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QUESTIONS ABOUT USAGE AND PROBLEMS
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4-1.
How do I use VCS in voice chat? |
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Rest assured that VCS is compatible with most instant
messengers, such as Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Messenger, MSN
Messenger, Skype, Eyeball Chat, etc.
- First, open VCS, choose a nickvoice or adjust the
pitch & timbre as well as other features until you get
the desired result.
- Then activate
the voice chat application and start the conversation, your original
voice from microphone will be changed immediately like
the one you have just make with VCS. |
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4-2.
Can I use VCS to change my voice on the phone? |
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The
program is easy to use and able work fine with
Internet phone applications, such as Net2Phone,
Ring-voiz, SkypeOut, etc. You can make phone
call with a changed voice right from your PC to any regular phone, both local
and international.
- First, open VCS, choose a nickvoice or adjust the
pitch & timbre as well as other features until you get
the desired result.
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Then make a call. The
person at the other end will hear your changed voice at
once.
Currently, VCS
does not support landline telephones and mobile phones. |
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4-3.
How about using VCS with gaming chat
applications? |
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You can also use VCS to
create special voices for your Game characters. VCS is
compatible with many voice communication applications in
online Games like Ventrilo, Teamspeak, Roger Wilco, etc.
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4-4.
How do I modify songs and audio
clips with VCS? |
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Turn VCS
on, then play your sound files
using an audio
player, such as Windows Media Player, RealOne, Winamp, etc.
VCS can change the vocals, and apply
several effects to the audio files.
Use VCS Recorder to save the
morphed stream to a brand-new file for
your own purposes.
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4-5.
I want to sing karaoke with
different voices. Is this possible with
VCS? |
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Yes, changing your singing voice for in karaoke is
one of several benefits of using VCS. It works with PC
Karaoke Players, and also with a regular karaoke device
if your PC Line-out is connected to the karaoke device.
When working with Karaoke device, VCS only modifies the
singing voice, not the music of the song.
To do this, first, turn VCS on, set the timbre
and pitch to the desired levels,
turn the Duplex button on, then
start singing to the microphone. |
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4-6.
If I am doing voice chat and listening to music at the same time, will VCS change my voice? |
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Yes, it will.
VCS can
capture many
sound streams but process only one
at a time. When you are playing music and
doing voice chat simultaneously, VCS will
give the priority to the voice stream.
Besides, VCS has
an built-in player with advanced settings that allows
you to listen to music without interfere to the voice
chat process. |
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4-7.
Can I save a voice settings for later use? |
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Yes, you can.
When you have had the desired morphing effects for your
voice, such as settings for pitch & timbre, of the Advanced
tune, suitable effects, appropriate Frequency
Morpher settings, etc., click on the
Nickvoices button and choose
the Save command,
type in the name of the new file to save it.
The saved file will be in .nvc
file format (nickvoice layout file format).
When you wish to apply this settings, click
the Nickvoices button and choose
the Load command to
open and load the file into used. |
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4-8.
As soon as I turn on VCS, my Yahoo! Messenger
stops working. |
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You must be using an old version of VCS. Go to the
download page and upgrade your voice changer to the
latest version. Also, you may need to contact our
Support Team
for further assistance. |
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4-9.
How do I achieve a natural voice with VCS? |
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Follow these tips to have a better voice output with
VCS:
- Set the
Advanced Tune close to 0.
- Do not adjust all Equalizer
bands too high. You can
use the presets or manually combine all bands.
Try this
way: Drag the sliders down and gradually raise them up
till getting the best combination. The five left bands
are bass frequencies, and the right are trebles. Add
more bass to have a warmer voice and more treble to have
a high-pitched voice.
- VCS DIAMOND users can use the
Frequency Morpher,
Formant Morpher, Voice Equalizer
and Sound Quality to get a better
result.
- Do not open many applications while VCS is in use. |
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4.10 The
voice output is accompanied by echo and feedback. How do
I fix it? |
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Probably you have your speakers placed too close to
the microphone. Please keep away from the speakers and
turn your microphone to another direction while speaking.
