Piekoszow, Poland
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ATTENTION!!! I'm on vacation until March 8th. All orders will be processed after that date.This is a used TC Helicon Mic Mechanic in very good condition and is fully functional + power suply.TC-Helicon need no introduction and in recent years, they have been introducing more and more products onto the market to assist our vocals both in the studio and on stage. I am always intrigued to find out what they will do next and thankfully I did not have to wait long this time.At the Summer NAMM show in Nashville this year, TC-Helicon announced the release of the VoiceTone Mic Mechanic (I do love this name - excellent choice), which they are advertising as a complete vocal toolbox in a pedal. The initial advertising seemed to suggest that they would be available in October, but I managed to get my hands on one much sooner and thankfully for everyone else, they are now available for general sale.TC-Helicon describes their new pedal as a no-frills, compact effects pedal for vocalists who just want to sound great.There isn't too much in the box; the pedal, a 12V power adapter, a USB lead and a very small manual. The pedal itself is of cast metal construction with a rubberised base and its layout and general design is pretty much identical to a standard guitar pedal.The pedal is a standard size (90mm x 140mm x 60mm/3.5" x 5.4" x 2.3") and it weighs just 0.42 kg (0.92 lbs).However, from my experiences, vocalists tend to dislike the idea of pedals and having to look down to make changes as they feel that it spoils their visual performance as well as their concentration. Therefore I think that it is great that TC-Helicon have taken this into consideration, creating their MP-75 Modern Performance Vocal Microphone, which has a small button that allows you to turn effects off or on from anywhere on stage (or in the studio).The Mic Mechanic pedal is mainly designed for singers that either do not always have access to a sound technician, or feel that they could improve their performance by having access to their vocal effects during a performance. Or vocalists that may not always necessarily sing in perfect tune. But we'll pretend that I didn't mention that one!I think that the idea of the Mic Mechanic pedal is great but I am a bit surprised that TC-Helicon did not replicate the design that they used on their VoiceLive Touch effects unit and mount the unit on a mic stand. I thought this was such a brilliant idea for vocalists!TC-HELICON MIC MECHANIC - LET'S PLUG HER INTC-Helicon claim that the Mic Mechanic pedal makes your vocals sound crisp, clean and full sounding and that it is what every singer needs. The Mic Mechanic pedal takes the approach that some singers don't want to change their voice; they just want it to sound great! So I suppose from that point of view, they have hit on a slightly different product to the rest of their range.I know where they are coming from on this. When I record my own voice and it sounds flat and dead, I used to think that I wanted to change the sound of it because I hated it so much! However, in reality all this does is to make it unrecognisable as me (which defeats the object a bit), when what I really want is for me to sound great!Ok, let's get the pedal set-up by following the very simple instructions in the manual, which tells me that I can press the footswitch to light the LED and confirm the unit is powered on. Then I need to turn down my PA's master volume, connect my mic and then plug in the AC adaptor. Now I just need to sing into my mic while adjusting the 'Mic Gain' control (which is on the side of the pedal) so that the input level LED flashes green to orange. It's all very straight forward, just beware of the LED flashing red - if this happens then you should turn the Mic Gain control down a little until you can see that red LED no more!The Mic Mechanic pedal has six controls and four connections. So far I've just used one of these controls (Mic Gain), but on top of the pedal is where all the more common controls can be found, including three knobs.The first of these knobs allows you to select an effect that will be applied to your vocal. The Mic Mechanic pedal gives you eight different choices: Hall, Club, Room, Hall + Echo, Club + Echo, Room + Echo, Echo and Slap.The second knob on the Mic Mechanic pedal adjusts the Dry and Wet mix of the selected effect and there is also a handy 50/50 centre notch. I found that the best way to set your dry/wet mix was to start from this midway point and make adjustments from there whilst you are singing to determine how much effect you want applied to your voice.The third and final knob adjusts the amount of pitch correction that gets applied to your voice, but I'll speak about this a little more later on in this article.
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