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  • Page 1 USER’S MANUAL v2.1...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents CONNECTION GUIDE BASICS SOFT BUTTONS GENRE FAVORITE SETUP - INPUT SETUP - OUTPUT SETUP - SYSTEM SETUP - LOOP SETUP - MIDI EFFECTS EFFECTS - UMOD (MICRO MOD) EFFECTS - DELAY EFFECTS - REVERB EFFECTS - HARMONY EFFECTS - DOUBLE EFFECTS - HARDTUNE EFFECTS - TRANSDUCER...

  • Page 3: Connection Guide

    Connection Guide Inst In/Thru MIDI In Phones Switch3 In Power In Out to P A Aux In Mic In or DAW Power In - Connect the included power supply (ALWAYS USE A TC-HELICON POWER SUPPLY. USING ANY OTHER POWER SUPPLY MAY DAMAGE THE UNIT AND WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY.) USB - Connect to your computer with the included cable.

  • Page 4: Basics

    75), use the Mic Gain Knob to set the input level for your microphone As you increase the level, pay close attention to the LED on the top of the VoiceLive Play GTX You want the input to light the LED Green It’s OK if the LED sometimes lights Yellow, but it should never turn Red If it does turn Red, reduce the level Red means the input is overloading You’ve got...

  • Page 5: Lcd Display

    *What is NaturalPlay? NaturalPlay is the voodoo we do inside the VoiceLive Play GTX to figure out which key your music is in. If you plug in a Guitar or Keyboard to the INST In, NaturalPlay will look there first for key/scale info Next, it will look at the MIDI input Finally, it will look at the Aux input and RoomSense mics Once the GTX “hears”...
  • Page 6 Harmony to a chorus section of a song, or even to a single line or word When you press and HOLD the HIT/TALK button, the VoiceLive Play GTX enters TALK mode All effect output is muted and the mic input is passed directly to the output...
  • Page 7 Basics Control Knob and Arrow Buttons The control knob is used to move through presets and to move through various settings when in Edit, System or other menu areas The Arrow Buttons act similarly, moving through presets, styles, Genres Back Exits the current screen or mode Store When you have made a change to a preset, simply press STORE.

  • Page 8: Soft Buttons

    Soft Buttons There are six (6) “soft” buttons, three (3) on each side of the LCD Display Each button is context spe- cific, meaning that when its function is available, you’ll see it lit up with a WHITE or BLUE LED. When there is no function available, the button will not be lit In WHITE LED mode, the text on the button refers to its action In BLUE LED mode, the button will select the segment of the LCD screen that is beside the button Not every menu uses all six (6) buttons...

  • Page 9: Setup - Input

    VoiceLive Play GTX, such as the HIT or LOOP functions *Mic Control defaults to HIT when MP-75 is selected USB – Digital audio can be passed to the VoiceLive Play GTX via the USB port allowing you to send vocals from a DAW to the unit for processing Room Sense –...
  • Page 10 Setup - Input cont. Guitar – Adjusts the guitar input gain Different guitars have different output levels, based on their pickups and electronics Use this setting to ensure that your guitar input isn’t too low or too high (Strat’s tend to be less “hot” than a Les Paul) Without singing into your mic, play your guitar as hard as you would at your most intense Really rock it out (make sure the volume on your guitar is maxed) Turn up the Guitar level until the RED “IN”...
  • Page 11 Pitch Correction Amount allows you to control the amount of Auto-Chromatic Pitch Correction the VoiceLive Play GTX applies to all incoming signals from the microphone. For a natural sound, we find that 50% or less is a good place to start If you’re having a hard time hitting notes accurately, or want an Auto-Tuned sound on all of your vocals, experiment with amounts closer to 100% *If you’re new to Auto-Chromatic Pitch Correction, you may find that the sound you hear with Cor-...

