TC Helicon vs BOSS VE-20 Harmony Comparison 

Interesting. Defective unit. I have had mine for years it has always worked. I once ordered a pair of brand new stage monitors out of the box one didn't work. Took off the back 1 wire unconnected. QUALITY CONTROL often fails in electronics.

I loved my tc helicon but it let me down live as well. Great sound but not the best craftsmanship.

i had a similar situation with the tc helicon. it wasn’t live but went to practice the night before my gig and stopped working

Thanks for sharing your experience, much appreciated!

Glad I could help

Interesting, I felt like the opposite was true. I felt the TC harmonies sounded more natural and less processed.

It does. The TC Helicon is definitely more for experimentation in the studio than anything.

You bet!

Oftenthere is too much reverb and delay when it is not necessary n a live situation. Always best to program your own preset or turn down the reverb n delay.

Which do you feel better when using for a small live? Thank you x

@@Xiaoo879 The Boss 100%. But once you sit down for a couple hours with the tc helicon, it does compete. Especially with the foot pedal fuctions. The Bose is more user friendly. I felt like I needed a sound engineer degree at times with the tc helicon. And it didn’t have vocal eq. Just a great fx capabilities. I didn’t need all of the functions. I just need to have more gain flexibility and a clean balanced sound going to the board with minimal fx. Just reverb on like 15 and delay on 20. I love the loop feature on the boss. I use it to mic check my mic because I am our sound guy. That allows me to get out in front of the mains to mix all instruments except my guitar. The Boss also looks way cooler and is built WAY tougher. Also has 9v battery function so if you don’t have power right in front of you, you can still have vocal fx.

@@coltonkrokroskia1044 thank youuu so much that really helps a lot- I think I will get boss first then! Thx xxxx

@@Xiaoo879 Boss is the way to go most of the time. Buy once and you will have this pedal for years once you zero it in. You’ll hate singing without it. Haha. If you have a sound guy you don’t trust, just bring it with you haha.

Indeed, it's a great tool!

THANKS

The Boss is more natural because its more subtle and i think has some degree of analog signal. The TC helicon is more like a cheap ferrari it sounds more digital but the FX are more pronounced and you habe a far wider variety of fx in the tc helicon like it use of phasers , tape machine robotic sounds, etc.

True... its difficult to put a huge bandaid on bad singing!!

@@newcastlemusicstudios It’s not what I’ve meant. I mean that it’s a tricky device. You have to set it right. Cheers.

I believe i did that because the person who requested the video asked me to use the boss presets whether the reverb was on or not. But if u listened to the whole thing, there are a few examples with no reverb on the Boss right away, then with added reverb. I dont think either of them sound like "Natural harmonies." Top be honest if you stack your vocals in. DAW then record 5 harmonies, ut is actaully the variation or vinrato in each take you do that creates a natural sound. Whereas if you copy n past your voice in a DAW to recreate this effect you will hear how unnatural stack the same vocal take sounds and that is all each pedal is doing is stack the harmony in real time. However you can click n record n save your harmonies in the Boss to get a more natural sound if you spwnd enough time mastering the art of foot pedal recording on stage etc. But thanks for the comment i appreciate everyone's contribution and thoughts as they are helpful to others.

Agreed tc is definitely more digital sounding but does offer a wider variety of effects.

Boss had a loop function on it. Boss is easy to step on yes. Byt you can switch presets on the TC with a step as well. Tc has way more ootions especially of u like dreamy reverb and delay settings, TC is way better. TC is my choice at this point. The loop function is more advanced on the Tc helicon. Boss loop function is very easy because it has a large LOOP BUTTON. Be patient and learn how you would luke to use it and eventually itll be easy.

You can run a guitar into them but they are made for vocal processing

@@trevorcoles7940 Yeah I wound up buying the VE-2 and found this to be true.

Uhh what? They are both made for vocals.

@@BrendanWhelan Indeed.

That makes sene. Boss is. Bit overrated for what you get. The Tc Helicon is more versatile and offer so much more ability to be creative. The Boss is very Plane jane.

Lol

I assume it just goes to the closest note you are singing in each key signature when set.

@@newcastlemusicstudios oh great! so can you set the key signature on both pedals?

I only have the Voicelive (both Play and Play Electric) but it allows you to select three variations of each of major and minor (what those variations mean I’m not sure 😬) when you select an actual key (ie not ‘Auto’)

You can choose Stereo or Mono. Im sure mixed down the stereo effect os unnoticeable.

You can email me at madeofbloodmusic@gmail.com For any further questions, Thanks.

yes, use a microphone instead to the guitar

Solo efeitos

In MENU FOOT PEDAL

en Menú el tono correcto para configurar la tecla Eb

The Boss Ve-20 is much quieter . Solid point I should've adjusted that!

Yes more natural!

Haha wtf lol!

TC Helicon... more modifications, better selection

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