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Autotune on vocals live
- Thread starter pklima
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Thats the voicelive 2 which I was using ... the play has everything you need... harmony, doubling, autotune,... best thing is that it has a built in mic to pick up what key the song is in... autotune won't work if you're not in the right key.
I bought a TC Helicon C1 and an idea I had was to use a T Bar to mount 2 microphones (similar to an XY technique) and have one microphone using the auto tune and the 2nd microphone (the main one I would sing into) would be dry with reverb.
Does anyone know if this would work and what it would sound like?
Does anyone know if this would work and what it would sound like?
I've seen that kind of thing before. One singer had two mics, one running straight to the mixer and the other one I think went to a laptop. He had them about eight inches apart, maybe.
Let us know how that C1 works, I'm currently thinking that buying a pair of those (maybe three if I can convince our third singer that it's not evil) might be the perfect solution for my particular needs.
Let us know how that C1 works, I'm currently thinking that buying a pair of those (maybe three if I can convince our third singer that it's not evil) might be the perfect solution for my particular needs.
The C1 just arrived yesterday and I only spent a couple of hours with it. At this point in time, I'm indifferent about it. Probably since I haven't spent enough time working with it. You def. can get that extreme "akon" sound with the hard correction. I think the hardest part about it, is hearing yourself being corrected. I need to spend some time dialing in a good setting because I do want a subtle "akon" sound but accompanied with my normal dry vocal.
So I've spent the last couple days working with the TC Helicon C1 vocal pedal, and I thought I would share my review of it to anyone interested. I've noticed that there hasn't been a lot mentioned about the C1 on the internet, so I hope this helps.
I bought the C1 for $140 on ebay and I think that's about as cheap as you're going to find it. I was really reluctant to buy it because of the lack of reviews on the internet but I thought I would take a chance.
The C1 is very easy to operate. There's only three knobs controlling: Key, Tuning, and Gender.
KEY: If the singer plays guitar, I suggest using the CH (chromatic) key setting because the pedal will track your chords, so you wont have to adjust the pedal for every song.
(Place the pedal first in your effects chain because it requires a clean signal)
GENDER: When it comes to the gender knob, you can get some pretty wacky effects from deep monster like voice to a high pitched alien voice. If for whatever reason you would need it, you got it. I keep the gender knob at 12o'clock so it's not doing anything to my signal.
TUNING: As far as tuning, if you are after that T-pain effect, this is your pedal. The tuning knob is very sensitive, I have it just before the off position to smooth out my notes/bad notes, anything after that, you start to hear a hard tuning effect.
Overall, I give it a 9 out of 10 because of it's durability, xlr in/out, gain knob, and capabilities. I just wish it wasn't so sensitive.
I bought the C1 for $140 on ebay and I think that's about as cheap as you're going to find it. I was really reluctant to buy it because of the lack of reviews on the internet but I thought I would take a chance.
The C1 is very easy to operate. There's only three knobs controlling: Key, Tuning, and Gender.
KEY: If the singer plays guitar, I suggest using the CH (chromatic) key setting because the pedal will track your chords, so you wont have to adjust the pedal for every song.
(Place the pedal first in your effects chain because it requires a clean signal)
GENDER: When it comes to the gender knob, you can get some pretty wacky effects from deep monster like voice to a high pitched alien voice. If for whatever reason you would need it, you got it. I keep the gender knob at 12o'clock so it's not doing anything to my signal.
TUNING: As far as tuning, if you are after that T-pain effect, this is your pedal. The tuning knob is very sensitive, I have it just before the off position to smooth out my notes/bad notes, anything after that, you start to hear a hard tuning effect.
Overall, I give it a 9 out of 10 because of it's durability, xlr in/out, gain knob, and capabilities. I just wish it wasn't so sensitive.
Thank you! Sounds perfect for what I want to do, which is make songs with fake-sounding vocals sound more real (in other words, more fake) when covering them.
