Based on my experiences with the Behringer Octave pedal, it'll probably sound like Jim Carrey making the most annoying song in the world from Dumb and Dumber. Or a chorus of Gilbert Gotfrieds
@@chuckdriver8269 Behringer actually bred a race of rodents that they put inside of the enclosure that can sing what you play. That’s how they can sell them for $29. No batteries required - you open the back and insert some hamster kibble once a month. Once I forgot to feed my pedal and it stunk up the whole house.
Duuude, I legit thought they were serious until I saw the comments. I seriously went back and watched the "history" part twice because I was confused what he was talking about. I was like "what does this actually have to do with the pedal?" 😂 Bravo guys, bravo!
And in the Inside isn't electronics but a small army of dwarfs. So you don't have to feed the pedal with electricity but with small peaces of humus. Thank you both. It was great fun watching your video.
Rhett, after watching your channel for a long time, this is your best review and especially song you have recorded and shared. Amazing opening track all around!
@@Ugoeh2 - It takes a serious idiot to say that about Jen Psaki, but not Kaleigh McEnany. The whole world is fucking upside-down and backward! TRUMPS FOR PRISON 2022!!!
I'd be completely stoked if this wasn't being released on April 1 and I wasn't completely convinced that you all were just massively trolling us. Nice one gents, we all needed this!
Oh, brother. It took me 11 MONTHS to realise that this was a 4/1 gag. I kept looking for it to become available, thinking that maybe it was just taking a long time to get it into production or something like that. Call me dumb. That said, I still want one...
Are you serious?! That makes sense given the technological difficulties of making a product most see as a novelty. However, you can basically do the same thing with a Roland guitar synth.
@@christophermallett7983 I had the same response on my comment this morning, texted this number and I was asked to buy a gamer's gift card worth 50 usd for the delivery cost of the pedal, doesn't sound legit to me, so I turned down the request, even deleted my original comment, he doesn't even mention there's a giveaway in the video, and you can see the same thing on a few other people's comments, this is supposed to be only one prototype, not many..
Here I am in July watching this and thinking "damn I NEED one of these pedals"....google search brought up nothing, so I came back and saw the release date...you got me sooooo good!
Same here: I was listening to this while driving and didn't check the date it was posted on... and I utterly fell for it. Rhett and Josh's performance was so straightforward that I never once thought to second guess any of it.
I laughed. I fell for it for like 10 min. But some of sound clips were too funny. I was like wth why wouldn’t I just sing. But then I’m like well I can’t sing. Hahahah🎉 I love you guys!!
I keep telling myself “I can’t believe I’m still watching this” while I continue to keep watching it. No chance I would have lasted this long for a real pedal demo. Appreciate the Friday fun fellas.
I think a pedal like this is actually an inevitability. It doesn't seem that out of reach, text to speech and deep fakes exist, so why not sim sing. I think when a device like this does get made, they'll use this video as a "used to be a joke" marketing spin
The realism of the beginning and ending of the notes of the human voices is just amazing!! Does NOT sound computerized!! Bravo JHS - and THANKS as always, RS!!
This is really cool - I wish it was real! JHS - make a digital pedal that does this! Great video. All the knobs turning and sounding like they actually change things, the side switch, it makes it seem real. Awesome content.
I would have taken the pedal back and got somebody else to demo it. Maybe John Browne can do some sick downpicked throat vocals. Or throw some post distortion and now you can have Disturbed "oo ah ah ah ah!!!!" Vocals any time
They had me at first. I was pretty blown away at Rhett's opening demo tune. But, I basically knew it was a put-on as soon as Josh started calling one of his own products by so many... well, really by _any_ superlatives. Calling the Voice Tech the "single greatest invention in the history of music technology" and "a new form of human expression" he even pretty much maintained a straight face, but even so i thought "that's not the Josh I have ever seen or heard talking about his own (JHS) products." Ever! Seriously, anyone following the channel knows what I mean. Sure, he will wax exuberant over pedals from Boss, Digitech, Wampler, heck, just about any other device maker and I take him at his word, because its genuine. But he's just not the toot-your-own-horn, I'm-a-hero, self-promoter type, even though his pedals and amps (and channel) KILL IT over and over again. So, great performances from both guys. Rhett even got in a diss, that the vibrato isn't following the player, that it's like "an easy button" which lent an air of believability. But Josh, he went a little over the top about his own pedal, eh? That's my take. I love the whole concept though, and they never give up the ruse! "Never drop the con" -Sneaky Pete
Rhett was so convincing that I now have trust issues. If he’s this good and demoing a fake pedal, he must be just as good at demoing a crappy product 😕😂 The academy award goes to…
Lol. I think the truth is that pretty much anybody who has a successful TH-cam channel would do fine in sales - they all communicate effectively, for sure. For example, Keith at "5 Watt World" channel seems, on the surface, to be just a regular, no-nonsense dude (and I love his work - his latest, "the guitar history of Keith Richards" is brilliant), but I think you'll find if you listen to him, he's a darn good salesman when he's taking care of the peripheral business of his channel.
