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• 2022.03: Equal Highest Rated Multi-Effect On Stage Vocal Processor

Overview

The Boss VE-8 is designed to cater to the needs of singers who play acoustic-electric guitar. It has dedicated preamps and effects for both mic and acoustic inputs. It is an all-in-one preamp and effects solution for vocals and acoustic guitars.

Being a vocal processor pedal, most of the features are meant for improving your vocals and expanding what you can do with it.

This includes having a mic preamp with phantom power support, for using condenser mics. It also comes reverb and enhance. And has esoteric vocal effects like pitch correction, distortion, robot, and more.

The guitar pedal side comes with its own sound enhancer via its acoustic resonance feature. It is designed to add realism to the sound of piezo equipped acoustic-electric guitars.

It also has dedicated effects like reverb and chorus, tremolo, phaser and more. Most of the guitar effects are quite good, including the distortion which is a bit unusual for acoustic players. This means that you can use the VE-8 as a vocal distortion pedal, if that's what you want to do.

With only 80 seconds available on the looper, you can't build complex loops like I do on the Boss RC-300. But it is enough for a bit of layering in parts like the chorus.

The VE-8 does have an intuitive workflow and it doesn't take too long to find your way around the unit.

This is a great rig "simplifier" for self-accompanying singers, a compact unit that can substitute for a complex yet intuitive rig.

It has dedicated preamps for mic and guitar, both of which come with independent effects. The microphone side has more features, including essential effects like reverb and smart harmony. And it also incorporates experimental ones that include distortion, robot and other electronic effect types.

Check this out if you're looking for a gig-worthy vocal and acoustic guitar effects pedal.

Specifications

• Harmony: Smart Guitar-Controlled Harmony
• Harmony Voices: Up to 2
• Pitch Correction: Auto Chromatic, Hard Tune
• Looper: 80-Second, Single Track
• Effects: Doubling, Reverb, Octave, Mod Delay, Chorus, Distortion, Radio, Electronic and more
• Phantom Power: 48V
• Guitar Effects: Acoustic Resonance, Reverb, Chorus, Notch Filter
• Inputs: 1 x XLR, 1 x 1/4", 1 x 1/8" (Aux)
• Outputs: 2 x XLR, 2 x 1/4", 1 x 1/8" (Headphones), 1 x 1/4" (External Footswitch)
• USB Port: Firmware Update and Direct Recording
• Power: DC Power Supply or 6 x AA Batteries