Boss VE-8 – Release Date: April 2016
Here is a cool little beast of a Looping pedal that can greatly enhance your acoustic performance!! With two semi-independent Loopers built in, The Boss VE-8 Acoustic Singer pedal lets you create up to 80 second loops for guitar, and an equal-length loop for vocals. Although they can be recorded independently, the Guitar & Mic tracks on this pedal operate together as far as Start/Stop, Clear, and loop lengths. That means that the first loop recorded determines the length of the other loop, or you can record both Guitar & Vocal loops simultaneously. After that, the Start/Stop and Clear function applies to BOTH loops at any time.
You’ll definitely want to add an external dual foot switch to greatly increase your control options. Something like a Boss FS-6 or FS-7, or two FS-5U’s would make this mini-beast a nearly awesome Looping rig!!
The Boss VE-8 Acoustic Singer pedal is a greatly underappreciated pedal from Boss that can significantly add to your acoustic show, and help you to have a professional sounding performance even out in the street – Yes, it would be a great choice for buskers!!
This pedal offers you a long list of valuable features:
- Full acoustic guitar Pre-Amp controls
- Full mic & guitar input level settings & controls
- Full independent input Equalizers for both guitar and Mic
- Switchable Phantom Power for Condenser mics
- Independent Noise Reduction on both Mic & guitar inputs
- Ground Lift switch
- Very accurate built-in guitar tuner
- 50 Memory Locations (For Soundscape settings, NOT Loops)
- Stereo Outputs (XLR, 1/4″ TS, Headphone Out 1/8″)
- Routing Options for EACH OUTPUT
- USB connectivity (INTERFACE to your DAW, system updates, etc)
- External Foot Switch connection, adds up to TWO pedals
- Several Options for all pedal Functions (onboard and external)
- Independent Effects control for Guitar and Vocal Effects
- Several Guitar Effects to choose from
- Several Vocal Effects & Harmonies to choose from
- Harmonies can be Auto, Manual, or a Hybrid of both
- Can chain up to 3 Fx each for Guitar/Mic (in Memory Mode)
- Basic light compression for Vocals
- Independent Reverb for Guitar & Mic channels
- Several reverb types to select for each channel
- Independent Looper for each input (Mic/Guitar)
- Up to 80 second Loops
- Vocal/Guitar Loops locked together but can record seperately
- Auxiliary input (1/8″ In)
- Auxiliary Output /Headphone Output
And a host of other options to configure. This pedal will no doubt keep you busy exploring its uses for some time!! Be sure to get the Drivers for your Computer’s Operating System, so that this pedal will be able to connect to your DAW with no issues!!
Oh – Almost forgot — Yes it can run on 6 AA BATTERIES !!
Battery life will run for maybe 8 – 10 hours, or you can plug in, the 9 vdc power adapter IS included !!
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