TC-Helicon VoiceLive Rack Full User's Manual - Manual (Page 12)

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f Selecting presets
There are over 200 factory programmed presets
in VoiceLive Rack. Presets are loaded as soon as
the name appears in the LCD window.
To select presets:
1. Ensure the Home button LED is lit.
2. Turn the large encoder wheel. Detents in this
wheel allow increment and decrement by 1
or;
3. Touch the Navigate up or down arrows to
browse by single presets.
f Searching for presets using tags
The Wizard function organizes the presets by
user-selected tag filters and alphabetically so you
can search more effectively for them. The Wizard
also allows you to locate but not automatically
load a new preset while another is currently ac-
tive.
To search for presets using the Wizard:
1. Touch the Wizard button
2. Use the Mix knobs to select the Sort function
and/or to choose up to 3 tag criteria.
3. Turn the large encoder to view the filtered
results.
4. Press the Wizard button to load the highlight-
ed preset.
f Using Harmony or Hardtune presets
with a connected instrument or
music track
Presets that have the Harmony or Hardtune but-
tons lit require a musical reference in order to
sound musically correct. VoiceLive Rack automati-
cally senses which input is connected (see follow-
ing) in order to use it as a reference.
1. Connect an accompaniment instrument or
music player to VoiceLive Rack. This can be
either:
• A guitar connected to the GUITAR IN
• A MIDI keyboard (channel=1) connected to
the MIDI IN
• An MP3 player connected to the AUX IN
2. Select a harmony-based preset such as 1: Sixth
Encore.
3. Play the accompaniment instrument or track
while singing into VoiceLive Rack. The harmony
intervals will follow the changing chords of the
music.
By default, the GUITAR and AUX inputs are
routed to the main mix output. Their levels can
be muted or adjusted in the GUITAR and I/O
tabs of the Setup menu respectively.
f Using Harmony or Hardtune presets
without a connected instrument or
track
This method, which uses a single key and scale
generally throughout an entire song, will produce
useful musical results for many songs but not all.
Experimentation in a rehearsal setting is essential
before using this method before an audience.
1. An accompaniment is required so the singer
can sing relative to a key and scale. This can be
a piano, acoustic guitar, playback etc.
2. Touch the Setup button and navigate to the
SYSTEM tab using the TAB/STEP arrows.
3. Set GLOBAL NATURALPLAY to SCALE and
GLOBAL KEY/SCALE to ON.
4. Touch the Edit button and navigate to the
HARMONY tab.
5. Set the KEY and SCALE* parameters to
match the song accompaniment. This is often
the first or last chord in the song.
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