Helicon is a mountain in Southern Greece where the Muses – those nine daughters of Zeus who inspire musicians, singers, poets and artists – were said to reside. In mythology, Helicon is a place where the speaking and singing voice is elevated to its highest levels. TC Helicon creates products for those who work with the voice in live and recording situations so they can can bring out the very best from any performance, and where the possibilities of vocal craft are endless. These vocal processing tools offer an incredible amount of real-time control over the sound of the human voice.
TC Helicon VoiceDoubler Automatic Vocal Doubling and Overdub Tool
It takes skill, time and punch-ins to create a properly doubled vocal track in the studio and it’s nearly impossible to accurately create the effect in live performance. The pitch and timing cues that tell your brain how many people are singing are subtle and complex. Imagine a front-of-house effects processor that creates up to four humanized overdubs - live! With TC-Helicon’s VoiceDoubler, overdubbed vocals can be “tight and intimate” or “loose and lively.” What’s more, TC-Helicon includes amazing emulations of classic de-tune, microshift and chorus effects. VoiceDoubler, with its timeless combination of natural and effected doubling, finally makes live vocals sound like the CD.
TC Helicon VoiceWorks Vocal Processor
The TC Helicon VoiceWorks Vocal Processor is hands-down the best harmony generator in its class. Creates 4-voice harmonies and 4 harmony modes and provides transparent pitch correction and fat automatic double-tracking, all so realistic you can solo them with confidence. It also includes superb T.C. Electronic effects and new HarmonyHold which lets you freeze your backing harmonies while you sing over them. Add a quality mic preamp, compression, EQ, tap-tempo delay, and reverbs and you have a complete vocal channel with 100 user presets.
TC Helicon VoiceWorksPlus Vocal Harmony, Modeling and Effects Processor
VoiceWorksPlus has all of the features you need to make your vocals shine brighter. It builds on the success of its predecessor, VoiceWorks, with an updated list of features including fourth generation TC-Helicon harmony technology, voice modeling, and the Transducer and iMod (micromod) blocks from VoicePro.The quiet Burr Brown-based mic preamp, transparent pitch correction, TC Helicon reverb, delay, and dynamics algorithms from VoiceWorks round out its capabilities. Whether you’re playing live gigs with a MIDI sequencer for backup or recording songs in your studio, VoiceWorksPlus offers high quality vocal processing options and advancess allowing you to realize the perfect vocal sound you’re looking for.4th Generation harmony Many of the advancements are in the “humanization” of the harmony voices. TC Helicon added new parameters and broke out former group settings into individual voice settings:- Each harmony voice now has unique portamento and pitch-smoothing values for better separation - Unique humanization style and amount settings per voice allow quicker edits - Added energy (volume) level randomization per voice to better mimic group dynamics - Any voice can be designated as a doubling voice in all harmony modes - Controlling harmonies with MIDI is easier and more realistic sounding than ever - Automatic note extension keyed on lead voice duration for smoother notes mode response - “Fussy” chord mode allows you to play runs and chords while controlling harmonies in chord mode - Scale mode MIDI override offers quick-solution tonon-scale input notes without editing - Increased portamento accuracy - All new, more realistic harmony vibrato styles - Improved voice allocation in notes mode increases pan and gender stability with wide-panned voices - Harmony hold update allows MIDI performance of sustained phonemes - Hold/Notes mode ADSR envelope with randomization creates synth-like performance from a vocal partCreate Characters using VoiceModeling With VoiceModeling you can transform your live singing voice to make it deeper, breathier or even add a growl that would make you hoarse otherwise. The additional modeling blocks can be mixed and matched to lend your voice everything from the most subtle enhancements to the sound of hyperactive cartoon characters.
