A lot of bands use this pedal live to avoid bringing extra guitars for lower tunings. I think it's convenient if you are in a function/cover band but I wouldn't use it to play original music. You do lose something from your sound even at -1. The latency is shorter than most pitch shifting pedals, it's barely noticable.
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Digitech The Drop - metal demo. down tuning pitch shifter pedal
A lot of bands use this pedal live to avoid bringing extra guitars for lower tunings. I think it's convenient if you are in a function/cover band but I wouldn't use it to play original music. You do lose something from your sound even at -1. The latency is shorter than most pitch shifting pedals, it's barely noticable.Tags: None
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I agree. I have one and I have used it but I’m really not a fan.
Is it convenient...sure.
But as you stated, the latency and loss of that “something” is noticeable.
Now I know, somebody will come in and say “the audience won’t hear the difference” and they would mostly be right. But “I” hear and feel the difference and that matters more to me than what a room full of drunks think.
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Originally posted by Gtrjunior View PostI agree. I have one and I have used it but I’m really not a fan.
Is it convenient...sure.
But as you stated, the latency and loss of that “something” is noticeable.
Now I know, somebody will come in and say “the audience won’t hear the difference” and they would mostly be right. But “I” hear and feel the difference and that matters more to me than what a room full of drunks think.
Nah, I agree -it's a cool toy -but nothing I would want to use live.“For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard
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Originally posted by NegativeEase View PostWhy not get drunk while you play -so YOU don't hear the difference
Nah, I agree -it's a cool toy -but nothing I would want to use live.
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Originally posted by Gtrjunior View PostI’ve heard a couple of your drunk stories....lmao
Proud to say, I survived and changed my ways -GF getting pregnant was the catalyst. Didn't want my bull**** wrecking anyone else's life.
Typing that makes me think I shouldn't be jokingly encouraging ANYONE to drink....“For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard
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Originally posted by NegativeEase View PostHa...I used to have a "chemical" problem that I dowsed alcohol on top of.... I'm going to write a book one day
Proud to say, I survived and changed my ways -GF getting pregnant was the catalyst. Didn't want my bull**** wrecking anyone else's life.
Typing that makes me think I shouldn't be jokingly encouraging ANYONE to drink....
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Originally posted by Gtrjunior View PostI agree. I have one and I have used it but I’m really not a fan.
Is it convenient...sure.
But as you stated, the latency and loss of that “something” is noticeable.
Now I know, somebody will come in and say “the audience won’t hear the difference” and they would mostly be right. But “I” hear and feel the difference and that matters more to me than what a room full of drunks think.
Incidentally, it seems kind of dumb to me when a metal band who plays in several different tunings that are all drop whatever takes a guitar for each tuning. If you have songs in drop D, C, B, and A, do you really think you couldn't do them all in B or C and have everybody be happy? Or maybe learn to write a song who's key isn't determined by the lowest available note?
Now, excuse me while I go tell kids to get off my lawn.
There’s a reason my drinking days are behind me too...“I can play the hell out of a riff. The rest of it’s all bulls**t anyway,” Gary Holt
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Originally posted by JB_From_Hell View PostIncidentally, it seems kind of dumb to me when a metal band who plays in several different tunings that are all drop whatever takes a guitar for each tuning. If you have songs in drop D, C, B, and A, do you really think you couldn't do them all in B or C and have everybody be happy? Or maybe learn to write a song who's key isn't determined by the lowest available note?
Now, excuse me while I go tell kids to get off my lawn.
Me too, as this week.
Hey you....Kids!, get out of myyyyyy Gaaarrrden!“For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard
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I’m intrigued by this pedal. I’ve always learned by playing along with my favorite recordings. As you have probably experienced many recordings don’t playback at 440 but about 30 cents up. Does anyone know of a pedal that can fine tune the pitch shift? For example: pitch up 1/4 step rather than half steps?
Or maybe a program that can playback music pitches down at 1/4 step?
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There are several programs (and apps) that allow you to re-tune recordings. I use Transcribe! or Riff Station on PC, and AudioStretch or AnyTune on iOS.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Originally posted by JB_From_Hell View Post^ those little cranks on the side of your guitar’s headstock are good for that
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I had one... used it with an ABY box and set to an octave lower into a bass amp instead of playing with a bass playsr at times. Rock and Roll should never be about convenience imho... it should be about expression and what feels right, and generally, if it’s convenient... it doesn’t feel right.Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
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