Boss VE-20 Vocal Processor Review and Demonstration

[@SenorZorrozzz]

I’ve watch about 22 demos. This young man’s is the best! Thank you. You are the only guy who did what we need: you took it out, hooked it up, and ran through the effects! Lol. Thank you!! This would work well live!

[@NoahFonoti]

Best pedal demonstration I’ve ever watched 😂😂

[@DayglowDuppy]

Actually, yes. There are so many demos that are filled with Cringey middle-aged people screeching.

[@istvankovacs5304]

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[@SenfMustard]

So good 😂

[@village_guru7353]

Braaaaaahhh! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@conductorelectronic]

I love how much you go all-in for the vocal demos! Cheers for the review :)

[@lavvocatodeisanti7523]

"harmonyyyy doesn't sound that real to me!" I'm flying!

[@DHGagnon]

Failed to mention that it you can tweak and improve on all 30 of the presets, and save 50 custom sounds to the pedal. They may not sound very good at default settings, but after some playing around, the effects can be greatly improved, and even combined.

[@jespurrier]

Yeah his demo was a laugh but he's failed to grasp how useful this pedal is I think

[@sexcuts6638]

Also that all musicians don’t use it with their feet so it’s really not a problem to Use it with your hands :)

[@garosenn]

This is actually a really great pedal. I use it live mostly to double voice, triple voice, add a major 3rd above and it’s helpful for building up a chorus in a solo context. There’s so many features, so I appreciate this review (which is funny), but think the pedal is more dope than portrayed.

[@ChrisDeJuanMusic]

I'm thinking of buying one (even tho it first came out like 10 years ago) just for the reverbs and adding some subtle harmonies to my vocals... plus you can predetermine the key, meaning you don't have to run a guitar or keyboard through it for it to detect the correct key of a song (making it great for horn players too). The TC Helicon Harmony Singe 2 is a great little harmonizer, but unfortunately you have to run a guitar or a keyboard through it for it to auto detect the right key

[@jonescocainebones9835]

I've seen about 20 reviews/ demonstrations of the vocal ve-20 now and yours is by far the best! Lol keep up the good work.

[@DancingwithGhosts]

thanks man.. so after 20 reviews do you think you're going to get it?

[@egonreinhardt]

same here

[@symentha9452]

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[@tjschwartz42]

So I've got the VoiceLive2 and Digitech Vocal 300. Both are unusable with a large PA system, they just caused so much feed back, no matter what the message boards said to adjust. Has anyone tried this with a full band in a venue with a large PA. Like the size of a bar or bigger.

[@jeffc4862]

@@tjschwartz42 - They're all a mess unless you're performing in a coffee house / restaurant entertainment type setting plugged into a Fender 'Passport' type PA, which, honestly, is what the designers had in mind as the most common use for these kinds of pedals.

[@petergomeskolkata]

Have been using this since 2012... no servicing, no repair, great stuff.. still going strong in 2024... Technology a bit outdated but still gets the job done

[@MarkSmith-zg9mb]

Thanks for the most useful/helpful review I’ve seen on this, cheers dude

[@DancingwithGhosts]

oh well thanks man i appreciate that

[@LuisRodriguez-cf4tf]

SOLD!! Thanks a lot for this demo. Right on spot 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@andreamarcellini230]

I sing and play guitar in a surf-punk, garage-rock band and I'd like to get that Julian Casablancas "telephone effect". I do like the "hip-hop" and "harmonica" presets since they have that lo-fi, rough, vintage vibe. What do you think would work best (considering some adjustments i.e. adding some enhancing and reverb)? Last but not least, our songs are pretty much fast and I happen to sing a lot of words in some very few seconds. Thank you ☺️

[@WiFooo]

Dude! The Intergalactic part was perfect.

[@nachomarimba]

Best demo video ever! Man, you’re funny and say useful stuff! Props! 💪🏼

[@michelaser]

Thanks for your honesty, you just confirmemed what I thought of it.

[@pipethestillpaul]

heads up. you dont have to confirm the setting when you are switching sounds. when you start your perfromance just press and hold right pedal so the profile is blinking. then switch to the desired sound but dont press and hold for 2 seconds to confirm it. just let it go, that way you can change back with a quick press of the left pedal again for a fast switch.

