Quick improv with Digitech Drop

bingefeller

I had originally planned this to be for May's Raw ROTM but it's too long.  I figured that I'd upload anyway as I was pretty pleased with the result.  I used the Digitech Drop pedal to pitch my guitar down 5 semi tones.  

flying_pie

Nice.

Doesn't sound too warbly with the pitch shifting. What was the latency like? 

bingefeller

flying_pie said:

Nice.

Doesn't sound too warbly with the pitch shifting. What was the latency like? 

I couldn't notice any when tuned down this far.  I will record something with the metronome audible to see if there is any latency that I'm not picking up on, but maybe others are.  

flying_pie

Be interesting to hear how accurate it is.

I used to own Whammy 4 which had ridiculous latency. Fine for RATM stuff but you couldn't use it to down tune.

I now have an EHX pitchfork which is much better but still lags a bit at higher intervals with 100% wet. I only tend to use it for Eb or drop C.

bingefeller

flying_pie said:

Be interesting to hear how accurate it is.

I used to own Whammy 4 which had ridiculous latency. Fine for RATM stuff but you couldn't use it to down tune.

I now have an EHX pitchfork which is much better but still lags a bit at higher intervals with 100% wet. I only tend to use it for Eb or drop C.

Eb is definitely OK.  Down a whole step is fine from what I remember.   

horse

Sounds good. When you say a fifth - as in 5 whole tones? If so that is impressive. Reminded me a little of an album I've not played in a while

bingefeller

horse said:

Sounds good. When you say a fifth - as in 5 whole tones? If so that is impressive. Reminded me a little of an album I've not played in a while

Sorry mate - 5 semi tones!!!!   

horse

Still sounds very natural for that amount of shift

bingefeller

horse said:

Still sounds very natural for that amount of shift

Yeah it's an amazing pedal.  The only thing is that if you're playing at low volume you hear the sound of your strings in standard tuning and then the dropped tuning coming out of the amp and there is a big clash in frequencies!  I always put on my headphones which isolate any of my normal string noise. 

joetele

I like this a lot - would love to hear that melody as a fuller song with maybe some ethereal reverby stuff going on in the background

bingefeller

joetele said:

I like this a lot - would love to hear that melody as a fuller song with maybe some ethereal reverby stuff going on in the background

Thanks for the compliment.  

I have had that idea kicking around for a while and you’re right, I really must progress it further! Sometimes it’s hard to know where to take an idea.  

joetele

You could always do a background wash with some reverbs and loop that, play your melody here over the top, and maybe add some higher-pitched melodies over the top or something? I tend to use loops for coming up with these sorts of ideas, then record them properly onto multitrack when that idea turns into something. 

bingefeller

joetele said:

You could always do a background wash with some reverbs and loop that, play your melody here over the top, and maybe add some higher-pitched melodies over the top or something? I tend to use loops for coming up with these sorts of ideas, then record them properly onto multitrack when that idea turns into something. 

Possibly, I have a few thoughts.  I will see if I can get anything recorded over the weekend.