harmonyG PRODUCT MANUAL ENGLISH VERSION
Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 QuickStart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Typical Setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Editing Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 What Do the Voice 1&2 Buttons Do? . . . . . . . . . . . .17 What Does Higher Lower etc. Mean? . . . . . . . . . . .18 Storing Edited Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introduction Welcome to VoiceTone Harmony-G Features: Harmony-G was built for the singer who wants the highest quality and most interesting live vocal production possible. It puts a complete vocal production center into your hands including harmony singers that follow your singing and guitar playing.
Introduction About TC-Helicon At TC-Helicon we truly believe that the voice is the world's most beautiful instrument. We don't mean to degrade other beautiful instruments, but the singing voice is the anthropological source for all things melodic. vocalist. Our products focus on removing barriers and inspiring creativity in performance. That's why our products range from near-field personal vocal monitors to floor-based vocal multi-effects pedals.
Quick Start Step 1: Step 2: Connect your microphone to a mic cable Connect the mic cable to the Mic Input on Harmony-G NOTE: Make sure Harmony-G is not powered at this time.
Quick Start Step 3: Step 4: While you’re connecting and setting up, lower the fader on your mixer channel to off. Connect a mic cable from the Left/(mono) Out to a mic input on your sound system. Connect a 1/4” guitar cable from your electric or acoustic guitar to the Guitar IN. For now, we won’t use the Guitar THRU so the guitar sound will be mixed with your voice and effects. It will come out of the Left (mono) main output.
Quick Start Step 5: Step 6: Set the Input Knob fully left then set the Guitar, FX and Harmony knobs to the 12 O’Clock position. Connect Harmony-G's power adapter to main power and to the Power Input on Harmony-G. There is no power switch so plugging it in automatically turns it on.
Quick Start Step 7: Step 8: While singing through your microphone, raise the Input Knob until the Input Light turns green, sometimes orange on louder parts, but never red. In preparation for your first listen, check that the LEDs conform to the status shown in the boxes below. You can press the button associated with the LEDs to change them if necessary.
Quick Start Step 9: Slowly raise the fader on your mixer channel as you sing into your mic. Once you’ve reached a comfortable listening level you should hear your voice clearly with some reverb effect added. You can now experiment with all of Harmony-G’s features starting by pressing the Preset button to load the different presets and then pressing the A/B footswitch to hear each preset’s A and B settings. It’s important to take a moment and tune your guitar before checking out the harmonies.
Typical Setups Electric Guitar Setup Acoustic Guitar Setup The dotted line indicates optional stereo operation 11
Front Panel 1 2 Input 3 Guitar Tone 4 Auto FX 5 Harmony 3. Guitar Mix Knob Controls your guitar volume when it’s routed to the main outputs (when the Guitar Thru jack is not used).The center Auto detent position automatically balances your guitar volume with your voice. Adjusting above or below the Auto position removes the automatic guitar level feature. 4. FX (Effects) Level Knob 3 1.
Front Panel 6 Preset 7 3 Hall Room Echo Slap Combi SFX # Higher High Low Lower Bass Octave 48V Stereo 9. Double Voice Button 12 Press this button to simulate the sound of you singing along with yourself for added thickness. 10. FX Button and LED Display Manual Double 8 9 FX Voice 1 10 Voice 2 11 6. Preset Select Button and Preset Display Press to cycle through the 5 presets numbered 1 to 5 shown in the Preset display. Hold to store changes you make.
3 Front Panel Select mode. Now, pressing the A/B button cycles forward through the five “A” preset settings or “B” preset settings, depending on whether an A or B was loaded when you held the footswitch. 13 15. On Footswitch 14 15 13. LED Indicator Bar This translucent bar indicates the A or B selection of each preset and status of the On footswitch. 14.
