DigiTech Vocal 300 Vocal Effects Processor  

All the effects work great, also the pre amp works excelent.

Great

I think the price was exelent for all the features this product has.

I am actually rating the 400, which is just like the 300 only with USB.  The features are awesome for such an inexpensive device.  You can chain a full path of modeling all the way through to the output.  I didn't really need the peddle but I did play with it.  The peddle is nice but the only thing I would change is having the unit note the position of the peddle when changing presets or turning the unit on.  You must remember to move the peddle all the way up then down so the unit will position the assigned effect to the proper level.  As for feedback, I use some very modeled presets and like a very sensitive mic and I never had an issue if I've staged the signal properly.  Take a signal staging 101 class and you'll be fine.

The thing seemed kinda cheaply made but it's help up like a tank.  Never had a second's problem with it. The mic input level knob is very touchy and that's why I gave it a 9.

This is a LOT of vocal processor for very little dough.

I actually have the 400, which has a USB interface.  It was quickly discontinued, and I have no idea why.  This unit is amazing!  You can not only control all the settings from a Windows user interface, you can store the presets in files and call them back up.  Want to test a change for a few days but keep the old settings just incase? no problem.   It doesn't end there..  I can use the device an an audio I/O and record via USB, or send vocals to the unit, process them and save to a new track.   I've used this device for at least 5 years and it's still going strong.  I use it both for live performances and at home in my studio.  You can do just about everything the newer, more expensive units will do except for harmonies.  I'd prefer a rack mount as I don't really make changes in the middle of a song and I take this thing with me everywhere I sing.  I have a small rackmount box with my wireles mic mounted in it and this thing on top so it's been beat up quite a bit.   

It seems a lot of people need this information.  The features on this pedal are just incredible.  The things it can do with your vocals are mind-boggling.  But, more importantly, if you are trying to use this thing live and you are having feedback problems, then you seriously need to keep reading.  I will tell you how to solve this problem once and for all in the appropriate sections.  The only "feature" related item I can find to complain about is the Master volume.  Every time you power down and power back up, it defaults to 50 percent.  If you happen to have it in a high gain configuration, it gets really annoying to have to remember to turn it up every time you turn it on.

I have beaten this thing to heck for about six year in both live and studio applications.  The only problems I have with reliability are common to everything that uses a wall wart.  I wish someone would figure out how to make a power supply which doesn't develop an internal wire break right up at the transformer.  Now, if you accidentally step on the dials above the pedalboard (like I did), there's a good chance that the potentiometers will develop intermittent dial creep (like mine have).  There's no such thing as a volume pot strong enough to take the weight of a full-grown man.  If you're prone to spilling your beer on it (like I am), you should take a computer technicians course at your local community college.  And, learn how to clean a  printed circuit board with cotton swabs and denatured alcohol.  After six years of heck, it finally developed a "wear-and-tear" issue (as opposed to my abuse).  The "up" pedal no longer works, so in order to change presets, I have to let it cycle through all 80 to get back to the one.  But, it's pretty fast in doing so, so it's really a non-issue.

Digitech really knocked it out of the park on this one.  The dozens of things I don't need in this pedal are infinitely less important than having present, convenient, and immediate control ONSTAGE of the most critical parts of my vocal presentation.  Not to mention the assignable pedal control.  We've all seen a wicked guitar doing divebombs with his Floyd Rose tremolo.  But, have you heard a vocalist do it with his voice?  And, guess what?  No more idiot sound engineers who get drunk and forget to turn on the digital delay for the one phrase in that one song.

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FEEDBACK PROBLEMS WITH THIS PEDAL, IT IS YOUR OWN FAULT, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU DO TO FIX IT.

1. Never take this thing to a sound man and just tell him to hook you in.  Your studio settings will be completely different than your live settings in some very critical ways.  Keep reading.

2. Go back and visit your "Guitar Player 101" class.  Remember how you had to turn down your main volumes and channel gains each time you powered up/down, and/or changed your cabling?  It's not rocket science, guys.

3. This is the one that some of you will catch and some won't.  In a live setting, stick with low or medium compression, and don't turn the preamp gain all the way to the max.

4. This is the one that a lot of you will miss, cause it isn't obvious.  We all love having the noise gate get rid of annoying hums and off-axis noise when we're not singing into the mic.  But, you must TURN THE THRESHOLD DOWN AS LOW AS POSSIBLE WHILE STILL FILTERING THE UNWANTED NOISE.  If the threshold is up too high, it will block low volume sound and the sound guy will start turning up the gain.  Then when you sing, the signal it lets through will be so strong it will instantly loop with no warning at all, and you will be lucky if the only thing you damage is your ears.

i was looking for something to put between my mic and (featureless) amp to add some bass and reverb for vocals. i ran across this and thought the extra features would be fun for my pre-teen daughter and her friends. i was right, it has enough features for me to be happy and enhance singing vocals. the "fun" voices are amazing. there are incredibly good effects to perfectly imitate alvin and the chipmunks, the chipettes, helium, robots, monsters, AH-NOLD in true lies as the interrogator and TONS more.     what i would REALLY like to see in there would be some auto-tune functionality for karaoke, but to be honest, it might be in there and i haven't seen it yet. there is A LOT going on in there, but you can be having fun in 30 seconds without opening the manual.

it's a lot of money for what is mostly a toy, but it is a very nice quality toy with lots of features.