TC-Helicon Voicetone Singles H1 Demo

[@aoasjoshuam.473]

This demo convinced me to get one. I was aiming for the Harmony Singer (The latest version), but come to hear it, there's not much of a difference when it comes to the quality of the harmony. The only difference is the Harmony Singer has that Tone button and some reverb, which is a nice touch to it. This demo is legit. Already used my H1 and it sounds fantastic.

[@MikeAshelby]

Really glad you found the demo helpful! It's a great pedal, and one I still use to this day on gigs. Enjoy!

[@MikeAshelby]

Hey! Thanks for the comment! It's all the H1. That particular one is using the close harmony above and below setting. That's my 'go to' setting for most occasions - really fills out the sound. Hope that helps!

[@TheIvanmendozav]

best demo about this product, first time harmonies sound real and not fake as most reviews.

[@CraigCochranQuality]

Probably the best pedal demo I've seen yet. Thanks a bunch.

[@desbrowne1900]

I bought the helicon voicetone h1 on the strength of this excellent demo..a great product! Thanks Mike!

[@MikeAshelby]

Good choice! Glad you found the demo useful in making your choice. I still use mine every gig!

[@drumgodguy]

Greatness .... You did a wonderful job on the demo .. Thank You

[@innercynic2784]

This demo pushed me over the top to get one. Great examples.

[@blink70]

Thank you Mike for doing this demo. This presentation caused me to go out and buy this jewel. I cant believe how accurate this thing is with a guitar plugged into it.

[@owenthomas9863]

Great review. Straight to the point. There are so many you tubers that waste your time.

[@MikeAshelby]

Thanks! You don't need to hear me waffle on!

[@benbv]

Thank you Mike for your demo. I bought one tc h1 today. From Brasov, Romania

[@MikeAshelby]

@villeurbanneable Thanks! I'm glad you like it, and I'm glad you're going to get one! They're great pedals! @ryanschmidtmusic Glad you like it. I've used the H1 on a few solo gigs, but far more subtly than demonstrated here! People scarcely notice, but it does provide a lift. I've not done an exhaustive test, but I think when you play power chords it just uses the 5ths and creates chords off there. I do that in the chorus of Livin' on a Prayer and it sounds epic!

[@mgy6736]

GREAT !!!! I'm super Happy because I'm waiting for mine !!! Thank u so much for your demo !!

[@TheUltimateTubester]

I enjoyed this demo very much, in fact it's one of the better demos of these pedals I have seen. You have a really good voice and the TC pedals compliment beautifully. I really like the Harmony setting you used with your voice ( 2 ABOVE ) really sweeeeet. I presently use the Digitech Vocalst Live 4 and love it but these singles may win me over to TC's side. I hope you will do more videos using these pedals will love to hear a full song. Take care!

[@sam0kc]

Man... what you did is amazing... Best review ever, you made me decide to take it :p

[@MikeAshelby]

Thanks! Glad it helped you make the decision: you won't regret it!

[@Tin0unoduetre]

@@MikeAshelby dude you honestly seem like the lost member of the Beatles to me lmao

[@MikeAshelby]

@@Tin0unoduetre 🤣 Thanks bud!

[@ROCKnROLL1406]

Thumbs Up my man..Because of your demo of this pedal I went out and bought it. Been having great fun with it...Good job

[@MikeAshelby]

@DeadWhiteButterflies Hi. Sorry for the slow response. So, my chain is pretty straight forward - and goes left to right as you look at it - T1 (tone pedal, levels things up nicely), H1 Harmony Pedal, then R1 (reverb pedal, make it all sound lovely). In this video my acoustic is coming out of the bypass on my tuner pedal. This means you can mute the acoustic signal as running to the PA, and still use the guitar chords for creating harmony. I do this live for some tracks I don't play guitar on.

[@ryantandy307]

Excellent performance and demo, thank you!

[@MikeAshelby]

Thanks! I'm glad it's been helpful (I'm still frustrated that I missed one of the settings!)

[@benevamalc]

Great video. It really shows the pedal off and demonstrates all it can do. I've just bought one after watching it and look forward to adding to my solo set. Say hello to Luke please!

