As a solo singer, I have just bought this from a mate and it's in fantastic condition. Although I had to download the manual, I'm now getting my head around it. This video has been brilliant, thanks Josh, keep up the good work for your independent review. T.
Thank you for saving me from selling this unit! Just wish you explained to us that when you hold the hit button, you’re turning off the effects temporarily to talk to your fans which I find to be very useful.
Thank you for this crash course. I bought mine a while ago and forgot how to use certain parts of it. The official TC Helicon tutorials, while exhaustIVE are exhaustING. 🙈 This quickly helped to jog my memory. You're right, the slider is a bit of a pain, but overall, it's a cool unit. ❤️
I don't think mine came with a manual, but I'd have to check. It's been a while. I've got the Switch 6 and it was literally just the pedal and a box. Lol
@@kittenkuroi oh ok so i guess that's just how they package it.. i was convinced mine was a floor model since it didn't come with anything, not even a registration card just the device and Styrofoam
Excellent clear review of this unit. Bought it today. Looking forward to this, I miss my old VLT, it made me sound great! Thank you for this demo! A+++++++++++++++++++
I received one the other day. Similar situation. Definitely a floor demo. The box was worn, the cables were missing, but they did give me the empty box they would have been in. They sent a universal adapter to power it. I sent it back. The company was on Amazon Pacific Music Group 3000 miles away. The gadget came from and went back to a Guitar Center right near my house
I'm about 4 years late but I'm pretty sure that expander switch box is something you could DIY with a generic project enclosure if you want to save a bit of cash
Think im about to buy one to record in the studio. This will save a lot of mixing time. Plus im hearing the tone feature adds some compression and eq so you can pick the way your voice comes through the mic.
Awesome video review. Just joined a new band where I may be the only vocalist so this could be a good pick for my first venture into vocal processors. Thanks !
I’m really digging the ability to setup effects per song- I can definitely see being able to organize and plan a show properly and maneuver through the effects seamlessly with the food pedal! Thanks for a great review!
just ordered the TC Helicon VE for my glitch core lullaby’s , lol. Most of my effects before I got the VE was just me manipulating pitch & glitching out my vocals by clipping snips of my vocals and pasting repeatedly. but I been hearing been wanting to get more creative with my glitch work on my vocals so thanks for the review on this one. Imma pair the Helicon VE with my OP-1 by TE and see where that gets me before I try another one out
Harmonies used live? Yeah...when a person has a built in vocal range! Mine is 2.3 octaves. Bari-Tenor. So this would suit me VERY well! Additionally, the looping for my guitar, my flutes and pennywhistles, fiddle, Native Flute and congas...bodhran, mando and banjo could ALL be overdubbed and saved! I like it! :)
Yeah man I can tell ur a fan of the greats. U don’t have to tell me u already like Maynard ha check out puscifer, if you haven’t already. Keep on rockin!
Great and informative video! I have one question about the auto tune/pitch correction though. Can this be used (in your opinion) effectively in the studio to correct minor pitch mistakes for vocals while making it sound natural?
Thanks for the response! My problem is I'm using the old Roland VS2400 recording platform and I thought it would be nice to have some auto tune to make recording vocals go quicker. They have the Antare's auto tune plug in for my Roland but they are rare to find now, so I'm looking for a decent 2nd option.
@@chrispayne750 I personally use Fruity Loops (aka FL Studio) and use a plugin called "Newtone" which is a more stripped back version of auto-tune but it works great
Please, one question. I bought a used voicelive gtx. There´s an specific preset called Kanye Lockdown that is to make what you do at 15:12 in your video demo. But when I tried it, nothing happened. Can you help about what maybe happening?
i just turned on the auto-tune effect in the ''effects'' section, i didn't use that kanye lockdown setting.. maybe the autotune effect is weaker on that setting.. another thing you have to keep in mind is that you wont really hear the autotune effect with your own ears very easily.. it's something other people listening will hear or you'll hear it when you record yourself and play it back. it's hard to explain but try recording yourself on that setting and listen back i bet you'll hear the effect
@@DancingwithGhosts Thank you. I'm not a singer and I bought it so the singer in my band give it a try. Meanwhile I'm trying it myself and I'm a bit confused about if it worths. Thanks for your kind answer. Regards!
