TCHELICON VOICE JAM STUDIO Owner's manual

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User Manual

Version 1.5.00

Introduction

VoiceJamStudiocombinesrealtimevocaleffectprocessingtakendirectlyfromTCHelicon’s

bestsellingprofessionalvocalprocessors,themostinnovativefourtrackstereolooperappon

themarkettoday,andamusicvideorecorderwithdirecttosocialmediasharingcapabilities. 

Quick Start

ThebestwaytogetfamiliarwithVoiceJamStudioistoattachapairofheadphones,fireup

theapp,andrunthroughthebuiltintutorial.Thesecondbestwayistowatchthetutorial

videosfoundonhttp://www.voicejamstudio.com

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Contents

Introduction

QuickStart

Contents

MakingConnections

ConnectionOptions

HeadphoneswiththebuiltinMic

Headset(Headphoneswithintegratedmic)

Mic/InstrumentAdapterDevicewith⅛”Connector

LightningEnabledAudioDevice

TCHeliconProductwithUSBAudioSupportviaCameraConnectionKit

USBSoundCardsviaAppleCameraConnectionKit

SettingLevels

TheControls

VocalEffects

PresetFavorites

VocalEffectList

SpatialSimulation

SubtleChromaticPitchCorrection

ExtremePitchCorrection

Doubling

Distortion

Echos

ExtremeShifting

SpecialEffects

Looping

WhatisLooping?

Metronome

LoopActionSynchronization

CreatingLoops

DestroyingLoops

StartingandStoppingLoops

OverdubbingLoops

OverdubSessions

WaveformTouchModes

Undo/Redo

Scrub(TapeStretch)

Stutter

Reverse

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LoopSyncModes

BeatSync

LoopSync

Serial

Free

TimeandPitchManipulation

Mixer

Sessions

TheDefaultSession

PerformanceRecorder

PerformanceLibrary

ManagingPastPerformances

PerformanceDetailEditing

AppSettings

SlaveToExternalTempo

OverdubDecay

KnobAutomationTime

RecordCountIn

AudioLatency

PerformanceRecording

StopAudioWhenIntheBackground

MIDISync

SyncingtoanApp

SyncingtoexternalMIDI

AudioBus

BasicConnection

Routingexternalappsthroughthemetronometrack

LoopTransfer:

AudioCopy

SendandreceiveloopsfromiTunesAppDocuments

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Making Connections

VoiceJamStudioisarealtimevocaleffectsprocessor,meaningyouheartheresultsofthe

effectalgorithmsappliedtoyourvoiceasyouaresinging

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withalmostnoperceptibledelay

(refertothelatencysectionformoreinformation).Thispresentsanincrediblyliberating

experienceforsingers.Singingthroughliveeffectsinrealtimeislikeplayinganewmusical

instrument.

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Caution:

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Whensingingthroughlowlatencyprofessionalmusicprocessors,whetheritbeonstageor

inthestudio,onehastobecarefultoavoidcreatingaudiofeedbackloops. 

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Afeedbackloopoccurswhenthesoundcomingintoamicrophoneisamplifiedoutthrough

speakersandispickedupagaininthesamemicrophone,whichgoesbackthroughthe

speakersagainandagain.Thisoftencreatesahighpitchedsquealingsound.

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Feedbackcanbeavoidedbyreducingthegainorbymakingsurethemicrophoneis

pointedawayfromthespeakers. 

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Note:

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AlliPhones&iPadshaveabuiltinmicrophoneandspeakers.Atminimum,VoiceJam

Studioshouldbeusedwithapairofheadphonesincombinationwiththebuiltinmicrophone.

VoiceJamStudioautomaticallypreventsyourlivevoicefrompassingdirectlythroughtothe

internalspeakersasthemetalshellofthedevicewouldstartvibratingandwouldfeedback

intotheinternalmicrophonecausingafeedbackloop.

Connection Options

Headphones with the built-in Mic

Thesimplestoption.Makesureyoudon’tcoverupthemicrophoneportwithyourfinger.

Attachanysetofcompatibleheadphones(earbud,overtheear,etc.)tothe⅛”headphone

port.

Headset (Headphones with integrated mic)

Connectaheadsetwithabuiltinmicrophonetothe⅛”portaudioport.Yourdevice’sinternal

microphonewillautomaticallybedisabled.

