EVH Harmonizer ???

[WGTP]

I had never heard this before and I guess it could account for some "magic" beyound pickups and marshalls. This would have been '77.

"Frank Zappa put one in his guitar rack. Engineer Tony Platt used it for the memorable snare sounds on AC/DC's Back in Black. Eddie Van Halen had a pair (set to either 18-cents sharp and 18-cents flat with a 12ms delay on one side or +12c/-15c/18ms) as part of his trademark guitar sound. Tom Lord-Alge’s setup for Steve Winwood’s soulful vocals on “Back in the High Life” also employed two slightly detuned H910s (one sharp/one flat) with an 18ms spread. The twin Harmonizer effect was so popular that Eventide recreated it as the “Dual 910” program in the H3000 UltraHarmonizer that followed it a dozen years later."


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[idsnowdog]

Re: EVH Harmonizer ???

It wouldn't surprise me, because the delays do sound a little bit sharp/flat. I would think this was done to emulate a tape echo or create a chorus effect. My Korg SDD-2000 has a slew control to add a slight modulation effect which can emulate tape warble or create a chorus effect.

 

[ColonPowell]

Re: EVH Harmonizer ???

18 cents +/- may or not be right, but yes it was insanely popular in the 80's. 9 cents or 12 cents might be closer.

Alot of legendary guitar parts/solos were done with pitch shifting set this way.
Alot of guys used the Eventide, more used the SPX 90 of all things. Get a harmonizer and check it out!

 

[austin]

Re: EVH Harmonizer ???

All of Boss's GT units have a pitch shifter effect that lets you do this. Set it to stereo, left to -10, right to +10 and just loud enough to be barely audible and the sound is huge. The louder you make the volume, the more "plastic" it sounds. I fool around with it sometimes, but usually I think it sounds cooler without the sheen. Of course, I'm not doing any recording, just jamming live.

-Austin

 

[WoodyTone]

Re: EVH Harmonizer ???

Max was 12 cents, not before Fair Warning.