Hi ALl, I've had my TC Helicon Voice Live 2 for ages, and finally found enough time to sit down with my girlfriend and write up all the menus and stuff.
For anyone who doesn't know what this box is, it's a live vocal processor, including 4 part harmony, hard tune, transducer, reverb, delay etc. It's full of menus, but the menus don't wrap, so it's completely accessible out of the box. I've been using it for a couple of days just using this document as a guide, and I've got pretty much everything done. Anyways, if you don't have one, go out and buy one, because they're awesome, and here's a document with all the menus and controls, as well as the I/O written up: TC Helicon Voice Live 2: @ buttons, left to right, row format. Tone (Hold to edit) Pitch (Hold to edit) Guitar FX (Hold to edit) Home Setup Wizard Store Edit @ Toe Switches (Left to right): Top Row: Preset (up) Shortcut UMod Delay Reverb (hold for Mic gain) Bottom Row: Preset (down) Step Harmony Double FX (hold for Tuner) @ I/O These entries go from right to left, and in cases where there are sockets arranged vertically, the bottom one is listed first. Mic Input Line Input Guitar In Guitar Through Stereo in Headphones out Ground Lift (The small button) XLR right XLR Left (Dry, presumably mono) Output Right Output Left (Presumably dry, presumably mono) Digital Out Digital In Expression Pedal MIDI Through MIDI Out MIDI In USB Power Power switch @ Menus: The following will be split up in what I hope is an intuative way. >> Menu: The button you press to access the menu, for example setup, edit, tone >> (needs to be held), and guitar tone (needs to be held). [n] << Thing[ (notes)]: This Is the name of the heading in the menu, optionally followed by a brief list of row catigories, which I hope will make it easier to memorise the miriad of settings available. It is preceded with an index number, so you know where you are in the headings order. #: This is a number to help you rememver which row you're on. You start at row 1, so 1 twist of the big knob (top right of the Voice Live 2), will put you on Row 2. Below this, is 4 lines of text. These respectively tell you what each knob changes. If a line is repeated, it means that the knob has a blank above it, which means it inherits the setting from the previous knob. For example: Style Style Level Width Means that the second knob is blank, but it inherits the style parameter from the first knob. Knobs 3 and 4 are Level and Width respectively. Lead Level Lead Level Lead Level Lead Level Means that all four knobs change the level, but in reality, only the first knob is labeled. One point of confusion we found when writing up this document is found in the edit menu. When you change the style parameter (the first and second knob on the first row of each heading), All the parameters change. If you can see the parameters as they change, or you have some other way of detecting the alterations which occur, it's because Style is actually a funny word for Preset, which is the more commonly used term to describe a group of settings, which apply a whole range of changes to the available configuration. Massive thanks for this document go to Becky Keir, my wonderful girlfriend, without whom this document would not have been possible. It is worth noting, that some of the options may be spelled wrong, because Becky's sight isn't great, and she was reading the menus blown up on a close circuit television, and the blocky nature of the writing, made it hard for her to distinguish the difference between certain letters, for example, p's and f's, a's and d's. So, if some things are spelled right, please correct me via email (chris.norm...