Mic/Instrument Adapter Device with ⅛” Connector

TherearedevicesonthemarketwhichmakeitpossibletoconnectanXLRmicrophonewitha

headphoneadapterthroughthe⅛”port.Thissetupissimilartousingaheadset.Some

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devicesprovideanoutputtoaPAsysteminsteadofheadphones.Inthiscasethereisalways

thepossibilityofaudiofeedbackifthespeakersarepointingatthemicrophone.

Lightning Enabled Audio Device

Modernaudiointerfaces(externalhardwaredevices)connectdirectlythroughthelightning

portandcanprovidemultipleinputandoutputchannelsfromtheaudiointerfacetoyour

device.Soundqualitywiththesetypesofdevicesisgenerallymuchhigherthanusingthe⅛”

jack.Thecommonconfigurationofthesedevicesistohaveamicrophonegoingtothefirst

input(monovocalchannel)andaninstrumentlikeaguitargoingtothesecondinputchannel

(monoinputchannel).VoiceJamStudiowillfeedthevocalchannelthroughthevocaleffects

pathandintothelooper.Note:It’salsopossibletorecordmoreinstrumentchannelsintoyour

performances.SeetheAudioBussectionformoreinformation.

TC-Helicon Product with USB Audio Support via Camera Connection Kit

ManyofTCHelicon’sworldclassvocaleffectprocessorssupportUSBaudiostreaming.Any

oftheseproductscanbeconnectedtoyourdeviceusingApple’scameraconnectionkitanda

USBcable.PlugyourXLRmicrophoneintotheTCHelicondevice,aswellasheadphonesor

aconnectiontoyourPAsystemwhereapplicable.UsingTCHeliconproductswilloffer

enhancedvocaleffectprocessing.

USB Sound Cards via Apple Camera Connection Kit

AnyUSBsoundcardsupportedbyApplecanbeconnectedviathecameraconnectionkit.

VoiceJamStudiowilltakethefirstchannelandsenditthroughthevocaleffectsandintothe

looper.Note:It’salsopossibletorecordmoreinstrumentchannelsintoyourperformances.

SeetheAudioBussectionformoreinformation.

Setting Levels

NomatterwhatconnectionmethodyouusetogetaudiointoVoiceJamStudio,it’simportant

thatitreceivestheidealsignallevel.Dependingonthedeviceyouareusing,theremaybea

microphonesensitivitycontrol,oraninputlevelcontrol.Adjustingthislevelincombination

withcontrollingyourdistancefromthemicrophoneandhowloudlyyousingwillenableyouto

findtheperfectinputlevelforoptimumsoundquality. 

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Whileyouaresinging,thelevelmetersinthetoprightcornerofVoiceJamStudio’sinterface

shouldbeconstantlyrisingtoshowgreen,oftenyellow,sometimesorange,butneverred.If

thelevelmetersonlyshowblue,youdon'thaveenoughinputlevelforthevocaleffectsto

soundtheirbest.Barsrisingontheleftindicatelowerfrequencieswhilebarstotherightshow

higherfrequencies.

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The Controls

Beforewegetintodetail,takeaquickglanceatthelayoutoftheuserinterface.It’sworth

skimmingthroughthebriefdescriptionsofeachofthecontrols.Referbacktothemwhen

readingthroughsubsequentsections.

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Vocal Effects

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Thenameatthetopleft(betweentheleftandrightarrows)describesthecurrentvocaleffect.

“Dry”meansnoeffectandisusefulinsituationswhereyouarespeakingtotheaudienceor

whereyouwanttorely100%onthenaturalsoundofyourvoice.InDrymodethe“NoteHold”

and“PitchBender”controlshavenoeffectasDryoperatesasa“truebypass”inthesense

thatnoeffectprocessingoccurs.

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VoiceJamStudiooffersmanydifferentvocaleffects.Youcanstepthroughthemonebyone

usingtheleftandrightarrows.Youcantaponthevocaleffectnametoseethecompletelist

whichyoucanscrollthrough.Youcantryouteacheffectbytouchingthenameoftheeffect

andsingingthroughthemicrophone.Toscrollthroughthelisttouchanddragthelistwithyour

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fingerupordown.Doubletappingonaneffectnameselectsandcollapsestheeffectlist,or

youcantapthepresetnameatthetoptocollapsethelist. 

