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Originally posted by deakes:
I thought I'd chime in on the voicelive conversation and offer up some more info to ST. I've been using the voicelive for about a year now as a solo acoustic act and doing the VL foot switch dance moving through keys and scales to sync the harmony to my lead vocal. With the VL, a Boss RC-20 and a Roland GR-20 at my feet it gets to be a real excercise in focus at times... at least until reciently. through another forum I found I could use the midi out of the Roland GR-20 to feed chord info to the midi in of the Voicelive and now the VL automatically tracks my changes by chord. What a good thing that is !! There's a new editor on the street too that gives you access to your VL from your PC for editing, here's a link to a forum for VL users.. http://www.voicelive.rocks.it/ lots of good stuff there. Hope that helps ! Duane

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Originally posted by Jabber53:
I am a brand new PAS owner (two subs) as of today and spent the better part of the day working with the system both with and without my VoiceLive unit. At first, I wasn't really happy as I was getting a lot of hiss. So much so that I unplugged it and went straight in. Glad I did that to hear the natural sound of the system. It is great. However, I still wanted to sort out the VoiceLive unit. Of course, I plugged the thing in straight away without zeroing all the settings first and forgetting it was set to work well with my old three-way system.

I finally figured this thing out.

First, you really should run it using the TRS to two 1/4 plugs as a channel insert. That, coupled with turning the master on the remote down, the trim on channel one all the way up and the channel volume on the remote up from there for room volume produce the least amount of hiss for me. I also backed of a bit on the output of the VoiceLive unit itself.

Of course, I guess I could go back now with those settings and try running it without the insert setup, too and see if that does the same thing. Anyway, that's how I got the hiss to get down low enough that it didn't tick me off anymore.

Frankly, I still imagine I will be using the PAS straight and either not using the VoiceLive at all or using it sparingly for the few songs I want quiet harmony on or a slight bit of reverb. I am very pleased with the natural sound of the SM58 direct with the VoiceLive bypassed.

• The connector that is the 'send' (could be marked Send, Right, or Ring) goes to the TC Helicon Line Input (Blue in the diagram below).
  
• The connector that is the 'receive' (could be marked Return, Left, or Tip) goes to the TC Helicon Output - Left (Purple in the diagram below).
  

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• Microphone - to - Bose Preamp (Channel 1)
  
• Bose preamp - to - Voice Live (This is the Channel Insert Send)
  
• Voice Live (harmonies and pitch controlled) - back to the Bose System (This is the Channel Insert Return).

• If you run effects like the VoiceLive that alter the tone of the mic, then you probably will want to use preset 00 (instead of 05). When you do that you are missing out on the benefit of the preset.
  
• If you run the mic direct to the VoiceLive, you are using the mic preamp in the VoiceLive. If you run the mic direct to the Bose, you are using the Bose mic preamp in the Bose.
  It is really up to you and your preferences, as to which sounds better.
  
  It's no secret that I'm a big fan of the mic preamps and presets in the Bose System, so I think it is at worth it to try it.
  

• Scenario A: Run the mic direct to the Bose System (preset 05). Give this a listen.
  
• Scenario B: Run the mic to the VoiceLive. Then
  Run the VoiceLive (no effects or harmony) to the Bose - Channel 1, preset 00. Give this a listen.
  

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Originally posted by Col. Andy:
Noel: I've used my Vocal Harmonizer both ways, and much prefer direct into the bose with the insert to the Harmonizer. The Harmonizer works as usual, but I don't use much of the reverb these days.

Respect
Col. Andy