TC-Helicon VoicePro Addendum - Manual

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VOICEPRO V1.20 ADDENDUM
Introduction:
This document is an addendum to the existing VoicePro
v1.00 manual detailing new features and new factory
presets available in software version 1.20.
New features and fixes
Overall pitch detection has been improved resulting in
smoother pitch shifting in VirtuaLead and Harmony paths.
This extends to the Inflection and Vibrato blocks as well.
Low frequency pitch detection extended for smoother
shifting of deep input voices.
Faster preset loading
Extended Factory and Preset banks to 275 presets each.
Added 25 new Factory presets based on user requests.
Transducer routing change crossfade added. This silences
an infrequent noise burst when changing the Transducer
routing parameter.
Portamento in VirtuaLead pitch shift block improved when
using MIDI to provide target notes.
Out-of-range pitch shift intervals that occured when
triggered by MIDI capped to prevent system slowdowns.
New Factory Presets 251-275
251. Go Deep 2
Browser Source - Speaking
Application - Pitch & Time
This preset uses pure instrumental (non-formant corrected)
shifting for the smoothest downwards pitch shift possible at
the expense, or the beneficial creation of, formant shifting
artifacts. Voiceover customers wanted a recreation of high
quality non-formant corrected pitch shifting sounds so they
could growl and snarl into the product and have those non-
pitched sounds be shifted as well.
252. Smooth Helium
Browser Source - Speaking
Application - Pitch & Time
This is similar to Go Deep 2 in that it uses pure
instrumental shifting but it is intended to create the
smoothest upshifts available today. The beauty of this
preset is that sibilants, which normally sound heavily
aliased when shifted up, sound more natural due to the fact
that they are shifted a smaller interval than the pitched
portion of the vocal sound. Also, TC-Helicon’s high
accuracy pitch detection and shifting algorithm yields a
quality audio result.
253. Odd Crowd
Browser Source - Speaking
Application - Pitch & Time
This is a special FX preset designed for voiceover work
that combines the Harmony and VirtuaLead shifting paths
and the Inflection block to create a wide stereo “Monsters
talking at a party” effect.
254. Talking At Once
Browser Source - Speaking
Application - Pitch & Time
The Inflection block creates a “second take” effect on the
opposite side from the input voice.
255. Instant Crowd Walla
Browser Source - Speaking
Application - Pitch & Time
Feed in a voiceover track and out comes the sound of a
crowd scene for movie soundtrack work. Two of the Edit
Knobs are mapped to EQ gain to dull the High end of the
two paths used to make the effect.
256. Radio DJ
Browser Source - Speaking
Application - Pitch & Time
The Transducer and Pitch Shift blocks are used to produce
the sound of an announcer voice coming out of a radio.
The hiss and hum can be reduced or increased with the
Edit Knobs.
257. Face Lift 2
Browser Source - Speaking
Application - Pitch & Time
This preset is great for deepening spoken voice. It uses a
small amount of downwards pitch shifting combined with
formant manipulation to achieve a confidence-inspiring
voiceover effect.
258. Speaker Phone
Browser Source - Speaking
Application - Transducer
This could be equally suitable for sung vocals or
soundtrack work. It uses the Transducer block and a little
bit of room ambience from the Reverb block. The Edit
Knobs give you lots of control of distortion and band shape.
259. Phone Correction
Browser Source - Singing
Application - Correction
Appropriate for an interesting breakdown section in a pop
song, this combination of hard correction and band-limited
telephone effect can be set to the key and scale of the
song using the Edit Knobs. You can soften the correction
effect by turning the Attack Time setting to ~20 or so.
260. Rap Group
Browser Source - Singing
Application - Doubling
Not intended for singing! This preset is intended for