Operation Manual
devicesprovideanoutputtoaPAsysteminsteadofheadphones.Inthiscasethereisalways
thepossibilityofaudiofeedbackifthespeakersarepointingatthemicrophone.
Lightning Enabled Audio Device
Modernaudiointerfaces(externalhardwaredevices)connectdirectlythroughthelightning
portandcanprovidemultipleinputandoutputchannelsfromtheaudiointerfacetoyour
device.Soundqualitywiththesetypesofdevicesisgenerallymuchhigherthanusingthe⅛”
jack.Thecommonconfigurationofthesedevicesistohaveamicrophonegoingtothefirst
input(monovocalchannel)andaninstrumentlikeaguitargoingtothesecondinputchannel
(monoinputchannel).VoiceJamStudiowillfeedthevocalchannelthroughthevocaleffects
pathandintothelooper.Note:It’salsopossibletorecordmoreinstrumentchannelsintoyour
performances.SeetheAudioBussectionformoreinformation.
TC-Helicon Product with USB Audio Support via Camera Connection Kit
ManyofTCHelicon’sworldclassvocaleffectprocessorssupportUSBaudiostreaming.Any
oftheseproductscanbeconnectedtoyourdeviceusingApple’scameraconnectionkitanda
USBcable.PlugyourXLRmicrophoneintotheTCHelicondevice,aswellasheadphonesor
aconnectiontoyourPAsystemwhereapplicable.UsingTCHeliconproductswilloffer
enhancedvocaleffectprocessing.
USB Sound Cards via Apple Camera Connection Kit
AnyUSBsoundcardsupportedbyApplecanbeconnectedviathecameraconnectionkit.
VoiceJamStudiowilltakethefirstchannelandsenditthroughthevocaleffectsandintothe
looper.Note:It’salsopossibletorecordmoreinstrumentchannelsintoyourperformances.
SeetheAudioBussectionformoreinformation.
Setting Levels
NomatterwhatconnectionmethodyouusetogetaudiointoVoiceJamStudio,it’simportant
thatitreceivestheidealsignallevel.Dependingonthedeviceyouareusing,theremaybea
microphonesensitivitycontrol,oraninputlevelcontrol.Adjustingthislevelincombination
withcontrollingyourdistancefromthemicrophoneandhowloudlyyousingwillenableyouto
findtheperfectinputlevelforoptimumsoundquality.
Whileyouaresinging,thelevelmetersinthetoprightcornerofVoiceJamStudio’sinterface
shouldbeconstantlyrisingtoshowgreen,oftenyellow,sometimesorange,butneverred.If
thelevelmetersonlyshowblue,youdon'thaveenoughinputlevelforthevocaleffectsto
soundtheirbest.Barsrisingontheleftindicatelowerfrequencieswhilebarstotherightshow
higherfrequencies.
