TC Helicon - HARMONY SINGER 2 (Impressive Little Vocal Pedal)

[@declanhegarty5800]

Great video....got to the point quickly and answered all the questions I would have asked......thanks for not sharing a load of unnecessary stuff unrelated to the pedal.......hard to find these days!

[@brentbrownmusic]

Thanks a ton Declan! I'm glad you enjoyed my video:)

[@GregoryHyde]

Great review, man! The custom sung intro and outro "thank you" were the perfect touch. Seriously considering picking one of these up now...

[@brentbrownmusic]

Thanks a ton Greg! I appreciate the compliment. I’m gonna play out with it for the first time tonight. Certainly sounded great at home. I think it’s a for sure buy if u r in the market

[@mattvae8348]

I tried a few, this one is the most natural sounding

[@brentbrownmusic]

@@mattvae8348 I agree! I wish they could update the firmware for the VoicePlay series to match this one

[@cameronmckay8454]

I got one and out of the box there is a humm or a static noise, depending on if I push the ground button on the side. I'm so not impressed with this unusable pedal. Back to the store with you. Can't hear the harmony over the hum or static noise. DO NOT BUY BEFORE YOU TRY.

[@cardinhamkilligrew9712]

so im a mediocre\poor singer at best (children cry when I sing and i disrupt the flight patterns of birds. )- and looking to correct a bit and add some chorus and harmonies...and was considering a blend of mic mechanic, harmony singer and corrector by flamma... what would you recommend as a set up for a challenged singer to make it presentable and have backing vocal etc?

[@kentherapy7022]

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[@brentbrownmusic]

Sorry I didn’t see this!! I know u figured it out by now probably. It seems like u have vocal pedals under control. Just make sure you can hear your mix well in any event. Better performance is always gonna be the best solution. 1% gains add up. If u want something to play back tracks from, you could use an iPad app perhaps. My Boss loopstations both have memory to upload backtracks if I need as well. Hope that helps!

[@Dark0ne2099]

I have one and the harmonies are great, just wish I didn't hate the reverb, and wish the tone settings were saved.. As it stands on mine I have to set the tone every time I use the pedal, so it lives in my drawer..

[@brentbrownmusic]

Sorry it didn’t work out for you! I always keep my reverb pretty low on it.

[@Dark0ne2099]

@brentbrownmusic I'm just spoiled by the amount of customization the Play Acoustic offers that's all 😅

[@tommyg8142]

You have the rc-600 which does harmony. Is the tc helicon harmony that much better?

[@brentbrownmusic]

The Rc-600 doesn't do harmony read by guitar chords or input music. Only if u set the key or potentially midi. So I can't use the feature as a guitarist.

[@protus3882]

can I hook this up on an FX send & return of a digital mixer?

[@brentbrownmusic]

There isn’t a separate channel for FX send and Receive on this unit. Just 1 XLR in and Out.

[@protus3882]

@@brentbrownmusic I meant like hooking it onto a separate aux bus or fx loop on a digital mixer. i’m wondering how to set that up or if it’s possible at all. i’m also curious if the pedal could identify the key from a sound signal of a full band just as well (drumless perhaps?) or any instrument other than an acoustic guitar. 👀

[@adambarnes4952]

hey does this work with an audio fuse interface? or do i need to get more equipment to make this run?

[@brentbrownmusic]

I'm not positive what that is. This just sends an XLR in and XLR out. Hope that helps!

[@deanwolfechannel]

I think I'll try to get one. It seems less robotic sounding than say the boss VE 500

[@brentbrownmusic]

Nice! I enjoy mine a lot. Thanks for watching Dean

[@Dozereyes]

Here the question? Can I use this live with my rock cover band on stage? I'm hearing that it is very iffy with loud volume on stage.

[@brentbrownmusic]

I haven’t tried it with a band. But if it’s loud in a room, I always make sure to stick my chords before singing the harmony. I often ride the pedal on and off. Good luck man!

[@gen_music]

I use it with out guitar or keyboards just for sax 🎷???

[@brentbrownmusic]

I don’t know if it will work with sax. Would be interesting tho if it did!

[@cameronmckay8454]

I got one for the same reason and out of the box there is a humm or a static noise, depending on if I push the ground button on the side. I'm so not impressed with this unusable pedal. Back to the store with you. Can't hear the harmony over the hum or static noise. DO NOT BUY BEFORE YOU TRY.

[@BlakeHarper99]

I just bought this pedal and I play with an RC - 600 and I can’t get it to work ): I don’t know what I’m doing wrong with my Chain signal.

[@brentbrownmusic]

I’m sorry to hear that. What exactly isn’t working?

[@BlakeHarper99]

@@brentbrownmusic I figured it out! The pedal although 9v needs a higher amperage. So I have it plugged into my 250MA outputs on my dc power brick. Newer to pedals and building my pedal board. How the hell is someone suppose to know what amperage a certain pedal needs?!?!

[@brentbrownmusic]

@@BlakeHarper99 I'm happy for you that ya figured it out Blake! That is a very random thing to have to troubleshoot.

[@stevearnold7515]

​@@BlakeHarper99err, rtfm😊 It is on the Quick Start Guide. Power - Connect to 9v/>300mA power supply.😊

[@cameronmckay8454]

I got one and out of the box there is a humm or a static noise, depending on if I push the ground button on the side. I'm so not impressed with this unusable pedal. Back to the store with you. Can't hear the harmony over the hum or static noise. DO NOT BUY BEFORE YOU TRY.

