New TC Electronic VoiceLive 3

AlanRatcliffe

The latest TC Voicelive looks like a good one - a fullblown vocal effects unit, guitar effects unit and looper all in one (with a separate DSP chip for each). Effects from the toneprint series of pedals, 45 minutes of loop time and (something of a first for TC) dozens of amp sims. Basically an all-in-one for the singing player (guitar or keys).

Sweetwater lists the RRP as $1099 (street $800), so not completely overpriced either.

Basically, the only feature I can see that I don't like is a wall-wart PSU. Not as bad as the VoiceLive Rack having a wart, but still a minor annoyance.

http://www.tc-helicon.com/products/voicelive-3/

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Riaan-Combrink

This really looks like something that will suit my needs perfectly. Any idea if they've landed here so one can try it out?

AlanRatcliffe

Not yet - they aren't even in the US stores yet. Few months at least...

Nitebob

I am itching to try the TC Helicon Harmony singer. Much simpler than the above-mentioned, but seems adequate for what I need.

I have the VE-20 by Boss and I am not really impressed. Can't do half the harmonies I thought, and even with all effects off, still sounds echo-y (might be latency). Having to change the key of the song manually is also a con. Eventually took it out of the chain, and am recording my own harmonies.

AlanRatcliffe

Nitebob wrote: I am itching to try the TC Helicon Harmony singer. Much simpler than the above-mentioned, but seems adequate for what I need.

Great as a live pedalboard effect that one - they've packed a lot in to a stomp sized box and haven't compromised on the quality.

TC-H have a really great range ATM.

I have the VE-20 by Boss and I am not really impressed.

Affordable, but never really impressed me - even on paper. Even the high end Digitech stuff sounds cheap compared to the Helicon stuff.

Nitebob

Okay...got some loose moola.

Where can I go to test drive some of the tc elctronics stuff? ?

AlanRatcliffe

Prosound are the distributors. I'm not sure if they cater to the public, but phone 'em and find out. They will at least be able to tell you who stocks:
http://prosound.co.za/contact-prosound.htm