  • Page 12: Setup - Output

    Setup - Output Output – Sets the way VoiceLive Play GTX outputs sound via the XLR outputs There are 3 settings: STEREO – XLR outputs receive a stereo mix of all voices, guitar and other inputs MONO – A MONO full-mix signal is on the LEFT and a DRY vocal is on the RIGHT Any Tone and Pitch Cor Amt settings from the Setup menu are included on the RIGHT DRY channel DUAL MONO –...
  • Page 13 Setup - Output cont. USB Out Level - Controls the level of the USB output If the device you are connect- ed to is clipping at its input, try turning this setting down Headphone Lim- There is a built-in headphone limiter, to provide protection from large volume increases, spikes, dropped mics, screaming fans etc 0dB is the default, but you can set it lower if you want more protection Ear damage can occur quickly at high volumes, so be cautious when using headphones...

  • Page 14: Setup - System

    Setup - System LCD Contrast – Controls the contrast of the LCD screen Depending on the ambient light in the room, different settings may have more or less effect UP/DN Function – Set the behavior of pressing the UP/DN footswitches simultaneously LOOPING –...
  • Page 15 Setup - System cont. Global Key – Sets the key to be used with harmony generation and/or pitch correc- tion There are two settings: OFF – Key can be set per individual preset, via direct key setting (C, D, F# etc ), INST In (Guitar/Keyboard) via NaturalPlay, Room Sense, MIDI or Aux ON –...

  • Page 16: Setup - Loop

    Setup - Loop Input – Determines the input source used for loop recording There are three settings: LEAD + GUITAR – All voices and guitar are recorded to the loop GUITAR – Sound coming in via the Inst IN is recorded to the loop LEAD –...

  • Page 17: Setup - Midi

    Setup - MIDI MIDI Chan – Sets the channel that the VoiceLive Play GTX listens to for Notes infor- mation Make sure that your output/control (Keyboard, Computer etc ) device is set to the same channel as the VoiceLive Play GTX CC Chan –...
  • Page 18 Setup - MIDI cont. Sysex ID – Identifies the VoiceLive Play GTX when performing system updates. If you are not using VoiceSupport, make sure that the MIDI program you are using to transfer Sysex is set to the same ID as the GTX...

  • Page 19: Effects

    Effects When pressed, the VoiceLive Play GTX enters the Effects menu, which is comprised of 8 pages and controls the effects blocks There is one parameter common to all effects pages: Control – Turns the effect on and off There are three settings: OFF –...

  • Page 20: Effects - Umod (Micro Mod)

    Effects - µMod (Micro Mod) The VoiceLive Play GTX effects blocks are: f µMod (Micro Mod) Contains effects that Flange, Phase, Pan, Rotate or otherwise modulate the signal There are two parameters: Level – Controls the overall level of the µMod effect Press the right-middle soft button to select this parameter and use the control knob to adjust the level 0dB is the maximum volume for the effect Style –...

  • Page 21: Effects - Delay

    Effects - Delay f Delay Contains Delay effects which repeat the input signal based on the style and the current tempo There are two parameters: Feedback – Controls the amount of the delayed signal that is fed back into the effect Higher levels of feedback will make the delay continue for a longer period of time Style –...
  • Page 22 Effects - Delay cont. Analog Radio Megaphone Cell Phone Lo-Fi Hi Cut 1 Hi Cut 2 Hi Cut 3 Low Cut 1 Low Cut 2 Low Cut 3 *Some of the styles are consistent, meaning that the sound is effected (like Megaphone) and all sub- sequent Delay “taps”...

  • Page 23: Effects - Reverb

    Effects - Reverb f Reverb Creates “room” around your voice Essentially, it puts your dry vocal into a simulated space, small or large, to give a sense of depth and distance There are 3 parameters: Level - Controls the overall level of the Reverb Press the right-middle soft button to select this parameter and use the control knob to adjust the level 0dB is the maximum volume for the effect Decay –...

  • Page 24: Effects - Harmony

    Effects - Harmony f Harmony Creates harmonies to accompany your lead vocal, using one or more voices There are three parameters: Level – Controls the overall level of the Harmonies Press the right-upper soft button to select this parameter and use the control knob to adjust the level 0dB is the maximum volume for the effect –...
  • Page 25 Effects - Harmony cont. Advanced - To enter the advanced menu, press and hold any of the lit BLUE LED soft buttons To exit the advanced menu, press BACK Scale - If the Key is set manually (not AUTO), the advanced menu will allow you set the Scale as- sociated with the Key There are 6 settings to choose from: MAJOR 1...

