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Summary of Contents for TC-Helicon VoiceWorks
- Page 1 VoiceWorks Harmony | Correction | Effects U U S S E E R R ’ ’ S S M M A A N N U U A A L L...
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Page 3: Important Safety Instructions
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with an arrowhead The exclamation point within an symbol within an equilateral triangle, is equilateral triangle is intended to alert intended to alert the user to the the user to the presence of important presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage"... - Page 4 This responsibility that following products: equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and VoiceWorks - Harmony, Correction and used in accordance with the instructions, may Effects Processor cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SONG MODE Table of Contents ....3 Song Mode ....21 Text Conventions . -
Page 7: Introduction
Designed for live and recording situations where superior vocals are a must, this state-of-the-art product creates the world's most natural sounding harmonies while offering innovative processing for the lead voice as well. VoiceWorks is an end-to-end solution. The signal path includes a studio-quality mic pre-amp, transparent pitch correction, superior manual and automatic pitch-shifting, as well as critically-acclaimed TC Electronic Compression/Gate, EQ, Delay and Reverb. -
Page 8: Front Panel
LINE INPUT LEVEL KNOB VOICES AND EFFECT KEYS Adjusts the Line Input level. (GENERAL INFORMATION) PITCH CORRECT KEY Range: 24dB A VoiceWorks preset is made On/Off/Edit functions for up of eight audio processing pitch correction. INPUT METER components represented by Peak meter shows Input level. - Page 9 FRONT PANEL SONG MODE KEY current preset to the displayed BYPASS Press to enter song mode. location. The STORE key Press to toggle (bypass / Step through sequenced LED blinks when the current unbypass) all effects. presets during live preset has been edited. performance (using a MIC INPUT footswitch or MIDI controller).
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Page 10: Rear Panel
Analog Analog Input/ Phantom Input Outputs Output Power Note! The microphone input on the VoiceWorks MIDI Cable has +48V phantom power capability. DIN CONNECTOR 5POLE - MALE Never plug single ended (unbalanced) DIN CONNECTOR 45 degrees 5POLE - MALE microphones or instruments or signal max. -
Page 11: Signal Flow
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Page 12: Applications
Using the VoiceWorks live is like bringing 4 professional backup singers to your gig! You’ve got several options when it comes to controlling the VoiceWorks Live. For best results you can use (in various combinations) the Switch-3 footpedal, a MIDI keyboard, a MIDI CC controller, and of course the controls on the box itself. - Page 13 APPLICATIONS Computer Based Digital Studio Setup The VoiceWorks’ pristine -128dB EIN (Equivalent Input Noise) mic preamp and 24 bit A/D conversion alone justifies its place in your Studio rack. The industry’s best sounding pitch correction and the ability to create harmony vocals with quality good enough to solo in a mix make this unit a a must-have for anyone working with Vocals.
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Page 14: Preset Handling
(or singer!) the EQ/Compression settings need to only be adjusted once in the setup menu. If you wish to backup your setup settings, the VoiceWorks is able to MIDI dump setup parameters to All presets may be restored to their factory sysex for later retrieval. -
Page 15: Edit
Simply connect MIDI Out from the device you from the setup menu. are dumping from to the MIDI In on the VoiceWorks and send the Sysex dump at any Edit time. To edit preset parameters: •... -
Page 16: Voices & Effects Edit Parameters
E. The range of values goes from Dn5 (Down 5) to U (unison) to Up6. Additional values are A VoiceWorks Preset is made up of all param- Rt1 and Rt2 which give the root as the harmo- eters under the eight Voices & Effects keys. -
Page 17: Harmony Key
VOICES & EFFECTS EDIT PARAMETERS harmony note as desired. • Select various other input notes and remap The amount that the humanization style is as desired. Repeat the above steps for each applied to the harmony voices. harmony voice. • The custom map can be transposed under Pitch Bend Wheel assignment. -
Page 18: Effects Key
VOICES & EFFECTS EDIT PARAMETERS FX L EVEL Sets the volume level of the lead voice Sets the overall volume of the combined thickening effect. Reverb and Delay effects. Sets the amount of lead voice detuning. Reverb/Delay mix. Sets the amount that the detuned voices are Lead to Reverb effects send. - Page 19 VOICES & EFFECTS EDIT PARAMETERS EVERB PingPong1 and PingPong2 Delay The list of reverb types includes the following acoustic simulations: Living Room, Chamber, Club, Classic Hall, ay Send HF Damping Delay Left Delay Out Concert Hall, Large Cathedral, Vocal Studio, Vocal Room, Vocal Hall, Ambience, Live Reverb, Plate1, Plate2, and Spring.
