Basic Mode Presets Tab; Mic Section - Turtle Beach Ear Force XP500 User Manual

XP500 Advanced Sound Editor

Basic mode Presets Tab

Clicking the Basic button places the software in Basic mode, with the Presets Tab
configuration illustrated below. The Presets section on the left is identical in Advanced and
Basic modes, so it is described at the end of this section.
The right side of the Presets tab has three sections, Mic, Mix and Master Volume, used for
editing certain key parameters on the presets. If you change any of the Mic controls, be sure
to press the Save button next to the Mic presets field so it will be saved with the new values.
If you change the Mix or Master volume settings, press the Save button next to the Master
preset field. Otherwise, you'll lose the settings you've edited when you select a new preset.

Mic Section

The mic section has three controls that affect the way your voice will
sound when you speak into the mic.
Silencer (Noise Gate)
The Silencer noise gate keeps background noise from being picked up
by the mic. To set the noise gate threshold, listen to the mic while not
speaking and bring up the threshold until you no longer hear the room
noise. Then speak into the mic at a comfortable level and make sure
the noise gate turns on, passing your voice. If it seems that you have
to speak too loudly, turn down the threshold a bit so that you can
eliminate room noise while still using a comfortable speaking tone.
For instance, if you're in a room with a blasting air conditioner, you
can prevent the mic from picking up the air conditioner sound by setting the noise gate just
above the air conditioner sound. That way, when you speak, the mic will pick up your voice,
but when you're not speaking, it will shut out the air conditioner.
Pitch Shift
This slider lets you change the pitch of your voice either up and down. Moving the slider
higher will make your voice sound higher-pitched, while moving it lower will make it sound
deeper. Double click the slider to make it jump to the middle, where the pitch is not shifted.
The pitch shift effect is selected with the Morph slider, described in the next section.
Morph
This slider sets the balance between your normal voice and pitch shifted voice. Moving the
slider down passes more of your normal voice and moving it up adds the pitch shift you've
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