I stumbled upon your video on my tv while seeking help with my VL3X. I’m struggling. Your video(s) are EXACTLY what I needed. So I picked up my phone and came to my TH-cam history for the sole purpose of saying thank you!!! You are a kind and generous soul!! Bless you for giving your time, experience and obvious countless hours of homework on your part and then sharing it to help educate other musicians. Thank you again
Awesome demo, Just waiting on this from eBay got a fantastic deal on a never used one and knew it was a brilliant box so grabbed it then came to check it out. You showed everything I wanted to hear and you’ve got a great sound. Thank you, much appreciated.
Great job on this 4 year old video. I just received a VL3E after they have now cone back into production, very motivating to start using it. I’ll check out your other videos.
Use auto tune with strawberry fields get that unique sound… loved the harmonic for moody blues Tuesday morning 😮 your very good player good sir you’ve earned a follower and distant fan from Nevada’s capitol
Great Demo Tim! I just purchased the Mel9 Mellotron thanks to you! Can you share your settings for Strawberry Fields (#4 Flute??) and Tuesday Afternoon (#1 Orchestra??). Thank you!
Tim, thank you for putting these videos together and for your contributions in the OnSong group page. They certainly have help me to quickly advance through the multitude of settings in this unit. One thing I noticed in this video was the remapping of the backing track start button to the Double / Comp button. Would you be willing to produce a video showing how to remap these buttons? If I missed it one of the other videos, I apologize. Thanks in advance for any help!
Love it ❤️i am planning to have one also. can i ask 1 thing about the backing tracks sir. Example is the new kid in town,is that an mp3? Or a midi,.. if it is an mp3 how can i get most of my songs, i mean the track without the guitar part coz i will do for it... Thank you in advance sir i hope you can spare me some time to deal with this. Thank you
Hi Tim, thanks for the great videos, they are very inspiring to me. So I ordered a Mel9 today. My question now is what is the signal pathway. How and in which order do you best connect guitar, Mel9, VL3X and PA. Thanks and greetings from Germany, Bernhard
@@VLX3-timpendergrass That would be awesome and very kind of you. I just got the unit and have a gig in less than a week. Can you call me at 641-819-8080 this Monday anytime between 9AM-3PM CST? I'll have it setup then.
Brother Tim, please help! How do I connect the VL3X to my drummers ears for live band situation to stay in synch with automation? And how can he have a click track running without it comming out through the P.A? Please help!
Nice Job & Great Choice of Songs.I used to play as guitarist mainly with some vocals. I sang in choir as one of three tenors.The guy on left was a choir teacher and the guy on right had been on American Idol. I was the guy that drifted off key a little. Anyway at home recently retired I have Antares Auto Tune and a rackmount TC Voiceworks. Mostly working on original music and purchased the voicelive extreme 3 which sounds alot better. It should arrive in a few days. Is it very difficult to program the songs where harmonies turn on or off? Hope you don'r mind if I ask you questions since it looks and sounds like you are doing a great job.Thank You Thank You
Nice toes. Really nice demo too, thanks. After watching the TC Helicon demos I was starting to doubt that this unit was actually useful. Could the VL3X have simulated the vocal effects on Strawberry Fields Forever too or could it only do the harmonies?
I have only used it for harmony but I guess you could find a vocal effect to add to it, my goal was to keep the vocal setting global so they are consistent for every song just to keep it easy
All good stuff Tim. I have had the VL3 extreme for about 3 years now. I'm always searching for ways to learn and do things different in my solo acoustic shows. You are the closest person who does very similar to what I do right down to the style of music. I noticed you playing a Taylor. I have a Taylor 314ce with the expression 3 system. I have tried and tried to get a better sound through the vl3 but always sounds quaky. I ended up removing the expression system and installing a Fishman pro-blend pickup. Sounds so much better and I also run through a Strawberry Blonde Acoustic amp. I would like to simplify. So my question is what are your acoustic settings, do you run through an amp, and do you ever play electric guitar and what the set up for that is as well? Thanks again for sharing.
