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TC Helicon Play Electric 3-Button Voice Processor with Digitech FS3X Footswitch and Cable

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TC Helicon Play Electric 3-Button Voice Processor

Vocal Effects

  • Global Adaptive Tone

  • Global Pitch Correction

  • Harmony

  • Double

  • Delay (w/Filter styles)

  • Reverb

  • HardTune (Pop, Correct, Robot, Gender Bender)

  • Transducer (Megaphone, Radio, Distortion)

  • µMod (Detune, Chorus, Flange, Rotor, Tube, Character)

Guitar Effects

  • Amp Modeling (incl. acoustic/no amp)

  • Delay

  • Reverb

  • Chorus

  • Flanger

  • Tremolo

  • Overdrive & Distortion

  • Compression

  • Detune

  • Rotor

  • Panner

  • Auto Filter

Control

  • 170+ Song & Artist Inspired Presets, Memory for 500

  • Simple Vocal & Guitar FX Editing via Direct Access Buttons

  • Direct Access to Favorite, Genre, Mix and Setup Menus

  • Preset Up/Down and HIT Footswitch

  • Graphics LCD Display

  • Bump-Protected Mic Level

  • Dual-Colour Backlit Buttons

Size

  • Height: 1.8 inches (45 mm)

  • Width: 7.9 inches (200 mm)

  • Depth: 6.1 inches (156 mm)

Weight

  • 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

Connections

Analog Inputs

Voice

  • Connector: Balanced XLR

  • Input Impedance Balanced: 3 kOhm

  • Mic Input Level @ 0 dBFS: -39 dBu to +14 dBu

  • EIN @ Max Mic Gain Rg = 150 Ohm: -127 dBu

  • Mic SNR >100 dB at typical mic input gain

  • Phantom Power: +48V (on/off via setup menu)

  • A to D Conversion 24 Bit, 128 x oversampling bitstream, 110 dB SNR A-weighted

Guitar

  • Connector: 1/4″ phone jack

  • Guitar Input Impedance: 1 MOhm

  • Guitar Input Level @ 0 dBFS: +13 dBu

  • Guitar Input SNR >108 dB

  • A to D Conversion 24 Bit, 128 x oversampling bitstream, 115 dB SNR A-weighted

Aux

  • Aux: 1/8″ stereo mini jack

  • Aux Input Level @ 0 dBFS +2.5 dBu

Analog Outputs

Voice

  • Connectors: balanced XLR

  • Output Impedance Balanced/Unbalanced: 260/130 Ohm

  • Output Range 0 dBFS: -6 dBu

  • Dynamic Range >108 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz

  • Frequency Response +.3/-0 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz

  • D to A Conversion 24 Bit, 128 x oversampling bitstream, 115 dB SNR A-weighted

Guitar

  • Connectors: 1/4″ TRS

  • Output Impedance Balanced/Unbalanced: 300/150 Ohm

  • Output Level at 0 dBFS: +6 dBu

  • Dynamic Range >105 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz

  • D to A Conversion 24 Bit, 128 x oversampling bitstream, 108 dB SNR A-weighted

Headphone

  • 1/8″ Mini stereo jack, 50 Ohm, +12 dBu max

Guitar Thru

  • Buffered Guitar Input

  • Connector: 1/4″ TRS

  • Output Impedance Bal/UnBal: 540/270 Ohms

Control

  • USB: USB A, Mini-B

  • Pedal: 1/4″ TRS phone jack

  • Mic Control using TC-Helicon MP-75 Microphone or Sennheiser e 835 fx mic

Manufacturer's Description

TC Helicon Play Electric 3-Button Voice Processor

Hard-Hitting Vocal & Guitar Multi-FX

A compact wonder of complete vocal and guitar processing, Play Electric allows you to rock out with confidence! The hottest vocal sounds, including perfect backing harmonies, combined with best-selling TC Electronic guitar FX and enough amp emulations to quench anyone’s thirst for tone, make Play Electric the new standard for singing guitarists everywhere.

  • Professional Vocal Effects and Tone with natural sounding Vocal Harmonies guided by your guitar
  • Guitar FX styles from TC Electronic’s award-winning range of TonePrint pedals
  • Powerful amp emulations from VoiceLive 3 with a dedicated guitar output
  • User-friendly design with per-preset Vocal and Guitar FX combinations for easy performance control

Keep your vocals clean with a tight reverb or simple harmony – or go all out with tasty delays, thick doubling, edgy hardtuning, cool modulations, and raw distortions – the choice is yours. And don’t worry about setting the key for those harmonies; Play Electric follows your guitar chords automatically for harmonies that stay in tune and in time.

All-You-Can-Eat Guitar FX

Whether you’re a shredder, blues picker, power soloist or a campfire chorder, Play Electric serves up tailor-made guitar FX from TC Electronic that’ll light every note on fire. Electrify your guitar in bestselling effects from the Flashback Delay, Hall of Fame Reverb, and Corona Chorus TonePrint pedals. Cool compression, evocative modulation FX, and distortion/overdrive pedal emulations round out the sonic smorgasbord.

