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TC-Helicon VoiceTone Harmony-M Product Manual - Introduction

Summary of VoiceTone Harmony-M

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    Product manual english version harmony m.

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    Warning to reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. Caution this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class b digital device pursuant to part 15 of fcc rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) ...

  • Page 3: Table of Contents

    Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 quickstart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 front panel diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-13 back panel diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 getting to ...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    4 welcome to voicetone harmony-m harmony-m was built for the singer who wants the highest quality and most interesting live vocal production possible. It puts a complete vocal production center into your hands including harmony singers that follow your singing and keyboard playing. It’s also highly ...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    5 about tc-helicon at tc-helicon we truly believe that the voice is the world's most beautiful instrument. We don't mean to degrade other beautiful instruments, but the singing voice is the anthropological source for all things melodic. You should know there is a dedicated group of engineers, resear...

  • Page 6: Quick Start

    6 step 1: connect your microphone to a mic cable step 2: connect the mic cable to the mic input on harmony-m quick start make sure harmony-m is not powered at this time. Note:.

  • Page 7: Quick Start

    7 step 3: while you’re connecting and setting up, lower the fader on your mixer channel to off. Connect a 1/4” phone jack-equipped cable from the left/(mono) out to a 1/4” line level input on your sound system. Step 4: connect a midi cable from your keyboard’s midi out to the midi in on harmony-m. S...

  • Page 8: Quick Start

    8 step 5: set the input knob fully left then set the humanize, fx and harmony control knobs to the detent at the 12 o’clock position. Step 6: connect harmony-m's power adapter to main power and to the power input on harmony-m. There is no power switch so plugging it in automatically turns it on. Qui...

  • Page 9: Quick Start

    9 step 7: while singing through your microphone, raise the input knob until the input light turns green, sometimes orange on louder parts, but never red. Step 8: in preparation for your first listen, check that the leds conform to the status shown in the boxes below. You can press the button associa...

  • Page 10: Quick Start

    10 step 9: slowly raise the fader on your mixer channel as you sing into your mic. Once you’ve reached a comfortable listening level you should hear your voice clearly with some reverb effect added. Now you’re ready to hear harmony-m’s harmony voices. Tap the on footswitch so that its led lights sol...

  • Page 11: Front Panel

    11 3. Humanize control allows you to raise or lower the amount of variation in the pitch and timing of the harmony voices. At tc-helicon, we call this “humanization”. 4. Fx (effects) level control raises or lowers the mix level of the effect selected with the fx button. Full right position is approx...

  • Page 12: Front Panel

    12 6. Preset select button and preset display press to cycle through the 5 presets numbered 1 to 5 shown in the preset display. Hold to store edits you make.The dot in the corner of the display indicates that midi is received on the correct channel.To change the receive channel, see how to set the m...

  • Page 13: Front Panel

    13 14. Preset a and b select footswitch if you only need to access your two favorite sounds in performance, tapping the a/b footswitch will toggle between them quickly. If you would like to access more presets with this footswitch, hold it to enter preset select mode. Now, pressing the a/b button cy...

  • Page 14: Back Panel

    Back panel 14 3. Footswitch input connecting an optional tc-helicon switch3 footswitch here allows placement of harmony-m on your keyboard. The switch3 footswitch controls a/b, bypass and on functions from left to right.This jack can also accept a single button pedal for remote control of the on foo...

  • Page 15: Getting to Know Harmony-M

    15 how to set the midi receive channel for harmonies to be cued from your playing, the midi channel your keyboard transmits on and harmony-m’s receive channel must be set the same. If the dot in the preset display window does not flash when you play your keyboard despite a correct midi cable connect...

  • Page 16: Getting to Know Harmony-M

    Using the tone button when you activate the tone button, your voice will sound smoother and brighter. There are three high quality studio effects that accomplish this: adaptive “shape” eq, adaptive compression and de-essing. Adjusting the harmony level turn the harmony control to raise or lower the ...

  • Page 17: Getting to Know Harmony-M

    17 what do the voice 1&2 buttons do? Pressing either of these buttons can be used to select a harmony “voicing” for that voice or to turn the voice off. Voicing is the term describing a pitch-shifted version of your voice at a musically determined pitch. When the manual button is lit, these buttons ...

  • Page 18: For Advanced Users

    More information on manual mode the manual button disengages harmony-m’s musical intelligence. If you sing while the manual button is lit, you can directly “play” four harmony voices as if they were a polyphonic keyboard part.Your harmonies will not move automatically in response to your sung melody...

  • Page 19: For Advanced Users

    19 for advanced users can tap the tone button to cycle through the numbered choices shown below: d: default setting best for most situations 1: choose this if you have a very bright-sounding pa 2: this option adds “warmth” to your voice 3: increased compression. Caution: this slightly increases the ...

  • Page 20: For Advanced Users

    20 midi setup mode the midi operations of harmony-m will work for most simple setups, but there may be times when more detailed control is necessary. For this, it’s possible to change the default settings for several necessary options in the midi setup mode. Harmony-m’s buttons have alternate functi...

  • Page 21: For Advanced Users

    21 buttons.To disable cc reception completely, use the voice buttons to set a value of 0 in the preset display. O program change receive on/off (selected by the tone button) - the tone button configures whether or not harmony-m will respond to program change messages from your keyboard or sequencer....

  • Page 22: For Advanced Users

    22 to reset all, insert the power connector while holding the manual and voice 2 buttons for 3 seconds. Harmony-m will boot normally after the memory is initialized. How to change the tuning reference by default, harmony-m is tuned to a=440 hz and the harmony voices will sound in tune when you sing ...

  • Page 23: For Advanced Users

    23 for advanced users parameter cc comments modulation 1 0-127, controls vibrato intensity sustain pedal 64 0-63=off, 64-127=on, freezes chord or note input allowing improvised fills. Bypass on/off 114 0-63=off, 64-127=on harmony mute 110 0-63=off, 64-127=on harmony level 12 0-127 voice 1 voicing 14...

  • Page 24: For Advanced Users

    24 for advanced users parameter cc comments fx level 91 0-127 (set to value 0 to turn fx off) fx select 113 0-2=hall, 3-5=room, 4-6=echo, 7-9=slap, 10-12=combi, 13-15=sfx manual on/off 116 0-63=off, 64-127=on all notes off 123 all values valid midi cc chart cont..

  • Page 25: Faq And Troubleshooting

    25 my keyboard doesn’t change the harmonies. What’s wrong? Confirm harmony-m is receiving midi: 1. Check the dot in the preset display is flashing when you play your keyboard. If not set the midi channel according to the directions listed in this manual. 2. Check/replace the midi cable 3. Ensure tha...

  • Page 26: Faq And Troubleshooting

    26 keyboard performance tips to ensure that the harmony voices follow your keyboard playing as accurately as possible, it’s best to play cleanly with a minimum of accidental note strikes. In chords without a clear third, harmony-m will assume a major chord, so when you play in a minor key, and as a ...

  • Page 27: Specifications

    27 27 specifications inputs mic connector: balanced xlr, input impedance 1kohm mic input sensitivity @ 0dbfs -44dbu to +2dbu mic input sensitivity @ 12db headroom -56dbu to -10dbu ein -126dbu @ max. Mic amp gain, rg = 150 ohm midi in connector: standard 5 pin din footswitch in: 1/4” 3 conductor phon...

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