TC Helicon VoiceLive 3 Extreme Vocal and Guitar Effects Processor Pedal

I love the flexibility this gives me and my band mates to perform different genres and songs. We play in an Elecric rock band but decided to strip down to a 3 piece aucoustic ensemble. The ability to add backing tracks for string sections and piano as well as female vocals and such were what really sell performances and make each song stand out. It adds those touches of flavor that straight acoustic just leaves wanting. The vocal effect and guitar effects are no slouch on this either. I an always amazed when hitting a five part harmony on this and hearing it respond real time and seeing the reaction on the crowds face as they try to wonder "Is it live or is it memorex?" Well worth the money.

Opening a sealed, brand-new unit, I turned it on and waiting, waiting. Nothing appeared on the LCD, just a blank white screen with a blue border. It seems this problem is widespread for VL3 & VL3X. How come this could get past basic QA testing?

There's nothing that can be said about this pedal that hasn't already been said. It's amazing for live performances if you are an acoustic instrumentalist. It completely changed what is capable for solo acts.

I read the reviews about how hard it is to use as well as all the great reviews. I am very experienced with technology and menus, so I found it very easy. Simply by watching the tutorials on the TC Helicon Website, I was on my way and had 16 songs programmed for a gig in 3 days after I received it! So far haven't had the need to look at the downloaded manual. An incredible value and great combination with the Fishman Loudbox Artist!

This is great for an acoustic artist. For electric these sounds aren't even passable to me. There is also really bad output on the guitar outs and thru. Noisy as all get out on those outputs. In my blues/rock band, I just use it for vocals and feed the guitar in with a splitter because the guitar thru on the VL3x is unusable. I should be able to plug my guitar into the VoiceLive 3x and then take the signal out with the thru to whatever else, but the noise level is so bad it is unusable so I bought a Lehle Splitter to feed the VL3x and my electric pedals. Using it with acoustic is nice because you can get a good acoustic sound using the BodyRez feature. The looper is OK, you can't switch loops with the external foot switches yet (good god TC Helicon, why can't you make this happen?) You also can't play all three loops at once. You can only play two of the loops at one time. I am able to connect OnSong over bluetooth to my Beat Buddy and then with Midi thru connect to the VL3x and have them all work together, changing songs, tempo and presets. It is a beautiful thing. I think for what I do I could have just used the Play Acoustic. If the guitar outputs weren't noisy and the electric crunch and distortion sounds were better it would be work the price, but for electric guitar you are going to be ery dissappointed. If all you want is looper and vocals/harmonies TC Helicon has cheaper options.

I am optomistic about being able to learn the usage and operation of the equipment.