I recently picked up a TC-Helicon Play Acoustic pedal, capable of processing my guitar and vocals, adding effects and harmonies generated real-time from my live performance.  

I've recorded two videos using the pedal now, both featuring an original song and highlighting features of the pedal.  This video, featuring my song "Michigan Winter," shows the looper function of the pedal, as I record vocal percussion and a rhythm track to accompany guitar solos.  

I'm busily creating new sounds for dozens of songs, and I look forward to showing them off live.  Check back to find out when!

Last week, I purchased a TC-Helicon Play Acoustic pedal at Mike Carey Music to replace my trusty TC-Helicon Harmony G-XT pedal.  I'd used the G-XT on countless gigs with The Classics, The Bel Airs, the GIPC Band, and as a solo acoustic performer.  The G-XT added harmony to my voice by listening to the output of my guitar to determine whether to make major or minor chords with one or two pitch-shifted voices.  The result was amazingly natural and always turned heads.  I made many videos for my YouTube channel featuring this gear, and they received thousands of hits, among the top 5 videos for those searching for information on the G-XT pedal.  

The same night I purchased my Play Acoustic pedal, I recorded my first video, featured in this post.  The Play Acoustic not only can add two voices of intelligent harmony, but features the ability to add Reverbs, Delays, Modulations, and Auto-tuning to specific patches created for songs, as well as looping for live recording a rhythm part to solo over, or overdubbing live vocals to create live harmonies.  

In the video above, you'll see me perform with several effects, switch between patches for the verses, choruses, and bridge of my song, and you'll hear the results of a just a few hours of perusing patches and programming. I can't wait to put this pedal to work on a full show!  Enjoy, and post your comments below.