Boss VE-1

I have been using this for a few weeks now but I must admit only in a limited way. I need reverb more than anything else and this is a quick and easy way to achieve that. There are a few reasons why I went for this unit over the others available and the main reason is it's ability to work directly off batteries. One less power supply needed. Also if I use it with my battery powered jack of all trades PA speaker in future I won't need a 3 mile extension power reel back to my house! The reverb seems clean and the parameter to adjust is easy to implement via the rotary control. Like I said I have not delved into the deeper capabilities and I have not connected it to a computer yet so I may amend this review at a later date when and if any issues come up. Batteries seem to last a decent amount of time, especially alkaline ones. I have reverted to rechargeables now so I am not sure on the hours use available. At least a couple of hours and possibly 5 or 6 seems possible at a guess. Combo xlr/jack sockets would be nice and a mic sensitivy knob on the top would be very welcome. I am not entirely convinced it is worth the money paid but I am open to being convinced if the functionality comes in handy in the future for me. The doubling effect works well enough I observe on the occasions I choose to use it. My vocal certainly sounds more polished through this overall although I have no use of the pitch correction as I prefer to do my vocal excersises and increase my technique the old way........hard (but pleasurable) work!

This is now a permanent addition to our lead singers signal chain. It has a rather large range of available effects. While I don't really use the pitch correction with this, I've played around with it a bit and can say that it works well. I mostly use it as a preamp and reverb echo, but you can get really creative with the effects if you choose so. The shell is a mix of plastic and metal and feels rather sturdy. It is easy to use out of the box and while the controls are fairly simple you can get a lot of different sounds out of it.
Basically if you are a vocalist looking for an easy to use floor unit that can bring your performance to the next level I would certainly recommend this product.