[ddots-l] For Sale: TC Helicon Voiceworks pitch corrector and harmonizer now $350
- From: Bryan Smart <bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'midimag@xxxxxxxxxxx'" <midimag@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 16:20:44 -0400
I'm selling my Voiceworks. This is a vocal channel, effects unit, harmonizer,
and so much more. It is a 1U rack or desktop module. It is designed for you to
plug in a mic, allow it to completely process your voice, and pass the results
along to your recorder or DAW.
Here are some features:
* XLR mic input with preamp, or line level input from your own audio source
* Noise gate for filtering out background noise
* Compressor for smoothing voice dynamics
* EQ for shaping your voice's tone
* Automatic pitch correction of your vocal to any major or minor scale, or
manually set your own custom scale. Correction amount/sensitivity is
configurable, so you can have smooth correction to help you undetectably hit
notes better, or have hard correction to sound like T-Pain/Kanye West.
* Four independent device-generated harmony parts. These parts can be set to
double your voice for thickening, sing at fixed intervals to the note that you
sing, automatically generate harmonies based on the notes that you sing in your
lead, or sing the notes that you play on your MIDI keyboard. Each voice has
adjustable formant (change voice character: man/woman/adult/child), and has
independent settings for vibrato type, vibrato depth, and random timing to help
each voice sound like an individual vocalist instead of just a pitch shifted
copy of your lead vocal.
* Vocal doubling effect for the lead vocal (better than a simple chorus).
* Dedicated effects unit, including classic TC Helicon reverb and delay
algorithms.
* Foot switch support for toggling harmonies
All of these features can be active at once. You can plug in your mic, and have
a preset where your vocal runs through a gate, compressor, and eq to clean up
the signal, the pitch corrector keeps you on key, the doubler thickens up your
voice, all 4 harmonizer voices can automatically generate harmonies to follow
you, and the entire vocal mix goes through reverb and delay before reaching the
Voiceworks's output and heading on to your DAW. Units like this are basically
vocals in a box. They're spectacular for rapidly throwing vocals on a demo
without having to track lots of background vocals, and they're great for
enhancing live vocals on a gig.
This device is also very accessible. All of the settings for a preset are
accessed through 8 buttons on the front panel. There are 4 buttons, 1 for each
of the harmonizer voices, plus buttons for the main harmonizer function, voice
doubler, effects, and pitch corrector. If you press one of these buttons, the
function assigned to that button is turned on or off. This lets you turn off a
few of your harmony voices, toggle effects, or switch pitch correction in/out
with a single button press. If you quickly press the button twice, then you
enter the menu/settings for that feature. The menus are very simple. You use an
up/down arrow to move through the settings in that menu, and turn a data dial
to make a change while you listen to the effects of the change in real time.
For example, if you want to change harmony voice 3, you just press the harmony
3 voice button twice, and then arrow down through the voices of volume, pan,
key shift, formant, vibrato type, and vibrato amount. Since the functions are
split up like this, the menus aren't very long, and they don't wrap, so you can
easily find the setting that you want.
I have notes on the contents of the menus, and will provide these to the buyer.
Even so, the menus are fairly simple, so the notes aren't very long.
Here are some demos.
Here is one with automatic harmonies. The guy just sings while playing guitar,
and the Voiceworks figures out what notes the harmonies should sing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c81BFZ_GsHU<blocked::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c81BFZ_GsHU>
Here is a demo made by TC Helicon, themselves:
http://www.tc-helicon.com/voiceworkssupport.asp#
This has been an amazing piece of equipment to own. It sounds great, and, while
TC Helicon made several models like this, the Voiceworks is their all-in-one.
It isn't just a harmonizer or a pitch corrector, it is everything together in
one box.
Still, upgrades call me, and I'll be purchasing the very new, and very
expensive VoiceLive II with even more features. The Voiceworks is still very
capable, though, and I'm sure that someone on here would greatly enjoy it.
I've used this Voiceworks in my smoke-free home studio for a little less than
two years. It has never been on a gig. It is in perfect shape, both functional
and cosmetic. It will come to you in the original box, like new.
I'll accept $350.
Terms:
Paypal: I ship to confirmed PayPal addresses only. Will ship ASAP after
receiving payment through PayPal.
Credit card: I'll accept credit card payment through PayPal. Will ship ASAP
after your credit card payment.
Personal check: Will ship after your check clears (about a week).
I'm located in Greenville, South Carolina in the United States (29617).
Shipping in the lower 48 states will be $20. I'm open to sell this equipment
internationally, but you'll be responsible for covering shipping and any other
duties/fees in advance.
I have many references on and off the list, and will provide them if you
request.
Please e-mail BryanSmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:BryanSmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> if
interested.
Thanks
Bryan
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