TC Helicon VoiceLive 3 | All-In-One Musicians
As a singer, voice talent, and multi-instrument player myself I have tried a lot of instruments and gadgets and have worked with a lot audio mixing devices, trying to get that perfect sound, the sound that I want to hear from my Instrument and my Voice.
Just recently I found TC Helicon VoiceLive 3, online and watched it’s demo video and I was amazed in what it can do. It can loop tracks it can add effects to your voice and even your guitar at the same time. Though it’s price may be quite steep it’s worth a try for every guitar player, singer, band member, or even someone who just wants to meddle with music a bit more.
Now let’s go to the technical side,
SPECIFICATIONS
- Vocal Effects
- Echo & Delay
- Reverb
- Harmony
- Double
- Transducer
- Rhythmic
- HardTune & Correction
- Choir
- Stutter
- Vocoder
- Adaptive Tone
- Looper
- Multi-track looper
- Layered for verse/chorus (B/C) over base loop A with infinite overdubs
- 10 x three track loop storage
- 45 minutes total loop time
- Guitar Effects
- Amp Modeling
- Drive
- Delay
- Reverb
- Compression
- Resonant Filter
- Wah
- µMod (Flange, Chorus, De-tune)
- Shifter
- Rhythmic/Tremolo
- Talkbox (part of Vocoder)
- Control
- 250 factory presets
- Memory for 500 presets
- 10 steps per preset
- 10 footswitches
- 6 preset-assignable footswitches for enabling/disabling FX blocks
- Detailed editing
- Genre and Styles preset categories
- Size
- Height: 3" (76 mm)
- Width: 13.8" (350 mm)
- Depth: 8.5" (261 mm)
- Weight
- Weight: 5 lb. (2.3 kg)
- Construction
- anodized extruded aluminum and steel chassis
- Rubberized edit/mix knobs
- Recessed rubberized handle
- 192 x 64 Blue STN LCD, White Back light display
- Tri-colored Footswitch Light ring
- Capacitive touch edit controls with LED indicators
- Analog Inputs
- VOICE
- Connector: Combo Balanced XLR/Balanced TRS 1/4″ phone jack
- Input Impedance Balanced: 3.08 kOhm
- Mic Input Level @ 0 dBFS: -52 dBu to +7 dBu
- Line Input Level @0dBFS: -40 dBu to +19 dBu
- EIN @ Max Mic Gain Rg = 150 Ohm: -127 dBu
- Mic SNR >100 dB at typical Mic Input gain
- Phantom Power: +48V (on/off via setup menu)
- A to D Conversion 24 Bit, 128 x oversampling bitstream, 110 dB SNR A-weighted
- GUITAR
- Connector: 1/4″ phone jack
- Guitar Input Impedance: 1 MOhm
- Guitar Input Level @ 0 dBFS: -2 dBU to 14 dBu
- Guitar Input SNR >108 dB
- A to D Conversion 24 Bit, 128 x oversampling bitstream, 110 dB SNR A-weighted
- MONITOR
- Connector: Balanced XLR
- Input Impedance Balanced: 25 kOhm
- Monitor Input Level @ 0 dBFS +16 dBu
- AUX
- Aux: 1/8″ stereo mini jack
- Aux Input Level @ 0 dBFS +2 dBu
- Analog Outputs
- VOICE
- Connectors: balanced XLR
- Output Impedance Balanced/Unbalanced: 300/150 Ohm
- Output Range 0 dBFS Line Level: +14 dBu; Mic Level: — 2dBu
- Dynamic Range >109 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz/li>
- Frequency Response +0/-0.3 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
- D to A Conversion 24 Bit, 128 x oversampling bitstream, 115 dB SNR A-weighted
- GUITAR
- Connectors: 1/4″ TRS phone jack
- Output Impedance Balanced/Unbalanced: 442/221 Ohm
- Output Range 0 dBFS Line Level: +14 dBu; Mic Level: — 2dBu
- Dynamic Range >101 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
- D to A Conversion 24 Bit, 128 x oversampling bitstream, 106 dB SNR A-weighted
- HEADPHONE
- 1/8″ Mini stereo jack, 50 Ohm, +14 dBu max
- GUITAR THRU
- Buffered Guitar Input
- Connector: 1/4″ TRS phone jack
- Output Impedance Bal/UnBal: 270/540 Ohms
- MONITOR THRU
- Direct connection to Monitor input
- Connector: Balanced XLR
- Control
- USB: USB A, Mini-B
- MIDI: In/Out: 5 Pin DIN
- Pedal: 1/4″ TRS phone jack
- Mic Control using TC-Helicon MP-75 Microphone or Sennheiser e 835 fx mic
And that is a lot for a simple and small package.
Here’s a short demo on how it works
The TC Helicon VoiceLive 3 is available at Musician’s Friend for around Php 40,000
