Octaver pedal?

Hey NI dudes,

I was thinking it would be really awesome if there could be an octaver pedal added. There is some kind of function like that in the pitch shifter pedal but it's combined with a whammy effect and in my opinion that just sounds horrible. A real octaver pedal which allows me to go 1 or 2 octaves up/down by using the pedal and doesn't have this strange whammy effect would be really great.

Oh and I'm not talking about one of those "stomp" pedals which let you switch down or up one or two octaves instantly, I'm really talking about using the Rig Control pedal for it.

 

...ummm...do you have something specific in mind in an existing hardware device that does what you're looking for? You've said, "I'm not talking about one of those "stomp" pedals which let you switch down or up one or two octaves instantly..."

The manner in which you program the Guitar Rig's version of the Digitech Whammy pedal is critical. You can easily use this component WITHOUT any "whammy function" whatsoever. It is a simple matter of understanding how to program it to do what you'd like it to do, that is, the adding of whatever interval you'd like to add can be as seamless as pressing a footswitch button, or adding the shifted BLEND via the volume pedal, and many other permutations.

I have absolutely no problem with the existing functionality of any of the pitch shifters and octave FX in Guitar Rig, however, I do have a big problem with the QUALITY of the pitch shifted sounds (delay weirdness and artifacts, lack of "pure" tone). IMO, NI has done a mediocre job in this department.

 

a word on the pitch pedal: makes a huge difference whether it's before or after the amp/gain section.

How would you describe the "Whammy effect"? we might have differing definitions.

 

I agree with jimfist about the quality of the pitch shifted sounds. I get a very strange (and not strange in a desirable way) sound particularly when I try to produce an octave up effect over low notes (open low E string, which I have tuned to Eb, sounds especially bad). I've tried to set up a Fender Blender type fuzz effect (which produces a harmonic one octave above the note you're playing) using the Whammy, and alternatively using the Psychedelay pitch shift, and the result is similar and rather unpleasant.

Adam

 

+1 (again) for a better quality pitch shift/whammy pedal model.

 

If anything a intelligent pitch shifting effect is needed. Perhaps thats what could solve this issue.

 

"intelligent" or not, the quality of the current pitch shifting is ARSE, unless you can bury the quality of the sound with distortion...but under a microscope, current pitch shift module doesn't cut it IMO