TC-Helicon VoicePro - Manual (Page 54)

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Section 6: Detailed Parameter Descriptions
TIME | Mode
The Time Block uses TC-Helicon's FlexTime algorithm for
stretching and shrinking the audio in natural and effected
ways. There are two modes for controlling Time: Position
Freestyle Mode allows the position of the voice to be freely
set within VoicePro's time buffer, and Rate Freestyle Mode
allows the speed of the audio to be controlled.
TIME | Position Freestyle
VoicePro contains a 5-second Time buffer. With Position
Freestyle Mode, you control the position of the voice within
that buffer.
Position Delta / Sensitivity
The Position Delta and Sensitivity Parameters work
together. The Sensitivity Parameter sets the time shift
amount in 'ms' for each Delta value. If Sensitivity is set to
20 ms, then each click of the Delta Parameter will shift the
pitch up or down by 20 ms. For subtle changes of a
performance, set the sensitivity to smaller values.
Smoothing
Lower smoothing values will cause the time to jump
abruptly according to the sensitivity amount on each click
of the edit knob. Higher Smoothing values will glide through
each click. A value of “100” won’t allow the position to be
moved with the Position Delta Parameter.
Reset / Reset Position
The Reset and Reset Position Parameters work together.
When the reset Parameter is moved by a single click, the
position of the voice is moved automatically to the Reset
Position. This is very useful for extending notes in a song
as the voice can be reset to back to real-time with a single
click.
Tape Effect
When the Tape Effect value is "0", time is manipulated
without effecting pitch. As the Tape Effect value increases,
the pitch is shifted in a similar way to the effect of slowing
down a tape. Slowing a tape down shifts the pitch down.
Speeding up the tape, shifts the pitch up.
UV Mode
When the UV Mode Parameter is set to "0", the un-voiced
portions of a voice signal, such as 'esses' are not time
shifted. This is similar to how we time stretch our own
voice. As the value increases, the un-voiced portions of the
voice are time-shifted.