DigiTech Vocal 300 Vocal Multi-Effects Processor

by DigiTech

Product Features

• 7 Effects at Once
• Balanced XLR Input and Outputs, 1/4" TRS Stereo Line Output, Line Input
• Built-in expression pedal
• 40 User, 40 Factory Presets
• Power Supply Included

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17 x 2.5 x 9.5 inches ; 6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0002E3GEG
• Item model number: Vocal 300
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,130 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #12 in Musical Instruments > Recording Equipment > Signal Processors > Effects Processors > Vocal Effects Processors

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

DigiTech® proudly introduces the Vocal 300, an affordable Vocal Effects Processor with a built-in expression pedal. Equipped with multiple mic preamp types, the Vocal 300 is ideal for both warm classic vocals or cutting edge distortion and lo-fi styles. The exclusive voice "characters" transform your voice from the scariest of monsters to spacey alien beings. The Vocal 300 comes with 38 fully programmable studio quality effects (up to 7 effects at once). The built-in expression pedal can be assigned to control your choice of up to 3 parameters in real-time. Each effect includes up to 4 adjustable parameters, giving you total flexibility to create the sound you want. The 6 character alphanumeric and 2 character numeric displays, combined with the 4-knob matrix editing system, provide a simple straightforward user interface.

The Vocal 300 also includes 40 great sounding Factory Presets and 40 User Presets for your own custom creations. The rear panel features a 1/8" CD input for singing along with your favorite music, a 1/4" unbalanced input, a balanced XLR input, a balanced XLR mono output, a 1/4" TRS stereo line output and a 1/8" headphone output.

Effects include: Mic pre and voice characters, compresion, EQ, noise gate, chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, vibrato, strobe, doubler, envelope, pixelator, detune, pitch shifter, whammy, digital delay, ping pong delay, and 8 reverb types.

Features

• Up to 7 effects at once
• Up to 4 fully programable parameters per
• 24 bit analog-digital converters
• BaL XLR inputs and outputs
• Line input
• Expression pedal with V-switch
• 6 Digital Alphanumeric display
• 2 digital numeric display
• Rugged metal chassis
• 40 user, 40 factory presets
• Power supply included

Specifications

• 24-bit ANalog-Digital Converter
• 44.1 kHz Sampling Frequency
• 1/4-inch TS and XLR input Connections
• Stereo 1/4-inch TS and XLR Output Connect
• 3.5mm TRS CD Input
• Up to 7 Simultaneous Effects
• 9VAC, 1.3A power supply (included)
• 10 watts
• 8.5 inches Long x 13 inches wide x 2.25 inches high
• 3.76 pounds

Product Description

DigiTech®'s Vocal 300 is an affordable Vocal Effects Processor with a built-in expression pedal. Equipped with multiple mic preamp types, the Vocal 300 is ideal for both warm classic vocals or cutting edge distortion and lo-fi styles. The exclusive voice "characters" transform your voice from the scariest of monsters to spacey alien beings. The Vocal 300 comes with 38 fully programmable studio quality effects (up to 7 effects at once). The built-in expression pedal can be assigned to control your choice of up to 3 parameters in real-time. Each effect includes up to 4 adjustable parameters, giving you total flexibility to create the sound you want. The 6 character alphanumeric and 2 character numeric displays, combined with the 4-knob matrix editing system, provide a simple straightforward user interface. The Vocal 300 also includes 40 great sounding Factory Presets and 40 User Presets for your own custom creations. The rear panel features a 1/8" CD input for singing along with your favorite music, a 1/4" unbalanced input, a balanced XLR input, a balanced XLR mono output, a 1/4" TRS stereo line output and a 1/8" headphone output.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Purple Magic Box, April 28, 2010

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L. Stillwater "Truth" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DigiTech Vocal 300 Vocal Multi-Effects Processor (Electronics)

I have used this gear live for more than 100 gigs. So I feel qualified to say something about this FX processor. Let me get the negative out of the way. It has a lot of effects, but there are only a small handful that is useful for a serious singer. Most of the 40 presets are down right amateurish. Presets such as Chipmunks, Cyborg, and Martian might be good if you are using it for a comedy act, but otherwise than that are useless. It also has feedback issues. After three years the pedal no longer works. I do not know exactly the technical issue of that. Maybe it's an easy fix, but I do not use the pedal much anyway. If you are a professional musician and took one look at the purple box, and fooled around with it for 20 minutes you might be discouraged, and automatically you label this gear as a toy marketed to garage kids. Now the question is this. If mine got stolen would I buy another one? The answer is YES!

