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Hey Jeff,
Ive been working with the Digitech vocalist 2 for over a year and i just
ordered the new TC harmony G and been testing both of them.In fact i just
did a gigi yesterday with it.
here is my 2 cents:
The new tc harmony g has 5 presets with a convenient B alternative which
is very useful if you are doing 2 different types of harmony in a song so
you can switch back and forth by pressing one button,it also has effects
with presets and there are also 2 outputs on it.
The Digitech is a no brainer,plug it in and play,all manual no prests or
programing involved choose manually a harmony and a reverb then enhance
it,compress it and go.For more details you can read about them and watch
videos,manuals etc.
But now as far as sound goes: with all the bells and whistles that the tc
offers,the digitech beats it,it sounds more clear seems to have stonger
output and the effect sounds crispier and it sounds more natural
overall.The TC has a "tone" button to compress and enhance the overall
sound with 3 different types of prests but to my ears it sucks,it either
sounds to brittle or to muddy.
Tracking: both seem to track similar although the digitech seems to track
the high harmonies better and the tc tracks the lower better.I did a heavy
test singing some 3 part harmony stuff with both and the TC can handle it
better than the digitech,however when using one harmony only they react
differently,for instance when you play an Em chord and sing an A note on
top to resolve to the Em,the digitech harmonises it with a C and the TC
with a D.To me the digitech way is better because if i want to harmonise
with a minor 7th i just fret it on the guitar which feels natural
otherwise having to fret the c note on top of an e minor while singing is
to me kind of ackward.
On the other hand the tc has cool presets with octaves and a bass voice
preset which can be used as a drone.What i dislike is that the effects
cannot be tweaked so you are stucked with choosing a preset and you can
only increase the level.The digitech has however reverb only.
I dont know if i am going to keep the TC and get rid of the
Digitech,another big advantage of the TC is its size,it fits nicely on a
pedalboard.The price difference should be no object,here in germany is
only about 50.-eur. difference.After testing them i suppose the decision
should be based more on sound vs. versatility.
I should also tell you that i tested the digitech with my trumpet player
last night at a gig,i hooked it up on the aux. of my mixer sending him my
guitar signal so he could play 2 trumpet harmonies while i was playing and
singig.I noticed that the harmoniser reacts better when singing,that is
the harmonies can be heard better than when playing a reed instrument,even
though he uses an akg clip microphone directly into his horn.No special IQ
harmonisers for reed players yet,right?
cheers
Luis
www.myspace.com/luisangulocom
--- On Sun, 7/13/08, Jeff Shirkey <jcshirke@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
> From: Jeff Shirkey <jcshirke@midway.uchicago.edu>
> Subject: Re: DigiTech Harmonizer Vocalist 2 vs. 4?
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Date: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 8:35 PM
> Has anyone compared the Digitech vocalist stuff to
> TC-Helicon's
> offerings (Voiceworks, Voiceworks Plus, etc.)?
>
> Just curious if the TC-Helicon is worth the extra $$ or
> not.
>
> Jeff