[@piercedliquidnipples]

Great demo! U got a really good singing voice and this pedal complements it well

[@MikeAshelby]

Thanks! Feels like ages ago I did this!

[@zedxxx9]

Fantastic demo. Really great job and very inspiring. I'm sold.

[@MikeAshelby]

@dotsunmoon Hi. Sorry for the slow response. I've been gigging crazy this season - and loving using this pedal. The other pedal that I switch on and off is the R1 reverb pedal. It just means I don't sound like I'm in a cave when I'm speaking ;)

[@jaydee4077]

Great demo Mike! I just bought one of these. Still working out the dorian and mixolydian modes. So many choices...

[@benbv]

The answers is : yes you can change manual from the left to the right (A maj, Bmaj,C maj etc see user manual).

[@MikeAshelby]

Also worth noting is that there's the MP-75 mic. I can't get much use from it, as I'm generally playing, but it's got a button to kick the effects on and off, much more subtle than the stomp box!

[@vincentstafford1394]

Being an old tired vocalist from the late sixties I dont think anyone should ignore the fact that you have a great voice, and THAT is NOT because of the pedal Great demo TC should hire you

[@MikeAshelby]

Cheers Vincent! They're a great company with great products, but I guess you do still need to know how to sing! Do you have anything online?

[@vincentstafford1394]

+Mike Ashelby No too techie for me so far. Is that an EAN40C you have ?

[@BILLYGO44]

Thanks for the reply Mike. I bought one and tried it out and it seems to work playing a backing track through (see my video-i overdid it a bit but it was my first try!)

[@petesguitar]

Hi Mike great demos just bought the H1 on the strength of it, they owe you lol. re the harmonies being separate from the lead VOX I see to possible options 1) if like us and are using using a radio mic then the H1 could be connected via the individual channel send on the mixer (or the send from the insert) then the output of the H1 set to wet and fed to a separate channel or 2) if you are set up as in this video use a splitter and feed the mic to one channel and the H1 to another.

[@yanikem6655]

Great demo, Mike! Your spoken voice sounds exactly like Brian May!

[@MikeAshelby]

🤣 thanks! I'll take that as a complement: that man's a legend!

[@LittleMissStakes]

Bought this after watching your video. No other video showed off the potential of this pedal like yours did and I must say it was a great purchase. Our drummer who did all our harmonies had to leave recently which left us stuck. But this pedal fills the harmony gap really well. One thing I will say is that I find you get better harmonies if you dial in the key as opposed to instrument tracking...maybe its just me lol

[@colorburstrecords3978]

LOVE YOUR VOICE!! Great demo thanks!

[@MikeAshelby]

Colorburst Records thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@villeurbanneable]

you did it really good better than the oficial video of tc helicon h1...i´m gonna buy one soon cause its sound fantastic....

[@MikeAshelby]

For example, you could plug a keys player in, or even a feed from the front of house. The purer the signal the better, so ideally clean guitars or smooth keys sounds - but I've heard of people even plugging their mp3 player in and getting good results.

[@ray67guitar]

Thank you man

[@MikeAshelby]

@greateranticipation if I'm understanding you correctly you're asking if its possible to output all three sounds through one input: I'm afraid not. The vocal and harmonies come from one output, and there is a 'through' for the guitar. This, to be honest, seems to be best for most situations. The only option I'd really like to see is only harmonies through the output:no dry vocal, regardless of effect on or off. That way you could mix the harmonies at the engineers end.

[@ILIKESCIFI]

Yes! Great Tutorial. Makes me get this thing! You´ve chosen very cool songs too! Thx man!

[@MikeAshelby]

@TheHollerwood - sorry for the slow reply, but yeah, it would work off piano too (using audio rather than midi). Alternatively you could use the VoiceLive for ultimate flexibility - but at a price!

[@notpurple]

Thanks. great demo. exactly what i wanted to know.