Hi! Do you know if any generic footswitch would work on this looper? Or it has to be the tc helicon one. Also I find that when I connect a guitar to this looper the sound comes out with a kind of chorus. Do you know how to avoid that lost of quality? Thank you 🙌🏻😌
Hello, thank you for your video. I just bought the switch pedal 3 for my HELICON touch 2. I only need it for my harmony vocals. I plugged the cable into the footswitch device in the helicon but it doesn't work. All I need is to hit the harmony. Can you tell me what to do? Do I have to program the footswitch or the Helicon itself? Thanks
I want to ask how to make a custom preset, when i scroll through the presets and i reach 200 it stops and i cant reach 201 so i can't make a custom. What am i doing wrong?
hey - when lead voice is muted, it's also muted from loops ... question: is there any way to separate dry and wet signal AND keep the voice on the loops??
I think you're a pretty good singer! I couldn't listen to the TC Helicon R1 Voice Pedal Demo by Sergisonline. He was singing "What happened to our love, I don't remember why she left me" -- and I had to tell him she probably heard him sing!
@@DancingwithGhosts Yeah, who told that dude he could SING? At any rate, I have a pretty voice, but don't have much lung power. I play piano, and want to add some nice reverb to my vocals. I have a headphone mic and speaker. Do you think the TC Helicon VoiceLive Touch 2 would be my best bet?
Guitar Center did that me too with a different product I wanted something new and they gave me an open box that had clearly been used and the previous owners strand of hair was still in he box but wanted to charge me full price.
Yo, are you still using l this piece of gear? Considering buying it, but it looks like it’s been discontinued. Wondering if you’re still using it, if you’ve upgraded, and to what?
Hey wat speakers can I start with I don’t want anything too much because I’m only practicing living in a building and do not want to have it loud? Can I use those mini speakers or they have to be studio monitor pa speakers? What do u prefer I’m on budget
No - they are related but the floor pedals have more guitar related stuff in them. The touch is more for vocals - it has some basic guitar stuff but its not part of the patches like the floor one. Have a look on the TC helicon website they have a good rundown.
so i later found out mine was a floor unit that they threw in a box (it was a xmas present), it didn't have the manual or anything so if you actually get one brand new and not a demo unit, it may very well come with a power supply, but mine did not
it does, you can actually download software for it to save your patches on your computer and import patches from other places it's pretty cool actually, it's a feature i wished i had talked about more in this video
Hi, im trying to connect my voicelive 2 touch into my audio interface (Apollo twin mk2) but i dont how to get it works. i’ve Tried to connect the xlr cable(the jack one type)from the “xlr out” of the voicelive then put the jack in to guitar jack line of the audio interface but nothing, it doesnt work and Also tried to put the jack in to mic Line of the audio interface but any of that works, i mean i get the signal in my daw like a background noise but i cant ear any effects from the voicelive. Also i have connected the mic into the voicelive probably i’ve do it all wrong. I want to record the vocal harmony effect from the voicelive and make a song so bad 😩 and sorry for my bad english im from Europe lol.
**to skip to the demo of the effects go to **12:44*
tbh u are a good singer lol i like it u also hella funny
I made a RUclips short on how to make a custom preset if it wasn't explained in the video: ruclips.net/user/shortsiVRnf4M9gy0?feature=share
As a solo singer, I have just bought this from a mate and it's in fantastic condition. Although I had to download the manual, I'm now getting my head around it.
This video has been brilliant, thanks Josh, keep up the good work for your independent review. T.
Thank you for saving me from selling this unit! Just wish you explained to us that when you hold the hit button, you’re turning off the effects temporarily to talk to your fans which I find to be very useful.
oh crap, i thought i mentioned that.
Thanks dude. I bought this used recently and haven’t been able to figure it all out.
Thank you for this crash course. I bought mine a while ago and forgot how to use certain parts of it. The official TC Helicon tutorials, while exhaustIVE are exhaustING. 🙈 This quickly helped to jog my memory. You're right, the slider is a bit of a pain, but overall, it's a cool unit. ❤️
ya for sure, they don't do a very good job teaching you how to use it.. did yours come with a physical manual or did you have to find it online too?
