mode is selected, the demo will take 10-15 seconds to load. Once the demo is loaded a repeating prompt invites you to hold the Play button and play the demo vocal. While the demo vocal plays it is possible to audition the different Favorites, presets and features.
Advanced Looping: Loops Mode Understanding the Loops mode display and controls: ADVANCED LOOPING: LOOPS MODE 1 3 Loops mode allows you to create a set of loops of the same length that can be played back in any order. As one loop plays, you can cue up the next so that it starts at the exact end point of the previous. This keeps your rhythm going continuously as you vary the musical intensity. 2 To enter Loops mode 1. 2. Double tap the Slider to go Home if you are not in Home mode already.
Advanced Looping: Loops Mode 5. SLIDER LOOP FUNCTIONS - Swipe right to clear the current loop. Swipe left for undo. Holding the Slider anywhere left of its center will copy the current loop into a temporary buffer for pasting into multiple loop slots. Hold the Slider anywhere to the right of center to paste into the current slot. 6. CUE NEXT & AUTO COPY - When the next loop slot is empty, tapping the right arrow will automatically copy the current loop to the next slot and cue it for playback.
Advanced Looping: Shots Mode Understanding the Shots mode display and controls: ADVANCED LOOPING: SHOTS MODE 1 3 2 Shots mode offers you random-access loop playback. Where Loops mode allows you to cue loops so that they play one after the other, Shots mode changes the Favorite buttons into trigger buttons for you to play loops in any order at any time. To enter Shots mode 1. Double tap the Slider to go Home if you’re not there already. 2.
Advanced Looping: Shots Mode 5. SLIDER LOOP FUNCTIONS - Same as in Loops mode. 6. LOOP BANK UP & AUTO COPY - Tap the right arrow to navigate to higher loop banks. When the number of slots in upper banks exceed the maximum number of loops at your loop length, upper banks will not be shown. Holding the right arrow activates the automatic copy feature with the difference that you can jump directly to the target destination instead of cycling forward sequentially as in Loops mode. 7.
USB & Digital Audio VOICELIVE TOUCH AND DIGITAL AUDIO harmony.To use VoiceLive Touch as an effects insert, set the Setup menu parameter as such: Here are a few common methods of using VoiceLive Touch with a USBconnected computer and an audio application (DAW): 6 USB: INSERT 1. Capturing a full mix of your performance 2. Processing vocals from your DAW 3.
USB & Digital Audio USB audio sample rate: VoiceLive Touch requires no Sample Rate parameter (e.g. 44.1 kHz/48 kHz) setting to correctly receive from or send digital audio to a computer.The synchronization process is done automatically. Maximum sample rate VoiceLive Touch can accept is 48 kHz. Working within an 88.2 or 96 kHz DAW session may be possible but this is dependent on whether the DAW application or the computer OS automatically downsamples to VoiceLive Touch’s USB audio requirement.
MIDI Implementation Parameter Effect Block On/Off CC# Range Harmony Double Reverb μMod Delay FX 110 111 112 116 117 104 0-63 off 64-127 on “ “ “ “ 0-63 off 64-127 on “ “ “ “ Style Level Style Level Style Level Style Level Style Out Gain Style Level Harmony Key Harmony Scale 50 90 51 62 52 91 53 15 55 105 56 12 30 31 0-24 0-127 0-12 0-127 0-30 0-127 0-5 0-127 0-16 0-127 0-14 0-127 0-11 0-6 Voicing Voice1 Voicing Voice2 Voicing Voice3 Voicing Voice4 Level Voice1 Level Voice2 Level Voice3 89 61 88 3
MIDI Implementation Parameter CC# Range Level Voice4 Gender Voice1 Gender Voice2 Gender Voice3 Gender Voice4 25 29 19 23 27 maps to 127 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ Comments Voices Level Delay/Reverb Lvl Guitar Level Guitar FX Lvl Guitar FX Style Aux Level Output Level Tone Style Pitch Correct Amt 85 86 109 22 9 58 7 106 107 maps “ maps maps 0-7 Maps “ 0-3 maps Lead Mute Talk Sustain All Notes Off 13 114 64 123 0-63 off 64-127 on 0-1 “ “ “ “ 1=on.