Preset Favorites

Youcaninstantlyrecallyourfavorite5presets(A,B,C,D&E)bytappingonthebluecircles

whenthepresetlistisdroppeddown.Tostoreafavourite,selectitinthelistandthenhold

oneofthebluecirclesfor2seconds,justasyouwouldstorearadiostationinyourcar. 

Vocal Effect List

Spatial Simulation

Dry

BrightRoomReverb

BalladReverb

SuperBright

Subtle Chromatic Pitch Correction

PitchAssist

PitchAssistRoom

PitchAssistHall

Extreme Pitch Correction

Hardtune

HardtuneFiltered

HardtuneEchoes

Doubling

StereoWide

DoubleRoom

DoubleYou

DoubleHall

ThickChorus

DeepDouble

HighDouble

DeepDoubleWide

HighDoubleWide

Distortion

AttentionShoppers!

Megaphone

Distorted

DistortedMegaphone

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Echos

EchoEcho

RockabillySlap

DottedEighthEcho

RunawayEcho

PsychedelicEchoes

Echoverb

Extreme Shifting

Popeye

OliveOil

DeepVoice

DeeperVoice

DeepDetune

FemaletoMale

MaletoFemale

Thicker

Thinner

DeepC

FixedMajorHarmony

ChurchMonks

Special Effects

Cylon

RotarySpeaker

Falling4ever

SynthBassDrum

60'sSciFi

Flanger

Talkin'Tube

BassDistort

SingGuitarSolo

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Looping

What is Looping?

Allmusicislayered.Forexample,abandhasvariousmembers,eachaddingsomethingto

thefabricoftheirmusic,whileasoloartistoftenreliesonaguitarorkeyboardtoaccompany

theirsinging.Loopersofferaninnovativealternativeforlayeringandaugmentingthemusic

makingprocess.Aloopertakesadvantageofthecyclicalnatureofallpopularmusicbyfirst

allowingyoutorecordasmallchunkofaudio(usually4to16beats)andthenplaysitbackin

arepeatingloop.Asthelooprepeats,youcanoverdubandcontinuouslylayernewsoundon

topofiteachpass.Therealtimeandnonstopnatureofloopersmaketheminstrumentsin

theirownrightandhavebecomeessentialintoday’smusicindustry.

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EveryfiberofthedesignofVoiceJamStudioisbasedonthenotionthattoloopistoperform.

VoiceJamStudioisaninstrument.Throughaninnovativesetofindustryfirstlooping

features,VoiceJamStudioallowsyoutobreakthroughtheboundariesofmonotonoussingle

barloopingtocreatecompellingfullyexpressedperformances. 

Metronome

Theeasiestwaytocreategreatloopsistoconstructthemaroundanexistinggroove.Before

yourecordyourfirstloop,you’llwanttoestablishyoursessiontempo.Themetronomelets

youspecifyatempobyeithertappingarhythmdirectlyontheBPMindicatortext,orby

tappingtheleftandrightmetronomearrowstoincrementordecrementthetempoby0.5BPM

ineitherdirection.OptionallyyoucansynctoanexternalMIDItempobyusingApple’sVirtual

MIDIsystem.RefertotheVirtualMIDIsectionformoredetails.

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VoiceJamStudiohasseveralbuiltinMetronomeSounds,aswellasamutedmodewhere

themetronomebeatscanbeseenvisuallybyaflashinglightbulbicon.Touchthepulsating

metronomeicontoselectfromthevariousmetronomesounds.Note:it’spossibletousean

externaldrummachineviaAudioBustoreplacethebuiltinmetronomesound.Refertothe

AudioBussectionformoredetails. 

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Note:

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Onceyou’verecordedatleastoneloopatagiventempo,thetempoofthesession

becomeslockedsothatloopscanbesynchronizedtoeachotherfortheremainderofthe

session.Toselectanewtemposimplyerasealloftheloops.

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BesidesselectingtheMutemodeforthemetronomesound,themetronomeisalso

temporarilymutedwhenyoutouchAllStop.KeeppressingAllStopandyoucantogglethe

metronomeOnandOff.ThemetronomealsounmuteswhenyoutouchAllStart. 

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ThelevelandstereopanningofthemetronomecanbeeditedfromtheMixercontrols.Itcan

alsobefilteredthroughalowpassfilter.RefertotheMixersectionformoredetails. 

