Effects for vocals anyone?

[Low D.]

Hey guys, we just made this new band (www.myspace.com/destroyingcy) and I m the singer. I m in a search of finding some good effects, maybe a multieffect pedal or something. For experimentation mostly...
I ve come across some pedals that worth 200-300euros to 500-700euros (digitech, TC electronics pedals), and I m not quite sure if I want to spend so much money for just some experimentation. So I have found the Behringer DSP2024P Virtualizer Pro which is very cheap (100euros) and has loads of effects to play around. Its not a pedal but you cant have it all!
Anyone used this for vocals before? Also if anyone knows any other pedal or rackmount multieffect processor thats suitable for voice too, please let me know. Must have the usual reverb, delays and stuff, plus a couple of distortions etc.
Respect, D.

p.s. no i m not quitting bass! ;p

[IanStephenson]

I'd start with a nice pre/compressor. (I got an ART Tube-Pac). The results are subtle, but realy make a difference. Then you can feed from that into any cheap rack-mount multi-fx, and it'll work great. Even the cheap ones can do loads of crazy stuff these days. The pre is the thing that you need for vocals that is often weak/absent on reguar multi-fx.

The Digittech multi-fx pedalboards are one of the few pedal systems aimed at vocalists, but from the reviews I looked at when I was looking for something like this they have a lot of gimmicky stuff that you never really use, and the basic stuff isn't that great. (though the digitech vocalist harmonizers are great fun!).

Personally I prefer to have this stuff in a rack - I've seen too many drunks fall on stage, and/or spill drinks to want a £200 of equipment on the floor for them to land on. Across the front my band just has midi pedals (totally bomb-proof full metal cased ones), and all the expensive gear is safe at the back.

Ian

[tycobb73]

I wouldn't buy this for just vocals. I'd have it rackmounted and run through your PA. We add reverb and compress the band as a whole.

[Low D.]

Never thought of a compressor before the multi effect. Though some of them have built in compressor. I was thinking also getting a foot controller with it.

For the full band, i dont thing this will work out, imagine me switching to distorted vocals or something other extreme and then the whole band will go distorted, the PA will probably blow up haha....

Btw by mistake I ve post twice this thread. The "correct" one is on the Effects section. sowy!