MIDI Implementation Looping CC44 control value table 0 PLAY 6 2X 12 BANK 2 18 SHOTS TRIGGER 3 24 SHOTS 4 RELEASE 1 REC 7 COPY 13 BANK 3 19 SHOTS TRIGGER 4 25 SHOTS 5 RELEASE 2 STOP 8 PASTE 14 BANK 4 20 SHOTS TRIGGER 5 26 ERASE 3 NEXT 9 AUTO COPY 15 BANK 5 21 SHOTS 1 RELEASE 4 PREV 10 CLEAR 16 SHOTS TRIGGER 1 22 SHOTS 2 RELEASE 5 UNDO 11 BANK 1 17 SHOTS TRIGGER 2 23 SHOTS 3 RELEASE 29
Factory Preset List 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 30 SIXTH ENCORE CLOSE UP 3RD TUNED UP+DOWN KANYE LOCKDOWN ANOTHER BRICK BRIGHT DOUBLE TWO HIGH CHORALE THREE UNISON CHOIR AUTOTUNE RADIO DEEPER YOU POWER CHORDS 2 HIGHER CHOIR HARMONY CHOIR RADIOHARMNY DLY BASS & 3RD UP ELVIS RADIO DOUBLE REFLECT ANGELS RADIO DIGERI-VOICES DISTORTO POP DUO LOWER BACKUP THE MASSES DEEP DOWN 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 SIMPLE SLAP LONGVERB D
Factory Preset List 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 DELAYED UPPERS DELAYED HARMONY LIFE IN THE F L TONE DRONE UNI UNI+5TH DRONES OCTAVE DRONE TONE DRONE DOWN TONE DRONE UP DIGERI-DISTORT MICROPITCH DOUBLE CHORUS CHORUS PLATE DOUBLE BALLAD OVERDUB SLAP 100% WET UNISON LAGER & ALE MIXED OCTAVES OCT UP DOUBLE OCT UP GROUP THINNER YOU POPEYE + OLIVE OCTAVE POP FIFTH DIVA UNISON F&M UNISON M&F PANNED DOUBLES MASSIVE STACK 128 129 130 1
Factory Preset List 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 32 DEEPEST YOU THINNEST YOU OCT UP FEMALE CROONER PING PONG VERB BOP-A-LULA MULTITAP ECHO TAP TEMPO 1/4 1/2N TUNED ECHO SLAP ‘N’ ECHO TRIPLET PONG DRONE & ECHO 1/8N FILTERED BASSDRUM FUZZ ANGELS LEFT SOLOIST RIGHT MAMBAZO! Favorites: Bank A/Fav1 Bank A/Fav2 Bank A/Fav3 Bank A/Fav4 Bank A/Fav5 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 HARMONY CHOIR CLOSE 1UP+1DOWN KANYE LOCKDOWN ANOTHER BRICK CHORUS
FAQs and Troubleshooting Where can I find support for this product? Point your browser to www.tc-helicon.com/support. Ensure that you are playing guitar chords made up of at least a root note and a major or minor third. How do I change Favorite banks? Hold the Slider while tapping a Favorite: 1=bank A, 2=bank B etc. I can’t get the buttons to work.
Appendix: Looping Tutorial INTRODUCTION VoiceLive touch is the ultimate vocal performance tool. Everything about it has been designed to allow you to deliver unique and creative performances to your audiences. Everything is instant-action, quickaccess, and do-it-now oriented. Looping is no different. Looping in VoiceLive Touch is meant to be done from scratch in the heat of performance. Don't think of it as a "voice recorder" to be used in conjunction with software recording studios.
Appendix: Looping Tutorial HOW TO GET STARTED WITH VOCAL LOOPING Never looped before? Don't worry, it's amazingly simple. Looping is about capturing an idea and then repeating it seamlessly in a loop over and over again. That's not all however. The real magic of a looper is that you're able to continue to record over the loop while it plays back, building it up in wonderful ways on every pass.
Appendix: Looping Tutorial Mistakes are Opportunities Going Big We reveal the undo feature at this time with this advice: If you're going to use undo, use it in a way that enhances your creativity. Making mistakes is natural and often leads to great places, so don't overuse it or become too much of a perfectionist. That being said, here's how the feature works: Often you'll find yourself with a great sounding loop, but one that's too short to record a melody on top of. Solution: Expansion.
Appendix: Looping Tutorial HOW TO EXPAND YOUR VOCAL LOOPING HORIZONS If not already, you will most certainly one day ask yourself "I've built up this great loop, but now what?" We call this lonely-loop-syndrome. All traditional loopers on the market suffer from it. Loops Mode Loops Mode is an exciting way to self-medicate lonely-loop-syndrome , and it's dead easy to use. Loops Mode allows you to start with a basic loop and use it as the foundation for several more that you can flip between at will.
Appendix: Looping Tutorial you've got a thick loop going and you're vamping/overdubbing a new layer and you suddenly want to create a huge dramatic moment. You can instantly clear the loop, but since you're still recording, the next time around the vamping will be all that remains. Of course you can be even more dramatic and swipe left a few moments later which will undo the clear and your thick loop will instantly return. Next Loop - Automatic Loop Copying Here is the magic of Loops Mode.
Appendix: Looping Tutorial Shots Mode Shots Mode gives you instant access to your loops through the 5 favorite buttons. Instead of switching loops on bar transitions like Loops Mode, Shots Mode plays your loops instantly, as if you were triggering your loops from the keys on a synthesizer, or sampler. You can rapidly fire off your loops at will, creating drum & bass like effects, or vocal mash-ups.
Appendix: Looping Tutorial you've got a thick loop going and you're vamping/overdubbing a new layer and you suddenly want to create a huge dramatic moment. You can instantly clear the loop, but since you're still recording, the next time around the vamping will be all that remains. Of course you can be even more dramatic and swipe right a few moments later which will undo the clear and your thick loop will instantly return. Momentary Vs. Continuous Shots Mode can be used in two ways.
Appendix: Looping Tutorial Auto Copy In Loops Mode we saw that moving to a new loop would automatically copy the audio from the previous loop. It's a great feature, but what if you want to copy and paste to and from arbitrary loops? With AutoCopy, you can copy from any loop to any other loop in both Shots and Loops mode without skipping a beat. Follow these steps: Step 1: Start from a clean slate in Shots Mode. Record a minimal rhythmic vocal loop into loop 1.
Specifications Analog Inputs Power Connectors: Mic: Balanced XLR, Guitar: 1/4" phone jack, Aux: 1/8" stereo mini jack Input Impedance: Balanced/Unbalanced Mic.: 2.14/1.