Using headphones is highly
recommended for a better voice output. If the echo still
persists, open the
Volume Control (the small
speaker icon at the right corner of your taskbar), click
Advanced under Microphone and uncheck the box "1+20dB
Gain" or "Mic Boost". |
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4.11 I hear lots of background noise when running
VCS? How do I avoid it? |
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Open the
Volume Control (the small speaker
icon at the right corner of your taskbar) » click
Options menu »
Properties
» check
Recording and all
the recording controls in the list »
OK »
the Recording Control
comes up » select
Microphone and drag its volume down
until the noise
disappears.
VCS DIAMOND users can also use
Noise Reduction
in the Sound Quality module (Advanced effects panel) to reduce extra noise.
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4-12.
When I morph songs, the vocals are finely changed, but
the music is broken badly. |
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Simply adjust the
Advanced Tune
close to 0, and the problem will be fixed. |
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4-13.
It is annoying that my original voice is heard
along with the changed voice. |
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Open the
Volume Control (the small speaker
icon at the right corner of your taskbar) and check the
MUTE box under Microphone. By this way, your
original voice will be muted, and you will hear only one
voice output – the altered voice. |
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4-14.
How to
use Parody Maker and Parody Mixer? |
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- Add your own voice into Parody Voice Maker:
+ By recording a new file (*.wav) or locating a recorded file
(*.wav).
+ Try to speak a short conversation in about 30 seconds.
- Disable all the effects and pitch-timbre changes
before recording.
AV Voice Changer Software will compare your voice and
the parody voice and automatically adjust the invisible
parameters to make your voice similar to the parody one.
Using both pitch-timbre and parody may make your voice
become inaudible, please turn one them off. Learn
how to create Parody voice,
click here. |
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4-15.
Can I save
a parody voice for later use? |
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Yes, you can.
After using
Parody Maker to create
a desired parody voice, click
OK to close Parody
Maker, turn on the
Parody Mixer on the main panel, click the
Save button within the
Parody Mixer panel
(without making any changes on it),
define a name for the new file and save it. The saved
file will be in .pvc
file format (parody voice layout file format).
When you wish to apply this settings,
click the Load
button on Parody Mixer
panel and select that .pvc file.
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4-16.
How do I compare and simulate voices with VCS? |
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- Open the Voice Comparator by clicking Comparator
on the main panel.
- Turn the DUPLEX mode OFF by clicking the DUPLEX button
on the main panel.
- Select a
sample voice from the list and click the
Play button to listen to his/her voice (the spoken
phrase will be displayed in the phrase indicator).
- Click the
Record button and
speak to the
microphone the spoken phrase with the similar tempo,
intonation and pauses between the words.
- When the recording is finished,
your voice will be automatically compared to the
selected voice. Click the
Auto button to let VCS Comparator make its
own morphing settings for the voice.
- After your voice is morphed, click the
OK
button and all morphed voice parameters will be
transferred to VCS main panel.
- Now you may turn the DUPLEX mode on and use the new
settings of your morphed voice.
Note:
Try to imitate the voice of the selected
person (tempo, intonation, pitch, pauses between the
words, etc.) as much as possible. The words linked with
underline symbols do not have pauses between each other.
When you record your voice, do not make pauses between
these words either. |
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4.17 How do I record and save
the changed voice? |
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Open VCS,
make changes to the voice with VCS
features until you are satisfied.
Run VCS Recorder, speak
to the microphone, play a song, or
start a voice conversation, then press the
Record button to record the
morphed voice. Click the
Stop button
to finish the recording, the recorded file
is now available for your later use.
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4-18.
Recorded files sound nothing like what I have
modified. |
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Remember to turn off
all VCS's morphing effects when playing back your
recorded files. Otherwise, they will be morphed one more
time, and you will hear different sounds than what you
have recorded. Use the
Power
button on
the main panel to do this.
