BOSS VE-500 VOCAL PERFORMER

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3 жыл бұрын

hi All! Hope your all feeling fine and making beautiful music!
This is my Boss VE-500 Vocal Performer... its a great vocal harmoniser that uses the guitar as a reference to make sure your harmonies are always in tune!
It's full of all the classic vocal effects.... like reverb and delay... and some special effects as well!
Hope you enjoy it…
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@bennettskb555 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent demo, as always, thank you👍

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mate!

@donvertitoy481 2 жыл бұрын

dope😎

@chloe-lj4wh Жыл бұрын

Seriously…. Wicked review! Thanks so much

@thepedalpicassos Жыл бұрын

Let us know how you go… and let me know if you post videos of yourself so we can check it out!

@RockinJohnny 2 жыл бұрын

I have the VE-20 which I've had for years and served very well in both recording and gigging and just bought the VE-500 after seeing some nice choir like sounds generated from a single voice. I also like the idea of fine tuning everything from a PC much more eaiser that way like my Boss ME-80 for my guitar. Its also much smaller and lighter than previous Vocal fx units.

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been trying to find a VE- 20 to have a play with!!! Does it have separate outputs for vocals and guitar? Or just a mixed output??

@Moykel Жыл бұрын

Great review, thank you. Convinced me to buy one. Hope your Boss affiliation talks work out!

@thepedalpicassos Жыл бұрын

You’re gonna love it… and so will the crowd!!

@angelosantarossa7266 2 жыл бұрын

Very Informative thank you I'm gonna buy one Angelo Shawnigan Lake Canada

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

Do it!!! It’s pretty awesome!

@qstudiomusicandproductions2695 Жыл бұрын

😆 loved the no copywrite strike- love the humor!

@thepedalpicassos Жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha. You can’t be too careful! The copyright algorithm is BRUTAL

@jamesriameigmp 2 жыл бұрын

Should get one definitely

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

Do it!!!!

@DMSProduktions 3 жыл бұрын

Works nice Matt! I have the TC harmony singer, it's good enough for what I want! \m/

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

What if you wanna sound like Barry White???? or Alvin the chipmonk???

@DMSProduktions 2 жыл бұрын

@@thepedalpicassos Hmm ohhh baybaayyy! Bazza maybem Alvin, NO!

@itsthemusiq4me73 Жыл бұрын

🤣😂 This is one of the funniest demos I've ever watched, but it worked!

@Rael39 2 жыл бұрын

You sold me on the VE-500. I am waiting for it to be delivered as I type this. I dare'nt go for a wee as we all know thats what the delivery man is waiting for me to do.

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

That always happens to me too!! I never hear the delivery guy show up because the studio is sound proof!!!! hope your having fun with your new toy!!!

@JuusoHoo 5 ай бұрын

Wonderful reporting!!!! :D :D :D This is so much easier to watch as the f...king technical gothroughs or the ai-oiced text-based monotonical robots!!! Thanks!

@thepedalpicassos 5 ай бұрын

No worries mate! Glad it was helpful!

@TheAmazingSnarf 3 жыл бұрын

Holy cow! Amazing. I would likely abuse it with drum machines and samplers =)

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

DO IT!!!!!! Then make a video... and let us have a listen!! ha ha ha ha

@shoobootystudios1752 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, just a bit of feedback. As a singer, what I want to see is someone demonstrating the range of effects ASIDE from harmonizing. As it stand this demo basically tells me that this pedal is designed for harmonizing but does not include vocal effects.

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! We can do that for you! Easy!

@TheJonathanLugo 8 ай бұрын

Barry White’s impression was great

@thepedalpicassos 8 ай бұрын

Ha ha ha ha. Thanks mate!

@langzikesch25 2 жыл бұрын

great video and I love my VE-500! Your acoustic sounded smooth as, what pedals were you using for it? and was there any post production done on it or it thats pretty much your live sound? Cheers 🤘

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

It’s just going through the HX Stomp… I started with one of their acoustic presets… the played with the compressor and the EQ… then I added a low pass and high pass filter! That’s about it! Ha ha ha. The Maton is a beautiful guitar!

@langzikesch25 2 жыл бұрын

@@thepedalpicassos Awesome! thank you for your quick reply. I sold on the HX Stomp, I think it could replace a lot of stuff on my Acoustic pedal board. Keep Rockin 🤘

@HeroPunkOficial 2 ай бұрын

Hello, I'm buying one, but i'm not shure where to put it on my pedal chain My actual chain is Tuner Drop Compressor Revv G3 Booster Flanger Phaser Chorus Delay Reverb Can you help me?