Now my grandfather actually worked on this project at the jmi factory, and he told me about the best feature for the original formant section of the circuit which was the muco switch. It worked in tandem with the vibrato control to make your voice sound fresh and phlegmy like you just woke up or strained and tired and frail like after the third day of namm. Big misstep.
Watch this on 2nd April and was totally sold on this pedal. Then I read the comments 🤦🏻♂️ This needs to go into production man. The world needs another Miku!!
Dod gammit. Watching this in September. I so wanted this. I had wondered why I hadn't heard of this, but didn't think much of it. I was in until you turned up the vibrato. Something was amiss. Had to check the video's publish date. Well done.
The back story, the applied musical examples and the conviction of the delivery are incredibly convincing. Josh"s face while talking about Edison? hahaaaaaa!!! Great work guys!! Bravo!!!
Beautifully played, Rhett. I'm a fan, and I learn much from you that furthers my journey (at 64 yo) down the road of playing the guitar. But, as an actor and acting teacher, I'm very impressed by your commitment and belief in the story you're telling. Simple delivery, conversational but with some real respect for the massive discovery that this history making pedal actually is. It's not important that I believe in the technology, all I need to believe is that you believe it. And I believe. I was a little leery when you threw some shade about Josh not incorporating the ability to use an expression pedal (though that makes absolute sense to be able to do so), but I kept on believing. Even now, when I take a long hard look at the calendar, I still want to believe! Thanks for 16:47 of joy in a world that's gone mad.
You totally had me with the seriousness of the presentation and the backstory... And the funniest thing is I only realised today that it's a 4/1 gag, (so basically 27 days later). I kept a tab open on my phone's browser since then, as a reminder to find out how to get it, and I would totally have placed a preorder for it, silly me 😂😂😂 Great job !
I was so excited that I sent this out to my friends saying I can’t wait to get this pedal. Then it hit me that this was posted on April Fools Day. Great one guys. You got me!!!!
Dude... You aren't the only one lol, I sent this to a good gear budy of mine and he pointed it out to me lol.... I knew this came out on April Fools Day, but the production, delivery, and just seriousness of this video made me believe lol!!
I have to say, it took me a couple of minutes before the penny dropped, it is not a bad concept! Haha, well done guys, very dry treatment, the vocal 'wah wah' expression pedal 'oversight' is comedy gold.
This just proves how much we all believe in Josh's abilities. I immediately thought of the Korg Miku pedal and assumed there was no reason this "Voice Tech" effect couldn't be achieved. That my limited understanding is why I'm confused. So I'm 50/50 about this. 50% upset that this pedal doesn't actually exist and 50% thankful that I'm not as uneducated/ignorant as this video made me feel.
10:19 "looks like a pretty blatant oversight" hilarious everyone seems to be having a good time poking fun at this-full committed. Great job on this overall
i'm 16hrs into my day on 4hrs of sleep. he totally had me going until the blatant oversight comment. I was all C3-PO, "HOW RUDE!"...then my fuzzy mush brain remembered what day it is.
Even though this is obviously the newest release from JHS's April Fools Series, I have to admit that I still had to fight the overwhelming urge to look for a link to order one. I think it's pretty safe to say that it's time for my friends and family to organize that sorely-needed intervention to address my lifelong struggle with Gear Acquisition Syndrome...
Great April Fools joke. Laughed so hard throughout this video. Cheers to u both! On a real note, I love the aesthetic of that pedal. JHS needs to make something with that color scheme and knob choice
I've back ordered 4 of these units so I can replace every section of my 5th grade choir I teach. The sound is identical.... Thanks so much guys... a life saver !!!
The history speech went on FOREVER! Hey, definitely agree that not having an expression pedal for the "formant" control was a "major oversight". I have ordered my pedal anyway. Pumped to try it out.
You had me! I forgot what day it was even ! I was about to text all my friends and tell them and then you turned the vibrato to max and the jig was up! Who were the singers? You gotta bring them out and let them sing . They have amazing voices! ;)
Yeah, the guy runs out of breath at the end of that note but Rhett's fingers haven't made the moves needed for that. The ruse is nearly perfect up to then.
