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@@EdipGokhan Glad it helped. If you are new to the unit I've also made a vid for it called "Getting Started". Tells about basic setup

I hope it helped you. And I made another vid on this unit about Navigating and Cutomizing. It covers how to tweak harmonies and effects to your liking and save them and name them

@@stonksandspeculation1166 You can tweak almost all of the effects, including volume/intensity and name and save your final revision

I perform both solo and with a band (trio). When I play solo I of course also play acoustic guitar and run my guitar into the input. However, I am vocalist for the band (not playing guitar). What we do is, our rhythm guitarist bought a 1/4" Y jack. It splits his signal so he runs his guitar straight to the mixer/PA but also provides a line to my TC Helicon so it can read the chords, in effect 'borrowing' signal from another instrument. You may be able to do something similar with piano (electronic keyboard?). Something that is playing background chords (even keys) would be recommended. Flute would only be occasionally played. So, guitar, keyboard (bass?) would be preferred. But I'm not sure how well it would read keyboard but I bet it would. It's listening for the pitch and chords. Would just have to experiment.

@@ppalm951 i see… maybe is still a viable choice.. how does it change automatically to read your acustic environment to tell if you are inside lije a church with echo or put in a field with flat sound? It reads this in some way and adjust delay, reverb etc automatically for you in a really good way?

@@SimplicityForGood I don't rely on 'ambient' sound to read the key and chords. That's why I make sure to have an input from an instrument. Wouldn't trust it as much using ambient sound. Unless you are pitch perfect, the instrument input really helps keep the harmonies on pitch too. I can sing pretty well, but I notice that if I'm not getting a signal from the guitar, the harmonies tend to stray much easier and don't sound right. As far as adding the effects you mentioned (reverb, delay, etc. . ) Those have to be added in the customization settings that my vid describes. The unit does not add it on the fly or automatically. You have to setup and tweak how you want the vocal to sound and also set what you want the harmonies to do (1 higher, 1 lower? 2 higher? Only 1 lower? Only 1 higher? Male backup singers? Female backup?). You have all those options. I use several of these different options depending on the song. I don't think there is any unit that is automatically going to be able to read your sound and automatically add reverb and delay. You program the sound you want and then select that file for your particular song. I use the '2 harmonies above' for a lot of songs. I also have reverb set to how I like it.

@@ppalm951 aha! Thanks for clarifying this! Have you tried the Boss rc 505 looping station as well!? Do you happen to know what the reverb, delay and other functions for ones voice is like in quality to the TC Acoustic that you show here? I like the idea of having several channels for looping, like drums on one, melody voice on another, harmony and flute at others… buy is just my creative ideas right now… I have not worked with these devides yet, but seen a lot only artists and how they do it, so got inspired but not sure which device to get started with right now… so looking forward to any advice of how to best get started to perform

​@@SimplicityForGood You can adjust/tweak the reverb and effects to your liking. the TCH does a pretty good job. Our band just uses a basic mixer but my vocals already have just the right amount of reverb for my liking (from the TC Helicon). Last night at a gig we did Dancing with Myself by Billy Idol. Has reverb and delay. Works great. Not sure about separate channels for each of your instruments. Sounds like you need a small mixer. That's what I use even for solo. The Helicon as a built in looper but I never use it. So you could technically do vocals and looper (guitar) through the unit

Glad it helped!

The answer is YES. You may still talk or sing through the unit and activate effects without guitar. Just run your Mic into the input on the back of the unit and then run Mic OUT into your Amp or Mixer. However, the BIG function of having the guitar is to help your harmonies hit the correct notes and key you are singing in. Very difficult to keep harmonies smooth without it reading guitar, unless your voice is pitch perfect. Otherwise your harmonies may be off and also vary in pitch. I play solo and I input my guitar. Works great. But I'm also vocalist for a band. So our guitarist bought a 'Y' cable. One lead goes into TC Helicon and the other lead goes to mixer/PA so we get the best of both worlds. I highly suggest having some instrument to help the harmonies stay on pitch

YES you can. That's the way I have mine setup. I'm in a classic rock cover band (and also do solo stuff). I have over 300 songs in my library but only use maybe 10 different effects (basically only 2 of them 80% of the time). So I have the ones I use most in my first 15 slots. The easiest way to do all that customizing and sorting is by connecting your unit to your PC. Are you familiar with how to do that?

In case you are not, here's how to do it: -You'll first want to make sure you have the "Voice Support 2' app installed on your laptop or PC (free from Google Play store as I recall) -Use the cable from the unit (or any USB cable that fits into the connection on rear of unit) -When you plug it into PC, it should recognize that something has been plugged in -NOW, open the Voice Support app -The app should 'SCAN' your unit and settings (bar at the bottom should be showing progress) -If it recognizes everything that's a good sign -FIRST before doing anything make a BACKUP of what you now have so you don't lose anything -Do this by clicking on PRESETS tab at the top -Now click on the icon that says 'BACKUP ALL' -On left hand side of app you should see BACKUPS and now one for today -What you can do now that you have a backup is begin making changes -By clicking on one of the preset names, you will see a line with PRESET NAME. You can rename here if you'd like -As far as rearranging the order, you can now try and drag/drop to new position. You will be given options to 'move, paste, insert or swap'. This is why having made a backup is important in case you booger something up you can restore your old backup easily. -Once you've made your intended changes DO ANOTHER BACKUP before disconnecting

@@ppalm951 I should be able to. Is there an app that I would need or it’s just files?

