PERFORM-VK Manual E1: Connections
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- In this segment of the PERFORM-VK Video Manual, you will learn which connections PERFORM-VK has, how to plug everything in, and where to send lines going out.
This includes:
- USB
- Power
- Mic In (XLR)
- Instrument In
Audio or MIDI can be used to set key and scale for Harmony and HardTune. If both are connected, MIDI takes priority
- MIDI
You can control many of your SingThing’s functions using MIDI control commands (CCs).
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- Pedal In
Connect the Optional Switch 3/6 to change presets if your hands are busy
- Aux In
Aux level is set by the sending device
- Left & Right Out
Sent to mixer
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PRODUCT INFO:
Ultimate stand-mount vocal processor gives you simple and fast studio-quality sound with expandable effects and keyboard input / output
Built-in Adaptive Tone plus sweet harmony, reverb, and echo effects let you quickly create pro studio quality vocals
Beam additional effects onto three preset buttons, choosing from hundreds of available presets, to perfectly fit your musical style
1/4-inch stereo keyboard input / output lets you have more control at your fingertips with MIDI note and continuous control entry
Multi-track 4-in, 8-out USB audio interface for easy recording
Easy HIT function in beamed presets turns on layered effects with a single button press
Intelligent mic input gain for quick and painless setup
Powerful Anti-Feedback stays on alert for feedback and stops it automatically
Effortless auto-chromatic pitch correction helps you sing in tune
RoomSense mic lets you practice without a mic and automatically controls harmony
Central knob with four-color light ring for easy editing of sounds, settings, mix levels and more
Compatible with remote Mic Control and with optional foot switching through TC HELICON MP-75, MP-76, or Sennheiser* e835 FX microphones and SWITCH-3 or SWITCH-6 foot switches
3-Year Warranty Program*
Designed and engineered in Canada
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These videos are super helpful, since the manual has a lot of omissions and the device operation is non-intuitive. Beyond that, there are a couple of HUGE shortcomings in this device compared to earlier TC-Helicon devices. 1) There is no "Lead Mute" so that the vocal mic input can be muted at the output (only effects are sent to the mixer). Most quality TCH devices do have this feature (Dual Mono Mode or Lead Mute on/off). 2) Three presets only?! This is much too limiting for a serious live performance device (unless you are playing 3 songs!) My VoiceLive Play GTX, for example, has 235 presets! After spending a lot of time with a Perform-VK, I'm selling the darned thing. Its fun in the living room,
but not ready for gigs.
I am musician from Russia and I purchased TC Helicon Perform VK.
I don't know why but my device doesn’t work as it described in manual:
- AUX can be muted only with INST-IN;
- the harmony is recognizing from both INST-IN and AUX at the same time.
I just wanted to use this device as mixer also, but now I need additional mixer :-\
Nobody nowhere write about these features, the manual says it should work another way.
Can you say me, please, is it engineer mistake? Is manual incorrect? Or if I have defective device?
Thank You.
Hi once you set the gain on the unit will it stay the same the next time you turn it on?
You videos are quite helpful, and thank you for that! But the Perform VK user manual is horribly vague!!! I guess the technical writing staff at TC Helicon is assuming those who buy these products already know how to use it, and don't need stinkin' manuals! I downloaded the manual and was impressed with the MIDI implementation. I needed a smart harmonizer and of the different perform options, this is the only one that meets my needs. I purchased it for my home studio use, for writing songs with a friend and fellow musician and when I want to learn and/or play covers at home for possible future gigs. I set three different presets for the different harmony schemes, but I use program changes for the preset buttons and four of the continuous controllers, CC#21=Harmony button, CC#22=Delay (or Echo) button, and CC#23=Reverb button. I also set CC#81=Talk button 64 at the end to turn the Talk button on at the end to mute whatever effects may be active so I can talk over the mic between songs and not have to think about it. I have a track in each song on my Cakewalk DAW dedicated specifically to the VK. I'm actually a guitarist, but I have keys and a drum machine all driven by Cakewalk MIDI sequencing. The VK channel has MIDI chordal performance data for the VK to set the harmonies, and the program changes set up the start or switch between the three different harmony schemes while the CCs turn on the different effects and turn the harmonies off and on during the song performance via the DAW. MIDI is a powerful tool, and this product does work nicely with it considering the price. Set it up with a fully functional MIDI foot controller (like the MIDI Mate for example) and you can really expand the possibilities for live performances keeping your hands free!
Now with all of that rambling done, I see that the MIDI CC list in the manual lists quite a few CCs that can control this unit. I think that the manual should have at least an in depth addendum on MIDI with this product and a demonstration video going over the power of MIDI with this unit. I understand the CCs this unit responds to, like bending harmonies with the pitch wheel but it would be nice to see it in action in a video. I've been using MIDI pretty much since its inception in the 1980s (yes, I'm old, but not Santa Claus old... yet) and I'd like to think I can hold my own with it. But I've learned over the years that different instrument manufacturers implement MIDI in different ways, and I'm always learning...
