Vocalist Live 3 User manual

Owner’s
Manual
Vocal Harmony & Real-Time
Pitch Correction for Guitarists

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defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service.
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WITH RETURN AUTHORIZATION, where all parts and labor will be covered up to
a period of one year.A Return Authorization number may be obtained from Vocalist by
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the product’s use in any circuit or assembly.
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provements upon this product without incurring any obligation to install the same on
products previously manufactured.
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opened and tampered with by anyone other than a certified Vocalist technician or, if
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due to undocumented changes in the product or operating system since this version
of the manual was completed.The information contained in this version of the owner’s
manual supersedes all previous versions.

Contents
Overview ............................. 1
Introduction ..........................1
musIQ®Technology .............1
Included Items ......................3
Front Panel ......................... 4
Vocal Signal Strength...........4
Guitar Signal Strength.........4
Tuner Bars .............................4
Display ....................................5
  Flat/Sharp Tuner LEDs ...5
Harmony Patch Number....5
EQ ...........................................5
Compressor..........................5
Warmth..................................5
Pitch Correct........................5
Guitar Mix .............................5
Reverb ....................................6
Part A/B Footswitch ............6
Effect Footswitch .................6
Harmony Footswitch ..........6
Delay.......................................6
Harmony Mix........................7
Humanize...............................7
Setup Button.........................7
Patch Button .........................7
Voicing Buttons.....................7
Voicing Display......................7
Gender Display.....................8
Gender Buttons ...................8
Rear Panel........................... 9
Input Gain..............................9
Mic In and Line In.................9
48V..........................................9
Guitar In.................................10
Guitar Thru............................10
Stereo Mono Select.............10
Left Out .................................10
Right Out...............................10
Ground Lift Switch ..............10
Power Input...........................10
Getting Started .................. 11
Connections when using a
separate guitar amplifier.....11
Connections when
sending the guitar/vocal
mix to the PA........................12
Adjust the Guitar
Sensitivity...............................12
Tune the Guitar....................13
Adjust the Vocal Level .........13
Adjust the Effects and
Choose the Harmonies......13
Pre Effects ........................... 14
Warmth..................................14
Compressor..........................14
EQ ..........................................14
Low-cut Filter and Noise
Gate ........................................14
Effects ................................. 15
Pitch Correct........................15
Reverb ....................................15
Delay.......................................15
Effects On/Off.......................16
Engaging the Tuner...............16
Harmony ............................. 17
Harmony Patches and
Parts........................................17
Store and Recall a Patch.....17
Selecting Harmony Part A
or Part B ................................18
Selecting Patch using the
Footswitch ............................18

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.................. 24
Specifications...................... 25

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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
studio-quality audio performance, state of the art vocal processing and
an easy to use control interface.
In addition to two voices of harmony with gender control, the Vocalist
Live 3 provides five vocal pre effects, pitch correction, reverb (3
room sizes), delay (5 settings), ability to add the guitar signal to the
mix, guitar chorus, and five patches (each with A and B parts) to save
harmony configurations.The Vocalist Live 3 ensures an enjoyable and
streamlined harmony and vocal processing experience for a wide range
of applications.
musIQ®Technology
musIQ is a revolutionary technology that eliminates the need to
program key and scale information to generate Harmony Voices. In real
time musIQ technology analyzes the Lead Voice as well as the notes
and chords played on a guitar and automatically generates accurate
and musically correct vocal harmonies that both complement the Lead
Voice and fit the music being played.With musIQ technology, you can
focus on your singing and playing performance and eliminate song
programming once and for all.

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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.
Humanize control to adjust the style of the harmony voices from•
loose to tight.
Five Harmony Patches to save harmony settings, each with an A•
part and a B part to make on-stage harmony changes easy.
Real-time Chromatic Pitch Correction.•
Vocal Pre Effects:Warmth (tube preamp), Compressor, two-band•
EQ, Low Cut and Noise Gate.
Reverb with three different room sizes.•
Delay with five delay settings.•
Built-in guitar chorus effect.•
Ability to mix the guitar and vocal signals to provide the acoustic•
guitar player with a easy way to connect straight to the PA or a
powered speaker.
Low noise microphone preamp.•
48V phantom power.•
Guitar Ground Lift to eliminate any noise hum issues that may•
arise.
Built-in Guitar Tuner.•
Balanced XLR stereo outputs.•
Balanced Line Input for post processing recording applications.•
24-bit, 44.1 kHz audio quality.•

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Included Items
Before you get started, please ensure that the following items have
been included:
The Vocalist• ®Live 3
PS-0913B Power Adapter•
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. It is your
safeguard should a problem arise with your Vocalist Live 3.
Important safety tip: Always turn on amplifiers AFTER all other
connections are made to the Vocalist Live 3 and AFTER the Vocalist
Live 3 is powered up.

