BOSS VE-500 VOCAL PERFORMER 

Thanks Mate!

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??

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

Do it!!! It’s pretty awesome!

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

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

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

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

Do it!!!!

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!!!

Yeah! We can do that for you! Easy!

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

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

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!!

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

No worries mate! Glad it was helpful!

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.

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

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!

@@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 🤘

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

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!

@@thepedalpicassos that is a pity!!!

Yes mate! That’s exactly right!

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

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

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

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…

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?

@@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)

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

@@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

Ha ha ha ha. Thanks mate!

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

Thanks! @@thepedalpicassos

This one can do both!!

Can set to minor or major without instrument? Thanks

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

@@thepedalpicassos thanks !

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

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

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.

@@thepedalpicassos Thats great thanks mate.

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!!!

Thanks for the quick response 🙏

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

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

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

@@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

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!

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

@@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.

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!

Thank you...

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

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!

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

I must have an inner hillbilly!!!

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!

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