[@TEDtheKEY]

Hi Mike.... I'm using this pedal but have difficulty with harmonies in minor keys. I know that you can hold the pedal down and change the settings to get minor harmonies, but that's where my knowledge ends. For instance, if I'm playing in Am I've tried using the C setting but this doesn't work. The other problem is if you switch it off for the verse an on again for the chorus, it looses any setting made by holding the pedal down.... I guess everything has it's limitations!

[@MikeAshelby]

@bobbything You certainly could use it for recording, but to my understanding, it doesn't work as a soundcard. As such, you'd need a soundcard, and plug the output from this into an input on the soundcard.

[@Drumsdude123]

Unbelievable! Man, you are great!

[@MrRichardPlatt]

great demo Mike.

[@MikeAshelby]

@jasonsgroovemachine There is only pitch correction on the harmonies - the lead vocal (to my understanding) remains un corrected in the mix.

[@CaptMelonfish]

Ah i see, you're using the bypass from the Boss Tuner to the H1, nice! nice demo btw, you've certainly shown how versatile it is.

[@psavolaitube]

really good demo, thanks

[@Ira88881]

Can't find a video showing this being used with GUITAR. I'm an acoustic solo player who doesn't sing and want something to add those harmony parts to simple melodies. The Boss Harmonist is about 50 bucks (U.S.) more than this, but does a ton of additional stuff--which I don't really NEED. So I'll keep looking now for a guitar-only demo!

[@JWNOSNHOJ]

The difference between a harmony pedal and live backing singer(s) is you can't get away with being slightly off, if you are off tune then the harmonies will follow your voice and any spurious sounds you might make and duplicate them in harmony. Good backing singers however will not do this and to some extent will mitigate your mistakes. In other words you have to sing well in tune without any strange spurious noises.

[@MikeAshelby]

Such a good point. I would never suggest this is a replacement for great backing singers. I actually find I need to sing with the tone of a backing singer to get the best out of the pedal: otherwise it sounds like 3 lead singers fighting for the front spot. I have found it quite good for thickening harmonies, or providing 3 part bvs by myself. It's good fun.

[@JWNOSNHOJ]

@@MikeAshelbyThanks for that reply. I understand your point about singing with the tone of a backing singer e.g. singers like Johnny Cash or Bob Dylan would have some trouble with an harmonizer pedal.

[@tonstudionaturesound5798]

Wonderful performance / voice. I once bought this sexy little thing and use it for every party, where I am singing along .. :) Sadly .. there is no seller anymore now, who still sells this magical little box right now, and it seems to be "vintage" already .. : /

[@MikeAshelby]

@petesguitar Thanks! I've considered the options when using this type of pedal and wanting a 'dry' and 'wet' signal. Unfortunately, the issue is that when the unit is turned off, the dry signal comes through, regardless of the wet/dry mix. As such, you end up with 2 dry signals if you turn the harmonies off. What you'd need is a mute box for an xlr - but I don't know if such things exist!

[@MikeAshelby]

Hi! Sorry for the slow response. Yep, you can use this as just a vocalist. You can just set the key of the song, which works, well - but what would work better would be to take whatever you're singing along to and plug that into the guitar in. It's a pretty robust piece of gear, so you'll find that guitar, keys, or even a full mix would work. What's your setup?

[@zedxxx9]

I was just thinking that if the MIX knob is turned up full, the harmonies are presumably just as loud or louder than the input vocal. I suppose that might solve me problem in the practise situation described above, effectively turning up the volume of the harmonies to be louder than my input vocal and therefore not amplified as much in the room.

[@Balverine]

Can you connect various tc helicón pedals with no issues? Cause they have phantom power always on, and also the impedance, since they don’t have line inputs…

[@MikeAshelby]

Yes, they chain together without issues. All nicely balanced, no issues with the phantom. For a time I used the three together.

[@madmanrivers6896]

great job. You are very good. Hope you are still singing!

[@MikeAshelby]

Thanks. I do still occasionally sing: on a gig in a couple of weeks.

[@madmanrivers6896]

@@MikeAshelby just picked up one of these. Hope I can use it half as good as you! What do you do for your day job

[@MikeAshelby]

@BILLYGO44 Alas, I think that this isn't possible on this pedal, but as I'm aware, there's one of the other pedals that will! I might give it a go anyway - see how robust that algorithm is!