I had the chance to demo one of the prototypes of this last April and I can tell you its a game changer, Josh and JHS are at the forefront of cutting edge technology
If I hadn't read the comments, you'd had got me! Such an amazing idea, I'd buy it! You already have the pedal chasis... just make that thing happen, please!
Was buying it for about 30 seconds from when he turned it on, then started laughing out loud. Then I was impressed how invested they got on this, then so happy I stuck around to hear the vibrato cranked 😂
Immediately reminds of JHS’ “ The Bulb” pedal. LoL so convincingly well done, love the effort and good fun! On a side note, Rhett’s solo tone is killer!
This is exactly what I had in mind with the KORG DVP1, which has been sitting in my studio-rack since 2001. Even then it was "lost behind the wagon" as it came out in 1985 alongside the EX8000 :)
Such a wonderfully produced collaboration of amazing shenanigans! Loved the whole thing (even though I didn’t catch it until the 3rd, I could still read the posted date). My favorite part to nail the legitimacy of the sale were the undertones jab of… “It might’ve been cool for JHS to include expression control for that so you could get kind of a natural vocal wah-wah sound. Seems like a pretty blatant oversight… anyway…” Trolls’ Gonna Troll!! Great jab!! Well done all! 😎🤙
Pair it with the DigiTech Trio and us guitar players don't need all of those other extraneous band mates that just take away that much deserved spotlight on our amazing talent.
Guitar players long ago figured out ways to get rid of that annoying bass player. And drum machines have been around a while of course. It was only a matter of time before we figured out how to erase the vocalist as well. Well done JHS.
I was %100 fooled by this. I was ready to pay whatever JHS was gonna charge to get this pedal on my board. Then at about minute 6 I was face palmed super hard, realizing I got fooled. And my friend saw the entire thing
I always liked to watch Josh's videos because he's not only a good pedal builder but a good entertainer as well. And this co-joke just proved it more time.
Finally someone talks about this pedal, here in Italy is used in every board. We do Opera with guitars, Vivaldi, Puccini, Verdi, Toscanini were all Italian GUITAR composer. I'm so sad fake news spread all over the place, finally we are no longer standing in the shadow of the cheap Miku pedal clone Thank Rhett, Thank JHS, Thank April, Thank Fools.
It sort of reminds me of the "Cellos" in the old PowerMac. I loved using that voice to read documents when I first was learning to use screenreaders. It was built into the PowerMac, and worked with simple text documents, and email. Was pretty fun and funny.
Watching this a year and half later, I didn't catch the joke. Before looking at the date this was posted, it had me finally looking forward to something in this dismal world. I'll never forgive you. At the same time; Hella props!
Wow! That sounds amazing! Only improvement I can imagine is adding a jack for a sustain/hold foot switch so you can play guitar while holding a harmonious chord and just release is to change chords again.
I’m embarrassed to say that it got me until the working of the vibrato knob. That immediately made me check the date this video was released. Bravo gentlemen.
Bro same but I actually searched it up before on Google to see the price to nz,,,, was pretty curious lol... but I thought he was singing those notes for second cause I was just listening to the vid 😆 ffs.. kinda annoying anyone makes a fake video like this comon
My jaws are WIDE OPEN when I heard that shit, shit was wicked. Hooooly shit this is one of the coolest pedal I've ever heard, it's like the successful version of the miku pedal. Shit if we combine those it would be siiiick edit: Goddammit I just realized that's an April fools joke. You got me. Plus it's already 4/2 in my time zone.
When Josh started with all that bs I said to myself, ok is an April 1st joke. But then Rhett takes it so seriously that it made me scratch my head until the very end of the video. Well done.
I love this pedal. With the tech we have now it's actually possible to make it for real. I hope they do. In the meantime we can simulate it with midi guitars. It would also make sense for it to have 2 switches so switch 1 is solo voice and switch 2 is choir.
Even though it's April 1st I was buying into it for a couple of minutes. Well that's interesting and kinda weird.....wait a minute 😂😂 Great job, love it! LOL
Man, I know that it’s a joke, but I so want this to be real hahaha. Just imagine the cool musical capabilities you could do with this, pairing it with a delay, tremolo, chorus, glitch/stutter effect, etc.
This was serious effort for an April fool's joke!!!! Well done! You had me until the I noticed Rhett matching vibrato with the vibrato of the vocals (attention to detail 👏👏👏👏) and I still watched til the end! Well done y'all!
Damn… only when looking to see the price for this device did I see it was an AFJ! The “ooooooooooohhhh” vibrato was funny AF! Rhett kept it so straight! Nice one guys!
I remember an episode when Josh got an used pedal and he had to replace the knobs cause they were wrong and he couldn't stand them. I was watching this and thinking those knobs are horrible. Josh would never use those knobs and then I started laughing. Well done all of you! Epic.
