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Description
The TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 Floor-Based Vocal Processor is a powerhouse tool for vocalists and musicians seeking to elevate their live performances. This pedal bridges the gap between advanced vocal effects and ease of use, offering a state-of-the-art vocal processing engine that transforms your live sound into a studio-quality experience. With its intuitive interface, you can effortlessly access a wide array of effects, from pristine reverb and delay to pitch correction, all while maintaining the natural warmth and clarity of your voice.
The VoiceLive 2 stands out with its ability to create lush harmonies with up to 8 voices, adapting seamlessly to your guitar or keyboard input. This adaptability ensures that your harmonies are always in tune and perfectly matched to your performance. Built with durability in mind, the sleek yet robust design makes it the perfect companion on stage, ready to handle the rigors of touring.
Whether you're a solo artist or part of a band, the TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 enhances your musical expression by providing a professional-grade vocal processing toolkit at your feet. Its innovative effects palette opens up new creative possibilities, allowing you to experiment and find your unique sound effortlessly.
Key Features:
- State-of-the-art vocal processing engine
- Up to 8-voice harmony creation
- Comprehensive effects suite including reverb, delay, EQ, and compression
- Intuitive interface for easy live performance adjustments
- Durable and sleek floor-based design
- Adaptable to guitar and keyboard inputs for seamless harmony integration
Product specs
| Brand | TC Helicon |
| Model | VoiceLive 2 |
| Finish | Black |
| Year | 2009 - 2014 |
| Made In | United States |
| Categories | Multi-Effects Pedals and Processors, Vocal |
| Pedal Format | Floor Unit |
FAQs
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What kind of vocal effects can I achieve with the TC Helicon VoiceLive 2?
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The TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 offers a wide range of vocal effects, including harmonies, reverb, delay, and modulation effects, allowing for extensive vocal enhancement and creativity.
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Does the TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 support guitar input for live performances?
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Yes, the TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 features a guitar input, enabling you to integrate your guitar sound with vocal effects during live performances.
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Is the TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 suitable for live looping during performances?
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The TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 includes a looper with up to 15 seconds of stereo looping and 30 seconds of mono, making it suitable for live looping applications.
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How does the TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 handle vocal harmonies?
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The TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 can generate up to eight harmony voices, providing rich and complex vocal harmonies tailored to your performance.
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What are the connectivity options available on the TC Helicon VoiceLive 2?
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The TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 offers XLR input/output, guitar input, MIDI, and USB connectivity, making it versatile for various live and studio setups.
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VoiceLive 2 - Tom Lang goes through the features of VoiceLive 2 at NAMM 2009
Reviews
PROS
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Ready to use straight out of the box with fun presets
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Effective looping feature enhances performance
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Versatile connection options for unique sound creation
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Ideal for both vocalists and instrumentalists (e.g., saxophone)
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Realistic sounding harmonizer and doubler effects
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Allows quick, easy setup of harmonies with manual or automatic interval settings
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Presets can be saved and recalled on the fly with pedalboard switches
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Durable build quality
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Deep editability for sound customization
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Excellent MIDI implementation for live gigs
CONS
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Power supply connection can be fragile, leading to potential issues
Owner Insights
We analyzed real musician discussions from forums and Reddit to find what players love, question, and tweak about TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 Floor-Based Vocal Processor.
Setup and maintenance
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It's recommended to turn off effects between songs to avoid unwanted reverb or delays during stage banter, which can sound unprofessional.
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Inserting a high-pass filter before the pedal can significantly clean up the effects and improve vocal clarity.
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Feedback issues often arise from improper gain settings; use a DI box to adjust signal levels before hitting the mixer to reduce feedback potential.
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Proper microphone choice is crucial; switching to a mic with a tighter polar pattern can help reduce feedback if other methods fail.
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When using vocal effects live, splitting the signal to provide both dry and wet outputs can give sound engineers more control over the mix.
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Features and functionality
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The pedal's various digital gain stages and filters can alter a mic's usual behavior, even if the effects are bypassed.
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The VoiceLive 2's adaptive EQ and compression can lead to feedback issues, as it sends a thinned-out, harsher signal to FOH.
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Users advise against using distortion without a proper sound check, and suggest pairing it with a gate to mitigate feedback issues during live performances.
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The VoiceLive 2 is noted for its ability to sync with a MIDI clock, allowing for tempo-synced effects and loops, which is beneficial for electronic music performances.
