Guitar harmonizers. Any suggestions?
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I use the PS-5 but it only sounds good in the loop. Only use in front if you are using two amps. That pedal has a lot of other neat tricks... particularly the detune feature, which makes for a great chorus substitute.
The other low end alternative is the Digitech Whammy. I have never used one, but there are so many different versions, I have found just too confusing to get involved with it at all.
I use the PS-5 but it only sounds good in the loop. Only use in front if you are using two amps. That pedal has a lot of other neat tricks... particularly the detune feature, which makes for a great chorus substitute.
The other low end alternative is the Digitech Whammy. I have never used one, but there are so many different versions, I have found just too confusing to get involved with it at all.
Hey fellas,
Well, there aren't many harmonizers in my price range. I could only find the Boss PS-5. The rest are above $2000, definately out of my range!
Do you guys use one, or you just find a friendly guitarist to harmonize with you?
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i have the cheesy harmonizer in my Boss ME-30 effects pedal. word of advice: the cheap harmonizers sound horrible. this is due to the fact between the notes of a scale E and F; and also B and C there is only 1/2 note change. So unless you get a good harmonizer that you can tell it what key the portion of the song you want to play is in, you are always going to hit notes that are out of tune. a good octavizer pedal is reasonably cheap and will do what you want imo.
i have the cheesy harmonizer in my Boss ME-30 effects pedal. word of advice: the cheap harmonizers sound horrible. this is due to the fact between the notes of a scale E and F; and also B and C there is only 1/2 note change. So unless you get a good harmonizer that you can tell it what key the portion of the song you want to play is in, you are always going to hit notes that are out of tune. a good octavizer pedal is reasonably cheap and will do what you want imo.
Robbiedbee
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How about those old Boss HR-2s?
How about those old Boss HR-2s?
guitarded
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There are a few on ebay. These have two voices vs. one voice on the PS-5
There are a few on ebay. These have two voices vs. one voice on the PS-5
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The PS-3 also has two voices for harmonizing . . . .
The PS-3 also has two voices for harmonizing . . . .
Re: Guitar harmonizers. Any suggestions?
I dont mean to hi-jack the thread by, why in the world do harmonizers get so expensive!?
Also, could someone point out a song that has made good use of a harmonizer.
I had a cheap one for doing harmonized leads but I always ended up just doing second lead track during recordings and I just never thought it sounded good enough to do live (maybe cuz it was the cheap digitech one).
Ok so maybe I answered my own question..
Are more expensive ones able to be calibrated to which key you are playing? I just think that playing in a constant major 3rd or 5th just sounds so static. The only way I could imagine doing this live is in octaves and even then it would be used very little.
But again, could someone show me a song with good use of one?
I dont mean to hi-jack the thread by, why in the world do harmonizers get so expensive!?
Also, could someone point out a song that has made good use of a harmonizer.
I had a cheap one for doing harmonized leads but I always ended up just doing second lead track during recordings and I just never thought it sounded good enough to do live (maybe cuz it was the cheap digitech one).
Ok so maybe I answered my own question..
Are more expensive ones able to be calibrated to which key you are playing? I just think that playing in a constant major 3rd or 5th just sounds so static. The only way I could imagine doing this live is in octaves and even then it would be used very little.
But again, could someone show me a song with good use of one?
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James Rock
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I think most high end harmonizers let u choose which key and scale it is in so it keeps playing notes in perfect harmony.
I think most high end harmonizers let u choose which key and scale it is in so it keeps playing notes in perfect harmony.
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If you want a harmonizer to sound like the Alman Bros, Thin Lizzy or Maiden, just get another guitarist. If you want to sound like "owner of a Lonely Heart" or make some wild tripped out sounds, get a Harmonizer. The PS-3 is cool since it's a delay and pitch shifter, you can do cool pitch shifted delays.
If you want a harmonizer to sound like the Alman Bros, Thin Lizzy or Maiden, just get another guitarist.
If you want to sound like "owner of a Lonely Heart" or make some wild tripped out sounds, get a Harmonizer. The PS-3 is cool since it's a delay and pitch shifter, you can do cool pitch shifted delays.I thought the PS-3 was only a pitch shifter, not a harmonizer?
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