@googlemail.com), but try not to be too critical! :-) And now, for the menus: >> Edit (Bottom right on the group of 8 buttons on the top left of the unit): [1] << uMod (Style, detune, Speed and Depth, Delay and Feedback, Phase / XFB, Cuts, Mix and Level): 1: Style (No Style, MicroMod Clone, MicroMod Wider, Thicken, Light Chorus, Medium Chorus, Wide Chorus, Mono Chorus, Fast Rotor, Flanger, Flanger Feedback, Flange Negative, Mono Flange, Soft Flange, Panner, Tube, Up Tube, Down Tube, Down and Up Tube, Rise and Fall, Autowah Wide, Cylon Mono, Cylon Stereo, Alien, Voiceover, Under Water) Style Level Width 2: Detune Left Detune Left Detune Right Detune Right 3: Speed Out Phase Depth L Depth R 4: Delay L Delay R Feedback L Feedback R 5: Phase Wave XFB L XFB R 6: Low Cut L High Cut L Low Cut R High Cut R 7: Lead to Umod Lead to Umod Harmony to Umod Harmony to Umod 8: Lead Level Lead Level Lead Level Lead Level [2] << Delay (Style, Tempo and Ducking, Div and Time, Feedback, Cuts, Ducking, Mix, Mix and Trails, Level): 1: Style (No Style, 1/4 Note Tape, 1/4 Note Digital, 1/8 Note Tape, 1/8 Note Digital, D-Two Delay, Tape Delay, Ping Pong Delay, Ping Pong Slap, 1/4 Note Tripplet, 1/4 + 1/8 Tripplet, Single Slap, Rockabilly Slap) Style Level Width 2: Source (Midi, Tap, Time) Tempo (25 BPM to 300 BPM) Tempo Ducking 3: Div L Time L Div R Time R 4: Feedback L XFB L To R Feedback R XFB R To L 5: Low Cut L High Cut L Low Cut R High Cut R 6: Ducking Amount Ducking Amount Ducking Time Ducking Time 7: Lead to Delay Lead to Delay Harmony to Delay Harmony to Delay 8: Umod to Delay Umod to Delay Trails Trails 9: Lead Level Lead Level Lead Level Lead Level [3] << Reverb (Style, Decay and Color, Reflections and Ducking, Pre Delay, Ducking, Mix, Mix, Level): 1: Style (No Style, Smooth Plate, Soft Hall, Amsterdam Hall, Broadway Hall, Snappy Room, Library, Dark Room, Music Club, Studio Live Room, Stretched Room, Warehouse, Bouncy Room, Real Plate, Reflection Plate, Thin Plate, Bright Plate, Real Plate Short, Real Plate Long, Woden Chamber, Jazz Plate, Quick Plate, St. Joseph Church, Hockey Arena, Dome Chapel Museum, Indoor Arena, Cozy Corner, Thin Spring, Full Spring) Style Level Width 2: Decay Lo Color Hi Color Hi Factor 3: Early Reflections Early Reflections Tail Level Ducking 4: Diff Use Pre Delay Speed Depth 5: Ducking Amount Ducking Amount Ducking Time Ducking Time 6: Lead to Reverb Lead to Reverb Harmony to Reverb Harmony to Reverb 7: Delay to Reverb Delay to Reverb Delay to Reverb Delay to Reverb 8: Lead Level Lead Level Lead Level Lead Level [4] << Harmony (Style, Harmony Voicing, Harmony Level, Harmony Gender, Harmony Pan, Doubling, Choir, Humanise, Vibrato, Port A, Smooth, Guitar, EQ, Main Level): 1: Style (1 Voice Above, 1 Voice Below, 1 Above 1 Below, 2 Voices Above, 2 Voices Below, Far Above and Far Below, 2 Above and 1 Below, 1 Above 2 Below, 2 Above Far Below, 2 Above 2 Below, Gospal High, Gospal Low, Upper Choir, Bass Boys) Style Level Level 2: V1 Voicing (Octave above, higher, high, low, lower, bass, octave down higher) V2 Voicing V3 Voicing V4 Voicing 3: V1 Level V2 Level V3 Level V4 Level 4: V1 Gender V2 Gender V3 Gender V4 Gender 5: V1 Pan V2 Pan V3 Pan V4 Pan 6: Doubling Doubling Double Level Double Level 7: Choir (Off / On) Choir Level Choir Style (Small 1, Small 2, Medium 1, Medium 2, Medium 3, Large, Lose, Europian, American, Tight, Pitchy, Vibrate, Shake, Speaking, Chaos) Choir Style 8: Humanise Style (Off, Tight, Natural, Relaxed, Lose, Random, Time and Pitch) Humanise Style Humanise Amount Humanise Amount 9: Vibrato Style (Off, Easy, Ballad, Jazz, Delicate, Flutter, Mournful, Old Time) Vibrato Style Vibrato Amount Vibrato Amount 10: V1 Port A (0 to 200) V2 Port A V3 Port A V4 Port A 11: V1 Smooth v2 Smooth V3 Smooth V4 Smooth 