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Page 20: Pitch Correct Key
The range is 0% to 100%. However, 0% does not mean that the correction is turned off. The The VoiceWorks will listen to the pitch of your amount of applied correction depends on how voice, compare it to the selected correction far out of tune the input note is. -
Page 21: Introduction
YNAMICS Compressor/Gate assignment. The options output clip lights are flashing on the are: Off, Lead & Harmony, Harmony or Lead. VoiceWorks, try adjusting this parameter to a The compressor has auto-makeup gain. lower setting. HRESHOLD UTPUT Compressor Threshold. -
Page 22: Tuning
In Song Mode this changes the Song Step. For Example: In Recall Mode this changes the Above C4- would specify that the VoiceWorks current Preset number. would respond only to MIDI notes above C4 on the Keyboard. Song Mode: Increment Song Step Recall Mode: Increment current preset. -
Page 23: Midi Dump
• S :n indicates the song number. There is a Allows SYSEX MIDI dumping of all or maximum of 50 songs in the VoiceWorks. individual presets, all or individual songs and • < STEP INS>, <STEP DEL>, <NAME S ONG>: the VoiceWorks setup. -
Page 24: Harmony And Tuning
When 1 above two “Manual/Notes” harmony modes, single is defined as a harmony voice (Up1), the next and 4 channel. The VoiceWorks may be set to note from the chord above the input note is Notes 4 Channel mode through the setup output for that harmony voice. -
Page 25: Scale (Scalic) Mode
Min7 key of “D”, as that’s the first chord, but the har- Min7b5 monies actually work best in the key of “G” -- try running the song through VoiceWorks to Dim7 hear for yourself. (equiv. to A) Setting the scale can also take a bit of practice:... -
Page 26: Diatonic And Chromatic
HARMONY AND TUNING Diatonic and Chromatic We've described scalic and chordal harmonies as diatonic, and shift harmonies as chromatic; but what do those words mean? Look at a piano keyboard. Between middle "C" and the next "C" there are twelve keys - 7 white keys and 5 black keys. -
Page 27: Just Tuning
Theory aside, the best way to get great sound describe as the coveted "ring and lock" sound. is to experiment with all of VoiceWorks' possi- In barbershop music it is the lead singer's ble harmony modes. Not only will you develop... -
Page 28: Midi Implementation
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION Parameter Name Range / Description Voice 1 Level 0-127 Voice 1 Voicing Harmony Mode Dependent Voice 1 Gender 0-127 Voice 1 Vibrato Style 0-Number of Styles Voice 1 Vibrato Amount 0-100 Voice 1 Pan 0-127 Voice 1 Active 0-63 Off, 64-127 On Voice 2 Level 0-127... - Page 29 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION Parameter Name Range / Description Effects Level 0-127 Effects Rev:Delay Mix 0-127 Effects Lead2Reverb Send 0-127 Effects Harmony2Reverb Send 0-127 Effects Aux2Reverb Send 0-127 Effects Lead2Delay Send 0-127 Effects Harmony2Delay Send 0-127 Effects Aux2Delay Send 0-127 Effects Delay2Reverb Send 0-127 Effects Reverb Type 0-13...
- Page 30 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION Parameter Name Range Description Setup FootSwitch 1 Assignment Setup FootSwitch 2 Assignment Setup FootSwitch 3 Assignment Global Bypass All 0-63 Bypassed ,64-127 Enabled Global Harmony Hold Control 0-63 Off, 64-127 On Global Vibrato Control 0-127 Song Step Forward >63, Song Steps Forward”...
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Page 31: Technical Specifications
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Digital Inputs and Outputs Connectors: RCA Phono (S/PDIF) Formats: S/PDIF (24 bit), EIAJ CP-340, IEC 958 Sample Rates: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz Frequency Response DIO: DC to 22/23.9 kHz ± 0.01 dB @ 44.1/48 kHz Analog Inputs Connectors, balanced: Mic.: XLR, Line: ¼"phone jack Impedance: Balanced/Unbalanced...
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I can't get any volume from my T C Helicon Voiceworks
The volume issue on your TC-Helicon VoiceWorks may be caused by a saved MIDI setting. If the previous owner used MIDI to fade the volume to zero and did not restore it, the internal volume might still be set to zero. You can fix this by sending a value of 127 to continuous controller #87 (master volume). Additionally, you can test the headphone jack with headphones to check if the device is getting a signal. If the issue persists, consider verifying the functionality of your cables or seeking hardware repair.
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@Mr. Anderson Thanks for the information, Ill try that.