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Boss VE-500 Compact Vocal Performer with Built-In Phrase Looper
SKU: BSVE500 MFR: VE-500
Earn VIP Reward PointsKey Features
- Elevate vocal performances with the Boss VE-500's stunning vocal harmony effects.
- Experiment with VE-500's versatile effects, from subtle enhancements to radical transformations.
- Craft intricate vocal layers using the built-in phrase looper for dynamic live arrangements.
- Achieve pristine sound quality with 32-bit processing, ensuring professional vocal clarity.
- Easily integrate with your setup via XLR outputs, perfect for studio and stage environments.
- Customize your sound using intuitive controls, tailoring vocal effects to your unique style.
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About Boss VE-500
Boss VE-500 Compact Vocal Performer Effects Pedal
The Boss VE-500 is the perfect solution for guitarists who are looking to enhance their singing by adding interesting effects to their vocals. This stompbox is a vocal effects engine that has 50 onboard preset patch setups and a whopping 99 user memories for storing your own patches. It also offers highly accurate pitch and harmony correction based on what guitar chords are being played, making it a highly useful addition to any singing guitarist’s arsenal. It has three footswitches and three knobs—all of which are assignable—to provide musicians with quick and intuitive control during live performances. Its large selection of effects includes distortion, vocoder, harmony, reverb, delay, and modulation, to name a few. Meanwhile, a dedicated looper allows you to play recorded loops that can last up to 60 seconds for mono and 30 seconds for stereo. To shape the core tone of the voice in the best possible way, this Boss pedal incorporates EQ, intelligent compression, and de-essing. Finally, the connectors on the VE-500 include a 6.3-millimeter instrument jack for the guitar, one XLR input and two outputs for the microphone, and one micro-USB type-B port for MIDI use.
ALC: The New Boss VE-500 Vocal Performer Pedal Is a Must for Singing Guitarists
he 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....
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VE-500 Vocal Performer
If you’re like most guitarists, you spend a lot of time choosing the right amps and pedals to craft your own personalized sound. But if you sing in your band as well, it hasn’t always been so easy to give your vocal sounds that same attention to detail—until now. The advanced VE-500 Vocal Performer provides everything you need to achieve impressive vocal harmonies and effects on stage, and all in streamlined stompbox that integrates seamlessly with the regular guitar effects on your pedalboard.
Powerhouse Vocal Tools for Your Pedalboard
Packing professional sound quality and serious BOSS DSP muscle, the VE-500 delivers sophisticated harmony and pitch correction functions that automatically track the chords you play on your guitar. It also includes a powerful vocoder and core sound-enhancement tools, plus world-class reverb, delay, and modulation sounds and specialty effects like distortion, filtering, and many others. And with programmable memories, you can instantly recall favorite setups for any song or style. The VE-500 is the perfect addition to the pedalboard of any singing guitarist, providing top-flight vocal processing that fits right alongside your standard guitar effects.
FEATURES:
- Advanced vocal multi-effects stompbox for singing guitarists
- Automatic vocal harmony/pitch correction powered by newly enhanced BOSS algorithms for natural sound with smooth tracking
- Class-leading sound quality and high-powered BOSS DSP engine for processing vocals with up to nine effects at once
- Extensive selection of effects specially tuned for vocals; Enhance section for shaping core tone, plus reverb, delay, modulation, distortion, EQ, filter, and many other types for further processing
- Versatile and creative vocoder effect for generating electronic voice and talk box sounds based on guitar input
- Flexible effect routing options for processing live and harmonized vocals together or separately
- Dedicated looper
- XLR mic input with adjustable sensitivity and available phantom power
- Guitar input for harmony, pitch, and vocoder processing; Thru output for sending unprocessed signal to guitar pedals
- Stereo XLR outputs for sending vocal sounds to a PA mixer or recorder
- Three assignable footswitches for real-time performance control, plus support for up to two external footswitches or an expression pedal
- 99 user memories for storing patch setups
- Three assignable knobs for quick access to essential parameters while performing
- MIDI input and USB-MIDI for guiding harmony/pitch engine from an external MIDI keyboard or DAW backing tracks
- Editor/librarian software (Mac/Windows) for sound editing and patch management via USB
All the Vocal Tools You Need, Right on Your Pedalboard
Filled with deep sound-shaping capabilities, the VE-500 is a professional vocal toolkit that lets you process your voice any way you like, from subtle sweetening to the dramatic, over-the-top effects heard on so many modern records. And with its newly enhanced harmony and pitch engine, you can easily expand your sound with real-time vocal harmonies and more.
The VE-500’s stompbox configuration makes it simple to integrate with any pedalboard—just plug your guitar into the instrument input to drive the harmony, pitch, and vocoder functions, and then use the Thru output to feed an unprocessed signal to your other pedals. And with the VE-500’s stereo XLR outputs, you’re able to send your processed vocal sounds directly to a PA mixer, stage monitor, or recording device.
