Nov 12, 2007 11:31 am Is that a Digitech unit? If so, I think Coco has one. Haven't seen Coco around in about a month though.
Vocalist Live 2
Posted on Nov 12, 2007 10:11 am
mclir9
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Member Since: Aug 13, 2006
My wife got me the Vocalist Live 2 for our anniversary and I can't wait to try it out. I won't have a chance until I get home today after work, but is their anyone here that has played with this yet and can fill me in on some tips??
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Nov 12, 2007 11:31 am Is that a Digitech unit? If so, I think Coco has one. Haven't seen Coco around in about a month though.
Nov 12, 2007 12:34 pm Here's a link to the other thread. Didn't look like too much info though.
www.homerecordingconnecti...13607&frm=2
Nov 12, 2007 02:35 pm Nice unit for sure. Very easy to use from what little I have seen it. Here is a link to a kind of tutorial page at digitech. Its a multiple page deal so you will find the little button in the lower right corner of the tutorial box itself.
www.digitech.com/products...E2_tutorial.php
I think the full length video also give a couple of tips as well.
Nov 13, 2007 06:46 am I was able to mess around with this little gadget last night finally, and wow this thing is awesome. You don't really even need to play guitar and the harmonies are completely smooth and flawless. As alot of the reviews mention the effects are descent, but the compression effect might as well not even be there, they should incorporate an On/Off switch in its place. The only other thing I see, or actually hear, troubling about this unit is that it is very noisy... it produces alot of Hiss/Humm and pressing the Ground Switch didn't help. Someone had mentioned that when going from the unit into the PA to plug it into a Line In instead of a MIC In and this would help with the noise problem, I am going to swing by the local GC today and pick up an extra cord to try this out. Regardless of the noise, honestly this thing freaking rocks and I can't wait to use it at band practice tonight.
Nov 13, 2007 09:17 pm Glad yer liking it. I'm a bit jealous.
Nov 14, 2007 03:48 am Well, I used this little wonder at band practice and it did a great job for the songs we can use it in, but some songs it's just a little overkill. Using the new XLR x 1/4" into the Line In of the mixer did quiet the unit down(along with pressing the Ground Switch)for when the guitar is playing clean, but the second I hit a Distortion Pedal it's very noisy, an unbearable hiss/hum... that only occurs when the Vocalist 2 is plugged in. It generates from my Guitar Amp... Any ideas on how to take care of this? I guess I will need to experiment and see. Maybe a Boss Noise Suppressor or something??
Nov 15, 2007 08:39 am Broke down and purchased a Boss NS2 Noise Suppressor and that did the trick. $100 to stop noise, wow... most of their products are cheaper and they all create noise of some sorts, who would of thought such a simple device would cost so damn much.
Nov 15, 2007 08:41 am Well, the conspiracy theorist in me says they make their "cool gear" create noise cheaply to force you to buy a noise suppressor which they charge more for.
I doubt it, but it's a great conspiracy.
Nov 15, 2007 09:00 am I watched the video for the Vocalist, and was very impressed. It'd be a kick to play around with.
Good deal you got it all working well. Thanks for the info.
Nov 15, 2007 12:09 pm I watched the video a while ago and was almost convinced to get this but I ended up deciding it just sounds too artificial and that it actually has limited use in real life.
Nov 15, 2007 02:46 pm Quote:
it just sounds too artificial and that it actually has limited use in real life.
This is only partly true. It doesn't work for every song, this is true, but for the ones like The Reaper, Voodoo, Just What I Needed... anything that has some descent backing vocals, it completely rocks. We tried to use it for a couple of our originals, like Sabbat Nights and it was just overkill. Aerosmith covers, Alice in Chains, and a plethora of others, it works great, again anything with thicker descent backing vocals. I found myself using the option of 1/3 above and setting the other channel to Unison and this does really well for lesser intensity of backing vocals.
Nov 15, 2007 03:17 pm I think I missed out in my explanation that I'm not playing live, so for recording it wasn't working, firstly you have more time to do the backing vocals and get them right + it does sound artificial when recorded clean without the band around it :)
Nov 15, 2007 08:49 pm I owned one of the first digitech vocalist series years ago. Although not perfect, I used it in the studio and can honestly say it did not sound fake at all. Using and Eventide later worked very well also. Having tried the TC Helicon units and now the new Digitech unit. I would not be afraid at all of using that thing in the studio at all. It has come a long way since the original units and even the early Eventide units.
With a little work those things will have killer sound, either live or in the studio.
Nov 16, 2007 03:35 pm I'm so very tempted. I can get a pretty decent deal on it, but not really sure I would get that much use out of it.
Nov 16, 2007 05:03 pm dB-Wan the conspiracy theorist....
Bwahahahaha!
Wish I could shing right now (*I wish I could shing period!). Jusht had dental shurgery so I now have a nashty lishp. Teeth look pretty, though.
Nov 17, 2007 02:44 pm By the demo appears to be a very nice piece of equipment, if I didn't already have the TC-Helicon unit I'd be more than tempted to pick one of those up.
Lets hear some samples of it in action with you. :)
Dan
Mar 17, 2008 08:33 pm Well I see that I said Quote:
I want one on November 15th. I was able to hold off until today. Count me in as a new owner. Going to try this with the Hotel California and Comfortably Numb covers that we have be doing. Should be fun. Wish me luck - haha
Mar 17, 2008 10:51 pm Sweet, cant wait to hear what you do with it.
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