I don't think mine came with a manual, but I'd have to check. It's been a while. I've got the Switch 6 and it was literally just the pedal and a box. Lol
@@kittenkuroi oh ok so i guess that's just how they package it.. i was convinced mine was a floor model since it didn't come with anything, not even a registration card just the device and Styrofoam
Excellent clear review of this unit. Bought it today. Looking forward to this, I miss my old VLT, it made me sound great! Thank you for this demo! A+++++++++++++++++++
you're welcome my pleasure :)
It was the best Demo of this device! Congratulations man! You are ...the best!❤
why thank you :)
I received one the other day. Similar situation. Definitely a floor demo. The box was worn, the cables were missing, but they did give me the empty box they would have been in. They sent a universal adapter to power it. I sent it back. The company was on Amazon Pacific Music Group 3000 miles away. The gadget came from and went back to a Guitar Center right near my house
"Rolls right off the tongue" 😂🙌
Marketing Dep : Pow💥 Pow💥
Fantastic review Man. I'll start to use my voicelive touch 2 and you'll helped me a lot. Thank you so much.
You can also use a Switch-6 that has 6 switches and is just a little more expensive than Switch-3. Fantastic video!!!!
I'm about 4 years late but I'm pretty sure that expander switch box is something you could DIY with a generic project enclosure if you want to save a bit of cash
Holly crap I need this 😭 I needed something like this since i know nothing about music engineering and I’m trying to record my vocals thanks!!!
don't sell your singing short...you have a nice voice! and thank you for an excellent quick tutorial of the device....
Okay this is the only amazing ideal vocal pedal for sure. Like a condensed vocal pedalboard!
Think im about to buy one to record in the studio. This will save a lot of mixing time. Plus im hearing the tone feature adds some compression and eq so you can pick the way your voice comes through the mic.
Im thinking the same thing.
Veterans Memorial?!?!? You must be from c-bus... love it! Thank you for a great demo.
Awesome video review. Just joined a new band where I may be the only vocalist so this could be a good pick for my first venture into vocal processors. Thanks !
Just bought this and wanted to thank you for the breakdown :)
my pleasure, thanks for watching
I’m really digging the ability to setup effects per song- I can definitely see being able to organize and plan a show properly and maneuver through the effects seamlessly with the food pedal! Thanks for a great review!
Dude! U R the Dave Chapelle of vocal effects pedals! Screw singing, you should do standup....just remember to bring your voice processor with you...
haha thanks
Thank you. Very informative and the Even Flow bit made me laugh 👌
Nice demo. thanks!
just ordered the TC Helicon VE for my glitch core lullaby’s , lol. Most of my effects before I got the VE was just me manipulating pitch & glitching out my vocals by clipping snips of my vocals and pasting repeatedly. but I been hearing been wanting to get more creative with my glitch work on my vocals so thanks for the review on this one. Imma pair the Helicon VE with my OP-1 by TE and see where that gets me before I try another one out
Harmonies used live? Yeah...when a person has a built in vocal range! Mine is 2.3 octaves. Bari-Tenor. So this would suit me VERY well! Additionally, the looping for my guitar, my flutes and pennywhistles, fiddle, Native Flute and congas...bodhran, mando and banjo could ALL be overdubbed and saved!
I like it! :)
well damn.. you sound like the best one-man Jethro Tull Tribute band out there!
13:08 Demo starts
God's work
Dude that synth in the 2nd half of I like you. I was jamming tf out! Nice
ahh! why thank you!
Yeah man I can tell ur a fan of the greats. U don’t have to tell me u already like Maynard ha check out puscifer, if you haven’t already. Keep on rockin!
Whoa whoa on a Mexican radio, Brittany spears used vocal effects too . 90z definitely used it
16:12 The Prince estate called, they would appreciate it if you would cease and desist with emulating his eyes. 😆👍🏽
hah! haven't heard that one before ;)
Very good and helpful video! And an intimidating foot :D
hahaha XD thanks
16:34-16:50 Epic, epic moment.
