Vocal Effects Units, any recommendations

[Pinball]

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

[matski]

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/

[Pinball]

[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...

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Thanks, the video link is useful. I'll try and get a look at one of those this week

[dudewheresmybass]

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

[Pinball]

Does anyone know if Viocelive GTX is significantly more difficult to use than Voicelive play?

[steve-bbb]

+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

[ratman]

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/

[Pinball]

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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.

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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.

[skej21]

I second Steve-bbb. Our warbler has used both and the VE20 was nowhere near as good. Go for the Helicon!

[Pinball]

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

[fretmeister]

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