TC-Helicon VoiceLive Play GTX

The Voice Live Play GTX has been in my possession since June. I love the 2 voices (humanized doubling) and the (Natural Play) harmonies. The preamp is low noise and very quiet. The Play GTX is a smaller unit and it is pretty light and not weighing too much. It is very well built though and seems pretty solid. I have been using this a lot over the last few months and I have put the GTX through some bad situations. I have spilled stuff on it and dropped it a few times. It still keeps working and looks like nothing has ever happened to it.


UTILIZATION

It does come with a manual which I really didn’t like too much. It was boring and confusing, it did not help me understand the Voice Live Play GTX at all. I ended up just getting online to find out all of the beginner stuff that I needed to know.


SOUND QUALITY

It comes stocked with 200 plus presets and all of them can be easily customized and changed to your liking. The GTX has a headphone output and an input (Aux) for whatever you want, I mainly use it with a CD/MP3 player. It does have MIDI in and USB connection.


OVERALL OPINION

The Voice Live Play GTX will let you get a great sound on your vocals without having to double them a bunch of times. Doubling your vocals can get time consuming and get sloppy quickly, not to mention taking up a lot of tracks in your DAW. Just use the Voice Live Play GTX and let it do the doubling for you, if you want to use it with your guitar it has all of the effects you need like flange, chorus, reverb, EQ, delay and distortions. The best part is, you can go online and download a ton of more presets very easily. You will never run out of presets and new ideas with the Voice Live Play GTX.

Multiple voice and guitar effects to explore. Complete product.

I was not able to edit them on PC, I work, I find it weird. on the other hand, they are easily savable, and we can import from the manufacturer site, depending known titles.
I takes only "good" for the moment in this category because I have not found how to edit effects on pc, if this is possible, then the rating will go up. But in this case, the interface is not clear ...

The pedal is strong, thick metal casing, this seems serious.

Digital Effects

For connectivity, see the pictures on the net.

UTILIZATION

Rather simple, but many preset, you have to spend time searching. For editing effects, it is simple. The manual is clear.

Everything is configurable, but in moderation: for reverb for example, has a whole series of different simulations, and for each rule on the level and decay. Enough general rule, but the specialist home studio and full effect could be frustrated.

Very simple loop.

Little additional info: USB connection allows you to record your favorite sounds out of VoiceLive software directly, without passing through a sound card. on the other hand, it is mono (injury). For the stereo, it will go through an interface.

SOUND QUALITY

For what I've tried for the moment, it is very nice, clean and very efficient. It finds herself with artificial sounds if you do not take care to go slowly, but it seems logical given the plethora of effects arranged.

The harmonies are effective and play their role, we want to put everywhere!

I use an electro-acoustic guitar, so I will not judge the effects for electric guitar. For guitar effects for me, I have not explored it enough to judge.

No breath, except that of my guitar, but there VoiceLive is nothing to do, there is a gate that gets the job done: a small click when the gate turns off when the guitar attack, to see the use if it is embarrassing.
The sound is very clean.

Compressor, de-esser, EQ, gate ... everything is present, nothing is configurable in detail. But it works well, there is a choice between several desired results. when it all off, the sound dry micro looks bleak, it quickly puts the machine at work, and forget.

On additional voice, VoiceLive Play GTX offers 2 voice over (the third and the fifth for example). BUT, you can put in longer doubling effect, which offers eg 2 vote in addition to the octave. It can therefore be left with 4 singers: this is cool!

Small addition: When used with headphones (this is less pronounced sound, and the sound is, the less it does), there is a small delay between what you sing and what you up to ears. So, it gives an impression of delay a little synthetic. In fact, it does it at the singer. Those who listen only hear amplified version, phew.

OVERALL OPINION

I just buying it, it's cool, and I could not compare it with other models. I am currently very satisfied, I will complete this test As my discoveries. No surprise this time.

I bought it for a complete system-level voice effects, and especially the harmonies.
I took second hand, almost new, for a very reasonable price. Now, even new, the price is quite reasonable in view of the available functions.

This is a great product to buy if you are looking for harmonies and you're not too rich guitar effect.

You have to think to do updates on the site, many problems have been solved.

The problem of adjusting the stroke volume has been resolved and many other parameters.

For the price it is a device perfectly adequate.

The quality of the effects is reasonable, whether guitar or voice.
One can find pity that it does not also serve as a sound card.

it is lightweight versatile careful it will not sing that braye as the donkey, and the hard the strings of his guitar will not velvety David Gilmour.

UTILIZATION

editing is not easy at first, but as in all modes of employment must take his time and be patient.

Personally I am totally satisfied.

SOUND QUALITY

have separate voice and guitars in a small device, plus distos for guitar effects not bad at all, I have to say kidney.

so putting in parallel dimensions, and value for money, this is perfect.

OVERALL OPINION

2 years

excellent value for money, lightweight and robust.