12: Guitar Chords (Ignore / Accept Dominant 7th) Guitar Chords (Ignore / Accept Dominant 7th) Hold Release Turning Hold Release Turning 13: Low Gain Low Frequency High Gain High Frequency 14: Parametric Gain Parametric Gain Para Frequency Parametric Width 15: Lead Level Lead Level Natural Play Natural Play [5] << Double: 1: Style (4 voices Mono, 4 voices wide, 4 voices tight, 2 voices wide, 1 voice lose, 1 voice tight) Style Level Level 2: Humanise Style (Off, Tight, Natural, Relaxed, Lose, Random, Time and Pitch) Humanise Style Humanise Amount Humanise Amount 3: V1 Pan V2 Pan V3 Pan V4 Pan 4: V1 Port A V2 Port A V3 Port A V4 Port A 5: V1 Smooth V2 Smooth V3 Smooth V4 Smooth 6: V1 Gender V2 Gender V3 Gender V4 Gender 7: Lead Level Lead Level Lead Level Lead Level [6] << FX: 1: Transducer (Off / On) Routing (Off, Lead, Harm + Del, Voices, Lead FX, Harm FX) Style (No Style, Low Cut 1, Low Cut 2, Band Pass 1, Band Pass 2, High Cut, Mid Cut, Soft Drive, Medium Drive, Hard Drive, Radio, Radio Drive, Perk, Radio, Boxy Radio, Clear Megaphone, Clip Megaphone) Style 2: Low Cut High Cut Gate Threshold Gate Threshold 3: Distortion Type (Saturation 1, Saturation 2, Saturation 3, Dverdrive 1, Dverdrive 2, Dverdrive 3, Dverdrive 4, Dverdrive 5, Distortion 1, Distortion 2, Distoration 3, Distortion 4, Fuzz 1, Fuzz 2, Fuzz 3) Distortion Type Distortion Amount Distortion Amount 4: Transducer In Gain Transducer In Gain Transducer Out Gain Transducer Out Gain 5: Presence Gain Presence Gain Presence Freq Presence Width 6: Hard Tune Hard Tune Hard Tune Rate Hard Tune Rate 7: Hard Tune Key (Follow Harmony, Manual / Custom) Hard Tune Key Hard Tune Shift Hard Tune Shift 8: Hard Tune Amount Hard Tune Amount Hard Tune Window Hard Tune Window 9: Key Scale Note Enabled [7] << Rhythmic 1: Style (Chopper, Soft Panner, Hard Panner, Gender Randomiser, Synchopated Chopper) Style Depth Depth Target (L + H Level, L.Gender, L + H Pan) 2: Rhythm Devicion Type Type 3: Sample Loop Devicion Sample Loop Devicion Sample Loop Capture Sample Loop Capture 4: Sample Direction Sample Direction Path Path 5: Cow Bell (On / Off) Level Pattern Audition Pattern Audition [8] << Preset: 1: Lead Level Lead Pan Lead Effect Sends Lead Effect Sends 2: Shortcut (Off, Harmony Hold, Tempo, Set Key, GTR Mute, Umod Moment, Delay Moment, Reverb Moment, Harmony Moment, Double Moment, FX Moment, Trans, Choir, Tone, Pitch, Hard Tune, Rhythm, Rhythm Moment, Sample, Sample Moment, Cow Bell, Loop, Umod, Delay, Reverb, Harmony, Double, FX, Rhy Note, Step, Bypass) Shortcut Shortcut Shortcut 3: EXPR-Pedal (Harmonly + Delay Level, Delay / Reverb Level, Harmony Level, Double Level, Umod Level, Delay Level, Reverb Level, Lead Level, Umod / Delay / Reverb Level, Output Level, Guitar Level, Aux Level, Delay Send Level, Reverb Send Level, Rhythmic Depth, Rhythmic Devicion, Rhythmic Loop DV) EXPR-Pedal EXPR-Pedal EXPR-Pedal >> Setup: [1] << I/O 1: In Gain Phantom (Off, On, Mic Control) Aux Level Output (Stereo, Mono, Dual Mono, Loop Mono,) 2: Digital In (USB Stereo, USB Vox L / Inst R, SPDIF Stereo, SPDIF Vox L / Inst R) Digital In Digital Out (Dry, Vox + GTR 0db, Wet Vox + GTR 0db, Dry Vox + GTR 1db, Full Mix) Digital Out Trim (-12db to +12db) 3: Lead Mute Lead Delay Output Level Range (Mic, Line, Mic +6, Line +6, Mic +12, Line +12) Output Level Range 4: Guitar Mute Pan Guitar Mute Pan Mic / Line Phase Mic / Line Phase [2] << MIDI 1: Channel Channel CC Chan Transpose 2: Split Dir Split Note SysEx ID Dump Rate 3: Vib Boost (Manual / Boost) Perange Filter (None, PRG Receive, All Send, PRG Receive + All Send) Filter [3] << System: 1: LCD Contrast LCD Contrast USB Control (Off / On) USB Control 2: Global Natural Play (Off, Auto Input Sense, Guitar, MIDI, Aux