TC-Helicon VoiceLive Play Reviews

Good quality unit with easy user interface.

I love this product.

This gives me possibility to add effect live. (effects that I do not want to be constantly on)

I had earlier the TC Helicon Voiceworks Plus

but I find this more user friendly and better for live application.

I am not a fan of autotune (as I believe singers should be able to sing correctly)

so I use only some FX on this + slighty the harmony on some extrema metal screams.

The unis has and level setting so you can make the harmony more "human sounding"

by having the level settings on a lover percentage.

as I dont play guitar simultaniously I have not seen any real benefit of buing the more expensive voice live 3.

(I may reconsider once I have a chance to test one)

Maybe an on/off switch would have been good to have in this unit as an extra.

It is now missing.

-Sami

Awesome UNIT

The tone quality and the effects packed up in this unit are easily comparable to those found in way more expensive units.

I like it for:

- fantastic sound for the price, from what I've heard in this range it's unbeatable

- most of the time I use the re-verbs, being a ballad oriented singer, and the sound that comes out of this unit just fills the space with some kind of "sparkling dust" that adds a lot of quality to the tone

- I use it in combination with a wireless microphone and I had no troubles at all

- menu layout is user friendly and easy to navigate, settings are easy to understand and tune.

-update software works great, also allows to edit the presets from the computer

Review after 6 months of live use

I got this for the singer in one of my electronic bands. Sound engineers were rarely blending her voice into the mix right (she was tending to sit on top of the mix instead of sitting back into it), so I bought this to apply my own effects to her voice, control freak that I am. For that, it works superbly. It's easy and logical to program, is sturdy and has a big bright screen so you can see where you are. The quality of the fx is excellent for live use (I don't use it for proper recording, although for rough and ready demos it does the job ok).

I have one niggle. You have no real control over EQ or compression, just broad presets that are either on or off. In practice, it's not a huge issue so long as you have a sound engineer who knows how to use EQ to notch out feedback frequencies, as the unit is more prone to introducing feedback than just a mic straight into a desk.

On the other side of the same coin, the unit makes multiple micro-adjustments to the FX during a performance, and it seems to do this extremely well. The EQ profile sounds very similar to the ones I end up with on our finished studio recordings, which is impressive.

All in all, I'm very pleased with my purchase. My singers' vocals have sounded great in every live mix since, and she's more confident knowing that she sounds good out front, making for better performances.

A solid tool

Purchased this, to replace mu Boss VE-20, which was working properly, but lacked some much needed functions. I would classify the VE-20 as a beginners tool, but this one for the intermediate user. Needs some time to get used to (the interface) but the result is much better!

I also sometimes needed the looping function, which in VE-20 is only a very basic function (no stopping/pause and the additional layers are recorded at same level, which causes major noise). This one however has all that.

Also much more memory slots, compared to the Boss. Recommended!

TC-Helicon VoiceLive Play

Excellent unit does what it says on the box and more . first class after sales and an informative and helpful forum . Also free on line updates to firmware and soft ware.

Very happy with this unit can not recommend it enough