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Vocal Partner/Vocal Eliminator/Multiplex features
The VOCAL button can switch between three modes:
Operations
Talk Over
Making an announce ment durin g playback
To make an announceme nt dur ing mu sic pla yback, you most likely will want the mu sic at a
low enough v olume so that you ca n be h eard ov er the music clearly. To do this, you us e the
TALK O VER f unction(p g 9, #9) w hen the t oggle is set to ON, the music volu me is lowe red
consid erably t o allow f or the ann ouncement. When done with t he announc ement, yo u switc h
the toggle back to OFF to r eturn the music back to the level it was or iginally. If you make
sever al announc ements, and want to av oid Talk Ov er On/Off swit ching, use the AUT O mode.
When in AUTO mode, th e music volume level w ill aut omaticall y lower whenev er ther e is m ic
acti vity dur ing an ann ouncement a nd retur n when th e announceme nt is ove r.
Note: Talk Over o nly work s with Mic 1. If y ou try to use i t when speaking into Mic 2, 3 or 4, it
will n ot work. Mic 1 is r eserved as the KJ/DJ Mi c.
1. MULTIPLEX - With Multiplex media, music and lead vocals
are panned hard left and right. With the first press of this
button, the red MULTIPLEX LED is lit, indicating that lead
vocals have been removed. This feature is also known as
VOCAL CANCEL. The channel with music only is duplicated so
it is heard in both left and right channels. Some backing vocals
will remain if there is overlap in the way they are recorded.
2. VOCAL PARTNER - Pressed two more times, the VOCAL
button will illuminate the yellow LED to indicate VOCAL
PARTNER and “guide” or “lead” vocals will be activated. In this mode, the vocal layer will be
cancelled only as long there is Mic activity present. When there is no Mic/Line activity present,
the vocal layer appears for continuity. In other words, while you are singing, the vocal layer is
cancelled, and when you are not singing, the vocal layer is output. This mode is commonly used
when a solo singer wants to simulate a duet, with the KJ-7808RV as the “partner.”
3. VOCAL ELIMINATOR - Press the VOCAL button until the center, green LED illuminates. With
standard recordings, you will be able to partially remove lead vocals to turn any recording into
a Karaoke performance or for remixing possibilities. It is not possible for such an effect to
entirely remove vocals from a recording because it operates by selecting certain frequencies
that best represent the vocal range in the center of a mix. Naturally, this removes other tones
in these frequencies with it. To return to regular disc playback, press this button until all three
LEDs are unlit.