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Loop Action Synchronization

Onceametronomebeatisestablished,it’simportanttounderstandhowallloopingactions

includingcreating,starting,andstoppingloopsaresynchronized/quantizedtothebeats.Any

timeyouinitiateanaction,VoiceJamStudiodetermineswhetheryouareclosertothebeat

thatjusthappened(ifyoupressslightlylate),orifabeatisabouttooccur(youpressslightly

early).Ifyoupressearly,theeventwon’ttakeplaceuntiltheimminentbeatoccurs.Ifyou

pressjustslightlylate,VoiceJamStudiowillmakeanintelligentdecisionbasedonthe

situation.Ingeneralit’sbettertobeslightlyearlyasifyouareslightlylatetheloopermay

havetofadeinthebeginningofyourlooptokeepitontimemissinganytransientyoumight

havehadtostarttheloop.Alsoifyouaretoolate,VoiceJamStudiomaydecidethatyouare

intendingtostartonthenextbeatwhichmightthrowyourentireloopoffbyonebeat(of

coursethiscouldleadtoaninterestingmusicaleffect!)

Creating Loops

VoiceJamStudiodoesn’tplacelimitsonwhenyoucanstartrecordingaloop.Theprocessof

creatinganewlooprequirestwotouches.Thefirsttouchtotherecordiconbeginstheloop

recording(synchronizedtotheclosestbeat),andthesecondtouchtotherecordicon“closes

theloop”.Thetimebetweenthetwotouchesdictatesthelengthoftheloop.Ifyoucapture

fourcompletebeatstheloopwillbeexactlyfourbeatslong.Afterpressingtherecordbutton

thesecondtimetheloopwillbegintorepeatuntilyoustopit.

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Note:themostcommonloopisamultipleof4beats.Ifyouwanttorecorda4beatloopyou

wouldtouchrecordatthebeginningofbeat1andattheendofbeat4(actuallythestartof

beat5).Youwanttocapturefourcompletebeats.Ifyoupressedtherecordforthesecond

timeatthebeginningofbeatfouryouwouldhaveonlycapturedthreecompletebeats.

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Therearetwoalternatemethodsofclosing,or“setting”aloop.Insteadofpressingtherecord

iconforthesecondtime,youcansettheloopbypressingtheplaybuttonorthestopbutton.

Thestopbuttonwillsettheloopandstopitfromplayingbackuntilyouagainpresstheplay

button.Theplaybuttonwillsettheloopbutkeepitin“recordmode”oroverdubbing,suchthat

youcanimmediatelybegintolayerontopofitasitrepeats.

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Note:

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onceyoucreateatleastoneloopyouwillseealockiconappearbesidethemetronome

BPM.Thisindicatesthatthetempoislocked.Seethemetronomesectionformoredetails.

Destroying Loops

Topreventaccidentallyerasingaloop,yousimplyhavetoholdyourfingeronanyofthe‘X’

iconsforashorttime.You’llseeanorangehaloshrinktonothingbeforetheeraseoccurs.

Thisgivesyouasplitsecondtochangeyourmind.Destroyingloopsisfinal,unlessyou’ve

savedyoursessioninwhichcaseaslongasyoudon’tsaveagain,youcanalwaysreloadthe

currentsession.SeetheSessionssectionformoreinformation.

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Starting and Stopping Loops

Eachloophasanindividualstopandplaybutton.Atthebottomthereisalso“AllStart”and

“AllStop”.Theystartandstopallexistingloopssimultaneously,aswellasmuteandunmute

themetronome.

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Note:

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Ifyouwanttounmutethemetronomewithoutstartingallloopsyoucantapthe

metronomeicon.

Overdubbing Loops

Tooverdubmeanstolayerontopofalooptrack.WhileVoiceJamStudioallowsyouto

recordandplayloopson4separatetrackssimultaneously,italsoallowsyoutoaddunlimited

layersontoeachloop.Forexampleyoucouldrecordaloopofasimplemelody,thenoneach

progressivecyclethroughtheloopyoucouldoverdubanewvocalharmonypart.Youcanadd

asmanylayersasyouwantwithouttakinguptheotherlooptracks.Totoggleoverdubbing,

simplypresstherecordicononanexistingloop. 