Great demo
Cool demo thanks 🙏
Do you show me how I can have the effect of "Cher," please?
a new unit actually comes with the power supply lol, that store really dropped the ball on that one
oh yeah, they totally screwed my friend who got if for me for xmas
subscribed nice video i have this unit and learned something new
I’m with you on the awful harmony junk but I require a wicked delay and verb
Great and informative video! I have one question about the auto tune/pitch correction though. Can this be used (in your opinion) effectively in the studio to correct minor pitch mistakes for vocals while making it sound natural?
Honestly I would say yes it could be used for that purpose effectively
Thanks for the response! My problem is I'm using the old Roland VS2400 recording platform and I thought it would be nice to have some auto tune to make recording vocals go quicker. They have the Antare's auto tune plug in for my Roland but they are rare to find now, so I'm looking for a decent 2nd option.
@@chrispayne750 I personally use Fruity Loops (aka FL Studio) and use a plugin called "Newtone" which is a more stripped back version of auto-tune but it works great
I need this.
That Even Flow vocal sounded dope! Haha
Can you program an analog/tape delay effect, ie use increased feedback and play with time/rate to do tripped out speed up/down effects?
Wow, 15 years back and it still should like country background singer. Can't use it on pop or R&B. Thanks for the demo.
I survived! Thanks
Why is this not available on the market huhu
Please, one question. I bought a used voicelive gtx. There´s an specific preset called Kanye Lockdown that is to make what you do at 15:12 in your video demo. But when I tried it, nothing happened. Can you help about what maybe happening?
i just turned on the auto-tune effect in the ''effects'' section, i didn't use that kanye lockdown setting.. maybe the autotune effect is weaker on that setting.. another thing you have to keep in mind is that you wont really hear the autotune effect with your own ears very easily.. it's something other people listening will hear or you'll hear it when you record yourself and play it back. it's hard to explain but try recording yourself on that setting and listen back i bet you'll hear the effect
@@DancingwithGhosts Thank you. I'm not a singer and I bought it so the singer in my band give it a try. Meanwhile I'm trying it myself and I'm a bit confused about if it worths. Thanks for your kind answer. Regards!
How did you get your hands on one? They seem to have vanished from the world 😭
Possibly Sweetwater, or EBay (if in good condition and if the seller is honest or not). Another is Amazon. Another place to find this is reverb.
Hi! Do you know if any generic footswitch would work on this looper? Or it has to be the tc helicon one.
Also I find that when I connect a guitar to this looper the sound comes out with a kind of chorus. Do you know how to avoid that lost of quality? Thank you 🙌🏻😌
I have a Yamaha psr 353 ..which has trs out put n USB B port .is there any to use this keyboard as harmonizer
Hello, thank you for your video. I just bought the switch pedal 3 for my HELICON touch 2. I only need it for my harmony vocals. I plugged the cable into the footswitch device in the helicon but it doesn't work. All I need is to hit the harmony. Can you tell me what to do? Do I have to program the footswitch or the Helicon itself? Thanks
They don’t sell this anymore wth
Does it have anti feedback? The perform v has it.
How does this hold up today?
I need this Processor
I don't know where it is available my places Hyderabad in India
I want to ask how to make a custom preset, when i scroll through the presets and i reach 200 it stops and i cant reach 201 so i can't make a custom. What am i doing wrong?
i just made a RUclips short explaining how to make a custom preset, hope it helps!
ruclips.net/user/shortsiVRnf4M9gy0?feature=share
If you’re running a guitar with other effects pedals will that affect the sound of this?
13:30 "Reach out, touch faith!"
If you dial it’s hard tune to the max does it sound the same as the tc helicon c1?
hey - when lead voice is muted, it's also muted from loops ... question: is there any way to separate dry and wet signal AND keep the voice on the loops??
that i do not know since i didn't focus on the loop aspect of this pedal
@@DancingwithGhosts thought so... thanks for answering tho.
So which is the best for singers in des 2019?
U rock XD tnx
I think you're a pretty good singer! I couldn't listen to the TC Helicon R1 Voice Pedal Demo by Sergisonline. He was singing "What happened to our love, I don't remember why she left me" -- and I had to tell him she probably heard him sing!
hahaha well thank you
@@DancingwithGhosts Check out that dude's video. OMG, he cannot SING to save his LIFE!!
@@DancingwithGhosts Do you think the R1 is better than the Mic Mechanic 2?
