Radial Voco-Loco | Sing Through Guitar Pedals!

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Everyone from vocalists to horn players can benefit immensely from Radial‘s Voco-Loco! This foot-controlled Send/Receive effects loop integrates guitar effects pedals into your miked sound, with a high-quality preamp adding exceptional warmth and shimmer as well as a 2-band EQ to tweak frequencies to taste. Using the integrated Send/Receive functionality, running practically any pedal into the Voco-Loco is a breeze. Join in the endless fun that is effects pedals with Radial‘s Voco-Loco!
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00:00 - Intro
01:09 - Ins, Outs, Buttons, and Knobs
03:48 - Who Is This Pedal For?
05:31 - Basic Setup
07:57 - Singing Through Lots of Guitar Pedals
13:44 - Singing Through Don Carr‘s Pedalboard
17:21 - Jacob Dupre Playing a Horn Through Don‘s Pedalboard
19:09 - Outro and More Jacob Playing His Horn
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[@sweetwater]

Why should guitarists have all the fun? Upstage 'em, with Radial's Voco-Loco! 👊 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe!

[@wildealien]

This video is great, but it's missing that "sensible" vocal pedalboard Virgil kept mentioning we COULD build... Maybe a follow-up with something put together? Like: compression, reasonable reverbs, maybe a POG?

[@DutchVai]

The trumpet ending painted a nice picture of wet streets in a downtown setting. Thanks !!

[@greghitt1704]

This needed a Korg Miku at the end

[@be8965]

This so exactly the rig I’m planning for my vocals! So lucky you choose the Collider to show it with Vocals thank you for it. I was between the Color box v2 and the Voco loco but I think is clear what I’m going for! Thank you guys!!

[@Sam_Merrill]

Been looking at one of these for my trumpet 🤔

[@KirklandWilliamsWorkout3000]

Interesting now I gotta try it on the sax 🎷 because of your comment

[@johnbarber7683]

Wow!!!!!! Some serious sick vocal sounds.

[@mikeghimself]

I've been playing both guitar and drums for about 25 years. Piano for maybe 15. Attempting vocals for the past 10 or so.. Lucky to have grown up around a professional studio and eventually begin building one of my own. But the reason that I subscribed to Sweetwater's channel (after all these years of being a 2nd generation Sweetwater customer)? Flugelhorn. I don't play horns, but I'm willing to bet there's a flugelhorn player out there somewhere who's days has just been made, knowing they have not been forgotten.

[@bitflux2]

These showcases are great, more please

[@ronpatterson5483]

Great informative video!!! Always appreciate going through & describing all functions.

[@jjrusy7438]

you can do the same thing in studio through your mixer using the aux sends to guitar pedals. my favorite is Microphone into mixer mic pre and send out to a mel9-reverb chain. plus with multiple aux sends like on mackies or behringer mixers etc, you can mix in 3 or 4 parallel chains of effects, including rack effects.

[@gmmusic4664]

Hey, how do you run these amounts of pedals into the mixer without getting feedback? I run one distrotion pedal through sends and returns and it goes wild. Pls help 😭

I enjoyed this video, thank you! And now I really understand Voco-Loco, it can be great at home studio. Cheers!

[@TheOneTrueAJ]

Excellent presentation of an excellent product.

[@ihaveaproblem3153]

I was going to make something like this because vocal pedals are so much more expensive then guitar pedals, I remember learning how xlr cables work so I'm guessing you just effect one of the signals and bypass the other, I also guess the 180 phase switch is cutting off one side or switching the effected side, xlr is such a simple great solution for removing noise produced from a cable by having two identical signals and flipping one of the signals phase then at the mixer flipping the signal back any introduce noise along the cable is deleted

[@whosyabobby]

I wish they made a more affordable version of this.

[@gavinw5469]

You could probably get a local amp tech to build something like this much cheaper. It's not rocket science but it's definitely a rip off. It's basically an XLR in 1/4 out preamp with an eq and effects loop.. Very basic stuff. I bet an amp tech or builder could build something like this for closer to 200. That is still a lot, but unless you want to learn how to solder and wire and stuff like that then that would be your only option. Soldering really is pretty easy though.

[@Ra-gv6lx]

Awesome product and enjoyed presentation, 👍

[@Giovy-Perez]

me he senrtido demasiado identificado por que esto lo hacia en el 90s ya que carecía de pedales para voz y usaba pedales de guitarra para la voz increíble!... SO COOL AND TRIPPY!

[@emiliojgarcia8502]

Y como los conectas

[@PRIELATV]

This answers all my what if questions

[@Jake-ou8hw]

This is awesome! And I don't even know how to setup the mic so I can hear the live sound of it in the room 🤣

[@RobertFisher1969]

The Pitchfork on detune would’ve been a great example of a more subtle effect.

