Play Acoustic : Good Things Come In Small Packages

I like to think of the 'Play Acoustic' as an acoustic guitar preamp with the added bonus of the vocal effects and looper.

The main gripe most people have about the 'Play Acoustic' is that you cannot save different guitar settings in each patch. You can save different vocal settings and harmonies etc in the patches, but basically, it has just one guitar sound. But... it's a great guitar sound. The Body Rez thing that TC does is amazing. It really makes your acoustic guitar shine. I added a Boss FS-7 dual foot pedal so I can kick in the Guitar Boost function for soloing and turn the TC Corona Chorus effect on and off. I don't really need much more than that.

The vocal effects help make the best of my mediocre voice. The adaptive EQ, voice doubling and good reverb turn it into something fairly decent! The harmonies are best used sparingly but definitely lift a song when used with care.

One thing to note about using a harmoniser is you really need to use a mic with a hyper-cardioid or super-cardioid pattern to avoid the harmony voices spilling back into your mic.

I should note that I also own its big brother, the 'VoiceLive 3' which is fantastic but I find myself using the 'Play Acoustic' more often than not.

Sometimes less is more.