Peace!!!
Your videos are a breath of fresh air from the past Helicon UA-cam library, please keep'm coming. Where is the on/off switch on the Perform VK? Please don't tell me I have to unplug it each time :(
Did you figure it out? I can't.
Yep, unfortunately no On/Off switch. I had a Volicelive Touch and it was the same case...
Hi, can I use the midi for keyboard control and also plug my guitar into the instrument jack at the same time ? Thanks
Great video and explanation of hookups. Thank you so much :)
Hi Elli, (Hope I'm spelling your name right). Love the way you teach. You remind me of Jennifer Aniston. So cute! I know this video is 4 years old, but I just got my Helicon VK and now just have to order my connections since this older model doesn't have XLR to XLR but learning so much from you. Keep the videos going. You're great!
If you play live, and sending piano and vokal to the mixer from the tc-helicon vk. Kan ypu splitt the vokal from the piano? or is everything on the same track? I want to have the vokal at one track, and piano in the other, while playing live. Is that possiable?
Hello, I have just bought the TC Helicon Perform VK. In addition to the Harmony effects, I would like to use the megaphone/telephone effects in particular. This is supposed to work with an app. However, I can't find it in the Google Play Store.
I have also installed the VoiceSupport2 software on my Win10 PC. Unfortunately, I haven't found any documentation for it. The software finds the device that I have connected via USB and MIDI. But I can't manage to get a megaphone effect on the device so that the effect is audible.
Can anyone help me?
Hi!
I just bought a TC Helicon Perfomance VK and I would like to know how to do the connections on a digital soundcraft ui16 soundboard.
I'm using my keyboard Roland FA-O6B with an inhalambric Shure microphone. I'm an amateur singer and piano player at church.
I love the Perfotmance VK, works great for our small church, but I don't know how to do the connections correctly...
Anyone can help me?
Valeria (From Barcelona)
Hi, appreciate your tutorials! It is very hard to get any Helicon product these days as they are all on back order. I am using this primarily for vocals. 3 questions. 1. Can you explain the inputs and outputs in detail?. 2. Can I use this directly to a DAW like reaper? Or, do I need the interface like my Focusrite?
3. Are there any heavy metal vocals presets you can find?
A note about your visual recordings, I can't see the colors changing when you describe them on the buttons. They're washed out to bright....
Hello there, my keyboard does not have a midi in port but it has USB port. Does the VK work that way?
What midi cable can I use to connect the Perform VK (5 pin connection) to my Korg PA300 keyboard (USB Type B connection)?
I recently purchased a TC Helicon Perform VK, but have not received it yet. I will be using it with my Roland FR 8X Digital Accordion. Is there a way to set it so it will pull harmony from my left hand chords instead of the right hand? When you connect the microphone and instrument to a PA how do you control the volume for separately? Thank you
Hi, having problems mounting the unit to a mike stand. Do I need to buy an specific clamp in order to do this or do I need a different type of mike stand. Thanks.
Hi Elli, I know you created this video 4 yrs ago but if you're still looking at your comments, I have a question. Can I use the "instrument out" (on the back of the helicon) to connect to an audio interface which in turn connects to my iMac? I basically want to use computer software to refine my vocals and keyboard track. Thank you!
I'm a guitar player can you use this with a guitar instead of a keyboard?
Can I plug this into a Motif XF7 and use it through my studio monitors? How would this be accomplished? What is the best microphone to use?
I have been using the TC Helicon Harmony M for keyboards which was fantastic, I am wanting to know if I used commercial midi files via my keyboard with the TC Helicon VK can I use manual mode harmonies instead of preset harmonies as like the Harmony M?
Can I master the harmonies with guitar connected in it? You dont seem to answer the questions anymore after 3 years... Are you putting out a new harmonizer-interface soon, as this is already many years old?
Hi User manual indicates o/p of keyboard L & R both inserted to perform vk and o/p of VK both inserted to mixer. Is that ok inserting only one o/p of keyboard to VK ?
Thanks
Dear Miss, I am trying to record on iPhone/android using the USB to Lightning/ C Cables. No luck with recording. Some time it connects and some time it doesn’t!. I have tried all the options available to resolve this issue. Nothing seems working. I am using iphone14 plus. If I buy a go guitar and use one of the quarter inch that is 6.5mm mono cable , will this resolve the recording problem on mobile devices while using perform vk.
all right. you said we can "do usb audio interfacing with the USB port". I plug my "perform-v" into my macbookpro, and .... nothing shows up, no audio device. how do I get it to show?
can you use it only with a guitar amplifier and a microphone?
