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TC Harmony G XT or Digitech Voicelive VL 3?
I have been using a Digitech Voicelive 4 for a couple of years and it's really added a lot to my band and acoustic gigs. But the key to adding a lot to the performance is adding little in the way of effects and digital harmonies. The VL4 has many more features than I'll ever need. 90% of the time I sang harmonies to my lead singer and had the VL4 just add one harmony a third over my own. That's it. Some pitch correction on bad vocal days helped too and I have it dialed in so it's slight and not noticeable.
I'm looking to downsize and I'm trying to decide between the TC Helicon Harmony G XT and the Digitech VL3. I'm interested in hearing from people who have actually compared both. I plan to use some reverb, slight delay and one harmony 99% of the time, maybe a second harmony once in a while. Pitch correction as well (I know the TC is not adjustable, but something tells me they just got it right). Thanks for your experienced based assistance. |
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I prefer the TC over the Digitech. Better FX and quieter. Do you prefer stomp or boom stand mountable? I had the VL4 but it didn't last long... too noisy and I really didn't need four part harmony.
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Stomp for sure. The TC doesn't look like the front is angled like the Digitech. Hope that's not an issue. Also, the TC doesn't have a switch to turn the effects in and off.
I had no noise probls with my VL4 intoy Bose or a big PA. It's worked great for two years already. It's just huge and too easy to hit the wrong switch. |
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I like my TC Helicon Harmony G XT. The pitch correction is the only feature I don't like because it is too noticeable, has sort of a chorusing sound that I don't care for.
I agree with you because I don't use all the features either , in fact I only use a single harmony a 3rd above and room reverb. When I use more than one harmony it is too over the top for a solo singer in my opinion |
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1. Activate tuner (easiest as you can use your foot) 2.Push FX button |
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Right. No footswitch. Maybe not a big deal. |
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When you say there's a chorusing, is that what you hear in your head (which is normal if you're singing off pitch) or are you saying that the audience can hear it (which is not good)? |
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Ya'll probably have this info but I'll post just in case.
http://www.tc-helicon.com/voicetone-...xt-details.asp |
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http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...17&postcount=4
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...9&postcount=40 http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...4&postcount=46 Last edited by TrinityEB; 07-14-2010 at 02:37 AM. |
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I read the existing threads, but most were a bit older and didn't really include the comparison I was looking for. I thought there would be more experience with these units, and especially the TC's added pitch correction, out there.
Is the VL3 a lot larger than the TC? the size of the TC is a big attraction |
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I played through my bandmate's TC Hamony G XT last night at his acoustic gig. He bought his after hearing me use my Digitech VL4. I have been coveting the small size of the GXT, but really wanted to try one out before laying out the cash as I have the VL4 dialed in nicely.
First, I will say that the GXT did wonderful things for the straight voice. The effects sounded great and very useable. If I didn't already have the VL4, the GXT would be worth it for just that. But, I was not impressed with it's harmony tracking at all. I tried some tunes with a single higher harmony voice and it was mostly ok, but the machine generated some strange harmony notes from time to time. Then I tried a couple of CSN tunes with one higher and one lower harmony. Man, I heard some very strange harmonies that just did not follow the chords I was playing. My digitech does a much better job in this regard. My bandmate actually brought it up and thought that mine did a better job when he heard it. I think I'll just stick with the big VL4 (though I hate it's hugeness and the placement of the pedal switches) and work on some of the effects settings that I really haven't used. |