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Location: south east Michigan | Well, I gotta send this thing back pretty soon now.
I did a demo track and downloaded it on the "new" site.
No do-overs. This will show you what happens when you hit a bum note.
Look at the playlist on the main page under "Harmonizer Demo". After it get gets bumped off that you can find it on my homepage. |
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Location: NJ | WellDone, Brad.
I sat-in w/JohnB last night as his de-facto "rhythm-track" on the cajon and some background vocals.
This was my first experience hearing one of these units used in a live application.
Used judiciously, they work pretty well.
We were even able to "pull-off" a version of "JudyBlueEyes" that wasn't anywhere NEAR the "TrainWreck" that I had initially anticipated it was going t'be . . .
NiceLilUnit. |
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Location: WNC-God's Country | I love my VL4....No drug problems, no ego, and always shows up for rehersal!! |
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Location: south east Michigan | Thanks Cliff.
I've found that few recordings I have done have turned out better than I had hoped for. And BrianT was real pleased with it the one practice we did.
One possible draw back, which I tried to demonstrate, is just how thin one voice sounds after singing the chourus with the box filling things out.
I'm test driving the VL2... from what I'm gathering the VL4 is worth the extra money if just for the preset features. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by cliff:
WellDone, Brad.
I sat-in w/JohnB last night as his de-facto "rhythm-track" on the cajon and some background vocals.
This was my first experience hearing one of these units used in a live application.
Used judiciously, they work pretty well.
We were even able to "pull-off" a version of "JudyBlueEyes" that wasn't anywhere NEAR the "TrainWreck" that I had initially anticipated it was going t'be . . .
NiceLilUnit. ...other than my TOTALLY screwing up one of the guitar parts.
It was a lot of fun. Of course, having Cliff around, there wasn't much need for the "Digitech".
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Is that (top pic) Cliff's "He's totally screwing-up that guitar part" face? |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Is that (top pic) Cliff's "He's totally screwing-up that guitar part" face? Na...that's his "what the hell did I get myself into?" face. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | yehh, yer right... they're similar, easy to confuse'm. |
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Location: North Carolina | Originally posted by John B:
Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Na...that's his "what the hell did I get myself into?" face. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Here's a totally over the top use of the VL4 that I was playing with the other night: Killing The Blues
In general, I'm in the "a little bit goes a long way" camp on these things, but I thought it would be fun to see what it could do with a complete duet approach. The results are better than I would have expected.
This might actually be workable live. No way it works for a recording, but that's something else anyway. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | The problem I have with these units seems to be that they muddy up the vocals. The clarity is just not there.
The unit itself seems to be pretty cool and the harmonies are more than acceptable but it just doesn't sound clear.
By the way, nicely done Jeff....I just wish the vocals weren't muddy sounding. |
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Location: big island | sounds like another british pop invader group, jeff. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by stephent28:
The problem I have with these units seems to be that they muddy up the vocals. The clarity is just not there.
The unit itself seems to be pretty cool and the harmonies are more than acceptable but it just doesn't sound clear.
By the way, nicely done Jeff....I just wish the vocals weren't muddy sounding. I have found that I need to be very careful with the effects on the unit. The reverb is very touchy and you can easily go "overboard" on it. If you use too much reverb AND use the harmonizer effect, you end up with a very muddy sound. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Do you need the reverb or is it just to fill out the sound? |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Personally, I prefer to bypass the effects on the Digitech, and just use a touch of reverb from the mixer. Another thing that can effect the sound quality is the "mic gain" control. If that is set too high, the sound can distort when you sing louder. Using the harmonizer doubles (or triples)this unwanted effect as well. That said, it's not difficult to get a good sound when you experiment a bit. |
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Digitech Vocal Harmonizer Review