Waiting for the $29 Behringer version.
You'd be a fool otherwise ...
Amazon Basic version for me.
Based on my experiences with the Behringer Octave pedal, it'll probably sound like Jim Carrey making the most annoying song in the world from Dumb and Dumber. Or a chorus of Gilbert Gotfrieds
Facts😂😂
@@chuckdriver8269 Behringer actually bred a race of rodents that they put inside of the enclosure that can sing what you play. That’s how they can sell them for $29. No batteries required - you open the back and insert some hamster kibble once a month. Once I forgot to feed my pedal and it stunk up the whole house.
I'll admit, I was buying into it until about half way through the video and then realized what day it is.
Bravo. Really well done.
Bro if I didn’t read your comment I still would have thought lol 😂
I've definitely learned over the years not to trust anything from JHS on this day...
@@timcarter7202 wym? I got 3 jhs bulbs on my board and they word just fine!
Duuude, I legit thought they were serious until I saw the comments. I seriously went back and watched the "history" part twice because I was confused what he was talking about. I was like "what does this actually have to do with the pedal?" 😂 Bravo guys, bravo!
lol same
And in the Inside isn't electronics but a small army of dwarfs. So you don't have to feed the pedal with electricity but with small peaces of humus. Thank you both. It was great fun watching your video.
The electricity is there to keep the dwarves in line...
'Army of Dwarfs' needs to be a band.
🤣🤟🏼
Clearly the dwarfs were trained in Gregorian chants.
Hmmm? What day is it today?
Rhett, after watching your channel for a long time, this is your best review and especially song you have recorded and shared. Amazing opening track all around!
Its amazing to me that these guys can make this video with a straight face and absolute sincerity. Well done.
I know! He should get the Jen Psaki award!
@@Ugoeh2 - It takes a serious idiot to say that about Jen Psaki, but not Kaleigh McEnany. The whole world is fucking upside-down and backward! TRUMPS FOR PRISON 2022!!!
Maybe that's because the implications are actually deadly serious.
@@Halliday7895 Sociopathic? wow, who hurt you?
Me: *Knowing this is a prank*
Also Me: "This should have a blend knob"
A blend run by an expression pedal...blatant oversight 😊
I'd be completely stoked if this wasn't being released on April 1 and I wasn't completely convinced that you all were just massively trolling us. Nice one gents, we all needed this!
If you play it with a reverse delay it says. Worship Satan
Oh, brother. It took me 11 MONTHS to realise that this was a 4/1 gag. I kept looking for it to become available, thinking that maybe it was just taking a long time to get it into production or something like that. Call me dumb. That said, I still want one...
Are you serious?! That makes sense given the technological difficulties of making a product most see as a novelty.
However, you can basically do the same thing with a Roland guitar synth.
I almost believed it, but then you Josh said, "I'm really happy to be teaming up Rhett Shull to present such a product."
Lol. Dead giveaway.
So I'm not the only one who thinks this is a goof?
@@williamnichols6253 it’s April fools day, so it’s 100% a gag. A good one though. The vibrato clips had me cackling.
Naah... 27 seconds in, said long lost tech from Italy and he wasn't talking about mozzarella, cars or wine, I saw right through it. LOL
They had me until I read this comment. Hook like and sinker. I was going to order this tonight
Totally got me! Josh did a great job teeing it up and by the time Rhett was done demoing it, I was ready to buy one. OMG! Great show boys!
I love the writing that went into making Josh's story so grand.
Seems legit
@@christophermallett7983 I had the same response on my comment this morning, texted this number and I was asked to buy a gamer's gift card worth 50 usd for the delivery cost of the pedal, doesn't sound legit to me, so I turned down the request, even deleted my original comment, he doesn't even mention there's a giveaway in the video, and you can see the same thing on a few other people's comments, this is supposed to be only one prototype, not many..
Here I am in July watching this and thinking "damn I NEED one of these pedals"....google search brought up nothing, so I came back and saw the release date...you got me sooooo good!
I was so proud of myself for not falling for any 4/1 gags this year. I watched this on 4/4 and went for it, hook, line, and sinker. Well done gents!
Same here: I was listening to this while driving and didn't check the date it was posted on... and I utterly fell for it. Rhett and Josh's performance was so straightforward that I never once thought to second guess any of it.
hahaha me too 😂
Fell for it too, in a moment of weakness 😆
I laughed. I fell for it for like 10 min. But some of sound clips were too funny. I was like wth why wouldn’t I just sing. But then I’m like well I can’t sing. Hahahah🎉 I love you guys!!
im watching it today and just realized it reading this comment. im pretty pissed right now
I love how much time and effort went into this
this is just pure brilliance in action. totally sold the whole back story. Well Done gentlemen, well done
As someone watching this on June 26th, 2024 I am super bummed lol. I’m assuming the ‘2 years ago’ sticker is April 1st from 2 years ago 😂
Um yeah. They should make the dates on those’d old videos a bit more precise.
