Like many musicians, I’m used to carrying music stands, music, music stand lights, and clips for the music (to use if playing outside when its windy). For quite some time I have been wondering when technology would improve and be affordable for musicians and music students. I’m from Austin Texas and for the past several […]
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I have received a number of requests asking me to post some sound samples of the TC-Helicon Voiceworks effects box. I am playing a tenor tenor saxophone in all of the samples. The first sample is bypassing the Voiceworks box and is the dry sample: [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/tc-helicon-dry.mp3[/podcast] The second sample sample is the Voiceworks box with […]
I recently acquired a TC-Helicon Voiceworks box and even though it is advertised as a vocal harmonizer – I wanted to experiment with it and the saxophone. I am a full time computer programmer and a part-time professional musician. The first thing that struck me was that the user interface is not very user friendly. […]
A good friend of mine in Houston Texas just posted a “how to” article on constructing a nice mouthpiece stand. Many of us have collected a number of different mouthpieces over the years – it is nice to be able to see all of them rather than keeping them packed away. Its also convenient to […]
This past weekend I visited with Don Kelly in Houston Texas. Don had recently purchased the TC-Helicon Live 2 for use with his saxophone and flute. The TC-Helicon is designed for voice harmony and effects however it works nicely on saxophone and flute. I was able to experiment with it for about 15 minutes. Don […]
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