TC-Helicon VoiceWorks Manual - Manual (Page 14)

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PRESET HANDLING
Parameter types
The VoiceWorks has over 100 useful
parameters and a user interface that lets you
view and edit efficiently. Some parameters are
preset based and some are setup based.
Preset parameters are all the parameters
found under the eight Voices & Effects keys.
Each preset has its own set of these
parameters.
Setup parameters are global and do not
change when a different preset is recalled.
Setup parameters are all the parameters found
under the setup menu including Lead input
level and pan, Compression/Gate, and EQ
parameters among many others. If you
change your microphone (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
sysex for later retrieval.
Preset Types
It’s important to understand the concept of the
current preset versus stored presets.
The current preset is the preset that is always
active in the VoiceWorks. Recalling a preset
copies preset data from one of the 100 stored
presets into the current preset. As you change
the current preset, the underlying stored
presets are not affected until you choose to
store the current preset back to a stored
preset.
When dumping and receiving presets via MIDI,
data is dumped from and received to stored
presets. The current preset remains
untouched. For example, if you are looking at
preset 5 and receive a SYSEX preset to preset
5, it will seem as if nothing has changed. The
preset you are looking at is still the current
preset. Press RECALL to copy the new data
from the stored preset 5 to the current preset.
It is possible to directly receive and dump from
the current preset. Refer to the SYSEX MIDI
documentation available on our website.
When presets are recalled or previewed, the
first line of the LCD display shows the preset
name and the second line displays the
harmony voicings.
See the INDIVIDUAL VOICE KEYS description
for more on Harmony Voicing.
After a few seconds the first line changes to
display the harmony mode, the
root/scale/chord information, or when in
Harmony Notes Mode, the currently detected
notes coming from MIDI.
All presets may be restored to their factory
default from the setup menu.
Global Effect Presets
If you select a preset for the G
LOBAL E FF
parameter in the setup menu, its effect
settings will be used regardless of the current
preset effect settings.
If you store the current preset while a Global
Effect is active, the current preset data will be
stored to the selected preset number, but any
changes to the effect data (which come from
the Global preset) will be stored to the global
preset.
RECALL
Recalling a preset means loading/activating a
stored preset. The stored preset data is
copied into the current preset.
• Press RECALL to enter recall mode.
• Use the DATA WHEEL to preview presets.
Blinking preset names/information indicates
a previewed preset. Previewing means that
you have not actually loaded the preset.
• Press ENTER or RECALL to recall/activate
the currently previewed preset. This
transfers the stored preset to the current
preset.