I sold my Digitech Drop pedal before getting my QC, telling myself that the feature is included so I won’t be needing it. The thing is, it’s kind of a pain to put a Pitch Shifter block and set it to the correct “tuning” in every single preset that I might feel like using during a jam session.
I’d like to have a global Pitch Shifter setting that I could set beforehand, that would be active on every preset until turned off. Kind of like having an external Drop pedal between your guitar and the QC input. That would allow us to simulate a different tuning more easily.
Great idea. I’ve been hoping this comes to the Axe Fx as well. I ended up just getting a Variax.
The problem with having a global pitch-shifter, I suspect, is that it would eat up a bit of DPS. How do you decide which path that DSP gets used from? How would you redesign the UI to indicate that a global pitch shifter is active?
It would be neat if it were possible, and then you could have it on/off on a per-preset basis, or assign it to a footswitch.
Lastly, you could build your presets like I used to: I used to put a pitch block as the very first block following the input, set to 1/2 step down, and then I could toggle it on or off as/if needed.
Same here.
I wish you could set like a master input block. And assign it to a specific switch. It would work great with the pitch shifter, so you don’t have to set several pitch shifters on every preset for live situations.
During our rehearsal yesterday I’ve realized an issue with pitch shifter - playing softly on one string sounded glitchy and confused what tone to send out (if pitched or original one) and looks like it’s struggling with chord transmission. Not sure, but I haven’t felt this before 1.4.1 update.
I might try raising my input level to improve the tracking. Also, where did you place the pitch shifter in your signal chain? It may work better in some locations than others, maybe move it towards the beginning of your signal chain. Or, if you are going to be playing softly, a compressor before it, set properly to provide a consistent level, may help improve the tracking.
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Thank you for your advise. I’ll check input levels again. I placed my PS block at the beginning of the chain right after input. This scene had been set with bypassed noise gate so, I’ve tried to eliminate any possible affections of the sound coming into PS. Main reason on using it is playing seven string transponding from standard B tuning up to C tuning.