Pitch Shifters

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I am wanting to get everything back to the pedal board. My only hang up is a little bit of octave up and down that I get out of the Intellifex. As the lone guitarist, it comes in handy in spots with some tight delay. So, what have you guys found to be a good one? It has to have a mix control to blend dry/wet. I don't like any of the octave/fuzz/Hendrix pedals, or the synth type stuff, so that seems to only leave a few. Of course, there is the Eventide box which is 5 bills and that is half the price of a G-system....which I am thinking about going to, maybe. Anybody using an EH POG? I have never had much interest in their stuff since the Big Muff days gone by. Thanks......

Steve
 
Im Partial to the boss PS-6 Steve.... Cool intelligent pitch shifting, cool Detune setting and a REALLY cool whammy feature, all in a boss size box...
 
Dunno about individual pedals... I really like the intelligent pitch-shifting in my G-System. The Nova System I had before that had an awesome intelligent pitch shifter as well.
 
steve_k":3c2lafw2 said:
I am wanting to get everything back to the pedal board. My only hang up is a little bit of octave up and down that I get out of the Intellifex. As the lone guitarist, it comes in handy in spots with some tight delay. So, what have you guys found to be a good one? It has to have a mix control to blend dry/wet. I don't like any of the octave/fuzz/Hendrix pedals, or the synth type stuff, so that seems to only leave a few. Of course, there is the Eventide box which is 5 bills and that is half the price of a G-system....which I am thinking about going to, maybe. Anybody using an EH POG? I have never had much interest in their stuff since the Big Muff days gone by. Thanks......

Steve
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I use a POG, the original version with the larger chassis. But I use it for full-on creamy B3 organ sounds. But it's quite versatile so can be used for more than that. Works great to add a low octave underneath your main sound to really beef up a massive heavy tone. You can do 12 string guitar sounds, really murky dark fuzzy sounds with extra dark, high shrilly Whammy-style stuff, heaps of things. It has a dedicated Dry Output level control, as well as switches in how the octaves are mixed in. The Low Pass Filter is a very handy control.
 
imho tc electronics has failed with pitch shifters for years. owned a g major, tried a g major II.

normally anything pitch shifting has gone to eventide, but honestly i recommend the electroharmonix HOG over eventide's pedal line in your case steve - the only downside to the HOG that i saw was that it can make your guitar sound like an organ if you're not careful - either good or bad depending on your personal taste, IMHO thats a bad thing.
 
glpg80":3twdu5nz said:
imho tc electronics has failed with pitch shifters for years. owned a g major, tried a g major II.

normally anything pitch shifting has gone to eventide, but honestly i recommend the electroharmonix HOG over eventide's pedal line in your case steve - the only downside to the HOG that i saw was that it can make your guitar sound like an organ if you're not careful - either good or bad depending on your personal taste, IMHO thats a bad thing.
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Don't want no organ tonez......
 
glpg80":2llx1k7i said:
the only downside to the HOG that i saw was that it can make your guitar sound like an organ if you're not careful - either good or bad depending on your personal taste, IMHO thats a bad thing.
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I thought the whole point of the HOG and the POG was to specifically make the electric guitar sound like an organ?
Well, that's exactly why I bought a POG.
 
I am just looking for a one up/one down pedal with a mix control for dry/wet out to thicken things a bit when needed.
 
steve_k":avh5oeod said:
I am just looking for a one up/one down pedal with a mix control for dry/wet out to thicken things a bit when needed.
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Ah okay. Well, the POG can definitely do that really well, without sounding like an organ too.

You just put the slider switch on the first position so it keeps the dry signal completely intact, put the Dry Level slider right up, put the Sub bass slider about halfway up, the other octave sliders right down, and the Low Pass Filter slider at about 1/4 to keep the low octave sounding dark and under the mix. It thickens things immensely. I just wish it had a Sub Bass Detuned slider.

If you put the slider switch on the 2nd or 3rd positions, the POG sounds organy and/or synthy.
 
I'd say go with the Eventide box. Nothing beats it for tone, value, and tweakability. Love mine. :thumbsup:
 
The Jeff":1b4123bo said:
I'd say go with the Eventide box. Nothing beats it for tone, value, and tweakability. Love mine. :thumbsup:
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I am leaning this way.....
 
Eventide all the way, the demo may seem better, but the seriousness of the Eventide is bigtime - it's studio grade, it's outrageously tweakable, you can update your firmware, the support is mack, USB capable, line level, you name it - it's studio grade 100% and dead quiet.

I love EHX stuff as far as bang for the buck goes, but the Eventide PF does SO much more than JUST pitch tricks.

http://www.eventide.com/Home/Eventide/A ... actor.aspx

http://www.eventide.com/Home/Eventide/A ... Video.aspx

Mo
 
+1 on the eventide

friend uses it on bass through a stereo rig and on guitar in our band,there's so many options and the quality is amazing, really good tracking on it too
 
university81":3cgjljc0 said:
+1 on the eventide

friend uses it on bass through a stereo rig and on guitar in our band,there's so many options and the quality is amazing, really good tracking on it too
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Yeah, it's probably way over the top for my needs, but is what I will likely end up with.

Steve
 
Gainzilla":2fidzs9w said:
Im Partial to the boss PS-6 Steve.... Cool intelligent pitch shifting, cool Detune setting and a REALLY cool whammy feature, all in a boss size box...
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Ive been using a PS-5 for years. The pedal has a very good sound quality and the notes track very fast. I only use it for octave effects. Sounds better and faster than any octave pedal ive ever heard
 
Had and sold the Boss unit. Most synthetic, cheap-o, plastic sound ever.
Only one nice effect, that was the detune w/slight delay. OK for subtle thickening of clean stuff.
Not worth the real estate on a pedal board.
 
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