C o 2, C o 1, Preset edit screens – TC-Helicon VoiceLive Manual User Manual

Page 35: Root scaletype, Cmaj, Edit 2 knob: p

Advertising

PRESET EDIT SCREENS

Pitch Correction Edit Screens
VoiceLive will listen to the pitch of your voice, compare it to the selected correction scale, and then
apply pitch correction in real-time. The amount of correction applied is governed by the various
amount and timing settings.

In order to correct the pitch of a vocal, VoiceLive needs three pieces of information. It needs to
know what pitch you are singing, it needs to know what pitch you would like to be singing, and it
needs to know how perfectly you would like to be singing it. The first piece of information is deter-
mined automatically by VoiceLive as you sing using voice trained pitch detection algorithms. The
second piece is supplied by you in the form of a set of possible target correction notes. VoiceLive
looks at the set of supplied notes, listens to your vocal, and determines which note you are closest
to at any given time. Depending on how you’ve configured the correction settings, VoiceLive will
either subtly nudge your pitch, or aggressively force it to match the target note.

Pitch correcting your lead voice not only makes for great sounding lead vocals, it can also benefit
your harmonies - pitch correction is applied prior to harmony voice generation.

The best way to supply a set of target notes is in the form of a scale that matches the musicality of
your vocal. The parameters in this screen let you do this. For example, you could select all of the
notes of a C Major scale to be your target notes.

EDIT 1 knob: P

ITCH

ORRECTION

CALE

OOT

EDIT 2 knob: P

ITCH

ORRECTION

CALE

YPE

. Available options include:

• Maj (Major)
• Min1 (natural minor)
• Min2 (harmonic minor)
• Min3 (ascending melodic minor)
• Chro (Chromatic)
• Custom.

This setting in combination with scale root determines which notes your input
vocal will be corrected to.

This screen gives access to parameters that determine how subtle or aggressive the pitch correc-
tion. The upper line of the display shows in real-time the pitch correction being applied by
VoiceLive. The maximum correction displayed is +/- 200 Cents (there are 100 cents per semitone).

EDIT 1 knob: W

INDOW

(cents). When VoiceLive tries to determine which target note you are clos-

est to, it uses this parameter. For example, if the set of correction notes includes
“C, D, E, F, G, A, B” (C-major), and you are singing a very sharp D (80 cents
sharp), the window dictates whether you should be corrected to D, or not at all. If
the window was set to 80 or more cents, the D# would be corrected to the D

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

-10

Out Clip

-20
-40

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

I/O

UTILITIES

MIDI IN

PROGRAM DISPLAY

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

V O I C E L I V E

VOICE 2

VOICE 4

VOICE 1

VOICE 3

LIMIT

MIC IN

GLOBAL FX

EDITED

PRESET#

HARMONY MODE

ROOT

SCALE/CHORD

Wn55

At31 Am78

C O 2