@@davidasher22just click: ...more
I keep telling myself “I can’t believe I’m still watching this” while I continue to keep watching it. No chance I would have lasted this long for a real pedal demo. Appreciate the Friday fun fellas.
Same
The vibrato is simply curable by a lower cut off..
Drive and bite will be the biggest next step…
Super tek… good to know..
I'm just appreciative of the effort you guys made to keep the tradition going and to entertain us. I loved this, thank you.
I just place an order for this pedal. This is a real game-changer! so cool!
Just wanted to say - i come back to this intro song once in a few weeks. It's so spot on, so much atmosphere and soul in it.. Thank you, Rhett.
This was so well produced. One of the best 4/1 videos ever.
"I have never played anything like this before"= truth.
And let's hope no one ever does.
You can tell this isn’t a real JHS release. The artwork is too good.
Sick Burn!
Ouch!
lol
Toushe!
You can tell its not a JHS. cause it sounds good. JHS= Just Hackey Shite
Man, I was on Sweetwater looking for this thing! Rhett & JHS are cruel pranksters!!
This is sick! Amazing Demo Rhett...I'm sold!
Absolutely brilliant. You guys are able to deliver it all with a straight face! Thank you for the effort to produce this ! I can’t wait for next year.
It’s actually a great idea for a pedal. Make it happen Josh!!
It is a good idea. We have the technology to do it. I don't think it would be that hard for an experienced plugin developer to write the DSP code.
You can already buy one, its called 'Electro-harmonix Talking Machine - Vocal Format Filter Effect Pedal' Odd April 1st troll for JHS.
@@moddquad8362 Yes. Makes me wonder if tomorrow they will start shipping and the joke is that it wasn’t a joke at all…
I think a pedal like this is actually an inevitability. It doesn't seem that out of reach, text to speech and deep fakes exist, so why not sim sing. I think when a device like this does get made, they'll use this video as a "used to be a joke" marketing spin
The tracking on this April Fools pedal is outstanding.
Read some good ones, but this has my vote, so far.
Sounds like a Tarantino movie theme...
Really puts the Miku to shame
The realism of the beginning and ending of the notes of the human voices is just amazing!! Does NOT sound computerized!! Bravo JHS - and THANKS as always, RS!!
OK, OK - you got me! April Fool's joke - I see the post date of April 1st..... was so excited at first.... bleh...LOL!
This is really cool - I wish it was real!
JHS - make a digital pedal that does this!
Great video. All the knobs turning and sounding like they actually change things, the side switch, it makes it seem real. Awesome content.
My favorite part was when Rhett said the lack of an expression pedal was a blatant oversight by Josh! 🤣
I would have taken the pedal back and got somebody else to demo it. Maybe John Browne can do some sick downpicked throat vocals. Or throw some post distortion and now you can have Disturbed "oo ah ah ah ah!!!!" Vocals any time
My thoughts exactly, jeesh Rhett!
Yup- that one made me laugh out loud :)
Glad I’m not the only one who caught this.
That and saying how the vibrato dimed out is "dumb"... Lmao
I'm impressed with the amount of work that must have gone into this video. Amazing, and very funny. Actual educational content, too!
I finally bought one, it's phenomenal... Changed my whole life ‼️
4/1 The day you watch TH-cam at your own risk. I’ll give you guys a standing ovation that was awesome!
Me: "Oh, haha. Seems Rhett and Josh were just being silly for April Fools."
5yo Daughter: "Yeah. But Josh is also silly on other days."
Dammit. I was so stoked for a little bit. Ugh. The intro was Beautiful, regardless
They had me at first. I was pretty blown away at Rhett's opening demo tune. But, I basically knew it was a put-on as soon as Josh started calling one of his own products by so many... well, really by _any_ superlatives. Calling the Voice Tech the "single greatest invention in the history of music technology" and "a new form of human expression" he even pretty much maintained a straight face, but even so i thought "that's not the Josh I have ever seen or heard talking about his own (JHS) products." Ever! Seriously, anyone following the channel knows what I mean. Sure, he will wax exuberant over pedals from Boss, Digitech, Wampler, heck, just about any other device maker and I take him at his word, because its genuine. But he's just not the toot-your-own-horn, I'm-a-hero, self-promoter type, even though his pedals and amps (and channel) KILL IT over and over again. So, great performances from both guys. Rhett even got in a diss, that the vibrato isn't following the player, that it's like "an easy button" which lent an air of believability. But Josh, he went a little over the top about his own pedal, eh? That's my take. I love the whole concept though, and they never give up the ruse! "Never drop the con" -Sneaky Pete
do you know which pedals he used to get the lead tone from 0:40 onwards?
