DigiTech VOCALIST VL3D -, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...1 Owner s Manual Vocal Harmony and Effects Processor...

Page 2: ...NS DO NOT INSTALL NEAR ANY HEAT SOURCES SUCH AS RADIATORS HEAT REGISTERS STOVES OR OTHER APPARATUS INCLUDING AMPLIFIERS THAT PRODUCE HEAT ONLY USE ATTACHMENTS ACCESSORIES SPECIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER...

Page 3: ...Recall a Patch 16 Harmony A B Parts 16 Harmony Modes 17 musIQ Harmony Mode 17 Acappella Harmony Mode 17 Notes Harmony Mode 18 HarmonyVoicing 18 Harmony Gender 19 Harmony Mix 19 Humanize 19 Harmony On...

Page 4: ...ke additions to or improvements upon this product without incurring any obligation to install the same on products previously manufactured 6 The consumer forfeits the benefits of this warranty if the...

Page 5: ...le patches to save harmony configurations four vocal Pre Effects pitch correction three room sizes of reverb and a guitar tuner all packed into a sleek and stylish die cast metal desktop form factor t...

Page 6: ...th three different room sizes MIDI In Thru and USB MIDI Low noise microphone preamp 48V phantom power Guitar Ground Lift to eliminate any noise hum issues that may arise Built in Guitar Tuner Balanced...

Page 7: ...he aggressiveness of the sibilance suppression Noise Gate 4 Controls the noise gate threshold for the microphone input Pre Effects 5 When lit all Pre Effects are active at their respective dialed in l...

Page 8: ...level When lit amber the signal strength is nearing theVL3D limiting point When lit red the lim iter is active and the Mic Line Input Level adjustment should be reduced Guitar Signal Strength This li...

Page 9: ...I Configuration Menu this button is used to incre ment through the parameter options MIDI 18 Pressing this button enters the MIDI Configuration Menu and cycles through the five configurable options Th...

Page 10: ...of the variousVoicing shift settings depends on the Harmony Mode selected and related variables such as current note or chord chord history and lead voice note Harmony Mix 24 This adjusts the mix of...

Page 11: ...at the MIDI In jack is passed up via USB to your computer recording sequencer application MIDIThru 4 The MIDI Thru jack works in two different ways a When the USB port is not connected to a computer t...

Page 12: ...anced TS input accepts a line level signal sup plying the LeadVocal Note When the Line In input is connected do not connect anything to the Mic In input Mic In 12 This balanced XLR input accepts micro...

Page 13: ...lect the musIQ MIDI mode using the Mode button By default theVL3D listens to all MIDI channels If desired you can set theVL3D to listen to a particular MIDI channel To do that first enter the MIDI Con...

Page 14: ...are playing on the guitar and adjusts the harmonies to fit over the accompaniment To Speakers 1 2 3 4 5 6 L R You will need to select the musIQ Guitar mode using the Mode button TheVL3D must be first...

Page 15: ...ex ample DADGAD or tuning down are fine as long as the built in tuner shows each string as in tune If you are using an external tuner make sure that the reference is set to 440 Hz To use the built in...

Page 16: ...e already con 2 nected to a computer VL3D used as a MIDI Interface When theVL3D is connected directly to the computer via USB it acts as a MIDI interface Data sent into the MIDI In of theVL3D is passe...

Page 17: ...nterface When theVL3D is not connected to a computer using the USB port all MIDI data sent to the MIDI In of theVL3D is passed on to the MIDI Thru jack This allows you to chain other MIDI devices such...

Page 18: ...elease are all adjusted automatically to provide the right amount of overall compression De Esser This adjusts the aggressiveness of the De Esser suppression of sibilant sounds that may be over emphas...

Page 19: ...Reverb There are three selectable room sizes for the Reverb effect The active reverb type is indicated by the lit button Studio Reverb simulates a studio plate reverb Room Reverb simulates the natural...

Page 20: ...ct Reverb Harmony Mix Humanize or Harmony On Off parameters Store and Recall a Patch To recall a patch simply select it using the Harmony Patch button to cycle through the saved Patches of stored Harm...

Page 21: ...ccompaniment The harmony is chosen based on theVoicing selected musIQ MIDI This mode uses musIQ technology to automatically generate the harmonies based on the MIDI input musIQ Guitar This mode uses m...

Page 22: ...ing for each harmony voice see MIDI CC Mes sages section later in this document This mode provides complete control of the harmonies HarmonyVoicing These set theVoicing for the two HarmonyVoices in mu...

Page 23: ...armonyVoice with the same Gender as the Lead Voice Harmony Mix This adjusts the mix of LeadVoice with the HarmonyVoices at the outputs With the knob fully counter clockwise only the Lead Voice is pres...

Page 24: ...1 through 16 or set to AL If AL is selected theVL3D will respond to MIDI input from all 16 MIDI channels Split Point TheVL3D can be configured to respond to MIDI notes in a particular active zone of...

Page 25: ...as the starting point For example if the MIDI Channel is defined as 12 then the 4 HarmonyVoices are individually controlled by MIDI channels 12 13 14 and 15 If the MIDI Channel is defined as AL then c...

Page 26: ...lobal Parameters The following Global Parameters are automatically saved when changed Guitar Sensitivity MIDI Channel MIDI Split Point MIDI Notes Mode Configuration 1 Channel or 4 Channel MIDI CC Chan...

Page 27: ...le by MIDI CC theVL3D does not support parameter edits via SysEx Factory Reset In order to restore the presets and settings to their factory defaults follow these steps Make sure theVL3D is powered of...

Page 28: ...0 0 127 Voice 1Voicing 111 0 Off 1 Bass 2 Lower 3 Low 4 Double 5 High 6 Higher 7 Octave Voice 2Voicing 112 0 Off 1 Bass 2 Lower 3 Low 4 Double 5 High 6 Higher 7 Octave Voice 1 Gender 113 0 None 1 Stro...

Page 29: ...erb Effects De Esser Compressor Limiter Noise Gate Stereo Return Stereo Send Vocal Input Warmth Stereo Mixer with Pans and Gains Pitch Correct Harmony Voice 1 Harmony Voice 2 Harmony Voice 3 Harmony V...

Page 30: ...ft ring right sleeve ground Impedance 100 per channel Input Line to Output Line Performance Dynamic Range 107 dB 20 Hz 20 kHz A Weighted THD Noise Min Gain 0 004 1 kHz Frequency Response Max Gain 3 dB...

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Page 32: ...05 http www digitech com Printed in the USA Vocalist Live 3D Owner s Manual 18 0588 A 2009 Harman International Industries Incorporated all rights reserved DigiTech and Vocalist are trademarks of Harm...