TC Electronic Helicon VoiceWorks
Harmony, Correction and Effects for the Stage and Studio

The popular TC Electronic Helicon VoiceWorks harmony processor has been used by songwriters, performing musicians, and jingle and movie music creators to put their creative stamp on vocals. VoiceWorks has a full complement of vocal processing tools from microphone preamp to four voices of harmony generation, pitch correction, reverb and tap tempo delay, compression and EQ. There’s even a song mode that allows you to step through a pre-programmed series of steps with the optional Switch3 footswitch.

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TC Electronic Helicon VoiceWorks Features:
-A complete signal path from mic input to stereo output. All you add is a PA, (or DAW) and your voice.
-Capable of creating up to 5 part harmony or doubling with your voice
-Harmonies can be controlled by MIDI keyboard or by setting key and scale
-100 user-programmable presets
-Reverb and delay can be used simultaneously and have extensive editing parameters
-Thicken effect adds lush detune-style chorusing to your lead vocal in addition to other effects
-Compressor, 3 band EQ and gate
-Editor program for Mac and PC available free via download

 Mid-Left Front

The four voices in TC Electronic Helicon VoiceWorks can be “humanized” using styles that mimic subtle imperfections between singers or sung performances so that they sound more natural. Of course this can be turned off for a more artificial and ear-catching sound if you prefer! Each voice also has a gender control which allows you to defined male and female characteristics in your harmony group. Of the 100 presets in the product, many have been pre-configured to offer a wide range of harmony options without requiring you to edit anything if you prefer not to.

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What happens when the harmonies are muted? Great vocal tone, that’s what. With the tasteful application of the onboard compression, 3 band parametric EQ, reverb and delay, even your basic working sound can be greatly improved with VoiceWorks.

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You can check out the pitch correction by browsing these presets in VoiceWorks. TC-Helicon’s pitch correction algorithm can be gentle and transparent or stepped and modern-sounding depending on how it’s set. A full suite of controls allow you to adjust window size, attack time and correction amount to tailor the correction to the performance.

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A flexible menu of options allows you to set what the 3 footswitches on the optional Switch3 footswitch do. The standard application is to have preset up and down and harmony mute, but this can be reconfigured to allow stepping through a sequence of steps in Song mode.

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Using Song mode is a way to change your presets in a pre-programmed way by pressing a footswitch. Preset #1 could be used for the verse of a song and then preset #25 could provide a lift to the chorus and finally, preset #99 could be used to create a special effect for the bridge. Without Song mode, you would have to do a lot of advancing through presets but they can be pre-programmed so all you do is press the Step Up footswitch and you’re there.

TC Electronic Helicon VoiceWorks Specifications:
-Digital Inputs and Outputs
  -Connectors  RCA Phono (S/PDIF)
  -Formats  S/PDIF (24 bit), EIAJ CP-340, IEC 958
  -Sample Rates  44.1 kHz, 48 kHz
  -Frequency Response DIO  DC to 22/23.9 kHz ± 0.01 dB @ 44.1/48 kHz
-Analog Inputs
  -Connectors, balanced  Mic.: XLR, Line: 1/4" phone jack
  -Impedance Bal./Unbal.  Mic.: 3.6/1.8 kOhm, Line: 21/13 kOhm
  -Line Input Level @ 0 dBFS  +24 dBu to +0 dBu
  -Line Sensitivity @ 12 dB headroom  -12 dBu to +12 dBu
  -Mic. Input Level @ 0 dBFS
    -Pad Off/On  -14 dBu/+6 dBu to -51 dBu/-31 dBu
  -Mic. Sensitivity @ 12 dB headroom
    -Pad Off/On  -26 dBu/-6 dBu to -63 dBu/-43 dBu
  -Line, Mic. @ Min gain, Dynamic Range  > +92 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
  -NF/Vi @ Max. micamp. gain, Rg = 200 Ohm  < +2 dB / -127.4 dBu
  -THD  < -100 dB (0,001 %) @ 1 kHz
  -Line Frequency Response  +0/-0.1 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
  -Mic. Frequency Response, max gain  -1.5 dB @ 40 Hz, +0/-0.1 dB (200 Hz to 20 kHz)
  -Crosstalk  < -85 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
  -A to D Conversion  24 bit, 128 x oversampling bitstream
  -A to D Delay  0.65/0.70 ms @ 48/44.1 kHz
-Analog Outputs
  -D to A Conversion  24 bit, 128 x oversampling bitstream
  -D to A Delay  0.63/0.68 ms @ 48/44.1 kHz
  -Connectors, balanced  1/4" phone jack
  -Output Impedance  40 Ohm
  -Max. Output Level
  -Bal./Unbal.:  +20 dBu/+14 dBu, R-load >= 1200 Ohm
  -Output Range  variable up to +20 dBu
  -Dynamic Range  > +104 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
  -THD  <-98 dB (0.0013 %) @ 1 kHz
  -Frequency Response  20 Hz to 20 kHz, +0/-0.3 dB
  -Crosstalk  <-100 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
-EMC
  -Complies with  IEN 55103-1 and EN 55103-2 FCC part 15, Class B, CISPR 22, Class B
-Safety
  -Certified to  IEC 65, EN 60065, UL6500 and CSA E60065 CSA FILE #LR108093
-Environment
  -Operating Temperature  32° F to 122° F (0° C to 50° C)
  -Storage Temperature  -22° F to 167° F (-30° C to 70° C)
  -Humidity  Max. 90 % non-condensing
-Control Interface
  -MIDI  In/Out/Thru: 5 Pin DIN
  -Pedal  1/4" phone jack
-Supplementary
  -Display  2x16 backlit LCD
  -Dimensions  19" x 1.75" x 8.2" (483 x 44 x 195 mm) 
  -Mains Voltage  100 to 240 VAC, 50 to 60 Hz (auto-select)
  -Power Consumption  <15 W
  -Warranty Parts and labor  1 year through TC Electronic directly

Note:  Due to continuous development and standardization all specifications are subject to change without notice