TC Helicon H1: Using with Many Instruments and other Tricks!

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4 жыл бұрын

****Re-uploaded due to error on original video****
The TC Helicon H1 harmony pedal is, as it says on it, "intelligent". It's musical, flexible and does all sorts of favours to expand your sound.
In this video, I show how you can use it if you don't have a guitar or keyboard: maybe you're a solo singer or a bass player who sings..
Also covered is what to do if you're in a minor key (default keys on the TC H1 are majors).
Perhaps you're a string or brass player that would like harmonies - this is for you too!
Enjoy and share
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@luisthree 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! You go to the point and you tell exactly what we need to know. Thank you!

@southsidejohnny5624 Жыл бұрын

Dan, you are the man! This was the best demo I’ve seen of any of these types of pedals. Thank you very much. This was a musician’s review, by a musician, for musicians.

@user-gy7up2um3b 3 жыл бұрын

Incredibly helpful, thank you!

@chiparooo 4 жыл бұрын

Cool pedal! Thanks for demoing and sharing.

@user-cn3zq2zu2o 2 жыл бұрын

Just bought one. Can't wait to play with it

@RayAdanREIMA 4 жыл бұрын

Great review! Very useful... Thanks a lot!

@joycefleming1422 10 ай бұрын

What a great demo of this pedal I’m thinking of buying! Thank you! 🙏🏻🎶

@edgardocrespo3840 2 жыл бұрын

You never cease to amaze me, the best demonstrator on YOU TUBE. More power to you.

@aidanlizotte9124 11 ай бұрын

Great video man. I appreciate that you gave many filled out examples rather than play the same 10 second riff the whole video

@liesbetleroy 4 жыл бұрын

Great review, thank you!

@nimaljayathilaka4718 Жыл бұрын

Very clear instruction.thank you from Srilanka

@tavaresbrasil9448 11 ай бұрын

Legal cara ! Foi bom e pratico o que fez. Parabéns !🎉

@Teemac831 4 жыл бұрын

Very good information and tips for this outstanding pedal. I am a bass player and own this pedal. Your insight for bass players to use the harmonizer is much appreciated! Great work! You are very talented. I always enjoy your videos!

@DanBakerMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I used this for a while, gigging. I actually mounted it half way up a mic stand to make quick changes of key!

@MusicLand53 Жыл бұрын

Very informative. I have been looking at harmony pedals, recently, for recording vocals on my songs. This seems, like a good pedal. I have also looked at the Boss VE-2. Thanks

@johntammaro 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Dan. Not sure why but something tells me I had some software with the same name many years ago. I haven't Googled this yet but will have another look in my old cd collection later

@Windiguana 3 жыл бұрын

Just double checked the upload date upon seeing that crt in the background 😂 Excellent video you made here. Also not hating on the crt in any way.

@2pains808 3 жыл бұрын

mahalo for this!!!!

@kingstumble 4 жыл бұрын

Super demo. Hours of fun.

@davidperreault8889 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Dan, very good information. I am a bass player and would like to know more information about using this H1 with the bass. I play rock and blues music. I didn't quite follow your instructions on using in in a minor key ... Do I use the Dorian mode of the major key? Thanks Dave

@user-rl6ni6do6o 6 ай бұрын

Great Demo Dan! I am interested in purchasing this unit . I have my backing tracks on a laptop. I just plug and play into my powered mixer. Would I connect this unit directly into the laptop and laptop directly into my mixer? Would this work? Thank you for your time and expertise.

@DanBakerMusic 6 ай бұрын

This should work, but if you feed the pedal from an auxiliary so that your backing track goes into the unit unaffected by the master and allowing you to mix the gig without worry. The mic would then go into the unit and out into the mic in of your desk. The unit won’t like a hotter level like that from a desk main output. One thing you could also do is to mix from your laptop so that you get drums and bass through one channel and keys through the other. You could then feed the unit from the keys channel, making the detection more reliable..

@cryptofantasy149 3 жыл бұрын

can i use it for recording a piano with smartphone video camera?

@arno-luyendijk4798 Жыл бұрын

I have one question as to the connection to the guitar: do you plug it in after the first pedal of your guitar pedal chain, or do you have to use a guitar amp with send and return plugin?

@enriquepedro9876 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, I have an H1 Helicon, when I sing, I have to change the Key if the song is in different chord.for the harmony, thanks for you response, I dont play the guitar

@tchelicon 4 жыл бұрын

This video is great! Can we share it on our social channels and tag you?

@DanBakerMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much and please do share! Is there anything else I can demo for you?

@luisthree 2 жыл бұрын

Can you push the pedal when you need VB and release it when you don't (instead of pushing and pushing again)?

@DanBakerMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately not-it’s a push-push

@TidesOnEarth 4 жыл бұрын

I'm using the Harmony Singer 2 currently. Is this an upgrade from that pedal? This one seems to have the ability to set the key, which leads me to believe this is an upgrade. Thanks for the vid!

@gutbucket260 3 жыл бұрын

I think this one came first. The Harmony 2 is a slimmed down version? I bought this version a a few years ago and there wasn't a Harmony 2 back then.

@stewvlogs5084 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone know if this pedal connects straight to your pedal board through the send return loop or do I need a separate amp to connect it to. Thank you

@DanBakerMusic 2 жыл бұрын

You’d be better off putting this in line, before your pedalboard, so the H1 can recognize the guitar chords clean...

