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Stereo PA and TC-Helicon Guitar & Headphone cable
If you own our Guitar & Headphone cable (sold separately), you can use an external monitor send to the Aux in on Play Acoustic to create a headphone/IEM mix.
PLAY ACOUSTIC
Setup example: Stereo PA and guitar/headphone cable (not included)
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5. Setup button/section
Input page (1/7)
Input parameter
Use the Input parameter to select the type of microphone you will be using.
Dynamic Mic setting
Use the Dynamic Mic setting for dynamic microphones (like an SM-58 or OM5).
Condenser Mic setting
Use the Condenser Mic setting for condenser microphones (like a Beta 87a).
MP-75 or e835fx mic setting
Use the MP-75 or the e835fx mic setting with the MP-75 or e835fx microphones,
which have an on board switch to control various functions of your Play Acoustic,
such as HIT or LOOP functions.
The Mic Control feature defaults to HIT when Mic Type is set to "MP-75" or
to "e835fx".
USB setting
Digital audio can be passed to Play Acoustic via the USB port allowing you to send
vocals from a DAW to the unit for processing.
When sending "dry" vocals from your DAW, pan the vocal signal hard LEFT in the
DAW mixer.
If you have a guitar track recorded and want it to guide harmony, pan it hard
RIGHT in the DAW mixer.
RoomSense parameter
Controls the way the two onboard RoomSense microphones work.
Ambient setting
With the Ambient setting, RoomSense uses the onboard microphones and passes
that signal via the headphone output.
Control for RoomSense level can be found in the mix section (default OFF).
To avoid feedback, the RoomSense output is only passed to the headphone
output and not the XLR output(s).
You can also mix some of the ambient signal into an in-ear monitor mix to give
you room sounds with your direct microphone feeds.
Ambient/Auto setting
With the Ambient/Auto setting, RoomSense uses the onboard microphones
and passes that signal via the headphone output. The onboard Room-Sense
microphones will also "listen" to musical information from the surrounding
environment (a single chord based instrument or even your whole band will
work!) to determine the key/scale for Harmony and HardTune effects.
If you have a guitar plugged in, the Guitar acts as the primary source for chord
detection. If you stop playing guitar, RoomSense will try to determine key/scale
from "what it hears" in the room.
Guitar parameter
Use the Guitar parameter to adjust the guitar input gain.
Different guitars have different output levels, based on their pickups and
electronics. Use this setting to ensure that your guitar input isn't too low or too high.
Set your guitar input so the input LED lights Green/Yellow most of the time, but
not RED. Refer to the "How the Input LED Level Meter Works" section for more
info about the LED meter.
Mic Control parameter
Use the Mic Control parameter to set the action you want to associate with the
Mic Button. This parameter can only be set if you are using an MP-75 or e835 fx
microphone. If you have set the Mic Type parameter to another microphone type,
this parameter will only show "N/A" (not available).
HIT setting
With the HIT setting, pressing the button mon you Mic Control-enabled
microphone will engage the HIT function in any preset that has a HIT
function assigned.
HIT + TALK setting
With the HIT + TALK setting, pressing the button on you Mic Control-enabled
microphone will engage the HIT function.
Pressing and holding the button on you Mic Control-enabled microphone
will engage TALK mode, bypassing all effects. To exit TALK mode, press the
microphone button again.
PRESET UP setting
With the PRESET UP setting, pressing the button on you Mic Control-enabled
microphone will cycle through the device's presets, moving forward.
Loop setting
With the Loop setting, pressing the button on you Mic Control-enabled
microphone will activates or deactivate the Record/Play/Overdub feature of
the Looper.
Tone Style parameter
Use the Tone Style parameter to apply varying amounts of adaptive EQ,
Compression and Gate to the signal.
OFF setting
No tone style is applied.
NORMAL setting
Some "bottom", "mid" and "air" EQ, light compression and minor gating is
applied to the signal. "Minor gating" means: When the input level gets low
enough, the input gain is reduced to improve open-mic feedback resistance.
LESS BRIGHT setting
The LESS BRIGHT setting is similar to normal, but with less emphasis on the high
frequency EQ band.
NORM+WARMTH setting
The NORM+WARMTH setting is similar to normal, with a small "mid bump" to
add some warmth to the voice.
MORE COMP setting
The MORE COMP setting utilizes the normal EQ and Gating settings, but it has
more aggressive compression settings. This is a good setting to try if you have a
large dynamic range when singing and want to keep your levels under control.