Harmonizer pedal - what do you use and why?

[tubortski]

Talk to me..... and go!

 

[geetar_geek79]

a simple boss ps-6 works for me. compact yet sounds decent. actually like it better than my whammy 4.

 

[Exo-metal]

G-Force, -3rd and +3rd mixed very low to fatten it up. Tracks like no other...

 

[petejt]

A Neunaber Chroma pedal. It works great.

 

[tubortski]

I'll probably try a PS-6 just to keep it simple.

Maybe something new coming out?!?!

 

[VH4_BigRig]

Lately I've been using an EH Pitch Fork. I bought it to replace my whammy pedal which is dying a slow death after 10+ years of abuse....but I've found I don't like it as much with high gain as the whammy for the octave function. For some reason there seems to be something extra I don't like as much, I don't know whether it's a frequency or noise though, it's hard to figure out (regardless of where the blend knob is). However, for mid gain and cleans, I prefer it over the whammy, and it handles multiple notes a lot better. Will try to put a comparison vid together sometime!

Playing around with it clean, I came up with this song almost instantly!

 

[CP5150]

Eventide H9 Max. It does pitch shifting, modulation, delay, reverb, etc. I very rarely need to layer multiple post-effects, but when I do it has algorithms that combine the ones I need.

Or are you looking more for a vocal harmonizer?

+1 H9

 

[Zachman]

Eventide H8000FW, because likely I'll never reach beyond it's capabilities.

 

[stratjacket]

H9, top quality. Also Neunaber Expanse (similar to the H9 in that is can be any of the Neunaber pedals) works well.

 

[legend71]

I think the best pedal for that stuff is the H9. I had it and it was gorgeous sounding in my loop. But it is very expensive and I sold it off. I got the Digitech Luxe pedal for $50 off Reverb and it sounds excellent. Very happy with it. There are demos on it and a guy has one that he uses it in the loop and it sounds pretty good.

 

[Speeddemon]

a simple boss ps-6 works for me. compact yet sounds decent. actually like it better than my whammy 4.

Same here.

As we play covers, I use a Em lowered minor 3rd harmony for the Mercyful Fate-Evil solo
(the part starting at 3m01s until 3m16s:

as well as Iron Maiden's "Can I Play With Madness" solo, where it's a simple 'linear' pitch shifter in the solo.

 

[lll]

Eventide Pitchfactor... go with the original and legendary company.

 

[Little B]

Eventide pitchfactor and tc g system both track flawlessly for me..Someday going for a h 8000 hopefully.

 

[MYLILSS]

Eventide pitchfactor here. I love it.

 

[Speeddemon]

Update: I added a TC Quintessence Harmonizer (yep, not the 'Harmony' ) for home use now. I'll have to do a proper A/B comparison, but going by memory, the TC seems to track a little better than the Boss PS-6. There seems to be hardly any delay when you set the mix to 100%

So I did the A/B comparison, and the Quintessence definitely tracks better (faster and less glitchy when bending) than the PS-6.
The real litmus test is setting the Mix to 100% wet and see how 'detached' the sound feels from your playing. The Boss also seems to make the harmonized notes a bit darker/more mellow sounding, which can be useful. What the Boss does do great is the Detune function; one of the best chorus sounds I've heard (and I got a shitload of classic vintage Choruses at home...including original Boss CE-2's, Ibanez CS9 & BC9, MXR Micro and large one).

 

[paulyc]

I use one of those old 80s Boss half rack space harmonizers, good enough for Le Tekro back in the day, good enough in the loop of an amp for me.

 

[Zachalou]

I like the digitech whammy V, lots of cool modes and the pitch shifting effect is just plain fun.

 

[srommes]

I still have two trusty old Rocktron Intellipitch’s that I use in my rack rig.