E-4 Voice Tweaker as an Effects Box!

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E-4 Voice Tweaker as an Effects Box!
Today I'm finally using the Roland E-4 Voice Tweaker as an effects box! The E-4 is a fantastic portable vocal processor, but with the proper TRRS splitter, it can actually apply those great effects to all of your synths and drum machines as well! This makes it an incredibly versatile device, especially considering that it only costs $199 USD! Enjoy the video :)
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@david_pilkington_music 22 дня назад

I've just recently purchased the Roland E-4 and your video highlights another novel way of using it. Thank you for taking the time and effort. I'm not sure what all the fuss regarding 'splitter leads' is about though. OK, so the 'mix out' on the E-4 can be used by headphones with a built in microphone to input your voice (hence the icon). Personally, I would not put a synth directly into this socket through a splitter as it's designed primarily for microphone input (the signal format will be incorrect). Also, there is nothing to be gained as it renders the 'Mic in' on the front of the E-4 useless (the E-4 will only take one mic input correctly). Instead, I would run the synth through a DI box (to convert the signal format) into the standard 'Mic in' socket on the front. According to the manual (page 39) this socket accepts a standard stereo jack (or mono). Having said all that, I really enjoy your videos and keep up the good work.

@FreeBeat 22 дня назад

Thanks for watching!

@Trig242 2 года назад

This is one of the things I was hoping to use the E4 for. Thanks for the demo!

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

It's super cool haha, thanks for watching!

@anthonytalley55 Год назад

Me also

@monsterlogostudios 2 года назад

Impressed with how versatile the E4 is.

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Yeah, it's great!

@ianmcmurchie6636 Год назад

I would not have known about that line-in trick. Thanks this helps a lot.

@synthesauriov3195 2 года назад

wish the E-4 could process the stereo output coming from the In mix, would be an instant buy for me, those scatter effects looks so fun for live performance

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Yeah, I agree!

@pyko5100 7 месяцев назад

Roland MX-1 does scatter effects

@edtraylen8581 Год назад

Your experiments inspired me to use the audio out from a mini kaoss pad 2S into the E4’s mic input and then plug a microphone into the line in on the Kaoss pad. I’m then using 1 of the Aira ports to put USB audio into the MX1. Triple effects!😂

@FreeBeat Год назад

That's awesome, thanks for sharing!

@YOYOJIN 2 года назад

super informative and super fun to watch all the gears that you showing on the channel!! :) yay!!! I ordered one immediately to try with my project (even though I'm not into music hehe):)

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Nice! What's your project?

@rayderrich 2 года назад

YES you finally did it, and YES it was fun to listen to.

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed!

@peterkruize8804 Год назад

That”s a great tip!!! I will ure try it out with my behringer sustem 35 for sure👏👏👏👏

@FreeBeat Год назад

Awesome!

@TrickmanTerry 2 года назад

Thanks for the cool FX vid and the link to the correct cable!

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Of course, thanks for watching!

@Soundthesis Год назад

Very interesting. I did the same simply using a mic adapter on a normal cable from the headphone audio of the Microfreak into the MiC in on the E4. I did a video on my channel.

@houseof50 2 года назад

I have the TC Helicon VE. Very similar.

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@johnwethekylow Год назад

Man, i'm so close to buying one of these but everyone else was having to do more elaborate setups to make synths work with the mic input, which was really putting me off of it, but a cheap adapter from amazon? I'm getting a LOT closer, except everyone bought your exact amazon listing so I would have to try a few others just ensuring it's trrs and only splits into one mic and one stereo output instead of just a pure mic/stereo splitter. But I also haven't gone through EVERYTHING in my new Zoom MS70CDR yet, (or my old mini-KP for that matter) so i'm getting way ahead of myself with gear acquisition, which is something we can all relate to i'm sure. I already got a J-6 and that thing is great for limited-talent-wannabe-musicians like myself. I'm not MAKING music, I just like to jam and tweak knobs and it's got a fun looking knob on it for sure.

@FreeBeat Год назад

If it helps you decide one way or another, I am having an impossible time getting the headset line in to work with any adapter. Even the one that worked in this video no longer works :(

@CmdrMic 2 года назад

Great stuff, pal.😊

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Thanks so much :)

@wiggesobk 2 года назад

This is really cool i have to try that out too! 👍

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Thanks!

@delmeteor717 Год назад

I own both pieces of gear and as always found your video really entertaining. Going to give the setup a try. I was wondering. Could you also use a 1/4” to 3.5 TRS to connect the two using E4 main mic input?

@FreeBeat Год назад

Yes you could, you'd just want to be careful and get the levels set right.

