Help with Routing to TC Helicon Voicelive 2 for processing

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Help with Routing to TC Helicon Voicelive 2 for processing

I have a VL2 that I would like to route vocals back through and use the FX and/or produce harmony vocals. I have it hooked up through USB and also have the Spdif hooked up to Tascam.  I can get the vocal to show up at the headphones on the VL2 but no vocals or signal coming back into Sonar X2a.
 
The manual says to set up an aux send on your Voice and send it to Voicelive 2 left.  Set up another send on the instrument you want to drive the chords (acoustic guitar track) and set the send to Voicelive 2 right. 
 
I think I must be doing something wrong with setting up sends.  Does anyone have this device that has it working properly in the studio?  If not does anyone have anything to offer to assist me in setting up the sends correctly?  Do I need to set up a separate track for the harmony vocals to come back in on?
 
Thanks,
Terry
 
 
 
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    konradh
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    Re: Help with Routing to TC Helicon Voicelive 2 for processing 2013/07/19 10:30:17 (permalink)
    This may or may not help but I use an external VoiceWorks Plus sometimes and here is how I have it set up.
     
    I have a V-Studio 700 and I connect a SPDIF from the interface to the digital in of the VoiceWorks and a SPDIF back from the VoiceWorks to the digital in of the interface.  In Sonar, I create a SEND from the original track and one of the choices in the drop-down is the digital out of the interface.  I create another audio track to receive the input and set its input as the digital in of the interface.
     
    You could just as easily use a normal audio in and out instead of digital.  I used the digital ins/outs simply because I have keyboards or mics plugged into all my available audio inputs in the V-Studio and I didn't want to yank cables everytime I wanted to use the VoiceWorks.
     
    In the VoiceWorks, I turn off the dry signal so all that's coming out of the unit is the processed copy.  Sorry that I don't know your particular model.  In the VoiceWorks, you can edit a preset to set the levels of the various harmony/doubling parts and the level of the dry (original) voice.  I have to get the manual out if I haven't used the unit in a while.
     
    So, to recap:
    • SEND from your original vocal track to whatever audio out or digital out is going into the TC Helicon.
    • Turn off the dry (original) voice in the TC Helicon.
    • Connect the output of the TC to your interface.
    • Create a new audio track in Sonar and set its INPUT to the input on your interface that is receiving the TC.
    • The TC is very sensitive to level so make sure what you are sending it meters strong without hitting the red.
    • Likewise, you will have to use the trim (or input sensitivity or whatever your interface calls it) to make sure you get a strong, clean signal back.
     
     
    I had to mess with levels a little to get things working but now it is set up whenever I need it.  I got frustrated a bit but now it's good to go.
     
    I think I have a post here somewhere describing this process.
     
     

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    4partmusic
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    Re: Help with Routing to TC Helicon Voicelive 2 for processing 2013/07/19 10:45:26 (permalink)
    Thanks Konrad,
     
    I will give that a try when I get home.  I think VL2 has similiar settings.  I tried to get this to work once before and like you said I just got frustrated.  It is a good piece of kit though and I would really like to use it but don't want to go through a nightmare to set it up everytime I want to record.  Just kills the creativity factor. I just want it there when I need it :) 
     
    Thanks again,
     
    Terry
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