I never knew how marginal the acoustic sounded till I added this pedal before the VL3X, the problem is this pedal is $400, I will do a video soon showing the differences, LR Baggs Voiceprint DL
Hi Tim Would you be so kind to make a video showing your Voicelive guitar and vocals setup? I can’t seem to get a decent eq for my vocals and I simply don’t understand the compression or all the parameters the machine offers you...
I haven´t got mine yet, but I am quite sure that you have no dedicated EQ for vocals, unfortunately. There is a way to put something on the Hit button, but that is one preset that you cannot change, as far as I know. We can always wish for other things, and I would have loved a PEQ with variable Q. For my basic voice I need PEQ, Cmp, Dly and Rev.
Hi. Great vid. I wonder could you tell me which settings you are using for fine tuning the harmonies? eg Humanize,Human style, portamento,smoothing, etc.....because you harmonies sound very natural. I have played around with various fine tunings, but am never as good as yours! Thanks.
@VLX3-timpendergrass Tim, can you help an old guy out with this vl3x? In my 70th year and playing out with it for tones, harmonies and limited live looping. I want, need help loading backing tracks. I can pay you to walk me thru it. Ty.
Hey Tim, great video. I just love the sound of your guitar. Very clear and crisp. Can I please ask which reverb you use most for your acoustic guitar and if it's the acoustic module that you use of if it's one of the Body Rez models. Thank you.
I don’t get it exactly. Are those harmonies tracks that you recorded yourself, or does the machine automatically take what you’re singing, and depending on how you’ve programmed it, generates a third above or third below or what have you seems like it would be a ton of extra work if you had to sing everything yourself. Also, can you program a song so that you don’t have to push the on and off button on the harmonies?
The VL generates the harmonies live based on the guitar chord I am playing, so they are generated each time I play that song, yes if the song has a backing track, I can program on and off for harmony parts once and it will save them
I’d like to ask a question if I could? Where do you find the backing tracks from? I am a one man band, guitar,piano and sing. I’d appreciate any help. Thank you so much in advance.
Hello friend! I just came across your channel as I am interested in acquiring a VL3 for myself. What do you use to make your tracks with? Are you using an app such as jam zone? Or are you creating them on GarageBand or some type of format like that? I am looking to put together a one band show for myself.
I used to use GarageBand and midi files to customize but now its easier to use www.karaoke-version.com and it allows you to turn off tracks based on your needs
Tim , great video, but what midi cord are you using. When I look at Sweetwater it has a usb on one end and a double midi on the outer end. Is that the right midi cord?
@@timpendergrass6640 Thank you, Tim!! I have learned a lot watching your videos! Truly appreciate your support!! I have a brain injury and get confused on some of the connections. Thanks so much for all the information! I’m going to do the on- song with the iPad. Have a great day brother!
From, www.karaoke-version.com/custombackingtrack/genesis/the-carpet-crawlers.html, my tracks reside on the vl3x but I am synced to OnSong via the midi cable, as I select songs on the iPad, it updates the patch or preset on the vl3x
Great demo. Question : how do you avoid that the sound of the acoustic guitar is picked up through the mic and is then affected by the effects you only want on the voice ?
Im not sure if I understand your question, I plug my acoustic direct to the VLX3 where it reads the chord changes to affect the harmony, are you getting harmony effects on your guitar?
@@VLX3-timpendergrass I have experience with similar units. "Problem" was always this : Guitar plugged in through unit and that is fine. However let's say I put a heavy chorus, harmony and delay effect on the vocals and this is fine also for the voice alone. BUT: when I play and sing together the acoustic sound of the guitar is picked up by the mic (meant to be there alone for the vocals) and this way in the final sound coming from the unit the guitar sound (that is picked up by the mic) is also changed by the effects for the vocals and this does not sound good. So how do you avoid that the guitar sound leaks into the mic ?
@@45zapatero I believe Tim is using a Unidirectional mic as opposed to an Omnidirectional mic. Notice his vocals when he is not directly in front of the mic, it drops off. Thus, the guitar is not as easily picked up in his mic. This cuts out more of the guitar sound coming in through his mic, both directly from his guitar and guitar coming through the p.a.
