Hi Guy's

First result for the Digitech Vocalist live FX

Just plugged into the daisy chain output of my speaker (Kustom PA100T) into the Zoom R16 then used Audacity to convert to an MP3 file. The recording is in mono with no frills, no messing about, raw as you might say. It's exactly what the audience would hear as I run in mono these day's.

The FX setting, customized ie. not a preset.

Harmony, One voice a third up 70% level, 6% humanized, 19% gender.

Reverb, Hall 40% level, pre-delay 26%, tail 85 %.

Delay, 15% speed (auto detect) 120bpm.

Doubling, 2 voices tight 32% humanized 30%

The mic is an AKG D5 (super-cardiod pattern).

As Chas said the editing quite deep and very simple to do.

All comments or suggestions gratefully received, if they pass the censor that is.

I'll post some more ASAP

Best wishes

Col

Nice job Col,.....sounds well balanced,....some friendly advice..watch your vocal timing on this tune,..
eg: the word "Hear" should be on the downbeat..
not "I" after it....on all following lines as well...

good luck with your new unit!!

Sounds good to me. I think your choices on the harmony settings were right on point. Harmony part was very clean; perhaps just a hair more volume. That's subjective, though. I really like the little unit, so maybe I just wanted to hear more of it .

chas

I like it. Mix of lead to harmony seemed "right on".
Eddie

Morning all

Donny: I take your point, my problem is I never sing any song the same way twice, it must be from playing for 25 years in a jazz quartet.

Chas: I'll try it with a touch more harmony just for interest,
I'll also sort the cables out to record in stereo.

Eddie: Thanks' for the comment I do like this little unit, definitely a keeper.

Overall it seems, to my ears, to have a warmer more natural sound but that may be the way I had the VLT2 set up.

Col

I always liked the Digitec units over TC Helicon for that same "Warm" reason also...

Sounds pretty good. On your harmonizer, did you use chordal or a scale mode ?? I always use scale mode and I need a unit that will let me program my own scales.

Hi Mirza

The harmony tracking is worked out using the backing track if you use the "Aux" input, if no "Aux" input is detected it will create harmonies from the background music using the onboard Microphone. It would also work by sending the headphone output from your keyboard to the "Aux" input.

You can also input the scale but it's something I never use.

This is the manual perhaps this could help with your query.

Col

Try the scale mode.It is the best.

MIKI can you give us an example of Scale mode vs the other?...interesting

Hi Mirza

This is a reference to scale setting from the manual.

KEY
This parameter allows you to set the key for the generated harmonies. You
can set this parameter manually or enable the adaptive "HARMONY" feature
in the Live Adapt menu. When adaptive HARMONY is enabled, the Adapt
icon A will appear next to this parameter and the parameter will adapt as the
detected music key changes. For information on using Live Adapt, see "Live
Adapt™" on page 19. The following table provides a description of each
available KEY option.

Harmony Key Option Description

Adapt
This option is displayed when the Live Adapt "Harmony" option is enabled in the
Live Adapt menu.

C maj,C min, C# maj, C# min, D maj, D
min, D# maj, D# min, E maj, E min, F maj, F
min, F# maj, F# min, G maj, G min, G# maj,
G# min, A maj, A min, A# maj, A# min, B
maj, B min

All remaining options use the key/scale
indicated by their name for harmony voice
generation.

Col

Hi Guy's

Just remembered this video of the same song using the Pa600 and the Voicelive Touch 2, the mic is the same one the AKG D5. Recorded about 2 years ago.

https://youtu.be/VuDrg2bsGvI

Col

I did it once. I tried to sing in English..hehehe
Basically most of Western music songs will work great and you don't need much programing. You can just use regular scales that come with it.. But it sounds better and you are more in control of what is going on with harmonies..