Vocals, T/c Helicon processor...

[Vullkunnraven]

Hey everyone on HR...
Hope all is well (just signed up here last week and I luv it here)

Anyways,
Anyone here used any of the T/C Helicon processors for recording vocals? Either the Prism, Voiceworks, Quintent? I'm looking to get something to get that fat double tracking vocal sound that you hear on a lot of modern recordings and was wondering if this was the right path to go. Wouldn't mind having something that can get some harmonies on there as well, and pitch correction should make things a little faster. I understand the vocalist has to be on the level so I'm not looking for something to turn a pot of dirt into a rose or anything like that...

So anyone have any experiance with this or suggestions for something else? Currently I have an aphex pre, a sonic maximizer (which probably isn't useful for vocals), a Shure KSM condenser, all into PTLE...

Thanks

 

[Jburn34]

I don't have much experience with the units you listed, but I can vouch for the TC stuff. You get what you pay for, obviously the more expensive units are going to have more features and a little better sound. They make top of the line effects.

Supposedly the Voiceworks is real deal. Have you checked out the demo clips on their website?

 

[Vullkunnraven]

I heard the demo clips

Thanks for the reply...
I have heard the demo clips... Like the beach boys acappella stuff and it sounds great. I'm just not sure if this is something that would be an absolute neccessity for recording strong vocal tracks. Even though the item description sounds like this is the way to get that double tracking thick processed vocal sound... i'm afraid of the end result sounding like i used some cheesy shortcut method. Either way i guess i'm going to give it a shot , just kinda hard shelling out $700 for something i'm not sure how much i'll use in the future... just want to see if anyone has used it or is using it...

 

[Jburn34]

I think its one of those tools that if you overuse it can sound like crap. Definitely will not replace properly recorded backing vocals in the studio with good singers. Also, the better you are at tweaking and fine tuning it, the better it will sound.