Let me explain why and go on with the positive points. The small handful effects are worth the price. There are a few reverbs, delay, and pre amps that are pretty good. Not to mention that the de-esser is beneficial. With a little bit of time and experimentation you can find a setting that can prevent and minimize the feedback issue. The key is in the EQ, and also knowing the position of the gain knob, since the gain can be very hot at just 25%. The other key of making this gear shine is to know what kind of microphone you are going to use. If you use a Shure Sm58 mic it won't be that hard to adjust, but if you are going to plug a higher end dynamic mic you might have more problems with feedback cause of a hotter signal, and you would have to readjust the whole setting. So my advice is to choose one microphone you constantly going to use whether a standard SM58 or a high end mic, and stick with it with your adjusted level. After you use the handful effects that sound good to your ear, and messed around with the EQ that compliments your voice, go ahead and save that preset. You can then afterwards assign your pedal as a wet/dry effect controller, or a programmed millisecond delay you might have for a song, or simply use it as a volume pedal. For a long time singers did not have control over their effects as guitarist, and the DigiTech Vocal 300 was one of the first stomp processors available for vocalists. In recent years I have tested the TC Helicon Voice Tone pedals. I've tried them and I thought that they fell short for what I wanted to do. The DigiTech Vocal 300 is the only one it's price range that offers FX, EQ, Pre-Amp, and De-Esser all in a box. It's a metal chassis. No to mention that you can put 7 effects all it once.

Conclusion: As years go by I am marveled that this DigiTech purple box is still being sold in music stores and that DigiTech company still puts them out. I have used this gear successfully in certain situations, and obviously abandoned it when I am playing in festivals or a large venue, but have on occasion used it in a large venue despite that their was a sound man available, because I did not trust his mix by listening how the previous band sounded vocally. This is the whole reason of why I thought that a vocal stomp effects unit was needed even before the Vocal 300 came out. After working with so many "graduated" mix engineers in a live situation over the years I am perplexed of how the majority of them are really bad at their jobs. They turn knobs like scientists, and pretend in their stoic manner to know what a good sound is. The truth of the matter is the seasoned musician sometimes knows good sound better than anyone, and that is why many of them end up picking up the hat of a producer or engineer. If you are serious about your craft you eventually will go down the road of sculpting your own sound. Now one might think how serious of a musician am I if I am singing through a $200 unit? I am a full-time professional singer that knows you do not need to buy expensive equipment to always sound good, and I am also a seasoned singer that knows that some engineers are so bad at theirs jobs that I can make a $200 unit sound better than them. What good is that you have Lexicons, TC Electronics, and you don't know how to use it professionally? I am by no way saying that the Vocal 300 can compete with the higher end products I have mentioned in the last sentence. The unit sounds very good if you know how to use it. The main key is use the FX sparingly and tastefully, and experiment with the EQ to make it work for you.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Great, October 21, 2010

By 

John - See all my reviews

This review is from: DigiTech Vocal 300 Vocal Multi-Effects Processor (Electronics)

I got this used for 99 dollars at guitar center but I wanted to review it here.

Pros:
Anyone who's familiar with the band 'Animal Collective' (Strawberry Jam listen to the song #1) this is the pedal for you.
My main reason I got this pedal was when I go to play a show a lot of the time the sound guys never get my vocals the way I want them too. Not anymore.
It's made of metal, so it seems pretty sturdy. Also, the tube pre-amp sim in this makes your voice sound about 10x warmer.

Cons:
This thing feedbacks like a mother. Don't be afraid to learn how to use the noise gate, and please make presets so your settings don't get lost.
Headphone port seems kind of movable, which it shouldn't.

So basically, if you want a less expensive way to get your vocals the way you want them too for a show, go for this.

5.0 out of 5 stars The best vocal processor out there, February 2, 2011

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Doc - See all my reviews

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This review is from: DigiTech Vocal 300 Vocal Multi-Effects Processor (Electronics)

There aren't many to compare it to but this is a great piece of equipment. Work very well in studio or live at gigs. I love it!