[@sergiolus86]

Ola para fazer todos ese efeitos é preciso ter os 4 pedais ?

[@jimjernigan5651]

Thanks. From your reply, it seems that device is more limited when you don't use your guitar, but rather set the key knob instead. Is that correct?

[@laquecanta]

Hi there, sorry, do i need a guitar for the H1? Or the pedal recognize the key in my voice for the harmony?

[@MikeAshelby]

Without a guitar you can set it up a fixed key. This is fine, and works well, but there's less flexibility with the harmonies. If you're singing an E in the key of C major, the harmonies could be C and G over a G chord, or C and A over an Am chord, or G and B over an Em chord.

[@zedxxx9]

Can the VoiceLive Play pedals output the harmonies separately from the main vocal input? Or maybe VoiceLive 2 can do it? Right off the bat, this is a feature I know I would want to have so that I can play the output harmonies in the room without the input vocal. When I am practising I want to hear myself live in the room together with the harmonies coming from a speaker, so that it is like rehearsing with other singers. Dividing the harmonies from the input vocal is important, in my view.

[@bensteelemusic]

Does the H1 on it's own recognise what chord you're playing and adapt the harmonies? Or do you need the second pedal for that?

[@barrywayne3985]

HI Mike, When I use the H-1, and plug my ovation into the guitar in port, it picks up the guitar through the mic and it sounds terrible with it trying to chorus the guitar and voice. You don't seem to have this problem in you demo. Using Shure SM27 mic, into mixer, monitoring with headphones. Any ideas?

[@blumo2873]

If this pedal can do one octave up and one octave down, what's the difference between this and D1 (the doubler)? I mean, buying this you have also the D1 features

[@MikeAshelby]

It doesn't do unison or octaves, only harmonies (3rd and 5th up and down), so there is a difference in their features.

[@blumo2873]

@@MikeAshelby Thank you very much!

[@MikeAshelby]

It's pretty robust. I'd say to give it as clean a signal as you can, for both mic and guitar in - but yeah, I play every week with a full live band, I'm generally sat on the kick drum and it has no issues picking up the pitch from my voice and making the harmonies.

[@Lahtiman81]

Does this pedal recognize harmonies, even if I use it with a rock band example, where we have drums playing in the background?

[@KeithStinerTunes]

Hey Mike, I thought about getting one of these myself but the only thing is I've got a Shure PG-58 mic along with a Fender Acoustasonic 30 DSP amp and I don't want to have to buy another mic from TC-Helicon just to turn it off and on. Is there no foot switch on this pedal to turn it off and on without having to buy another mic? Other than that' it sounds great!

[@texmacgregor1]

Keith, you don't need their mic, there is a foot switch. I have one of these units.

[@JayStansfield]

Cheers mate- good Demo

[@MikeAshelby]

@kyguyluke the Mic output is xlr, so that would need converting to a jack to work with a guitar amp. Are you running vocals through the guitar amp the rest of the time?

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

How do you set up the chain then? Into the PA or the pedal board? I'm very intrigued to see how it's set up.

[@benbv]

Manual begining from L to R with C maj, next C#maj and so on..

[@nessmalone]

Great video. Thank you

[@miguelamiguinho]

hello, what do u think is better for do chorus on rock songs? the D1 or the H1? I play rock, foo fighters, green day, rise against, etc... and need a little puch on the chorus. THANKS!

[@kingstonkeys]

hi one more important question. I know H1 can be used with piano as well. but my doubt is im using yamaha psr s 910 keyboard to play in my church. i use the in built rythms during worship. Will i be able to assist my pastor with H1's harmony while im still using the keyboard's rythm. i mean will H1 do harmonies by detecting the chord from accompaniment section of my rythm in keyboard. Hope u understand my question. Pls reply i'm very much looking forward to buy this thing for my church. regards from India ....

[@MikeAshelby]

Kingston W good question. The chord discernment is pretty robust, so, while I haven't tried it in that exact scenario, I'd be inclined to think it could do it.

