New "organ" pedal - EHX B9

[Philip Mackenzie]

How I wish more effects demos were like that one - systematic, informative, and focused on what the PEDAL can do.
Bit GASsy, though....or is that just me? Yup, definitely me.

 

[10cc]

Fiddled around with one a few weeks ago. No thanks. Sounds too much like a sim. I'm sure it's fun all alone in the bedroom though.

 

[Adamixoye]

So I haven't been following new pedals for a while now. The PitchFork is just a slightly overall less capable POG/POG2/microPOG?

Not sure what you mean by "slightly overall less capable"---it actually does more in terms of all the intervals and settings it has.

 

[iualum]

Not sure what you mean by "slightly overall less capable"---it actually does more in terms of all the intervals and settings it has.

So you prefer it to any/all of the POGs?

 

[bassosmar]

So you prefer it to any/all of the POGs?

Hey Iualum!
Of course comparing the Pitch Fork to the POG2 is a bit unfair... The POG2 has a lot more controls and parameters to play around. But IMO the Pitch Fork is much better than the POG/microPOG...

First, the Pitch Fork is a pitch shifter, so you can dial other intervals than the octave: 2m, 3M, 4th, 5th, 6M, 7m, 1/2/3 octave... You can select if you want those intervals up, down or both. If you put 1 octave up and down, it's just like a POG/microPOG that sounds better.

 

[Adamixoye]

So you prefer it to any/all of the POGs?

I don't own any of them (though I'm kind of a pitchshifting connoisseur and am always interested in things like the Digitech Drop, Morpheus Droptune, etc.). But basically, the POGs are strictly octaves. You have more control over those octaves. The Pitch Fork is for harmonization and shifting, and you have all sorts of intervals you can't get with the POGs.

 

[Philip Mackenzie]

Going to jump on the derail here....Two pedals came out recently from Digitech (the Drop) and EHX (the Pitchfork) that aspire to beat the late Morpheus Droptune at its own former game - that is, they are for pitch shifting without retuning or having to pack a separate instrument. Don't know much about the Drop but the Pitchfork seems to do any interval UP TO a full octave, and up to a whole tone either way does a very creditable job. I'd avoid using it for wider intervals unless I specifically wanted that glassy digital sound as an effect, & for octaves I'd use an octaver.

 

[Adamixoye]

Going to jump on the derail here....Two pedals came out recently from Digitech (the Drop) and EHX (the Pitchfork) that aspire to beat the late Morpheus Droptune at its own former game - that is, they are for pitch shifting without retuning or having to pack a separate instrument. Don't know much about the Drop but the Pitchfork seems to do any interval UP TO a full octave, and up to a whole tone either way does a very creditable job. I'd avoid using it for wider intervals unless I specifically wanted that glassy digital sound as an effect, & for octaves I'd use an octaver.

Continuing the derail...

I reviewed the Drop along with the Morpheus and some other drop-tuning devices here (no Pitch Fork though):
http://www.talkbass.com/threads/pitchshifting-a-blind-shootout-for-your-perusal.1107262/

In the main thread on the Pitch Fork, someone directly from EHX commented, if I may paraphrase them, that the Pitch Fork and the Drop really aren't competing devices, and I think this is true. The Drop has one specific purpose (droptuning) that it tries to NAIL. The Pitch Fork covers some but not all of the same ground (and more), with more of an emphasis on harmonization. I'll leave it up to others to decide what they think about tone, latency, attack, etc.

 

[mazdah]

Has anybody tried B9 with flat wound strings? I'd love to expand the range of my p-bass with thomastik flats but I'm aware that not many effects work fine with flats..

 

[dannybuoy]

It works well, but many of the models only really open up in brightness when fed with a bright signal which is easier with rounds. But the darker sounds played with fingers and flats still sound good. The new C9 seems to use the click control as a general tone control (without the annoying click) so might be even better!

 

[Philip Mackenzie]

I stand corrected, Adamixoye. By "harmonization" I assume you mean interval shifts a la Whammy? If it actually does in-key shifting & I didn't notice, I'll really need to give my head a shake.

 

[Adamixoye]

I stand corrected, Adamixoye. By "harmonization" I assume you mean interval shifts a la Whammy? If it actually does in-key shifting & I didn't notice, I'll really need to give my head a shake.

Yes, it only does "dumb" harmonization, not in-key harmonization. I should have been more clear on that. But the point is you mix the dry and shifted signals unlike the Morpheus or the Drop (except those also have an octave mode with dry mixed in).