@@recoveringbaptist2023 god that video was painful to my ears.. i've never used the R1 or Mic Mechanic unfortunately
@@DancingwithGhosts Yeah, who told that dude he could SING? At any rate, I have a pretty voice, but don't have much lung power. I play piano, and want to add some nice reverb to my vocals. I have a headphone mic and speaker. Do you think the TC Helicon VoiceLive Touch 2 would be my best bet?
Please tell me how you got the minute effect 13.10
Guitar Center did that me too with a different product I wanted something new and they gave me an open box that had clearly been used and the previous owners strand of hair was still in he box but wanted to charge me full price.
haha yep, welcome to guitar center
Check out TC Clay(RIP). He really used live harmony with himself really well
Bro can we increase tha bass treable or high low mid can we adjust ..i mean any preamp function
there isn't a pre-amp to my knowledge but you can usually adjust some form of EQ depending on what effect it is.
@@DancingwithGhosts how it possible
Yo, are you still using l this piece of gear? Considering buying it, but it looks like it’s been discontinued. Wondering if you’re still using it, if you’ve upgraded, and to what?
still using it
Haha I’ve never seen anyone use the harmony features either (at least well)
It makes me think I should make a demo of this...
Do it
Maybe I'm blind, but it doesn't seem to have a power button. Is their a way to turn it off without having to unplug it?
unfortunately no and that is another thing that does slightly bother me
Are these sounds tc helıcon superior are you written?
Is there a way can connect this to Xbox one or PS4 ?
Would you think this would be good for like a home karaoke set up?
absolutely
Is tc voicelive play below ?
yes
Hey wat speakers can I start with I don’t want anything too much because I’m only practicing living in a building and do not want to have it loud? Can I use those mini speakers or they have to be studio monitor pa speakers? What do u prefer I’m on budget
Is the voicelive 2 floor pedal the same thing as the Voicelive touch 2?
No - they are related but the floor pedals have more guitar related stuff in them. The touch is more for vocals - it has some basic guitar stuff but its not part of the patches like the floor one. Have a look on the TC helicon website they have a good rundown.
What’s the price
You have to buy a separate power supply?????? That’s insane
so i later found out mine was a floor unit that they threw in a box (it was a xmas present), it didn't have the manual or anything so if you actually get one brand new and not a demo unit, it may very well come with a power supply, but mine did not
Talvez un vudeo de esto en español
How can I buy this in India
no idea
“WhOsE GoNnA usE ThaT”
🤣🤣 you are good 😊
Does this really have usb IN? I imagine that it just connects to a computer
it does, you can actually download software for it to save your patches on your computer and import patches from other places it's pretty cool actually, it's a feature i wished i had talked about more in this video
You can record on your computer with it ... it comes with an usb . It’s awesome!
can you use this item in fl studio?
sure, in the sense that you would run the signal from the unit into your USB interface then into FL Studio
what preset do you use at minute 14:00
i couldn't tell ya i made that video like 2 years ago.. some harmony preset
Too complicated and to many features for live performance, if I need all that I have DAW, studio and time
How would you compare this product to the Helicon Voicelive Play?
Considering you dont have to buy a separate footswitch with that product
Also, Does the footswitch need its own power supply?
U donthave to buy footswitch for helicon voiveliveplay? Otherwise it’s mostly same ?
Useless to demo the harmony and other effects without a reference source like a guitar or keyboard.
We're not deaf, there's no point in screaming
Gonna gloss over the loop features? welp, nevermind then.. next..
Haha your funny
lol this is not demo u just talk xD nice
Hi, im trying to connect my voicelive 2 touch into my audio interface (Apollo twin mk2) but i dont how to get it works.
i’ve Tried to connect the xlr cable(the jack one type)from the “xlr out” of the voicelive then put the jack in to guitar jack line of the audio interface but nothing, it doesnt work and Also tried to put the jack in to mic Line of the audio interface but any of that works, i mean i get the signal in my daw like a background noise but i cant ear any effects from the voicelive. Also i have connected the mic into the voicelive probably i’ve do it all wrong. I want to record the vocal harmony effect from the voicelive and make a song so bad 😩 and sorry for my bad english im from Europe lol.