@@jimkimsey06kimsey75 I replied again to your other comment with instructions. Check there

No. The pedal buttons only move you from one preset to another and then the HIT button turns effect ON/OFF. But what you CAN do is put your 2 effects next to each other and you could use the footswitch to go up/down from one to the other and back again. I do this with vocal effects for certain songs that need a couple of different sounds

Thank you. If I use the up and down arrows to switch sound effects, does the effect cutoff or is the sound transition smooth with some sort of trail? Thanks again.

@@borninlafc The transition is pretty immediate but I don't typically change the effect during a vocal line. Typically right in between phrases. It's pretty seamless in my opinion. If you were holding a note and then switched, yes you could tell a difference between sounds

Ha. No. Have not tried it with 12 string

Thanks. Glad it helped. I made another vid on 'Getting Started' if that will help at all

I hope it helped

You should be able to use wireless mic without a problem as long as you plug receiver into 'mic input' on the back of the unit and are activating harmonies with footswitch. I have a wireless and have used it. But if you are just sitting and playing guitar then you won't necessarily need a wireless.

@@ppalm951 Thank you so much for your help

Not sure unless your effects are way jacked up or input gain is too high?. I recorded with mine just last week and didn't have any static.

@@ppalm951 nope, nothing too high...can almost hear a sound like the wind...too

The only other one I've made is on 'Getting Started' (how to setup)

Glad it helped you. I'm still shocked that TC Helicon hasn't done any formal vid training on this unit. There is a lot to take in and the manual just isn't the same as watching someone go through it. Best of luck. ROCK ON

@ppalm951 I have a question. When I step on both the middle and left footswitch to put into loop mode it flashes for several seconds then stops. Do I need to immediately have to start my loop or does it automatically revert back to normal operation status? Hope I'm clear on this.

I wish I could help you but I don't even use the looper feature. Couldn't tell you what's going on there. Sorry

Sorry. Haven't used the looper much. Wouldn't be much help there

Thanks for the kind words. Glad they helped you. Speaking of crashes, or blue screen of death; the Play Acoustic has a backup feature. Super easy. Download the little app to your PC and connect the unit. Once connected you can backup your current settings and also rearrange your different effects by dragging/dropping as I recall. If this unit were to crash, you could simply buy a new one and load up your backup settings and be back in business in minutes. I know I've invested plenty of time in creating and tweaking my effects and harmonies. Wouldn't want to have to re-create them all over again. Great feature to have, but also have to remember to backup periodically if making changes. I rarely make any changes these days. Most of the harmonies and effects I have created work for pretty much any song. Best of luck. ROCK ON!

Sorry, I've been out of town. Mine has 137 presets. I believe the first 50 slots are customizable. But not sure exactly. I just know that you can tweak and customize effects and move them to the first however many slots. I gig regularly with a band and don't use more than 20 of the first slots.

Thanks James. Hope it helped you

What you may be looking for is RoomSense. It listens to the ambient music being played and tries to work off of it

@@ppalm951 I red the manual, and it has option to manualy set harmony key, (maj and min)... But I dont't know can it be stored as user presset?

@@MileGuerrini Sorry. I'd be no help there. I would just navigate through the settings and see if you can find what you need and see if it saves it. But would be troublesome to have to edit the key for every song.

@@MileGuerrini But now I see what you are getting at. If you can save a harmony preset in C and another in G and another in Bm. But again, I'm no help there.

@@ppalm951 thnx any way! Best regards!

In my experience it makes a pretty big difference. Been using this unit for a few years now. Without the guitar you have to be 'spot on' with your notes for the harmonies to sound right. The harmonies are less forgiving. WITH the guitar, they seem to track better. The harmonies can read the notes from the guitar to know where they are supposed to be. Without it, they are guessing by using only your voice. Any variation of your voice can throw them off. You likely can use your electric for harmonies. The unit is designed to 'enhance' raw acoustic guitar when it runs through the unit. And it DOES work well. However, one doesn't HAVE to run the guitar THROUGH the unit to make it work. I'm in an acoustic band and only do vocs for the band. One of our guitarists splits his output signal with a 'Y' jack and sends a line to my Play Acoustic. The unit only reads the guitar signal for harmonies. It's not going through the unit to the PA. He has his own acoustic processor and runs direct to the mixer. Can likely do the same with electric. Just t have to adjust your input signal to make sure it's not too 'hot'. Likely best to have a clean signal, but I'm guessing it would work

@@ppalm951 great info thanks for the fast response! Yeah that’s a good call. I wonder if I get a splitter and just send a dry line straight from guitar into the unit

