TC discontinued making this unit - Pease recommend a newer TC Helicon product that would be good for a keyboard player wanting to add some harmonies? Midi harmony control would be preferred I guess or Scale?... TC discontinued making this unit - Pease recommend a newer TC Helicon product that would be good for a keyboard player wanting to add some harmonies? Midi harmony control would be preferred I... » Read More TC discontinued making this unit - Pease recommend a newer TC Helicon product that would be good for a keyboard player wanting to add some harmonies? Midi harmony control would be preferred I guess or Scale?... « Show Less
1346645
The VoiceLiveTouch has midi in for harmony control. There is nothing available that will work, that is as cheap as the Harmony-M.
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great unit, I have two!! Still in stock at 'Sweetwater.com' for $198. Good luck!
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I've tried myself. I researched many sites only to find that a replacementIs most likely twice the money. The newer helicons with midi go for 400-600 dollars. I would suggest the tc voice works 1rack space unit. The foot switch type are good for hands free, however if you program harmony as I do the voice works is less expensive with the same features for under 300.00. As usual when someone makes the perfect product, they stop making it. I've seen othe companies go belly up with the same philosophy. Hope it works for them....
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We have not connected to midi yet. We are just now starting to think about it. Program works great otherwise. My son bought it so that he could compose music. It only has eight staves so he felt that it was a little limiting but for the cost it was a bargain! Here's the main manual, with tutorials: http://www.finalemusic.com/UserManuals/SongWriter2012Win/Content/Contents.htm
1587290
My advice is to avoid this unit if you use Windows. It is 2014, and it still glitches in non-ASIO apps, and toggling ASIO in Ableton toggles the glitches. I am 99% confident it is driver related. I'll be switching to Scarlett for music production in Windows. Not sure about the Roland, but Ive heard a lot of MAC users complain about Maudio driver issues in OSX, but that was years ago.
2021519
Keys are full-size. Unfortunately if I play more than 2 keys at once, i.e. a simple 3 note chord, I get a very ugly sounding 4th note. Can't figure out if its a defect in the unit or if it's supposed to do that. I use it to practice choral music so I'm mostly a one note at time musician but sure would be nice to hear a chord without it sounding dissident.
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Well, I had never used that utility before, but I tried it and it seems like it works. I put in an Eb7,Ebm7, then eb7 just to test it. Then I transposed chromatically up a perfect 4th and it changed the chord symbols to Ab7, Abm7, and Ab7. Just a bit more: Playback quality on Notion is much more pleasing than Finale and notation is quicker and more convenient with keyboard shortcuts and easy access to written notes. (click and drag them instead of having to search of the pitch change tool). The only ups I've found with Finale vs Notion is thta Finale gives you more options with notation appearances. You can place things exacty where YOU want like crescendos, text, pedal markings, dynamics. notion also lets you do this, but it has this kind of auto correct placement thing where it snaps the dynamic cyou pick under the beat you placed it on. this is still pretty accurate and you can still move thingsaround but a little less. I personally prefer Notion - it's altogether more convenient and satisfying in my opinion. :)
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I started with the Ditto but sent mine back right away. Too bare bones. Limited features. I wound up with the JamMan Solo XT which I like a lot for guitar practice, improvising, etc. Tons of memory on micro SD card, connects to computer for backing up loops or importing them into a DAW. I don't think the TC Ditto has connectivity with computers. i'd say go with the jam man if you can.
1233480
TC helicon just came out with play acoustic, it's this same unit but JUST for acoustic guitars. It's available june 2014. Wish I hadn't just bought THIS one. :(
439156
Maybe there are less expensive higher-function keyboards out there, but I have not found them. I used my first digital keyboard (61 keys) for 15 years.... the only reason I moved up earlier last year was to get a 77-key model. As I recall, most sounds and ryhthms were the same. The biggest change was a shift from a MIDI interface to a USB. I think this model is good for another dozen years.
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hello! well i do recommend this for beginners in synthezizers, this one is of the simple ones`, but attention! this is not a toy, is a very powerfull machine, with wich you can do a lot of things. so if you are looking for a simple keyboard this is not for you. instead if you want to experiment with sounds and start to understand synthtezizers, this is a good start. this instrument will fit very well beginners but also experts who know how to train this little monster!
220110
I'm not saying it won't work for chords but I don't think it does it very well, I think it's main priority is to create the illusion of a second guitarist for dual octave lead play. For about $50 more you can get a lexicon MX 200 that in my opinion does everything way better and it's not just a harmony pedal,it's a multi FX rackmount unit but it's lightweight and very simple to use. The harmony FX on it to me are much easier to use and sound a lot more correctly blended than the Boss Harmonist. You definitely get way way more for the money with the lexicon versus the boss,that is a promise.
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I have only recently "needed" a capo, when I wanted to play and sing a song that was lower in key. I also wanted to practice with the original song played from my computer, and realized I couldn't change the key on my own to play the exact note, but to use the capo. Does this make sense? So unless you encounter in such situations, I don't think you "need" it. I've owned ukulele for 8 years and never needed until I encountered this one song this year.
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Set-up requires a MIDI male-to-male cable between your keyboard and the M version of the TC Helicon. This tells the device the notes to be used in the Chord for the harmony. The input is an XLR for the mic, or 1/4 inch phone for line-level input. The output is 1/4 inch phone cable.
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I know that the unit has been discontinued as of when I odered mine. I ended up buying a different unit.
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I don't have it anymore, but it was a pretty neat unit and you don't need anything but MIDI cables to the computer or a dedicated sound card to capture the headphone output. Because of its inclusion of MIDI in and out, you can use it with other gear, which is nice. However, it has no USB output, which is becoming ever-common on newer gear.
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You need Yamaha tone generator because this cannot generate it's own sound. The best match is Yamaha vl70m but unfortunately this is no longer produced. You might browse for newer version. Or it can Olson connected to Yamaha keyboard equipped with midi connection.
937236
Barbara, Tc-Helicon still a foot pedal. I´m using and it´s a great vocal resource.
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I just purchased a C. I don't think it should matter too much unless you have a band you're playing with that has instruments in a certain key. In other words, I think you should know if you need a certain key. If you don't, you're fine.