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Front Panel
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1. Vocal Signal Strength
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.
2. Guitar Signal Strength
This light indicates the signal strength at the Guitar In.When lit
green, a sufficient guitar input signal is present.When lit amber,
the signal strength is approaching the limit.When lit red, the guitar
signal is clipping and the Vocalist Live 3 Guitar Sensitivity setting
should be changed to Lo.
3. Tuner Bars
These are used by the Guitar Tuner to indicate whether the note
played is sharp or flat of the note shown in the Display.

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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.
5.   Flat/Sharp Tuner LEDs
These LEDs light when using the Guitar Tuner to show what note
is being played (example: F#).
6. Harmony Patch Number
This indicates which of the five Harmony Patches is presently
selected. Note that each Harmony Patch has two harmony set-
tings: Part A and Part B.
7. EQ
A two band EQ allows the tone of the input vocal to be adjusted.
The Low EQ knob controls the cut/boost of the bass frequencies.
The High EQ knob controls the cut/boost of the treble frequencies.
8. Compressor
Adjusts the amount of compression or dynamic range on the
lead voice.
9. Warmth
This controls the warmth of the vocal by emulating a tube preamp.
10. Pitch Correct
This knob adjusts the amount of the chromatic pitch correction
on the lead voice.The Enable button is used to turn pitch correc-
tion on and off. When the Enable button is lit, Pitch Correct is
on and active in the signal path.When the button is not lit, Pitch
Correct is bypassed.
11. Guitar Mix
This knob adjusts the amount of guitar signal that is present in
the output mix.The Chorus button enables and disables a cho-
rus effect for the guitar signal.The Reverb button enables and
disables the guitar signal from being routed through the reverb.

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12. Reverb
This knob adjusts the amount of reverb that is applied to the
vocals when the effects are enabled. If the Reverb button is
pressed to send the guitar signal to the reverb then this knob
also controls the amount of reverb on the guitar.
The three buttons select the character of the reverb: Studio
selects a standard studio plate reverb, Room selects a medium-
sized room and Hall selects a large concert hall.
13. Part A/B Footswitch
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.
The two LEDs above the footswitch Indicate whether Part A or
Part B of the Harmony Patch is selected.The green LED on the
left indicates Part A, the red LED on the right indicates Part B.
14. Effects Footswitch
Pressing the Effects footswitch quickly will enable and disable the
Pitch Correction, Chorus, Reverb and Delay Effects. It does not
affect the Pre-Effects (Warmth, Compressor, EQ, Low Cut, and
Noise Gate) which are always active. Pressing and holding the
switch will engage the Tuner. The Effects LED flashes when the
Tuner is active.
15. Harmony Footswitch
The Harmony footswitch turns the Harmony Voices on and off.
When the footswitch is lit, the Harmony Voices are enabled.
When it is not lit, they are bypassed.
16. Delay
This knob adjusts the amount of delay signal that is applied to
the vocals when the Effects Footswitch is enabled.
The three buttons select the delay time. There are selections for
Short, Medium and Long delays. Additionally, pressing the Short
and Medium buttons at the same time will select a medium-
short delay time. Pressing the Medium and Long buttons at the
same time will select a medium-long delay time.

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17. Harmony Mix
This adjusts the mix of the Harmony Voices with the Lead Voice
at the outputs.With the knob fully counter-clockwise, only the
Lead Voice is heard in the outputs with no Harmony Voices.With
the knob fully clockwise, only the Harmony Voices will be heard
at the outputs with no Lead Voice.
18. Humanize
This adjusts the naturalness of the Harmony Voices. The intent
is to make the harmonies sound more like real backup singers
by introducing variations in the timing and pitch. Fully coun-
terclockwise makes the harmonies follow the Lead Voice very
tightly. Fully clockwise and the harmonies are quite loose.
19. Setup Button
Press the Setup button to enter Setup Mode. Subsequent press-
es step you through the various global parameters. In Setup
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.
21. Voicing Buttons
There are individual Voicing controls for each of the two Harmony
Voices. Pressing the Voicing button of the corresponding Harmony
Voice will cycle through the Voicing options.
22. Voicing Display
These LEDs display the currently selected Voicings.To disable a
Harmony Voice, press the button until none of the LEDs is lit for
that Voice.
Note: The exact harmony note choice of the various Voicing shift
settings depends on variables such as current note or chord,
chord history and lead voice note.

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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. By pressing the Gender button of the cor-
responding Harmony Voice, you can cycle through the Gender
shifts from Masculine (M) to Feminine (F).