@@jarcidiacono1 You may need to have 'some' sort of signal from your elec guitar. A dry elec may be too faint. The unit needs to be able to pick it up. To the left of the main display is a tiny little light marked as 'in'. If it is not lighting up while guitar is strumming or playing then your signal won't work. The light should be green when guitar is strummed. The way to do it is to strum at peak level as if actually playing. To adjust input level, have unit on, PRESS Setup button to right of display. Now PRESS Mix button on left side. The display should highlight the 'GUITAR' setting. Now use the center knob to increase/decrease guitar input level. NO light (while strummimg) means no signal. RED light means TOO MUCH signal. Use the knob to increase, decrease. You want to see it lighting up green, but not peaking at red (or even yellow if you can avoid). This is why you also want a steady signal for your feed. On electric, if your kicking in overdrive, it's likely to shoot your level into the red zone. Best of luck

@@ppalm951 thx!! Once I adjust the input gain from the setup menu on the right, how do I engage the whole guitar matching the vocal harmonies thing? Or does it do it automatically? Also….do u know how to restore the device to factory settings if i dick around with it?

@@jarcidiacono1 The harmonies should read automatically going by your voice and also trying to match with guitar as long as it is reading guitar signal (Green indicator). There IS a way to restore but I'm not well versed on it. You can also backup your settings and changes to PC. That's very handy. I try to back mine up occasionally because having used it for a few years I've tweaked a number of things to my liking. If your unit craps out on you, can buy a new one and reload everything in minutes. I gig regularly and would hate to have to lose everything start from scratch. So if you make changes you like, then you may want to eventually do a backup

Exactly why I made it. There are no real online instructions. Frustrating. Its not a pro vid at all. Just setup my phone one evening and started going through how to use it. I figured others were likely just as frustrated as me. Had been gigging with the thing for over a year by then and mostly learned by trial and error. Figured others would benefit from not having to do the same.

Glad it helped! ROCK ON!

You should be able to go into settings and change the intensity of the auto-tune. My vid shows how to get to the auto-tune settings. Use the button next to the 'level' setting to highlight it and then use the dial knob to change the intensity of the auto tune

​@@ppalm951 In the hardtune settinga theres only, shift and gender settinga on the right. Theres a setting of pitch correction percentage in the input section in the main settings, but i'm not sure IT Has something to do with the hardtune

@@danielkandela Sorry. Not very familiar with the autotune setting and not able to look at it right now. Maybe later.

@@danielkandela I just checked and I believe the 'shift' setting is what you are looking for. If it's 'shifting' your voice too much, press the button next to it to highlight, and then use the knob to turn down the shift effect. See if that works

For best quality sound you are going to need to run them into a mixer and then from the mixer into speakers or Amp. There IS a headphone jack (micro jack) on the backside, but I've never tried it. I prefer to adjust separate levels for guitar and vocal. The headphone jack is going to give you just whatever mix comes out. Likely not high quality. If using headphone jack, if your guitar has volume adjustment you could adjust your guitar volume that way vs your vocal and sort of mix it like that I suppose. That's supposing your 'speaker' has a micro input.

@@ppalm951 gotcha

Thanks Josh. Glad you enjoyed the music!

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the music!

Exactly why I made it. I was frustrated just the same. Not a pro RUclips vid. I just kicked on my phone cam one day and decided to do a walkthrough to share what I've learned about it. Glad it helped. ROCK ON!

Thanks Josh. Glad you enjoyed it

Ha! "We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents" - Bob Ross

Thanks Buzz!

@@ppalm951 You're welcome. Been binge-watching open mic tips latey, as well as TC Helicon Play Acoustic tutorials, LOL, as I'm getting a few songs ready to perform at an open mic in the near future...It was fun to see your first video from 9 years ago (which was good!) and then to see that you're still pugging away, making music. I don't currently have the Alesis SR-16 but I used it a ton when I led worship at camps way back in the 90s. You're right - the sounds are really good for an old drum machine. Anyhoo - nice work.

Actually, we are using NO backing tracks. The drums are from an Alesis SR-16. I'm the 'drummer'. Can start/stop with pedal and can also do drum fills and rolls. Been gigging with that for 25 years. Awesome for small group or even solo. Drums sound legit (SR-18 not as good). As for bass, none. The music is strictly 2 acoustic guitars. Rhythm guitarist would sort of carry the bottom end with some beefy settings. If you look up CryWolf Utah on RUclips you should find our promo vid. Using same setup. TC Helicon for vocs and harmonies and Alesis for drums. Guitars are running through Zoom acoustic guitar units. We've really dialed in our sound. Having a lot of fun. ROCK ON!

Sorry. Not really familiar with those settings. I run my acoustic through the unit and it sounds just fine. Haven't had to tinker with those at all

Glad it helped you. ROCK ON!

Thanks Ron. It's been fun. Technology today can really make you a one man band. Harmonies, drummer, etc. . .Just played a gig last week at a ski resort. Dining hall was packed. Was a lot of fun.

Glad they helped you