It doesn't have the sound of the TC Helicon, but the harmonies still sound very nice. I personally think that one harmony sound much better than two. When you use more than one harmony you begin to sound like a bad eagles cover band, but it does work well when you sing a hymn. The vocal effects leave much to be desired, but you can get by with them in a small setting. I use a tube preamp for my mic and the preamp on the digitech just can't make it sound as sweet.

You have the option of up two harmonies at a time: high, higher, low, lower, unison 1, or unison 2. I wish you could change the harmonies with your feet, but the pedals only turn the harmonies on and off. It does have reverb, compression, and a type of eq, but the quality of the effects isn't that great. This unit really shines as a harmonizer, not a vocal preamp.

It is the only plug and play harmonizer I have ever used, and it is dead simple to operate. It is not completely idiot proof, but close.

It feels likes it's well built, but I haven't had it long enough to tell yet.

The TC Helicon is confusing to use and 800 dollars. This one is only 350 dollars and a steal at that price.

Never dealt with the company, but harman international makes some amazing products. I doubt I would run into a problem

Ummm... It looks good, but very generic and not that flashy. Which is good for me, crazy colors and designs just look cheap. The best products have a very elegant and simple look to them. This one is no different.

Music Professor/ Worship Leader

Acoustic/ Folk/ Alternative

I give this Digitec Vocal Harmonizer 2, a ten (10)Plus, considering it costs $349.00 and not $5,000, and it really works. It is easy to use even without my eye glasses on, just grab a knob or push a button and dial up the harmony reverb, and vocal compression you want. Great onstage,easy to adjust on the spot. "On the fly' adjustments of reverb compression mix, harmonies is nice.Just turn the knobs. No programming.

I bought this unit to use for vocal harmonies in my recording studio because I can never find enough good male or female singers to record back up vocals. This thing works! I did some back up vocals on a heavey metal rock tune using it for recording, and I had Def Lepard/Van Halen back up vocals in the proper harmonies, major or minor, no problem! Whoe! I was impressed. Then I tried some Queen vocals, guess what, worked very cool! I played sand some Crosby Stills Nash & Young through this harmonizer, and I could not believe I sounded like them! Wow. I tried Amy, by Pure Prarie League, the Eagles, etc, and this harmonizer does the job, Rock or Country, whatever you play, changes vocal harminy chording with your guitar. It keep you in pitch too, based on A 440 and IQ harmonic tracking. It also saved me recording tracks as well, as I did two separate harmony tracks, used only two tracks, and this would have taken 8 tracks using real singers on their own tracks, not to mention saving set up time, mike cable speghetti mess, headphone cable mess and isolation problems for groups of back up singers in small studios. I highly recommend this harmonizer for live stage and in personal recording studios. ...It's also a lot cheaper than all the extra mikes, cables, and headphones, and more reliable than all the back up singers you were going to hire. I give this a 9 because you can always pay $5000.00 for better and more features.

I'm going to get an extra one, the Digitec Vocal Harmonizer 4 for guitar which has more features and stereo XLR outs for my recording mixer. This is a very good investment for your live sound and project studio and very easy to use. Kenny

Seems to be built solidly, but you might want to duct tape the power cord to keep persons from disconnecting the power supply wall wart.

Very good investment for stage and home recording studios.

Never dealt with them for support.

I want the bigger Digitec Guitar Live Harmonizer 4 now. :)

40 year musician, audio tech, sound engineer/recordist

Classic Rock/ all music

Sounds very good. Turn off the preamp and sing then turn on the pre amp and sing, there will be a major improvement to your voice. your sound will be many times better. I use the reverb in the Vocalist 2 and the reverb in the mixer which blends into full, clear, vocals.

The only accessory is the power cord. The box is light and strong. A singer will enjoy the Vocalist 2 a guitarist/singer will like the Vocalist 4.

Just plug in the cords turn on the power turn up the volume set the knobs to about 11 O-clock and you will be cruising.

Sounds perfect out of the box. Should last years if you don't damage it.

The price of perfection is $300. Thanks Digitech.

Digitech is a good company.

The plug and play feature is the selling point.

25 years in the bars and events, working on another album

Rock, Blues, Country

The non-pitch-related effects aren't great (I keep them turned off) but that isn't why I bought this item. This actually does a commendable job of not making the harmonized voices "chipmunky", whether they are above or below the lead. It also works well on wind instruments, with a caveat -- you need a good, clean signal from the instrument or the box gets confused. Flutes and brasses should do just fine, saxophones and clarinets can be too hard for it to isolate at full nightclub volume. The sound can be a little bit on the "tinny" side, but it's nothing severe. If you mix the harmonized voices separately from the original, you can EQ that problem away.

