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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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TC Helicon VoiceLive Vocal Floor Processor
The TC Helicon VoiceLive Vocal Floor Processor puts all the vocal tools you love and use in one dedicated box engineered for live music performance. Powerful EQ, compression, and delay are combined with rich reverb, harmony, correction, and doubling algorithms from TC-Helicon.4 unique harmony logic algorithms can add harmonies generated from your lead voice or can be used by a backup singer to create a multivoice back-up ensemble. Each of the 4 harmony voice parts use the Hybrid Shifting algorithm. This superior pitch-shifting algorithm is combined with a voice-trained pitch-detection algorithm and human-modeled naturalization parameters to create natural-sounding harmonies.The automatic pitch correction is the most transparent available. With factory and custom scales the Correct block can fix intonation problems in any musical style. Amount, Attack and a 200-cent window control make natural pitch correction easy to achieve.The VoiceLive contains the VOSTM Limiter an optical limiter optimized for voice. Its analog architecture ensures you’ll never distort the mic input and maintain premium sound quality.8 footswitches and 4 control modes make VoiceLive easy to use in your performance. A user footswitch is assignable to TAP Tempo (for delay), Harmony Hold, and other useful parameters. You can also use an expression pedal to sweep through assignable modifiers.The bottom plate is constructed using a powder-coated steel-plate with anti-skid rubber matting. Controls are recessed and reinforced by double aluminum construction.
TC Helicon VoiceTone Harmony-M Vocal Effects Pedal for Keyboard
VoiceTone Harmony-M is dedicated to singers who are also keyboard players. It listens to the MIDI input and voice to follow the music. The pedal includes classic “notes” and “chord” harmony control modes, and features 1/4″ TRS mic level I/O as well as input for an optional foot switch so it can be placed on the keyboard for easy access. It has a tone switch for engaging the adaptive live engineer effects that dynamically polishes the vocal tone by connecting the stereo outputs to the mains. Harmony-M simultaneously gives you two backup harmony singers and realistic vocal doubling with effortless MIDI control. Also included are the live engineer effects that automatically optimize your vocals with adaptive compression, EQ, and de-essing. All of this is fed into rich reverb and delay processors. While you focus on your music, Harmony-M backs you up with fully-produced vocal sound. Feel like you’re wrestling with others over your sound? From the moment you plug your mic into VoiceTone Harmony-M, you’re in control of the tone and effects on your voice. Harmony arrangement algorithms follow your playing and singing to provide musically correct harmony. With the straightforward controls, it’s easy to step through presets and switch between A/B user settings. It’s like having a skilled engineer sensitive to your every note, ready to polish your vocal tone. 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.
TC Helicon VoiceTone Double Overdubbing Pedal
You’ve worked hard to create a vocal sound that’s all your own, but leaving your live sound in the hands of others is hit and miss. Now you can make your sound engineer, your audience, and your band smile with high-quality vocal processing that starts at the stage and is exclusively under your control with TC-Helicon VoiceTone pedals for singers. The TC-Helicon’s VoiceTone Double is a vocal pedal that creates up to four humanized overdubs - live! The pitch and timing of tthese overdubbed vocals can be “tight and intimate” or “loose and lively”. Ten professional authored effects banks offer a slightly different take on the various natural and effected doubling sounds with three patches, and include pristine emulations of classic microshift, chorus, and detune. With a simple push of a button you can switch from such effects as Two Voices, Four Voices, &181;Mod, Overdub+&181;Mod, One Octave, Group Octave, Subtle, Effected, Showcase, and even Rap. VoiceTone Double gives the singer creative control of the pitch, timing and levels of each patch. During performance, singers can toggle between two patches with the Part A and B switches. Easy to connect and use, it comes with mic level XLR I/O in stereo and mono which provide a wide input range for dynamic mics and extra hot condensers. The clean studio-quality mic preamp includes phantom power. Simply by plugging in a microphone, singers can easily produce a combination of natural and effected doubling that finally makes live vocals sound like the CD.
