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  • #77319

    When will it be in stores? Are video demos available?

    #87969
    tubezipper
    Moderator

    I am not sure. The only video available is on EHX YouTube channel which just shows how the pedal looks.

    Scott has yet to post it on the EHX Blog and add it to the products list. :)

    #87973

    I’m hoping it is out before Christmas, like a few retailers online have listed. I asked for it, since the other stuff I want is wait-listed, and it would be nice to have something to play with over my holiday.

    #87986
    electro-melx
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    I’m hoping it is out before Christmas, like a few retailers online have listed. I asked for it, since the other stuff I want is wait-listed, and it would be nice to have something to play with over my holiday.

    I don’t want to put a downer on this but I doubt it will be around before christmas, considering we are still waiting for the XO Graphic Fuzz and Worm to arrive in shops…but who knows? we might get a nice suprise. :D

    #88132

    No downer…I’ve come to expect this sort of thing with announcements for amps and pedals. It makes preorders a pain. I guess those other pedals were announced long before the Voice Box, but nonetheless I wish retailers would list the right date or EH could confirm and/or correct them.

    #88161
    jubb
    Member

    Actually that does make sense. It has been a while since the graphic fuzz and worm were announced. :( I want to hear more from the voice box. By reading the features alone has got me excited, that can only go so far though.

    I WANT TO HEARRR IT. Bad.

    #88177

    Even though I need to hear it, I will probably end up buying it anyway. I listened to samples and watched video of the TC Helicon Harmony and the Digitech Vocalist pedals. I thought they’d be perfect, but when I tried them, they sucked. They had some cool features, but in application, none of the harmonies sounded like authentic voices and what did come out was poorly tracked. Only the doubler and low preset on the Helicon were worth a damn. On chord changes, the Helicon would go back and forth between notes trying to pick the ‘right’ harmony, making everything sound a mess.

    The Voice Box may end up having the same problem since it keys off the guitar, but the Voice Box is priced at a point where I don’t care if it will suck as much. If I can just get one or two quirky features out of it, I’ll be happy. On that point, the gender bender knob might be able to cop some of the boss vt-1 sounds, and the vocoder will replace my long missed jp8080. However, I don’t see a stereo out or a feature to double the live vocal anywhere on it, so I wouldn’t be able to use the pedal as often as I might like without those two features.

    #88468

    Here is where I am coming from. I work for Electro-Harmonix. However, if there is a pedal or instrument that I do not like I am not going to champion it. Fortunately we have so many original and terrific designs that are really special within the whole realm of the pedal world.

    I know all of the other vocal processors and have worked with almost all of them. They have cool features. Yet, the Voice Box does one thing that none of the others have. It sounds like human voices.
    I can hear the ” oh yeah…sure it does” out there. The first time you work with it you hear it.

    Perfect for performance and great to really sketch up a great demo. This is only my opinion but I have used it a lot and have heard truly excellent singers use it. WoW!

    The Vocoder has 245 bands and it has an earthy tone reminiscent of the old school vocoders.

    I had my doubts but when I heard it as it was evolving to the final design I was blown away.

    Can’t wait until you guys get to check it out.

    #88474
    Ned Flanders
    Moderator

    So can you use this with your guitar? If so, how does it affect the signal? It definitely has me interested for vocal processing anyways.

    #88477
    puretube
    Member

    Hi Rick: long time no see…
    after having heard that description from YOU,
    I`m definitely going to get me one a.s.a.p.!

    Say: “Hi” to JC,

    ciao,
    Ton.

    #88486

    Rick, Thanks…that is reassuring. So, when DO we get our hands on it? I hope you guys were able to record some of those excellent singers using it and could post those as demos???please?

    Ned, if it works as the Helicon Harmony and Digitech Vocalist, you plug your guitar and mic both into the pedal. The pedal keys off your guitar notes to generate a harmony and but it doesn’t send any of the harmony output until you are singing, so it activates only when you are singing. This works much like a vocoder, except with a vocoder you can sing tonelessly, but with a harmony feature, you need to be able to sing on key as well.

    #88916

    It’s been a couple days, so I presume it is ok to beg for an update on the pedal again, so here goes:

    are we there yet?
    are we there yet?
    are we there yet?
    are we there yet?
    are we there yet?

    ritalin.

    #88939
    Cowbell
    Member

    I have no doubt that EHX will “PWN” the other voice boxes on the market with this one.

    #89100

    A retailer, who supposedly got word from EHX, said they are shipping this week.

    #89231

    Y’all are the first to see this:
    https://www.ehx.com/products/voice-box

    I’m still adding stuff (eg, the instructions and bullet point should be coming soon) — and we’re hoping to add a video sometime next week.

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