[@loublacksail1614]

I would agree to this, but wouldn't this mean you effectively lose the ability to enable harmonies, looping and etc until you change it back from preset selection mode?

[@amandawilson9555]

You said you wouldn't be good at your review but I suddenly found myself listening to each of your examples and becoming impressed. 😃

[@jasonelliott3162]

Fabulous review. Thank you. 👌🏽

[@lasttime1372]

Very useful review and great dvd collection on your shelf too. This director's series is awesome🔥

[@DancingwithGhosts]

i wish they had kept up with that series, i've watched those DVD's hundreds of times

[@kurtcameron7562]

FYI if you leave the pedal in the "scroll" move, you can scroll through the presets without holding down the pedal. plus there are presets which i was hoping you would go through. for my first vocal processor i think it's decent for the price. probably not the last one i'll own.

[@DancingwithGhosts]

ya some of them were more of the same. I think I skipped some of the harmony presets

[@jacqueskorb879]

Thanks. I have the same Event monitors. They rock!

[@Dandelunar]

Do you think i can do what the vboss20 does with sp404mk2 and tc helicon perform ve plus zedi 10fx?

[@stonksandspeculation1166]

Have you found a good pedal that auto-adjusts for gain, corrects for pitch, doesn't sound completely synthetic or robotic, simple layout, and just allows to add some harmony or chorus to certain parts of the song? So far, the closest thing I've found and seen live and in action was the TC Helicon Harmony Singer 2....but the price is ridiculous imo. Curious to hear what other people have stumbled upon. For reference, I'm a solo acoustic artist, a fairly decent singer that stays in pitch/key in my opinion, but looking for something that can just brighten up the vocals, equalize things good, and adds an extra "oomph" to certain parts of my songs. Thanks in advance for your input.

[@MartinZiegert]

I liked it a lot how honest you are. Refreshing :-)

[@yetcop]

I appreciate the neutral and honest review. Thank you.

[@DancingwithGhosts]

twas my pleasure

[@jamesmock2109]

​@@DancingwithGhostscan this machine be used for Podcasts

[@jaycrystall7985]

Thank you for not wasting our time. Greatly appreciate it.

[@Cknity]

This was both funny and honest, thank you! You’ve helped rule out one consideration - now onto further research. I think I will check out TC Electronic’s offerings next!

[@Cknity]

THE readOPTION I went with the TC Helicon Voicelive Play, and I love it!

[@studentlogan]

I've got this pedal and found that it works best when you create your own layered effects and tweak them. You can tweak individual effects in a surprising amount of ways, but yeah stock out the box, it's not a magical piece of hardware. Good video!

[@boimesa8190]

How to edit? Does it allow for choosing scales? I want to use autotune but want to use chromatic and major/minor scales

[@atrothe]

good review Josh

[@Shandellc]

Can you tell me how to set up my mic to sing live like this at home

[@kehindeapara6071]

BEST DEMO EVER!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Dude, this was awesome, I learned a lot and laughed my ass off, you got a new subscriber!

[@yamansitar6153]

what's the difference between the Boss VE-2 Vocal Harmonist vers Boss VE-20 - Vocal Perfomer

[@DancingwithGhosts]

VE-2 only does harmonies and has very limited reverb\delay options, Boss VE-20 is a much more robust, feature rich pedal. Wasn't quite what I was looking for though

[@tavinholuck947]

From Brazil. You are the best !

[@jessehutchings]

Damn, bro, you really got going good with the harmony demonstrations.

[@kurtvanhook1734]

thanks for the valuable review...and love your voice, great job.

[@DancingwithGhosts]

thank you :)

[@gilleslaframboise2168]

You’re bang on with your final comments. 🎉🎉🎉😊

[@slogaritmo]

Estimado, una consulta, como le doy volumen al bypass, ya que solo están con volúmenes los efectos pero cuando los dejo en bypass el volumen desparece. Te agradesco cualquier orientacion

[@christopherrusch]

This was VERY helpful. Thank you so much for your honest review. Please continue doing these

[@GaryKatz]

Thanks. Excellent rundown. Appreciated. Gary

[@Twistee]

This was both educating and entertaining. Great vid!