@tonywharton5220 5 месяцев назад

Hey FB. Hope you are keeping well my man. Can this save samples or would i need to use an external recorder please? Love from the UK ✌️

@FreeBeat 5 месяцев назад

Doing well! Sadly the E-4 can't save any audio. Thanks as always :)

@tonywharton5220 5 месяцев назад

@@FreeBeat Cheers bud. That's a bloody shame. It's not really a problem as I have a decent zoom recorder. Just wondering how you managed to get on with the Shearan pedal board?

@jabzinaut 2 года назад

You may have answered this already/seems obvious but I presume you can still use the mic plugged into the Roland e4 along with the microfreak for even more mayhem? Love your vids, man!

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

You can only apply effects to one audio source at a time, sadly. Also, those sources either have to be the 1/4" mic in, or the mix out/headset in jack. You could route the microfreak through the "mix in" jack, but you can't apply effects to that audio. It's a bit silly honestly haha. Thanks for watching!

@tylon2999 2 года назад

@@FreeBeat Could the E4 be used in the send/return on a dj mixer ?

@re8et355 Год назад

Seriously Roland is asking people to mod the unit with this TRRS hidden input. What were they thinking?? Why?? Just... why?? Add a minijack with an input volume knob please to that unit Free Beat!!

@FreeBeat Год назад

Yeah that would be pretty nice lol, thanks for watching!

@f3d3sacchi Год назад

Hello! Thank you for your video. I tried several TRRS splitters with no luck, finally I found that iRig 2 works perfectly. The only cons is that synths will become mono. But just a question: is there a way to use splitters and keep stereo signal? Thank you.

@BassWorkENTRTNMT 9 месяцев назад

My understanding is, that a stereo signal is not possible. A TRRS splitter has only three audio connector lines and two are for L and R and one is for MIC.

@donaldchilnerjr175 2 года назад

I guess you can use it on inserts than

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@s.mendez7160 3 дня назад

Is the MicroFreak output line level?

@anthonytalley55 Год назад

Thanks bro

@FreeBeat Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@tomarchertech 2 года назад

You can receive audio via the usb-c port too.

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Yeah! I have to try that next haha.

@krazywabbit 2 года назад

In my testing, you can't "mangle" that audio coming via USB-C port. That would be a nice firmware update!

@goomdoom3244 8 месяцев назад

The splitter is unavailable. Does any one has found one that works?

@julianespino222 2 месяца назад

Hi, im not very good at english so first I have to say sorry for that. I tried this with my volca keys and it works, but for some reason when I try this with my volca drum it doesnt sound. I tried mono and stereo cables and nothing happen. I have the correct splitter, Ctia Trrs Y. As I said, its so strange because it works with my volca keys. Anybody have and idea of what is happening here?

@websherpa 7 месяцев назад

Went to try this with another TRRS mic/headphone splitter and could not get it to work (the splitter in the description is no longer available). But what I discovered was that it WOULD work if I plugged a dummy (unconnected) 1/4" TRS balanced jack into the main 1/4" input (an unbalanced TS did not work). That tells me the two are connected but plugging in one has an effect on the other (similar to the way headphone jacks are set up to disconnect speakers). Still even with this I found the levels low and effect unpredictable, so maybe something else is at play. Not sure why @Freebeat worked as it did though.

@zloboslav_ Год назад

Dude!!! There was this trick to harmonize mono synths with the old digitech vocalist to make them poly! This E4 with a midi controller can it do this? If it can, can we see it in video, because it's really amazing!!!

@FreeBeat Год назад

I honestly have no clue if it can do that, sorry!

@christopherb.2277 2 месяца назад

You cant loop it ?

@1980belo 5 месяцев назад

Hallo, so the input signal is mono or stereo? Thanks

@delmeteor717 Год назад

I tried this setup last night with my Roland Aira j6. I found the only way I could get it to work was to plug a 1/4” cable into the 1/4” mic jack of the E4 before the TRRS splitter would be recognized. Have you tried using your E4 with the J6 and did you find same situation?

@BassWorkENTRTNMT 9 месяцев назад

I have the same problem with the Roland T-8 and the TRRS splitter. But it's quit odd that is works with my Volca sample and the splitter...

@azeriustv 2 года назад

Can U make a Video how i can record my Po? Want to Share what i got

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

I actually am working on a very basic video for recording gear! Thanks for watching :)

@azeriustv 2 года назад

@@FreeBeat Great to hear =)

@martinaleksandrov7080 Год назад

pretty cool! A side question: when you connect a mic to the input, does it lift it to line level or I still need to connect the effects box to mic in in my mixer?

@FreeBeat Год назад

You don't need anything else if you plug in a mic, at least I'm pretty sure haha.

@martinaleksandrov7080 Год назад

@@FreeBeat so i can connect the MIX OUT to LINE IN and have sufficient level?

@delmeteor717 Год назад

My unit only works with mic plugged into 1/4” input and then the splitter works in the mic output jack.

@christopherb.2277 2 месяца назад

What is a 1/4 input ?

