TC-Helicon Voicejam manual - Manual (Page 6)

How
to
Expand
Your
Looping
Horizons
If
not
already,
you
will
most
certainly
one
day
ask
yourself
“I’ve
built
up
this
great
loop,
but
now
what?”
We
call
this
lonely-­‐loop-­‐syndrome.
All
traditional
loopers
on
the
market
suffer
from
it.
There
are
three
progressively
more
powerful
ways
to
overcome
lonely-­‐loop-­‐syndrome
with
VoiceJam.
You
should
get
to
know
them
all
eventually.
But
starting
at
the
beginning
is
a
good
place
to
start.
Loop
and
Layer
This
is
the
simplest
way
to
use
VoiceJam.
On
a
single
loop,
record
and
overdub
as
much
as
you
want.
Undo,
reverse,
and
eraser
all
come
in
handy.
Undo
not
only
allows
you
to
correct
mistakes,
but
also
gives
you
one
level
of
relief
from
lonely-­‐loop
syndrome,
or
in
other
words
one
level
of
structure:
You
can
record
a
new
layer,
then
take
it
away,
then
bring
it
back,
etc.
Create
dramatic
structure
in
your
music
by
undoing
and
redoing
overdubs.
Copy
and
Overdub
VoiceJam
offers
another
exciting
way
to
self-­‐medicate
lonely-­‐loop-­‐syndrome.
You
can
start
with
a
basic
loop
and
use
it
as
the
foundation
for
several
more
that
you
can
flip
between
at
will.
For
example,
let’s
say
you
record
a
drum-­‐beat.
Next
you
want
to
add
a
bass
line,
and
then
a
guitar,
but
then
you
want
to
take
away
the
guitar,
and
after
that
you
want
to
take
away
the
bass
leaving
only
the
drums.
Undo
from
method
1
only
offers
one
level
of
build
up
and
take
down,
whereas
copying
to
and
from
all
of
the
available
loops
allows
up
to
6
levels
of
musical
progression.
Copying:
Drag
your
finger
from
one
loop
to
another
to
instantly
copy
(without
stopping
the
action),
and
then
overdub
a
new
part
on
top
of
the
new
loop.
Then
drag
the
new
loop
to
copy
it
to
yet
another
loop,
and
overdub
again.
Then
switch
back
to
the
other
loops
to
“go
back
to
the
basics”.
*Note:
you
cannot
drag-­‐to-­‐copy
when
in
“Shots
Mode”,
which
we’ll
get
into
later.
Loop
Levels
Another
great
way
to
play
with
structure
is
to
individually
fade
the
6
loops
in
and
out
during
your
performance.
Press
the
wrench
icon
to
bring
out
the
performance
flyover,
and
you
can
adjust
the
level
of
each
loop
non-­‐
destructively.
Warning:
Loop
levels
are
remembered
even
after
using
the
trashcan.
If
you
for
example
set
a
loop
level
to
0%
then
forget
about
it,
you
may
be
scratching
your
head
at
why
the
loop
is
not
making
any
noise.
Simply
go
into
the
performance
flyover
and
make
sure
the
levels
are
where
you
want
them
(All
To
Max
is
a
quick
way
to
set
all
loops
to
full
level).