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==Dive bomb==
 
==Dive bomb==
* The Axe-Fx II can simulate an automated dive bomb effect.
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* The Axe-Fx II can simulate an automated dive bomb or rising pitch effect.
 
* On the Axe-Fx:
 
* On the Axe-Fx:
 
*# Create a preset with a Pitch block after the Amp block.
 
*# Create a preset with a Pitch block after the Amp block.
*# Set Pitch mode to Classic Whammy, Down 2 octaves (for example), Pitch Track off, 100% mix.
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*# Set Pitch mode to Classic Whammy, Up|Dn 2 Oct., Pitch Track off, Global source, 100% mix.
*# Enter the Modifier menu of the Control parameter in the Pitch block. Set Source to (for example) External 5. Set Damping to 1000ms, for starters.
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*# Enter the Modifier menu of the Control parameter in the Pitch block. Set Source to an external. Set Damping to 750, for starters.
 
*# Enter the Modifier menu of the Bypass parameter in the Pitch block. Set Source to the same External controller as above.
 
*# Enter the Modifier menu of the Bypass parameter in the Pitch block. Set Source to the same External controller as above.
 
*# Save the preset.
 
*# Save the preset.
 
* On the floor controller:
 
* On the floor controller:
*# Program a switch switch to send a CC. Set to CC 20 for External 5.
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*# Program a switch switch to send the External controller's CC.
 
*# The switch can be latching or momentary, whatever works for you.
 
*# The switch can be latching or momentary, whatever works for you.
 
* To operate: select the preset. Press the switch (press and hold if it's a momentary switch) for the effect to kick in. Press again (or release) to stop, and bypass the Pitch block.
 
* To operate: select the preset. Press the switch (press and hold if it's a momentary switch) for the effect to kick in. Press again (or release) to stop, and bypass the Pitch block.
* You can adjust the length of the dive through the Damping parameter, change the pitch to go up instead of down, make it even more dramatic by adding a flanger, etc.
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* You can also use your expression pedal instead of a switch. Use the corresponding External controller.
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* You can adjust the length of the dive through the Damping parameter, use another Whammy mode, make it even more dramatic by adding a flanger, etc.
  
 
[[category:Presets and effects]]
 
[[category:Presets and effects]]
 
[[category:Connecting_instruments_and_devices]]
 
[[category:Connecting_instruments_and_devices]]

Revision as of 07:17, 14 May 2013

Manual

Template:5.24 Pitch Shifter (PIT)

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What is pitch shifting

IMART

  • Firmware 8.00: "New IMART (Intelligent Maximum-Likelihood Adaptive Real-Time) pitch detectors provide greatly improved pitch detection. Pitch detectors can now track complex chords. The Pitch Source parameter in the Pitch blocks has been changed to simply “Global” or “Local”. In either mode the tracking performance is the same, only the source of the pitch data is changed. The Pitch blocks benefit significantly from this improvement. Many presets that previously only worked with single notes now work with chords, even complex chords. Note, however, that intelligent pitch shifting is necessarily only single notes, by definition."

Pitch Learn feature

  • The Pitch block has a Learn function. Turn it on, play a note, hold it. The Axe-Fx II sets the key according to the note you played. Source

Arpeggiator

  • The Arpeggiator used 16 steps. Here's a trick to expand that to 32 steps.

Detune effect

  • In general: detune up and down the same amount, between +/-5 and +/-10, delay the voices for more width (7ms), set mix at 25% or lower, place the block after the Amp block but before the Cab block, pan the voices hard left and right. Check for Phase cancellation when running in mono.

Octaver effect

  • If you need an Octaver effect (1 octave down voice):
    • set the pitch shifter to Fixed Harmony, 1 octave down
    • or use the Ring Modulator (block) in tracking mode
    • or set the Pitch block to Octave Divide.

Whammy pedal

Position of the Pitch block

  • Cliff: "When going direct, pitch shifting often sounds best when placed BEFORE the cab block. The factory presets may have the block doing the shifting (pitch or multidelay) after the cabinet block. Try moving the pitch before the cabinet block for smoother results." Background (source: Bakerman): "The pitch block basically shifts the entire cab freq. response up/down if it's after cab. A slight detune might sound about the same either way but with a half step, whole step, etc. the difference becomes more apparent."

Harmony scales

  • The manual contains a table with the harmony scales, see Harmony scales.

Dropped tuning simulation

  • Use a Pitch a the start of the grid. Set it to Fixed Harmony. Set to the desired voice. Set Mix to 100%. Set Tracking to On. Adjust Track Adjust if necessary.
  • If you can't stand the latency (there always will be some latency), try this trick from Simeon.

Shimmer

  • The Shimmer effect is an effect where notes are pitchshifted higher and higher and reverberated in a parallel path. Nice for ambient sounds and used a lot by U2’s The Edge. You can use the Plexi Shift mode of the Multi Delay or the Pitch Shifter's Crystals mode (reverse feedback). A low pass Filter on the shifted notes helps to keep the signal clear. There are examples among the factory presets.

Dive bomb

  • The Axe-Fx II can simulate an automated dive bomb or rising pitch effect.
  • On the Axe-Fx:
    1. Create a preset with a Pitch block after the Amp block.
    2. Set Pitch mode to Classic Whammy, Up|Dn 2 Oct., Pitch Track off, Global source, 100% mix.
    3. Enter the Modifier menu of the Control parameter in the Pitch block. Set Source to an external. Set Damping to 750, for starters.
    4. Enter the Modifier menu of the Bypass parameter in the Pitch block. Set Source to the same External controller as above.
    5. Save the preset.
  • On the floor controller:
    1. Program a switch switch to send the External controller's CC.
    2. The switch can be latching or momentary, whatever works for you.
  • To operate: select the preset. Press the switch (press and hold if it's a momentary switch) for the effect to kick in. Press again (or release) to stop, and bypass the Pitch block.
  • You can also use your expression pedal instead of a switch. Use the corresponding External controller.
  • You can adjust the length of the dive through the Damping parameter, use another Whammy mode, make it even more dramatic by adding a flanger, etc.