How do i use this thing, Looping tips – TC-Helicon VoiceLive Play Details Manual User Manual

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How Do I Use This Thing?

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Press Back to exit.

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Pick a preset you like.

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Press play on your mp3 player or computer .

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Sing your heart out!

Looping Tips

When it comes to looping, practice is the key. You might notice that your loops have a small gap be-

tween the end of the phrase and when the loop restarts . This happens when you mis-time pressing the
PLAY/REC/O-DUB button. Pay careful attention to co-ordinating your button press to the down beat,

so that the loop beginning and end is seamless.
Experiment with exiting LOOP MODE and picking a different vocal sound for the next O-DUB layer.
You can get some great results by simply varying the sounds that are part of the loop.
When adding an O-DUB layer, you can record multiple passes of O-DUB parts without starting and

stopping the looper. This allows you to add numerous parts, which can all be removed with a single
UNDO action. (they can also be brought back by repeating the UNDO action)

Using a Switch3 will give you permanent access to looping without pressing the Up and Down foot-
switches. It frees up those switches to be assigned for Key/Scale selection, plus you don’t have to go in
and out of loop mode to change presets . It times out automatically, so you can choose a new sound .
The Switch3 buttons are mapped as follows:
1. Rec/Play/O-Dub
2 . Stop/Clear (Hold)
3 . Undo
The benefit of having undo on a separate button is the ability to perfectly time your undo, rather than
waiting a moment for a Hold to be registered.

Note: When a Switch3 is plugged in, Key/Scale selection is automatically assigned to UP/DN . When the
Switch3 is unplugged, UP/DN remains Key/Scale and will need to be changed in the setup menu if you
wish to assign UP/DN back to Looping.

For more info on Switch 3, check out:

www .tc-helicon .com/products/switch-3

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