Boss VE20 Voice Performer Pedal User Reviews at zZounds

"If you sing, it's a no-brainer" submitted March 11, 2010

By a customer from yahoo.com

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Musical Background: Active musician/studio owner

Music Style: everything

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Sound: Phenomenal. The vocals are rich and flexible even without pitch correction. You can push this unit to the extreme and still sound really good. Bending notes transition smoothly (no chattering effect). Layering vocal loops does not degrade the previous loops, so you can sing rounds and not lose fidelity. With a little tweaking, I even made myself sound like an African chorus (I'm Chinese, so this really messes with people) Feature: Lots of useful features for vocalists. Easy to read the display in any condition. Ease of Use: SO easy to use, yet powerful. The menu was so easy that I have yet to open the manual. I knew almost every feature by the time this left the store. I even trained the sales person on how to use it! Quality: Built like a brick. My only concern is missing the pedal in the heat of performance, and snapping off the sound dial, but even that looks like it could take a few good stomps and survive. Value: Hard to say. I've been seeking a vocal pedal that does the things this one does for a couple of years, so to me this thing is an excellent value. The price is a bit steep, but beats every vocal pedal out there, sooo.... Manufacturer Support: Don't think I'll need Boss support for this pedal. Ever. The Wow Factor: It looks like every dual pedal effect Boss makes. I love that it's not cluttered with lots of buttons and dials. What I love most about it is the fact that it's EXACTLY what I wanted in a vocal pedal, but no one made it until Boss released this. Someone at Boss did their research. (note: at the time I discovered the VE-20, I couldn't afford it but bought it anyway. I'll just eat lots of Top Ramen this month.) Overall: I suspect that this pedal will become legendary, like the DS-1. I hope Boss continues this pedal because it fits live and studio applications very well. I would definitely replace it if lost/stolen/broken, and hope that I can replace it easily if that happens.

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Boss VE20 Voice Performer Customer Review submitted April 22, 2010

By a customer from dhs.gov

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Musical Background: Active musician

Music Style: Jazz/ R&B

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Sound: This compact pedal delivers believable harmonies, nice reverbs and clear delays. I tested everything out there and nothing this small delivers so much and you don't have to play instrument although I do. I have a small rack of effects (Lexicon, TC Electronic, Aphex Aural Exciter and Tube preamps). I don't cart the rack to gigs anymore. I can reasonably achieve those studio effects and carry in my gig bag. Boss got it right. Feature: No accessories. It should have included the PSA power adaptor for $250, but I went ahead and got one separately. I believe the presets are good and a real joy of this box is the ability to tweak delay times, feedback, the dynamics, 5 or so reverbs and stacking harmonies. However, the phrase looper and the ability to overdub is remarkable. Ease of Use: Good manual but I just opened and started testing. Quality: Made of metal...should withstand gig abuse for many years. Value: I would have paid a bit more now that I've tested it. Again, it should come with a power supply. Manufacturer Support: Haven't needed. The Wow Factor: I saw this on a You Tube video featuring Alexx Daye and had to have one. Overall: This is going to be in my arsenal for a long while. The first gig I used it on...people took notice of the harmonies coming from just ME!!!

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"Sleepless in Texas...I don't know when to stop playing with this unit musicly, time gets away, before I know it, it's time for t" submitted August 4, 2011

By a customer from suddenlink.net

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Musical Background: Active Musician

Music Style: Country/Gospel/Tejano

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Sound: The sound of this boss ve-20 is off the hook !!! And the quality, you can beat it. It has a very precise responce, it,s right on the money. The sound OMG it's the bomb! I can achieve whatever sound I could possibly imagine, it,s amazing to say the least. I'm just starting to experiment with it, 'cause I just got it, but OMG I am really blown away! It is on the same level as I am, it's a goes-with type of box. It does what you program it to do, and the sound by it self, bud, it's unbelieveable. It really sounds great with other products. And for recording live, the sound is quality,quality,qaulity. In the setting department, the sky is the limit. I'm using this pedal with my Behringer and Peavey mixers combined and getting the max out of it! The sound I my environment is absolutely a 10! If I could change anything it would be the way the harmonies sound, but it's steal the absolute BOMB! Feature: This pedal did come with the adapter and six batteries so it's on! Ready to rock your world, as they say. I'm steal experimenting with the pedal so I'm really ready to commint on the least and any features I wish it had, but maybe later on I could comment in that area. This pedal is made of quality materials and it looks like it could last a life time and the components are tight and just what this box needs. Ease of Use: It'pretty easy to get the sounds you want, I mean, you have to go through all the setting, but this gives you a lot of options as to what you want to hear as you sing and play. I've not used this with interface, so I'm not able to comment in this area. It's pretty easy to use once you get acquainted with it. There is definitely a learning curve, the manuel does help in assitting one's path. Have not tried it on any instruments so cannot comment in that area. Quality: This product is very durable, in my opinon, I think it could last a lifetime. the quality and the cosmetic of this product is top notch. I've only had it one month and so far, it's always functioned each time I've hit the on buttom...I have no backup, but I really don't think I will need one (backup). This product will be great for the road. It could very well last a decade or more. Value: Yes Manufacturer Support: I gave this a 7 because I do not know what the company would do should I need their assistance... The Wow Factor: This product is COOL,COOL,COOL! This is a great addtion to my instrument arsenal. Overall: I suspect that I will be satisfied for a good minute with this product. This product does meet my goals and then some. If it were stolen I would have to purchase another one,(the same VE-20) already, I am very attached to this pedal. Before I bought this product I wish I had known how much I needed something like this. I really like the many things this unit can do, and make my songs go to a higher level as far as quality.