Overdub Sessions

Eachtimeyoustartoverdubbingyoustartanewoverdubsession.Youmightnoticeagrey

boxcontainingtheoldaudiodatashowsupontheleftsideoftheloopwaveform.This

representsthesoundoftheloopjustpriortostartingyournewoverdubsession.Youcan

continuetooverdubaslongasyouwantforasmanycyclesaroundtheloopasyouchoose

duringanoverdubsession.Onceyouendtheoverdubsessionbypressingtherecordicon

again,youcanthencreateanewoverdubsession,oryoucangobackintothepastby

undoingthelastoverdubsession(andeverythingyoulayeredoverhowevermanycycleslong

yourlastoverdubsessionwas).VoiceJamStudioremembersthelast4overdubsessions

yourecordedandyoucanswipebackandforthbetweenthematwill.SeeUndo/Redofrom

WaveformTouchModesbelow.

Waveform Touch Modes

Thereisacontroltotherightofeachloopwaveformshowingafingerpointingatanicon.This

determinesthecurrentwaveformtouchmodeforthetrack.Waveformtouchmodescanbe

changedatanytimeduringyourperformance.Toswitchwaveformtouchmodesyouholdyour

fingeronthecontroluntilathreesegmentoverlaypopsup,andyouslideyourfingertowards

oneofthreeiconsdepictingtheavailablemodes:

Undo/Redo

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Everytimeyoucreateanewoverdubsession,thestateoftheloopjustpriortoyournew

sessionisfrozenintime.Muchlikeanimageeditororwordprocessorletsyouundo/redo

throughhistoricalchanges,VoiceJamStudioletsyouswipebetweenthelastfouroverdub

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sessions.YoucanonlyswipethroughthepreviousoverdubsessionswhentheWaveform

TouchMode“Undo/Redo”hasbeenselected.Swipingtotherightwillbringbackpast

overdubsessionsandswipingleftwillmovebackintothepresent.Forexample,youmight

createaninitialloopwithasimplemelody,startafirstoverdubsessionandaddathirdabove

harmony,startasecondoverdubsessionandaddafifthaboveharmony,andfinallystarta

thirdoverdubsessionandaddanoctaveupharmony.Atthatpointyouwouldsee3grey

boxestotheleftofthewaveform.Ifyouswipedtotherightonce,themostrecentoverdub

wouldgoaway(theoctaveharmonywouldbegone)andyouwouldnowseeonegreyboxto

therightofthewaveformandtwototheleftofit.Swipetotherightagainandyouwouldonly

havetheoriginalmelodyandthe3rdaboveharmony.Swipetotheleftandthe5thharmony

returns.

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Note:

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Youcannotswipetoundo/redowhileoverdubbing.Youmustendthecurrentoverdub

sessionfirst.

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Note:

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VoiceJamStudioonlyremembersfoursessions,soifyoustartnewoverdubsession

withfourexisting,theoldestonewillfalloutofexistence. 

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Note:

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Ifyouswipetotherighttomovetoolderoverdubsessionssuchthatgreyboxesare

showingtotherightofthewaveform,startinganewoverdubsessionwillstartanewbranch

ofhistoryandanyofthemorerecentsessionstotherightwillbelost.Fromtheexample

above,ifyouswipedleftsothatyouwereonlyhearingtheoriginalmelodyandthe3rdabove,

youcouldstartanewoverdubsessionwithanoctavedownandthe5thandoctaveup

sessionswouldbelostforever.

Scrub (Tape Stretch)

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Inscrubmodeyoucantapordragyourfingerdirectlyacrossthewaveformtoalterthe

playbackpositionasifscratchingarecord.Whenyouletgothegroovewillberestored

becauseVoiceJamStudiocalculateswhereplaybackwouldhavebeenifyouhadn’tstarted

toscrubinthefirstplace.

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Stutter

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Stuttertriggersarapidfirepatternatthenextbeatmimickingwhatyoumighthaveheardon

severaltop40billboardrecordings. 

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Reverse

Swipelefttoplaybackwardsandrighttoplayforwards.

Loop Sync Modes

Syncmodesdeterminehowloopsaresynchronizedtoeachother.Eachloopcanbesettoa

differentsyncmodeandonlyloopswithmatchingsyncmodeswillsynchronizewitheach

other.

Beat Sync

AllloopssettoBeatSyncwillhaveallactionsquantizedtothenearestbeat(create,set,start,

stop,odub).Thismeansloopswon’tnecessarilybesynchronizedtoeachother’sboundaries

butwillalwaysstayinsyncwithrespecttobeats.

