TC-Helicon VoiceLive Rack Full User's Manual - Manual (Page 44)

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GUITAR Tab Overview
This tab offers control of a suite of processing
effects for the guitar input. These effects are only
applicable when the guitar is mixed through the
signal path of VoiceLive Rack and not externally
via the GUITAR THRU jack and on to an ampli-
fier. Thus; ensure that no jack is inserted into the
GUITAR THRU jack when you want to hear and
adjust these parameters.
FX
Master on/off control for all effects in this tab.
PHASE
Phase reverse can help to minimize low and
low-mid frequency feedback on acoustic guitars
with loud monitoring. The effectiveness of phase
reversal depends on your guitar’s physical location
in relation to the monitor. If you move around the
stage, reversal may not help, but if you typically
remain in the same position it can help consider-
ably.
To see if phase reversal will help, stand where
you will perform in relation to your monitor and
carefully turn up the level of your guitar with your
guitar’s onboard volume control until it starts to
feed back. Note the volume if the control has an
indication then turn down the volume and adjust
the phase reverse control in VoiceLive Rack.
Return to standing position and adjust your guitar
volume to the level that caused the feedback. If
this didn’t work, guitar monitor level or overall
(guitar and vocal effects) will have to be reduced.
f REVERB STYLE
The Reverb processor accurately simulates acous-
tic spaces around your guitar. This is an entirely
separate processor from the one used for the
vocal processing. It does, however, offer the same
style selection but with no Style editing.
There are 30 styles to choose from covering ev-
erything from tight ambience to giant arenas. The
factory default style is called SMOOTH PLATE.
f REVERB LEVEL
Turn the Mix/Edit knob below this parameter to
raise and lower the amount of Reverb on your
guitar from the factory default of -30 dB.
f UMOD STYLE
Scroll down to this row and use the Mix/Edit
knob to change µMod (Micromod) style for the
guitar. As with Reverb, this effect processor is
entirely separate from the vocal µMod processor
while offering the same style selection. No µMod
style editing is possible for guitar.
The factory default style, MICROMOD CLONE
offers a gentle stereo detune effect.
f UMOD LEVEL
Turn the Mix/Edit knob below this parameter to
raise or lower the amount of µMod effect on
your guitar. The factory default mix level is -12 dB.
Use the Navigate arrows to tab over to the EQ
tab from the GUITAR tab. Here you will find a 3
band EQ featuring:
• Low band shelving
• All band fully parametric peak/dip control
• High band shelving
The two “Shelving” EQs boost or cut all frequen-
cies below or above the frequencies set by the
EQ LOW FREQ and EQ HIGH FREQ controls
respectively. These are most like the common
Bass and Treble controls on a stereo system.
The “Parametric” EQ boosts or cuts the frequen-
cies within a selected band that is defined by a
center frequency (EQ PARA FREQ) and a width
control (EQ PARA WIDTH). Usually, the gain of
a narrow parametric band is typically reduced to
The Setup Button