I'm disappointed. I was just about to order one.
Hello Rhett!!
Hi tim
Is that really you, or the pedal?
Rhett was so convincing that I now have trust issues. If he’s this good and demoing a fake pedal, he must be just as good at demoing a crappy product 😕😂 The academy award goes to…
Then Rick Beato jumps onstage and slaps Josh!
Lol. I think the truth is that pretty much anybody who has a successful TH-cam channel would do fine in sales - they all communicate effectively, for sure. For example, Keith at "5 Watt World" channel seems, on the surface, to be just a regular, no-nonsense dude (and I love his work - his latest, "the guitar history of Keith Richards" is brilliant), but I think you'll find if you listen to him, he's a darn good salesman when he's taking care of the peripheral business of his channel.
@@damagecontrol60 😂
Lol He holds too much power now. I went to the jhs site and was let down. Wtf I wold have bought this
Make this guy speaker of the house so we can live in peace 😆
You had me. Dang it. I’m like “I can’t really see when I would ever use this… but I want one.”
Think about singing lead vocals, and adding background harmony with your left hand.
What do you mean? I ordered four of them to keep raccoons out of my corn patch.
Me too!
Congrats Rhett, for being the first musician to test drive JHS's VoiceTech. Unreal tech!
OMG, had me for a second. How you kept a straight face for this is incredible
Now my grandfather actually worked on this project at the jmi factory, and he told me about the best feature for the original formant section of the circuit which was the muco switch. It worked in tandem with the vibrato control to make your voice sound fresh and phlegmy like you just woke up or strained and tired and frail like after the third day of namm. Big misstep.
watching this in August, totally fell for it... got me good
Watch this on 2nd April and was totally sold on this pedal. Then I read the comments 🤦🏻♂️
This needs to go into production man. The world needs another Miku!!
As the owner of a Miku, I agree with you.
What they are implying is nothing like the Miku, its a seriously very bad idea
This would fit perfectly on the Live at Pompeii set. In all seriousness, nice chord progression.
Live from Pompeii is EXECTLY what I was thinking during that ripping solo. April 1st aside that was an incredible sound, nice!
Yawn
For a joke…. The production on this is ridiculous Rhett. Thank you sir! Sounded outstanding. Freakin hilarious too
I've tried this pedal personally and it's garbage. Videos like this get made for marketing and profit only.
Dod gammit.
Watching this in September. I so wanted this. I had wondered why I hadn't heard of this, but didn't think much of it. I was in until you turned up the vibrato. Something was amiss. Had to check the video's publish date. Well done.
Ok, you got me. Can’t believe I fell for this until you played with the “vibrato”. Great video!
The back story, the applied musical examples and the conviction of the delivery are incredibly convincing. Josh"s face while talking about Edison? hahaaaaaa!!! Great work guys!! Bravo!!!
Beautifully played, Rhett. I'm a fan, and I learn much from you that furthers my journey (at 64 yo) down the road of playing the guitar. But, as an actor and acting teacher, I'm very impressed by your commitment and belief in the story you're telling. Simple delivery, conversational but with some real respect for the massive discovery that this history making pedal actually is. It's not important that I believe in the technology, all I need to believe is that you believe it. And I believe. I was a little leery when you threw some shade about Josh not incorporating the ability to use an expression pedal (though that makes absolute sense to be able to do so), but I kept on believing. Even now, when I take a long hard look at the calendar, I still want to believe! Thanks for 16:47 of joy in a world that's gone mad.
You totally had me with the seriousness of the presentation and the backstory... And the funniest thing is I only realised today that it's a 4/1 gag, (so basically 27 days later). I kept a tab open on my phone's browser since then, as a reminder to find out how to get it, and I would totally have placed a preorder for it, silly me 😂😂😂 Great job !
Don't feel bad, I just realized it now...
Cheese Tech
I salute your commitment, very Method of you both.
Whaaaaat?! Awesome!
I am an idiot.
I was so excited that I sent this out to my friends saying I can’t wait to get this pedal. Then it hit me that this was posted on April Fools Day. Great one guys. You got me!!!!
Dude... You aren't the only one lol, I sent this to a good gear budy of mine and he pointed it out to me lol.... I knew this came out on April Fools Day, but the production, delivery, and just seriousness of this video made me believe lol!!