[@kyguyluke]

Does anyone know if the 'mic out put' can be ran through a guitar amp

[@MrSmoothlist]

Hi Mike, Does this pedal need the guitar connected in order for it to function? What if you wanted to simply create a harmony based on your voice ?

[@MikeAshelby]

there's no requirement to attach a guitar: you can just select the key. Obviously, the harmonies are more accurate and appropriate with the guitar. I only don't use the guitar if I'm not playing.

[@Simon-80]

well done man!

[@carlitos3000ful]

what is the difference of the model TC Helicom Harmony Singer ????has the same function?? cos the H1 Voicetone is a little cheap than Harmony singer model (blue French model)

[@MikeAshelby]

my understanding is that they have similar features. the key difference is that the singer (blue) model has a microphone that listens to the stage sound and basis the harmonies on what it hears. great if you have amps etc on stage.

[@kiskadar69]

1. H1: fixed scales can be selected, harmony on/off only in toggle mode only, no Tone function, no Reverb function. 2. Original Harmony Singer: fixed scales cannot be selected, harmony on/off in Toggle or Momentary mode, Tone function available, Reverb available. 3. Harmony Singer 2: like the original Harmony Singer, but automatic gain (no MIC GAIN pot), power input 9VDC (pedalboard friendly), original packaging does not have any PSU, it also works on battery (AA x 4), on/off switch.

[@jimjernigan5651]

Great job, Mike. Question - do you sometimes set the key for the device by singing a tone for the tonic of the key? That is, in the key of C, can you simply sing a clear "C" before starting the song? Thanks

[@MikeAshelby]

If I understand you correctly, I don't think what you're asking is possible with this pedal. you can use the left hand control to set the key, and I do this on occasion when I'm not playing guitar for a track, but it only works for certain harmonies.

[@zatoichiable]

If i have a budget for two of these voice tones gadgets. What would you advice to buy first. this would be just for karaoke setup.

[@JimmyParkerVideos]

Just bought me a H1. I am getting no sound from the unit into the pa. No signal at all. What could be my problem?

[@JimmyParkerVideos]

+Jimmy Parker no lights comes on the unit when I press the switch or turn the level control.

[@MikeAshelby]

+Jimmy Parker I'm guessing the unit might be dead - send it back and get a new one sent out!

[@JimmyParkerVideos]

+Mike Ashelby Thanks. I took it to a music store today and it was the power strip. Its was faulty. I bought a new one with an adapter for 9 bucks and it works perfectly now. Thank you for your response.

[@winstonmichaels]

Your are very talented Keep it up!!!

[@elprofeleo8880]

Does it include down octave effect?

[@MikeAshelby]

edit: sorry, it doesn't. It has a lower harmony, which is usually a sixth below, but it doesn't have a full octave. I think I was thinking of the voice live when I replied, which does have an octave down (and up)

[@chuckfriebe843]

That is the D1 that does and octave up and down.

[@BILLYGO44]

Thanks for the great video its made me decide to buy one! Just one question- can i run a mp3 playback track through instead of a guitar?

[@AnssiKansalaOfficial]

Good job man- I think I´m gonna go for voicelive 2. Havye you used it ? Do you like it?

[@Oportunidades369]

I AM just a vocalist so can I use this pedal with just mi mic and voice?? any help appreciatted!

[@BugzKiller]

Mike...I strictly want to use this for vocals. Would people Just buy it for that reason? I don't play guitars, I play keyboards and synths which I don't need any pedals for those. But I just want to spice up the vocals is why I am asking! Thanks in advance if you or anyone else can reply!

[@MikeAshelby]

Yes. It would work well for that. You could take a feed from your keyboards to recognise the chords for the vocal harmonies in much the same way as it works for the guitar.

[@lawrencejames553]

GOOD DEMO

[@MikeAshelby]

Hi Ted, Sorry it's taken me a little while to get back to you - my notifications seem to have been turned off! Are you definitely talking about the same pedal? To my knowledge there isn't a 'hold down' setting on the H1. The fixed key settings are handy, but I'd always, where possible, use the chord tracking. Singing a C in the key of G would lead to different harmonies if it's over an Am or C chord for example. It's worth noting that almost anything plugged into the 'guitar' input can work.

