The pitch-shifters are now stable and available in the plugin shop!
Look at this beautiful plugin family.
Here’re some of the most recent shared pedalboards, which gives you a great impression of what you can achieve with these new plugins.
Very low and heavy guitar by Gianfranco
The Good Ol Fifth guitar sound by Gianfranco
Crazy SuperWhammy! on a guitar by Jesse
E-Piano Whammy by Jesse
And a voice pedalboard with 2Voices and Harmonizer2 by me
And here’s the full description of these amazing plugins, you can find this description also in the plugin store.
Fidelity
All plugins in the MOD pitch-shifter family have the 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 power. The opposite holds true for increasing the fidelity, this will grant you a clearer pitch-shifted signal at the cost of significantly more processing power being used.
*The Lo-Fi setting is reminiscent of bit-crushed sounds, if you are looking for those synthesizer-like bass lines 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.
Drop
It’s a pitch-shifter that can drop the pitch to a maximum of -12 semitones (steps).
Capo
It’s a pitch-shifter that can raise the pitch with a maximum of +12 semitones (steps). It is more limited than the SuperCapo, but it also uses less processing power, allowing you to use the resources for other plugins!
SuperCapo
It’s a pitch-shifter that can raise the pitch with a maximum of +24 semitones (steps). It has a bigger range than the Capo, but it also uses more processing power. If +12 semitones up are enough for you, consider using the regular Capo plugin.
2Voices
If a MOD Drop and MOD SuperCapo had a baby, it would be the MOD 2Voices! It sports two outputs with independent pitch-shift controls. The pitch of the input signal can be shifted anywhere between -12 semitones down, and +24 semitones up.
Using a 2Voices plugin rather than both a Drop and a SuperCapo lowers the CPU load on the device.
SuperWhammy
Inspired by the classic Digitech Whammy(*), this pitch-shifter can shift an input pitch from -12 semitones down to +24 semitones up.
“First” and “Last” determine the range of variation where the “Step” parameter will work.
“First” doesn’t need to be necessarily smaller than “Last”.
“Clean” parameter allows you to hear the bypass sound summed with the pitch shifted signal and “Gain” is the effect gain, it does not affect the clean signal.
(*) ‘Other product names modeled in this software are trademarks of their respective companies that do not endorse and are not associated or affiliated with MOD.
Digitech Whammy is a trademark or trade name of another manufacturer and was used merely to identify the product whose sound was reviewed in the creation of this product.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.’
Harmonizer
It’s a (relatively) simple harmonizer plugin that allows you to set the scale(*) to either Major, Minor, or Minor Harmonic, and then shift up a +3rd or +6th, or down a -3rd or -6th 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.
(*) 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.
Harmonizer2
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.
(*) 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.
HarmonizerCS
It’s a custom-scale harmonizer plugin that allows you to create your own scale by moving up and down the sliders. With the slider all the way up, the harmonizer will shift the pitch up by +12 semitones. With the slider all the way down, the harmonizer will shift the pitch down by -12 semitones. Like with nearly all harmonizers, you will have to play in the correct key (which can also be configured).
Very excited about this
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