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Octave Doubling | Making Hit Vocals – EPISODE 7

July 13, 2010 by admin

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, VoiceLive Touch and Harmony-G XT.

EPISODE 7: Octave Doubling
Octave doubling can be a great way to take a grungy vocal and make it thicker in the mix. Stacking overdubs in unison can help everything blend together. Tom Lang demonstrates the effect on the Fall Out Boy hit, Thnks fr th Mmrs.

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Posted in Videos, VoiceLive 2, VoiceLive Touch, VoiceTone Harmony-G XT

Win a VoiceLive 2: design-a-voice-product

June 6, 2010 by Joey

Our first attempt at design a product collage

VoiceScoreBoard - keep score of you vs. the rest of the band! - our office attempt at designing a product using collage

TC-Helicon is getting set to announce a monster-of-vocal product on June 16th. It’s likely some singers will pass out. To make it easier on TC-Helicon friends and owners we’re giving you a chance to predict the design of the new product using nothing but primary school art skills.

So here’s your chance to use your product design chops, vocal talent, and psychic abilities to predict what our new vocal child will look like and win a VoiceLive 2

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Posted in Amusing, Team Blog, VoiceLive 2, VoiceTone Create XT, VoiceTone Harmony-G XT, VoiceTone Synth

VoiceSupport 1.1 walk-through video

June 1, 2010 by admin

TC-Helicon Product Manager, Tom Lang, walks through the major new features of VoiceSupport and how to use them. He covers details on the new preset management feature mid way through the video. For more support click here.

Posted in Tips & Tricks, Videos, VoiceLive 2, VoiceSupport, VoiceTone Create XT, VoiceTone Harmony-G XT, VoiceTone Synth

VoiceSupport 1.1 available for download now

May 21, 2010 by admin

After some lengthy delays, the new version of VoiceSupport is ready for download. The new version has many new features as well as access to more content. The most anticipated feature is the new drag and drop preset management view. All the new content can be filtered to see what you want. Singers wanting to learn more about their craft will enjoy access to VoiceCouncil articles and videos that cover topics ranging from warming up, breathing and getting gigs.

VoiceSupport product page

Download and install the new version below. You do not need to uninstall the previous version. For support, manual, and video walk-through click here.

DOWNLOAD - Windows

DOWNLOAD – Mac

NOTE to Mac 10.4 users: the content the Home page of VoiceSupport version 1.1 will not be viewable when running Mac 10.4. However, all other functions of the application will be available. If you want to see the content, it is available online at blog.tc-helicon.com.

Posted in Product Update, Support, VoiceLive 2, VoiceSupport, VoiceTone Create XT, VoiceTone Harmony-G XT, VoiceTone Synth

Harmony-G XT firmware update for VoiceSupport

May 21, 2010 by admin

TC-Helicon has released a firmware update for VoiceTone Harmony-G XT – version 1.1.01. The update makes Harmony-G XT compatible with the new preset management page in VoiceSupport 1.1. With VoiceSupport you can now store, archive, rename, and move presets.

BACK UP YOUR PRESETS

Your presets will be deleted and restored to factory presets when you upgrade to version 1.1.01. With VoiceSupport version 1.1 you can back-up your presets and restore them. In VoiceSupport 1.1, click the TC-Helicon menu, select Help, then select Offline Manual. Perform the steps in Backing up your presets and restoring your presets in the Common Tasks section of the manual.

You must be using VoiceSupport 1.1 to upgrade your firmware. Download: Windows | Mac

CLICK HERE TO UPDATE

Posted in Product Update, Support, VoiceTone Harmony-G XT

VoiceSupport 1.1 getting ready for prime time

May 11, 2010 by admin

Many of you have been waiting for an update on the mysterious update to VoiceSupport. We announced back at Winter NAMM 2010 that the application for USB enabled TC-Helicon product would see some substantial updates. All this is true (except for the fact we announced that it would be available in February!)

Well, VoiceSupport 1.1 is in full BETA test and the final release is right around the corner (expect the week of May 17th). Until then, here are some sneakpeek screenshots for you.

HOME (click image for larger view)

Look familiar? Articles and video on singing from the VoiceCouncil website are available as well as the product posts. You may also notice that you can have multiple products recognized by VoiceSupport; in this case VoiceLive 2 and VoiceTone Create XT.

CATEGORIES (click image for larger view)

You can customize the types of posts you see for your product.

PRESETS (click images for larger view)

This is the feature you’ll love. Now you can import your presets and can change order, copy, swap, merge, rearrange steps, name, etc. and dump back to your device. And the best thing – notice that the window is now re-sizable!

Posted in Team Blog, VoiceLive 2, VoiceSupport, VoiceTone Create XT, VoiceTone Harmony-G XT, VoiceTone Synth

Vocal Doubling | Making Hit Vocals – EPISODE 4

April 12, 2010 by admin

TC-Helicon presents a video series that showcases the creative process in Making Hit Vocals live. Laura Clapp and Tom Lang bring your 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 VoiceTone Harmony-G XT, Create XT and VoiceLive 2.

EPISODE 4: Vocal Doubling
Tom demonstrates what overdub / double effects sounds like on vocals, and explains the difference between an overdub sound vs. a detune effect. Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden is used as a perfect example for this technique.
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Posted in Tips & Tricks, Videos, VoiceLive 2, VoiceTone Create XT, VoiceTone Harmony-G XT

Chart topping, South African singer songwriter, Walt and his use of vocal effects live

February 8, 2010 by Joey

hart topping, South African singer songwriter, Walt and his use of vocal effects live
After recently having chart topping & international success with the track “Somewhere”, South African singer songwriter, Walt has released his long awaited debut album: “Until The End”. “Somewhere” & “Until The End”, both singles from the album peaked at # 1 on Radio charts across SA. In 2008 the artist secured a 3 year Licensing Deal with US label for Film / TV placement.

Walt have constantly been using TC-Helicon products live on stage since 2006, “my favorite is theHarmony-G, I’ve been relying on it from the small intimate shows to the big festival stages, but now I absolutely love the Voicelive 2” “using these on my voice gives me trust and confidence on stage, I can recommend them to any singer who values the quality of their live vocal sound” (more…)

Posted in Artists, VoiceLive 2, VoiceTone Harmony-G, VoiceTone Harmony-G XT

Reverb Decay Time | Making Hit Vocals – EPISODE 3

January 20, 2010 by admin

Scroll to the end of the post to get these effects using VoiceTone Harmony-G XT and VoiceLive 2.

EPISODE 3: Reverb Decay Time
Laura Clapp highlights how important reverb decay time is to the tempo and style of a song. In this example, she showcases the longer decay times ideal for power ballads such Christina Aguilera’s Hurt.
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Posted in Tips & Tricks, Videos, VoiceLive 2, VoiceTone Create XT, VoiceTone Harmony-G XT

Harmony-G XT adds pitch correction

January 14, 2010 by admin

We have a nice treat for current and future owners of Harmony-G XT. Highlighting why USB on a pedal is a nice treat, new firmware version 1.1 adds auto-chromatic pitch correction. (more…)

Posted in Product Update, Support, VoiceTone Harmony-G XT