Input, Scale, Shift, Midi Notes, MIDI Notes 4 chan) Global Natural Play Global Key / Scale Global Key / Scale 3: Global Shortcut (Off, Harmony Hold, Tempo, Set Key, GTR Mute, Umod Moment, Delay Moment, Reverb Moment, Harmony Moment, Double Moment, FX Moment, Trans, Choir, Tone, Pitch, Hard Tune, Rhythm, Rhythm Moment, Sample, Sample Moment, Cow Bell, Loop, Umod, Delay, Reverb, Harmony, Double, FX, Rhy Note, Step, Bypass) Global Shortcut Global Tap Tempo Global Tap Tempo 4: Tuner Ref Tuner Ref Momentary On Momentary On [4] << Expression: Setup button Calibrates pedal. Global Expression Pedal (Off [Preset], Harmonly + Delay Level, Delay / Reverb Level, Harmony Level, Double Level, Umod Level, Delay Level, Reverb Level, Lead Level, Umod / Delay / Reverb Level, Output Level, Guitar Level, Aux Level, Delay Send Level, Reverb Send Level, Rhythmic Depth, Rhythmic Devicion, Rhythmic Loop DV) [5] << VLoop: 1: Undo (Off / On) Loop Feedback Loop Feedback Loop Feedback >> Guitar FX (Third from the left in top row): [1] << Guitar: 1: Guitar Level Guitar Level Phase (On / Off) Phase 2: Reverb Style (No Style, Smooth Plate, Soft Hall, Amstadam Hall, Broadway Hall, Snappy Rom, Library, Dark room, Music Club, Studio Live Room, Stretched Room, Warehouse, Bouncy Room, Real Plate, Reflection Plate, Thin Plate, Bright Chamber, Bright Plate, Real Plate Short, Real Plate Long, Wooden Chamber, Jazz Plate, Quick Plate, St. Joseph Church, Hockey Arena, Dome Chapel, Museum, Indoor Arena, Cozy Corner, Thin Spring, Full Spring) Reverb Style Reverb Level Reverb Level 3: Umod Style (No Style, MicroMod Clone, MicroMod Wider, Thicken, Light Chorus, Medium Chorus, Wide Chorus, Mono Chorus, Fast Rotor, Flanger, Flanger Feedback, Flange Negative, Mono Flange, Soft Flange, Panner, Tube, Up Tube, Down Tube, Down and Up Tube, Rise and Fall, Autowah Wide, Cylon Mono, Cylon Stereo, Alien, Voiceover, Under Water) Umod Style Umod Level Umod Level [2] << EQ: 1: Low Gain Low Freq High Gain High Freq 2: Para Gain Para Gain Para Freq Para Width [3] << Compressor: 1: Threshold Threshold Ratio Ratio >> Tone: [1] << Addaptive: 1: Shape Compress De-Ess Gate [2] << EQ: 1: Addaptive Shape Warmth Warmth [3] << Compress: Addaptive Compress Compress Compress [4] << Gate: 1: Addaptive Lead Atten Harmony Atten Harmony Atten >> Pitch (Second from the Left): [1] << Pitch: Auto-Chromatic Amount > Step (Hold to enter step configuration menu): When you press this button it's own, it moves to the next step, if one has been programmed, wrapping back to the first if you've hit the last entered. When switching to a preset, you're automatically dropped into it on the first step. It is worth noting also that steps must be saved individually. So, if you create a new step, you'll have to press store twice to store it, when it's selected in the display. When you hold it, a menu with 2 items comes up. Press the step button again, to copy the settings from the current step to a new setp, which I think is inserted. Press the Shortcut button (located above the step button), to delete the current step. No confirmation is needed. > Store button: The store button when pressed brings up a list of the presets I believe, with the current location highlighted. You can use the big knob, the preset up and down pedals, or the buttons below the big knob to select the place to store the preset, then press store again. So, to save the current preset in it's current slot, just press the store button twice. I tend to press it twice with say half a second to a second's gap between presses, although I'm not sure if that's necessary or not. -- Take care, Chris Norman. <!-- chris.norm...@googlemail.com --> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
