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I'm with Dave. This is exactly what I bought my TC play Acoustic for.
I wanted a all in one box as my guitar DI box and vocal FX like reverb. I also don't use the harmony I do not use the auto tune or pitch correction. I do use the guitar EQ features which include parametric, shelves, notch also compression and more. All those features are adjustable. It's definitely prosumer but. I can use the TC play pedal, a mic with stand, my guitar and my DBR 10 powered speaker and I'm set. It's a good substitute for a small cheap mixer. Now in addition to what's been mentioned; you get an okay tuner in the pedal which also mutes guitar so that can be handy for just plugging in etc. you can use headphone out for IEM and I use mine for practicing with headphones. I've added the extra switch (switch 3 type) which I have assigned as a looper. I haven't learned to loop yet but..... I assigned the one switch to boost so now if I'm finger picking I just hit boost. Especially helpful for songs where I start with finger picking and mover to strumming it go back and forth. Anyway for what they are they are great. Use sparingly and primarily for all the features that they are not promoted for. lol. Anyway works for me for a lot of circumstances. |
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I use a Powerwerks 150watt with a Powerwerks sub. I feed my Play Acoustic via headphone out to aux in on the Powerwerks. The GTX is dual mono out - mic goes to channel one on the Powerwerks and guitar goes to channel two. Often the guitar is pass through the GTX straight to the Powerwerks or first to my partner's separate pedal (sometimes a zoom A2 and sometimes a para di with boss reverb) then to channel 2. |
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I have two submix rigs like this (including one with the same little Yamaha mixer) and it is incredibly nice to just show up with whatever I'm playing, some mics, cables, stands, a powered speaker, and my submix pedalboard.
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Rockabilly, the SS boxes have built in adaptive EQ. In other words, you set it for one of the 8 or so vocal types and it applies an EQ curve, compression, de essing, etc. It might, or might not, be your cup of tea. It has a built in mix on the pedal for feedback control. Pretty nifty.
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My VoiceLive 3 simply is the most important component in my live rig. I play typical singer+guitar pop/rock stuff in venues small and large.
I'd advice anyone who's going for a similar scenario to consider adding a VoiceLive* or PlayAcoustic* before even thinking about anything else. The main reason is that it consistently(!) improves the sound. I can dial in a good guitar sound even when using a cheap beater guitar / simple UST. You get clear vocals with any standard mic (SM58, etc.). You get a good sound even when using a cheap PA. You setup your rig once and then just plug in to any system (your speaker, house PA, whatever) and sound good with no or only very minor adjustments. In my experience, to get a sound that is better in all the dimensions, you need
So we're talking about 1000s of dollars of equipment / man power to get to the point where a SS does not improve the sound anymore. I do not use the harmony, auto-tune, etc. features of the devices. I think TC's marketing often highlights the wrong features. The best parts of these devices are their basic, semi-automatic sound improvements. So to answer the OP's question: I'd chose "VoiceLive/Play Acoustic + simple speaker" over "sophisticated acoustic amp" anytime. (*: VoiceLive and PlayAcoustic are the two devices I have experience with. I do not know how good similar devices of other manufacturers are.)
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I use the bare bones TC "Harmony Singer" but it's very subtle. A low third harmony mixed in just enough so it's not too obvious. The Play Acoustics have many more and better features, but I'd be spending too much to use it the same way that I use the Harmony singer.
My PA setup is very scalable. I play a lot of different rooms, so I took some pics to illustrate the scalability. Here's the equipment that I have to choose from on any given gig: 2016 Gibson J-45 Standard Washburn Timber Ridge Custom Fishman Prefix Premium Blend Pickups in both. DR Pro Mic Stand. Heil PR 35 Vocal Mic. TC Electronics Harmony Singer Pedal Boss OC-3 Octave Pedal Boomerang III Digital Looper Aphex Acoustic Xciter Direct Box Fire-Eye Red-Eye Preamp Allen & Heath Zed10FX Mixer Allen & Heath Zed60 14FX Mixer (if I need more channels) QSC Touchmix 16 (for running my weekly open mic and sound for my band) Line 6 L3T Powered Speaker (FOH) Line 6 L2M Powered Speaker (Monitor) Line 6 L2T Powered Speaker (If I need more coverage or an additional monitor) DBX 223XS Active Crossover. Yorkville NX720s 15" Powered Subwoofer. EV ZXA1 12" Powered Subwoofer (for smaller rooms) I don't use both subs together. Just one depending on room size. Rock -N- Roller RT12 Folding Cart. Can load in and out in one trip. Outdoor patio gig. Almost the full rig. Almost the full rig here too 1 FOH speaker. 1 Monitor. Chill low volume patio gig (1 three way speaker. no sub or crossover) Another no subwoofer patio gig My weekly Wednesday 6pm-9pm gig: I have since gotten rid of the floor monitor. We can hear the main very well from where we are seated. Killer sounding room. |