TC HeliconVoice Live Play Vocal Effects Processor

Well built and sounds more like real voices than any of the five other brands I've used over the years. TC Helicon is by far the best the this price range. It is a little hard to learn all the features ( and it has many features) but with a little reading and testing, it's done. And it works beautifully with just an acoustic guitar and plain voice as well as with all electric guitar and mic.

Just broke this thing open at band practice last night. I was using a Line 6 Pod X3 Pro with a Shure SM58, and it was a decent sound. This thing with an MP-75 mic blows that rig completely out of the water for sound quality.Easy to edit, sounds fantastic right out of the box. And the MP-75 has a "Hit" button on it that activates parameters on the pedal, sort of like an overdrive button for your voice.Learning curve is easy. If you've programmed a Pod or anything similar in the last 10 years, this is simple by comparison. It has a sort of "sound engineer" effect that is constantly working to make your voice punch through and sound clean, and then up to 7 different effects you can have on, off, or "Hit" effected... And you can store like 500 presets on the bloody thing.Basically, I'm programming one or two patches per song that my band covers (Currently a mix of Tool, Korn, Godsmack, System of a Down), with a seperate Hit effect per patch. Works perfectly so far. Then, when I'm done programming or working at practice, I can re-shuffle my patches with my computer via a USB port. (Only complaint: I'd really love a patch programming interface similar to Line 6's Gearbox.)So, um, yeah. No hesitation. Buy this thing with an MP-75, before they wise up and charge more money. ;-)

Especially if your a bedroom singer guitarist like me. I'm not looking to get on stage so this is perfect fun! I'll probably never get through all the features in my lifetime but who cares. There's enough in here for me!!

Having performed for over twenty years, I have experimented with a number of different devices that claim to add harmonies or enhance your vocal performance. I've used TC Helicon's Vocal Prism for years in the studio when creating demos or simply fleshing out harmonies and was curious about this product because of it's professed durability and the fact that it does not use any sort of MIDI or other interface to determine harmonic information. Instead it has an active microphone that "listens" to what is being performed around it and intelligently applies the harmonies in real time. This is no small accomplishment and I am excited to try it with my band just to see how well it performs. In the mean time, I used it for a fun project equipping voice alteration in a live setting and was duly impressed with the quality of the alteration and received several comments about the device afterwards. The presets are often named either directly or indirectly after recognizable people or characters and the Barry White modulation took my baritone voice way into the thick bass range with little noticeable artifacts. I doubt that this would be my preference for a recording session as there are cleaner sounding devices out there, but for the price, this is one fun voice machine that I expect will find its place in many live performance situations. The effects are nice and there is a karaoke mode that I have yet to try that reduces the lead vocal from any input source (1/8" jack) and allows you to add your own vocal. Could be great for a impromptu karaoke party or even as bonus attraction for a DJ business. Good bang for the buck and it feels durable. My only reason for not giving 5 stars relate to the power supply and powering up process. This unit uses a "dreaded" wall wart power supply which, while not as clunky as others, I fear will not hold up as well as the metal chassis of the device. Also, there is no power button or switch. The unit is always on when plugged in. I suppose this may be to minimize the "pop" associated with powering on and off but I am not certain the benefits outweigh the inconveniences. Still, this is lots of fun to use and I would definitely recommend to amateur musicians and singers who want to explore new harmonies and to sharpen their pitch accuracy and possibly to professional musicians looking to enhance their performances a bit. I coupled it with their microphone which feels and sounds comparable to a much more expensive microphone and includes a toggle button that can trigger different effects from the microphone which is a cool feature for live performance. I used it to jump between voices in a dramatic production that required a monstrously low voice and a much higher voice.