@kiskadar69 3 жыл бұрын

Good demo! 7:16 "the pedal doesn't supply phantom power": not true. The pedal provides 24V phantom power.

@Tonytotalify 4 жыл бұрын

6:30 sounds like the Melotron on Strawberry Fields:)

@JCBCVideos Жыл бұрын

Can you answer a question re: the H1 with a bass guitar... I know that you can't plug the bass into the pedal and must set the major keys manually. However, I have a question about the minor key setting. You say to use the Dorian Mode which would be F in the key of G. However, the 2nd of G is A, not F. I'm not a music theorist so I'm confused. If you're telling me that to play any minor you just set the device one full step below the key of the song, I'm very cool with that. But that's a b7th, not the Dorian. Can you explain further. I have no problem putting the pedal on my music stand and setting it correctly for any song. Would just like to add some harmony to our work. Thanks...

@larrythebag 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Dan! Came across your channel while researching TC Helicon stuff and saw a comment comparing H1 (somewhat negatively) to Harmony M. From what I understand, these two work in different ways: Harmony M offers a lot more funcionality (FX, manual mode etc) but is pretty much useless without a midi controller, while H1 works more or less out of the box thanks to the key knob, and is more guitar-friendly. Right now I have the oppotunity to get either of these (used). Since I'm primarily a guitar player and singer, H1 seems like an obvious choice, because I don't need to get distracted to control the key of the backing vocals with a midi controller. However, the extra functionality of Harmony M is also very alluring (even though I'd have to pay more than double to get the pedal itself and a portable midi controller). What would you recommend? Oh and thanks a lot for both videos, I didn't manage to find a better source of info about H1 anywhere else. P.S. I know about Harmony G as well, but it's not available where I live.

@DanBakerMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Alexander-the H1 is a very hood choice for any guitarist as it recognises and sorts out all the harmony for BVs, as you say, straight out of the box. It’s such a great pedal in that you can manually set the key as well..you have to think in modal/relative minors to get minor keys to work, but a little playing around with it will yield results...

@larrythebag 2 жыл бұрын

@@DanBakerMusic thanks! Yeah, the thing is, technically if I have a small midi controller with a sustain pedal nearby, it can function as the key knob with an added bonus of easily recognizable minor keys. So I guess, the only big drawback of Harmony M would be the impossibility to quickly adapt the backing vocals to a sudden key change while playing the guitar (without some bells and whistles like some kind of midi backing track going into the pedal). Could you also say something about the quality of the voices in both pedals? Because if the difference is insignificant enough, I'll probably just go with H1.

@JVJF7 Жыл бұрын

Will the phantompower pass through the pedal?

@sevalsezgin4841 7 ай бұрын

Arkadan gelen vokal sesi kendi sesimizden az olacak şekilde kısabiliyor muyuz?

@robertocadow8634 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, does this pedal works (with vocals) with a guitar that is played through a amp sim ? thank you for your answer...greetings from Lima Peru

@gersomengels 2 жыл бұрын

Route guitar through H1 first, then into your amp simulator

@norbertsmallegange6331 2 жыл бұрын

Just put this pedal BEFORE you go into any other fx

@jacobsmithjr 2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't it be better to use the relative minor key instead of Dorian mode. For example, if you want g minor use Bb major setting.

@DanBakerMusic 2 жыл бұрын

It depends entirely on whether chord four in a minor key is major or minor. Taking G minor as an example, it could be that you have a C major chord instead of C minor, the difference being E or Eb. The only way to see which one to use depends on the chord sequence...

@iSteen 3 жыл бұрын

Can you please explain (for newbies) how to set the mode for bass players? I didn't understand setting a G as an F etc.

@DanBakerMusic 3 жыл бұрын

It’s all to do with the modes, that is if the tune is in a major key, minor key, or a bluesy type tune. Basically, you set the knob to G for G major, and the same for all other major keys, but if you want G minor, set the knob to F or Bb (play with it to get the harmonies dependent on your other chords in the tune) and then set it to C if you want the more bluesy dominant 7th sounds. I’ll make a video on this...

@iSteen 3 жыл бұрын

@@DanBakerMusic thank you, I will really look forward to that video. Thank you for inspiration

@MikeydeLaraCovers Жыл бұрын

Might you know if it’s connected to a reference pitch? I play in 432… is this gonna be useless for me? (If I want to sound good?)

@DanBakerMusic Жыл бұрын

It’s at 440 only I believe. The USB socket is for firmware updates only.

@jakobmuire2355 Ай бұрын

Dan, what about midi files? Can that be used on H-1 Voicetone?

@DanBakerMusic Ай бұрын

It’s just audio..

@DavideRuggerini 2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand. Do you feed the guitar input with the backing track?

@DanBakerMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Usually the guitar feeds the input, but if you have backing tracks on stage, it does mean that a guitarist would have more flexibility in playing. I’ve done this where there is a click on one channel of the backing track, and basic chords of the song on the other, which connect directly to the H1 and it works well...

@stuhughes877 3 жыл бұрын

Can this be used without an instrument when singing with backing tracks

@DanBakerMusic 3 жыл бұрын

You can use these without an instrument but you need to set the key and it can be tricky if the song modulates! One idea is to have a live pre-prepared chord track that feeds only the helicon

@stuhughes877 3 жыл бұрын

@@DanBakerMusic thank you