Digitech Vocalist Live 4 - Vocal Harmony Pedal

Not played with it yet to understand its full potential but is an incredible piece of kit and at Andertons offer price an exceptional buy..

Excellent service from Anderton's Music with sound advice over the phone from the sales assistant. Delivery was swift and on time, arriving a few days after purchasing. I am very happy with the Digitech Vocalist 4 and wouldn't hesitate ordering more equipment from Anderton's in the future. Keep up the good work.

Wonderful toy! I've only scratched the surface so far, but it's already very impressive. Thoroughly recommended.

I bought this after having seen a video of someone using it live (and then reading up on it). My thoughts were that, if it was half as good as people were saying, then it was worth trying... I've not been disappointed!

I play as part of an acoustic duo or solo, covering a few classics but mostly playing originals, and nearly every song has a vocal harmony in there somewhere.

The Digitech VL4 really makes it easy to perform solo and add the extra dimension of vocal harmony - and it's great for giving that BIG vocal sound when there are just two of us on stage too.

It can be used out of the box, with a pretty good selection of usable patches - of the 50 sample patches, I've found 10 or so that can be used live with no changes. But it comes into its own when you create your own sound patches - I took a few days to really work on these (I'll probably add a few) but I've settled about 15 harmony variations that I've created, with one, two, three, and four harmonies, which I can use for the range of songs I play.

Connection is simple too - connect the mic with a standard XLR, plug in the guitar with a standard instrument cable, route it to your pa via 1 or 2 XLRs or 1/4" cables (depending if you want stereo or mono) and off you go. You can bring the guitar into the mix so the stereo fx can be heard, or route the unchanged signal to a guitar amp/external fx pedal, etc.

For practising, I've used the unit as a guitar/vocal mixer, sending a mono signal (with one XLR lead out) to a powered monitor speaker. I've been pleased with the results. But it does sound best when used in stereo and connected direct to a PA.

PROs: Simple connections; useable out of the box; clear and intelligent harmonies; ability to set-up your own harmony patches.

CONs: Lack of on/off switch; no battery back-up; no pc connectivity for easy patch creation.

And finally... even though I've only had the VL4 a couple of weeks, everytime I've used it live (four times to date) people have come up to me an commented on how good it sounds, and how they want one!

A few weeks ago I ordered a Digitech Vocalist Live 4 from Andertons. It arrived within 2 days and is a fantastic piece of kit. The Interest free credit was another great idea. Thanks.

Digitech vocalist live 4, a great piece of kit, especially for a guitar vocalist who plays live, but I find it useful for adding harmonies in a home recording studio too, and at the price Andertons charge, it's got to be a bargain.

I would like to see the manufacturer produce an instruction dvd for this item (Roland do them for some of their stuff) as I know I'm just scratching the surface of it's capabilities, but a great little tool anyway.

The Vocalist live 4 is vocal multi efx unit and vocal harmony generator. It is ideal for the singer/guitarist, but could have many band applications. Out of the box it is easy to set up, and the preloaded data bank of presets produces a variety of good harmonies and vocal effects. It is possible to configure the set up in a number of ways to suit various pa requirements. The vocal harmony is controlled by a guitar input, which allows the unit to create correct harmonies based on the guitar chords played. The guitar may be routed through the unit "dry" or a useful range of chorus/flanger/ reverb etc is available for the guitarist. I think that is is good practice to consider the Vocalist Live 4 as a "3 in 1" Unit. First consider the processing of the vocal (Compression/De-esser/EQ etc.) and having got the vocal sounding good, then add harmony voices as required. Finally, guitar effects may be added. Every parameter is available to some form of edit; and herein lies a bit of a trap. The editing tools are powerful, and it is easy to produce a vocal that sounds harsh and unpleasant if the tools are used without care. Digitech are not too great at providing guidance in the manual or on their website so proceed with caution. If all else fails, a factory reset is available, and the preloaded presets are read only, so will always be available. If you are not sure how a compressor or EQ affects a vocal, do some homework to get the best from the unit. If you are confident with sound efx management, it will do pretty much all you want. When set up correctly, it really does sound good, producing a nice vocal sound on the main voice and some great sounding harmonies. It a robust and well built unit and is good value at under £300. I would recommend it if you are confident with operation of efx, otherwise consider TC Helicon G series for a simpler but very effect alternative.

Andertons: Fast delivery: 9 Mth no intrest payments brill

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need I say more ...

I recently purchased a digitech vocalist from Andertons and was more than pleased with the low cost and excellent delivery service. It arrived the next day and is a superb product. I will definitely come back to purchase more products - excellent service and recommended.

Martin

The digitech VL4 is one of the best purchases I have ever made.

I am a solo performer (guitar and vocals) and previously have been using the digitech vocalist performer which I was really happy with.

The VL4 however knocks spots of it, I find it easier to use and the harmonies are awesome.

It even has a built in tuner.

If you are thinking of purching one of these units then do not hesitate, I love mine.

Also Andertons was the best price I could find with lightning speed delivery...

Andertons provided fantastic service, awesome low price and blistering free delivery. The Vocalist live 4 is a great piece of kit, if you perform live it will lift your performance , the sound is so good, when I record with it and listen back it always brings a smile to my face. My only negative is that I found the manual a bit difficult, but maybe I'm a bit thick !!!

I purchased a Digitech Vocalist Live Four from you on July 27th.

After some research on the internet etc I came across your website which was easy to use, very informative and best of all was supplying the equipment at up to £200 cheaper than other suppliers..

Delivery was made the next working day (free of charge) and I was able to track delivery through the system in place via your website, a superb way of seeing what was going on !!

Many thanks for an absolutely brilliant service and superb value for money, I will most definately be buying from you again.

Ray Freestone

The Syndicate Classic Rock Band.

I am always amazed by the constant improvements in music technology. The Digitech Vocalist Live 4 is a case in point.

I no longer gig, but the vocal sounds I am getting from this unit make it so tempting to get back on stage, just to see the audience reaction. It gives studio quality effects that would have cost tens of thousands 10 years ago. It is easy to use, the pitch correction is useful in the event of a voice equivalent of a bad hair day. I like being able to add a little persona to my solo voice and when I bring in the harmonies - wow!!

Any act playing live - get one of these, it really punches out lead/and or backing vocals. I ordered this from Andertons by phone - it was delivered less than 24 hours later!!

thanks guys

supervic

What a clever machine. There is a vast selection of vocal harmonies available and it's pretty easy to use. Be warned - it's unforgiving: if you sing out of tune there will be an out-of-tune five part harmony singing along with you! That said it's a great tool for a gigging singer-songwriter or for a band want to put ooh la la las behind the lead singer etc. Very good value.