User Manual

Pitch Shifter (White) 179
formants move down for higher-pitched voices, and up for lower-pitched voices. At the extreme left position, the
formants are fully compensated, and the timbre of the pitch-shifted voices will be like the original tone. It will sound
as though you are hitting the same string on the same instruments, just on a different fret.
When you move the “Formant Shift” soft knob from the middle position more to the right, the formants will be shifted
upwards, to give the pitch-shifted voices a pronounced timbre and character of your choice.
Please be aware, when “Formant Shift” is active, the effect only works with single notes. Chords will sound odd in
most cases.
 User Scales
The Harmonic Pitch effect can also be linked to one or two custom User Scales. These allow you to create custom
harmonies to fit whatever musical style you require. From harmonic minor, to blues, to Hungarian Gypsy scales -
anything is possible by programming the User Scales. As soon as you select “User Scale 1/2” as the interval for one
of the two voices with the corresponding soft knob, you will be able to access their configuration pages via soft
buttons.
Over three display pages, you can select the pitch offset for each of the twelve chromatic steps of both User Scales.
Remember to set the “Key” as desired, whenever you use them; the key represents the tonic, or the first step of the
scale. User Scales are saved within the Rig, so you can use many different scales by using different Rigs. They are
not part of any harmonic pitch preset but are stored as independent user scale presets - to do this, simply push the
STORE button whilst editing one of them. The default User Scales are both blues scales - one major, and the other
minor. These can be used to instantly harmonize a blues or rock scale with one or two voices. Since blues is often
somewhere between major and minor, try both “Key” settings to find the best fit for the melody, and your playing
style.
Default custom User Scales: “Blues Major/Minor”:
Step #
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Voice 1
-5
-6
-5
-5
-4
-5
-4
-5
-5
-5
-5
-5
Voice 2
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
3
3
4
3