@thepedalpicassos 2 ай бұрын

Great question!! it has to go very very very very first in your signal chain! It needs an unaffected signal to work its best!!

@lunchroomdad 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video! How does this stuck up against the ve-20 or Roland vt-4? Can you tweak reverb to give wet signal only? Looking for subtle pitch correction of needed without hard auto-tune effects lol

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

Yes… yes and yes! It does that! And it’s by far the best live performance unit!

@acasadiluca 3 жыл бұрын

Ok... I'll never buy it.... Anyway.... You're one of my favourite gear channell.... Too funny guys.... Way to go! Cheers from Italy!

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

Just buy it!! its a great pedal!!! if you don't like it... just sell it!!! ha ha ha ha

@tommyslow218 2 жыл бұрын

Preset #10 on the VE-500 is the talk box trough the guitar picked with little distortion and sing, even better with a wah. Joe Walsh & Peter Framton 4 EVA!!! \m/,

@chloe-lj4wh Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this review! I’m considering getting this one for my singer songwriting gigs. I’m nervous to have any sort of auto tune on it as I don’t want any, so wanted to make sure. Does it use automatic auto tune, hopefully?

@thepedalpicassos Жыл бұрын

G’day mate! Yes… it has auto tune… i have it turned off though… and in this video it’s turned off… it’s super adjustable too… you can have just a tiny bit… or heaps like T pain! Ha ha ha.

@robtanner5241 Жыл бұрын

thank you very much for this informative video. I've ordered the VE-500 and will arrive shortly. My question for you as i have a pedal board with a number of pedals including eq, guitar synth, delay, chorus and harmonizer ending with the Boss IR-200, should I be putting the VE-500 at the start of the pedal combination or at the end just before the IR-200 as it is a cab simulator? Any advise would be appreciated and thanks again for your excellent video

@thepedalpicassos Жыл бұрын

Hi mate! Great question! I find mine works best at the very start of the signal chain! It works best with the cleanest possible guitar signal! Hope that helps!!

@robtanner5241 Жыл бұрын

@@thepedalpicassos thank you so much for your quick reply. Enjoy your summer as it's winter here in Canada

@jacksonholt3846 2 жыл бұрын

What are the planet waves mic cables you are using from the VE? I'm looking for short xlrs for my board and can only find the Cable Techniques stuff

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

Hi mate! They don’t make them anymore!!! I’m really sorry!!

@victorblancoarcas 3 ай бұрын

Hello, I bought boss ve-50" I have noticed that when you use pitch correction or when you use ehnace the treble (and it is especially noticeable on the ''s''), the treble sound is not stable and is noticeable as some noise. Is it normal for this to happen when using these effects? thank you

@thepedalpicassos 2 ай бұрын

Wowsers…. I haven’t noticed that with my unit? What power supply are you running? I noticed it was noisy when I didn’t use a good quality power supply?

@victorblancoarcas 2 ай бұрын

@@thepedalpicassos thanks for your answer. I am using the original boss power adapter. The problem is that if I do an S (it is more noticeable when doing it sustained over time) the sound is not uniform.... and that happens especially with the pitch correction (the second effect on the list) and also with IMPROVEMENT (from the first effect on the list)

@AleSuggests Жыл бұрын

So, you says that it takes normal 9V power supply, but on the manual it says that it needs an "AC adapter". Is that an AC/AC or AC/DC and if AC/DC what is the polarity? Thanks very much, I could not find this info anywhere else

@thepedalpicassos Жыл бұрын

Hi mate! Just a good old fashioned 9v DC supply! Same as all the other boss pedals!

@JuusoHoo 5 ай бұрын

Good to hear about the midi-not-so-wide-possibilities, how is the recording quality as a soundcard to DAW?

@thepedalpicassos 5 ай бұрын

You can’t use this as an audio interface unfortunately… the USB port is only for updating software and backing up your presets to your computer! Hopefully, in a future update, they will let us use it as an audio interface!

@JuusoHoo 5 ай бұрын

@@thepedalpicassos that is a pity!!!

@danesmith6233 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! So the guitar can be plugged for harmony reference, but there's no effects for it? But the guitar has its own output, right? Or output going to another guitar pedal/pedalboard

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

Yes mate! That’s exactly right!

@danesmith6233 2 жыл бұрын

@@thepedalpicassos Gotcha. Would you recommend the VE500 over the TC Helicon Voicelive Acoustic? Why?

