Harmonizer2 - MOD Devices

MOD Team

It’s a 2-voice harmonizer plugin that allows you to set the scale(*) to either Major, Minor, or Minor Harmonic, and then shift anywhere between down an -8th and up an +8th in that scale. Like with nearly all harmonizers, you will have to play in the correct key (which can also be configured). The “Mode” switch has three settings, in the first setting, it will mute the harmonized note when playing outside the scale. In the second setting, it will play the harmonized note, regardless of whether it is within the scale or not. In the third (“Bend”) setting, it behaves like the second setting, while also allowing you to bend notes, allowing for smooth transitions between harmonized notes. All plugins in the MOD-pitchshifter family have an option to set the fidelity of the plugin. As you lower the fidelity, the sound will become less pristine, but the plugin will also use less processing. The opposite holds true for increasing the fidelity, this will grant you a clearer pitch-shifted signal at the cost of significantly more processing being used. *The Lo-Fi setting is reminiscent of bit-crushed sounds, if you are looking for those synthesizer-like basslines, or dirty octave-up sounds, this is your setting! *The Hi-Fi setting is great if you are looking to emulate (for example) something like a 12-string guitar, be sure to mind that CPU-meter in the bottom-right of the screen though! *The settings in between are created to let you make the perfect trade-off between quality and performance. A hint for making the right decision: the more you shift the pitch up, the higher you will need to set the Fidelity to get a clear sound. (*) The scale can be set by pressing the gear at the top-right corner of the plugin, in a future release, the interface will support doing this without entering the settings.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://pedalboards.moddevices.com/plugins/aHR0cDovL21vZGRldmljZXMuY29tL3BsdWdpbnMvbW9kLWRldmVsL0hhcm1vbml6ZXIy

This plugin has a glitch (or the problem is me). I want to toggle on/off vocal harmonies while I sing. Putting this pedal in bypass ADDS bunch of gain…

Does that happen just in bypass? I didn’t test it, but that is super weird. The bypass should…well…bypass it.

If you remove that plugin, doesn’t the gain get as low as when you bypass it?

Or I guess the problem can be seen the other way around(?) The plugin is attenuating a lot your signal when active(?)

What are your plugin gain levels? The plugin has three gain levels: Clean gain, gain 1 and gain 2. Aren’t you attenuating the signal with those?

thankyou for the reply!

And i agree - it is pretty weird.
Here is some more detail.

The signal chain is:
L in> tinygain > EQ (cant remember which one) > autotune (x42) > de-esser(cant remember) > harmonizer2 (mod) > fractal doubler (tap) > reverb (dragonfly) > L/R out

For the harmonizer itself, dry gain 0db, gain1 (+octave) -3db, gain2 (+third) -6db. My use-case is to selectively un-bypass the harmony for the phrase where i need it then re-bypass it.

When first hooked up, it all works fine. After toggling the bypass a few times the gain gets squiffy. In the failed state, when the plugin is bypassed, the volume of the dry signal goes UP! I’m not sure where it’s coming from. Almost like there’s a code bug where it re-adds the input gain or something?

I’ve tested a variety of signal paths (de-esser split to harmonizer AND doubler, ignore dry output of harmonizer) and it always seems to happen.

Eventually, i isolated the harmonizer (input > harmonizer > output) and the problem still appeared.

Strangely - the 2Voices (mod) plugin does the same thing. After toggling the bypass a few times it seems to confused the gain on the entire signal chain.

Removing the plugin restores normal behavior.

The “other way around” problem does not appear to be true. When the plugin is active (NOT bypassed) the volume of the dry, octave and third all sound right.

At the moment, my workaround is to ALWAYS leave the plugin enabled. The octave and third route to a mixer and i toggle the master output of the mixer when i want the harmony added. Seems to work… but it seems pretty clumsy.