Re: [Harp-L] Stupid question about Digitech processors

[Slim Heilpern <slim@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Richard -

I was indeed referring to the vocal 300 harmonizer effect.

I checked out the samples on your site and they do sound really good! 
And for some applications I'm very happy with the harmonizer. But if I 
listen critically, I think there are tuning problems, not for all 
pitches but some sound pretty far off to my ears. One of these days I'll 
hook up to my strobe tuner and see how far off it really is (positive 
I'm not imagining this ;-).

Also, the harmonizer adds some dirt to the sound, which can be good but 
is not always desirable. I had recently bought my 300 when I went to see 
Joshua Redman play in a small club and was absolutely floored at how 
beautiful his harmonized tenor sax was (not to mention that I was 
floored, as usual, by his playing -- but that's another story). It was 
crystal clear, very in tune, and the bottom end was absolutely beautiful 
and powerful. Not sure which model I was hearing, but he had a couple of 
Eventide processors sitting next to him on stage.

Not to knock the RP300, it's a wonderful effects box for the price and I 
continue to use it in my setup. I am curious to see what an eventide 
sounds like with my chromatic though....

- Slim.

www.SlideManSlim.com <http://www.SlideManSlim.com>


Richard Hunter wrote:

> Are you talking about the Vocal 300 harmonizer, or the pitch shifter in
> the RP300A?  The pitch shifter in my RP200 tracks well and is in tune. 
> (The whammy effect, a different kind of pitch shifter, isn't in tune,
> but that's a different story.)  
>
> You can hear samples of a couple of octave-shifted RP200 sounds at my
> website at:
> http://www.hunterharp.com/DigitechRP/
> You'll see a bunch of folders there -- one of them is for sounds
> pitch-shifted down an octave.  I think the stuff sounds in tune. See
> what you think.
>
> Regards, Richard Hunter
> hunterharp.com
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