Loop Sync

AllloopsintheLoopSyncgroupwillactonloopboundaries.Forexampleifyourecordeda

loopandwantedtorecordasecondloop,therecordingandsettingofthesecondloopwould

bothoccurontheboundariesofthefirst.Thismeansthesecondloopwillbeguaranteedtobe

amultipleofthefirst. 

Serial

Onlyoneloopwithinaserialgroupcanplay/recordatatime.Thisisgreatforbuildingmusic

structure.Forexampleyoucouldstartrecordingononetrackandpressingrecordonthe

otherwouldsetthefirstandrecordthesecond.Fromthenonplaying1willautomaticallystop

theother(queuedtotheloopboundaries).It’sreallyeasytoachieveachorus/versetype

structure.

Free

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Mostofthetimeyou’llwantallloopstobesynchronizedwiththemetronome.Thereasonyou

mightwanttounlocktemposynchronizationforaloopisifyou'dliketoplayitrapidlylikea

sampler,orscrubit,orrecordaloopthatloopstothebeatofitsowndrum.

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Time and Pitch Manipulation

Ifwhilesingingasustainednoteyoupressandholdtheclockiconatthetopleft,

yourvoicewillbefrozenintimeuntilyoureleaseyourfinger.It’sagreatspecial

effect.Themusicalnotecontrolopensupaverticalslidercontrolthatcanbeused

foreithergenderbendingorpitchbendingdependingontheselectedvocaleffect.

Dragthecontrolhigherorlowertoadjustthepitch.Somevocaleffectssnapthe

pitchbacktocenterlikeatraditionalpitchbendcontrolwhileothersallowyouto

shiftthepitchandkeepittherewhenyouletgo.

Mixer

Themixerletsyousetlevel,pan,andfilterforeachtrackandforthemetronome

independently.

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It'sveryusefultoindependentlycontroltheseparametersduringyourperformance.Turnthe

filterdowntogetthatelectroniclowpasscutoffeffect.Increasethe“q”toincrease

resonanceinthelowpassfilterwhichaccentuatestheclassicelectronicfiltereffect.

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Youcancontrolthevariousknobsbyholdingyourfingeronthemandeithermovingupand

down,orlefttoright.

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Tip:Avoidmovingdiagonally.Up,orRightmeansturntheknobclockwise,whileleftordown

meansturnitcounterclockwise.Diagonalmovementswillnotturntheknobsasyouwould

expect.

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Tip:Ifyoutaponaknob,itwillslowlychangefromwhereyouhaditsettoOfforPanCentre.

OnceatOfforPanCentre,tappingitagainwillslowlychangethemback.Tappingagain

whileit'smovingwillcausetheautomationtocompleteimmediately.Youcaninitiatethistype

ofautomationformultipleknobssimultaneously,forexampletofadeoutalltracksatonce.

Youcansetthefadeouttimebygoingtothesettingsmenu.

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Note:WithAudioBusconnectedyoucanroutethemicrophonethroughthelooptracksandan

externalappthroughthemetronometrack.Thatwayyoucouldusea3rdpartydrum

machineinsteadofthebuiltinmetronomesounds.RefertothesectiononAudioBusformore

details.

Sessions

Althoughaloopingpuristmightarguethateveryperformanceyougiveshouldbe“from

scratch”withnopreexistingmaterial,VoiceJamStudioletsyousaveyourworkanyway.

Whenyousaveasessionyouarestoringthecontentofall4looptracksplusthestateoftheir

fourindependentundo/redosessions.Sessionsalsostorethemastertempo,thepositionof

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alldialsinthemixer,whethersyncisonoroffforeachloop,thewaveformtouchmodefor

eachloop,andofcoursetheactivevocaleffect. 

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Thefoldericonatthetopallowsyoutoloadandsavesessions.

The Default Session

Sometimesyouwanttostartfromscratch,orcreateanewblanksession.Inthatcaseyou

shouldloadthedefaultsession.Usethefilemenu,selectload,andchoose“LoadDefault

Session”.

