All user reviews for the TC-Helicon VoiceLive 2

What are the effects, types of effects available?
Reverb, Delay, two types of effects (FX and μMOD), doubling, harmony (chorus)

What technology is used?
Digital

Are they edited? Via a publisher Mac / PC?
Everything is editable via an integrated display, 2 buttons to navigate menus and 5 knobs. No interface PC / Mac Edition (only backup and restore) but it is not essential

What is the connection?
Almost everything! Jack and XLR microphone and guitar, Min juack Stereo Line In, MIDI input and output, and the same input and output for SPDIF digital converters use the A / D and D / A to the beast ...

Is this a rack or rack-mount model?
On the one pedal

UTILIZATION

The general configuration is simple?
At the same time very simple in its logic, is very complex because everything is editable. We can access everything at once, and both take the time necessary to access all the possibilities.

Editing sounds and effects is easy?
Yes, see above

The manual is clear and sufficient?
Clearly yes, enough about. Training videos are available (in U.S. English) and are accessible from the computer interface.

SOUND QUALITY

The effects are they effective, responsive and realistic enough?
Then there is the strong point: the quality effects. It is simply unimaginable.

Which instruments do you use?
My guitar, or even without an instrument (if I'm in a group or if I have already recorded a track instruments)

Which ones do you prefer, you hate?
The question is more musical tastes than the machine! it adapts to all styles, from Jacques Brel (yes, really) to Cher, to Chuck Berry and Pink Floyd ...

OVERALL OPINION

For how long have you been using it?
Eight days (intensifs. ..)

What thing do you like most/least about it?
Pros: quality effects, ease of use alone.
The least: the difficulty of setting the rest of the group gear (but I'm working) and some mechanical weaknesses (boutons. ..)

Did you try many other models before getting this one?
No

What is your opinion about the value for the price?
Honest. Because it's expensive, certainly, but the quality is really there!

Knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice?
Without hesitation!

It is a vocal harmony treatment with dynamic voice, driving through several sources (guitar, keyboard, midi, sequencer ....)

Everything is editable, it's very comprehensive and flexible.

There is software to retrieve the various banks of effects. It is not rack in 19 "

The processing is digital and clean, very realistic in a mix.

UTILIZATION

The grip is immediate for the basic functions. Beyond this use, it is preferable to have a solid, both in music and sound technician to make the best of the beast.

The manual (in French on the publisher's website and box) is clear, even if the translation is sometimes a little ... rough.

Once acquired the knowledge necessary for its use, adjustments are quick and intuitive.

SOUND QUALITY

The sound quality, as always with TC-Helicon is impeccable, as long as we stay in the area of normal effect.

Being more specialized in the field of harmonizing vocals, so this is the main use I have, with a focus on realism. So be very careful that you spell the little box and fine tune as necessary.

Again, if used properly, it is the ultimate in vocal harmonization.

OVERALL OPINION

It's been a year since I now use it for production-oriented professional. Is that I could hear before the release of this product left me with ice, as it was losing the natural. With VoiceLive 2 (VL2 for short), there are unprecedented opportunities to date, even by the closest competition.

But because there is a but, this remains a complex tool, with possibilities that the limit is your imagination and your musical "taste".

Most of our titles are produced with the assistance of VL2, you can listen here:
www.myspacemusic.com / filivergroup

The product is certainly expensive, but worth the great expense.

What are the effects, types of effects available?
T says it all, or almost: there is this function "ducking" to the reverb or delay ...
The Ducking is a function reserved to the studio: the effect is minimized when the person sings, Manir not make rough voice. In short, keep the clarity of voice, diction, even with a reverb pushes back.
Thus, upon the voice stops, the level of reverb / delay rises ...
It carrment beautiful and unattainable with any pedal of march!

The hardTuning (autotune effect that is heard everywhere on Songs RnB) is very very good ... in some cases better than the original Autotune effect!

The "doubling" really brings ...

The "TONE": a sound engineer for a compressor which adjusts EQ and gate your voice and sing fawn ... that has nothing with just one button ... I learned that I did not calibrate the voices srieusement on a classic console ...

Other more traditional effects (chorus / flanger / transducer ...) are very very clean ... The voice keeps all its time stamp and its authenticity is not too colored by the effects ... beautiful ...

A function will be Vloop integrates soon on firmware 1.3, not yet available. One possibility for supplmentaire loopers ...

I do not see what could be added again!

Are ditables? Via a publisher Mac / PC?
No PC edition is a little damage and the only real weak point of the beast. The rest is like any good ditable pdalboard.

I have this pdalier Flightcase with his "Tuna" (the German site celbre) really well ... I recommend it for those who carry hsitent the beast on stage / RPTES ...


UTILIZATION

Effects are switched via "Stompbox" ... has, crucially, whether for live or to use "studio" ...

The manual is very clear.
All scenarios are exposs: solo singer / vocalist / guitarist / vocalist and keyboard / singer and backtrack mp3 ...
Publishing & customizations ...

The only point is very little dvelopp VoiceLive 2 as the use of external plugins in the Cubase DAW type / Sonar / Pro Tools / Studio One ...

Using Windows is not as good as Mac (In Windows, you must go through a converter to be recognized by drivers DAW software ...)

I put 9 for that reason ... Excellent hardware but a little break-up Windows


SOUND QUALITY

Trs own n'altrent not typical to the voice ...
Beautiful ...
Just for the reverb with ducking, is well worth a shot ...

The harmonies are really very good. The effect "Choir" is very stunning.
I am able to tease covers of Queen that sound very Manir crdibles thanks these choirs ...
(Bohemian Rapsody / Fat Bottom Girls / Bicycle Race ...)...
Harmonies for the third pop songs are nickel ...

There were no effects I dplore for its quality ... even the hardtuning bothers me because the radio used excessively, is really fun and pleasant to use .. .

I turn 10 ... because the quality is very very pro

OVERALL OPINION

I've had it a month. DAW use on Mac & PC as an external plugin.
Very convenient.
I RPTE alone with guitar pending RPTES group.

I just mention that other user TC-Helicon

I can not believe we are? Lucky Enough to own this piece of equipment.
Some of the Best Money Ever Spent on Equipment.
(I can not believe I'm lucky to have this hardware. Definitely the best investment ever made on the hardware.)

So the investment is consquent yes, but it is largely compensated by the quality of hardware, effects and possibilities really gniales ...

Overall opinion: 9.5 (because it's a bit expensive)