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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 You are cautioned that any change or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your warranty. 10 11 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.
Table of Contents BEFORE YOU GET STARTED 1. Download the Details Manual – Your product ships with this Quick Start guide. To get the latest and most comprehensive information and to view the product warranty visit www.tc-helicon.com/support and select your specific product. 2. Download VoiceSupport – Get the latest firmware for your product, tips and tricks, and videos. Download and install VoiceSupport from www.tc-helicon.com/voicesupport. 3.
Mounting to a Mic Stand MIC STAND 1. 2. 3. SETUP With no cables attached to the product, grasp it on both sides so the printed top faces you and is approximately level. Slide VoiceLive Touch to the left so that the upper shaft of your mic stand is captured by the lower slot on the product. (Figure 1) Slowly but firmly lower the front of the product so the serrated slot fully captures the micstand shaft. (Figure 2) You’ll feel initial resistance then the shaft should snap in and seat tightly.
The VoiceSupport Application Page Head USING VOICESUPPORT To access the VoiceSupport application 1. Download VoiceSupport from www.tc-helicon.com/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 includes: • Drag & drop preset management 2. Install VoiceSupport on your computer. • Access to firmware updates and new features 3.
Connections Rear View 3 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 5. Guitar In and Thru - Plug a 1/4” cable directly from your guitar into the high Z (impedance) In jack. If you use effect pedals, they should be connected after VoiceLive Touch. Plug a 1/4” cable from the Thru jack to your first effect pedal or to your amplifier/PA. If you leave the Thru unconnected, the guitar sound will be mixed into the main output of VoiceLive Touch. 6.
Front Panel 1. EFFECT BLOCKS - Tap any effect block to turn it on or off. Hold to edit, then tap to exit. Holding the Delay button is used to set tap tempo. 2. HARMONY VOICING - Tap any four to choose harmony voice arrangements. Hold any lit Voicing button to edit. 3. LEDs - Input and Clip show signal present(green) and input too high (red). MIDI indicates MIDI input. An unlabeled flashing LED shows the tap tempo of the current preset. 4.
Basic Operations THE SLIDER Using the Slider: Swipe Loading a Favorite Tap any Favorite button to load the effect assigned to it. There are 25 Favorites contained in banks labeled A through E. To access the banks, hold the Slider and immediately tap one of the 5 Favorites buttons. A quick flick along a portion or the entire Slider will start it freewheeling through the parameter values or presets. Repeated swipes will continue. A single tap during freewheeling will stop scrolling.
Basic Operations 2. Press and hold the desired Favorite location to store. Displaying preset names As long as you are not in an editing menu, you can scroll the current preset or Favorite’s name by tapping the Slider once. MUSICAL CONTROL OF HARMONY AND HARDTUNE To 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. enter the Harmony key and scale of your song: Hold the Harmony button to enter edit menu. Press the arrow buttons until you locate the Key: menu. Slide along the Slider to choose the key.
Basic Operations 2. Press Record again to continue playback without recording or continue recording layers. quickly or drag along the Slider. To store edits to a Favorite, hold any Favorite button. To finish editing and return to performance mode, double tap the Slider. Holding the left arrow will undo the previously recorded layer. Holding it again will undo the previous undo (or redo).
Basic Operations sound from 0% (mono) to 100% (stereo). 5 Tempo - Parameter appears when delay style is set for tap tempo (styles 1-16 only). Used to set delay time via beats per minute (BPM). 1 Level - Sets amount of effect in the mix. 2 Style - Selection of 30 factory-configured effect types. 3 Lead Level - Lowers lead when only Reverb is active. 1 HardTune Style - Ranges from Off through 12 styles blending gender, octave shifting and HardTune amount.
Basic Operations 5 Naturalplay - Determines whether Harmony in the current preset is controlled by the automatic input sensing feature (Auto) or by one of the specific inputs: Guitar, MIDI, Aux Input, Scale, Shift, Notes or Notes 4 Channel. The Nat Play Gbl parameter in the setup menu must be set to Off in order to allow editing this setting.
Basic Operations FINDING PRESETS PRESET WIZARD WITH THE 1. In Home mode, press and hold the Slider 2. Drag the slider to choose a preset category 3. Tap the Slider & Holding the left or right Arrow buttons while in the Setup menu 4. Swipe the slider to listen to presets within the choosen category 5. Double tap the slider to select the preset and return Home.
Basic Operations 6 Thk + Arena - Thicken plus long arena reverb 7 Arena - Arena reverb only 5 Output - Configures the outputs for stereo or mono. Stereo - (default) Set when using the Left and Right 1/4” TRS jacks into a stereo PA. Mono - Set when using the single XLR output jack only. Dual Mono - Allows independent external mix control of mono wet guitar and mono wet vocals. Mono vocals with effects are produced from the Left TRS output and mono guitar plus effects are produced from the Right TRS output.
Basic Operations 6 Harmony/10s/1s 7 Talk/10s/1s Pedal Legend: Harm - Harmony effect on/off Fav - Cycle Favorites Banks - Cycle Favorite banks 10s - Increment preset by 10. Hold to reverse 1s - Increment preset. Hold to reverse Loop - Single button loop control: first tap=Record, 2nd tap=Play, subsequent tap/release=Record on/off during playback, tap/hold=undo /redo previous, double tap=Stop. MIDI Chan - Choose a channel from 1 to 16 to match the MIDI output channel of your controller keyboard.
FAQs and Troubleshooting Where can I find support for this product? Point your browser to www.tc-helicon.com/support. Ensure that you are playing guitar chords made up of at least a root note and a major or minor third. I can’t get the buttons to work. What’s wrong? Check that the Naturalplay Global parameter in the Setup menu is off or the Naturalplay setting in the Harmony edit menu is set to either Auto or Guitar. Double tap the Slider to exit Sleep or Break mode.
Specifications Analog Inputs Power Connectors: Mic: Balanced XLR, Guitar: 1/4” phone jack, Aux: 1/8” stereo mini jack Input Impedance: Balanced/Unbalanced Mic.: 2.14/1.