TC Helicon VoiceTone Correct Vocal Pedal
The VoiceTone Correct pedal’s studio-quality sound, ready-for-action construction, and unobtrusive size let you carry it 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 and vocal coach on the road, but now it’s your turn to bring your vocal posse with you and ensure that your message-your sound-is heard.Take control of your live sound Feel like you’re wrestling with others over your sound? From the moment you plug your mic into a VoiceTone vocal processing pedal, you’re in control of the tone and effects on your voice. When you sing through VoiceTone Create and Correct pedals you’re saying, “This is my sound, don’t mess with it!”Enjoy Complete Quality 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 want to sing your best while your fans get, well, fanatic. 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.Live Engineer and Correction-in-a-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!
TC Helicon VoiceTone Create Vocal Pedal
The VoiceTone Create pedal’s studio-quality sound, ready-for-action construction, and unobtrusive size let you carry it 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 the VoiceTone Create pedal. Up to now, only the most successful singers have taken their producer, live engineer, and vocal coach on the road, but now it’s your turn to bring your vocal posse with you and ensure that your message-your sound-is heard.Take control of your live sound Feel like you’re wrestling with others over your sound? From the moment you plug your mic into a VoiceTone pedal, you’re in control of the tone and effects on your voice. When you sing through VoiceTone Create vocal effect pedals, you’re saying, “This is my sound, don’t mess with it!”Enjoy Complete Quality 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 want to sing your best while your fans get, well, fanatic. 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.Producer in a 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 VoiceModeler Plug-in for PowerCore
Create multiple voice personalities with TC-Helicon’s unique modeling technology. VoiceModeler can be subtle or extreme: transform male into female voices, enhance dull-sounding voices by adding breath or a throaty sound, or go beyond by creating new voice effects. It allows you to manipulate the voice like you would any digital instrument.
TC Helicon Intonator HS Plug-in for PowerCore
The Intonator HS (Hybrid Shifting) is a realtime pitch correction plug-in that fixes intonation problems in vocals. This new plug-in for the PowerCore platform utilizes the latest intonation correction technology found in TC-Helicon’s hardware products and delivers very natural sounding results.Transparent and easy pitch correction, Hybrid Shifting algorithm for natural pitch shifting on large intervals, and vocal-trained pitch recognition algorithm for glitchless shifting are just some of the remarkable features that this plug-in delivers.
TC Helicon VSM-300XT VoiceSoloXT Active Personal Monitor Black
The VSM-300XT VoiceSoloXT Active Personal Monitor from TC Helicon offers improved sound, better looks, and a lower price than the original model. The VSM300XT monitor 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 VoiceSoloXT 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-300s 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.The 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 can be used in numerous mounting positions including the highly practical method of integrating VoiceSolo into your boom mic-stand, saving stage space. However, conventional options can also be used like the floor wedge position, on a stand without a boom, or stand mounted for side fill or small PA.
TC Helicon VSM-200XT VoiceSoloXT Active Personal Monitor Black
The VSM-200XT VoiceSoloXT is an active personal monitor from TC Helicon that offers improved sound, better looks, and a lower price than the original model. The VSM200XT monitor 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.
TC Helicon VSM-200P VoiceSolo Passive Voice Monitor
If you need multiple monitors and have external amplifier channels available, look no further than the TC Helicon VSM-200P VoiceSolo Passive Voice Monitor. The VSM-200P delivers intelligible, natural vocal sound thanks to an ICT (Inductively Coupled Technology) point source driver and a rugged, efficient cast aluminum enclosure. Non-electrical methods are used to couple the tweeter with the woofer making the tweeter indestructible.VSM-200P VoiceSolo Passive Voice Monitor integrates with 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. Also rocks back to 3 different angles on the floor. Features parallel combo SpeakOn/1/4″ connectors for easy setup with any amplifier. The parallel connector lets you connect multiple units off one amplifier channel. A front-panel volume control lets you decide how loud you want your monitor mix and does not affect the next monitor in the chain.
TC Helicon VSM-200 VoiceSolo Active Voice Monitor
If you want to replace your current monitor and have someone running your mixes, look no further than the TC Helicon VSM-200 VoiceSolo Active Voice Monitor. The VSM-200 delivers intelligible, natural vocal sound thanks to an ICT (Inductively Coupled Technology) point source driver; a rugged, efficient cast aluminum enclosure; and a 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 VSM-200 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-200s or VSM-300s 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.
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