Preface: I'm not a singer. I am, however, someone who has always wanted vocal effects for backup vocals, side vocals (call and response), and moments when I am up front singing. I am also going to be singing in my band soon, and, although I don't consider myself a singer, it's where we are at right now.

So, I bought a TC Helicon Voicelive Play. I've had it since Monday and I think I have a good enough grasp of the product to give a solid opinion on it.



The pedal has some very nice features. There are THREE ways to change patches: Knob, gummy button, and stomp button. The casing is metal and the stomps feel nice.


There are 234 presets and 500 total spaces for sounds. You can change and save over any of the presets if you want. There is also a third button, called the "Hit" button. You can use this to turn on and off preset things. For example, if you only want harmony during a segment of a song, you just hit it when you need it. You can also tap the tempo of a song for delay. If you hold the hit button down for a little bit it dumps all of the effects and leaves you with a blank slate. This is really nice if you're speaking to a crowd in between songs.


After a few days: This pedal is great if you create your own effects. Messing around, I've been able to get a decent Peter Steele style vocal sound (I don't have a deep voice, and in the mix it sounds very real), a pitch perfect version of Technologic by Daft Punk, Alt-J style vocal ensemble's, Van Halen style Vocal Ensembles, White Limo by the Foo Fighters (really just a bunch of distortion)... just lots of stuff.



I'm very impressed so far. It's easy to use, intuitive, and with some adjusting sounds absolutely amazing.

TC makes good stuff.