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The Vocalist Live 5 adds up to four additional warm, natural-sounding harmonies to your lead vocals. The Live 5 automatically follows your vocals and chord progression using patented musIQ technology so you don't have to program a song's key or key changes. Just step on the footswitch while you're playing to fill the room with pitch-perfect backup vocals. You can even have the harmonies sound male or female, and increase their human factor for an organic, realistic sound.

The Live 5 also keeps your song right on target with built-in pitch correction and a variety of useful and intuitive effects like warmth, compression, a noise gate and a two-band EQ. Add in reverb, delay, and a built-in tuner, and you've got an indispensable tool that will have you turning heads and inspiring applause like never before.

musIQ Makes The Live 5 So Easy To Use
musIQ is a revolutionary technology that eliminates the need program a song's key or changes to create accurate harmonies. musIQ analyzes your lead vocals as well as the chords and notes played on a guitar in real-time to automatically generate perfect vocal harmonies. Simply plug into the Live 5, play your guitar and sing. The musIQ technology will ensure the harmonies are always right on.

The Live 5 Gives You More
¢ Intelligent 5-part harmony, your voice plus 4 more
¢ Vocal effects: up to 5 parameters of Preamp, compressor/gate, lead effects, harmony, reverb, echo/delay
¢ Guitar effects: Reverb, Chorus, Flange
¢ Mix Vocal, Harmony and guitar effects
¢ Gender controls allows you to give the harmonies a male or female voice
¢ Humanize adjust the natural sound of the harmonies from loose to tight
¢ 100 Presets to save vocal effects and harmony settings, each with an A and B parts for quick, easy changes on-stage
¢ Real-time Chromatic Pitch Correction
¢ Built-in Guitar Tuner
¢ Updated industrial design with 5 metal vacuum switches
¢ Staggered button footswitch layout - footswitches are staggered on 2 tier making it easier to use on stage, ensuring you don't hit the wrong button

Features

  • Automatically follows your guitar chords to generate the correct vocal harmonies using musIQ
  • Add up to 4 additional voices of harmony
  • Gender control allows you to give the harmonies a male and/or female voice
  • Humanize adjusts the natural sound of the harmonies from loose to tight
  • Adjustable/Natural sounding, real-time pitch correction
  • Add different kinds of vocal effects from radio, delay, distortion, and more.
  • Staggered button footswitch layout
  • 5 metal vacuum switches
  • Sturdy and durable black metal chassis
  • Bright, easy-to-read LED display
  • 100 Presets
  • A/B Patch per preset
  • A/B Patch footswitch
  • Built-in Guitar Tuner

Specs

  • Frequency Response:
  • Line Level Inputs and Outputs: +0, -3dB 30Hz to 20kHz
  • Distortion (THD+IMD):
  • Line-Level Inputs to Line-Level Outputs < 0.03%
  • Input Level at max, 0dBu 1kHz tone.
  • Analog Inputs
  • Guitar Input and Thru
  • Connectors: 1/4" unbalanced TS connectors
  • Max input level: 3.4 Vrms
  • Impedance: 3M Ohms unbalanced
  • Mic Input
  • Connector: XLR female
  • Max input level, gain at max: -27dBu (-12.5dBu in limit)
  • Max input level, gain at min: -1.5dBu
  • Impedance: 1.3k Ohms balanced
  • Line Input
  • Connector: 1/4" unbalanced TS connector
  • Max input level, gain at max: -8dBu (+5.5dBu in limit)
  • Max input level, gain at min: +18.5dBu
  • Impedance: 12k Ohms unbalanced
  • Aux Input
  • Connector: 3.5mm unbalanced stereo TRS connector
  • Impedance: 33k Ohms unbalanced
  • Converters
  • 24-bit Analog to Digital Converter
  • Dynamic Range: >97dB, A-weighted, -60dB fullscale input
  • Crosstalk: -85dB @ 1kHz
  • Sample Rate: 44.1kHz
  • 24-bit Digital to Analog Converter
  • Dynamic Range: >110dB, A-weighted, -60dB fullscale input
  • Crosstalk: -130dB @ 1kHz
  • Sample Rate: 44.1kHz
  • Analog Outputs
  • Line Outputs
  • Connectors: 1/4" balanced/unbalanced TRS, XLR balanced
  • Max output level: +19.9dBu balanced, +13.9dBu unbalanced
  • Impedance: 1560 Ohms balanced, 780 Ohms unbalanced
  • Dynamic Range: >102dB, A-weighted
  • THD+N: < 0.03% @ 1kHz
  • Headphone Output
  • Connector: 3.5mm unbalanced stereo TRS connector
  • Max output level: +12.6dBu
  • Impedance: 10 Ohms
  • Expression Pedal:
  • The Vocalist Live 5 can use either a standard passive guitar volume pedal or a resistance-based expression pedal. If using a standard guitar volume pedal, it should use a 250 kOhms or higher pot. If using an expression pedal, it must offer a TRS connection and offer a minimum resistance of 10kOhms.
  • Signal Processing:
  • Freescale DSP56367 DSP with custom firmware. All signal processing takes place at 44.1KHz sample rates, native.
  • Power:
  • US and Canada: 120 VAC, 60 Hz Adapter: PS0913B-120
  • Japan: 100 VAC, 50/60 Hz Adapter: PS0913B-100
  • Europe: 230 VAC, 50 Hz Adapter: PS0913B-230
  • UK: 240 VAC, 50 Hz Adapter: PS0913B-240
  • Dimensions:
  • 8.25" Length x 14.18" Width x 2.08" Height
  • Weight:
  • Approximately 3.3 lbs.
  • Environment:
  • Operating Temp: 32-104 degrees F, (0-40 C)