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"Great for recording and for carrying your custom sound to gigs with ease." submitted December 25, 2011

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Musical Background: 20 years

Music Style: Rock

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Sound: It doesn't weaken your tone at all when adding effects. If you looking for some good reverb, modulation, and delay this thing does the trick and sounds as good as many $$rack units out there. The double voice effect sounds great for a chorus live. Feature: It has a lot of great features but you can't control everything with you feet. Ease of Use: Really easy to use. Building off the presets is easy. The presets sound pretty good already. Quality: Boss pedals are always built well. Manufacturer Support: Great service and company. The Wow Factor: Sounds as good as many rackmounts that are at least 2x the price. Overall: Shouldn't have made it like there twin guitar pedals. Boss should have made this a new design with more pedals and an expression pedal for more control in a live situation. But that's the only problem.

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"Boss VE20 Voice Performer Pedal....Awesome for my 'solo' gigs" submitted January 18, 2012

By Donald Kaulia in Waimea, HI

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Musical Background: 30 years in the Vistors Bureau Circuit for all Islands

Music Style: Hawaiian, contemporary

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Overall: I rate this item 5 diamonds & 5 stars: Easy to set up and breakdown. The menu is simple to use. I've been doing the gig scene here in the Hawaiian Islands for more than 30 years....the economy kind put all of us entertainers to be 'soloist'....this BOSS VE20 Voice Performer Pedal is so handy and supportive....I don't feel so lonely now when I do my gigs......DonaldKaulia(iTunes)

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"Boss VE20 Vioce Performer Pedal" submitted February 7, 2012

By Nathan Smith Sr in Gouverneur, NY

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Musical Background: Played for 50yrs, Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo. Still working

Music Style: 50,60s Rock in Roll, Country, Blue Grass, &0s rock

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Overall: The pedal was even better than I thought it would be. I've been playing for 50yrs and don't impress easily. But WOW, this thing is amazing. As always dealing with Zzounds is the best experience of ALL online music stores. Their 4 pay plan makes it easy as pie to get anything you could want. Thank you fro being who you are

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Boss VE20 Voice Performer Customer Review submitted January 1, 2010

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Musical Background: I own an audio/video production company, played in bands for almost 40 years, worked as a recording engineer for 15 of those yea

Music Style: All styles

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Sound: Comparable to rack units in terms of sound. 30 well selected presets that can be modified into 30 user banks. I'm a sax player that wanted to have a good sounding verb and delay no matter where I went or what system I was plugged into. This met that need. I also used the octaves, harmonizer, and chorus to fatten up parts. I like that the second pedal is assignable so that I could keep my reverb delay settings and kick in the doubling and harmonizing as needed. This product was very quiet as compared to the TC Helicon Create pedal that I used. Each serve different functions but I found the boss pedal to be far more flexable and the sound much cleaner. Feature: It had the feature set that I needed. I would have liked a few more parameters to tweek but after all this is a stomp box and not a studio verb unit. While on the subject of studio, I would not hesitate to use it for session work. Ease of Use: The box is layed out logically and five minutes with the instruction booklet had me up and running. I was able to program in 10 user patches in the first hour I had the box and I played my first gig with the box that night. Six of the ten patches I programmed in were keepers and I actually fine tuned the sounds on break and was able to dial in what I was wanting. Great that those parameters can be named, copied, swapped, and stored. Quality: The product is the same construction as Boss's other twin pedals. Value: I think the pedal is a bargain. Manufacturer Support: No opinion The Wow Factor: Not much on sex appeal for stomp boxes. It simply works as advertised. Overall: This pedal will be used for many years to come.

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