Back Panel operation see “External Mixing with Mono and Dry Outputs” in the “For Advanced Users” section. 3. Guitar Connections 1 2 3 4 5 Plug a 1/4” cable directly from your guitar into the IN jack. If you use effect pedals, they should be connected after Harmony-G. The input is high impedance. Plug a 1/4” cable from the THRU jack to your first effect pedal or to your amplifier/PA. 4. Guitar Ground Lift 1. Power Input Accepts the connector from the supplied DC power adaptor.
Getting to Know Harmony-G Loading Presets Using the Tone Button Press the Preset button to load the next preset and change the sound. If you need to access your two favorite sounds while standing, tapping the A/B footswitch will toggle between them quickly. When you activate the Tone button, your voice will sound smoother and brighter. There are three high quality studio effects that accomplish this: adaptive “Shape” EQ, adaptive compression, and de-essing.
Getting to Know Harmony-G Adjusting Your Guitar Volume Thicken Your Voice with the Double Button If your guitar is sent to the main outputs (Guitar Thru jack is not used), the Guitar control knob adjusts how much guitar sound is added to the mix.The center Auto detent position engages Automix which slowly (around 20 seconds) but continually adjusts your guitar volume while you play so that your voice is never lost in the mix.
Getting to Know Harmony-G What Does Higher, Lower etc. Mean? Storing Edited Presets These names define the harmony arrangement in the current preset. Careful arrangement of harmony voices is an effective way of emulating a favorite band’s vocal style. The following describe the typical intervals produced by Harmony-G. You can store a changed preset for the next time you need it. Press and hold the Preset button to store both the A and B settings for that preset number.
Getting to Know Harmony-G string is sharp or flat. As you raise or lower the pitch of the string, the FX and Voice 1/ Voice 2 indicator LEDs will light as shown. Hall Room Echo Slap Combi SFX Higher High Low Lower Bass Octave Hall Room Echo Slap Combi SFX Higher High Low Lower Bass Octave Shows string is flat Press the On footswitch to exit Tuner/Bypass mode.
For Advanced Users How to Use the Manual Mode There may be times when you want to disengage guitar control of your harmonies and use a fixed key (e.g. E Minor) instead. Using Manual mode does this. It could be that you aren’t playing your guitar in a particular song or that you’ve used fixed-key harmony in other TC-Helicon products and found it works better and sounds unique for some songs. In these cases, you can use the Manual mode, also known as “Scale” in other TC-Helicon products.
For Advanced Users How to Choose Alternate Tone Settings The factory default for the Tone button accomodates a wide range of singers but there are options to further customize this feature. To access the Alternate Tone settings, hold the Tone button until you see the Preset number display flash.
For Advanced Users Preset button to extend the limit to up to ten (shown as “0”) or back down to three (1 and 2 are not options). Hold the Preset button to store this setting and exit to normal operation. External Mixing with Mono and Dry Outputs If you prefer, you can leave the level balancing between your dry voice (Tone active only) and a mono signal of the Harmony, Double and FX to your sound engineer. Ensure the Stereo LED is not lit and that the Harmony knob is set to full right.
FAQ and Troubleshooting My guitar doesn’t change the harmonies.What’s wrong? o o o o o Turn up the volume control on your guitar. Confirm your guitar cable is good by connecting your guitar directly to your amp. Remove any guitar effect pedals between your guitar and Harmony-G’s input. Ensure that you are playing guitar chords made up of at least a root note and a major or minor third.
FAQ and Troubleshooting Guitar Performance Tips Can I Use Alternate Tunings On My Guitar? To ensure that the harmony voices follow your guitar playing closely, it’s best to play as cleanly as you can. Also, at the beginning of your song, it’s important to play a chord if you want to sing right at the beginning. Alternate tunings e.g. drop D, DADGAD, etc. are okay.
Specifications Analog Inputs Mic Connector Balanced XLR, Input Impedance 1kOhm Mic Input Sensitivity @ 0dBFS -44dBu to +2dBu Mic Input Sensitivity @ 12dB headroom -56dBu to -10dBu Guitar In Connector Unbalanced 1/4”, Input Impedance 1MOhm Guitar In Sensitivity +15dBu @ 0dBFS EIN -126dBu @ max.
