Loop 3 Instruments into the Voicelive 3

How to setup your Voicelive 3 so that you can loop 3 instruments. I'm adding in an Akai sample pad that I've started using live for a bit of fun - amzn.to/2YG24jB - but you could add a bass guitar, a keyboard, really any other instrument that might be fun to include in your loops.
In previous video's I have added my phone into loops - using iMaschine 2. Here's the link:
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My standard set up is Vocals, Guitar, and then the Akai sample pad using the Aux input.
I also use the TC Helicon Switch 6 - amzn.to/2VKC8Gg, but realistically I think I would be better off the Switch 3, as I simply don't use all 6 extra switches, and find the 6 just a bit big to easily organise onto a pedalboard! :)
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[@sewerynjakubiec2357]

Hi David, thanks for the tutorial - all works fine except one thing: I have plugged my DAW to AUX and there is a noticeable delay between a hit of the bad and sound of the speaker (about 0,5 secs). When I plug the headphones directly to DAW - no delay. So apparently its created by the VL3 Itself. Any ideas?

[@sewerynjakubiec2357]

Ok, problem solved - you need to change in SYSTEM Aux IN type from Track to Live :) And there will be no latency :)

[@davidshanhun]

@@sewerynjakubiec2357 I read this just before heading back from Japan and was racking my brains what might be causing it - glad you have it solved, and never thought to include that i have the AUX set to 'live' for adding external inputs. Have pinned your post so that others who have the same trouble can find the answer nice and easily - thanks so much for asking and then also sharing what fixes it too! :) Happy that you have it working now!

[@Eddyvnhln5150]

So following your voice up to this point, I added my Williams 88 key portable piano the Legado model I use the iGO because it has a 3.5 mm in it’s designed for microphone input so you can use a quarter inch jack in so out of the back of the legato using the mono into the Igo and then into the auxiliary everything is working fine and I will Bluetooth my iPadso now I just have to see if I can map the buttons to use the auxiliary port with the hit button in looper mode. Let you up to this point. Everything is working fine.

[@tronlady1]

I’ve said this before but this guy really does have the whole package....I could literally watch his videos all day. So well explained.....and those teeth are amazing😁

[@davidshanhun]

hehe thankyou!!

[@jkdufair]

So grateful for all these VoiceLive videos. And really enjoying your whole musical style. Looking forward to watching a lot more of your videos.

[@tronlady1]

still love the intro music. The tone of the guitar is SO GOOD David x

[@ruwanhettiarachchi4815]

Hi David, Great video and very useful. Quick question on the AUX input, can I use it for an additional mic (with an XLR to 3.5mm converter ofcouese), for me to use for my congo drum/ percussion input please?

[@davidshanhun]

yes so long as your mic doesn't need phantom power you're good.

[@maxxfield8923]

Very helpful was trying to figure this out today with my new (used) voicelive 3. One other solution I found while researching adding kicks and snares was the Pocket Operator Rhythm. Not quite as versatile as the sampler you use but its much smaller and gets the job done too.

[@davidshanhun]

ah that's awesome - thanks for sharing about the Pocket Operator Rhythm - another good option eh!

[@maxxfield8923]

@@davidshanhun Really loving this pedal, selling my rc505. Some of the presets with minor tweaking are stunning! Completely changing the palette of existing songs. Thanks again.

[@davidshanhun]

@@maxxfield8923 ah cool! Yep the tones and sounds you'll be able to get from this will be pretty cool! Glad you're enjoying it!

[@DerekPaulGuitar]

Awesome video and what a great product! Definitely interested in one!

[@davidshanhun]

Thanks Derek! They're pretty sweet units!

[@davidshanhun]

So I'm totally aware it's not Thursday... but I missed getting this online earlier in the week so what the heck! Hope it's useful to those of you using the Voicelive 3, or figuring out if this pedal will work to loop what you need it to!

[@michaelwilliams9019]

Another excellent and informative video sir! On a side note, what gauge strings are you using? I use the lightest acoustic strings I can find and still have difficulty achieving the bends I'd like. Anyway, keep up the great work!

[@davidshanhun]

@@michaelwilliams9019thanks. I am using 12 gauge strings. The biggest thing that will change how easy it is to bend is how your neck relief and action is set on the guitar. If you're really struggling to get full bends on 11's or less, might be worth taking to a good guitar tech for a setup. Every guitar does vary, but that will usually help quite a bit! :)

[@sithembisogumbi7991]

This video has really made my week thank you so much I’ve been thinking for this

[@davidshanhun]

yay!