  • Page 26: Effects - Double

    Effects - Double Double Creates a sense that one or more vocalists are singing in unison, with small differences in the timing and timbre of each voice Some refer to doubling as “thickening” There are two parameters: Level - Controls the overall level of the Doubling Press the right-middle soft button to select this parameter and use the control knob to adjust the level 0dB is the maximum volume for the effect Style –...

  • Page 27: Effects - Hardtune

    Effects - HardTune f Hardtune Ah Hardtune… some call it the Cher effect and others refer to it as Auto-Tune What- ever you name it, if you’re looking for that radio-pop tuned sound, this is your effect It has 3 parameters: Shift –...

  • Page 28: Effects - Transducer

    Effects - Transducer f Transducer Contains effects that modify the sound by adding various filters and overdrive compo- nents There are three parameters: Drive – Controls the amount of overdrive applied to the signal More drive will distort the signal and create megaphone style effects Filter –...

  • Page 29: Effects - Guitar

    Effects - Guitar f Guitar Guitar effects are handled in the same way as the vocal effects, with some minor chang- es. The guitar sounds are selected by style and there is an advanced menu for fine con- trol over parameters Guitar settings are saved per-preset, unless Global Guitar is set to ON in the Setup menu If you select a guitar style and modify it, those settings will be lost if you move away from the style.
  • Page 30 Effects - Guitar cont. Level - Replicates the Volume or Level control on an amplifier. This control can increase or decrease overall volume of the amplifier without adding distortion. This control is also useful in matching guitar levels from preset to preset Style - Select from the factory designed guitar styles, which include settings for Amp Type, Drive, Level, Reverb, uMod and Delay...
  • Page 31 Effects - Guitar cont. AC ROOM AC ROOM +THICK COMP + HALL AC LONG FX AC SLAP ROOM AC PONG FX AC FLANGE AC WIDE Advanced Guitar - These settings can be accessed by pressing and holding any of the BLUE LED soft buttons while on the guitar effects page There are 3 pages of Advanced Guitar settings where you can edit uMod, Reverb and Delay styles, EQ, Compression, Tempo and Speaker Rolloff When a Reverb, Delay or µMod effect is active, the graphic...
  • Page 32 Effects - Guitar cont. f Page 2 Treble - Controls the amount of high frequency boost or cut The EQ point and width (Q) changes between amp styles to reflect their real-world operation. Bass - Controls the amount of low frequency boost or cut The EQ point and width (Q) changes between amp styles to reflect their real-world operation.

  • Page 33: Mix

    Enters the Mix window, where various levels within the VoiceLive Play GTX can be adjusted The mix controls affect the main output There are 6 parameters: Harmony – Controls the overall level of all voice generated effects like Harmony and Double...

  • Page 34: Practice

    The practice screen gives you valuable feedback about your pitch while you sing In fact, the stats monitor runs continuously as you use the VoiceLive Play GTX and will give you an up to the minute record of how accurately you’ve been singing After using the practice tool for some time, you can use the information it gathers to help you focus on improving specific areas of your vocal performances.

  • Page 35: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Sometimes, things just aren’t working the way you expect them to Here are a few things to keep an eye on Looping Tips When it comes to looping, practice is the key You might notice that your loops have a small gap be- tween the end of the phrase and when the loop restarts This happens when you mis-time pressing the PLAY/REC/O-DUB button Pay careful attention to co-ordinating your button press to the down beat, so that the loop beginning and end is seamless...
  • Page 36 Troubleshooting cont. I’m singing, but I can’t hear anything! - Make sure you’ve turned up the input gain, so that the INPUT LED is lighting green - Have you plugged in your headphones or connected to a P A ? - Is the P A turned on, connected to its speakers and recieving signal? If not, check your P A manual to make sure everything is set up correctly - Are you using a condenser mic? Did you make sure to change the mic type to condenser in...
  • Page 37 Troubleshooting cont. VoiceSupport is a bit confusing, where can I learn more about it? - Go to: http://www tc-helicon com/products/voicesupport/support/ I’ve been using this thing for a while now, but I’m not famous! - You will become famous for your singing tomorrow For any other issues, check our FAQ at: http://tcsupport custhelp com/ If you still haven’t found what you’re looking for: http://www tc-helicon com/products/voicelive-play-gtx/support/...

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