Hi Tony and all,
Finally able to get a chance to check in here after a hectic work weekend which included doing a high energy retro 40's big band swing party which included approx 150 guests, most(including myself) who weren't born till many years after that era. They dressed up 1940's attire and danced and girated to the current retro swing craze.WILD! I covered tunes from retro bands Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Royal Crown Revue, Brian Setzer, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and also performed traditional swing/jump tunes (Louis Prima, Duke Ellington, Count Basie). It was hi energy fun, but I was pretty exhausted by the end of the evening.
Yes Tony, I am particularly impressed by one specific feature included on the VoicePrism but missing on my Digitech Vocalist Workstation EX. The VoicePrism includes an all important vocal "EQ adjustment". I cannot understand why Digitech left out such an important feature on their unit. This feature alone will give me good reason to consider the VoicePrism over the Vocalist Workstation EX from Digitech.
A critisism I have about the VoicePrism is that it does not include an XLR mic input jack. The VoicePrism only includes a 1/4" unbalanced mic input jack. Considering the VoicePrism is marketed as a pro level vocal processor and is priced relatively high (quite a bit higher than the Digitech Vocalist Workstation EX, which does includes an XLR mic input), you would think the VoicePrism would have included this, rather than making us pay for an expensive add on card to gain the XLR input feature.
The feature I like about the Digitech Vocalist Workstation EX is that it is a table top style unit vs a rack mount. The advantage of the Vocalist Workstation EX (for me personally) is that I get to sit it right on top of my Technics KN5000 which allows very easy access to the slider controls (on top) for easy tweaking during live performance. I believe the VoicePrism can be used both as a table top unit (though the knobs may be less convenient than sliders) or rack mount unit.
I talked to the VoicePrism Sales Rep at TC Helicon Technology and he told me about an exciting new feature included on the VoicePrism which will allow you to sing and then have the vocal processor "answer" you (call and response style) with a delayed response based on the chord you trigger on the keyboard. This will certainly add a dimension of vocal "interaction" and "live realism" not currently available. I am particularly excited to check this out. According to the sales rep, the VoicePrism (produced in Denmark) will be released in the USA in mid November. Anyone out there in Europe had a chance to audition one yet?
Interested to hear comments from others.
Scott
PS: COMAlite, Thanks for your great post. As a Digitech Vocalist Workstaion EX owner, I found your post very informative.
[This message has been edited by Scottyee (edited 10-23-2000).]