Comments on: TC Electronic Voice Live Vocal Effects FX Processor

TC Electronic Voice Live Vocal Effects FX Processor

celerystick — Thu, 14 May 2009 08:42:37 -0800

TC Electronic Voice Live Vocal Effects FX Processor Pure cheese? or a genius tool for modern day sports bar minstrels? :49 See girl sound like all the Dixie Chicks 3:58 See Girl do cute Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonation

By: Henry C. Mabuse

Henry C. Mabuse — Thu, 14 May 2009 08:46:33 -0800

DO WANT

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Thu, 14 May 2009 08:49:30 -0800

Pure cheese. This thread is closed.

By: YoBananaBoy

YoBananaBoy — Thu, 14 May 2009 08:50:24 -0800

This would make my muttering around my apartment much, much more meaningful.

By: dunkadunc

dunkadunc — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:08:18 -0800

Holy Shit. This explains Avril Lavigne and Nickelback.

By: DU

DU — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:13:41 -0800

Pure cheese? or a genius tool for modern day sports bar minstrels? REDUNDANCYBOT HAS DETECTED SOMETHING

By: mkb

mkb — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:15:54 -0800

Digitech has had processors like this for a decade. Similar prices, similar features, even the guitar chord recognition is still there. I'd be interested if they weren't $600.

By: celerystick

celerystick — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:23:00 -0800

"REDUNDANCYBOT HAS DETECTED SOMETHING" haha

By: Skorgu

Skorgu — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:24:37 -0800

The girl/'boy' duet was terrible.

By: milnak

milnak — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:26:18 -0800

TC Electronic Voice Live Vocal Effects FX Processor Blue.

By: I Foody

I Foody — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:32:26 -0800

In 2012 Robin Williams will use one of these to do an impression of a jive talking Scotsman. This will be the birth of skynet. I'm pretty sure.

By: defenestration

defenestration — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:39:22 -0800

TC Electronic Voice Live Vocal Effects FX the News.

By: NedKoppel

NedKoppel — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:44:41 -0800

Isn't this in "Revelations" somewhere? THE END IS NIGH! (Wait. I just noticed that I Foody has already covered this general area. Sorry, I Foody.)

By: infinitewindow

infinitewindow — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:49:58 -0800

The girl/'boy' duet was terrible. But way better than I thought it would be.

By: Spatch

Spatch — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:56:49 -0800

I have this terrible fear that in the future, almost every single use of this effect will be preceded by the phrase "I think it would go something like this..."

By: poppo

poppo — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:57:06 -0800

I'll take ten please

By: rocket88

rocket88 — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:57:08 -0800

Pure cheese. This thread is closed. The thread appears to be still open. Maybe there's something wrong with your moderator status. Check with Matt.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:58:03 -0800

I HOPE YOU LEAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR MY FOLKSIE GUITAR BECAUSE I'M GOING TO RAM IT INTO YOUR STOMACH

By: grubi

grubi — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:02:26 -0800

I enjoyed it. FWIW.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:03:06 -0800

That's pretty awesome. I mean, for low-end automated music making.

By: ZaneJ.

ZaneJ. — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:07:32 -0800

Too bad she hides her really nice voice behind a screen of digital.

By: Twang

Twang — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:09:34 -0800

Let me know when Willie buys one.

By: orme

orme — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:18:43 -0800

They should make an "FX" box that alters the pitch of the music to a frequency that's inaudible to human ears.

By: nosila

nosila — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:21:07 -0800

Digitech has had processors like this for a decade. Similar prices, similar features, even the guitar chord recognition is still there. I'd be interested if they weren't $600. You really do get what you pay for in this case. The Digitech processors are truly terrible in terms of build and sound quality, whereas the TC Helicon pedals are pretty exceptional. Yes, it can be used to cheesy effect, but so can a piano. These pedals freaking rule.

By: Ogre Lawless

Ogre Lawless — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:26:44 -0800

If you're havin' vocal problems, I feel bad for you son, I've got 99 presets and bein' a chipmunk ain't one.

By: cccorlew

cccorlew — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:29:53 -0800

If this would make me suck less, it's worth whatever they charge. Will it work in the shower?

By: pracowity

pracowity — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:46:17 -0800

I want one for my cat.

By: DU

DU — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:48:34 -0800

I have this terrible fear that in the future, almost every single use of this effect will be preceded by the phrase "I think it would go something like this..." I have a terrible fear that it will NOT be limited to these occasions.

By: splice

splice — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:53:33 -0800

Pepsi blues...

