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Sneak Peek: Electro-Harmonix Voice Box

A closer look at EH's new Voice Box Harmony Machine & Vocoder stompbox
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Ray Charles exuded soul and his Raelettes sang perfect harmonies. Diana Ross had the Supremes. Brian Wilson had the Beach Boys. Kraftwerk had The Robots. Now, the Voice Box will give you your own backup singers, matching your emotion, following your voice’s every nuance and glissando. Push a button and you go from having your own Raelettes to having the Beach Boys or Dixie Chicks backing you up.

The Voice Box creates two- to four-part harmonies directly from your vocals, and in the same key as your accompaniment instrument. Simply plug your mic into the Voice Box’s mic preamp, plug in your instrument and you’re ready to go. It’s that easy. No setup, no menus to navigate. Studio-quality reverb lets you independently add depth to your dry vocals and harmony vocals. An octave setting will perfectly track your vocals even without an accompaniment instrument. The focused 256-band articulate vocoder, designed by the genius that made the vocoder popular for EMS, features adjustable harmonic enhancement and controllable formant shift. Use any synthesizer and you have the classic vocoder of the seventies and eighties. Plug in your guitar and mic and you have a talk box.

Features include:
• Harmonically matches any electric instrument you plug into it
• Professional quality pitch shifting algorithm produces realistic harmonies
• The Low & High Harmony independently produces two harmony notes: 3rd and 5th
• 9 accessible programmable presets
• Natural Glissando
• Gender Bender knob allows for male/ female formant modification
• Built-In Mic Pre with Phantom Power & Gain Switch
• Balanced XLR Line Output: Interface directly with any mixing board or A/D converter
• US96DC-200BI power supply included

Watch the demo:

Hit page 2 for a more in-depth look at the Voice Box's features & modes...

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jj
on 10/27/2009 		yztk8
jack
on 08/11/2009 		The voice box despite the hype has a very good vocoder. Unfortunatly it lets itself down on the harmony's which are unreliable more often than not, giving majors instead of minor notes which you are playing and singing, and its response is a bit irratic at times. It can't cope with chord changes very quickly. if your buying it for the Vocoder then you won't be dissapointed, but harmony wise its far from great. Needs more developing.
DGM
on 03/08/2009 		I was actually in a store trying some guitar efx one of their first ones arrived - I heard someone else trying out some Beatles tunes and was sold. I've used live a few times and it works well - very smooth, natural harmonies and as they are in tune (from the current guitar chord), I think it helps me stay on pitch better too from the peer pressure of my virtual buddies. I have used most features and have settled with with the 1 low, 1 high or 2 high options. Also, it will definitely add to backing Ooohhs and Ahhs if you are trying any Eagles style tunes. I get a little high pitched whine when hooking through my electric pedal board but nothing major. Overall though, like any musical instrument or effects box that make you smile each time you use it - well worth the money.
tiago
on 03/03/2009 		good, very good
BURT
on 02/25/2009 		I was at a band rehearsal this week where we were writing and storing presets on our new Digitech Vocalist live Pro. The keyboard player is going to have that one on his voice, supplementing our live harmonies. I'm imagining getting this one for myself and doing the same thing. Imagine the massive blend - ok, maybe OVERKILL if two guys in the same band had a vocal processor like these... One guy could be singing "oooooooohs" in harmony, while the other sang lyrics in harmony. I love the idea. I'd get it just to use as a vocoder in my studio!
Nick Farkas
on 02/25/2009 		My lead singer uses the Helicon and it is very nice. I just bought the Voice Box from Electro-Harmonix (I need all the vocal harmony help that I can get). They really are different. What I get in the Voice Box is a very organic tone that also sounds very realistic. I used on my last gig. It sounded really nice. The only fault is that I have to mount it on a small shelf clamped to the mic stand to change the programs. What I found cool was in my home studio where I used the Helicon and Voice Box together. Great sound design humanoid choral space aliens. Since this is about the Voice Box, it is one more cool EH design that is totally worth the money.
Steve
on 02/25/2009 		Make sure to check out TC Helicon's latest harmonizers. The harmonies are very realistic/amazing. If I were looking for vocorder/voicebox..or something just FUN- I'd be all over this EH.
Al Kroeger
on 02/24/2009 		This is why I love Premier Guitar. Easy access to great pedals that I generally would not have found. This Voice Box is sweet AND it is small. I like that. I want one
Simi Alderson
on 02/24/2009 		Wow, Jack Conte and Natily Dawn are terrific. Great performance and that Voice Box is way flexible. I love this stuff. Where can I get one?
Cynthia Burnham
on 02/24/2009 		As a female vocalist, it has always been hard to add a male persona to my background vocals. The Voice Box sounds so cool.



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