@ibdense 9 ай бұрын

Are there any pedals like this that track to keyboards instead of guitars? TIA Fun demo, by the way!

@thepedalpicassos 9 ай бұрын

Hi mate. Good question! This pedal works with keyboard and with backing tracks!

@ibdense 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! @@thepedalpicassos

@byromtaylor6482 10 ай бұрын

i had the boss ve 20 but want a hamoniser that does both harmony taking a signal from a backing track mp3 or guitar i use both so is it able to take a signal from backing tracks and if so what inputs xlr ...how many mic inputs or can this be put thro a desk onto every mic channel is there a seperate footswitch out available and would you rather this one or the ve 8 or something else now? thanks fr your reply

@thepedalpicassos 10 ай бұрын

Hi mate! A lot of great questions here! Yes! It does work with a backing track, but there is only one input, so you can only have the guitar going or the backing track going, you can’t plug both into it at the same time. As for the outputs… there are two microphone outputs… but only one input… so I run one microphone output to the mixing desk and the other microphone output to my in ear monitors. For your last question… the VE-500 is by far the best unit for live performance… and yep… you can turn the harmonies on and off with an external Footswitch

@byromtaylor6482 10 ай бұрын

@@thepedalpicassos ok well has everything i need just gotta switch over if just using my guitar but if it does both fine i can use it attached to the desk on 2 mic lines and get a footswitch? sorry to ask again but what footswitch suits this model ...is there a wireless one for it i wonder ...Great review great response and much apprieciated ...new sub xx

@Sufferghost 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have to plug your guitar into this to get accurate vocal harmonies?

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! But it also has a seperate mode where you can have a set key… the set key won’t work properly if your song has a key change… or you might need a minor 7 harmony… but it’ll still give you a major 7…

@jeffpartrick5222 Жыл бұрын

Can this pedal harmonize from just your voice or does it have to have a guitar plugged in for reference?

@thepedalpicassos Жыл бұрын

This one can do both!!

@JarOfMusic413 Жыл бұрын

Can set to minor or major without instrument? Thanks

@zakklee2556 2 жыл бұрын

Does the harmony guitar Following only work in acoustic guitar?

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

Nope! It works with electric guitar piano or MP3 files karaoke backing tracks anything you can put into it… it can use as a reference

@zakklee2556 2 жыл бұрын

@@thepedalpicassos thanks !

@juliannabg5 2 ай бұрын

Hi there. Does this looping capability? And for how long? Also, can I use the harmoniser without an instrument? Acapella? Can I input prerecorded sections?

@thepedalpicassos 2 ай бұрын

Hi there! Yes… it loops… but vocals only… No… it needs some sort of guitar, keyboard or backing track input so it can reference the chord correctly and give you the correct harmonies… Lastly… you can export your recorded loops per preset… so I’m not 100% sure… but that normally means you can import.wav files too! I hope all that helps!!!

@juliannabg5 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the quick response 🙏

@juliannabg5 2 ай бұрын

Do you know up to how long the loops can be?

@paulussantosociwidjaja4781 Жыл бұрын

Copyright strike even with common creative setting? Phew! I got that too some times and that what put me off having my serious youtube channel so far.

@thepedalpicassos Жыл бұрын

Sometimes it’s super strict… sometimes it’s super lazy… I haven’t worked it out yet????

@stevenmurphy7884 Жыл бұрын

Is there anything special you have to do to run it mono?

@thepedalpicassos Жыл бұрын

Good question, no, you don’t have to do anything special. You just plug in the left side and leave the right side empty

@livefromthepsy-op1170 Жыл бұрын

What’s that box the guitar and the Ve500 go through?

@thepedalpicassos Жыл бұрын

Hi mate! It’s a patch bay from these guys! www.americanloopers.com/ They’re awesome to deal with and do custom boxes!!

@stevieross4415 Жыл бұрын

Does it work for vocals without guitar ? and can it be used with an electric guitar ? Thanks

@thepedalpicassos Жыл бұрын

Hi mate. Yes! It works with electric guitar… and yes, it works with no guitar, but you have to go into the menu and set it to a specific key.

@steviebuoy320 Жыл бұрын

@@thepedalpicassos Thats great thanks mate.

@leecanning123 2 жыл бұрын

hey guys, do you recommend the line 6 HX for putting an acoustic guitar through? Just for solo gigs

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Absolutely! I use a hx stomp for all my acoustic gigs!!