The item includes everything you need to use it straight out of the box, aside from 1/4" and/or XLR cables, but if you're intending to stick this in your signal path, you should know what cables you need. It is a high-current draw device, so you can't run it off a 9V battery (even though it is a 9V device), and you probably don't want to share a power source with other pedals. The power supply is included, but it's one more thing to lug around and plug in. It is of the power brick variety (cables on both sides of the brick), not the wallwart variety, so it will not block up your power strip. Setup is really simple -- insert it into your vocal mic signal path FIRST, and your guitar or keyboard signal path FIRST (both very important), and it will just work. No programming necessary, just make sure your chord instrument is set to A=440 (Roland keyboard owners beware, you will have to tweak this since your keyboard defaults to A=442). Using it is just as simple. Do you want your added voices above you, below you, or one of each? Or do you just want one extra (in which case you pick "unison" for the other)? A footswitch turns it on and off. It would be nice if the High/Higher/Unison/Low/Lower switches were accessible without bending over, but I can't really see how they'd do that without a remote control. It also works just fine with a keyboard as the chord input device instead of a guitar. Singer/pianists should absolutely consider this a valid option. It even works when I stick a microphone in front of the piano amp, rather than taking a direct feed, though in this case it tracks better with a little bit of preamplification of the microphone signal. One thing it could use that it is lacking is an octave up or octave down option, though this can obviously be solved with a second stomp box. However, given how well it does at keeping voices sounding like humans and not chipmunks or whales, having it do octaves would be a very nice touch. It also includes a built-in chromatic tuner. Non-guitarists are unlikely to use this much, but it is there.

Using it is a piece of cake, aside from the bending over mentioned above. It really does listen, you don't have to tell it a whole lot. Once you find a signal path that works (not difficult), there's not much intervention required.

They could have used metal 1/4" jacks instead of plastic, for durability. Otherwise it's pretty sturdy. There is no dead weight to keep it still like some pedals have, but the large footprint (for a stomp box) makes this somewhat unnecessary. If it does tend to wander off, a sandbag behind it will do the trick.

This item does a commendable job for its intended purpose, which seems to be making a singer/guitarist into a one-man band. It does a reasonably good job when used in an off-label manner as well. For $300, I have absolutely no complaints.

No experience.

It's not fancy. That's not to say that it's ugly (it isn't) but it's not decorative either. Who cares, it sits on the floor!

Weekend warrior

Salsa and jazz

I can hear "the boys" when I add the harmonies but the congregation does not detect anything special going on. If I practice alone, then you get the "how did you do that?" questions.

Reverb and compression work great! I usually use the higher and lower harmonies or unison.

Plug it up and you are ready to go.

Sturdy and good looking.

Great!

I have not needed any help.

This is something that would be great for any group or garage band.

guitar choir leader

church music, folk, country

This is the greatest invention since pockets on shirts.The sound is terrific right out of the box. Simple to use which is great for us non-technical people.I can find nothing negative about this product except I wish it had been around years ago. Would have made my professional playing days a lot easier and more enjoyable.

Active Musician

70s, Rock, Country

The harmonies are pretty good. However, no other reviewers mention about the white noise! To tone down the white noise I have to have the Reverb on all the time. Also, be sure to turn all the volume down before connecting it to the mixer board. It has a tendency to make a really bad feed back!@!

The unit came with a power supply.

Very easy to use! But can take longer to set up the unit. Make sure you have enough time to test it throughly before your performance with the band.

It is physically well constructed. However, I had to return the first unit I got at my own expense because there was a 1-2 seconds delay when singing through it. This issue only was discovered when I left it on for 2-3 hours.

I still keep the replacement unit because it is still a very easy to use and not too expensive.

Tech support was good to point out that the 1-2 seconds delay is a known problem. I recommend to buy it where you can have free shipping back or a local store to easily exchange the unit.

I still keep it.

Worship band leader

Christian Rock/comtemporary

This unit is SUPER. It's very easy to use and user friendly. Great item to put some harmony into your band. Thinking about using this unit when I do my recording within the next few months. Lie they say, "Try it, you'll like it."

It's so easy that a kid could get great sounds from it.

So far, item is very well made.

It's a little pricey but worth the mon$y.

Never dealt with this company before, but I possibly will in the future.

Active Musician - AMERICAN KOUNTRY BAND

Classic Country

It really, really depends on the song. Hard to stress that enough. The simpler the song, the better the harmonies work, but even still you can run into complications. It's also pretty unforgiving if you're slightly off pitch, so if you tend to slide into notes or let a note go sharp or flat as you're singing, the vocal harmonizer will pick that up and over-emphasize it. Some vocal styles just don't work with it.

Pretty simple to use. Just plug in your instrument (I found this worked just fine with my piano), use the built in tuner to make sure it's in tune with the machine, and then select your voices and effects and you're set.

Very easy to use. The only thing to note is that it isn't a mixer - so if you put an instrument and a mic in, you'll have an instrument and a mic out

Well made, feels like it would last awhile.

Seems like a good price, but that largely depends on the application.

Service not needed.

I guess if you had some ladies over they'd find it fun to play with. Otherwise I think it's pretty low on sex appeal.