I have to say, it took me a couple of minutes before the penny dropped, it is not a bad concept! Haha, well done guys, very dry treatment, the vocal 'wah wah' expression pedal 'oversight' is comedy gold.
The decay is what gave it away for me. Nice 4/1 shenanigans, though.
This just proves how much we all believe in Josh's abilities. I immediately thought of the Korg Miku pedal and assumed there was no reason this "Voice Tech" effect couldn't be achieved. That my limited understanding is why I'm confused. So I'm 50/50 about this. 50% upset that this pedal doesn't actually exist and 50% thankful that I'm not as uneducated/ignorant as this video made me feel.
Mad respect for how hard they committed to this! Laughed my ass off!
10:19 "looks like a pretty blatant oversight" hilarious everyone seems to be having a good time poking fun at this-full committed. Great job on this overall
That was my favorite moment lol
i'm 16hrs into my day on 4hrs of sleep. he totally had me going until the blatant oversight comment. I was all C3-PO, "HOW RUDE!"...then my fuzzy mush brain remembered what day it is.
Even though this is obviously the newest release from JHS's April Fools Series, I have to admit that I still had to fight the overwhelming urge to look for a link to order one. I think it's pretty safe to say that it's time for my friends and family to organize that sorely-needed intervention to address my lifelong struggle with Gear Acquisition Syndrome...
I was really wanting to buy a Vocal Tech. And picturing what I could do with it!
Rhett, I like the piece you opened with. Using the Voice Tech it sounds like a cinematic piece from the 60's . I.E. Ennio Morricone
Great April Fools joke. Laughed so hard throughout this video. Cheers to u both! On a real note, I love the aesthetic of that pedal. JHS needs to make something with that color scheme and knob choice
So basically Josh harnessed the power of black magic, nice! This is a date that will go down in history!
I've back ordered 4 of these units so I can replace every section of my 5th grade choir I teach. The sound is identical.... Thanks so much guys... a life saver !!!
The history speech went on FOREVER! Hey, definitely agree that not having an expression pedal for the "formant" control was a "major oversight". I have ordered my pedal anyway. Pumped to try it out.
You had me! I forgot what day it was even ! I was about to text all my friends and tell them and then you turned the vibrato to max and the jig was up!
Who were the singers? You gotta bring them out and let them sing . They have amazing voices! ;)
Yeah, the guy runs out of breath at the end of that note but Rhett's fingers haven't made the moves needed for that. The ruse is nearly perfect up to then.
I get a Nick from JHS vibe but I can’t prove it. I believe.
17 minutes ? For a fool ?
Yeah, the commitment is amazing ! You guys are killing it even when you're joking 🤣
Come on man you ruined the surprise !
I had the chance to demo one of the prototypes of this last April and I can tell you its a game changer, Josh and JHS are at the forefront of cutting edge technology
If I hadn't read the comments, you'd had got me! Such an amazing idea, I'd buy it! You already have the pedal chasis... just make that thing happen, please!
Was buying it for about 30 seconds from when he turned it on, then started laughing out loud. Then I was impressed how invested they got on this, then so happy I stuck around to hear the vibrato cranked 😂
Nahhh stop lying you were just as fooled as the rest of us lol
Immediately reminds of JHS’ “ The Bulb” pedal. LoL so convincingly well done, love the effort and good fun!
On a side note, Rhett’s solo tone is killer!
This is absolutely mind-blowing. It sounds so good!!
This is exactly what I had in mind with the KORG DVP1, which has been sitting in my studio-rack since 2001. Even then it was "lost behind the wagon" as it came out in 1985 alongside the EX8000 :)
Such a wonderfully produced collaboration of amazing shenanigans! Loved the whole thing (even though I didn’t catch it until the 3rd, I could still read the posted date). My favorite part to nail the legitimacy of the sale were the undertones jab of…
“It might’ve been cool for JHS to include expression control for that so you could get kind of a natural vocal wah-wah sound. Seems like a pretty blatant oversight… anyway…”
Trolls’ Gonna Troll!! Great jab!! Well done all! 😎🤙
Pair it with the DigiTech Trio and us guitar players don't need all of those other extraneous band mates that just take away that much deserved spotlight on our amazing talent.
Guitar players long ago figured out ways to get rid of that annoying bass player. And drum machines have been around a while of course. It was only a matter of time before we figured out how to erase the vocalist as well. Well done JHS.
So is this finally the device that finally makes the statement "she'll be waiting for you backstage after the show" true?
Asking for a friend ...
Old troubadour reboot...
