Tc Helicon Play Acoustic Presets List Upd →

The Play Acoustic ships with 50 factory presets (numbered 01–50). They combine vocal effects (reverb, delay, pitch correction, doubling, etc.) with acoustic guitar body‑resonance/eq/compression.

Here are the default names (may vary slightly by firmware version, but these are the standard ones): tc helicon play acoustic presets list upd

| Preset # | Name | Brief style | |----------|--------------------|---------------------------------| | 01 | Pure Voice | Clean, natural | | 02 | Natural Doubled | Light doubler | | 03 | Studio Reverb | Smooth hall | | 04 | Bright Slap | Short delay | | 05 | Warm Cathedral | Large reverb | | 06 | Tight Ensemble | Chorus + reverb | | 07 | Fingerstyle | Guitar focus, light verb | | 08 | Strum & Sing | Balanced vocal/guitar | | 09 | Lo-Fi Tape | Saturation + wobble | | 10 | Echo Park | Long delays | | 11 | HardTune | Aggressive pitch correction | | 12 | SoftTune | Natural pitch correction | | 13 | Megaphone | Telephone EQ | | 14 | Wide Double | Thick doubling | | 15 | Ambient Swell | Big reverb + modulation | | 16 | Vintage Plate | Bright plate reverb | | 17 | Room Live | Small room | | 18 | Slapback 50s style delay | | 19 | Choir | Pitch‑shifted layers | | 20 | Unplugged | Light comp + verb | | 21 | Ballad | Long decay | | 22 | Blues Harp | For harmonica (vocal input) | | 23 | Female Bright | EQ boost for higher voices | | 24 | Male Warm | Low‑mid emphasis | | 25 | Delay Pong | Ping‑pong delays | | 26 | Shimmer | Ethereal octave verb | | 27 | Radio | Lo‑fi bandpass | | 28 | Double + Reverb | Classic combination | | 29 | Solo Performer | Good default for live singer‑songwriter | | 30 | Thick Guitar | Extra guitar body resonance | | 31 | Gentle Strum | Light guitar compression | | 32 | Lead Boost | Vocal presence lift | | 33 | No Guitar | Vocal effects only | | 34 | Looper Start | Basic looper‑ready preset | | 35 | Tremolo Voice | Vocal tremolo | | 36 | Plate + Delay | Studio plate + 1/4 note delay | | 37 | Cave | Huge, dark reverb | | 38 | Pitch Correct Only | No reverb/delay, just tuning | | 39 | Acoustic Sim | Makes piezo sound more woody | | 40 | Stereo Widener | Chorus + phase | | 41 | Talkbox | Formant filter | | 42 | Harmony 3rd | Simple third above | | 43 | Harmony 5th | Fifth above | | 44 | Low Harmony | Third below | | 45 | High & Low | Two harmony voices | | 46 | Double Voice | Tight doubling | | 47 | Reverb & Delay | Medium hall + dotted 8th | | 48 | Church | Long tail, holy sound | | 49 | Stage | Short verb, bright | | 50 | Factory Reset | (Safe preset, usually flat) | The Play Acoustic ships with 50 factory presets

Note: Presets 41–45 use the Harmony engine (requires a guitar input to define key/scale — auto harmony follows your chords). Note : Presets 41–45 use the Harmony engine

Don't scroll through all 50 live. Copy your top 5 presets to User Slots U01–U05:

Knowing the list is one thing; using it is another. Here is how pros use the Play Acoustic: