Operation; Setting The Input Level; Setting The Harmony Level; The Reverb Effect - DigiTech VOCALISTPERF Manual

Operation

Setting the input level

Adjust the input level control until only the loudest notes you sing cause the Signal LED to turn
orange briefly. The LED shows green when it hears a signal, orange at 3 dB below clipping (distor-
tion) and red when the input signal has clipped.

Setting the harmony level

You can adjust the Harmony control to find the blend you like when at least one harmony voice is
activated. Unlike standard mix controls, Performer's Harmony control has a "smart" volume curve.
As you adjust the volume of the harmonies with this control, your voice does not reduce in volume
as it would with a standard mix control. Past 1 o'clock of the Harmony control's travel, the volume
of your voice is reduced quickly until it becomes zero at the fully right position. This allows you to
produce only harmony voices for special effects and alternate mixing arrangements.
Note: With the control at full right position, you will not hear your unharmonized voice when you
press the Mute button.

The Reverb effect

Reverberation is an important effect that makes sounds appear bigger by adding the simulation of an
acoustic space. The three reverb effects in Performer have been chosen to allow you a broad range
of acoustic spaces. The "Room" reverb type is a medium-size, highly reflective room that adds rich-
ness with a very short duration "tail". The "Hall" type emulates a large concert hall that has high
frequency damping for a darker, longer effect. The "Plate" reverb type copies the classic effect
whereby a metal plate is hung on springs to produce a bright and slightly longer "tail" than the Hall
setting. While Performer's reverb is very good, too much reverb in the mix is annoying to the listen-
er and it is best to be conservative in how much you add.

The Harmony options

Double. This is an effect often used in recording where the singer sings exactly the same vocal
melody on several tracks so that, when they are mixed together, the combination sound is richer.
When you select the Double Harmony button on Performer, you can achieve the same type of effect.
When singers perform in a recording studio, they never sing perfectly in tune on each track (and
indeed this the key to the fuller sound) so Performer introduces small pitch imperfections to the dou-
bling voices in order to sound more natural and full.
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