User manual DIGITECH VOCALISTWEX

[. . . ] VERSION EX 1. 2 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Manufacturers Name: IVL Technologies Ltd. per DigiTech specifications Manufacturers Address: 6710 Bertram Place Victoria, B. C. Canada V8M 1Z6 declares that the products: DigiTech Vocalist Performer conform to the following product specifications: EMC: EN 55022 (1987): CISPR 22 (1993) Class B EN 50082-1 (1992) Supplementary Information: The product herewith complies with the requirements of the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC (1989) as amended by the CE Marking Directive 93/68/EEC (1993). Canada V8M 1Z6 February 19, 1997 Peter George, Vice President of Engineering European Contact: Your local DigiTech Sales and Service Office or International Sales Office 3 Overlook Drive Unit #4 Amherst, New Hampshire 03031, USA Tel (603) 672-4244 Fax (603) 672 4246 TABLE OF CONTENTS Program List Introduction Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Front Panel . [. . . ] The Harmony Type selection screen is displayed. 3. 4. Your choice here affects the order and selection of editing screens because each different harmony type has its own set of parameters. Rather than explaining the location of editing screens in text, what follows is a table showing the screens in the order in which they appear. The Arrow buttons guide you to the next or previous screen, the softkeys select the different editing fields and the Data Wheel is used to change the values. Edit screen layout by harmony type: CHROMATIC: Harmony Type : Voicing : Bending : Pitch Bend : Portamento Rate : Customize : Style Name SCALIC: Voicing : Bending : Pitch Bend : Portamento Rate : Customize : Style Name CHORDAL: Voicing : Harmony Motion : Pitch Bend : Portamento Rate : Customize : Style Name VOCODER: Vocoder Mode : Transpose : Pitch Bend : Portamento Rate : Style Name PITCH CORRECT: Transpose : Pitch Bend : Portamento Rate : Style Name 29 When you are satisfied, press Store once or Exit twice to save your changes. See Storing Your Edits at the end of this chapter for more details on saving. Level 3: Customizing A Harmony Customizing allows you to determine exactly which notes are produced for any given input note. It is the deepest harmony editing level and it is only available with Chordal, Scalic and Chromatic harmony types. Examples of customized harmonies are the Blu1, Blu2 and Blu3 harmony styles shown in the Blues Third Above program. All three styles are based on a major Scalic harmony that has been edited so that certain input notes produce different harmonies from those in the strict definition of a Major scale. Once you have customized a harmony, the Voicing edit screen disappears and is replaced by the Customize Voicing screens. The Customize Voicing screens work differently in that you have all twelve notes of the scale to apply to input notes where you previously could choose only the notes within a major or minor scale for Scalics and notes from a particular chord in Chordal harmonies. The Custom Harmonies screens are as follows: Custom Voicing You have a range of twelve input notes within one octave to assign alternative harmony voicings to. You can, however, choose any of the notes within a four octave range to apply to the input notes in your octave. You also have the option of inserting a no change shown by n/c in the Custom Voicing screen. This is a way of handling non-scale or nonchord notes gracefully and to control harmony motion. Instead of assigning a particular note, you can assign a no change which locks the harmony note on the previous one regardless of whether it was higher or lower. In fact, no change forms the basis for the Chordal harmony concept where the harmony notes are confined to two or three notes per octave for any of twelve input notes. Custom Harmony Key You must tell the Vocalist Workstation EX what key your input notes are referenced to before you begin customizing. The default key from the factory is C but you can change it to any of the 12 keys. To make your own custom harmony: 1. Select a program with harmony styles close to what you want and press the Edit button. Press the softkey that corresponds to Harmony. Select the harmony style closest to what you want. Press the Edit button. 30 Note: If you want to reference your harmonies to any other key than C, press the Right Arrow button to present the Custom Harmony Key reference setting screen. Use the Data Wheel to change to the new key. 4. Press the Left Arrow button twice to locate the [Edit] to Customize screen. [. . . ] Depending on the chord changes in the accompaniment, the tight and always moving Scalic harmonies might be better for a catchy chorus where the more stationary and open Chordal harmonies would leave breathing space to highlight a lead vocal. It is important to assess these for yourself by experimenting with both types in all of the styles of music you are involved with. 59 SPECIFICATIONS Microphone Input Line Input Microphone Input Range Line Input Range Line Outputs Balanced XLR, 1 KOhm impedance, cardoid (directional) type preferred Balanced or unbalanced 1/4" TRS, +4/-10 dB level (switchable), 2. 2 KOhm impedance @ 150 Ohm source impedance: minimum -42. 1 dBu, maximum -3. 2 dBu Balanced input @ 50 Ohm source impedance: maximum +18. 0 dBu Balanced or unbalanced 1/4" TRS, stereo or mono, +4 dBu (can be reduced by trimming Output Level fader) Maximum output level +16 dBu Sampling Frequency Response (dry) Signal to Noise Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise Power Requirements A/D: 18 bit @ 48 KHz 15 Hz to 20 KHz, +0/-1 dB >92 dB A weighted 0. 032% Input voltage = 9. 75 VDC Input current = 820 mA Use only Harmon Pro Group PS750 adaptor or exact equivalent Size 6. 6" H x 10. 5" W x 1. 7" D 167 mm H x 267 mm W x 43 mm D Weight 1. 5 lb. . 7 kg. Internal Lithium Battery Sony CR2032 Note: The lithium battery in the Vocalist Workstation EX keeps a portion of the memory powered to retain user settings. If you find that user programs or songs cannot be stored, or are lost when the Workstation is turned off, this may be due to a dead battery. [. . . ]