Boss VE-20 Vocal Performer

Features limited, but Boss quality

Quality is top notch as most Boss items. Features are limited specially with only 2 pedals and no editing-app. Sound wise is very good and will get you through gigs without any problem, but if you compare to VE 500 then it really dwarfs in flexibility (more fx, editing app, midi) and in sound (algorithms were improved). I upgraded to it, but kept the VE 20 as a backup

Ideal for vocalists...

Its boss so its built like a tank very robust, Ideal for the vocalist who does not want the sound man to have all the control from the front. The only downside is you have to use the sound knob on the top of the unit to cycle through the effects to the ones you want to use which is fine if you are a dedicated vocalist but a little harder if your playing guitar or keyboards... although you can also do this by using the foot switch on the right.. but all in all a great quality pedal with some great presets and plenty of space to create your own custom sounds,..

Good!

Does the job ...just wish it had a suitable case or bag...

Boss VE-20 Vocal Performer

This has been a super reliable quality product. Incredible range of features and I've used it on stage and in studio and never had a problem with it.The reverb in it is the best most natural and controllable reverb I have used.. Overall would definitely recommend this unit....

just good

awesome li'l pedal. Can't beat it at that price .

Good choice of effects and you can make a loop... I am done here..

Good to cut feedback

• Good to add effects on vocals during rehearsals.

• With the EQ, you can cut one frequency at a time to see which one is creating a feedback and cut it to stop it!

• For gigs, it's good if you have specific settings that change from song to song or during songs themselves.

• If you just like one specific setup (a bit of delay, for example), it might be easier to ask that setup to the sound engineer.

Always good as a backup anyway!

A great tool!

Lots of possibilities. Advice if you are looking for harmonization: create your own patches, where you disable all other preprocessings (reverb, chorus, ...) and keep only harmonization.

Sole drawback: the pedal would benefit from a dry output and a wet output, allowing sound engineers to mix themselves between both sounds during a live perf.

Best investment i've made

really helps me with live shows when the sound manager there forgets to put the delay on the right times and when i have the boss pedal which im borrowing at the moment

Rugged feel with great sound quality. Simple loop function is handy

Your bread and butter but not a pedal you'll use forever

This is a really good pedal. There are a lot of useful features and a lot of needless and unnecessary features that you'll never use.

The ability to make your own settings, save them, and change between different levels of reverb, compression, delay and other effects is great. I use it so I don't have to communicate to sound engineers about my desired vocal effects. It can cause a bit of feedback if reverb/delay are up too high but this can be fixed with a little tweak of the EQ.

Phantom power is also very handy if you have a mic that needs it, otherwise you can just use any passive mic.

It's built like a tank and the reverb and delay sound good for the price.

In summary,

I would recommend this pedal to a friend, 100%. I don't think it's the be all and end all but it's a great way to have more control over your vocals at a live performance.