@delmeteor717 2 месяца назад

That is the microphone input at left. Just plug a guitar cable into it

@slimpyman 2 года назад

pretty neat. thought those devices from roland were 100 bones... oh well.

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Yeah, they're $199. I think they're worth it though, at least the E-4!

@matth9359 9 месяцев назад

Have you done much playing with the looper?

@spacemonk7544 Год назад

Great video. Unfortunately I still struggle with hooking anything to the E-4. I already bought three different splitter cables (microphone/headphones) like the one in your video but I cant hear a sound from the device I am trying to connect. I am trying to hook the Roland J-6 to it. Mix-Out Jack goes to Microphone of the Splitter cable and my headphones go to the Headphone socket of the same splitter cable. Is there anything else I should do or be aware of?

@FreeBeat Год назад

Mine only works intermittently now, I have absolutely no clue why. It seems a lot of folks are having issues with the audio in. Wish I had something helpful to add :(

@adeevision1297 Год назад

What about using the mic input and the mix in does that work ? and adding the effects on both..

@thxpower Год назад

why you didn't use the mix-in or the mic-in jack?

@FreeBeat Год назад

I did use the Mic in jack haha. The mix in is just a passthrough, doesn't actually apply effects.

@johnruschulte2593 2 года назад

Why can’t you just go in mic jack with a quarter inch cable is it just to hot? Can you turn synth way down maybe?

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Yeah it sounds awful no matter what I do haha.

@naturalbornrigger 2 года назад

DI Box will do.

@astrofreq Год назад

Can you use the TRRD cable and the mic in at the same time to give it two inputs? Thanks.

@lalione Год назад

This is cool. Can the output from microfreak go to E-4 via a 3.5mm to 1/4 cable? The splitter with Amazon is no longer available.

@Gungan42 2 месяца назад

Stop buying from Amazon mate. It’s not musician oriented, higher prices and not part of our industry… it just steals us resources

@hunterfrederick2731 2 года назад

Can you use a mic at the same time?

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

I don't believe so :(

@anthonytalley55 Год назад

Do you have the new micro freak

@FreeBeat Год назад

Do you mean the Minifreak? If so, I don't have the hardware, but I have the software version. I've done a few videos on it as well.

@jeremytufts2837 2 года назад

I just got one, I can't see anywhere how to adjust the tempo which seems to be locked at 130bpm, you did mention that you needed to did deeper into that. Have you figured out how to adjust it yet?

@bricelory9534 Год назад

I believe you can clock its tempo with the "sync" jack - using midi, I believe - I could be wrong, but there are ways to sync its clock. So, theoretically, you should (I think!) be able to use the Microfreak (in this example) to send MIDI clock to it, so they'd be on the same tempo.

@KEENERtheDJ 2 года назад

Does anybody know how to change the master tempo? (130.0 default)

@krazywabbit 2 года назад

I looked in the manual and I do not see an option where you can do that.

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

Yeah I can't find a way to do it :( That's definitely an interesting missing feature.

@chk_yt3345 2 года назад

Hi Freebeat! Hi all! Tried 7 trrs splitters from Amazon and never was able to plug my synths in the E4 😩 Anyone found a splitter that worked? The one linked on the video is not sold on my Amazon shop

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

I'm sorry to hear that :( Hopefully you can find one that works!

@tylon2999 2 года назад

@@FreeBeat So basically you can't use the fx on external audio as Roland advertised.

@krazywabbit 2 года назад

I ordered several and they arrive Thursday. If one works, I will let you know.

@chk_yt3345 2 года назад

@@krazywabbit that would be awesome! As an alternative, I have managed to use the regular mike input instead of the headphone out. I had to turn sensitivity quite low, so that the sound was not too hot. It was really good to be able to use the scatter function etc

@krazywabbit 2 года назад

@@chk_yt3345 that was my work around too! Works great for iPads with the headphone Jack.

@hunterfoxen 2 года назад

3:45 starts the demo

@FreeBeat 2 года назад

I always try to include a basic explanation of the topic, as well as a simple walkthrough of the cables and routing, as I know I have a lot of newcomers to electronic music watching my content. I should probably start pinning a comment with the "start" of the playing for the more experience viewers though, thanks!

@livetips2491 Год назад

Whats the difference microfreak vocoder vs roland e4?

@Lala-cw7ez Год назад

How to connect the E-4 to the model cycles?

@BuellStreetBlaster Год назад

Does the looper timestretch when sync ed to external clock?

@FreeBeat Год назад

I don't believe so, but I could be wrong.

@BuellStreetBlaster Год назад

@@FreeBeat ordered one today, should arrive tomorrow, I'll report th results on this comment.

@BuellStreetBlaster Год назад

@@FreeBeat Got it today. It does not time stretch but it maintains the original pitch by adjusting the length of the loop to make it fit. This thing is insane synced to the Volca Drum. Crazy glitch grooves from just sampling radio static. These 2 pieces make a killer compact combo.