[@thinkingape7655]

I know it’s a vase behind the amp, BUT the roll of toilet paper sitting on the Orange amp is pretty funny…. 😉 The vocal pedal does sound cool though.

[@savoirfaire8979]

BROWN SOUND.

[@TheOneTrueAJ]

@@savoirfaire8979 🤣

[@parismusic3590]

Is there a deesser analog pedal for vovals or a multiband compressor that can handle the sibilance? Nice tool thank you.

[@O.W_Films]

this is pretty cool

[@savoirfaire8979]

Price isn’t terrible. Looks and sounds fun. But I sense that dedicated vocal effects units might be more efficient. Experimentation may land unique effects techniques but would take awhile to “dial in.”

[@athomeontwo]

An incomplete single channel mixer, revolutionary idea

[@silverappegio]

seem cool, but in term of the design if this is meant to be pedal-like... why is the 48v n the other 2 button so inaccessible and need a thin pin to activate? lol

[@zatoichiable]

can we use other mic preamp connect to guitar effects?

[@6stringsandapick]

A small mixer with an insert will take care of most of this except the wet/dry mix. Also would be cool to run a harmonizer in front of the Mel9.

[@lucianoluggren]

You have to adapt impedances, but yes. Wet/dry you can do this by returning the pedals to the same mixer and adjusting the level of each channel, the mixer must have at least one pre fader aux send.

[@flaneursong78]

@@lucianoluggren I’m looking to do this via a mall mixer precisely, like the Mackie ProFx6 or 10. How do you make sure it’s going with righ impedance from the mixer to the pedals? Thanks!

[@lucianoluggren]

Hello, this option is only recommended if you already have a mixer or you get a cheap mixer. If you are going to spend money and the sum is close to the value of the Voco-Loco, it may be better to buy this all-in-one solution from Radial. The mixer has to have a physical Pre-fader aux output (neither mackie prefx6 or fx10 does have one), the best way is to connect the pre-fader aux output to the input of a Reamp box (like the Radial ProRMP), then exit the reamp and go to the pedals. Then you connect the last pedal to a direct box and from the direct box you return to a mixer channel. With the original mic channel and the pedal return channel you can make a wet/dry mix. I repeat, this process is recommended when you already have a mixer and you also use these tools (such as the reamp and the direct box) for other uses. And if you already have the mixer, before buying a reamp, you can try skip the reamp, directly outputting the aux output to the pedals with a 1/4 TS cable (normal guitar cable) and check if that set-up works for you. Sometimes it works, sometimes there is too much noise or the tone changes too much without the reamp.@@flaneursong78

[@flaneursong78]

@@lucianoluggren many thanks for the great explanation, very useful. I indeed planned on getting a cheap/simple mixer, as my goal is to streamline as much as possible the process, as well as the gear needed, but I get your point, better to invest in the full package that opens the options. I think I don’t need a real wet/dry setup, just be able to use the guitar pedals for vocals and acoustic guitar with a condenser mic, and get a decent result. Would the mixer work for a simple use case as this one? Other option I was thinking if a simple pedal like a Flamma vocal one, which has XLRs and jack ins and outs, as well as phantom power

[@lucianoluggren]

It depends on what you want to do, whether it's using the guitar and singing at the same time, live or in the studio. If what you want are simple effects (such as reverb, delay, etc.) to play live guitar and sing at the same time, perhaps a pedal like the TC electronic voice live play acoustic can help you, it is more expensive but it already has the effects. built-in (it is pedal format and robust).@@flaneursong78

[@laughingthrushmusic5269]

Does the built in mic pre get dirty if you crank it?

[@joshuafreedman7703]

Please detail the exact signal chain.

[@untungandreas4502]

IT'S COOL!

[@jadestewart3519]

What reverb unit would U decribe for a JBL prx one cos there built in reverb is total insurable

[@karenfrye4546]

Nice video. I am a complete novice at pedals and such. Which pedals do I need to play my Flutes, Harmonicas and Ewi live? Thanks

[@karenfrye4546]

Oh and maybe a wiring diagram!!

[@regaudieguillaume]

No need to sell it to us ;) Just demo it and we will choose! Thanks :)

[@anthonyn1312]

Can it be like talking or counting mic 🎤🎙️?

[@therangersinger]

Pretty cool. My helix can take care of all that. Looks like some ideas to mess around with today when I get off work. Thanks for the great video guys.

[@SorceGiovanni]

Hi, thank you for the interesting video. I have one question: is it possible to use the effects by plugging the jack of the amplified guitar to the pedals? Or are all the pedals monopolized by the use of the Voco Loco? Sorry for my english and thank you

[@sweetwater]

Hi, Gianni. The In and Out jacks of the pedals would be connected to the Send and Return from the Voco Loco. In other words, if you have effects being used with the Voco Loco, you won’t be able to also use them with a guitar at the same time. Thanks for your interest! Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, [phone] ext. 1320, [e-mail]

[@eiraflling4981]

A Boss LS-2 will make this possible.