You can also use
VCS
Player to play your files out of the morphing effects (settings
in the
Preferences dialog box). To do this, click the
Preferences button on the main panel,
choose the Common
tab, uncheck the check box
Process VCS Player in morpher, click OK to
apply the settings and close the Preferences dialog box.
You now can start your files with VCS Player. |
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4-19.
How do I save recorded files in MP3 as well as
in other formats? |
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Only VCS GOLD and VCS DIAMOND offer this feature.
Open VCS, click the Recorder
button » VCS
Recorder comes up » click
Settings
»
Encoders
tab » choose the
streams settings that is the same as the once that is
going to be recorded, right
click on this stream » select "MPEG-1 Audio" for
MP3 format and “Microsoft PCM Converter” for WAV
format. If you are not sure what stream will be
processed, just right click on all of them, one by one,
and choose a desired codec. |
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4-20.
How do I set AutoRecorder for a certain
application? |
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This function is only available in VCS GOLD and VCS
DIAMOND.
Open VCS, click the Recorder
button » VCS
Recorder comes up » click
Settings
»
Autostart tab
» check
Turn
on autostart recording
» choose
Autostart for
custom applications » click the
Add button
and choose the applications you wish to have VCS
Recorder automatically start its recording process to
the list »
OK. |
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4-21.
What does the DUPLEX button stand for? |
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The DUPLEX button has 2 modes: ON and OFF. When the
Duplex is ON, you can hear your changed voice output.
When Duplex button is OFF, your changed voice is muted.
However, if you are doing voice chatting or making Internet phone,
rest assured that the person at the other end will
always hear your morphed voice whether the Duplex
button is turned on or off.
Note: The Duplex button
will be OFF by default
whenenver you use VCS with an audio player such as Windows
Media Player, Winamp, RealOne, etc. |
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4-22.
I want to exclude some audio streams and
applications from the morphing process. Is this
possible? |
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This function is only available in VCS GOLD and VCS
DIAMOND.
Click the
Preferences button on
the main panel »
Ignore Filter tab
» check
Enable
» if you want
VCS to ignore streams, check the Streams box
and select a stream in the list; if you want AV VCS to
ignore applications, check the Applications box
and use the Add
button to add the applications that you want to exclude
from the morphing process to the ignore list
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OK. |
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4-23.
How do I set a nickvoice rule for an
application? |
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This feature is only available in VCS DIAMOND.
Click the
Preferences menu on
the main panel »
Nickvoice Rules tab
» check
Enable
» click
the Add button to create a
new rule » the
New nickvoice rule dialog comes
up » type a
Name for the rule, select a
Nickvoice and an Application for the
rule »
OK
» the rule will be added to the list
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OK. |
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4-24.
Where can I download plug-in packages for my
VCS? |
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Go to our
smart update page to
download plug-ins for your VCS and have more fun. At
present, 70 nickvoices and 250 effects are available.
Also, many skins are waiting for you to download and
create a new look for your VCS.
Note: It's free to download
plug-ins for VCS DIAMOND. |
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4-25.
The interface doesn't show up on my desktop.
Instead, VCS is stuck in the taskbar. How do I fix this? |
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Regarding this problem, please do as follows:
- Press Alt + Space Bar + M (the key M stands
for "Move").
- Use the arrow keys
(←,↑,→,↓) to move VCS into the desktop. You will
see the frame lines of VCS interface.
- Left mouse and the program will be back on your
desktop.
Note: Do not open many applications when VCS
is in use. |
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4-26.
Why can’t I use all the nickvoices in the Demo
Version? How can I evaluate the software? |
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The Demo
versions demonstrate how your voice gets changed by
the nickvoices. When you have submitted a free key, you
will have 3 female nickvoices and 3 male nickvoices to evaluate the output result.
When using these nickvoices, you only need to speak to the microphone
or play music to see effects. For a
better voice output, adjust the
Advanced Tune close to 0
and do not set all equalizer bands too high. |
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