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INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing the TC-Helicon Quintet Vocal Harmony and Effects processor.
Quintet is the affordable key to great live and recorded vocals. Drawing upon the TC-Helicon
heritage, the Quintet is fast and easy to use. It supports simple editing and control of
harmony and effect parameters either from the front panel or via MIDI. Quintet is a state-of-
the-art product and creates the world's most natural sounding harmonies. The signal path
includes a studio-quality mic pre-amp, superior manual and automatic pitch-shifting, as well
as critically-acclaimed TC Electronic Reverb. We hope you will enjoy using the Quintet as
much as we enjoyed designing it.
Features:
• HybridShift(TM) harmony generation for smooth, natural sound
• Five distinct harmony Modes: Scalic, Chordal, Shift, Thicken and MIDI Notes
• Humanization of harmony voices
• Selectable Equal Temperament or Just Tuning for harmonies
• High Quality Mic Preamp
• MIDI CC control
• MIDI CC 'echo' of front-panel controls
• A/B program switching for live performance
• 24-bit processing with 44.1/48 kHz S/PDIF output
• Works with TC-Helicon Switch-3 footswitch accessory
Please refer to this manual often, as there are many features and variations to explore.
Our website is another good source for applications, support and other user services.
Enjoy!
The TC-Helicon Team
www.tc-helicon.com
