If you’re like most guitarists, you spend a lot of time choosing the right amps and pedals to craft your own personalized sound. But if you sing in your band as well, it hasn’t always been so easy to give your vocal sounds that same attention to detail—until now. The advanced VE-500 Vocal Performer provides everything you need to achieve impressive vocal harmonies and effects on stage, and all in streamlined stompbox that integrates seamlessly with the regular guitar effects on your pedalboard.
Packing professional sound quality and serious BOSS DSP muscle, the VE-500 delivers sophisticated harmony and pitch correction functions that automatically track the chords you play on your guitar. It also includes a powerful vocoder and core sound-enhancement tools, plus world-class reverb, delay, and modulation sounds and specialty effects like distortion, filtering, and many others. And with programmable memories, you can instantly recall favorite setups for any song or style. The VE-500 is the perfect addition to the pedalboard of any singing guitarist, providing top-flight vocal processing that fits right alongside your standard guitar effects.
Specifications
Sampling Frequency
AD Conversion
- 32 bits + AF method
- AF method (Adaptive Focus method) is a proprietary method from Roland & BOSS that vastly improves the signal-to-noise (SN) ratio of the AD and DA converters.
DA Conversion
Processing
Patches
Nominal Input Level
- MIC IN: -40 dBu (Adjustable)
- INST IN: -10 dBu
Input Impedance
- MIC IN: 4 k ohms
- INST IN: 2 M ohms
Nominal Output Level
- XLR OUT L, R: -40 dBu, -10 dBu (Selectable)
- INST THRU: -10 dBu (Unbuffered)
Output Impedance
Display
- Graphic LCD (132 x 32 dots, backlit LCD)
Controls
- DOWN switch, UP switch, HARMONY switch,
- EFFECT EDIT button, KEY button, MENU button, EXIT button, ENTER button,
- 1 knob, 2 knob, 3 knob,
- GND LIFT switch
Connectors
- MIC IN connector: XLR type, balanced, phantom power (DC 48 V, 10 mA Max)
- INST IN jack: 1/4-inch phone type
- XLR OUT L, R connectors: XLR type
- INST THRU jack: 1/4-inch phone type
- CTL1,2 / EXP jack: 1/4-inch TRS phone type
- MIDI IN connector
- USB COMPUTER port: USB Micro-B type
- DC IN jack
Power Supply
AC adaptor (PSA series)
Current Draw
310 mA (with phantom power)
210 mA (without phantom power)
Accessories
- AC adaptor: PSA series
- Owner's manual
- Leaflet "USING THE UNIT SAFELY"
Options (sold separately)
- Footswitch: FS-5U, FS-5L
- Dual Footswitch: FS-6, FS-7
- Expression Pedal: FV-500H, FV-500L, EV-30, Roland EV-5
