No "Live" in VoiceLive Rack!

Hi Mojo,

I appreciate that you're upset about not having momentary control over the harmonies, but it's counterproductive in a forum environment to spam the same post in multiple places. In the future, please restrict posts that cover the same topic to a single thread. Not only is it good etiquette, it helps the other users centralize any help/advice that they can give.

To address your question, there isn't capacity for momentary control via a footswitch on VoiceLive Rack.

Momentary control is a good idea and I've added it to the list of features to look at for future updates.

Cheers,
Craig

As a guitarist/keyboardist I'm surprised at this omission of momentary control of an effect such as harmonies. My own coordination isn't so great that while playing guitar and singing that I could toggle an effect at appropriate times.

I know TC Helicon probably wants to sell their own brand mic, but perhaps there would be a market for a footswitch adapter that emulates the switch of an MP-75 mic. However good sounding the MP-75 might be for some folks, it may not fit everyones vocals. An adapter at least would allow performers to use their favorite mic and still have control of the way they would like to use VoiceLive Rack. Something to throw to the R&D people for thought.

Last edited by Mark48 (2011-12-09 16:33:08)

Hi guys,

Yep, like I said above, we totally agree that it's a good idea and I've chucked it into the feature development list for a future release. It shouldn't be too complicated to implement. I don't have an ETA at the moment, but we'll work on it.

The MP-75 is something we also push because of its extreme rejection. Often, users with more traditional mics run into "warbles" or "garbled voices" due to their mics allowing more of the stage sounds into their harmony and correction blocks, which triggers processing on the bleed. The MP-75 helps a lot with that situation. (you can set the gate threshold for harmony higher in the settings and that can help a lot too)

Anywhoo, just thought I'd give you a heads up that we're totally on board with making that change to the footswitch options.

Cheers,
Craig

Can on/off momentary control of the harmony function in VoiceLive Rack be accomplished thru MIDI command? Through research I have found a product manufactured by MIDI Solutions called the "Footswitch Controller" which is a programmable inline interface that allows a 1/4" footswitch cable to be plugged into it and translates the actions of the footswitch into MIDI commands. MIDI Solutions has a website with a great deal of information about this product and offers free downloadable programming software. I am considering experimenting with this product but would like to know if the VoiceLive Rack software is capable of performing this fuction via MIDI command. I am hoping one of the guys from TCH can advise me on this.

Thanks,

Mojo

Thanks for the reply Craig, That is what I am trying to accomplish. If I decide to go that route I will be sure to post my findings. If successfull, think it would make a great peice of gear better!

Mojo

I am in the market to upgrade my VoicePrism Plus and was looking at the VLR.

I am also a tad disappointed that this feature was "left out". I do have the 3 button floor switch that I use on my VoicePrism Plus. I guess I would be more interested in a MIDI solution since I plan on using a floor MIDI controller (FCB1010) that also works on my guitar effects. The Voice Live Extreme is on my short list but I really didn't want another piece of gear under my feet. and I already have the rack space.

Has anyone been successful in getting a "momentary" MIDI message to the VLR to simulate this yet?

Thanks