Boss VE-22 Vocal Performer

Boss VE-22 Vocal Performer
Product no: 9000-0121-4822 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

With the VE-22 Vocal Performer, Boss presents their follow-up to the immensely popular VE-20. With this next-gen unit, you're getting improved sound quality, a full-colour LCD display and even an expression pedal input. On top of that, the Boss VE-22 can now serve as a USB audio interface, transforming this extensive vocal effect pedal into a professional microphone amplifier for studio recording and live streaming, as well as stage work.

The Boss VE-22 Vocal Performer: Give Your Voice Power

Stuck through the Boss VE-22 Vocal Performer, your vocals can suddenly sound like they should. It's that simple. With this pedal, you're free to apply some reverb or delay to give things some extra depth, and that's just the start of the entire world of effects that this processing unit has on offer: think pitch correction, distortion, and even Lo-Fi sounds. In all, you're getting fifty ready-made presets plus a bank of ninety-nine slots for saving your own effect combos so you can call them up for specific songs or quickly switch between entirely different sounds while singing.

Impressive Harmonies

One of the headline features of the Boss VE-22 has to be the potent harmony and doubling effect, which makes it possible to take nothing more than one voice and build a big and lush ensemble effect around it. When one of these effects is selected and you've set the key, you can start singing and the effect will immediately respond. Via the buttons lined up on the control panel, you can tweak the harmony voices, adjust the volume, and even assign the harmonies to a footswitch so you can toggle them on and off mid-song.

Tips or comments about this product

Please note: A power supply does not come included with this pedal.

Specifications

Product features

Sustainable product	not specified
MIDI I/O	no
Rack module	no
Stomp box	yes
Vocal effect type	autotune, delay, distortion, equalizer, harmonizer, modulation, looper, pitch, reverb

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	1,2 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	28,0 x 18,5 x 11,0 cm

Product specifications

effect type: vocal effect
display: LCD colour display, 320 x 240
effects: 19 types
memory slots: 99 (user) + 50 (preset)
phrase loop: 37 seconds
sample rate: 48kHz
AD conversion: 24-bit + Adaptive Focus method
DA conversion: 32-bit
processing: 32-bit floating point
controls:
- phones/line volume, memory
- harmony, effect, echo
- write: exit, menu / dynamics
- footswitches: harmony, effect, echo
connections:
- microphone: balanced XLR, with mic sense control and phantom on/off
- output L/mono: XLR
- output R: XLR
- phones/line out: 3.5mm stereo mini-jack
- AUX IN: 3.5mm stereo mini-jack
- CTL 1, 2/EXP: 6.5mm stereo jack
- USB: USB Type C
power supply:
- 4 x AA batteries (included)
- Boss PSA AC power supply (not included)
power consumption:
- 260 mA (with phantom power)
- 180 mA (without phantom power)
dimensions: 218 x 143 x 64mm
weight: 910g
available accessories (sold separately):
- footswitches: FS-5U, FS-6, FS-7
- expression pedals: EV-30, FV-500L, FV-500H, Roland EV-5
- carry bag: CB-VE22

special features:

Advanced multi-effect processor with a versatile range of sound processing tools for vocalists.
Improved sound with essential effects like compression, EQ, delay, echo, reverb and more.
Create processed sound with Lo-Fi, distortion, radio, ring modulation and other special effects.
Automatic pitch correction for subtle fine-tuning or aggressive electronic response.
Harmony and doubling function for creating impressive vocal ensembles.
Quickly create impressive sounds via the intuitive interface.
Clearly readable full-colour LCD display and multifunctional buttons for fast parameter access.
No-less-than 50 ready-made professional presets and 99 memory slots for user settings.
XLR microphone input with phantom power and microphone sensitivity controls.
x2 XLR outputs with stereo, dual-mono or wet/dry operation.
USB-C port for recording and audio playback via a computer or mobile device.
AUX input so backing tracks and music can be played through.
Built-in looper for rehearsing, performing and writing ideas.
x3 assignable switches with large surface designed for foot or hand control.
Jack port for an expression pedal or max. 2 extra external footswitches.
Powered using included AA batteries or Boss PSA AC power supply (not included)

Reviews from other countries

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Marco Mosk 1 December 2024

Wrote the following about Boss VE-22 Vocal Performer

Fantastisch apparaat, werking zeer goed. Meteen zonder enige uitleg kunnen gebruiken met de leerlingen om loops op te nemen. Resultaat wat uitstekend en ook zij konden er met zeer korte uitleg al mee overweg!

Ludovic D. 12 May 2024

Wrote the following about Boss VE-22 Vocal Performer

Très bon processeur vocal.
Beaucoup d'effets préprogrammés et également la possibilité de définir ses propres réglages.
. Les effets ont un très bon rendu.

Je l'utilise sur batterie (fournies) et je dois dire qu'il n'est pas gourmand en énergie. Pour info j'utilise également l'alimentation fantôme pour mon micro.

Jan 25 March 2024

Wrote the following about Boss VE-22 Vocal Performer

Gemakkelijk te gebruiken. Goede kwaliteit en handig zelf in te stellen. De pitch correctie klinkt soms wat korrelig. Voor de rest prima!

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