[@nigelsmith8727]

fun at last boy oh boy funtime

[@rbroderick]

Just tried to mount this to a pedalboard. It doesn’t lay flat and adhere to the Velcro because there are four feet on the bottom of the Loco. Are these feet removable?

[@TheDigitalDeem]

can you plug the voco loco right into something like ableton and use it as a DI box safely?

[@sweetwater]

Hey, Ni! You can absolutely use the Voco Loco direct into Ableton with the use of an interface in the middle. If you have questions on how that setup would look, feel free to let us know. Thanks for reaching out! Corey Elliott, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, [phone] ext. 1242, [e-mail]

[@thesaj1110]

Ladies and Gents, what is the name of that instrument that was played at the end please?

[@TheEvral]

I think I found the only video on KZbin with NO thumbs down...! 😳

[@cowsmoosic]

or uh, you know use the insert on the desk?

[@paulriguccini3416]

Gibby would be proud

[@JanavarKan83]

This should be sponsored by Doritos. Doritos Voco Locos

[@ikesours6558]

OR, for much cheaper, just buy an XLR-1/4" jack and run through any pedals of your choosing. Just like with DI's and amp modelers, get the 1/4"-XLR jack. Otherwise, you're really just spending dough on what's essentially a fancy pants overpriced EQ pedal.

[@gavinw5469]

I don't think that would work as well. The signal level will drop significantly, so you should put a simple preamp to get the level up again, because 1/4 will just drop the volume. If you did that and built a simple passive eq, you would be set!

[@gavinw5469]

It would be pretty easy to build. They are trying to market it like it is it's own unique thing. Basically a mic preamp with eq and effects loop.

[@ikesours6558]

@@gavinw5469 Works great for me. My tuner's a buffer anyway, like most.

[@gavinw5469]

@@ikesours6558 hmm. Interesting. Is it through a DI on your amp? I would think the signal would need to be boosted after it went through the XLR to 1/4 jack without a preamp of some sort.

[@ikesours6558]

@@gavinw5469 I use no amp. Record everything (guitars, bass, keys, drum machine, vocals, noise) through pedals and direct into a tascam digital before dumping into laptop for mixing.

[@kodykindhart5644]

Buffered effects loop?

[@sweetwater]

Hi, Kody. A buffer is typically used in an effects chain to convert a high impedance signal to low impedance so that it can handle long cable runs without tone loss. That doesn’t really apply to this since the initial mic signal going into the pedal is a balanced, low impedance signal. The Voco-Loco uses an internal transformer to convert the signal back to high impedance so that it can be properly run through effects pedals, and then converts back to balanced, low impedance when it comes back in. Since the cable runs are short and the pedals themselves are buffering the signal, a buffer in the FX loop is not necessary. Thanks for your interest! Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, [phone] ext. 1320, [e-mail]

[@kodykindhart5644]

Ah I see Thx for the replies Working on a pedal boards for horn players and just figuring some stuff out I’m fairly versed with my bass and guitar rigs tho Just trying to apply some of the fundamentals here

[@BoyAditya]

*Michael Winslow has entered the chat

[@IgaGearDemos]

I have this Voco Loco and it’s so noisy

[@chinmeysway]

Like it adds higher noise flor / hiss? Damn

[@sendforacar9323]

Why would there be a mute button when you can just step on the loop button and kill the FX. Seems redundant. Also why get this when there are all these options in a tc voice live pedal? They take up less space and have up to 500 programmable presets. If it's money, by the time you purchase all the pedals you need to create the FX you want you might as well got the TC.

[@JohannesLabusch]

Jesus Christ you guys. Yes, I want to sing through a fuzz pedal to get crazy distorted sounds with my voice, but obviously, I also need high end components for my trash sound, and I'm really worried about phase issues or the wrong level when I sing through a motherflippin guitar pedal! Oh, and also, I have a massive urge to spend 300 bucks for a 5 second effect. I heard it's also a really cool effect to hold a match to 15 20$ bills on stage.

[@soundknight]

I don't like the radial preamp sounds. Very 00s

[@maxammo6282]

Wow for the price why would you even get this it doesn't even have any effects in it. For the money I would just go ahead and buy the boss ve 500. It just doesn't make any sense to buy this buy a bunch of cables and then get fx. Plus with the boss you can set up patches and recall them instantly.

[@wmpet5101]

pffft thats not singing....ugh..... LOL hahahahaha

[@deantello9179]

How about less talking and more about the product ;)

[@ljsphotos123]

This was a horrible demo! You still have to purchase effects too? It's already close to 400.00?