Description

Vocal Bliss and Rich Acoustic Tone
The natural companion for any modern singer-songwriter, Play Acoustic combines all the things you need to make a live acoustic performance shine; lavish vocal sounds, perfect backing harmonies, best-selling guitar FX, and unique processing that makes your six-string sing in perfect harmony with your voice.
Professional Vocal Effects and Tone with natural sounding Vocal Harmonies guided by your guitar
Guitar FX styles from TC Electronics Hall of Fame Reverb and Corona Chorus pedals
BodyRez filtering and onboard EQ and DI for impeccable acoustic guitar tone
Guitar feedback-proofing with notch filter and phase controls
Separate vocal and guitar outputs, or a stereo mix of both
What Every Singer Wants
Keep your vocals clean with a tight reverb or simple harmony or go all out with tasty delays, thick doubles, edgy hardtuning, cool modulations, and raw distortions the choice is yours. Best of all, weve improved the portamento and humanization of our renowned harmony effects, making your tireless two-singer backing group more realistic than ever. And dont worry about setting the key. Play Acoustic follows your guitar chords automatically for harmonies that stay in tune and in time.
What Every Singer Needs
Equipped with our trademark Adaptive Tone, Play Acoustic acts as your personal sound engineer providing the one feature no singer should be without: automatic intelligent control of Compression, EQ, De-essing, and Gating, giving your voice the impact and presence to always stand out in the mix.
Acoustic Alchemy
Your acoustic guitar is both a powerful and delicate instrument, and weve made sure that Play Acoustic treats it with the respect it deserves. Tailor-made guitar FX from our sister company TC Electronic add a sweet touch of magic with essential styles from their bestselling TonePrint pedals Hall of Fame Reverb and Corona Chorus while the direct Guitar DI output ensures signal fidelity all the way from pedal to PA.
Body Resonance
The sound of resonating wood is what gives an acoustic guitar its particular sonic allure, and this is where BodyRez comes in. New and unique to Play Acoustic, the BodyRez algorithm restores acoustic tone to guitars fitted with undersaddle pickups. Carefully placed filters and fast acting compression combine to reduce piezo-quack, making your amplified guitar sound like the beautiful full-bodied instrument it is. Dial in as much or as little BodyRez as you need and use the handy EQ controls to fine-tune the dynamics of your sound.
Intuitive Controls and Dedicated I/O
Operating and navigating Play Acoustic is as straightforward as it gets. Use the Up/Down footswitches or central knob to easily browse factory presets, or use the GENRE button to find styles that you like. Dedicated VOCAL FX and GUITAR FX buttons let you access effects directly, and the intuitive user interface makes editing simple and fast. Create your own library of presets with the FAVORITE feature for easy setlist recall.
Separate mono XLR outputs for vocals and guitar makes it painless for any sound engineer to mix the levels perfectly for your audience, or you can set the output to Stereo and create your own custom panoramic stereo mix.
Make It a HIT
HIT is a performance-inspired feature for building intensity into any vocal performance. Press the HIT button to turn on multiple effects at once and create quick A/B scenes for each preset. Use it to add dazzling vocal effects for the chorus, or strip it down for the verse its your call.
Loop Around
The VLOOP performance looper allows you to create complete guitar and vocal loops for solo jamming or impressive layered live performances. VLOOP is also handy for soundcheck; record a short phrase and walk out into the audience to check levels while your virtual you plays!
In-Ear Monitoring
Use the embedded RoomSense mics to pick up the sounds from the room, the stage, or the instruments around you and add ambience to your headphone mix when performing or practicing. Optionally, our handy Guitar & Headphone Cable facilitates inexpensive in-ear monitoring with a convenient twist: two signals, one cable.
Sing Along with Vocal Cancel
Singing along is a great way to practice and perform. Plug in your MP3 player via the AUX In connector and use the Vocal Cancel feature to make your voice stand out over the vocals on the original track. You can also record and play back your singing using the USB connection to your computer and DAW.
Free Preset Downloads
Fire up our VoiceSupport app for access to hundreds of additional song and effects based presets as well as firmware updates and the latest news
More Control
Add the TC-Helicon MP-75 or Sennheiser e 835 fx mics with Mic Control, or the Switch-3 footswitch for additional control of performance, effects and looping.
