The advanced VE-500 Vocal Performer pedal, a multi-effects stomp box for singing guitarists, is a powerhouse. The settings offer you an extensive selection of options to shape your voice around the music: advanced vocal harmonies, pitch correction, effects such as reverb, delay, modulation, and distortion, and many other types of processing. Also included is a vocoder and 99 user memories for storing patch setups.
With a simple tap, one of the three assignable foot switches tracks the automatic harmony engine which detects the key and generates a smooth and natural two- to three-part harmony in real time as you sing. The dedicated pitch stabilization section is useful if you’re not an experienced singer, and is guided via guitar or MIDI just like the harmony function. That means: you no longer have to depend on backing singers!
Be creative with your vocals. The VE-500 contains wide-ranging effects options for stylized sounds and genres, for everything from subtle atmosphere, to expansive clouds of ambiance, to distortion, tremolo, flang, robot-voice, and radio speaker. Deep editing parameters allow highly flexible routing options and the choice of a little creative nudge or extreme vocal enhancements.
The VE-500’s stomp box configuration makes it simple to integrate with other pedals on your pedalboard. The guitar plugs in to the Instrument input and allows an unprocessed signal to run through your other pedals. The stereo XLR output sends the newly processed vocal sounds seamlessly to a PA mixer, stage monitor, or recording device.
The pedal’s clean design and simple-to-navigate setup allows for quick decision making, allowing you to spend more time creating and calling up sounds rather than programming. You can also dial in the perfect setup and simply save it for instant recall. Editor/librarian software is available to tweak and organize sounds from your Mac or Windows computer for extra personalization. The three footswitches offer patch selection, individual effects, the looper functions, and more.
The VE-500 is an essential addition to the pedalboard of any guitarist who also doubles as the singer.
The Boss VE-500 is now available for at Adorama.com.
