INPUT Edit Setup Store Mix Home Loop Hold for Genre Effects Voices Tap Hit Hold for Talk Quick Guide
Important Safety Instructions Important safety instructions Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Do not install near heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. 10.
Table of contents About this Quick Guide This is version 1.0 of the VoiceLive Touch 2 Quick Guide. This Quick Guide is intended to help you learn the basic functions of VoiceLive Touch 2. The full user manual is available only as a PDF download from the TC-Helicon website. To get the most from this guide, please read it from start to finish, or you may miss an important piece of information. Once you’ve connected external equipment (mic, PA etc.
Mounting to a mic stand Mounting to a mic stand Mic stand setup 1. With no cables attached to the product, grasp it on both sides so the printed top faces you and is approximately level. 2. Slide VoiceLive Touch 2 to the left so that the upper shaft of your mic stand is captured by the lower slot on the product (see Figure 1). 3. Slowly but firmly lower the front of the product so the serrated slot fully captures the mic stand shaft (see Figure 2).
VoiceSupport & Startup The VoiceSupport application Using VoiceSupport VoiceSupport is your way of getting the most from your TC-Helicon product, as well as letting your product grow with firmware updates that include new features. VoiceSupport features include: • • • • Preset management using an elegant drag & drop interface Access to firmware updates and new features Videos, artist profiles, tips and tricks Registration of your product. Downloading and running the VoiceSupport application 1.
Connections 3 6 4 1 7 8 5 2 10 9 11 Connections 1. 2. 3. 4. 12 Mic Input: Balanced, low impedance XLR input for your mic. XLR Output: Will produce a mono signal. Guitar Ground Lift: Tap this to assist with hum reduction. 1/4” TRS Outputs: These are the main outputs. They can be configured for Mono, Dual Mono or Stereo output in the Setup menu. 5. Guitar Input and Thru: Connect your guitar to the high Z (impedance) In jack directly using a 1/4” cable.
Front panel Using the front panel buttons All buttons require only a soft tap to engage. Tap the mode buttons (Edit, Store, Effects, Voices, Setup, Mix, Loop) to display settings that can be changed. INPUT 1 Edit Setup 7 Tap the nine buttons in the center area (the Matrix) to select menus or settings related to the current mode. 2 Store Mix 8 The Slider FX Bar and Arrow buttons operate uniquely in each mode.
Front panel 5. Voices: Tap the Voices button to display the Harmony voice intervals for the current preset and the HARMONY LEVEL Slider FX assignment. To hear the voices created by the VoiceLive Touch 2, the HARM (Harmony) effect must be active. 6. Tap: Tap this button rhythmically to set the global tempo for the Delay effects, the Rhythm effects and the Loop metronome. 7. Setup: Tap the Setup button to adjust global settings such as stereo/mono output mode, MIDI channel etc.
Working with Presets and Favorites • • • In Home mode (when the Home button is selected/lit), the Slider FX Bar will scroll through presets. In Effects, Voices and Loop mode menus, the Slider FX Bar can be used to control the effect shown at the bottom of the menu. When editable parameters are displayed, the Slider FX Bar will change the value of the currently selected (highlighted) parameter.
Effects, Voices and basic editing Effects and Voices Tap the Effects and Voices buttons to display menus where you can modify the current preset. The parameters of each menu are assigned to the positions of the nine Matrix buttons. These assignments are shown in the display. You can always press the Home button to return to preset selection / main operation mode. The Effects • • • • button Load a preset you like or load preset #1.
Harmony and Hardtune effects Using the Harmony and Hardtune effects To make Harmony and Hardtune effects relate correctly to your music, you’ll need a musical accompaniment – whether it’s an acoustic piano, an electric guitar or an MP3 player. With acoustic instruments – using Roomsense The VoiceLive Touch 2’s Roomsense mics can pick up chords from a nearby acoustic instrument and use them to guide Harmony and Hardtune. Ensure your vocal mic is further from the Roomsense mics than your instrument.
Setup Mix Looping Looping Basic looping Loop in Home mode • Find a preset you like. INPUT • To start recording, tap the Record button on the downbeat of a rhythmic singing performance. Setup • • • • Mixrecording, tap Record again. You will immediately hear the To stop loop you Hitjust recorded. Hold for Talk If you want to set the loop point and continue recording immediately, tap the Play button instead. This will allow you to overdub your first recording without any delay.
Slider FX Bar effects Slider FX Bar effects Using the Slider FX Bar effects In Effects and Loop modes, the Slider FX Bar can be used to control an effect. The name of the effect is shown at the bottom of the display. Slide your finger, drag and stop or tap at any point to experiment with the current effect. Assigning effects to the Slider FX Bar There are a number of different Slider effect assignments available in the Effects and Loop modes.
Guitar effects & optional accessories Guitar effects Accessing the guitar effects If you have connected a guitar to the GUITAR IN, subtle Reverb and Chorus effects are applied to the guitar signal by default. Compression and EQ are also available for the guitar input. These are global settings, they will not change per preset. Changes made in the Setup menu are automatically stored. Changing the guitar effects • Enter the Setup menu. • Use the Arrows to locate the GUITAR 3/10 and GUITAR 4/10 menus.
Troubleshooting Using the Switch 3 footswitch • Connect the Switch 3 to the FOOTSWITCH jack. • Tap each footswitch in turn to see what the default assignments are. The default assignments of the footswitches are (from left to right): • • • Switch 1: Preset Down Switch 2: Preset Up Switch 3: Hit on/off. Experiment with the custom assignments for the footswitch in the Switch 3 page of the Setup menu. Troubleshooting “Where can I find support for this product?” Point your web browser to www.tc-helicon.
cerned) are the chord root and the third – so make sure these notes are clearly voiced. Your guitar can be tuned to alternate tunings as long as you are in tune with the onboard tuner. “The loop won’t stop or start immediately.” The Metronome is set to ON or SHH – which quantizes the transport to beats. Set Metronome to OFF if you want full control over Loop timing. “Why can’t I cycle through the edit screens with the arrow buttons?” You may be in an advanced edit screen. Tap the Edit button to exit.
Specifications Specifications Analog inputs Connectors: Mic: Balanced XLR, Guitar: 1/4” phone jack, Aux: 1/8” stereo mini jack Input Impedance: Balanced/Unbalanced Mic.: 3.08/1.54 kOhm Mic Input Level @ 0 dBFS: -42 dBu to +4.
