Playing around with settings for my Voicelive 2, I'm reminded how annoying it is to bend down and adjust each and every setting. I ran across a thread on VoiceCouncil which discusses an editor for VoiceLive 2.
An editor is simply a program that runs on your computer and connects to your VoiceLive 2 pedal via USB. You then use the editor to adjust the settings from your laptop, rather than through the controls on the pedal itself.
There are two options that I know of currently:
Ginsonic's VoiceLive 2 editor
VoiceLiveEditor.com's VoiceLive 2 editor
Ginsonic's VoiceLive 2 Editor
In the post referenced above, a VoiceLive 2 user named Ginsonic chimed in and linked his personal VoiceLive 2 editor on the thread. I have used the 1.02 version for a while now and really enjoy it.
Sadly, the box.com links that Ginsonic referenced in the thread no longer work. Until I find a replacement, here is the version that I have:
I'd love it if Ginsonic came back and let me know where he has it stored now.
A few of the features that I'd like to play with aren't immediately obvious. Harmony settings, for example, can be adjusted through the editor, but I'm at a loss to understand how to set the key.
VoiceLiveEditor.com's Editor
VoiceLiveEditor.com has a variety of editor's available. The two that I was interested in are:
These editors are Windows only, unfortunately. Since I run on a Mac, I ran the demo version under Wine and confirmed that it ran. I have not yet confirmed that running it via Wine allows the editor to connects to a VoiceLive 2. I'll test that out in the coming days.
Any Others?
These are the only two that I know of at the moment. If anyone else knows of another, please share. It's far, far nicer to adjust settings standing up than bending over.
Here's a real quick demo of the VoiceLive 2 harmonizing my saxophone in real time. No delay necessary!
TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 harmonizing saxophone demonstration
This was in response to Simen's comment about whether the delay was necessary or not. It is most emphatically not required, as you should be able to hear.
I had a couple questions from the comments in an earlier post, so I thought I'd uppload a video that shows how I have my TC Helicon VoiceLive 2 hooked up:
TC Helicon VL2 Saxophone Setup
Hope it's useful!
The VoiceLive 2 from TC Helicon is a pretty badass little box of toys. I bought it to try and create some harmony parts when I'm the only saxophone player on a gig, but I'm starting to explore some of its other uses now too.
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