I stumbled upon your video on my tv while seeking help with my VL3X. I’m struggling. Your video(s) are EXACTLY what I needed.
So I picked up my phone and came to my TH-cam history for the sole purpose of saying thank you!!! You are a kind and generous soul!! Bless you for giving your time, experience and obvious countless hours of homework on your part and then sharing it to help educate other musicians.
Thank you again
Awesome demo, Just waiting on this from eBay got a fantastic deal on a never used one and knew it was a brilliant box so grabbed it then came to check it out. You showed everything I wanted to hear and you’ve got a great sound. Thank you, much appreciated.
Great job on this 4 year old video. I just received a VL3E after they have now cone back into production, very motivating to start using it. I’ll check out your other videos.
Awesome demonstration! Thank you for sharing.
just a big thank you. This video was EXACTLY what I was looking for.
👍👍
Great demo Tim. I’ve also got the Mel 9 pedal. Love it. Thanks for the video.
Awesomeness, excellent singing as well thx for video
Enjoyed that a lot. Be cool if you could do full length song videos. I'd like to play along.
Great performance dude! And the tc helicon voicelive 3 is awesome I love it too
I read the title as “VL3X performance demo by Teddy Pendergrass.” ❤️ you’re a a great singer in your own right
Use auto tune with strawberry fields get that unique sound… loved the harmonic for moody blues Tuesday morning 😮 your very good player good sir you’ve earned a follower and distant fan from Nevada’s capitol
Great Demo Tim! I just purchased the Mel9 Mellotron thanks to you! Can you share your settings for Strawberry Fields (#4 Flute??) and Tuesday Afternoon (#1 Orchestra??). Thank you!
Tim, thank you for putting these videos together and for your contributions in the OnSong group page. They certainly have help me to quickly advance through the multitude of settings in this unit. One thing I noticed in this video was the remapping of the backing track start button to the Double / Comp button. Would you be willing to produce a video showing how to remap these buttons? If I missed it one of the other videos, I apologize. Thanks in advance for any help!
Until I get a chance, here is where I learned it from, th-cam.com/video/Yu10pwRnbCc/w-d-xo.html
Love it ❤️i am planning to have one also. can i ask 1 thing about the backing tracks sir. Example is the new kid in town,is that an mp3? Or a midi,.. if it is an mp3 how can i get most of my songs, i mean the track without the guitar part coz i will do for it... Thank you in advance sir i hope you can spare me some time to deal with this. Thank you
Hi Tim, thanks for the great videos, they are very inspiring to me. So I ordered a Mel9 today.
My question now is what is the signal pathway. How and in which order do you best connect guitar, Mel9, VL3X and PA.
Thanks and greetings from Germany, Bernhard
Very nice..u need to do more.!!
Really nice 👍
Reverb on voice ??? Which and settings please. Nice sound
Well Your voice is too good to use this ... I love bypass effect the most;)
Thanks for these videos. Inspiring! Can you show us how you actually set up a song using OnSong and VL3X from beginning to end?
It might be easier if we spoke. on the phone so I could see exactly how you are wanting your set up
@@VLX3-timpendergrass That would be awesome and very kind of you. I just got the unit and have a gig in less than a week. Can you call me at 641-819-8080 this Monday anytime between 9AM-3PM CST? I'll have it setup then.
Brother Tim, please help! How do I connect the VL3X to my drummers ears for live band situation to stay in synch with automation? And how can he have a click track running without it comming out through the P.A? Please help!
Nice Job & Great Choice of Songs.I used to play as guitarist mainly with some vocals. I sang in choir as one of three tenors.The guy on left was a choir teacher and the guy on right had been on American Idol. I was the guy that drifted off key a little. Anyway at home recently retired I have Antares Auto Tune and a rackmount TC Voiceworks. Mostly working on original music and purchased the voicelive extreme 3 which sounds alot better. It should arrive in a few days. Is it very difficult to program the songs where harmonies turn on or off? Hope you don'r mind if I ask you questions since it looks and sounds like you are doing a great job.Thank You
Thank You
no problem
I have a VL3X too and can't figure out how to download backing tracks of songs. Sorry, old luddite. Help!!
