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New Create XT Preset + Switch 3 = EZ Magic

August 27, 2010 by tom

All you Create XT users know how powerful this product can be by itself. But did you know that by adding the Switch 3 footswitch, your performance options are multiplied three times? The preset offered below has A and B settings offering the popular effects you can use to reproduce modern music:

  • Doubling
  • Megaphone
  • Hardtune
  • Tap delay
  • Room reverb

The footswitches on a Switch 3 give you individual on/off control of the FX block, µMod and delay effects in left to right order. The reverb effect is usually left on. In fact, you can set up a combination while the On button is turned off and then switch it on for a multi-effect sonic treat when needed.

The A setting:

FX – megaphone, µMod – doubling, delay – ducked 1/8th note delay, reverb – quiet room.

The B setting:

FX – hardtune (set to key of A), µMod – thicken, 1/4 note tap delay, reverb – bright room

Create XT Multi Preset

Download the preset from the link above, extract the file to a folder then use VoiceSupport v1.1 to load them into your product. VoiceSupport has an offline manual you can read under Help in the lower menu.

Remember, you can use the Balance control to adjust the level of individual effects blocks when only that block is turned on. Storing your change is done by holding the Preset button. Also, make sure to power up Create XT after you connect the Switch 3. Enjoy!

Jaime Vendera VoiceLive 2 Presets Available

August 25, 2010 by tom

Below is a download link to a selection of 6 presets by vocal coach Jaime (pronounced “Jamie”) Vendera. As well as guiding singers towards a more powerful vocal tone, Jaime is renowned for his ability to break a wineglass using only his voice! We caught up with him prior to an international teaching tour and he offered us some of the presets he’s created in his VoiceLive 2 to pass on to you fans of the product. (more…)

VoiceLive Touch Update

August 25, 2010 by tom

News On Delivery

Thanks for your patience, all of you who are waiting for information on VoiceLive Touch. There was an issue with reliably producing one of the mechanical components that has now been addressed. The good news is that we are starting pre-production now and the finished Touch units (or is that the finishing Touches?) are planned to leave our warehouses bound for your neighborhood dealer in October. In this post we catch up with what’s been happening with this exciting new product.

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VoiceTone Synth Classic Talkbox Tips

August 23, 2010 by tom

For those guitarists out there using VoiceTone Synth, here are a couple of tips for getting closer to that authentic hose-in-the-mouth talkbox effect. Although Synth can create sounds light years ahead of a talkbox, it’s still fun to recall the glory days of this sound.

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Long Echo & Delay | Making Hit Vocals – EPISODE 6

June 23, 2010 by tom

TC-Helicon presents a video series that showcases the creative process in Making Hit Vocals live. Laura Clapp and Tom Lang bring you hooks, harmonies and various vocal ear-candy and reveal what effects are used and how they are tweaked.

Scroll to the end of the post to get these effects using VoiceLive 2, VoiceTone Create XT and VoiceLive Touch.

EPISODE 6: Long Echo & Delay
Beyoncé’s hit track If I Were A Boy has one of the best examples of tap tempo controlled, long echo or delay. Laura demonstrates how to add a signature effect to ballads by engaging a long echo on a phrase.
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3 nighter w/VoiceLive 2 – Yeah!

May 12, 2009 by tom

Just did 3 nights in a downtown club with VoiceLive2. It’s so cool when you get time to use the product you’ve been developing in the heat of performance, especially when the assumptions we made on improvements to the previous VoiceLive turn out to be actual improvements in the real world of gigging! (more…)

Editing, styles & effects – VoiceLive 2

April 20, 2009 by tom

Take a tour of the edit menus on VoiceLive 2. The paradigm is essentially a tab for each effect block, then rows of up to 4 parameters. The most common parameters are always at the top. There is a lot of work deciding which parameters to include, but also the placement of the parameters, names, values, etc. We have a really simple process for managing these changes which let us experiment with different menus and parameters in each build of software.

Presets & Steps on the fly – VoiceLive 2

March 5, 2009 by tom

Earlier on in February I got a chance to sit down and spend some time with the preset step function on VoiceLive 2. This is going to be great for building up tunes during live performance.

Secret VoiceLive 2 feature revealed – VoiceSupport

February 23, 2009 by tom

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We didn’t publically announced this feature at the NAMM show, but now we’re ready to talk about it  – VoiceLive 2 ships with a new software utility called VoiceSupport. VoiceSupport is a Windows/Mac application that connects VoiceLive 2 with our support network. (more…)

8 harmony voices DSP implementation – VoiceLive 2

January 27, 2009 by tom

Tom Lang checks out 8 voices of harmony running on VoiceLive 2.

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