DigiTech Vx400

[6_strings_for_life]

Ok So Im looking for a way to improve my voice on and off stage. I thought to myself, maybe there is a device that can help me with my horrible horrible voice. I started looking at these DigiTech Voice processors, and they seem to get great reviews, bellow is a link to musiciansfriend and they even did a hands on review of the Vx400 and its little bother the V300. They seem to be pretty sweet and have a reasonable price tag. Does anyone here own one of these or heard one of them in action. Thanks



http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... sku=150845




I would like to get this, but there is no way I could afford it

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... sku=183029

[Appfro]

i have the guitar processor. i love it. pretty good investment in my opinion

[RunsWithBuffalo]

What is specifically wrong with your voice? Those things are fun for effects but they wont make you sound better than you are. If anything they just distract the audience.

The voice live will actually make you sound better because it has pitch correction, compression, eq, and it will even add backup vocals.

Or you could invest some of that money for private singing lessons.

Of all your options i would really say go for the lessons because i personally have spent a lot of money on pedals trying to make myself better, and they do up to a point. But a true test of talent is sounding good with an acoustic guitar and a mic and nothing else.

Edit: So i listened to your songs on Pure Volume and I really think you should save your money on a processor until you get some basic techniques down. Don't get discouraged, this is something you can get better at. You say you are practicing everyday and i have to think you are practicing the wrong things thus further ingraining them.

Check out this site http://www.vocalist.org.uk/exercises.html

It is chock full of great resources, You should really try the vocal scales excercises here http://www.vocalist.org.uk/vocal_scales.html
That should help a lot with your monotone problem

Also, a big problem i am hearing is your words sound like they are not connected at all so it comes off as speaking with lots of expression but no cohesion. Try a simple excercise: Pick a note that is in your range and doesnt hurt at all to sing. Then simply sing that note for as long as you can while trying to control the amount of air coming out. When you first do it your voice will waver back and forth but keep practicing until it sounds pure.

I can tell you are a bit disheartened by some of the responses to your rum and sails song but the processor isnt going to make it better. Proper practice with a teacher will though. Once your voice improves a bit, and it will, then consider a vocal processor to smooth out the edges.

Good Luck

[6_strings_for_life]

What is specifically wrong with your voice? Those things are fun for effects but they wont make you sound better than you are. If anything they just distract the audience.

The voice live will actually make you sound better because it has pitch correction, compression, eq, and it will even add backup vocals.

Or you could invest some of that money for private singing lessons.

Of all your options i would really say go for the lessons because i personally have spent a lot of money on pedals trying to make myself better, and they do up to a point. But a true test of talent is sounding good with an acoustic guitar and a mic and nothing else.

Edit: So i listened to your songs on Pure Volume and I really think you should save your money on a processor until you get some basic techniques down. Don't get discouraged, this is something you can get better at. You say you are practicing everyday and i have to think you are practicing the wrong things thus further ingraining them.

Check out this site http://www.vocalist.org.uk/exercises.html

It is chock full of great resources, You should really try the vocal scales excercises here http://www.vocalist.org.uk/vocal_scales.html
That should help a lot with your monotone problem

Also, a big problem i am hearing is your words sound like they are not connected at all so it comes off as speaking with lots of expression but no cohesion. Try a simple excercise: Pick a note that is in your range and doesnt hurt at all to sing. Then simply sing that note for as long as you can while trying to control the amount of air coming out. When you first do it your voice will waver back and forth but keep practicing until it sounds pure.

I can tell you are a bit disheartened by some of the responses to your rum and sails song but the processor isnt going to make it better. Proper practice with a teacher will though. Once your voice improves a bit, and it will, then consider a vocal processor to smooth out the edges.

Good Luck

I really appreciate this thorough post. I know that the processor wont make my vocals sound any better, but I am thinking it could add some 'wow factor' to a show. I play lots of loops and do radiohead songs alot, the voices would be neat, and the pedal is only 250$ so even if I only use it at home I wouldnt be missing out on that much.

I would love to get private voice lessons some day. I actually just signed up for guitar lessons and tomrrow is my first one, Ive been playing for about seven years so im really excited. But I dont know if I could afford to take both the guitar and voice lessons simultaneously, I have a very busy work schedule, it was hard enough to fit the guitar lessons in. I did visit that vocallist.org site this morning and will defiantly be incorporating them into my routine. Thanks so much for having faith in me..