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The pedal's XLR outputs are line level, which may require a 30dB pad when connecting to mic level inputs on a mixer to prevent excessive gain.
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The TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 can output a signal that's 35dB hotter than typical mic levels, requiring careful gain management on both the pedal and mixing console.
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Comparisons
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Some engineers prefer Lexicon plate emulation over the TC Helicon's reverb, citing better control over send levels and pre-delay for clarity and atmosphere.
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Use cases and applications
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Owners find that the pedal's sonic processing often reduces the mic's bottom end, impacting the overall vocal sound.
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The pedal is praised for its artistic flexibility, allowing users to tailor different sound effects for individual songs, enhancing the live performance experience.
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Using in-ear monitors instead of wedges can help mitigate feedback issues, as wedges often exacerbate feedback when using vocal effects.
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Vocal effects like distortion and reverb can drastically lower the feedback threshold, particularly in loud band settings or with wedge monitors.
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User experience
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Users express that TC Helicon's reverb sounds inferior compared to professional audio gear used by sound engineers, despite its convenience for personal practice.
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Owners emphasize the importance of editing patches, particularly disabling unnecessary modules and saving appropriate patch volumes to prevent unexpected issues during live shows.
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Some users report that the pedal's top end can sound thin and feedback-prone, even with effects off, making it challenging to use in large venues.
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Critic Reviews
5.0 out of 5
Based on 4 Reviews and 29 Ratings
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The core processor for my saxophones!
This unit is made by vocalists for vocalists, but actually becomes the ultimate live-gig processor for a mic'd saxophone, all in one convenient portable package. The VoiceLive series gives you the ultimate doubler and harmonizer, because it doesn't sound like an effect pedal ....it sounds more realistic! In my case, all the stock default settings had to be changed & tweaked for the sonic fidelity of a "saxophone" (not a vocalist), but it does everything extremely well, especially the harmony processing. For me, it gets used primarily for unison-doubling, unison-octaves, and 2 to 4-part harmony. The 2 biggest features on this device are: 1) HARMONY INTERVAL SETTING. I can "manually" set-up (initially program) harmonies into my presets quickly and easily using a keyboard connected to the Helicon's MIDI-In jack. OR ...I can elect to have the Helicon automatically set the intervals for me "in real-time while I'm playing" using (once again) a MIDI connection from the keyboard player's keyboard to the Helicon's MIDI-In jack, or from an analog-audio signal from the sound-mixer into the Helicon's audio-in jack. 2) Set-ups and/or harmony-intervals can be saved as SEQUENTIAL PRESETS and RECALLED ON THE FLY at any time during the song USING THE PEDALBOARD SWITCHES while you're playing. The VoiceLive 3 is probably a slightly better unit, but truthfully, the older VoiceLive 2 packs a punch and is truly amazing!
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Hope to use it soon, but I know its awesome
Only used it a couple times just because I haven't figured out my live set just yet, but it is an amazingly powerful vocal processor pedalboard and it has tons of presets and it is built to be very durable.
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Floor-Based Vocal Processor
Floor-Based Vocal Processor, great midi implementation
Artist usage
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Van Leeuwan introduced Queens of the Stone Age to the VoiceLive 2 on the ...Like Clockwork Tour, as featured in this December 2, 2013 YouTube video by TC Electronic.
The manufacturer of the effects unit themselves (TC-Helicon) confirm Blake's use of the VoiceLive in their Facebook post, but the video link they use is broken. The unit can be seen throughout a performance on NPR Front Row (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4qfT2dxU6E&t=884s), though—specifically in use for Lindesfarne at this timestamp.
Can see the TC-Helicon vocal processor that creates The Japanese House's trademark sound from their gig at Dingwalls, Camden on 26/2/16.
According to Tc Helicon and Bumblefoot's facebook page he uses Voicelive 2 for preparation w Yes.
In his reddit ama, Yung Gud is asked, "How do you guys do live autotune? Is there a separate software or is it just in the Antares autotune?"
He responds, "TC Helicon Voicelive 2"
The original reddit thread can be found here.
Fever Ray stated she uses TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 Floor-Based Vocal Processor in the studio, posted on FixYourMix.com during an interview.
In a frame from the documentary "Per Sempre Assenti" during the soundcheck at The Cage in Livorno, a TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 Floor-Based Vocal Processor can be seen near Alberto Ferrari's pedalboard.
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