Nice toes.
Really nice demo too, thanks. After watching the TC Helicon demos I was starting to doubt that this unit was actually useful. Could the VL3X have simulated the vocal effects on Strawberry Fields Forever too or could it only do the harmonies?
I have only used it for harmony but I guess you could find a vocal effect to add to it, my goal was to keep the vocal setting global so they are consistent for every song just to keep it easy
All good stuff Tim. I have had the VL3 extreme for about 3 years now. I'm always searching for ways to learn and do things different in my solo acoustic shows. You are the closest person who does very similar to what I do right down to the style of music. I noticed you playing a Taylor. I have a Taylor 314ce with the expression 3 system. I have tried and tried to get a better sound through the vl3 but always sounds quaky. I ended up removing the expression system and installing a Fishman pro-blend pickup. Sounds so much better and I also run through a Strawberry Blonde Acoustic amp. I would like to simplify. So my question is what are your acoustic settings, do you run through an amp, and do you ever play electric guitar and what the set up for that is as well? Thanks again for sharing.
I never knew how marginal the acoustic sounded till I added this pedal before the VL3X, the problem is this pedal is $400, I will do a video soon showing the differences, LR Baggs Voiceprint DL
Thank you Tim
Checking out the LR Baggs now. Did because of you purchased the Mel pedal. Love it. Used it in a show the very day I got it.
Great piece of gear..nice voice..be a pro and put your shoes on.. 🤯
great vid, helped a lot... is stereo output? or postprocessed, doubled and panned L R?
Stereo out
Question. I was really wondering if you had your pitch correction on or not. Thank you
Do you have a pink Floyd presets?
great video. did you have pitch correction activated ?? Thanks
Yes I think around 30 percent
Hi Tim how did you convert your backing track to 16bit 48 KHz so it’s easier to upload
Do you know anyone that does vl3x online tutoring?
Hi Tim
Would you be so kind to make a video showing your Voicelive guitar and vocals setup? I can’t seem to get a decent eq for my vocals and I simply don’t understand the compression or all the parameters the machine offers you...
I haven´t got mine yet, but I am quite sure that you have no dedicated EQ for vocals, unfortunately. There is a way to put something on the Hit button, but that is one preset
that you cannot change, as far as I know. We can always wish for other things, and I would have loved a PEQ with variable Q. For my basic voice I need PEQ, Cmp, Dly and Rev.
Hi. Great vid. I wonder could you tell me which settings you are using for fine tuning the harmonies? eg Humanize,Human style, portamento,smoothing, etc.....because you harmonies sound very natural. I have played around with various fine tunings, but am never as good as yours! Thanks.
Ill have to look because I didn't do anything beyond the stock settings, I'll follow up
@@VLX3-timpendergrass Appreciated, thanks.
@VLX3-timpendergrass
Tim, can you help an old guy out with this vl3x? In my 70th year and playing out with it for tones, harmonies and limited live looping. I want, need help loading backing tracks. I can pay you to walk me thru it. Ty.
Hey Tim, great video. I just love the sound of your guitar. Very clear and crisp. Can I please ask which reverb you use most for your acoustic guitar and if it's the acoustic module that you use of if it's one of the Body Rez models. Thank you.
Its the body res 1 I believe with just a little plate reverb, The Taylors pick do sound very clean and crisp
Thank you Tim. Happy Holidays to you.
I don’t get it exactly. Are those harmonies tracks that you recorded yourself, or does the machine automatically take what you’re singing, and depending on how you’ve programmed it, generates a third above or third below or what have you seems like it would be a ton of extra work if you had to sing everything yourself. Also, can you program a song so that you don’t have to push the on and off button on the harmonies?