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Reviewed by 6 customers

  • I am never disappointed with the quality of their products.

    5

    Verified Buyer

    submitted10 years ago

    bySnappy Pappy

    fromNashville, TN

    My live 3 broke down but only after 4 or 5 years of hard use. I needed a replacement quickly and decided to move up to the live 5. My opinion is you can never go wrong with the quality they build into their products. Their engineers and designers are genius level folks.

  • Love it!

    5

    submitted12 years ago

    byKEVIN CAMPBELL

    fromFlushing, Mi.

    I didn't know what to think when I purchased the Vocalist 5 but in the couple of years I've owned it, it has brought a whole new level to performance. The basic settings are fabulous and used on 50's through 80's music has added depth and dimension to my music. Can't praise it enough. One of these years I'll investigate the other functions and then look out. ..... but I cant pull myself away from the presets. Too much fun.

  • Awesome, but...

    5

    submitted13 years ago

    byMARK JOLLEY

    fromClearfield, UT

    You will have to take some time tweaking it. I suggest using the Drunk setting to make it sound more realistic and just mess with the amount (or it will really sound drunk). I found that if I didn't, it sounded very robotic. It's a lot of fun. I have used it in one rock gig and it sounded cool. One complaint that is probably something I'm doing wrong is that when I have effects turned on I get a lot of feedback.

  • ..Great Job Vocalist 5

    5

    submitted14 years ago

    byCliff Payne

    fromGrain Valley, Mo.

    ,,, Been in the business for 46 yrs. Love this unit has real harmony settings and warm tone..Always love little river band harmonies and so on this thing does them all well..Its worth the money and tme to learn how it works the right way..Some grumps say oh your cheating, well im not cheating my perfomance when people do take notice of your sound so there nay sayers...Love your product and so does my crowd..

  • Fantastic vocals !

    5

    submitted15 years ago

    byDaniel

    fromdayton, ohio

    I bought this box for my wife and our band, tho Diana has a fantastic voice on her own this back up add so much depth to her voice it's amazing, it makes our band "ColVane" so much better with the added back up voicing, Im very happy with this magic box ! and everyone here at guitar center has been very helpful with all of our needs, in as much as one of their tech's came to our home to help setup some of the equipment we bought. % stars to Guitar-Center at the Dayton Mall !

  • I can now sing

    5

    submitted15 years ago

    byRay Morgan

    fromPennington Gap

    I can now sing like 'an Angel' pardon the pun. With the DigiTech Vocalist V live, even my uneven vocal abilities are right on the nail. This unit provides full harmonies and single voice if wanted. The Pitch Correction (PC)is REALLY PERFECT, it locks your voice right on tune. It has all the standard processing functions, reverb, echo, flang, ETC. Plus added harmony voices of male or female gender or both. It allows you to customise the harmonies to provide slightly off key and/or other natural sounding variances like speed of PC lock-on or rate of lock-on. I can go on and on but if you want/need it, it is there. BUY IT and SING

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