vocal reverb/eq pedals for live?

hi does anyone know any good reverb and eq effects for live use? i dont have much money so i was thinking of getting guitar pedals but i'm not sure if the eq would have the right frequencies or whatever on it.

most of the reverb pedals i've seen for vocals haven't shown how much reverb you can get, and we have that kinda washed-out/shoegazy sound.

for an example of sound we need, the song Lights on http://www.myspace.com/vampirebatsuk is pretty close. i could deal with it being a little more clear but i definitely want that washed-out spacey sound. would just getting a guitar verb pedal like the holy grail be fine?

thanks!

The TC Helicon Create Pedal has been awesome for me.

+1 on TC Helicon stuff. The Create is particularly good in tandem with the Correct pedal. You don't have to use the pitch correction, but the compression and auto-EQ on the latter are particularly sweet.

TC Helicon's Harmony-G provides a nice single-pedal combination of these effects--whether or not you use the harmonizer.

Reverb boxes I use are Lexicon PCM80 (Concert Hall 2 and Vocal Hall patches) and Roland SE50 with custom setting built off an existing patch.

I have had both the Digitech Vocal 300 (needs repair) and more recently The TC-Helicon Voice Tone Create.

I think for most people the Create would be the better choice. Personally though it is not working out for me and I am currently shopping around for something else. I need to be able to change the tone on the fly, mid-song and the Create just does not allow for this. There is a half to full-second-ish delay when changing patches where the sound cuts out completely. So adding delay at the end of a line for example, just does not work, unless you like singing the rest of the song in bypass.

I am looking at the Voice Live 2, but it is a bit spendy. If you can possibly wait, BOSS has just announced their first vocalist Twin Pedal (the VE-20) which will street in Nov/Dec for $249 USD.

http://www.rolandconnect.com/product.php?p=ve-20

I think I will get one of these...

The Boss one does look very interesting.

I have the HarmonyG, and it works great for adding a bit of reverb and compression. Allthough now that I am not in a band, I don't use it anymore.

The best reverb effects I've used are the Lexicon presets in my Soundcraft EFX8 board.

no ,no,no, this is what you need: a good mic, a small pa for a small crowd ,a big one for a big crowd Ive seen it work time and time again . I dont think reverb can make you sing good nor any amount of eq make a crappy voice good.

This seems reductive: The fact is that nearly all singers use some reverb when recording and performing. If you go out there with no reverb in a place that won't provide good natural reverb, you will most certainly sound amateurish.

The question is not how to "make a crappy voice good"; it's about pedals that can supply a good set of reverb or EQ effects. Wouldn't you agree that any voice can be enhanced with tasteful vocal effects? The crappy voice might well become somewhat less crappy, if not quite reaching good--that takes practice.

Uh, no one is arguing that effects cannot redeem a bad singer, but the right amount and type of effects can be the secret sauce to take a good vocal and liven it up.

I don't know of too many acts - amateur or pro - that run with NO effects on vocals.

PS: Are you for real?

wert is trying to push everyone's buttons - while trying to inject a little humor maybe....in worse case scenario he's a troll...

is it better to get a vocal reverb pedal or just let the sound guy handle the reverb and effects?

+1 on TC Helicon stuff. The Create is particularly good in tandem with the Correct pedal. You don't have to use the pitch correction, but the compression and auto-EQ on the latter are particularly sweet. TC Helicon's Harmony-G provides a nice single-pedal combination of these effects--whether or not you use the harmonizer.

+1 on the TC Helicon Harmony-G

The pedal sounds GREAT, and I have now switched off all my outboard effects on the vocals in favor of the pedal only.

My next gig involving a soundman, I'll just ask him or her beforehand to set my vocals "dry" and let me handle the fx from on stage with the pedal.

Is there one that offers EQ, Reverb and Tubiness? (I don't really know what Tubes sound like but apparently they're awesome :-) ) Possibly with actual tubes?

This is pretty individual. I am in an all-80s retro cover band, and we use a lot of different effects. Trying to teach a new sound guy each night where to add the different effects would be nightmarish for me. For many vocalists though letting the sound guy do it is a pretty standard and usable scenario.