The way record with cubase and VL2 is as follows:
I record the voice directly into the soundcard and assign a voice track in cubase.
Once recorded the voice track, I tweak it or correct it with Melodyne.
The voice track is then routed out through the soundcard to the VL2 voice in and I select only the in

Mic->Input 1 of the soundcard
Soundcard headphone out -> Headphone
Route the mic signal to Output 3 ->Mic input on the VL2
Output Left of VL2 -> Soundcard Input 3
Output Right of VL2 -> Soundcard Input 4
Route the musical mix to Output 4 and 5 of the sound card -> Aux input on the VL2

Like this, you get the sound to help with the harmonies. In the software, record the clean signal of the mix and the one with the effect on it.

Thanks for your help

Just to let you know that I've finally managed to plug everything. I will post the final result in a future post since I'm away from home right now.

Thanks for your help!

Thanks for the clarification!

But the worst thing is that if I have 2 or more track that need the voicelive, it will not work because the VL2 will only work for one.

Group track, or sub bus/ vocal bus. I have several group tracks with all the fx setup in advance. So I have a guitar bus, baritone guitar bus, and vocal bus.
I have all this setup in a template that's always there when I start a project.

I often create several tracks with different takes etc. but they're routed to the bus where the fx are so saves resources and like on the VL2 you only have one of them.

I haven't used my bus's for processing of multiple tracks at the same time but you could. Some things don't work for more than one voice like pitch correction,
I wouldn't think.

Here is where I am in my test. I've tried the solution by Tacman7 to create a "external fx" with the voicelive. There is good and there is bad in this solution. The goods: I have a "clean" track (no effect, direct from the mic), in cubase but the bad is that the voicelive is used like a plugin and need to be open everytime I'm working on the mix. But the worst thing is that if I have 2 or more track that need the voicelive, it will not work because the VL2 will only work for one.

What I'm thinking of doing:
Microphone->Direct in the sound card so it will record the "clean" track.
In cubase, I will create a send (first time I will do that.. hope it will works) of the clean vocal track to the VL2 line input.
I will take the 2 VL2 output to the input 3 and 4 of my soundcard
Finally, I will take the mix from my soundcard to the Aux of the VL2 for the harmonies and remove the Aux from the output in the VL2 config!

I'll keep you updated of my test! Thanks a lot for your support

My first language is french so I'm sorry but I don't understand the expression "to a new streetcar".. Can you explain more?

Darn spellchecker.... that word "streetcar" is actually the word "track"
btw: my native language is Dutch, so we're not that far apart

You mean you want to sing into the VL2 and record the output from the VL2? Of-course you can do that. But what if you needed a little less reverb on the vocals to fit in better in the mix? Or what if you wanted an additional 7th in your harmonies at certain spots? You would have to re-record the entire vocals...

My first language is french so I'm sorry but I don't understand the expression "to a new streetcar".. Can you explain more?

Also, using the idea of recording clean vocal and make it pass into the VL2 afterwards, is it possible to do like Tacman7 said and use the VL2 as an external FX so the clean vocal is recorded but the effect of the VL2 is added on top of it like a pluggin? I'm pretty newbie when it comes to very complicated setup so excuse me in advance if my question make no sense ! This would be the best solution in my opinion, recording listening to the real sound of the VL2 and having the clean track that I can use.

Thanks

Best way of working is to record the dry vocals first and send that vocal track to the VL2 afterwards. Record the output of the VL2 (with aux muted and lead muted!) to a new track. I usually make separate tracks for harmonies and effects. This way you have more control over the mix and you can always make changes in the effects and/or harmonies without having to re-record your perfect take of the vocal track(s)

In [SETUP] you can turn off the aux-level.

Monitor via the headphone-output on your soundcard, record the VL2-output stereo if your soundcard can handle that. (no need to route aux-in to the right channel on teh VL2 this way)

Very useful information here. I will try that this evening. By the way, what is the advantage of recording the voice in stereo? I guess it's good for preset using stereo but change nothing for the others?

Thanks!

Monitor via the headphone-output on your soundcard, record the VL2-output stereo if your soundcard can handle that. (no need to route aux-in to the right channel on teh VL2 this way)

@gotenks82: With you answer, I've think of another way to plug everything. Let me know what you think of this:

Headphone -> Soundcard headphone out
VL2 Left output -> Soundcard Input 1
Mono out 1 and Mono out 2 of soundcard -> VL2 Aux (using a 2 1/4 to 1/8 jack)
Mic -> VL 2 mic input

Also, I will need to activate the function that route the aux-in to the right channel

So with this setup, I will hear the mix via my sound card but only record the vocal from the VL2. What do you think of this?

Thanks a lot to you guys!

DarkJaff