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Welcome to voicepro – TC-Helicon VoicePro User Manual

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Section 1: Introduction

Welcome to VoicePro

Thank you for selecting VoicePro as a key part of your
toolkit for producing the human voice. The years of
research, development and sonic verification that went into
VoicePro is intended to benefit professionals responsible
for bringing out the best in the human voice. TC-Helicon’s
proprietary voice processing algorithms allow all of the
dimensions of the voice to be refined. Appreciating the
complexity of producing memorable dialog and hit vocal
lines, TC-Helicon surrounded its core technology with
voice-optimized versions of all the auxiliary blocks
necessary for voice production.

Features:
• Voice-optimized tools & effects
• Pitch: shift the voice using a transparent and versatile

Hybrid Shifting

TM

algorithm with an 8 octave shift range

• Time: creative and humanized control over time shifting

using FlexTime

TM

• Character: manipulate or enhance a voice's character

using VoiceModeling

TM

• Harmony: four voices of natural sounding intelligent

harmony

• Transducer: emulate telephones, radios, and

megaphones, and introduce distortion

• µMod: dial up an endless amount of the classic micro-

shifted sounds including flange, and chorus

• Delay: voice-optimized delay includes ducking and tap

tempo

• Reverb: TC Electronic's classic algorithms
• EQ/Dynamics: standard filtering and leveling tools from

TC Electronic's arsenal of respected algorithms

Application-based user interface
• 250 user and 250 factory presets created by focused

listening to vocals, dialog effects and the masters who
created them

• Preset Browser: Select your source and application to

browse the best presets as creative starting points

• Matrix: Presets become palettes through four top-level

parameters and a dedicated feature visualization
assignable to each preset

Professional quality hardware design

>110 dB (unweighted) dynamic range Analog I/O

2 in, 8 out AES/EBU digital I/O

Included with VoicePro
Your VoicePro box should include the following items. If
you can not locate an item below, please see the Support
section of the Introduction.
- VoicePro
- appropriate power cable
- AES/EBU 2 in, 8 out break-out cable
- user’s manual
- registration card

About TC-Helicon

TC-Helicon is a joint-venture company created early in the
21st century that is owned by TC Group (Denmark) and
IVL Technologies Ltd (Canada).

TC-Helicon’s core value is that the voice is the world's
most beautiful instrument. Therefore, everything TC-
Helicon does is dedicated to this instrument. TC-Helicon
envisions a world where those who work with voice are
able to bring out its very best and where the possibilities of
vocal craft are endless.

The company's mission was galvanized by a simple
question, "Isn't it time that someone finally provided
dedicated tools and solutions for voice?"

TC-Helicon is revolutionizing the vocal channel by
providing innovative tools and solutions for people who
create and work with the speaking and singing voice. Our
customers include the most demanding of live performers,
producers, broadcasters and recording engineers.

Enjoy!

The TC-Helicon Team