[@c0pyimitati0n]

What's the difference between the doubler and the harmony pedals?

[@MikeAshelby]

The double ads a copy of your vocal singing the same melody. It has ways to trick the brain into thinking it's more than one voice, which helps thicken the sound. The harmony pedal copies and moves your vocal to a harmony note based on the chord you're playing or the key it's set to.

[@c0pyimitati0n]

@@MikeAshelby interesting.. Probably wouldn't want to use the harmony pedal for metal style vocals then would you?

[@MikeAshelby]

@@c0pyimitati0n I don't know: depends on the style. Some metal works great with big harmonies! That said, doubling might be the thing to help vocals compete with big guitars.

[@jamiegtr2007]

Very informative, thank you :)

[@bobbything]

Can this pedal be used for recording? I mean, can I plug my condenser mic into the pedal, then run the pedal into the computer? This sounds great man...nice job.

[@andreacassetta]

Great demo! I have one of this too. But i have some tracking problems. Sometime the harmony wabble from the worng note to the correct note.. how can i fix it?

[@MikeAshelby]

Hi. Thanks for getting in touch. Fixing the tracking issues is all about how your hit the notes and chords. I often change the chord voicings to accent the key notes of the chord, or change my vocal tone to a purer tone to help the h1 pick the note more accurately. I hope that helps.

[@andreacassetta]

@@MikeAshelby thanks a lot i will give it a try .. i thought the pedal had some problems so i m glad to know it's normal ... i have to do more practice ;) again really good work on your video i hope to see more in this way ;)

[@DanGreenwoodMusic]

Yeah great voice man, what mic is that. It isn't the U87 is it?

[@krerror]

Mike, if you sing in a minor key, as well divides the voice? I bought this pedal in minor tuning as it is not very clean doing backing vocals?

[@MikeAshelby]

To sing in a minor key you can just play the chords for your song and it will pick them up from the guitar. Alternatively you can set the key to the relative major, which works ok most of the time.

[@krerror]

Mike, I do not have instructions, please write in detail how to put the key in the minor? I would be very grateful.

[@MikeAshelby]

You can find the manual with detailed instructions here: www.tc-helicon.com/en/products/voicetone-h1/support/

[@krerror]

Thanks, Mike!

[@MikeAshelby]

@Hannover1980 Cheers man... I blame the combination of old strings and poor microphone for the guitar!

[@naysunhuang]

Hi! Out of curiosity, does this pitch correct your voice as well?

[@adamtaylor5846]

Great sound. Can you please tell what guitar that is your using in this video.. thanks

[@Oportunidades369]

thanks mate!

[@MrFunkH]

Hi Mike! I find it hard to track the chords from my electric-acoustic guitar. How's your setup?

[@MikeAshelby]

Fernando Herrera plug the guitar straight into the pedal as the first thing in the chair - or take a split from something like a guitar tuner with a true bypass. Next thing is to try and play nice clean chords, letting all the notes ring. Final thing is that sometimes I'll push a chord just before the beat to make sure the pedal keeps up with the harmony. I hope that helps.

[@MrFunkH]

Thank you! I'll try tonight when I get back home.

[@marlmorose]

hey dude realy cool demo, totally love it, can you tell me what's the song at 1:00 to 1:29 ? thank you, from france ! :)

[@NeloBateristaCover]

Nice song i wanna know the name too

[@marlmorose]

@@NeloBateristaCover It is The Feeling - Fill My Little World Lol i forgot about this !

[@benbv]

Tc H1 it works in combination with korg pa1xpro !

[@VintageMike]

sick video can you use the pedal for autotune with no harmony?

[@MikeAshelby]

Sadly not, it only has harmony.

[@VintageMike]

@@MikeAshelby thankf for the reply. That's really good to know. I just bought the c1 now im gonna save up for this one.

[@MikeAshelby]

Good plan. It's a great little pedal!