Transit of Venus

I have a Digitech Vocal 300 Vocal effects processor. I bought it cheap one day on impulse from my local music store . Intending to use it for making a cool delay sound on stage, somehow I managed to never once get it set up at band practice let alone take it to a gig.

As far as useful sounds go, it’s about as useful as the average guitar multi effects pedal (e.g. GO BUY A DECENT AMP YOU MORON!) There is a tube pre-amp modeler, which is, pretty crap. A grunge distortion which is, basically, also pretty crap. There is an overdrive too, which I assure you, won’t make your day. So does buying this ridicules purple monstrosity make me some kind of moron? No. Definitely not. Not a moron at all….

You see, the highlight of this pedal is not the things which could be of some use, but the things that initially seem silly. With effects like “Dark side”, “chipmunk”, “robot”, “wizard” “älien” and “monster” to name a few, this is the perfect accessory to an impromptu sound effects studio. On Sunday you may have read that me and Josh from Peachysoft (doesn’t that make you sound important Josh?) recorded some sounds for his latest game. Well I’ve been having a play around since, and boy am I glad I bought this thing! Two years down the track, it doesn’t seem like such a waste of money after all. Good on ya Digitech