Automatic Multi-Part Vocal Harmony Driven via Guitar or MIDI
Are you short of good backing singers in your band? The VE-500 is the perfect solution, making it easy to elevate your songs with rich, ear-catching vocal harmonies. Its automatic harmony engine is powered by advanced BOSS processing that detects the chords and key you play with your guitar, generating smooth and natural two- and three-part harmonies in real time as you sing. And by working with the VE-500’s different harmony modes, you’re able to refine the harmonies as needed for songs that have more complex key structures. The harmony engine can alternately be driven via MIDI (through either the VE-500’s MIDI or USB inputs), enabling you to generate pitch-perfect live harmonies with a MIDI keyboard or DAW-based backing tracks.
Vocal FX That Impress
The VE-500 contains wide-ranging effects with deep editing parameters for crafting nearly any vocal sound imaginable. In addition, highly flexible routing options are available for processing live and harmonized vocals together or separately. Use the Enhance section to polish your voice with essentials like compressor, de-esser, and EQ, then tap into the two dedicated Reverb/Delay sections for everything from subtle coloration to lush, expansive clouds of ambience. Four independent FX engines are available as well, and each contains an enormous selection of effects types. Spice things up with a little chorus, flanger, or tremolo, add some secondary reverb or delay, or take things over the top with distortion, radio voice, ring mod, slicer, filtering, and more—the sky’s the limit!
Get Creative with the Built-in Vocoder
Another killer VE-500 feature is its powerful vocoder function, which is derived from BOSS’s unique and innovative VO-1 Vocoder pedal. By vocalizing into the connected mic as you play, you can transform your guitar’s tone with electronic voices and an array of all-new colors for modern music styles. It’s even possible to replicate traditional talk box sounds, providing instant access to classic “talking lead guitar” tones without having to use a talk box rig and mouth tube.
Stay in Tune or Create Special Effects with Automatic Pitch Correction
The VE-500 also includes a dedicated pitch correction section, which is guided via guitar or MIDI just like the harmony function. You can employ it for transparent pitch stabilization, which is especially useful if you’re not such a great singer but still need to contribute some lead and/or backing vocals to your band’s sound. It’s also possible to switch in alternate modes that provide the heavily effected sounds heard on modern hits, including hard pitch correction, electronic tonalities, and even robot-voice sounds.
Total Performance Control
With the VE-500’s large display and panel knobs/buttons, it’s simple to create and call up sounds. After you’ve dialed in the perfect setup, simply save it to one of 99 user patch locations for instant recall while performing. Editor/librarian software is available as well, allowing to tweak and organize sounds from your Mac or Windows computer. The three panel knobs can be assigned to favorite parameters, enabling on-the-go tweaks in the heat of the moment. Three integrated footswitches offer access to a multitude of functions, including patch selection, individual effects on/off, harmony and looper functions, and more. Expanded control is also possible with external footswitches, an expression pedal, or MIDI.
How can singing guitarists elevate their vocal performance to match their meticulously crafted guitar tones The VE-500 Compact Vocal Performer is the solution, offering an unparalleled level of vocal processing power in a unit that fits effortlessly alongside your existing guitar pedals. With the VE-500, vocalists can now enjoy the same level of control and customization that they apply to their guitar sound.
Engineered with BOSS's renowned DSP technology, the VE-500 Vocal Performer delivers crystal-clear harmonies and pitch correction that intelligently follows the chords played on your guitar. This advanced stompbox not only enhances your vocals with lush harmonies; it also provides a suite of essential effects including world-class reverb, delay, and modulation, as well as a host of specialty effects such as distortion and filtering.
The VE-500 doesn't stop there; it also features a robust vocoder and core sound-enhancement tools that ensure your voice cuts through the mix with clarity and impact. Whether you're looking to add depth with reverb, warmth with delay, or texture with modulation, this compact performer has it all.
For the performing artist who demands versatility, the VE-500 boasts programmable memories, allowing you to instantly switch between settings for different songs or styles. This feature ensures a seamless transition throughout your set, without the need to manually adjust settings between songs.
Despite its advanced capabilities, the VE-500 is designed to integrate smoothly into your pedalboard setup, maintaining a streamlined profile that won't disrupt your performance flow. It's the ideal addition for any singing guitarist looking to bring professional-grade vocal effects and harmonies to the stage.
While the VE-500 offers a wealth of features, some users have noted that the user interface can be complex. However, those willing to delve into its functionalities will find that the VE-500 opens up a world of creative possibilities, making it a powerful tool for enhancing live vocal performances.
Boss VE-500 Features
- Advanced vocal processing stompbox for singing guitarists
- BOSS DSP technology for clear harmonies and pitch correction
- Includes reverb, delay, modulation, distortion, and filtering effects
- Built-in vocoder and sound-enhancement tools for professional-grade vocal performance
- Programmable memories for instant recall of favorite settings
- Compact design for seamless integration with existing pedalboard setup
Product Documents
User ManualKey Features
- Elevate vocal performances with the Boss VE-500's stunning vocal harmony effects.
- Experiment with VE-500's versatile effects, from subtle enhancements to radical transformations.
- Craft intricate vocal layers using the built-in phrase looper for dynamic live arrangements.
- Achieve pristine sound quality with 32-bit processing, ensuring professional vocal clarity.
- Easily integrate with your setup via XLR outputs, perfect for studio and stage environments.
- Customize your sound using intuitive controls, tailoring vocal effects to your unique style.