Performance Recorder

OneofthemostexcitingthingsaboutVoiceJamStudioisthatyoucanrecordtheaudioresult

ofeverythingyoudo,whetheritbesingingthroughlivevocaleffects,creating,destroying,

triggeringandretriggeringloops,mixing,remixing,filteringandpanningplayback;thevideo

resultofeverythingthefrontfacingcameracaptures;andthevideoscreencaptureofallthe

activityyoucreateontheVoiceJamStudiointerface.Allofthatmediaisseamlessly

combinedandcompressedandpreparedforinstantuploadtoFacebookorYouTubeortobe

exportedtoyourcamerarollforprocessinginyourfavourite3rdpartyapp.Youcanalso

uploadtheaudioportionofyourperformancesdirectlytoSoundCloudwithoneclick.

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Tooperatetheperformancerecorder,firsttapthefilmprojectoriconatthetop

centeroftheuserinterface.

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StartsandStopsrecording

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 Enterstheperformancelibrary

Performance Library

Managing Past Performances

Aslongasthelibraryisnotempty,youwillseeagridofyourpastperformances,theirtake

numberandshortdescription.Ifyouwanttoshareorexportapastperformance,touchitto

selectit. 

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Ifyouwanttodeleteoldperformancestosavespaceonyourdeviceyoucanselect“Edit”

fromthetopright,touchtheperformancesyou’dliketoremove,andthenpress“Delete

Selected”atthebottom. 

Performance Detail Editing

Onceyouselectaperformancefromyourlibraryforediting,youcanvieworshareitby

clickingononeofthesharingicons.

App Settings

Thegeariconatthetoprightiswhereyousetglobalappsettings(applyingtoallsessions). 

Slave To External Tempo

YoucanchosetoslavetoexternalMIDIdevices(hardwareconnectedviathecamera

connectionkit,lightningport,ortootherappssupportingvirtualmidimasterclock). 

Overdub Decay

Whenyouoverdubanewlayerontoaloop,youcanspecifywhathappenstotheunderlying

layers.IftheOverdubDecaywassetto100%,thenewlayerwouldbemixedwiththeold

layerandtheoverallvolumeoftheloopwouldgetlouderandlouderuntilitstartedclipping.

Setataround98%theolderlayerswillgraduallyfadeawaysuchthattheoveralllevel

remainsfairlyconstant.At0%theoldlayerswouldbecompletelyreplacedbythenew

overdublayer.Thisisactuallyaveryusefuleffectifyouwanttocompletelyreplacethe

contentsofaloopwithouterasingit.Youcanchangetheoverdubdecayinrealtimeduringa

performance.

Knob Automation Time

Whenyoucarefullytapamixerknobwithoutdraggingitwillinitiateloopautomation.

Automationwillgraduallychangetheknobfromitscurrentvaluetozero(orcentrepanforpan

knobs),orifalreadyatzero,theknobwillchangetothelastvalueithadbeensetatbefore

beingfadedtozero.Thisallowsyoutofadeinandoutbysingletappingontheknobs.You

canstartandstopseveralknobssimultaneouslyinthisway,forexampleyoucouldgradually

fadeoutallfourknobsatonce.TheKnobAutomationTimespecifieshowlongittakesaknob

toautomatebetweenthetwovalues.

Record Count In

Ifrecordingaloopwhennootherloopsareplaying,thenumberofbeatsyouselectwillbe

“countedin”beforerecordingstarts.

Audio Latency

LowlatencyisperfectforanyperformanceandisfullycompatiblewhenusingAudioBus.If

youhaveanolderdeviceandyouareusinglotsofCPUintensive3rdpartyappsinthe

background,youmayneedtosetaudiolatencytoHigh(SlowDevices)toavoidaudioclicks

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duetolimitedsharedCPUresources.ThelatestandgreatestiOSdevicesgenerallyhaveno

problemmanagingseveralaudioprocessingappssimultaneously.

Performance Recording

Ifyouareshyandyouwouldrathernotrecordthefrontfacingcameravideointoyour

performances,youcandisablefacerecordingandselect“screenonly”.Youwillstillendup

withacompellingvideoasyouraudiencewillbeabletoseeallscreenactivitythatwentinto

creatingyourmasterpiece.

Stop Audio When In the Background

WhenusingAudioBusyougenerallywantVoiceJamStudiotostopaudiowhenyoumoveto

thebackgroundsinceAudioBuswillmaintainthestreamingconnectiononitsown.Thecase

whereyoumightwantittoplayinthebackgroundiswhenyouarenotusingAudioBusbut

youareMIDIsyncingtoa3rdpartyappandyouwanttoswitchtothatappwithoutVoiceJam

Studiostopping.