[@PhotoAlbert]

I understand that the harmonies stay in tune with the guitar but what about your voice, does it do any kind of auto tune to keep your voice in tune with the guitar?

[@brentbrownmusic]

It doesn’t, but it does added some nice adaptive EQ, compression, de-ess, and de-noise.

[@jayedwardsuk5984]

How does this compare to the Ve2 bose ?. I'm a house music singer wanting to buy a vocal harmony effects pedal. Currently all Ve2s are out of stock here in the UK. Thanks J

[@brentbrownmusic]

Wish I could tell you. I haven’t personally tried the Ve2. Thanks for watching tho! I enjoy this pedal a lot though.

[@jayedwardsuk5984]

@brentbrownmusic I went with the VE2 Bose it's fantastic 😊

[@abrakazamm9405]

Does it not have the Key of the song listed plainly??

[@brentbrownmusic]

What do you mean? There isn’t a display if that’s what you’re asking. It just reads the chords being fed into it.

[@herbiemusic]

@@brentbrownmusicI am a keyboard player. Does it work with a keyboard ??

[@KeatonEckhoff]

@@herbiemusicyes it does but use a clean sound is what I’m told.

[@mikelermanmusic]

Does it do minor keys? Im only hearing major 3rds and 5ths

[@brentbrownmusic]

I must have not played a minor chord in this video. But it does!

[@cueoneful]

It Does.

[@D3ckstr]

Has anyone experienced an insane amount of interference when using this device? It usually starts out working fine, but after about 5 mins it starts spazzing out and my entire chain is filled with ugly electrical sounding noise. Is it just damaged?

[@brentbrownmusic]

It seems either damaged, a power/power supply issue, an interference loop due to power cords and instrument cables touching and not enough shielding. Or the actual cables. I remember switching to Mogami golds and fixing a similar issue with different gear. Best of luck my friend! Personally my unit hasn’t had any issues. So u have to trouble shoot a little

[@D3ckstr]

@ thanks for the info! I tried reaching out to TC Helicon on the issue but never heard back. I’ll look into the mogami golds cables! Thanks again!

[@jonos138]

Very often a drop in power either due to power supply or power circuit in the pedal fault. A drop in power can cause distortion. Check the connection chain an psu, and all leads.

[@richardsanders4462]

So tell me this does the harmonizer only work if it’s triggered through a guitar or piano? what I’m trying to say is can you use it without an instrument like singing a cappella without other instruments with a harmonizer still work?

[@brentbrownmusic]

Yea, you need a chordal instrument or back track to trigger the harmony detection.

[@johnmazlish4923]

Hey thanks for the info Brent! I’m actually waiting for mine to arrive in the mail! Question for ya: I’m also going to use a pre-amp/eq/effects pedal. Something like the Trex Soulmate Acoustic, the Fishman Tone DEQ, or the Boss AD10. (I’ve been using the TC Helicon Play Acoustic, but I want to have a separate/better quality pedal with more control for my guitar). My question is, should I plug into the Harmony Singer first, or after the pre-amp? I believe it should go first so that the harmony pedal receives the cleanest guitar signal first, without any effects applied, so it can create the harmonies most accurately. Whatcha think? Thanks so much!

[@brentbrownmusic]

Awesome John! I like that you are delving deep into the tone. I would saying pure first, but maybe try the other way too. It’s always worth testing just in case it’s better.

[@johnmazlish4923]

@@brentbrownmusic Thanks Brent! After trying all those preamps, I actually decided on the Radial Tonebone PZ Pre. Clean and simple. I don't need any other effects right now. First I want to get my essential sound as solid as possible. The TRex Soulmate is wonderful too, but again I don't need all the extra effects.

[@MrEagleeye58]

OK, compared to play acoustic it does not have a key setting so you have to feed a sound into the input for it to align the key to the harmony...

[@brentbrownmusic]

Yupp!!

[@wannycostaoficial]

Hello Brent!! Have you ever compared the RC-600 harmony vocals with the HS2 one? If yes, what were your impressions? I'm thinking about buying the HS2, but maybe would be nice to gather some extra money and buy only the RC-600 to use its harmony vocals... I'm a little confused in this decision.

[@brentbrownmusic]

The RC-600 I don't use for harmonies, because it can't detect them from guitar. It's a manual change key thing. I need something like the HS2 to read my guitar chords.

[@wannycostaoficial]

@ thanks a lot!!!

[@RockinJohnnyaitken]

Shame no digital delaly for slap back

[@brentbrownmusic]

Would u want it over reverb though? Seems like they just went for a core pedal to keep it smaller.

[@rdt999]

That was fascinating! So you sing a note and the machine harmonizes your voice to several notes? You are amazing with the sound machine and looping and all that ha ha So is it really you singing? jk i have heard so many of these "pop" stars today use a lot of auto tuning. Idk i like raw and real :)

[@brentbrownmusic]

Thanks man! I only use it for 1 light 3rd harmony over my voice in sections I can’t loop. It doesn’t auto tune (aka change my singing in anyway), but it makes the microphone sound better. I also like the reverb on it. A small swish army knife of a vocal pedal. I appreciate u watching even my gear vids Rich!🙏

[@cameronmckay8454]

I got one and out of the box there is a humm or a static noise, depending on if I push the ground button on the side. I'm so not impressed with this unusable pedal. Back to the store with you. Can't hear the harmony over the hum or static noise. DO NOT BUY BEFORE YOU TRY.

[@brentbrownmusic]

Mine works perfect. Coulda been a bad unit, cords, or the power supply was over juiced. Sorry u had a bad experience with it!