I finally received the TC-Helicon Voice Live 2. Initial testing some presets with one of AKG:s absolutely cheapest consumer market dynamic microphones I concluded this thing is fantastic. The "built in technician", makes even this decent consumer mic sound great. Voice adaptive eq, deessing and a gate that seems to work as seemless as a well setup downward expander. And the harmoniser sets entirely new standards. The choir voices sound absolutely fabulous.
My original idea with this was partly to not have to lug around a heavy vocal rack live, and partly to test choir arrangements in the studio as a composing help. The voices can then be rerecorded with my "real" voice when I figure out a good arrangement. But this thing is so good you can use it for choirs in the recording. It even handles when you go from singing to a whisper. I had heard some nice demo's on the net before buing but it sure surpases all my expectations.
Downsides? Well, I've found one. A wallwart with a flimsy connector that is bound to pop out live. It's a pity since it's so well thought out for live use otherwise. A notebook style external powersupply would have made sense for such an expensive piece of gear.
This was so useful to me as I am looking at buying one of these in October (for my birthday). It is nice to hear that 1) it worked and 2) it produced what you expected. I write or record my music and put it on MP3 for live gigs. Did you try that functionality? Did you try MIDI interface? How were these? Curious. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried sending backing tracks into it to control harmony. I mostly work with midi control and fixed scale. Doing my first gig with it on saturday.
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