Help needed with TC Quintessence Harmonizer - detune effect

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So I got the Quintessence for a while now, fun pedal, tracks better than the Boss PS-6 that I sold, but the Boss still had that cool detune setting, that almost veered into DC-2 territory.

Now, according to some folks on the internets, with the TC Tone Print Editor you should be able to create a detune-like custom TonePrint for the Quintessence as well...
my question is: How?
What settings do I need to use, which Key, which Voice/Harmony and dB/delay ms, etc.?
 
I'm afraid you can't do a simple detune on that TC pedal. It looks like a scales based pitch shifter using intervals-
A detune runs on a few cents up or down to slightly get that pleasant out of tuneness once blended with the dry sound.
Unless the editor allows detuning, which I doubt, this is not the pedal for detune.
 
Hi, you can set (both) the Harmony voice(s) to Unison, and add delay (between 0 and 250ms). That would work somewhat, wouldn't it?

I also found this:


Oh, and what about Quintessence Harmony?

Quintessence Harmony can absolutely be used as a detuner.

Check out the “Detune” templates in the TonePrint editor (UnisonicMASH), where the harmonizer is set to unison mode. This means that the two voices are on same interval but slightly detuned.)

This is done by setting tonebend intervals for the two harmony voices to 1 halftone / -1 halftone and then mapping MASH to control tonebend percent.

Now if you set TP max/MASH max value to 100%, it will bend a full halftone up/down. However, by setting it at 30%, you just bend a couple of cents and get great “static” chorus type sounds. You can then change the degree of detuning with the MASH switch.

If you want a static detune, just set the tonebend percent parameter to a low value.

Here are the parameter settings for the dynamic detune settings, where you use the MASH switch to set amount of detune and revert back to a clean sound when MASH is released.

If you want it to be static, just set the two Tonebend percent Parameters to 5-10% or change the “mash Default” curve Modifier value to same values.


But some of this I still can't get my head around as to how...where...etc.
 
Adding delay doesn't add pitch detuning at all.
But it looks the editor has some tricks to get there. You should try it.
 
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