[@VoodooLoveChild]

HAHAHA! THE BIG SHOW!!!!!!! Dying! Just got this pedal. Thanks for the great and entertaining demo. \m/

[@DancingwithGhosts]

thanks dude

[@jtr2179jeremy]

Can you adjust the effect output

[@EmpireofDirtCustom]

Great demo! Especially the pitch correction. How did you not laugh?

[@spiffdandy77]

After watching several, this is the video that convinced me to go ahead and buy this product.

[@donkuruppuarachchi491]

I am using ve20 for many many years and i an very happy about it.

[@5ceker]

So what do you recommend for some rock music and live performances, I’m looking for some pitch correction in case, and some harmony to back up our bass guitarist for back vocals.

[@DancingwithGhosts]

TC Helicon Voice Touch 2 is what I use for my shows

[@sototheshredder]

Sick review my dude! Love the robot setting .xD

[@DancingwithGhosts]

thanks dude

[@johnhestand4454]

Top notch infotainment brah!

[@vicferrari89]

Demo needed to be put into context if , well, maybe music?

[@biggbossladyofficial8203]

This is just one person's opinion I think the best thing to do is to go to the music store and ask to try it out just got one and it's very good

[@henryssurfshowcase]

Great Cher cover 7:10 , thanks for review!

[@sharonstevenson5122]

this made me smile...thanks dude

[@enkiea8322]

Nice demo and review, thanks.

[@TLM-kw]

Im Stupid...does this have integrated speakers? So i only need this and a mic? Does this play the Sound like a recorder?

[@DancingwithGhosts]

nope, no built in speakers. i believe it can record short phrases though

[@gqirishlion1624]

Can you connect this with the boss rc 500

[@CharlesBusada]

I play guitar, sing, and sax etc. This seems like a really good pedal, especially for the sax. I used to have an MXR vocalizer decades ago, and I loved how you could set presets with four footswitches and pick your harmonies (for example, one footswitch is tuned for a 3rd above, and another a 5th above, then an octave (up or down) and even a seventh. You can imagine that the harmonies were not so great back then, but it still turned me into a horn section. So, for a horn player, the presets of reverb, delay, and the loop would offer lots of possibilities. I also sing backup and I use the same mic for vocals. It seems that I can get a preset to go back and forth and I sure can use pitch correction here! The only thing is the key. I thought that this unit accepts 1/4" guitar cords and reacts to guitar chords (I enjoyed just writing this). I need to research this. And . . . might it accept MIDI for program changes and chord recognition? And, there is one . . . I find it kinda hard to play guitar and sax at the same time so I'm wondering if I can wire this effects processor to the keyboardist in the band. Then, it could get chord changes from the piano while I'm playing sax. hmmmmm wonder.

[@minibuns5397]

Brown note squad checking in!!!

[@matoni69]

Great review! Tnx

[@slavvewilliams1948]

"truh-maul-o" lmao

[@eternalchocolate53]

Slavve Williams I’ll take one trumalo pls

[@kevinmoulton2480]

That was pretty funny

[@justinmcconkey8872]

Shopping this pedal, and this is by far the best review for it . . . And possibly for anything ever

[@ozozerene]

This is a very useful pedal. I don't understand how somebody who claims to be a successful performer, who can afford to employ backing vocalists, is worried about spending 250 dollars on this pedal. Some of the harmony pre-sets sound a little robotic, it is true, but there are enough that sound really good to offer an array of choice. The mike sensitivity feature is fantastic and has made some of my old cheap mikes usable again. I would say don't be easily put off because there is much merit in this box.

[@corinalp22]

This really helped with my decision making, thanks for the helpful video :)

[@DancingwithGhosts]

thanks :)

[@boimesa8190]

How to set the scales?

[@porsianov9687]

The best review ever!!!! You are ROCK!

[@paulmazurek3608]

Excellent Demo great job

[@brandonparsons3472]

Dude! Thanx for saving me $300! Funny I started watching your demo for a specific educational Purpose....then once you started singing...I was completely entertained! Thank you! I wish you were my neighbor! Keep up the good work my dude!

[@DancingwithGhosts]

haha thanks man! im glad so many people found this stupid video entertaining

[@bhaktibhav5274]

What settings to be done for voice narration in VE 20

[@pareshmota]

Perfect review 👌

[@nomadnational]

Dude, I came here for a review but got a great laugh. I subscribed for that reason alone

[@Dandelunar]

Hello does it come with power adapter in the box?

