A surprising number of songs trick other harmonizers because these songs just don’t work with a single key/scale setting. In fact, any song that has the same note sung over two different chords (for example, a C sung in the melody over a C maj / F maj chord sequence) is going to confound conventional harmonizers.
The Live 4 uses breakthrough musIQ® technology to directly analyze the output of any electric or pre-amplified acoustic guitar (no special MIDI guitars or hex-outputs needed). Then it generates the correct vocal harmony. For example, if you’re singing an A over the chords that are generally found in the key of G, Vocalist will harmonize with a C. But, if you then play an A major, Vocalist will shift to the C#...because like any good harmony singer, it listens to the guitar! With musIQ, forget about the technology – just sing and play! Skip complicated programming and having to analyze each song chord-by-chord; just…
1. Plug in your microphone and guitar;2. Pick a 3rd or 5th-above or below harmony preset;3. Sing and play — when you want harmony, just step on the footswitch!
Features
- up to 4 intelligent harmony voices added to your voice for 5-part vocal harmony with no programming or learning curve — just sing, play and let Vocalist Live 4’s groundbreaking musIQ® technology do the rest
- Selectable voicing: unison, 3rd, 5th-above or below your lead vocal
- Built-in mixer with Vocal, Harmony and Guitar level controls
- Pitch correction with four adjustable parameters
- Guitar Reverb and Chorus with four adjustable parameters
- Vocal enhancement effects matrix lets you adjust up to five parameters of Preamp, Compressor/Gate, EQ, Lead Effects, Harmony, Reverb, Echo Delay and Guitar effects
- Store and recall up to 50 User presets; and select from 50 Factory presets
- 2+10-character LED display
- Major/Minor and Key Change Up/Down buttons with LED display
- Major/Minor and Key Change Up/Down buttons with LED display
- On-board guitar tuner
- XLR mic /line input with level adjustment, low-noise high-headroom preamp and 48V phantom power
- 1/4" guitar input, 1/4" guitar pass-through and Ground Lift switch
- 1/4" line input and 1⁄8" AUX input for CD or MP3 players
- 1⁄8" headphone jack
- Stereo 1/4" line out and balanced stereo XLR line outs
- Stereo/mono output selector
- Road-rugged, all-metal chassis
- Power supply included