Great video Todd, this is the only video on the T.C.Helicon TalkBox that has examples without music so you can really see what it does. I got mine in today so it's time to plug it in with an envelope filter on the input to create some audio ear candy. Thanks for the real deal review brother
Great job on the review. Just FYI your video camera or whatever you're using to record this has a really bad auto focus sound that happens every time it changes focus which is often. Thanks for the sharing this review 👍
I love the idea that it doesn't use a hose, but I always understood talk boxes were played through an amp, not a PA. I'd like to just play it through my amp. Is there any reason a couldn't or wouldn't want to run the XLR out to an XLR male to 1/4 inch adapter to a boost pedal to one of two inputs to my amp with my guitar going in the other? It is my understanding the output is at mic level and thus the need for a boost. Great video!
@wehkfam5680 hi, you can try ..I would do it without the boost first and at low volume to see how your Amp reacts. If your amp isn't two channels and just a high/ low input you may cancel some signal.. The hose type traditional talk boxes still utilized a microphone and they would use a separate setup just for those. Let me know how it works I might consider using it differently as well. Rock on!
🤘🏻🤘🏻 nice review....I'm thinking this could work for me.... did you run your guitar through it into the front of your amp, or through the effects loop? I wonder if that would make any difference 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ I guess I'll find out after I get mine
Hi, I'm running my guitar signal into this first then into one other pedal and directly into my Head Rush modeler. So that should be similar to running into the front of your amp, no experience with it in an effects loop you'd have to experiment with that for best sound. Have fun with it!
@aaronstielstra6055 Hey, so you connect guitar line in and a line out to your Amp .. but, you still need to use a microphone into a PA of some kind to hear the processed signal. You can choose a setting in talk box mode that plays your guitars signal along with the processed effect or bypass so you only hear the effect through whatever you're using for the microphone. The overall benefit of this pedal is no tube's ( hose) needed.. It would be nice to be able to connect a mic and just drive everything through your Amp but the only way to achieve that is if you have an all in one Amp with mic input.. hope that helps
Thinking of pulling the trigger on this. Thanks! Questions: So mic goes xlr in and output is xlr out to the PA system? If I sing too, do I need a separate mic? Or is the pedal completely bypassed when toggled off? Finally, I dig the Frampton style talk box sounds, but how about true vocodor sounds like Lipps, Inc. Funky Town? THANKS!
Hi, you have to have an instrument source ie guitar running through via 1/4 inch input output and then talking /singing into the microphone is what triggers the effect when the pedal is engaged. With the effect switch off the microphone signal bypasses the effect and you can sing normally, but to engage the effect you need to use the mic, similar to the original talk box tube concept. The other effects like synth and vocoder were cool but I don't have application for them in my acts , you should be able to toggle the effect on and off instantly to get what you're looking for in something like Funky Town. Ps I love the pitch correction on this, almost worth the price for that. Hope that helps
The signal from your microphone either passive with the effect off or processed with the effect on which would go into a PA for amplification unless you use a standalone amp source that would accept an XLR in. You have to control the effect with a microphone. Your guitar signal will pass through the 1/4 inch in and out you can select the talk box effects to include your "dry" signal which would play simultaneously with the prices signal or muted so that it's the classic microphone only effect. Hope that helps
Hi just used a Shure SM58 so an XLR cable from the mic in and an XLR cable out to a mixer and then a standard guitar cable in and guitar cable out to the amplifier. You have to have an instrument plugged in to have it work and you need to sing or talk into the microphone to engage the effect. Hope that helps. I use it live with the band and it turns people's heads.. And the pitch correction definitely works.
There has to be an instrument , guitar and maybe keyboard plugged in and then your voice through a microphone triggers the effect. Not sure if you could do it with a recording..
Great video Todd, this is the only video on the T.C.Helicon TalkBox that has examples without music so you can really see what it does. I got mine in today so it's time to plug it in with an envelope filter on the input to create some audio ear candy. Thanks for the real deal review brother
Glad the demo was helpful! It's def a cool tool, enjoy!
Just ordered this from Amazon I’m so excited!
Great job on the review. Just FYI your video camera or whatever you're using to record this has a really bad auto focus sound that happens every time it changes focus which is often. Thanks for the sharing this review 👍
That was helpful. Thanks!
Glad it helped! I posted a cover of Frampton Show Me The Way and the unit is all through it, it's a cool pedal I use it live every show.
