BOSS VE-500 VOCAL PERFORMER

[@Rael39]

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]

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!!!

[@RockinJohnnyaitken]

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]

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??

[@qstudiomusicandproductions2695]

😆 loved the no copywrite strike- love the humor!

[@thepedalpicassos]

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

[@angelosantarossa7266]

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

[@thepedalpicassos]

Do it!!! It’s pretty awesome!

[@Moykel]

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

[@thepedalpicassos]

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

[@JuusoHoo]

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

[@thepedalpicassos]

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]

@@thepedalpicassos that is a pity!!!

[@chloe-lj4wh]

Seriously…. Wicked review! Thanks so much

[@thepedalpicassos]

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

[@mayapulke]

Hi, I am considering BOSS VE-500 or Boss VE-22. I want to have the ability to have specified harmonies and I have a whole band so no acoustic guitar to go through the effect. From your videos I got the feeling the Boss VE-22 would be better for me but wanted to get your input. TNX!

[@bennettskb555]

Excellent demo, as always, thank you👍

[@thepedalpicassos]

Thanks Mate!

[@JuusoHoo]

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]

No worries mate! Glad it was helpful!

[@DMSProduktions]

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

[@thepedalpicassos]

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

[@DMSProduktions]

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

[@bikersoncall]

1:19 NO GUITAR EFFECTS? GOOD!! I guess if you need the 'reference' for harmonies, that's good, but as far as actual 'guitar effects', not something I would want. They should ditch the Pitch Correction feature.

[@theinsideguy4076]

I'm looking at buying one of these. Can you change your patches automatically on the VE 500 via your PC/LAPTOP? (Via the midi cable)

[@TheAmazingSnarf]

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

[@thepedalpicassos]

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

[@donvertito80]

dope😎

[@jamesriameigmp]

Should get one definitely

[@thepedalpicassos]

Do it!!!!

[@ibdense]

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

[@thepedalpicassos]

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

[@ibdense]

Thanks! @@thepedalpicassos

[@lunchroomdad]

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]

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

[@TheJonathanLugo]

Barry White’s impression was great

[@thepedalpicassos]

Ha ha ha ha. Thanks mate!

[@artnardone]

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]

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]

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

[@robtanner5241]

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]

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]

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

[@itsthemusiq4me73]

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

[@richpivo772]

Want to buy this, but many complaints claiming it has a mind of its own. Anybody have any problems with this unit?

[@HeroPunkOficial]

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]

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

[@acasadiluca]

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]

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

[@paulussantosociwidjaja4781]

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]

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

[@chloe-lj4wh]

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]

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.

[@tommyslow218]

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/,

[@AleSuggests]

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]

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

[@juliannabg5]

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]

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]

Thanks for the quick response 🙏

[@juliannabg5]

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

[@victorblancoarcas]

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]

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]

@@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)

[@johnparsons3454]

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

[@thepedalpicassos]

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

[@MarkDavidBlack]

I've heard it can do vibrato.

[@danesmith6233]

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]

Yes mate! That’s exactly right!

[@danesmith6233]

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

[@MrDalegray]

What is a FILE SAFE?

[@byromtaylor6482]

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]

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]

@@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

[@stevenmurphy7884]

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

[@thepedalpicassos]

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

[@jeffpartrick5222]

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

[@thepedalpicassos]

This one can do both!!

[@JarOfMusic413]

Can set to minor or major without instrument? Thanks

[@stevieross4415]

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

[@thepedalpicassos]

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]

@@thepedalpicassos Thats great thanks mate.

[@langzikesch25]

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]

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]

@@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 🤘

[@matijapocrnic2974]

Does it have user scale?

[@thepedalpicassos]

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

[@jacksonholt3846]

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]

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

[@zakklee2556]

Does the harmony guitar Following only work in acoustic guitar?

[@thepedalpicassos]

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]

@@thepedalpicassos thanks !

[@Sufferghost]

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

[@thepedalpicassos]

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…

[@bigtimetimproduction]

Please explain the chain!

[@thepedalpicassos]

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]

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]

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

[@livefromthepsy-op1170]

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

[@thepedalpicassos]

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

[@JarOfMusic413]

Can this work on bass guitar?

[@thepedalpicassos]

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]

Thank you...

[@josemartineztorres6634]

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

[@leecanning123]

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

[@thepedalpicassos]

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

[@leecanning123]

@@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]

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]

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

[@jacksonholt3846]

@@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.

[@robertvondarth1730]

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

[@thepedalpicassos]

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

[@boabglen]

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]

"okay, alright.." :|

[@nickdryad]

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

[@thepedalpicassos]

I must have an inner hillbilly!!!

[@michelaser]

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[@artnardone]

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]

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!

[@quiksilver6655]

Dude play in a key other than G

[@thepedalpicassos]

Settle down mate… the video is about the pedal… not the guitar playing…

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