FEATURES
Complete vocal path including Tone, Harmony, HardTune, Reverb, Double, Delay, Mod (chorus/flange, etc.), and Transducer (megaphone/distortion FX)
Global Adaptive EQ, Compression, De-ess, Gate & Pitch Correction
Note-perfect Vocal Harmonies using Auto Chord Detection from guitar input
2 Voices of NaturalPlay Harmony, plus 2 voices of humanized Doubling
TC Electronic guitar FX with styles from Hall of Fame Reverb and Corona Chorus
Dedicated Guitar and Vocal FX access/edit buttons
BodyRez EQ, compression styles optimized for undersaddle piezo pickup acoustic guitars
Narrow notch filter to tame acoustic guitar feedback
Low and high shelving plus fully parametric guitar EQ controls
Separate vocal and pro-quality guitar DI outputs or stereo mix
Low-noise Mic-preamp
VLOOP performance looper for vocal and/or guitar with undo and redo
Loop time: Stereo: 15 seconds with Undo (30 seconds without). Mono: 30 seconds with Undo (60 seconds without)
Simple effects customization with styles and icons
RoomSense microphones for monitoring and practicing
Key/Scale harmony mode for setting specific song keys via the footswitches
Plug in and practice with your mobile device via AUX or stream tracks and record over USB including a Vocal Cancel function
Navigate factory presets by Genre and mark Favorites
USB for audio streaming and connection to VoiceSupport, our free app for firmware updates, preset management, and tips & tricks
Compatible with the MP-75 Modern Performance Vocal Microphone and Sennheiser e 835 fx microphone with Mic Control
Optional Switch-3 for additional performance control
Headphone output
Effects
Mod
Delay
Reverb
Harmony
Double
Transducer
Tone
HardTune & Correction
Acoustic Guitar FX & Tuner
Guitar Anti-feedback
VLOOP
SPECIFICATIONS
Control
100+ Song & Artist Inspired Presets, Memory for 500
Simple Vocal & Guitar FX Editing via Direct Access Buttons
Direct Access to Favorite, Genre, Mix and Setup Menus
Preset Up/Down and HIT Footswitch
Graphics LCD Display
Bump-Protected Mic Level
Dual-Colour Backlit Buttons
Design
Size
Height: 1.8 inches (45 mm)
Width: 7.9 inches (200 mm)
Depth: 6.1 inches (156 mm)
Weight
Weight: 2.2 lb. (1 kg)
Construction
Dual die-cast clamshell design
Acrylic Lens
Punch-cut Metal connection panel
Rubberized footings
Backlit Graphic LCD Display
Connections
Analog Inputs
Connectors: Mic.: balanced XLR, Guitar: unbalanced 1/4 TS, Aux: 1/8 stereo mini jack
Impedance: Balanced/Unbalanced: Mic.: 2.14/1.07 kOhm
Mic Input Level @ 0 dBFS: -42dBu to +13dBu
EIN @ Max Mic Gain Rg = 150 Ohm : -127 dBu
Mic SNR:> 104 dB
Phantom Power: +48V (on/off via Setup menu)
Guitar Input impedance: 1 MOhm
Guitar Input Level @ 0 dBFS: 12 dBu
Guitar Input SNR:> 115dB
Aux Input Level @ 0dBu: +2dBu
A to D Conversion: 24 bit, 128 x oversampling bitstream, 110dB SNR A-weighted
Analog Outputs
D to A Conversion: 24 bit, 128 x oversampling bitstream, 115dB SNR A-weighted
Connectors, balanced: XLR
Output Impedance Balanced/ Unbalanced: 80/40 Ohm
XLR Output 0dBFS: +2 dBu
Dynamic Range:> 109 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Frequency Response: +0.30/-0 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Headphone Out: 1/8 Mini stereo jack
Control
USB: USB-B (Preset Management, Firmware Updates and audio I/O)
Pedal: 1/4 TRS phone jack
Mic Control using TC-Helicon MP-75 Microphone or Sennheiser e 835 fx mic
Details
Power
External Power Supply. Mains Voltage Input: 100 to 240 VAC, 50 to 60 Hz (auto-select)
12V DC 0.4A max output
Power Consumption: < 14 W
Safety
EMC Complies with: EN 55103-1 and EN 55103-2 FCC part 15, Class B, CISPR 22, Class B
Safety certified to: IEC 65, EN 60065, UL6500 and CSA IEC 65, EN 60065, UL6500 and CSA
Operating Requirements
Operating Temperature: 32 F to 122 F (0 C to 50 C)
Storage Temperature: -22 F to 167 F (-30 C to 70 C)
Humidity: Max. 90 % non-condensing
Included with Play Acoustic
Region specific power supply
USB cable
User guide