[@mlaramoreno]

Hi David, could you please do some video of how to connect TC Helicon Voicelive 3 to a mac mini? I would appreciate very much. Thank you so much.

[@davidshanhun]

hey Zamba! This video will explain it for you - you can connect via the usb output from the VL3 into one of the USB A connections on the Mac Mini 👌 kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4e5iKt7qq6ssJo

[@mlaramoreno]

Hi David, thank you very much I really appreciate your help. Take care 🤗🤗🙏

[@nreyntje]

Hey! thanks for the info. Just a small correction... when you hold the swap button ... it goes into the utilities! So I think you can chance your inputs while looping 😊

[@davidshanhun]

hey Nick - you are correct and I should have mentioned it. I personally wouldn't say it's really possible with using the 'hold swap' feature and wouldn't recommend people to use it, because it comes and goes as being 'available'. Eg if you record track 'a' then go to hold swap so that you can record track 'b' with a different input selection - it simply starts recording track 'c' and doesn't take you into utilities. You actually have to record something on track a, b, and c, before you can hold the swap button to access the utilities. So in most cases it's not really that functional - although yes, you are correct it's possible!

[@nreyntje]

@@davidshanhun I just wanted you and other people to know, because it frustrated me that the utilities buttons goes away and I may want to change the metronome sound are something. It took me a while to find out about the 'hidden' feature, altough as you said, its not really functional in real live performance... more for when you are just looping on your own for practice. As a sidenote question... i just started using the triple play, and then from my laptop into the voicelive's aux. But I prefer to go in the guitar, so I can add effects etc. I am really happy about this setup btw, I can get really sweet sounds... but you would't know if the aux can be routed to the vocal or guitar input, so I don't need to physically swap cables (or buy a two input cable - which is my plan b) :)

[@RosariaMallardoOfficial]

Thank you for your videos, I'm very useful. 🙏 I'll help you use to support Akai?

[@timrideout]

Great video @David! Here's a question tho: is there a way to route the looped material from the AUX IN, to another output *other than the XLR? (for example, maybe the MON out)

[@davidshanhun]

Hey Tim. I wish the answer was yes, but sadly there's not an option to do that!

[@timrideout]

@@davidshanhun Thank you sir - you are truly a VoiceLive Jedi :)

[@davidshanhun]

@@timrideout haha cheers!

[@vinnyjacobs]

I have toyed with the same thing with th VL3 and it wasn't for me. I do the (very basic) beat box for rhythm but im seriously thinking of just having drum beats in the presets. Not all the presets but maybe one set worth for the "dance/upbeat" times.. Ever done that? Also had the switch 3 and 6 and totally agree the 6 was too big of a footprint for me and sold it!

[@davidhilderman]

Man you make great videos David!

[@davidshanhun]

Thanks David :)

[@davidhilderman]

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[@AlexBradyMusic]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I've been scouring the manual and the internet for a couple days to find a way to do this, and here it is, perfectly explained. Quick question, if my instrument connects via xlr, can I just use the monitor input in place of the aux input for the same result?

[@davidshanhun]

Hey Alex, unfortunately no it won't work to use the monitor input to include that instrument in your loops! You could sort an adaptor though so that it goes into a headphone input. :)

[@stuffnuns]

At least on the VL3, you can adjust the Aux vol. Having separate Vox and Instrument looping & processing are things i don’t have on my Roland Rc-202....it’s not on the 505, either. Even with some of the challenges you’ve had with the VL3, I am seriously considering replacing my Loop Station.

[@davidshanhun]

Hey Mitchel, i must admit it's been super handy having that AUX gain setting - I've actually used it a bunch of times as well when I've done a gig where I've had to (for one reason or another) run my whole setup out from the VL3 with no mixer. Can put my stomp pedal into the aux and set the levels, and then have gtr/vox/aux all coming out the main xlr and all mixed to good levels! Just watched a couple of your vids - are you looping harp only or other instruments as well?

[@bobbeanbags]

This is awesome ... thanks so much for sharing .... after seeing this I had a question about maybe using an A/B/X splitter to split my guitar signal run a into guitar input as normal and b into my sub n up octaver and into aux to record bass and percussion dry into the looper. Do u think this would work? My objective is to have a simple way to add bass/percussion to any of my presets and I don’t want the guitar effects of the preset to screw up the bass and percussion tracks.