I love the idea that it doesn't use a hose, but I always understood talk boxes were played through an amp, not a PA. I'd like to just play it through my amp. Is there any reason a couldn't or wouldn't want to run the XLR out to an XLR male to 1/4 inch adapter to a boost pedal to one of two inputs to my amp with my guitar going in the other? It is my understanding the output is at mic level and thus the need for a boost. Great video!
@wehkfam5680 hi, you can try ..I would do it without the boost first and at low volume to see how your Amp reacts. If your amp isn't two channels and just a high/ low input you may cancel some signal..
The hose type traditional talk boxes still utilized a microphone and they would use a separate setup just for those.
Let me know how it works I might consider using it differently as well.
Rock on!
@Toddacoustic-allthingsguitar Thank you!
Imma gonna get one and would immediately go full on decepticon's soundwave: lazerbeak, rumble..attack 😅
Nice job! Nice play
Thanks, have test drove it with the band it's a great tool and fun looking forward to using it Live
@@Toddacoustic-allthingsguitar Good luck! I bought it too
🤘🏻🤘🏻 nice review....I'm thinking this could work for me.... did you run your guitar through it into the front of your amp, or through the effects loop? I wonder if that would make any difference 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ I guess I'll find out after I get mine
Hi, I'm running my guitar signal into this first then into one other pedal and directly into my Head Rush modeler. So that should be similar to running into the front of your amp, no experience with it in an effects loop you'd have to experiment with that for best sound. Have fun with it!
@@Toddacoustic-allthingsguitar 😎😎😎 I think you convinced me to get one even if I only use it for 1 or 2 songs....thanx for the info
can I use a regular 4.5 jack microphone or I have to have that 3 point jack ?
It uses standard XLR input and output for the microphone, standard 1/4 " jack for the guitar in and out
@@Toddacoustic-allthingsguitar Understood, thanks
question : do we have to play notes with any instrument while recording, or can we do it without it?
Yes you need to play to make the effect active and then control it with the mic
Please God somebody make a video showing how to plug the thing in. All I want to do is run it into an amp and play.
@aaronstielstra6055 Hey, so you connect guitar line in and a line out to your Amp .. but, you still need to use a microphone into a PA of some kind to hear the processed signal. You can choose a setting in talk box mode that plays your guitars signal along with the processed effect or bypass so you only hear the effect through whatever you're using for the microphone.
The overall benefit of this pedal is no tube's ( hose) needed..
It would be nice to be able to connect a mic and just drive everything through your Amp but the only way to achieve that is if you have an all in one Amp with mic input.. hope that helps
Thinking of pulling the trigger on this. Thanks! Questions: So mic goes xlr in and output is xlr out to the PA system? If I sing too, do I need a separate mic? Or is the pedal completely bypassed when toggled off? Finally, I dig the Frampton style talk box sounds, but how about true vocodor sounds like Lipps, Inc. Funky Town? THANKS!
Hi, you have to have an instrument source ie guitar running through via 1/4 inch input output and then talking /singing into the microphone is what triggers the effect when the pedal is engaged. With the effect switch off the microphone signal bypasses the effect and you can sing normally, but to engage the effect you need to use the mic, similar to the original talk box tube concept.
The other effects like synth and vocoder were cool but I don't have application for them in my acts , you should be able to toggle the effect on and off instantly to get what you're looking for in something like Funky Town.
Ps I love the pitch correction on this, almost worth the price for that.
Hope that helps
@@Toddacoustic-allthingsguitar Thank you for the quick reply!
What signal comes out from the XLR output and what do you do with it ?
The signal from your microphone either passive with the effect off or processed with the effect on which would go into a PA for amplification unless you use a standalone amp source that would accept an XLR in. You have to control the effect with a microphone. Your guitar signal will pass through the 1/4 inch in and out you can select the talk box effects to include your "dry" signal which would play simultaneously with the prices signal or muted so that it's the classic microphone only effect.
Hope that helps
Did you use pedal with dynamic microphone? İf yes, how to connect and affect it?
Hi just used a Shure SM58 so an XLR cable from the mic in and an XLR cable out to a mixer and then a standard guitar cable in and guitar cable out to the amplifier. You have to have an instrument plugged in to have it work and you need to sing or talk into the microphone to engage the effect. Hope that helps. I use it live with the band and it turns people's heads.. And the pitch correction definitely works.
Do you have to play an instrument or can you connect it to a speaker that is just playing a song?
There has to be an instrument , guitar and maybe keyboard plugged in and then your voice through a microphone triggers the effect. Not sure if you could do it with a recording..