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Rear Panel
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1. Input Gain
This adjusts the input level of the Lead Vocal signal for both the
Mic In and Line In.The relative signal strength can be determined
by the 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″portion of the jack. The
¼” jack accepts both balanced TRS and unbalanced TS inputs.
3. 48V Phantom Power Switch
Pressing this switch turns on the 48V phantom power to the Mic
In. With the switch in the out position, the 48V phantom power is
turned off.
Note: Phantom power is normally only needed with condenser
microphones and should never be used with ribbon microphones.
To avoid damaging the microphone, please consult your micro-
phone documentation to ensure phantom power is applied only
when appropriate.

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4. Guitar In
This ¼″unbalanced TS Guitar In connects directly to the guitar
for use by musIQ®harmony generation.
Note: It is important for the Vocalist Live 3 to be the first device
in the guitar signal chain to ensure proper analysis of the guitar
signal for harmony generation.
5. Guitar Thru
The guitar signal received on the Guitar In is passed through the
¼″unbalanced TS Guitar Thru to connect to guitar effects and/or
an amplifier.
6. Stereo Mono Select
This switch selects whether the Outputs are stereo or mono.
When Mono is selected, both Outputs have the same signal and
stereo imaging is lost.
7. Left Out
These balanced XLR outputs provide a stereo mix of Lead Vocal
and Harmony Voices.The signal level coming from of the outs
could be described as a “hot” mic-level signal. It should be com-
patible with both the mic input of a mixer (with the input trim
turned down somewhat) and with a line input on the mixer (with
the level set higher).
8. Right Out
Balanced XLR output of the right channel.
9. Ground Lift Switch
This switch lifts Pin 1 of the XLR Outputs from all ground refer-
ences and may help break troublesome ground loops that cause
hum between a Mixer and a guitar amplifier.
10. Power Input
Connect only the supplied PS-0913AC adapter here to power
the Vocalist Live 3.

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Getting Started
The Vocalist Live 3 provides fully automatic vocal harmony for a guitar
player. Simply route your guitar signal intoVocalist 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.
Connections when using a separate guitar amplier
When using a separate guitar amplifier, the Guitar Thru output
provides a pass through for the guitar signal. Connect the Guitar Thru
to any guitar effects and your amplifier. Connect the XLR Output(s) to
the PA. Remember to turn the Guitar Level knob on the Vocalist Live
3 down so the guitar signal doesn’t pass to the PA.
To Speakers
To Mixer
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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. TheVocalist Live 3 allows you to mix the guitar with the
vocals and send the guitar/vocal mix to the PA via the XLR Outputs.
This allows you total control of your sound from on-stage. TheVocalist
Live 3 also provides the ability to add chorus and reverb to your guitar
signal to fill out the sound. For a solo act it is no longer necessary to
carry a mixer to the gig.
To Speakers
Adjust the Guitar Sensitivity
While playing the guitar, the Guitar Signal Strength indicator should
be green or amber. If the Guitar Signal Strength indicator does not
light when you play, the guitar signal level may be too low and the
Guitar Sensitivity should be changed to Hi. If the Guitar Signal Strength
indicator lights red quite often, then the Guitar Sensitivity should be
changed to Lo. Changing the Guitar Sensitivity will also affect the level
of the guitar signal in the Outputs.

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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
the best sounding harmonies. Alternate tunings
(for example, 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 tuner’s reference is set to 440 Hz.
To use the built-in tuner, press
and hold the Effect footswitch
to start the Guitar Tuner.The
Effect LED will flash while the
Tuner mode is active. Note that
for the Tuner to work properly
it needs to receive adequate guitar signal strength, which is indicated
by the Guitar Signal Strength indicator.
As each string is individually played, the closest note to that played will
appear on the Display and the Tuner LEDs will show the deviation in
pitch from the target note. If the string is in tune with the target note,
the green center Tuner LED will be lit. LEDs to the left will light if the
string is flat and bars to the right if the string is sharp.
When all strings are in tune, press the Effects footswitch to exit the
Guitar Tuner.
Adjust the Vocal Level
Using the Input Gain knob on the rear of the unit, adjust the level so
the Vocal level LED lights green when you sing normally and lights
amber when you sing loudly. Avoid having the vocal level LED light red
if possible.
Adjust the Effects and Choose the Harmonies
You are now ready to adjust the effects and choose harmonies as
described in the following sections.
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Pre Effects
The Vocalist®Live 3 contains a variety of pre effects to enhance your
vocal sound. There are controls on the front panel to directly adjust
the settings of the tube preamp model, the compressor and EQ.
Warmth
This controls the amount of warm subtle distortion from the tube
preamp model, adding a degree of vintage tone.
Compressor
The Compressor gives the ability to tighten up the dynamic range of the
LeadVoice. The Compressor threshold, ratio, attack and release are all
adjusted automatically to provide the right amount of overall compression.
EQ
The Vocalist Live 3’s EQ shapes the tone of the incoming vocal signal.
There are separate controls for the cut/boost of Low EQ (Bass) and
High EQ (Treble) bands.
Low-cut Filter and Noise Gate
TheVocalist 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.