Vocalist Live 2, by Digitech at www.elreflejo.cl
Nov 1, 2009 hybrid picking
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World’s first processors that automatically generate live multi-part vocal harmony by analyzing guitar chord progressions.
Accurate vocal harmonies even with complicated songs…because
only Vocalist Live tracks guitar chords, not your voice.
A surprising number of songs “fool” other harmonizers because these songs just don’t work with a single key/scale setting. In fact, any song that has the same note sung over two different chords (for example, a C sung in the melody over a C maj / F maj chord sequence) is going to confound conventional harmonizers.
Vocalist Live uses breakthrough musIQ™ technology to directly analyze the output of any electric or pre-amplified acoustic guitar (no special MIDI guitars or hex-outputs needed). Then it generates the correct vocal harmony. For example, if you’re singing an A over the chords that are generally found in the key of G, Vocalist will harmonize with a C. But, if you then play an A major, Vocalist will shift to the C#…because like any good harmony singer, it listens to the guitar!
With musIQ, forget about the technology — just sing and play!
Skip complicated programming and having to analyze each song
chord-by-chord; just…
1. Plug in your microphone and guitar;
2. Pick a 3rd or 5th-above or below harmony preset;
3. Sing and play — when you want harmony, just step on the footswitch!
Patent-pending musIQ™ technology combines new Note Detection algorithms with state-of-the-art Harmony Generation. The Note Detection section analyzes complex guitar waveforms and determines which notes in each chord are critical to accurate harmony. This information is then fed to an advanced harmony engine that creates harmonies consistent with both the singer’s melody and the underlying guitar accompaniment.
This totally new, musically-intelligent hybrid of traditional chordal and scalic harmony modes means that Vocalist Live musIQ harmonies stay true to not only the overall key and song scale, but also localized variations due to chords that aren’t part of the global key. You’ve never heard anything like it!
musIQ™ is a trademark of 3dB Research Ltd.
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November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
i think this was …
i think this was brilliant all that negative crap is probably backing singers they are not needed anymore!!!! This guy is good a good singer and guitarist I bought it on the strength of this video. Unless someone can direct me to another posted video of digitech I’ll stand by this until then.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
2.04 sounds crap, …
..very nice
2.04 sounds crap, but 2.06
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
should this work …
should this work the same if I use keyboard instead of guitar?
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
The unit does not …
The unit does not use your voice to generate the harmonies. It uses your guitar chords and generates a harmony to the nearest half step. The problem would be if your guitar was out of tune thus forcing the harmonizer to seek the closest half step to generate the harmony.
Peace
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
The Plugin Used In …
The Plugin Used In Video ..
Antares Harmony Engine
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Plus, he had the …
Plus, he had the harmonies mixed too loud. You have to blend them under your live vocal more than that and schmooze ‘em up a little with some light verb and delay and maybe a little doubler effect on the lead vocal.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
The problem with …
The problem with this little demo is that home boy was off pitch too often thus throwing the VL2 off, making it guess too hard what the pitch the singer is attempting to hold down.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Not convincing at …
Not convincing at all your right.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
sorry, not …
sorry, not convincing to me
? I don`t find it anything, maybe not my day today
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Thanks for that!
Thanks for that!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
live two is a …
live two is a better buy, the only extra feature on live four i think is REALLY a big difference is the possibility of presets
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
it’s his voice plus …
it’s his voice plus 2 other voice, so 3
live 2 – 3rd above, 3rd below, 5th above, 5th below and two types of unison (you can play a maximum of two of those at the same time plus yours of course)
live 4 – it has octaves 1 above n one below AND the ones live 2 has, but you can play 4 at the same time AND yours, live 4 has a few guitar effects, no effects for guitar on the live 2, both have tuners, and more switches hehe, gues it’s all
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Had one of these.. …
Had one of these.. sounds nice! but the plastic body is too fragile.. especially the knobs! the button went out on mine, won’t respond.. have to replace mine less than a week..
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
The algorithm …
The algorithm played a wrong chord at D7sus4 .
This is probably were you can’t trust it – complicated chords
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I play a 1-man-band …
I play a 1-man-band gig in Vegas and will definitely pick this up. Will be great on Beatles, Eagles etc… Plus I work with a killer saxman, and am thinking, if I split my guitar signal, and he has this unit also, it will be like INSTANT HORN SECTION !!! Can’t wait…. will post video when I get it
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
very true
very true
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Yeah….Digitech is …
Yeah….Digitech is waaaaaaay better stuff other than guitar efx….they did a good job with this.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
woof, im impressed. …
woof, im impressed. digitech pedals seem to pwn, im getting a jamman soon.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
finally the higher …
finally the higher bit depths and sample rates have smoothed out the digital effect artifacts.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Sounds wonderful …
Sounds wonderful but there is a lot of harmony in these songs. In the intro it says “2 part harmony” – does that mean 2 additional vocals as well as lead? What is the difference in this and a Live 4? Thanks!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
thats awesome. i …
thats awesome. i want one.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I am lucky enough …
I am lucky enough to work for the company that produces this very amazing unit.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
james taylor sounds …
james taylor sounds better without the harmonies. the rest sounds great- well maybe a little too fake sounding, but still pretty good. i’m impressed.
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I bought one after …
I bought one after watching this video and a couple of the review ones here on Youtube… the thing is AMAZING. My band totally dug the extra “professional” vibe my vocals had. Get one NOW… the Vocalist Live 4 has a guitar processor and lots of presets (plus four part harmonies).
November 1st, 2009 at 3:42 pm
thats hella tight
thats hella tight