How is the pitch shifter on the VHX?

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Anyone know if it’s polyphonic? Does it track well enough to detune my guitar three half steps for a few songs so I can leave an extra guitar at home?
 
junder said:
Got any riffs/songs in mind? I can give it a try and post a reply :)
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Just curious how it works to take a B standard guitar down to G# standard. If it tracks well with chords, and if there's any noticeable latency. Thanks man!
 
Here's a soundcloud link to a sample!

I recorded this direct into my interface using the VHX's cab emulation. The guitar is a Meteora, which is the closest I have to what you're after - I keep it at either C standard or drop A#, so it's a little higher than your B standard, but closeish. I grabbed some drum samples and did some chuggawuggas. The first section is without the pitch shifter, and the second is with the pitch shifter tuned down three semitones. It's polyphonic, and works pretty well. No noticeable latency. It's not absolutely perfect, but depending on what you're after it could be fine. I used drums in a mix to place it in context so you can hear what it might sound like with other stuff going on, and there's a bit at the end without drums so you can hear that as well. The pitch shifter is set on the 'capo' setting mixed at 100%.
 
junder said:
Here's a soundcloud link to a sample!

I recorded this direct into my interface using the VHX's cab emulation. The guitar is a Meteora, which is the closest I have to what you're after - I keep it at either C standard or drop A#, so it's a little higher than your B standard, but closeish. I grabbed some drum samples and did some chuggawuggas. The first section is without the pitch shifter, and the second is with the pitch shifter tuned down three semitones. It's polyphonic, and works pretty well. No noticeable latency. It's not absolutely perfect, but depending on what you're after it could be fine. I used drums in a mix to place it in context so you can hear what it might sound like with other stuff going on, and there's a bit at the end without drums so you can hear that as well. The pitch shifter is set on the 'capo' setting mixed at 100%.
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Thanks a lot for doing that! I think it sounds really good to my ear, no noticeable tone loss. And if there's no latency then that's perfect. I wasn't sure if it was polyphonic or not, couldn't find any info on it.
 
junder said:
Here's a soundcloud link to a sample!

I recorded this direct into my interface using the VHX's cab emulation. The guitar is a Meteora, which is the closest I have to what you're after - I keep it at either C standard or drop A#, so it's a little higher than your B standard, but closeish. I grabbed some drum samples and did some chuggawuggas. The first section is without the pitch shifter, and the second is with the pitch shifter tuned down three semitones. It's polyphonic, and works pretty well. No noticeable latency. It's not absolutely perfect, but depending on what you're after it could be fine. I used drums in a mix to place it in context so you can hear what it might sound like with other stuff going on, and there's a bit at the end without drums so you can hear that as well. The pitch shifter is set on the 'capo' setting mixed at 100%.
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How do you like the internal IRs?
 
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