[@DancingwithGhosts]

lol no, boss always makes you buy their adapters separately

[@TheLowLandGardener]

This is very helpful review.thanks

[@demetriusstump8654]

Mine will be arriving today. I record at home and don't use any computer software so I needed this. Plus, I'll use it some at my church.

[@kurtcameron7562]

Dude the hard rock part made me like and subscribe haha. good video all together.

[@DancingwithGhosts]

awesome thanks Kurt

[@IndianaDipper194]

What are those monitors you have there my dad had a set in his studio before he passed would love to find a set. Many an album mixed on those.

[@kickit301]

“Vocal harmony, doesn’t sound that real to me” is going to be stuck in my head all day

[@xseaangelx]

🤣🤣 I haven't stopped laughing since you said, "Just get a real singer!" I agree with everything you said. You did a fantastic job demonstrating the device's abilities. Thanks for your help & humor!

[@Chaos46992]

can you acess the presets with the pedal easy? or do you have to stop and switch it to the one you want?

[@Chaos46992]

It was answered from the demonstrator, thanks

[@Crisaliscious]

that was awesome. good vid

[@AM-kh7ue]

Great video demonstration and cool voice ! You said that you can use the harmony pedal like a controller of a secondary effect: please tell me how to do this !! For a live perfomance it can be essential !

[@Johan-og4ru]

I just want to be able to switch between deep reverbs and rock n roll slapback and sound the same in all the gigs , is this possible with this thing ?

[@DancingwithGhosts]

ya but you'd have to program them next to each other in the ''user presets'' section

[@Johan-og4ru]

@@DancingwithGhosts thank you

[@paschalispaschalidis1423]

hello. are you using dynamic mic or condenser?

[@joesteffe6155]

I need Reveb and Auto Tune and Delay all 3 can u do that Pls

[@DancingwithGhosts]

it cant do all 3 at once

[@rockalliance8815]

Forget the pedal, he rocks!!!

[@ME-ru4hv]

I LOVE the "apology look" while singing wrong words LOLOL

[@fetaldropkick]

I often use delay/reverb then add distortion to my vox can this pedal do that live?

[@DancingwithGhosts]

indeed

[@hellyeahandthemaybesrockin491]

Great honest review. I guess we need to get a backup singer after all LOL :) That harmony part you did made me laugh so hard!!

[@joaop.b.figueiredo3769]

Great review, thanks!

[@YannsKitchenUK]

Does anyone know what amp you need to fit the boss ve20 pedal. You know so that when you play an instrument the actual sound can come out as these don’t have built in speakers do they. Thanks

[@TheNewPlagueBand]

Excellent review

[@barneymatherly3685]

demo starts at 3:20

[@sogent56]

I put the pedal on a shelf next to my drum kit below my mixer. Presets for each song.

[@alexrobertsontrio]

It was Cher for me... 😆 Awesome review dude!!

[@zmaninpgh]

Nice demo! Hey... can you hook this up to a karoke system? Thanks!

[@NIA__]

Can use distortion/radio sound at Rock band live stage? Or this makes feedback? Reply plz..

[@Sixpoint7five]

Glad you picked beasties for the rap hip hop demo 💎

[@JS-lr8nj]

You got a thumbs up for your rendition of "Faithfully". Nice. haha!

[@JS-lr8nj]

Dying at your composition "harmony doesn't seem that real to me"!!!!! OMG, that's awesome.

[@nilanjanmaitralive3326]

Ve-20 or TC Helicon Voiceplay ?

[@dreambeliever3652]

Totally with ya dude. Great demo

[@b-art6609]

Hi I really hope someone can answer me, I know this has 2 xrl connections so you can connect two microphones, thus is it possible to use it with two singers right? I'm looking for something that alows me and my band mate to loop our voices at the same time, I think with this one this is possible right? Is it worthy? Thannnkss

[@ethniehales1316]

Hi do you know which speakers you need to hear sound please for this pedal?

[@DancingwithGhosts]

any speaker that accepts an XLR input

[@sopranosaxshorts4139]

Thanks for the review!!!

[@geoffreymerrifield5666]

Enjoyed the video. Refreshing sense of humor and helpful info and demo's! The Pink Floyd vocal was awesome among lots of great stuff!

[@DancingwithGhosts]

Thanks Geoff I'm glad you enjoyed it :)