[@davidshanhun]

Hey Robert. Yep, that would totally work - you'd have no fx on the AUX channel, and can set the level to be what you want through the VL3. You might want to run the VL3 with ALL inputs going into the loop all the time, and perhaps have a mic with an on/off switch if you find you are getting too much mic ambient noise going into each loop, there's just quite a bit of foot dancing/tapping otherwise haha! but plenty of options to do that and make it work I reckon! :)

[@ibaconify]

David Shanhun i know im a bit late to the party but if one of you could clarify this it would mean the world- so you’re saying that using an A/B/X splitter , you’re able to loop a guitar, bass, vocals, and drum pad all at once? i’ve been digging everywhere to see if you can get all 4 looping together !!! please let me know!!

[@SAMZ.123]

Great Video, question. can you please explain how to set up button map your step button to loop input cycle? Thanks in advance.

[@davidshanhun]

Hey Samuel, click on 'setup', scroll across to 'footswitch' and then you will see 'step button function'. switch this with the small knobs to say 'loop input cycle'. (apologies for my slow reply!!)

[@VernonNoronha]

I tried connecting the Aux cable to my phone app (android) but there's no output. When i change the input to record it records but there's no output. I'm using a Voice live 3. not X

[@davidshanhun]

That's how it's designed - the 'aux' is only an input into the VL3. You would need to switch it to the headphone output on the VL3 into your phone, and then you can record on your phone 👌 Hope that helps!

[@Gagik.Karslyan]

What parameters should be set in the processor so that harmony is correct via aux ??? I take Aux in the console, but my harmony distributes incorrectly !!! Maybe some parameters need to be set in the processor itself so that it works correctly !!! Please help if you can David

[@davidshanhun]

You would have to set the Key for each song when using the Aux. The Harmony only uses the guitar input for its 'natural play' settings.

[@Gagik.Karslyan]

@@davidshanhun And there is no such function so that through the minus one he defines harmony ?? The manual shows that AUX connects to the Player ?? You know how to connect via the player Well via AUX ???

[@davidshanhun]

@@Gagik.Karslyan haven't seen anywhere that would suggest it is possible sorry. Maybe it is, but I haven't come across any way to do it.

[@yigitzeyneloglu7308]

Hello David !!! U are great and very useful videos👏👏👏 I play guitar as a hobby and I learn many things from you by the way I am from Turkey. My question is how you turn your acoustic guitar into like electric guitar? Thank for everything, take care 👋

[@davidshanhun]

hi!! :) That's so cool you are from Turkey! I would love to visit there one day! I use an overdrive pedal to get that 'electric guitar' sound. There are lots of different overdrive pedals that you could try that will give you a similar sound! Have fun experimenting and thanks for saying hi!

[@yigitzeyneloglu7308]

David Shanhun thank you very much for quick answer. U are always very welcome to Turkey 🇹🇷 I will try your suggestions 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@mustafagokhanball7260]

@@yigitzeyneloglu7308 yiğit merhaba yorumlara bakarken gördüm seni.senden bir ricam olacak mpx8 i voicelive a bağlarken aux girişine mi baglamis loop yaparken loop sekmesinden aux u mu secip kaydediyor ?

[@yigitzeyneloglu7308]

@@mustafagokhanball7260 evet ama ince stereo aux girişini kullanıyor çünkü öbür jaklar mono oluyor diye sonra bağladıktan sonra vlive3 ten ayar yapıyor sesin volumü olsun bassını tizini ayarlıyor

[@yigitzeyneloglu7308]

Switch pedalından yada pedal yoksa vlive3 üzerindeki düğmeden kaydedeceği zaman aux seçiyor sonra tekrar düğmeye basarak gitar çıkışına geçiyor yani hangi enstrümanı kaydedicekse pedal dan o çıkışa geçiyor

[@geraldzettel4717]

hallo David from good old Austria ! THX for this Video! i tried but i have a strange problem! i can hear the aux Input but the tc voice life3 dont record it!? nothing in All and nothing in aux input setting! do you have any idea? would be great!!!!! thx gerry

[@davidshanhun]

hey Gerald - you need to go into the loop settings and set to 'all'. if you can hear it through the unit it's the loop setting that needs adjusting and then remember to hit 'save' afterwards.

[@liapin]

Thanks David!

[@davidshanhun]

most welcome!

[@milosgrujic7228]

Hello :) if i use drum pad to aux in ,is it possible to add for example small keyboard also in the same time via midi conection on vl3 ?Is it possible to have one more instrument in vl3 looper ?

