Roland VT-4 Voice Transformer

The Roland VT-4 is an effects processor for the instrument we all own: the human voice. Like the human voice, the VT-4 is easy to use, yet crushingly effective. Ranging from subtle support to radical transformation. Everything is hands-on, without having to dive into menus or slow programming. Stunning effects like harmonizing, vocoding, pitch shifting, hard tuning and more are just a button press, twist or slide away. And with its compact size and five hours of battery life, you can use the Roland VT-4 anywhere. 

Current music styles increasingly use unusual vocal sounds, with heavy processing. This makes them stand out and grab the attention of the listener. The VT-4 puts a wealth of modern and retro vocal effects at your fingertips, without the need for a complicated set-up involving a computer and plug-ins. All effects are top-notch: from delay and reverb to complex formant and vocoding effects. Even better, the VT-4's performance-focused interface lets you operate the unit while you sing. This way you can continuously adapt the sound to the track, as well as improve the atmosphere of your performance.

Great sounding pitch and formant effects are hard to come by, especially without a computer. And adjusting these effects in real time often leads to annoying side effects and other unpleasantness. With the VT-4 you have full, smooth and direct control over both pitch and formant, with dedicated faders to match. Dramatically change your entire personality from male to female, from big to small, or from good to evil: the choice is yours.

Achieving complex vocal effects is easy with the VT-4. You can even use multiple effects at once. Use the central Auto-Pitch knob to dial in just the right amount of hard-tuned effects, then hit the Megaphone button for some lo-fi rawness. Or send the vocoder through a tape delay or vintage chorus. Each effect has a number of one-touch variations, allowing you to achieve different vocoder characteristics, different lo-fi effects, polyphonic harmonies, and different types of reverb and delay. Chain your effects, set the controls to your liking, then hold down a preset button to save that setup. Changing presets and tweaking controls is smooth and instant, with no jarring artifacts, glitches, or dropouts.