TC Helicon is a company who’ve been around since the early 2000’s, and were actually recently acquired by Music Tribe, the parent company of Behringer, Bugera, Midas, Turbosound & Klark Teknik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are renowned for being one of the pioneering companies who has been leading advancement, especially within the vocal effects technology industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With that being said, they have had a range of successful vocal effects pedals<\/a>, including the VoiceLive and VoiceTone Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, going back to this product review!<\/p>\n\n\n\n We’ve arranged this article review in a format which not only discusses the pedal’s features, but also includes high-quality images and video demonstrations of the TC Helicon Duplicator in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, we’re confident that you’ll have a well-rounded insight into whether the Duplicator pedal is suitable for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ok, so with that being said, let’s begin discussing the TC Helicon Duplicator<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n Contents<\/p> As with a lot of TC Helicon’s products, the Duplicator has been designed with ease of use and usability at the forefront of their agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s discuss the specifics about the unit’s controls:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The pedal has three main control knobs, a main footswitch and a button which control all of the unit’s functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The left control knob is used to choose the style\/type of doubling effect, and users have the option between Tight, Loose and Octave. [we’ve featured a video demonstration of the pedal in action further below<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not only does this knob choose the style of doubling effect, but it also controls the severity or amount of effect added to the output signal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The middle control knob is used to choose the type of reverb effect, with users having the option to pick from Room, Club and Hall reverb. [we’ve featured a video demonstration of the pedal in action further below<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Similarly to the doubler control knob, the Reverb control knob also controls the amount of reverb added to the signal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The final control knob is used to control the amount of auto-chromatic (semi-tone increments) pitch correction that is added to the output signal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Setting the dial at around 50% provides a subtle, yet effective amount of pitch correction, which is enough to move sharp and flat notes to the nearest semi-tone, without making your vocals sound like T-Pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The unit has one footswitch which is used to engage\/disengage the doubler effect, meaning that when disengaged, you’ll still hear the reverb and pitch correction (assuming that their specific control knob dials are active).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Directly under the pitch correction dial is the ‘Tone’ button, which when pressed, engages TC Helicon’s patented “Adaptive Tone” Technology. Engaging this button activates an analysis of the input signal, and then EQ, compression, filtering and gating is added to provide a brighter sounding output signal… Helping your vocals cut through the mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, the TC Helicon Duplicator has an extremely useful feature where users can control the unit directly from their microphone, which is called Mic Control\u2122.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, there are only two microphones which are compatible with the Duplicator and can be used to control its engage\/disengage it without being near the footswitch, which are the MP-75 and the MP-76<\/a>…<\/p>\n\n\n\nTC Helicon Duplicator<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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