Pinball Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 (edited) Hi, because I sand on some recordings I'm doing a bit of live singing and playing. That was never really my plan TBH and on the recordings I use a bit of reverb and echo and occasionally distortion so that I sound "nice". As a result I'm not happy with my sound without these aids. So vocal effects? Where do I start. My thoughts so far are: 1. Buy a friends Digitech V3000 Multi Effects unit from him. It works for me with my noisy band and is easy to use but I'm not sure that the quality is there. It sounds a bit digital so more investigation needed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EftC8gGENx8 2. I was looking at the TC Helicon Voicelive GTX. That seems ideal on paper but looks more complicated. I hate over complication and am worried that it won't come out of the box because of that. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdyRzyKCSrY[/media] I have one of the TC basic pedals but thats proving difficult to set up and doesn't cover all I want. Any others that people would recommend? Edited June 11, 2014 by Pinball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matski Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I would recommend the TC Helicon VoiceLive Play. It's pretty simple to operate and has a great range of effects built in. It ships with about 200 odd presets, and more can be downloaded from the TC Helicon website. And then you can start fiddling about and creating your own patches... http://www.tc-helicon.com/products/voicelive-play/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 [quote name='matski' timestamp='1402475865' post='2473813'] I would recommend the TC Helicon VoiceLive Play. It's pretty simple to operate and has a great range of effects built in. It ships with about 200 odd presets, and more can be downloaded from the TC Helicon website. And then you can start fiddling about and creating your own patches... [url="http://www.tc-helicon.com/products/voicelive-play/"]http://www.tc-helico...voicelive-play/[/url] [/quote] Thanks, the video link is useful. I'll try and get a look at one of those this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 My wife has a boss ve20 for her sax. I've had cheeky plays with the unit over the past couple of years, and I'm tempted to get one myself for singing duties. Well worth a try Demo here :- http://youtu.be/eOL18Dhgvjo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 Does anyone know if Viocelive GTX is significantly more difficult to use than Voicelive play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 +1 for the helicon - our singist oriignally used to use the big red boss pedal but changed to the helicon - the helicon seems to be the better of the two imho mcton ect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratman Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 The TC Mic Mechanic looks pretty good. I know a couple of people who use one and they swear by them. And theyre only £119 at GAK. http://www.tc-helicon.com/products/mic-mechanic/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 [quote name='ratman' timestamp='1402676202' post='2475931'] The TC Mic Mechanic looks pretty good. I know a couple of people who use one and they swear by them. And theyre only £119 at GAK. [url="http://www.tc-helicon.com/products/mic-mechanic/"]http://www.tc-helico...s/mic-mechanic/[/url] [/quote] Yes this was my first thought and I like things that are simple but there is one track that I use distortion on while playing with "the badgers", which it won't cover. That's why I was thinking about the Voicelive ones. The GTX seems cheaper and has some guitar effects too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 I second Steve-bbb. Our warbler has used both and the VE20 was nowhere near as good. Go for the Helicon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) Helicon seems to be winning on this forum. I'll give one a shot tomorrow as I'm going past PMT Thanks all. If it doesn't make me sing like a lark its all your fault of course that would be magic Edited June 13, 2014 by Pinball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 I use a TC Helicon Harmony Singer. The guitar goes through it and the unit picks up the major or minor to make sure the harmonies are in tune - no need to program per song. Also has an excellent preset EQ, de-esser and compression. I really like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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