Re: Looking for a pitch shifter pedal

["Ian Popperwell" <popperwell@iname.com>]

Hi,

That's really helpful, I will check both oout. Yes, I've been really 
disappointed with the PS-5 - it's good to hear that it's not just me!

Ian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mech" <mech@m3ch.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for a pitch shifter pedal


> At 6:05 PM +0000 11/17/07, Ian Popperwell wrote:
>>
>>I play wind instruments, saxes, flute and sometimes wind synth. I use 
>>chorus and delay on my flute and want to get different possibilities of 
>>harmony and thickening of the sound. I have a Boss PS-5 pitch shifter 
>>pedal and have been disapointed with the thinness of the sounds that I 
>get 
>>out - even a fourth up or down. I know that the further from the actual 
>>pitch , the grainier the sound, but some of it might be because the 
>>pedal's circuitary  is designed for guitar. I'm interested to hear if 
>any 
>>LD members have used pitch shifters/harmonisers with instruments other 
>>than guitar to good effect? I really want to go for a pedal or at least 
>>small unit that can fit into my pedalboard -I don't want to take a rack 
>>around with me. I'm wondering about some of the Digitech Voocalist units 
>>or t.c./Hellicon units...?
>
> Two thoughts, Ian:
>
> First, if you're really into the Boss units, try one of the old PS-3's 
> instead of the PS-5.  I'm not going to say that it's realistic, but it 
> degrades in a much more pleasant manner than the newer PS-5.  Many 
>people 
> (myself included) like that model for the textures you're able to pull 
>out 
> of them.  BTW, the stereo detune function is great for thickening up 
>your 
> sound with a small box -- 
> better than most choruses even -- and is worth the price of the unit 
> alone.
>
> Next, at the other extreme, I use one of the TC Helicon Voiceworks units 
> (the rackmount model) dedicated to my Yamaha VL70-m.  Even though it's 
> designed for shifting and harmonizing voices, it works brilliantly for 
> horns and wind instruments.  I can turn a sax patch into an entire 
>section 
> quite easily, and it sounds believable.  Also, the intelligent 
> harmonization and part variation helps a lot.  I've taken a monophonic 
> slide guitar line (again, from the VL70-m and turned it into a fantastic 
> steel guitar patch played on my WX-11. There's a floor pedal unit called 
> the VoiceLive, I believe, which could just as well fit your needs.
>
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