anyone know any good distortion for vox?

whyuncertainty · 18th June 2007

hey thanks for checking out my post.
in the studio i've been using amp sims for vocal distortion
and with some tweaking its usually come out pretty well.
i'm about to go on tour and i was wondering if anyone
knew of some decent distortion boxes for guitar or
anything else that sounds good with vocals. i havent
found a processor that was designed for vocals that had
a distortion feature and i also can't take software on the road.

any ideas are greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
-jen

mltamisin · 18th June 2007

Don't know if it's a good one or not but I've used Amplitube with some success on vocals. Thought it turned out OK. You've got to play with it quite a bit to get a useable sound but it was that or UAD-1's Nigel and Amplitube seemed to work much better.

blaugruen7 · 18th June 2007

the mother of plugin distortion:
ohmicide
http://www.ohmforce.com/ViewProduct.do?p=Ohmicide

mltamisin · 18th June 2007

Sorry, misread your post. There's a Digitech vocal processor that looks like a multiFX stompbox but it's designed for vocals. My band uses one live for every show. It's easy to interface with XLR's and is designed for vocals. Has lo-fi sounds and distortion. Just experiment with it b/c when we first got it all we heard from it was feedback. You've got to back off the level knob quite a bit but it's a cool piece for sure.

TheGetDown · 18th June 2007

anteres Tube

Stevil · 18th June 2007

i've seen digitech vocal 300 & boss se-50 used for live vocal distortion.
as stated above, if yer gonna use distoriton live expect lotsa feedback, & keep away from the monitors. might think about using some sort of multiband pitch shifter (+1, -1, +2, +2), white noise vocoder or a preamp you can overdrive for a similar effect.

rockrev · 18th June 2007

Any member of the Pro Co RAT family (I prefer the RAT 2).

David Jennings

-Noodles- · 18th June 2007

Digitech (as mentioned) have ventured into the world of live vocal efx.. so check them out

Fishmed · 19th June 2007

The Roland GP-100 does a good job for vocal distortion effects even though it is primarly a guitar preamp.

18th June 2007	#1
whyuncertainty Gear Head Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Hudson Valley, NY Posts: 64 Thread Starter	anyone know any good distortion for vox? hey thanks for checking out my post. in the studio i've been using amp sims for vocal distortion and with some tweaking its usually come out pretty well. i'm about to go on tour and i was wondering if anyone knew of some decent distortion boxes for guitar or anything else that sounds good with vocals. i havent found a processor that was designed for vocals that had a distortion feature and i also can't take software on the road. any ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks! -jen

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-Noodles- Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 717 1 Review written	Digitech (as mentioned) have ventured into the world of live vocal efx.. so check them out __________________ Mac user; Logic and ProTools.

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mltamisin Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2005 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 1,173 1 Review written	Don't know if it's a good one or not but I've used Amplitube with some success on vocals. Thought it turned out OK. You've got to play with it quite a bit to get a useable sound but it was that or UAD-1's Nigel and Amplitube seemed to work much better.

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blaugruen7 Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2004 Location: berlin Posts: 1,887	the mother of plugin distortion: ohmicide http://www.ohmforce.com/ViewProduct.do?p=Ohmicide

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TheGetDown Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 194	anteres Tube

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Stevil Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 2,193	i've seen digitech vocal 300 & boss se-50 used for live vocal distortion. as stated above, if yer gonna use distoriton live expect lotsa feedback, & keep away from the monitors. might think about using some sort of multiband pitch shifter (+1, -1, +2, +2), white noise vocoder or a preamp you can overdrive for a similar effect.

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rockrev Gear maniac Joined: Jan 2007 Location: SC Posts: 287	Any member of the Pro Co RAT family (I prefer the RAT 2). David Jennings

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Fishmed Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 949	The Roland GP-100 does a good job for vocal distortion effects even though it is primarly a guitar preamp.