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Detailed Operation
“Borrowing” from Another
Player
If you sing with a guitarist or MIDI keyboard
player, you can use their playing to guide the
Harmony and Hardtune effects in your VoiceLive
Rack.
Your guitarist can connect to the GUITAR IN and
THRU then to their pedalboard or amp. Their
guitar sound will remain the same and you can
turn the effects on and off when you need them.
The only limitation is the length of cable because
high impedance signals lose signal over long cable
runs. If this is an issue, you could use a preamp
out or effects loop output from the amp.
Alternatively, you can run a MIDI cable from your
keyboardist’s controller to your VoiceLive Rack.
This has no effect on the keyboard sound and
cable runs are not a problem.
With either solution, you can coordinate with the
player to make sure they are playing complete
chords where you plan to use Harmony or Hard-
tune in a song.
• Try a different Key, perhaps a 5th away from
your first choice.
• Choose a different Major or Minor alternate
Scale.
• Choose a preset with only the 3rd (High)
interval.
• Create a Step to change Key at the right mo-
ments with the Switch 3 footswitch or MIDI
command.
• Move on to the next options listed.
Singing to Music Playback
VoiceLive Rack can derive musical information
from fully mixed music tracks. For this alternative
you’ll need:
• Music source device. This could be an MP3
player, computer, CD player etc.
• Recorded music without vocals. This could be
your latest CD tracks minus your vocals or
Karaoke tracks available on the web.
Connect an MP3 Player or another audio source
to the AUX input. When you power up VoiceLive
Rack, it will auto-recognize the AUX input as the
harmony music source. Choose a Harmony or
Hardtune preset and play your music source. You
should hear your music, voice and the effects in
your PA system or headphones.
Use the volume control on your music source
device to adjust the balance of music to vocals.
You can also adjust the AUX level in the I/O tab
of the Setup menu.