TC-Helicon VoiceLive Rack Full User's Manual - Manual (Page 34)

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Detailed Operation
1. Connect your mic and a guitar to VoiceLive
Rack and either monitor through the head-
phone out or analog outputs to a mixer.
2. Set VoiceLive Rack’s I/O tab parameters as
such:
DIGITAL IN: USB: FULL MIX
DIGITAL OUT: VOCAL & GUITAR
3. Set the vocal and guitar effects so you have
an interesting sound in your monitors/head-
phones while keeping in mind these effects will
not be recorded.
4. Record two new tracks in your DAW: the dry
vocal and the dry guitar.
To process these tracks refer to the previous
description “Processing recorded vocals”.
Digital Input Notes:
When DIGITAL IN is set to:
• USB: VOX L / INST R or
• SPDIF: VOX L / INST R
...the MIC and GUITAR IN are disabled and no
sound will be heard from these inputs.
When DIGITAL IN is set to USB (or SPDIF):
STEREO, harmonies will follow the stereo audio
coming from the selected digital input on presets
where NATURALPLAY is set to AUX INPUT.
Digital Output Notes:
USB audio output will not function when either
of the SPDIF: STEREO or SPDIF: VOX L /INST R
options is chosen for the DIGITAL IN parameter.
SPDIF digital output is always available regardless
of DIGITAL IN or OUT settings.
You’re now ready to record your new fully-pro-
cessed vocal track. Playback will be heard through
VoiceLive Rack’s outputs.
Processing recorded vocals:
You can send a dry vocal track to VoiceLive Rack
for effect processing then record a new pro-
cessed vocal track in your audio application via
USB. In order to simultaneously monitor other
stereo audio program, you will need an additional
computer I/O device.
1. Follow steps 1 and 2 in the previous proce-
dure.
2. Set VoiceLive Rack’s I/O tab parameters as
such:
DIGITAL IN: USB: VOX L / INST R
DIGITAL OUT: FULL MIX
3. Configure your DAW to send the dry vocal
track to VoiceLive Rack’s left digital input and
an instrument track to the right digital input if
required for Harmony or Hardtune effects.
4. Refine your VoiceLive effects and mix, then
record the new audio track with processed
vocals.
When playing back using VoiceLive Rack as the
main output audio device, you’ll need to set the
DIGITAL IN back to USB: STEREO. If you have an
additional I/O device, this step is unnecessary.
If you plan to use the original dry track in the final
mix with effects provided by VoiceLive Rack, turn
the LEAD MUTE parameter in the I/O tab to
ON.
Recording dry vocal and guitar tracks:
With this option, you can monitor a fully pro-
cessed mix of wet guitar and vocal while record-
ing yet record only dry versions of these inputs
for more processing options later.