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Vocal Processor
Operating instructions
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Contents VOCAL PROCESSOR About the Vocal Processor 1 The new features offered by the Vocal Processor 1 Loading the Operating System 2 Connections 3 Activate the Mic interface and the Vocal Processor 4 Adjust the Gain 5 Understanding the Vocal Processor 6 Example 6 The Vocal Processor settings 7 Setting the Voices 7 Setting the Harmony Master Volume 8 Lock (F1) 9 The EDIT button, F4 9 Vocoder, (F1) 9 Unison (F2) 9 The Edit parameters 10 The Microphone Equalizer 11 Singing or playing through the M
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Vocal Processor About the Vocal Processor Installing the Vocal Processor kit activates Equinox’s Mic/ Line interface, allowing you to sing and play instruments through the instrument’s pre-amp, process the mic or line signals with the internal Digital Effects Processors and di- rect the processed signals to the stereo and mono out- puts. In addition, the Vocal Processor feature allows you to add vocal harmonies to your live singing, so that you can play and record songs with your own harmonized
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Loading the Operating System The new Operating System upgrade rewrites the instru- ment’s Flash ROM memory, therefore, before updating the instrument, be sure to save all user-programmed data (Songs, Performances, Grooves, Drawbars, etc.) to disk or hard disk. If your instrument is installed with a SCSI interface, you can save any user programmed data to an external SCSI device. STEP 1 With the instrument turned OFF, insert the Generalmusic Operating System disk into the disk drive. After you
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Connections To work with the Vocal Processor, the minimum amount of equipment you will need is: 1. A low impedance microphone with a standard jack connector on the other end of the cable. 2. An amplification system (domestic hi-fi unit, ampli- fied speakers, mixer, etc.). 3. Although not essential, you can also use one or both types of optional control pedals to control the Mic/Line and Vocal Processor features: a switch-action pedal and a Continous control pedal. Microphone: to add vocal harmon
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Activate the Mic interface and the Vocal Processor After loading the new operating system and connecting your microphone to the Mic/Line 1 jack, the first thing to do is to activate the Mic/Line interface and the Vocal Processor. Press the SYSTEM button then go into the MASTER menu, (F3). Now press the MIC/LINE button, (F2) to open the MIC/LINE INPUTS screen. Here, you can enable both the Mic/Line interface (Mic/Line = ON) and the Vocal Processor (Vocal Proc. = ON): Mic/Line = On Vocal Processor
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Adjust the Gain The next step is to regulate the level of the microphone (or line) signal. With the front panel INPUT slider set to about the half-way mark, speak into the microphone and adjust the signal gain (impedance) with the rear-panel GAIN 1 control by turning in a clockwise rotation. INPUT 2 The GAIN 1 level is monitored by the In1 bar graph at the If you insert your mic into the top of the display. Mic/Line 2 jack, you will not be able to use the Vocal Setting a too high Gain produces
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Understanding the Vocal Processor The first thing to be sure about is what the Vocal Processor actually does. Quite simply, it harmonizes the mic signal (your voice) up to 4 times, depending on how many notes you play on the keyboard; one note, one harmonized voice. There are also two modes of operation; Vocoder mode and Unison mode. In Vocoder mode, the pitch of the harmo- nized voices depend on the pitch of the notes played on the keyboard. In Unison mode, the mic signal is doubled up to 4
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4. Speak into the microphone and turn down the mic volume with the INPUT panel slider. You should not hear your voice over the amp system. 5. Now play a note or chord (of up to 4 notes) on the key- board and at the same time sing into the mic. You’ll hear a vocal harmony consisting of as many voices as the number of notes pressed (up to 4). You don’t necessarily have to sing - you can speak (or even grumble) - the pitch of the vocal harmony will take the pitch of the notes played, therefore, ev
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Select the Vocal P. button, (F3) to enter the VOICE 1 screen: Here you have the Voice parameter to turn the voice off or on, the Volume parameter to adjust the Volume and the Pan parameter to change the position of the voice within the stereo panorama. Using the VOICE + button, F3, you can select the other 3 voices and program the corresponding parameters inde- pendently. Voice 2 Voice 3 Voice 4 The default settings of all 4 voices is ON. Setting the Harmony Master Volume After the Voice
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Lock (F1) The LOCK button locks the current Vocal settings to pro- tect them from subsequent Performance changes. To lock the current setting, press the function button F8 to activate the Lock. If you prefer memorize various different settings to the Performances, deactivate LOCK. The EDIT button, F4 The EDIT button gains access to the Vocoder and Unison selection buttons and various edit parameters which affect the vocal harmonies globally. Vocoder, (F1) VOCODER mode operates by referring to t
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The Edit parameters LFO Wave Selects the waveform of the low frequency oscillation. Assignable values: Off, Sinus, Triangle, Saw, Square, Random, Sample/Hold. LFO Rate Determines the velocity of the LFO. Assignable values: 1 … 200. LFO Depth Determines the depth of action of the LFO. Assignable values: 0 … 7. LFO Delay Determines the delay before the entry of the LFO. Entry of the LFO is gradual. Assignable values: 0 … 64. Pitch Filter Checks the pitch of the voices. In FREE mode, all pit
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The Microphone Equalizer Whether you are singing through the Equinox or using the NOTE: the Mic EQ affects the Mic/Line IN1 jack only. Vocal Processor feature, you can optimize the microphone signal by applying some EQ to the mic signal. From one of the Voice screens, press ESCAPE to return to the SYSTEM MASTER screen. Press the MIC/LINE button, (F2) to open the MIC/LINE INPUTS screen. Press the EQUAL button, (F4), to open the Equalizer screen. The Equalizer is a 4-band Mic Eq which allows you t
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Singing or playing through the Mic/Line inputs If you want to sing or play though the Equinox to exploit the instrument’s internal Digital Effects Processors, you can set appropriate parameters for both the In1 and In2 Mic/ Line inputs. From the MIC/LINE INPUTS screen, press IN1 or IN2 ac- cording to which input you are using. Note: If you are not using the Vocal Processor, deacti- vate it by setting the Vocal Proc parameter to OFF. This screen provides several parameters which affect the sign
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V.P. functions assignable to the Pedals Under SYSTEM CONTROLS, two important Vocal Proc- essor functions can be assigned to the pedals for foot con- trol: • Vocal On/Off (switch control) • Vocal Volume (Continuous control) The pedal assignment can be memorized to the Perform- ances. Special Midi Controllers associated to the V.P. To control the Vocal Processor via MIDI, the following new special MIDI controllers (Common Channel) have been implemented: Cntrl No. Description Value 12 Vocal volume
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