MIDI Sync

Syncing to an App

OneormoreappscancommunicatetogetherusingApple’svirtualMIDIprotocol.VoiceJam

StudiocanslavesyncwithanyappcapableofgeneratingMIDIclockoutputandcapableof

followingtheindustrystandardMIDIstandardswhenitcomestoMIDIsyncingbehaviours.

Openthe3rdpartyappandselectVoiceJamStudioasanoutput.InVoiceJamStudio

settings,enableMIDIsyncandselect“VirtualInput”asthesource.

Syncing to external MIDI

VoiceJamStudiohasbeenextensivelytestedwithAbletonLiveandcanslavesyncvery

effectivelyduringperformance.ConnectyourcomputerviaaMIDIconnectortoaMIDIinput

exposedbya3rdpartylightningdeviceorUSBsoundcardorMIDIdeviceconnectedtothe

Applecameraconnectionkit.DirectAbletonLivetooutputMIDIsyncclocktotheMIDI

device.InVoiceJamStudiosettings,enable“SlavetoExternalTempo”andchoosethe3rd

partyMIDIdevice.WhenyoustartAbletonplayingthedownbeatwillsynchronizeandyou’ll

beabletocreatenewloopsinsyncwithableton.TheloopswillstayinsyncthankstoVoice

JamStudio’santidriftMIDIsyncfeature.

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AudioBus

VoiceJamStudiocanreceiveandsendaudiofromandtootherappsusingAudioBus.For

informationonhowtouseAudioBus,visittheAudioBuswebpageatwww.audiobus.us

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AthirdpartyappmaybenecessarytogetthemostoutofAudioBus.

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Basic Connection

VoiceJamStudioshouldgenerallybeontheoutputwithaninternalMicsetastheinput.This

allowsyoutoaddthirdpartyeffectsinbetween.

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Routing external apps through the metronome track

VoiceJamStudioexposesa“backingtrack”inputtoAudioBus.Anythingconnectedtoitwill

beroutedthroughthemetronomechannel.Thismeansyoucanapplyinglevel,pan,and

filteringwithintheapptoanexternaldrummachineorsequenceretc.Italsomeansthe

externalsoundsourcewillberecordedintoyourperformancerecordings.Youmightwantto

setthemetronometoMuteinthiscase.

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Note:iOSdevicescurrentlyterminatesvideorecordingwhenanappmovesintothe

background.Thismeansthatwhileyouarerecordingaperformancetake,youmustnot

leavetheapptovisitotherAudioBusapps.Youcanhowevercontrolthemusingthe

AudioBusslideoutcontrolpaneliftheexternalappsyouareusingprovidecontrols.It’sbest

toconfigureyourexternalappsbeforeyoustartrecordingyourtake.

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Loop Transfer:

Ifaloopisempty,clickonthewaveformtouchmodeicontoexposetheloopimporticonjust

aboveit.Oncealoophasaudioinit,theloopimporticonwillchangetoaloopexporticon.

Audio Copy

TherearetimeswhenyouarenotusingAudioBusbutyou’dstillliketotransferyourloopsto

andfromexternalapps.AudioCopyandAudioPasteisathirdpartystandardwhichmany

appsworkwith.Fromthefilemenuselect“LoopTransfer”.SelectingAudioCopyfromaloop

willcopyitscurrentaudiodataintoanexternal“clipboard”.WhenyoufirstclickAudioCopy

youmustwaitforVoiceJamStudiotoexporttheloopaudio.Thenyoumustselect“Copy

Audio”fromtheAudioCopydialogtobeginthetransferprocess.

Audio Paste

Youcanonlypastetoanemptyloop.SelecttheAudioPasteiconandthen“AudioPaste

FromPasteboard”.Note:iftheexternallooptempoisnotcompatiblewiththecurrentsession

tempoVoiceJamStudiowilldoitsbesttoaccommodatetheconflictingtempoassumingit’sin

4/4time.VoiceJamStudiowillnotattempttotimestretchyourexternalloops.

Send and receive loops from iTunes App Documents

UsingiTunesyoucanaccessanapp’sdocumentfolder.Ifyouselect“SendtoDocuments”

VoiceJamStudiowillexportaloop’saudioandcreateanaudiofileinthedocumentsfolder

whichyoucancopyontoyourcomputerusingiTunes.

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TCHELICON VOICE JAM STUDIO Owner's manual

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