Hi, can I use harmonies without entering any instruments? I am a singer so I'd only use mic, Thanks
Hello. I would like to ask you for some advice. I have Yamaha keboard PSR-S970 And powered mix Yamaha powered mixer EMX2. I've already bought TC Helicon Perform VK. I'm quite desperate, because I can't set it properly, I guess. Is it necessary to use midi cable? Helicon doesn't sound according to the harmony from my keyboard. I Hope you understand me. Greetings from Czech Republic.
Hey I'm stuck at the connections point. I'm using strictly for recording. I have the focusrite audio interface with Nektar gk 49 midi. Im a bit of a novice at this,, So trying to figure this out but feeling like I'm in over my head... any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
I was really excited and was thinking about buying this until my drummer fill me in that this doesn't have a mic out Jack. I am in a band and need the vocals and the keyboards to be separate
Why is pre-set #1 always green? I noticed your presets are all white when setting levels. ?
Hey There im am playing around with my perform VK and im just trying to figure out how to use the MIDI with my keyboard to get the best balance of harmony with my voice? I have connected it to my piano as instructed and the harmony works but the tune every time i use my keyboard and change the chords the harmonising dose not adjust to each note i play. it almost like its in auto harmonising mode and I just want to get it matching voice and keyboard working together as one. can you help ?
hello, i bought a vk. but it has no output hearing. what I will do for getting output ?
My Perform-VK is on the way...can I use midi to control the harmonies while sending the stereo outs of my keyboard directly to the FOH PA and send the vocals from the VK to the FOH on a separate channel. Thus allowing the signals to be independent at the mixing board?
Yes, that is the preferred way to use it!
Hi, how can send Midi Signals from my DAW to the TC?
Can the VK be set to MIDI Omni (receive) Mode ?
i try to set up and connect my tc helicon to my microphone and the speaker but i can’t get it to work i don’t know what im doing wrong or need another type of equipment i also have a interface but nothing work i want to do live performances but i can only hear my self with the headphones and not on the speaker is someone know about this please let me know thank you
Can you input an electric guitar into one of the instrument inputs?
yes
Hello i have a little probloem with my vk .. some time after i put every cable tu vk .. and turn on the power .. but it dosen't work .. i mean the vk has turn on / the light is on .
But there is no signal to the mixer ..
Is there a specific MIDI channel the unit receives on? Can it be changed?
To select midi channel, simply hold the Set button and press any key on the keyboard you're using. The Perform VK will automatically detect which midi channel your keyboard is using and switch to that one.
Thank you!
Is there any possibility to connect USB MIDI from my keyboard to MIDI In of Perform-VK?
Hello, I have the same question. Did you find a solution? Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
I was advised to buy a special additional USB-MIDI adapter.
Thank you so much. I will look into it.
How do I attach it to a mic stand?
QUESTION: HOW DO I USE THE VK TC HELICON WITH MY HAMMOND XK5 ORGAN AND I DON'T WANT THE SOUND OF THE ORGAN COMING THRU THE SPEAKERS I USE FOR VOICE I ONLY NEED MY VOICE TO COME THRU AND NOT THE ORGAN, BECAUSE I HAVE A LESLIE 3300 FOR THE SOUND OF THE ORGAN. ANYBODY HELP?? PLEASE SOMEONE KNOWLEDGEABLE WHO ANSWERS ME THIS QUESTION I WILL SEND YOU A $50 TIP. THRU APPLE PAY. AM I NOT UNDERSTANDING SOMETHING HERE???
Midi not recognized from:
PX S3000->USB midi host -> VK
Other setups work
PX is good
Why if I don't have a PA system?
The harmonies on mine sound really low. Like gorillas! How do I make the harmonies higher than my voice?
Midi cable keyboard in or out
Hey Fernando! I'm not sure I fully understand your Question. In this Video, Elli plugs one end of her MIDI cable into Perform VK where it says "MIDI IN", and the other end of the MIDI cable is plugged into her keyboard, where it would say "MIDI OUT". Does this answer your question?
@@tchelicon yes thank you very much
No Problem :)
What if I dont have MIDI on my keyboard but I want to use harmony?
The VK can create vocal harmonies based on audio via the instrument inputs, Aux input or even the built-in RoomSense mic, deferring to them in that order. MIDI works the best if you have it, but the audio detection method works surprisingly well an alternative. After a decade of using MIDI only for my TC-Helicon devices, I'm now using the instrument inputs because my new keyboard doesn't have standard MIDI jacks.
the keyboard connected thru the 8 pin midi cable has a ton of latency, how can that be fixed? it is useless if there is ot a resolution , thank you
Hi there, sorry to hear you're having trouble with the Perform-VK. I recommend backing up any presets you wish to save using VoiceSupport 2 and then factory reset the Perform-VK by powering on the unit while holding the Harmony and Echo buttons simultaneously. Let me know if this resolves the latency issue.
please put the videos in spanish
in all the web i can´t find one in spanish