  • Reverb: TC Electronic Hall Of Fame styles, Selection of Plate styles, Halls, Rooms, Springs
  • Delay: TC Electronic Flashback styles, Slap Echo, Mod Echo, Tap tempo Delay, Ping Pong, Multitap, Spring Echo, Filtered Delay
  • µMod: TC Electronic Corona Chorus styles, Chorus, Flanger, Detune, Rotor, Panner, Tremolo, Auto Filter
  • Compressor: Subtle Tube, Subtle Sustain, Sustain Attack, Sustain Pop, Pumping
  • Distortion/Overdrive (part of the Amp Modeling): TC Electronic Dark Matter Pedal, OD Pedal, Dark OD Pedal, Distortion Pedal

Personal Sound Engineer Included

Equipped with our trademark Adaptive Tone, Play Electric acts as your personal sound engineer providing the one feature no singer should be without: automatic and intelligent control of Compression, EQ, De-essing, and Gating, giving your voice the impact and presence to always stand out in the mix.

Premium Amp Tones

Lifted from the improved engine of our new flagship processor – VoiceLive 3 – comes a powerful and comprehensive selection of amp emulations, complete with editable control of style, drive, volume and a 3-band tone stack. Ranging from vintage British to classic American these amp styles will thrill the room when bringing a heavy amp and cab isn’t practical; you may even find you prefer plugging direct to the PA/monitors or an FRFR (full range frequency response) cab. If you’re still rockin’ it oldschool, the dedicated guitar output ensures signal fidelity all the way from Play Electric to your favorite amp.

  • Amp Models: Clean Brit, Cali Clean, UK Clean, Deep Clean, Bright Switch, Warm, Little Thing, Chicken Picker, Brit OD, AC Crunch, Chunky Brit, Lil Champion, Chime Drive, 2×12 Combo, 4×12 Crunch, Swamptone, Nasaltone, Brown, Scooped, Metallic, TC Electronic Dark Matter Pedal, OD Pedal, Dark OD Pedal, Distortion Pedal, Acoustic (Flat), Acoustic (Shaped/BodyRez)

Intuitive Controls and Dedicated I/O

Operating and navigating Play Electric is as straightforward as it gets. 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 FAVORITE feature for easy “setlist” recall.

Separate outputs for vocals and guitar make it painless for any sound engineer to mix the levels perfectly for your audience, or you can create your own custom panoramic stereo mix.

Make It a HIT

HIT is a performance-inspired feature for building intensity into any vocal performance. 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 Around

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
 
Use the embedded RoomSense mics to pick up the sounds from the room, the stage, or the instruments around you and add ambience to your personal headphone mix when performing or practicing – or you can use the AUX input to feed an external monitor signal straight into Play Electric (and turn the AUX signal off the main output). Additionally, our handy Guitar & Headphone Cable facilitates inexpensive in-ear monitoring with a convenient twist: two signals, one cable.

Sing Along with Vocal Cancel

Singing along is a great way to practice and perform. 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. You can also record and play back your singing using the USB connection to your computer and DAW.

Free Preset Downloads

Fire up our VoiceSupport app for access to hundreds of additional song and effects based presets as well as firmware updates and the latest news.

 

Features

  • Complete vocal path including Tone, Harmony, HardTune, Reverb, Double, Delay, μMod (chorus/flange, etc.), and Transducer (megaphone/distortion FX)

  • Global Adaptive EQ, Compression, De-ess, Gate & Pitch Correction

  • Note-perfect Vocal Harmonies using Auto Chord Detection from guitar input

  • 2 Voices of NaturalPlay Harmony, plus 2 voices of humanized Doubling

  • TC Electronic guitar FX with styles from Flashback Delay, Hall of Fame Reverb and Corona Chorus

  • Wide range of additional popular guitar effects with lots of styles

  • Wide choice of guitar amp emulations from VoiceLive 3, including “no amp” and “Acoustic Shape” (BodyRez) setting

  • Dedicated Guitar and Vocal FX access/edit buttons

  • Separate vocal and pro-quality guitar outputs or stereo mix

  • Different amp settings per preset or global lockdown to one

  • Low-noise Mic-preamp

  • VLOOP™ performance looper for vocal and/or guitar with undo and redo

  • Loop time: Stereo: 15 seconds with Undo (30 seconds without). Mono: 30 seconds with Undo (60 seconds without)

  • Simple effects customization with styles and icons

  • RoomSense microphones for monitoring and practicing

  • Key/Scale harmony mode for setting specific song keys via the footswitches

  • Plug in and practice with your mobile device via AUX or stream tracks and record over USB including a Vocal Cancel function

  • Navigate factory presets by Genre and mark Favorites

  • USB for audio streaming and connection to VoiceSupport, our free app for firmware updates, preset management, and tips & tricks

  • Compatible with the MP-75 Modern Performance Vocal Microphone and Sennheiser e 835 fx microphone with Mic Control

  • Optional Switch-3 for additional performance control

  • Headphone output

What's In the Box?

  • Region specific power supply

  • USB cable

  • User guide

 

Digitech FS3X 3 Button Funchtion Foot Switch for JamMan Solo TC Helicon

The DigiTech FS3X 3-button footswitch makes a great add-on for several DigiTech products including the Jimi Hendrix Experience, The JamMan, and the EX-7 Expression Factory to name a few. The FS3X provides increased functionality and convenient hands-free control over UP/DOWN selection of models, mode changes, loop selection, auto START/STOPS, and arms auto record on applicable gear. Compact and portable, its small footprint takes very little space on stage or in your gig bag. Durable 3-button metal chassis construction. A 10' stereo TRS cable is included with each unit.

Put it in the cart and take command of your performances with just one foot!

 

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Features

  • High performance microphone cable

  • 8mm high quality rubber outer covering

  • Heat shrink protected connectors

  • Lifetime guarantee