Members Steadfastly Posted December 29, 2010 Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 Since this unit also has "pitch" correction ability, would it improve someone's voice if their pitch was a little wanting? http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/VoiceLiveT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members staticsound Posted December 29, 2010 Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 Since this unit also has "pitch" correction ability, would it improve someone's voice if their pitch was a little wanting?http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/VoiceLiveT I haven't had much experience with this unit, but one would think that as long as your pitch isn't waaaaay off, it would probably be fine. I've read about some horror stories with people using Autotune live though. TC-Helicon puts out some nice stuff though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DukeOfBoom Posted December 29, 2010 Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 Damn that Voicelive 2 is sweet!!! If you buy and find out you don't want it, I'll take it, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DukeOfBoom Posted December 29, 2010 Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 but no, it won't improve your voice. it will correct your pitch if your a few cents sharp or flat. it adds some reverb, eq etc to your vox, but doesn't improve the natural tone of your voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steadfastly Posted December 29, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 but no, it won't improve your voice. it will correct your pitch if your a few cents sharp or flat. it adds some reverb, eq etc to your vox, but doesn't improve the natural tone of your voice. It sounds very interesting. I would like to try it but I'm not a profession singer and I don't even gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DukeOfBoom Posted December 29, 2010 Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 well most music retailers have a 30 day trial where you can return the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members staticsound Posted December 29, 2010 Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 If you get this, let me know how the FX sound. I may be interested in something like this. I don't ever trust the soundguy....even though my career is live sound engineering, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dingoist Posted December 29, 2010 Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 If you get this, let me know how the FX sound. I may be interested in something like this. I don't ever trust the soundguy....even though my career is live sound engineering, lol I've got a Create XT, which is fine for me. Some light de-essing, tone and reverb. There's plenty of other FX, but honestly, I don't really see the use (especially hard tune, ech, TC's version of the autotune effect). The touch looks cool, and if it weren't for the store's return for credit only policy, I would be trying one out tonight (went shopping today and saw one at my regular store, I was more looking for mic's and pres at the time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members staticsound Posted December 29, 2010 Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 I've got a Create XT, which is fine for me. Some light de-essing, tone and reverb. There's plenty of other FX, but honestly, I don't really see the use (especially hard tune, ech, TC's version of the autotune effect). The touch looks cool, and if it weren't for the store's return for credit only policy, I would be trying one out tonight (went shopping today and saw one at my regular store, I was more looking for mic's and pres at the time). Yeah, I want one for delay and verb...don't care much for pitch correction. The harmonizer might be kind of cool though. I'm debating on blowing my tax return on either in-ears or a TC product, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PorscheDad Posted December 29, 2010 Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 The harmonizer might be kind of cool though. I'm debating on blowing my tax return on either in-ears or a TC product, lol. StaticSound... I use the TC Helicon Harmony G. It's a great tool and really makes the backing vocals pop. I just need to remember to "bypass" when I speak between songs. If you go to our website and click on the "sample video" button, the 1st song, Burning Love, I use the Harmony G. You can see I take it out of bypass just before we start. I'll watch for other posts to get feedback on the pitch control products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members staticsound Posted December 29, 2010 Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 StaticSound... I use the TC Helicon Harmony G. It's a great tool and really makes the backing vocals pop. I just need to remember to "bypass" when I speak between songs. If you go to our website and click on the "sample video" button, the 1st song, Burning Love, I use the Harmony G. You can see I take it out of bypass just before we start.I'll watch for other posts to get feedback on the pitch control products. Dude, that harmonizer sounds pretty damn good...I may hold off on the in-ears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YeahDoIt Posted December 29, 2010 Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 Since this unit also has "pitch" correction ability, would it improve someone's voice if their pitch was a little wanting? Did you ever listen to a recording of your voice with and without Autotune type effect? It can be a subtle effect unless you turn it up for that T-Pain sound. I doubt that people in the bars that I visit notice slight off pitch singing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DukeOfBoom Posted December 29, 2010 Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 Yeah, I want one for delay and verb...don't care much for pitch correction. The harmonizer might be kind of cool though. I'm debating on blowing my tax return on either in-ears or a TC product, lol. buy them both used. go to Guitar Center.com and click on the used gear section. GC Used probably has the best deals on the web collectively. the Vegas GC has a used Harmony G right now for 150. Then you bargain from there. offer them 90. they'll go "no." That's when I usually say something to the effect of "It's not YOUR inventory (the person), it's GC's inventory. What do you care?" A little more tactful tho. Works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dthraco Posted December 29, 2010 Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 Used a Harmony-G for 3 years. The Harmonies are pretty slick and I had several other musicians come up to me after gigs asking about it. NO pitch correction on that one, so if you are off, not so good. But...nothing fixes off pitch singing like practicing. A live pitch correction tool may help what the crowd hears, but it won't help you get better at singing. Singing and ear training fixes pitch issues. I suspect that for the same amount of time if you sang with a pitch correction device, vs not using one, you would see better improvement without one. Ear training also helps you play other instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jersey Jack Posted December 29, 2010 Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 Used a Harmony-G for 3 years. The Harmonies are pretty slick and I had several other musicians come up to me after gigs asking about it. NO pitch correction on that one, so if you are off, not so good.But...nothing fixes off pitch singing like practicing. A live pitch correction tool may help what the crowd hears, but it won't help you get better at singing. Singing and ear training fixes pitch issues. I suspect that for the same amount of time if you sang with a pitch correction device, vs not using one, you would see better improvement without one.... Actually, that's not entirely true, as the pitch correction on devices like this can be used as an ear training tool: Assuming that you can hear yourself, you will hear a slightly dissonant doubling of your voice when you're off pitch. This leads you (or should lead you) naturally to correct yourself in order to resolve the dissonance. TC Helicon makes this point in their promotional materials. Even if you never use the pitch correction for live performances, they claim, you can work on your pitch by using it during practices. I've found this way of working on pitch very helpful. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeyParent Posted December 29, 2010 Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 It will not improve your voice... it will probably improve how you sound though. It is a nitpicky distinction but an important one. If you have a lot of pitch or breathing problems you may be better served by spending the money on voice lessons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amx13 Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 Totally agree with Mikey...It wont improve your voice but it will make you sound better in live situations. So if you plan on doing a live gig it will make it a lot better, but if you want to improve your singing it will not help IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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