[@davidshanhun]

Hey Milos! I don't believe so, I believe the midi is simply available to control the VL3 rather than be an instrument input.

[@gabinodelpasado]

Hello, I've got a question,,, My midi controller doesn't have a midi output, only usb . would the VL3 receive midi data if I use an "usb to host midi cable"?

[@davidshanhun]

Hi Gabino - I don't know the answer to this sorry! Try the 'Voicelive 3' Facebook group - there a few people in there who use Midi a bunch more than I do that might be able to answer 👌

[@gabinodelpasado]

Oh, I didnt know about that group. Thanks a lot!

[@dovane9932]

Waouh!! I wonder if i can plug the same kind of things into the midi «in and thru» input on the Ditto x4? Best.

[@davidshanhun]

oooh this is a good question indeed! I'm curious to test this also now haha! :) Let me know what you find out please!

[@dovane9932]

@@davidshanhun I will.

[@JostanMurray]

@Dovito3 The midi in/thru on th Ditton X4 is used for connecting an external midi clock to keep loops in sync, the latest firmware also supports some midi commands e.g. start/stop The I/O supports two seperate inputs to two separate outputs, they are balanced. What are you trying to achieve?

[@dovane9932]

@@JostanMurray Hi Jostan, I try to do some cool loops in the kind of what David showed here, but the technical stuff is not easy for me. My goal would be to put my own groove with drum pads and a light of keyboard sounds into the ditto. But another big issue, is that i have a linux software and i can't run the cool stuff ( like this imaschine app) which are always for Mac or P.C, so things are taking more time for me. Thanks for your comment and if you have some advice, you are more than welcome.

[@davidshanhun]

ooh what are the start/stop options via Midi...? :)

[@TenOclockJohnny]

Interesting last name, mine is phonetically identical. Only two years late chimming in on this video, I dont know if anyone will answer. Anyway, I looking for a simple solution for muting my vocal mic while I am building my loop so that I get no bleed of the crowd or other sounds, like clicking switches, into my loop. This is for live performance, so I need to be able to unmute the mic again to start singing without missing a step. I checked out inline switches and they seem ridiculously overpriced, I hoping there is a simple way to do this on the vl3.

[@davidshanhun]

hey Danny, super simple to do this on the VL3. I explain it at 4 minutes in on this video that you've commented on - rather than mute the mic, you simply change the input on the loop to just guitar, rather than 'all'. that way your mic is still live if you want to chat to the audience or sing, but none of that is going into your loop.

[@TenOclockJohnny]

@@davidshanhun Thank u very much David. I will try that. Wow, so thankful for your quick response man

[@davidshanhun]

@@TenOclockJohnny no worries mate! Sometime's i'm onto it and sometimes it takes me a while haha! Game changer for looping though being able to do that!

[@jezzbass1826]

Thank you

[@davidshanhun]

most welcome! 😊

[@alexdates]

Just a superb sharing! Thanx!!,

[@davidshanhun]

cheers Alex!

[@palashjain8350]

Hey, Which amp or PA do you use??

[@davidshanhun]

hey Palash, I have an AER compact mobile that I use - amzn.to/2WcjJSg. I was lucky to be able to borrow a friends from time to time ages ago, and I fell in love with it and eventually got one! Often though, I'll use a DI straight into a venue system, with no amp at all.

[@camiloperine]

do u sell it?

[@davidshanhun]

Hey Camilo - no I don't sell the Voicelive 3.

[@1dkappe]

Did the x4 give up the ghost?

[@davidshanhun]

hey Dietrich - x4 is working perfectly - I actually bought the Ditto x4 because this VL3 was having issues and I needed a backup solution!

[@lyneicehaynes4922]

I only doing Acapella Without the music.

[@davidshanhun]

awesome! enjoy creating!

[@kuviercruz5300]

David... tus videos solo son para la comunidad que habla inglés... ve más allá... trata de conquistar a la comunidad a ispana. Traduce tus videos

[@TheMoSiz]

Hey David thank you so much for the great voicelive tutorials. I just got myself one and now I'm trying to get all sorted out asap. I have a question, maybe you could help me? I use my stage piano (Nord Electro) through the AUX in, I can hear it perfect through the output, BUT I cannot Loop with it. When I loop with it I cannot hear anything. With guitar and vocals it works. But when I set the Loop Menu AUX Input I hear nothing and I cannot find a solution for this bug :(

[@RosariaMallardoOfficial]

Thank you for your videos, I'm very useful. 🙏 I'll help you use to support Akai?