TC Helicon Play Acoustic Pedal - Secondhand

Full Description

Vocal effects

The TC Helicon allows you to always be at your best. Letting you jump effortlessly between clean, bright vocals with slow and soft shimmering reverb, all the way to destructive delays, thick doubling, truly versatile depth. TC have gone out of their way to ensure that the humanisation on all their effects has been improved, so when singing those harmonies, the pedal will be routed in realism. For accurate tracking, the pedal tracks the tonality of your chords, ensuring that everything is automatically harmonised. It’s essentially like having a sound engineer at your feet.

Great guitar tones

TC Electronics are renowned for their impressive array of pedals, so much so that you have more than likely heard them in the past without even noticing it. Calling back these iconic sounds, the pedal comes prepacked with the effects such as the Hall of Fame Reverb, Flashback Delay, and Corona Chorus, with a selection like that you know your acoustics sound is in safe hands. Create the sound you wish thanks to a designated EQ and the use of the BodyRez filter, you can mould your acoustic's sound to offer more resonance and clarity. Honestly, at this point the possibilities are endless.

Intuitive Controls

Using the Play Acoustic is easy and simple. Use the Up/Down footswitches or central knob to easily browse factory presets, or use the GENRE button to find styles that you like. Dedicated VOCAL FX and GUITAR FX buttons let you access effects directly, and the intuitive user interface makes editing simple and fast. Create your own library of presets with the FAVOURITE feature for easy 'setlist' recall. Separate mono XLR outputs for vocals and guitar makes it painless for any sound engineer to mix the levels perfectly for your audience, or you can set the output to Stereo and create your own custom panoramic stereo mix.

Guaranteed HIT

HIT is a feature for performance - building intensity into your vocals. Press the HIT button to turn on multiple effects at once and create quick A/B scenes for each preset. Use it to add dazzling vocal effects for the chorus, or strip it down for the verse - it's your call.

Loop

The VLOOP™ performance looper allows you to create complete guitar and vocal loops for solo jamming or impressive layered live performances. VLOOP is also handy for soundcheck; record a short phrase and walk out into the audience to check levels while your virtual you plays.

In Ear Monitoring

The embedded RoomSense mics can be used to pick uo sounds from the room, the stage or the instruments around you and add ambience to your headphone mix when performing or practising. For a great practice feature, plug in your MP3 player via the AUX In connector and use the Vocal Cancel feature to make your voice stand out over the vocals on the original track. Record and playback your singing using the USB connection to your computer or DAW.

Free Preset Downloads

Fire up the VoiceSupport app for access to hundreds of additional song and effects based presets as well as firmware updates and the latest news. Add the TC-Helicon MP-75 or Sennheiser e 835 fx mics with Mic Control, or the Switch-3 footswitch for additional control of performance, effects and looping.

Specifications

• Effects:
• uMod
• Delay
• Reverb
• Harmony
• Double
• Transducer
• Tone
• HardTune & Correction
• Acoustic Guitar FX & Tuner
• Guitar Anti-Feedback
• VLOOP™
• Control:
• 100+ Song & Artist Inspired Presets, Memory for 500
• Simple Vocal & Guitar FX Editing via Direct Access Buttons
• Direct Access to Favourite, Genre, Mix and Setup Menus
• Preset Up/Down and HIT Footswitch
• Graphics LCD Display
• Bump-Protected Mic Level
• Dual-Colour Backlit Buttons
• Dimensions:
• Height: 1.8 inches (45 mm)
• Width: 7.9 inches (200 mm)
• Depth: 6.1 inches (156 mm)
• Weight: 2.2 lb. (1 kg)
• Construction:
• Dual die-cast clamshell design
• Acrylic Lens
• Punch-cut Metal connection panel
• Rubberized footings
• Backlit Graphic LCD Display
• Analog Inputs:
• Connectors: Mic.: balanced XLR, Guitar: unbalanced 1/4" TS, Aux: 1/8" stereo mini jack
• Impedance: Balanced/Unbalanced: Mic.: 2.14/1.07 kOhm
• Mic Input Level @ 0 dBFS: -42dBu to +13dBu
• EIN @ Max Mic Gain Rg = 150 Ohm : -127 dBu
• Mic SNR: > 104 dB
• Phantom Power: +48V (on/off via Setup menu)
• Guitar Input impedance: 1 MOhm
• Guitar Input Level @ 0 dBFS: 12 dBu
• Guitar Input SNR: > 115dB
• Aux Input Level @ 0dBu: +2dBu
• A to D Conversion: 24 bit, 128 x oversampling bitstream, 110dB SNR A-weighted
• Analog Outputs:
• D to A Conversion: 24 bit, 128 x oversampling bitstream, 115dB SNR A-weighted
• Connectors, balanced: XLR
• Output Impedance Balanced/ Unbalanced: 80/40 Ohm
• XLR Output 0dBFS: +2 dBu
• Dynamic Range: > 109 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
• Frequency Response: +0.30/-0 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
• Headphone Out: 1/8" Mini stereo jack
• Control:
• USB: USB-B (Preset Management, Firmware Updates and audio I/O)
• Pedal: 1/4" TRS phone jack
• Mic Control using TC-Helicon MP-75 Microphone or Sennheiser e 835 fx mic
• Power:
• External Power Supply. Mains Voltage Input: 100 to 240 VAC, 50 to 60 Hz (auto-select)
• Max Output: 12V DC 0.4A
• Power Consumption:
• Safety:
• EMC Complies with: EN 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 IEC 65, EN 60065, UL6500 and CSA
• Operating Requirements:
• 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