The VL generates the harmonies live based on the guitar chord I am playing, so they are generated each time I play that song, yes if the song has a backing track, I can program on and off for harmony parts once and it will save them
I’d like to ask a question if I could? Where do you find the backing tracks from? I am a one man band, guitar,piano and sing. I’d appreciate any help. Thank you so much in advance.
karaoke-version.com
Hello friend! I just came across your channel as I am interested in acquiring a VL3 for myself. What do you use to make your tracks with? Are you using an app such as jam zone? Or are you creating them on GarageBand or some type of format like that? I am looking to put together a one band show for myself.
I used to use GarageBand and midi files to customize but now its easier to use www.karaoke-version.com and it allows you to turn off tracks based on your needs
Is there a subscription for that service?
@@jfowler0 $2.99 per track
Tim , great video, but what midi cord are you using. When I look at Sweetwater it has a usb on one end and a double midi on the outer end. Is that the right midi cord?
yes
Tim, I like your spare use of backing tracks, but how do you extend a song if you feel the need to and can you have a fade out as well. Thanks.
I haven't figured that out but sometimes I do pause the backing track and just finish unplugged style which works well, but no idea how to fade out
Nice demo considering the extreme where do you get your backing tracks and what format
tracks from www.karaoke-version.com, you can change keys and isolate instruments
Great video, Tim!
New sub!
Are you recording into an interface, to a PA?
It’s very crisp..
I record to a thumb drive on the extreme and for live performances, I use either a Bose L1 compact or Bose pro 32
@@timpendergrass6640
Thank you, Tim!!
I have learned a lot watching your videos! Truly appreciate your support!!
I have a brain injury and get confused on some of the connections.
Thanks so much for all the information!
I’m going to do the on- song with the iPad. Have a great day brother!
Sounds great. Where do you get your backing tracks?
karaoke-version.com
Great video Tim. WHere do you obtain your backing tracks?
Some I made, others from here www.karaoke-version.com/custombackingtrack/genesis/the-carpet-crawlers.html
Where you getting the backing tracks from? Are you synced thru Onsong app?
From, www.karaoke-version.com/custombackingtrack/genesis/the-carpet-crawlers.html, my tracks reside on the vl3x but I am synced to OnSong via the midi cable, as I select songs on the iPad, it updates the patch or preset on the vl3x
You have some great songs.. I’d love to see your list
Great demo Tim. Where do you get your baking tracks?
www.karaoke-version.com/custombackingtrack/genesis/the-carpet-crawlers.html
Cool. Thank you
Sir, what is your p a setup?
What do you use?
I have 2 Bose L1 compacts and just got a new Bose Pro 16
Thank u
Great demo. Question : how do you avoid that the sound of the acoustic guitar is picked up through the mic and is then affected by the effects you only want on the voice ?
Im not sure if I understand your question, I plug my acoustic direct to the VLX3 where it reads the chord changes to affect the harmony, are you getting harmony effects on your guitar?
@@VLX3-timpendergrass I have experience with similar units. "Problem" was always this : Guitar plugged in through unit and that is fine. However let's say I put a heavy chorus, harmony and delay effect on the vocals and this is fine also for the voice alone. BUT: when I play and sing together the acoustic sound of the guitar is picked up by the mic (meant to be there alone for the vocals) and this way in the final sound coming from the unit the guitar sound (that is picked up by the mic) is also changed by the effects for the vocals and this does not sound good. So how do you avoid that the guitar sound leaks into the mic ?
@@45zapatero One way to reduce acoustic guitar coming into a vocal mic is to plug the bell hole. It reduced it enough for me anyway.
@@savannah05911 Thanks for your answer. This seems a good solution indeed. Still I wonder how it was done in this video ;-)
@@45zapatero I believe Tim is using a Unidirectional mic as opposed to an Omnidirectional mic. Notice his vocals when he is not directly in front of the mic, it drops off. Thus, the guitar is not as easily picked up in his mic. This cuts out more of the guitar sound coming in through his mic, both directly from his guitar and guitar coming through the p.a.
Very
Nice voice Tim .... but you should/could have used the auto tune for some of the time... but still ok nevertheless