Plus less folks to split the gig fee with
I was %100 fooled by this. I was ready to pay whatever JHS was gonna charge to get this pedal on my board. Then at about minute 6 I was face palmed super hard, realizing I got fooled. And my friend saw the entire thing
I always liked to watch Josh's videos because he's not only a good pedal builder but a good entertainer as well. And this co-joke just proved it more time.
I think Rhett is trying very hard not to bust out laughing as this was recorded! I wonder how many takes they had to do!
Finally someone talks about this pedal, here in Italy is used in every board.
We do Opera with guitars, Vivaldi, Puccini, Verdi, Toscanini were all Italian GUITAR composer.
I'm so sad fake news spread all over the place, finally we are no longer standing in the shadow of the cheap Miku pedal clone
Thank Rhett, Thank JHS, Thank April, Thank Fools.
Josh Scott is a MASTER of the word salad.
Wurdz is hard
You might say he is the Caesar of word salad
:-)
OK, you got me. It's 4/8 and I didn't think of checking the date until I read the comments. Well done.
Josh is a genius. I love his historical interest in sound reproduction.
Well played folks, this is up there with the first fuzz schematic being drawn on the back of the Declaration of Independence.
It sort of reminds me of the "Cellos" in the old PowerMac. I loved using that voice to read documents when I first was learning to use screenreaders. It was built into the PowerMac, and worked with simple text documents, and email. Was pretty fun and funny.
Watching this a year and half later, I didn't catch the joke. Before looking at the date this was posted, it had me finally looking forward to something in this dismal world. I'll never forgive you.
At the same time; Hella props!
Finally, the pedal that gives Josh better slide tone than Rhett....
I do this with MIDI GUITAR 2. Good spoof.
Hopefully this goes into production soon. I'm still waiting for the boss klon pedal from a year ago!
Wow! That sounds amazing! Only improvement I can imagine is adding a jack for a sustain/hold foot switch so you can play guitar while holding a harmonious chord and just release is to change chords again.
Like Roland did on the GR-09? But their voice samples are not as nice 😅
I’m embarrassed to say that it got me until the working of the vibrato knob. That immediately made me check the date this video was released. Bravo gentlemen.
Bro same but I actually searched it up before on Google to see the price to nz,,,, was pretty curious lol... but I thought he was singing those notes for second cause I was just listening to the vid 😆 ffs.. kinda annoying anyone makes a fake video like this comon
My jaws are WIDE OPEN when I heard that shit, shit was wicked. Hooooly shit this is one of the coolest pedal I've ever heard, it's like the successful version of the miku pedal. Shit if we combine those it would be siiiick
edit: Goddammit I just realized that's an April fools joke. You got me. Plus it's already 4/2 in my time zone.
When Josh started with all that bs I said to myself, ok is an April 1st joke. But then Rhett takes it so seriously that it made me scratch my head until the very end of the video. Well done.
I bet Nick wrote that script the Josh was reading. It sounded just like when Nick is coming up with a jam inspiration.
I love this pedal. With the tech we have now it's actually possible to make it for real. I hope they do. In the meantime we can simulate it with midi guitars. It would also make sense for it to have 2 switches so switch 1 is solo voice and switch 2 is choir.
EHX Mel9 actually outperforms the VT
Rhett! Josh needs to get into the vocal harmony world. He will absolutely dominate
TC Helicon-Digitech-Boss in this field. A++++++
Even though it's April 1st I was buying into it for a couple of minutes. Well that's interesting and kinda weird.....wait a minute 😂😂 Great job, love it! LOL
Man, I know that it’s a joke, but I so want this to be real hahaha. Just imagine the cool musical capabilities you could do with this, pairing it with a delay, tremolo, chorus, glitch/stutter effect, etc.
This was serious effort for an April fool's joke!!!! Well done! You had me until the I noticed Rhett matching vibrato with the vibrato of the vocals (attention to detail 👏👏👏👏) and I still watched til the end! Well done y'all!
Damn… only when looking to see the price for this device did I see it was an AFJ!
The “ooooooooooohhhh” vibrato was funny AF!
Rhett kept it so straight! Nice one guys!
I remember an episode when Josh got an used pedal and he had to replace the knobs cause they were wrong and he couldn't stand them. I was watching this and thinking those knobs are horrible. Josh would never use those knobs and then I started laughing. Well done all of you! Epic.
I hate stupid knobs. Supro Effects: no way I leave them on!
What a Genius Josh is! That's an amazing pedal!
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I'd like to see more work on a "Spirit Phone" pedal. I'd definitely add that to my board.
I love the max vibrato setting :DD
I watched the whole thing even though I knew it was a spoof. Well played lads
A truly strange effect! I agree that the formant control needs an expression pedal. :D