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Re: octave shifter for winds
At 8:54 AM -0400 6/12/09, Brian Good wrote:
>I use a TC Helicon Voiceworks with a soprano sax. It does
>multi-voice pitch-shifting, so you can channel Jon Hassell and play
>parallel chords. The Voiceworks is a bit expensive, and TC also has
>some pitch-related stomp boxes as well; they may be cheaper. Note
>that pitch-shifting by as much as an octave might lead to some
>formant weirdness/chipmunkification, if you care.
I'll second the recommendation for the Helicon Voiceworks. I've got
one that I keep dedicated to my WX-11/VL70-m wind synthesis rack.
It'll do everything Brian says it will and more: fantastic for
everything from Hassell-like harmonic effects to turning a single
horn into an entire wind section realistically. It'll even take a
monophonic slide guitar patch and emulate a full-blown pedal steel
complete with benders.
Worth every penny when used on winds. Just brilliant.
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