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Vocalist Live 3 Owner's Manual

Vocal harmony & real-time pitch correction for guitarists
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  • Page 1 Vocal Harmony & Real-Time Pitch Correction for Guitarists Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Declaration Of Conformity

    WARNING FOR YOUR PROTECTION READ THE FOLLOWING: KEEP THESE INSTRUCTIONS HEED ALL WARNINGS FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS THE APPARATUS SHALL NOT bE ExPOSED TO DRIPPING OR SPLASHING LIqUID AND NO ObjECT FILLED WITH LIqUID, SUCH AS vASES, SHALL bE PLACED ON THE APPARATUS CLEAN ONLY WITH A DRY CLOTH.
  • Page 3 Manufacturer’s Address: 8760 S. Sandy Parkway Sandy, Utah 84070, USA declares that the product: Product name: Vocalist Live 3 ® Product option: all (requires Class II power adapter that conforms to the requirements of EN60065, EN60742, or equivalent.) conforms to the following Product Specifications: Safety: IEC 60065 (7th ed.
  • Page 4 Warranty Vocalist ® We at are very proud of our products and back up each one we sell with the following warranty: 1. The warranty registration card must be mailed within ten days after purchase date to validate this warranty. 2.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents Overview ......1 Right Out .......10 Introduction ......1 Ground Lift Switch ....10 musIQ Technology .....1 ® Power Input ......10 Included Items ......3 Getting Started ....11 Front Panel ......4 Connections when using a Vocal Signal Strength ...4 separate guitar amplifier ..11 Guitar Signal Strength ..4 Connections when Tuner Bars ......4...
  • Page 6 Harmony Voicing ....18 Harmony Gender ....19 Harmony Mix ......19 Humanize .......19 Harmony On/Off ....20 Setup Menu ......21 Guitar Sensitivity ....21 Harmony Footswitch Mode ........21 Chorus Depth ......22 Chorus Speed .......22 Guitar Reverb Send Level ..23 Noise Gate ......23 Effects Block Diagram ..24 Factory Restore ....

  • Page 7: Overview

    Overview Introduction The Vocalist Live 3 is a powerful but easy to use intelligent vocal ® harmony processor that automatically generates live multi-part vocal harmony by analyzing guitar chord progressions. Armed with the musIQ harmony generation technology, the Vocalist Live 3 combines ®...
  • Page 8 Vocalist Live 3 Main Features ® • Two voices of fully automatic harmony. Just play naturally on your guitar and musIQ technology will ensure that the harmony voices ® are always musically correct. • Gender controls for each harmony voice allow you to alter the character of the harmony voices.

  • Page 9: Included Items

    Owner’s Manual • Warranty Card The utmost care was taken while your Vocalist Live 3 was being manufactured. Everything should be included and in perfect working order. If anything is missing, contact the factory at once. Please help us become acquainted with you and your needs by completing your warranty card or registering online at www.vocalistpro.com.

  • Page 10: Front Panel

    This light represents the signal strength of both the Mic In and Line In. When lit green, the vocal input signal is at a sufficient level. When lit amber, the signal strength is nearing the Vocalist Live 3’s limiting point. When lit red, the limiter is active and the Mic/Line Input Gain should be reduced.

  • Page 11: Display

    4. Display In Tuner mode this displays the note played on the guitar. In Setup   Menu it is used to display the current value of the various parameters. Flat/Sharp Tuner LEDs These LEDs light when using the Guitar Tuner to show what note is being played (example: F#).

  • Page 12: Reverb

    Pressing this footswitch quickly will toggle between the A and B Parts of the Harmony Patch. Pressing and holding this footswitch will slowly step between the Vocalist Live 3’s Harmony Patches. Release the footswitch when the desired Patch is reached.

  • Page 13: Harmony Mix

    Mode use the + (Voicing 1) and – (Patch) buttons to adjust the parameter values. 20. Patch Button This button cycles through the Vocalist Live 3’s five Harmony Patches. To save harmony settings to the current Harmony Patch and A/B Parts, press and hold the Harmony Patch button until the selected Patch Number flashes.

  • Page 14: Gender Display

    23. Gender Display The Gender Display indicates the currently selected gender for that voice. Note that when there are no bars lit on the Gender Display, the Gender setting is disabled for the corresponding Harmony Voice. 24. Gender Buttons Separate Gender settings can be applied to each of the two Harmony Voices.

  • Page 15: Rear Panel

    Vocal Signal Strength indicator on the front panel. 2. Mic In and Line In The Vocalist Live 3 uses a combo jack for vocal input. This jack will accept either a balanced mic-level signal on the XLR portion of the jack or a line-level signal on the ¼″...

  • Page 16: Guitar In

    This ¼″ unbalanced TS Guitar In connects directly to the guitar for use by musIQ harmony generation. ® It is important for the Vocalist Live 3 to be the first device Note: in the guitar signal chain to ensure proper analysis of the guitar signal for harmony generation.

