Hey, I have an L1 Model 1 + bass unit - and considering to add on the Diditech vocalist Live 4. One of my goals is to add some reverb/delay (slap-back) on the mic. Also, I like a little reverb/delay or effects on guitar to fatten up the sound. I play a Taylor 814ce. Just one mic' for now (mine). Of course the harmony, banks, and other stuff will be helpfull too but the above is main concern. Any comments? Suggestions?

It will add effect, but the truly amazing thing about the DVL 4 is the harmonies. I get comments every time I use it live.

People love the way it sounds.

Play with it and you'll agree.

It has changed the way I make music.

It's funny, with all the harmony voices available, I find I generally stick to a few: a 3rd above; Eagles 2&3; Dust in the Wind; occasionally CSN. I also try to have them more in the background than equal to the lead. But I definitely like it. And sooooo much easier to work with than the VoiceLive I previously owned.

Hey Guitar Dude,

If your main goal is to add some effects to guitar and vocal mic, why not hold off on the harmonizer and buy a T1? It is incredible. I have a harmonizer (TC Helicon Harmony G), but added the T1 first, and glad I did.

I too use just a few different settings for most of my songs. I think it depends which one compliments your voice the best.

I use the Digitech VL2, but I get all effects except harmony from my T1. I seldom use more than one harmony from the VL2, and a small amount of reverb on the T1. Sometimes I use a little delay on my vocal for novelty. With the T1 at my fingertips, I can just toggle on/off with a push of the button.
Love my toys.

Respect,
Col. Andy

For what it's worth, I was very happy with the 3-part simplicity of my VL2. Several months ago, I changed my pre-amp box to rack width, and upgraded to the VL-PRO, mainly to be able to use the footswitch, not because I wanted more parts or the effects.

Turns out, I am actually very pleased with this upgrade. I still only use the follow-the-guitar-and melody mode - I'm not interested in complex programming. I do get a more rich harmony with the 4-part - I think two below and two above is my main setting. But, with the 3-switch foot control, I can now easily move from different 2-part passages to full harmony, within the same song, and this adds really nice variety in my opinion, for what I do.

Most of you probably do the same thing, but for example, many songs I sing a verse without harmony, add full 3 or 4 part harmony on the chorus, and might do the last verse with harmony too. But on a few songs, I can now add single harmony to a verse - like start the verse solo, add a lower part of one phrase, then the next phrase or line with a higher part, and follow that with full harmony on the chorus, all possible with the footswitch. It seems very "real", like we often do in our live trio.

Influenced by the early Bose Classic days, I still don't use effects on vocal or guitar - they're barely on - just a minute touch of reverb.

Judicious use of these harmony machines can add some nice variety to a solo performance.

Best, Mike

Bonjour all,

I agree with PlayItForward: go for a T1 and get the sound you want, then add the extras.

I have recently purchased the TC Helicon Harmony G. Even if it has all these nice voice enhancing features, I had already found the sound I wanted from the various T1 settings (and they are aplenty) so I only use the harmonies from the Harmony G. I set all the other effects to "off". The harmonies, like Mike has pointed out, are best used sparingly. They have given me even more reasons to play.

Keep on strumming,

JFd

My current set-up (it has a tendency to grow everytime I come to this forum...): L1 model II with one B1, T1, Taylor 310CE, Boss ME-20 Multi-effects pedal, Boss RC-50 Loop Station, Shure SM58 microphone and the TC Helicon Harmony G. I also have a lot of percussion accessories to use with a second Shure microphone and the Loop Station. Lots of fun...

There is no way you can go wrong adding a Vocalist Live 4. I use one all the time, and it was the best thing I've ever added to the show. After a short learning curve, you won't ever want to play without it again.

Like the others who posted before me, I only use 4 or 5 of the available harmonies, but those 4 or 5 were worth every penny. I use mostly CNS, Gold Channel, Big Gospel, Lite World,, and Eagles 3. And who knows, I may use some of the others in the future.

Go for it. You'll be glad you did.

It takes some work to figure out all of the ways to use it along with the T1 but after long last and many trials I am getting fantastic sound and killer background harmonies. Keep at it if I can do it anyone can...

I just bought a Harmony G from TC Helicon. I've never used a harmonizer before. It seems to have lots of possibilities. The 'rub' will be finding songs where it hits the correct harmony parts. Pretty psyched to try it out and I think it will allow me to do a solo thing. Personally, I'm not wild about it's voice 'enhancing' features. Too much reverb doesn't do much for me, but that's just me. I could dial it in, but (I may be in the minority here) I think the T1 has a really nice verb in it.

Hi Brywool. I only use the one part harmony feature on my Digitech. When I use reverb etc., I prefer the effects on the T1.

Respect

I use the Digitech 4 and the tonematch. Do it you wont regret it. Get three or four different settings for different songs and WOW the crowd with something other than the same old sound and vocals every song. Unless that is your genre. I like to see em stop talking and look to the stage when the song takes on a whole different attack.