By: Nelson

Nelson — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:57:08 -0800

That reedy chick folk minor harmony thing always seemed so intimate, so personal, such a social experience. Now lonely people can have it too, thanks to the TC Harmonizer 2000. Also, Laurie Anderson brought the vocal harmonizing awesome 20 years ago.

By: mkb

mkb — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:03:19 -0800

You really do get what you pay for in this case. The Digitech processors are truly terrible in terms of build and sound quality, whereas the TC Helicon pedals are pretty exceptional. Um, I just said they were at the same prices, although the Digitech model that's comparable is rackmounted, not a pedal.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:25:07 -0800

The Digitech processors are truly terrible in terms of build and sound quality their guitar processors have been working very well for me - although i don't know about their voice stuff - there's a big difference between their cheaper models and their more expensive ones

By: djrock3k

djrock3k — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:42:10 -0800

Between this and Auto-Tune, the TALENT OPTIONAL flag has been set. and this is whey, with the potential for cheddar. and I don't mean money, my brutha'.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:23:40 -0800

It sounds surprisingly good, and I'd say there's certainly potential for creative use of this thing. You know, not just harmonizing folky, guitar-strummy singer/songwriters. I wouldn't mind having one of these to play around with.

By: tspae

tspae — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:52:05 -0800

fam -- there's certainly potential for creative use Given that Autotune didn't hit its stride until people started really screwing around with it, beasties like this may well have an awesome future. Just wait til someone starts feeding one of them Yamaha voice-emulators through it...

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:21:31 -0800

Perfect for people who lack natural talent and/or the desire to work to become good. We are entertained by entertainers who never sing a word, but only lip-synch. Sad.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:33:39 -0800

Perfect for people who lack natural talent... You know, that is really not true. It's a harmonizer for chrissakes. It doesn't make you sing in tune, it doesn't make you sing well. It just harmonizes with what you sing. You still need to be a decent singer, who can sing in tune, for this thing to produce an in-tune harmony. Sing out of tune and you'll get an out of tune harmony. ...and/or the desire to work to become good. Right. If you work really hard, you can sing harmonies all by yourself! We are entertained by entertainers who never sing a word, but only lip-synch. Lip-synching has been around since movies, and really started kicking in since television, so lip-synching is nothing new. And, generally speaking, anyone lip-synching a song on TV has not "never sung a word". Outside of Milli Vanilli and perhaps a few others, people you see lip-synching have indeed at some point (like, uh, the original recording they're lip-synching) sung. And anyway, this device has nothing to do with lip-synching.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:47:07 -0800

You should see if you can hunt up a copy of the BBC program where the original Beatles recording engineers took a bunch of pop singers and re-recorded the old tracks. To say that some of Britain's top acts are fraudulent is being kind. Some of those people couldn't sing for shit: they completely rely on ProTools and Autotuning to convert their wretched hash into radio hits. So sorry it upsets you, but I reserve my respect for people who actually have the goods.

By: Joseph Gurl

Joseph Gurl — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:36:27 -0800

Hate this demo, but TC makes very nice equipment.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:50:50 -0800

So sorry it upsets you... You give yourself far too much credit. Your comment didn't upset me one whit. I was merely pointing out several inconsistencies and mistakes in your logic and thinking as concerns this machine and what it does, and also pointing out that this machine has nothing to do with lip-synching. ...but I reserve my respect for people who actually have the goods. Nor do I care, particularly, whom you respect or why. Although I don't disagree that there are people of little to no talent who are big stars. What, that's supposed to be news?

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:07:33 -0800

To say that some of Britain's top acts are fraudulent is being kind. how is a certain sound fraudulent? do you mean to say that i only think i'm hearing it? if i load it up in wavelab, will the wave patterns disappear like pixie dust? if i have it on vinyl will the grooves flatten out at midnight and my turntable turn into mice running around a pumpkin? i can generally tell when something's been autotuned to death, so i'm not sure how it could be fraudulent if i'm not fooled - in fact, it seems like most of the pop music you despise doesn't even try to hide that they're using it i bet you think crosby stills and nash sang in tune all the time, too ... sure, after they did 50 fucking takes how natural is that?

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:15:14 -0800

It sounds surprisingly good, and I'd say there's certainly potential for creative use of this thing. i was thinking you could probably put guitars or synthesizers through it - but my various fx can do similar things already

By: Wolof

Wolof — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:43:58 -0800

It sounds surprisingly good, and I'd say there's certainly potential for creative use of this thing. I agree! I don't take against tools, just their users.