I'm curious about the Digitech Live harmonizer rigs. I noticed the have the Live 3 now. Since they reportedly follow guitar chords, will they just harmonize with guitar player/singer? I was hoping to maybe get one to harmonize with our lead singer who does not play an instrument. Would it still work? As you can tell I'm clueless when it comes to these things. Any help would be appreciated. thanks
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Digitech Live harmonizers?
- Thread starter pcollin
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I have the TC flavor of this box. It works with a bass about as well as with a guitar. Fingerpicked guitars, for example, don't work so well. It needs to be able to figure out what the chord is. So if you stick to the root with bass, you're fine. Strummed chords are really what it's meant for, and it can figure out not just the root, but whether it's major or minor. Very cool, actually.
The problem with plugging in a bass is that is if you were playing, say, the notes of a major chord as a simple bass line, it would interpret each single note as a new root and change the harmonies accordingly. So if you were triggering it playing bass, in the harmony vocal parts of songs, you would need to keep the bass very simple.
Best bet would be to get a rhythm guitar player who sticks to the actual chords to plug into the box!
The problem with plugging in a bass is that is if you were playing, say, the notes of a major chord as a simple bass line, it would interpret each single note as a new root and change the harmonies accordingly. So if you were triggering it playing bass, in the harmony vocal parts of songs, you would need to keep the bass very simple.
Best bet would be to get a rhythm guitar player who sticks to the actual chords to plug into the box!
There are a few bands that use these efx here in Columbus. I see TC Helicon a lot. I don't know them personally, but it looks like it is connected to the singer's output, not the guitar output. He can get it to produce a 5th, 7th, or combinations of keys and he controls it with his foot. Sound pretty decent. Honestly, I put these type of pedals just below samplers and backtracks on the lameness todem pole, but if there aren't enough singers in the group, then there isn't much you can do about it.
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