  • Page 17: Getting Started

    The Vocalist Live 3 provides fully automatic vocal harmony for a guitar player. Simply route your guitar signal into Vocalist Live 3 using the Guitar In. The Vocalist Live 3 monitors what you are playing on the guitar and adjusts the harmonies to fit over the accompaniment.

  • Page 18: Connections When Sending The Guitar/Vocal Mix To The Pa

    Often with an acoustic guitar it is convenient to provide a single output to the PA. The Vocalist Live 3 allows you to mix the guitar with the vocals and send the guitar/vocal mix to the PA via the XLR Outputs.

  • Page 19: Tune The Guitar

    To set the Guitar Sensitivity Press the Setup button to enter Setup Mode. Follow the instructions on adjusting Setup parameters later in this manual. Tune the Guitar It is important for your guitar to be properly tuned in order for the musIQ technology to generate ®...

  • Page 20: Pre Effects

    High EQ (Treble) bands. Low-cut Filter and Noise Gate The Vocalist Live 3 also has fixed low-cut filter and a noise gate that can be adjusted from within the Setup Menu. See the Setup Menu section later in this manual for making adjustments to either of these options.

  • Page 21: Effects

    Delay The Vocalist Live 3 provides 5 preset delay configurations. These are controlled by 3 buttons called Short, Medium and Long. Each button can be selected individually to get a different delay time.

  • Page 22: Effects On/Off

    Effects On/Off Pressing the Effects footswitch will enable and disable the Pitch Correction, Chorus, Reverb and Delay Effects. It does not affect the Pre Effects which are always active. Engaging the Tuner The Effects Footswitch is also used to access the tuner. Press and hold the Effects footswitch to enable the Tuner.

  • Page 23: Harmony

    Singers need a way to configure different Harmony Voicings for use in different songs. To accommodate this, the Vocalist Live 3 provides five Harmony Patches. This allows the singer to specify the Harmony Voicing and Gender Settings in advance and recall them when needed during a performance.

  • Page 24: Selecting Harmony Part A Or Part B

    Selecting Harmony Part A or Part B Pressing the Part A/B footswitch quickly will toggle between the A and B Part of the Harmony Patch. Selecting Patch using the Footswitch Pressing and holding the footswitch will slowly step the Vocalist Live 3 through the Harmony Patches.

  • Page 25: Harmony Gender

    Harmony Gender The Vocalist Live 3 has the ® option of gender shifting the Harmony Voices to change the character of the virtual backup singers. There are individual Gender controls for each Harmony Voice. By pressing the Gender button of the corresponding Harmony Voice, you can cycle through the Gender shifts from Masculine (M) to Feminine ) as indicated on the Gender Display.

  • Page 26: Harmony On/Off

    Harmony On/Off This footswitch turns the Harmony Voices on and off. When the footswitch LED is lit, the Harmony Voices are enabled. When the footswitch LED is off, the Harmony Voices are bypassed.

  • Page 27: Setup Menu

    Setup Menu A Setup Menu has been added to allow additional control of some global settings. To enter the Setup Menu simply press the Setup Button. Once in the Setup Menu the Setup button allows you to step through menu items and the - (Patch) and + (Voicing) buttons adjust the parameter values.

  • Page 28: Chorus Depth

    on only as long as the footswitch is held. Once it is released, the Harmony Voicings are bypassed. Select the desired mode using the +/- buttons. Low-cut Filter On/Off Press Setup until appears in the Display. This is the Low Cut filter setup menu that lets you turn the 75 Hz Low Cut filter on or off.

  • Page 29: Chorus Speed

    Chorus Speed Press Setup until appears in the Display. This is the Chorus Speed setup menu. will disappear after a second and a number from 1 to 10 will appear showing the current Chorus Speed. Select the desired Chorus Speed using the +/- buttons.

  • Page 30: Effects Block Diagram

    In order to restore the patches and settings to their factory defaults follow these steps. Make sure the Vocalist Live 3 is powered off. Press and hold the Patch (-) and V1 Voicing (+) buttons. While continuing to hold the Patch (-) and V1 Voicing (+) buttons, power up the Vocalist Live 3.

  • Page 31: Specifications

    Specifications Mic Preamp Connector: XLR balanced Input Sensitivity @ -4dBFS: -35 dBu to +0 dBu Equivalent Input Noise (EIN): -126 dBu, 20 Hz - 20 kHz (A-Weighted) Input Impedance: 1 kΩ Balanced Line Input Connector: ¼″ TRS balanced / unbalanced Input Sensitivity @ -4dBFS: -13 dBu to +22 dBu Input Impedance:...
  • Page 32 FAX (801) 566-7005 Vocalist Live 3 Owner’s Manual 18-0685-A ® ©2009 Harman International Industries, Incorporated, all rights reserved. Vocalist is a registered trademark of Harman International Industries, Inc. musIQ is a registered trademark of 3dB Research Ltd. ® Printed in the USA...

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