We also introduced a pair of models by TC Electronic that are designed to attach to your mic stand, making it easy to run the XLR cable through them, and even easier to make changes to your settings without having to stoop over to a pedal board or walk over to a rack.
One of those comes from Electro-Harmonix - their Voice Box at number five - which creates a remarkably natural harmony in up to four parts, with nuanced blending capabilities and even a gender bender to manipulate the apparent sex of the singer.
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We sent the DigiTech Vocalist Live Pro packing due to concerns around availability, but introduced a few new models that will give users a lot of range in product selection.
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It's a bit less intuitive to use than the Tascam, but its ability to combine effects in parallel or serial configurations dramatically increases its potential uses. The biggest jump up comes in our second slot, with the Behringer FX2000.
Thanks to its exceptional variety of effects, its MIDI ports, and its durable build, the Tascam TA-1VP easily retained its top spot in our ranking. The TC Electronic 8005, conversely, is something you'll have at your fingertips throughout a performance, especially if you choose to mount it to your microphone stand, a feature that only it and the TC Electronics Helicon Perform V can boast. Both of these are designed to live in racks with other effects, and while you certainly could just hook them up to your instrument and microphone and set them off to the side of the stage, they really would be better suited to a professional live or studio environment. That question of whether you're going to be using this in professional settings is an important one, especially when you look at something like the Behringer 3D Virtualizer FX2000 or the Tascam TA-1VP.
The 8 offers a lot more in terms of nuanced control over specific aspects of your sound, particularly when it comes to the quality of its harmonies, from which you can select high and low, radio, and distorted, among other presets. Among a few notable upgrades on this iteration of our ranking, we added the Boss Acoustic VE-8 in place of the previously included VE-5, which served musicians better as a desktop option than in live settings, both because of its build quality and its design.