TC Helicon Vocal Pedal and Personal Monitor Package
The Vocal Pedal & Personal Monitor Package includes the TC Helicon VoiceTone Correct Vocal Pedal, TC Helicon VoiceTone Create Vocal Pedal, TC Helicon VSM 300 XT Personal Monitor, AKG D 870 Supercardioid Dynamic Microphone and cable. VoiceTone Correct Vocal Pedal The nicest and most simpatico sound engineer you will ever meet is inside VoiceTone Correct. It combines pitch correction with tone and dynamic shaping that put a recorded gloss on live singing. Sensing algorithms developed at TC-Helicon automatically adjust the recording industry techniques of multiband EQ, compression and de-essing for you, so you get the best sound with the least amount of effort.Partner your new sound with auto-chromatic pitch correction which helps you sing more in tune, much like a metronome helps for playing in time. The miniaturization of sound engineers and vocal coaches was a challenge, but the results will surely impress you and your audience! VoiceTone Create Vocal Pedal If you’re tired of the dull, dry vocal coming back at you onstage, you’re ready for the VoiceTone Create vocal pedal. Now you can have the same pro quality ambience and ear-catching effect types that producers use in the studio to make vocals sound sweet. At its simplest, Create is a high quality voice effects unit that you bring to performances to feel confident that your style of effects, whether it’s country, rock, metal, blues or jazz, is under your control.Create features 99 preset combinations of reverb, delay, thickening/micro-tuning, distortion and telephone/megaphone effects that can inspire creativity and bring the sound of the CD to the stage. The straightforward controls, A/B effects switching and simple radio button preset selection give singers easy access to a rich palette of effects.TC Helicon VSM 300 XT The VSM300XT lets you hear the stage mix you need without all the feedback. You get intelligible, natural vocal sound thanks to an ICT (Inductively Coupled Technology) point source driver; a rugged, efficient cast aluminum enclosure; and a clean, quiet 150W BASH amplifier with a built-in limiter. Non-electrical methods are used to couple the tweeter with the woofer making the tweeter indestructible. The TC Helicon VSM-300XT monitor speakers are portable and versatile because your monitoring needs can vary by venue, the size of your group and the level of your performance or practice.The VSM-300XT VoiceSolo Active Voice Monitor mounts on your mic stand with included hardware to save floor space. Attach the hardware to your stand once, and the monitor will pop on and off. It also rocks back to 3 different angles on the floor. Features mic and line inputs and a pass-thru to connect additional VSM-200XTs(sold separately) or VSM-300XTs in parallel. A front-panel volume control lets you decide how loud you want your monitor mix and does not affect the level going to any other monitor or the mixing console.
TC Helicon VoiceTone Harmony-G Vocal Effects Pedal for Guitar
VoiceTone Harmony-G is a studio-quality vocal harmony and effects pedal dedicated to guitar players that takes the programming completely out of the equation, since the guitar playing tells Harmony-G what notes to harmonize. Adaptive mixing and harmony arrangement algorithms follow the guitar and voice, and produce realistic harmonies without pre-programming. A guitar AutoMix function provides acoustic guitar players with a balanced mix of vocals, guitar, and effects. The straightforward controls enable the guitarist to go further and arrange voicing and effects changes in their song by stepping through ten presets with A/B settings as they perform. VoiceTone Harmony-G also features XLR mic level I/O, guitar input, and pass-thru for separate amp and guitar tuner inputs. Each pedal in the VoiceTone line has a unique purpose, yet they compliment each other perfectly. Their studio-quality sound, ready-for-action construction, and unobtrusive size lets you carry them along with your favorite mic to the gig, whether it’s a club or a concert hall. And operation couldn’t be easier. You’ll get the sound you want in seconds, instantly boosting your performance the very first night you use a VoiceTone pedal. Up to now, only the most successful singers have taken their producer, live engineer, back-up singers and vocal coach on the road, but now it’s your turn to bring your vocal posse with you and ensure that your message, and, more importantly, your sound, is heard.Quality can be witnessed in every aspect of the VoiceTone design. Studio caliber audio algorithms, transparent converters, and fastidious analog audio design lead to a smooth sound that makes you sound your best. It just wouldn’t be enough to make products that sound this good without making sure they stand up to the rough treatment they’re going to get onstage or kicking around a rehearsal room floor.
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