@leecanning123 2 жыл бұрын

@@thepedalpicassos ok sweet :) I currently use an ibanez tube screamer to add distortion to my acoustic guitar but i dont find it sounds very good- do you think the HX can provide nice overdrive for an acoustic guitar? And I assume the HX acts as a pre amp? I currently use a trace elliot Transit A as my pre amp/tuner, so if the HX is a reamp and has nice distortion i could remove the Tube screamer and the Transit A i guess

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

If you are running any type of overdrive on an acoustic guitar, you will also need to run some sort of speaker emulation or an IR, Otherwise the overdrive will sound really fizzy and buzzy…. Which is also totally fine if you were going for that sound!

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

And yes! The HX stomp has all that built in!

@jacksonholt3846 2 жыл бұрын

@@leecanning123 Little late to the party, but I run a Headrush Gigboard for acoustic and split the output so my clean acoustic sound is always constant and the distortion or effects are all running on a different channel so they can be 'tamed' if needed... I can then also switch the scene so it re routes to a mono output and all sound is effected. I'd imagine the HX has similar routing options.

@johnparsons3454 2 жыл бұрын

Can you shut off the delay/reverb so I can chat to the folks in-between songs?

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Yes you can! Hold the right & middle button together to bypass!

@JarOfMusic413 Жыл бұрын

Can this work on bass guitar?

@thepedalpicassos Жыл бұрын

I’ve you’re playing chords it’ll work! Otherwise you will have to run a signal from your guitar player or your keyboard player… or a backing track!

@JarOfMusic413 Жыл бұрын

Thank you...

@MrDalegray 18 күн бұрын

What is a FILE SAFE?

@artnardone 10 ай бұрын

Can you do demos on Amps JUST FOR SINGERS that come with effects? No guitar blah blah blah. Small gigs, parlor or home? Acoustic, Boss , Fender or ?

@thepedalpicassos 10 ай бұрын

I’m not sure if there is a specific vocal amp… but I’ll do a search for you! That’s something I’d be super interested in!

@artnardone 10 ай бұрын

The TC Helicon HARMONY V100 and V60 It's perfect for any GIG and comes with foot pedals, You'll Love this one! Combo Amp @@thepedalpicassos

@matijapocrnic2974 6 ай бұрын

Does it have user scale?

@thepedalpicassos 6 ай бұрын

Yep. Sort of… you can set it to a specific scale… if you understand music theory a little bit you will be able to get the harmonies that you want! For example, if you’re singing a song in C major, but you want it to have a B flat harmony instead of a B harmony, you could set the scale to F major

@robertvondarth1730 2 жыл бұрын

Right, so you demoed how to use it as a toy, to annoy your friends as amateurs.

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

And the neighbours!!! Don’t forget about them!

@MarkDavidBlack Ай бұрын

I've heard it can do vibrato.

@bigtimetimproduction 2 жыл бұрын

Please explain the chain!

@thepedalpicassos 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mate! The Mic goes in to the VE-500... then out to the PA... The Guitar goes in to the VE-500 as well... first thing, so the VE-500 gets nice clean guitar signal... then from the VE-500 out to all the other guitar effects.. then out to the PA! Hope that helps!

@timothypearcedoshombres Жыл бұрын

Hey I loved your video, first time viewer and I just bought and received this pedal. Is there a Auto Tune setting if so how do I adjust it.

@paulwave1560 8 ай бұрын

Do you mean you have two PAs ? One for Mic to VE out, one for guitar effect out? Thanks

@josemartineztorres6634 9 ай бұрын

The double voices and the harmonizer sound very robotic. The boss ve-20 is much better in that aspect

@michelaser 2 жыл бұрын

@boabglen 8 ай бұрын

For me personally these harmonies are too high in the mix and ir makes it sounds too robotic. Just my opinion on the internet 😂

@EmersonOnosko-de4te Жыл бұрын

"okay, alright.." :|

@nickdryad Жыл бұрын

whats funny is your song sounds like many other country songs, no offence intended.

@thepedalpicassos Жыл бұрын

I must have an inner hillbilly!!!

@artnardone 10 ай бұрын

It is overkill, it over sized and over priced . You did a good demo but I've seen two exhaustive demos on B VE 500. As for someone who just wants to sing, there is too much fluff and effects for geeks. Shame.

@thepedalpicassos 10 ай бұрын

That’s a good point… but you only need to work out the effects once… and then save your settings… plus there are 100 preset patches already to go for you! I reckon you’ll find the perfect patch already set up in there for you ready to go!