How to Use The Digitech Whammy V and 4 Whammy Alternatives
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- There's no doubt that the digitech whammy was a game changing pedal back in the day and there are few pedals that are more fun to use. However, they take up a massive amount of pedalboard space and you probably don't use it that much. So in this video I demonstrate 8 uses for the digitech whammy, then demo 4 pedalboard friendly alternatives. At the end I will shoot all 4 of them out against the whammy and give my opinions on each.
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First off, thanks for a great instructional video.
I am a huge fan of Digitech's pitch shifting engine, the Ricochet is always on my board, however, I want to do justice to the Pitchfork: You do have the ability to control the glissando rate between the root note and the interval, using the expression pedal ) This is exactly what the expression pedal does in momentary mode. However, unlike the Ricochet, you cannot control the rise and fall rates separately - you set the glissando rates for both the "pitch shifting" direction and the "return" direction.
When no expression pedal is connected - the gliss rate is fixed @60ms.
Dude. Really phenomenal video. The last comparison was perfect. Great to see that!
Just so many realistic and solid points made here. The whole fake octave/harmony pedal world contains so many squeaky, harsh, rumbly, brittle, shrill, artificial and downright shithouse tones. If you've got a pedal that does one of these things right, then you're pretty much doing okay. I recently saw a Whammy pedal at a Cash Converters (a chain store pawn shop, for you non-Australian viewers). It was expensive, but not overly so. A reasonable price actually. I considered buying it but, as you said, you may use it once for one moment in a live gig but it takes up so much real estate on the pedal board.
But when you're recording, it's so much more fun and satisfying to do all of those harmonies etc. one-by-one in true Brian May fashion.
Another top notch video.
I have a ricochet and it's pretty kickass. Funnily enough, I got a whammy dt earlier this year only to do what a nano pog does despite the fact i could've just bought the EHX for less. Instead I have a T-Rex Quint now but i still have my Whammy(s) (v4, v5, DT), I also got a drop for the sake of it.
As much as I love this video for being extremely helpful and informative with awesome riffs selected for their usefulness in demonstrating the very-well put together concepts and observations that make for the kind of stellar review that players such as myself are looking for, my favorite thing about it is most definitely how the positioning of your microphone makes it appear as if it were another pedal sitting between the pedals on your shirt. Bravo.
I'm not that clever 👍
Thanks for making such an in depth review and comparison of these pedals. I really enjoyed and it helped me a lot. Cheers!
Thanks mate
Jason, what a great informative video! You deserve A LOT more subscribers (I found your channel just now). Keep up the good work!
Thanks man
Cool! New content from one of my favorite youtubers. I always wanted a whammy but ended up with the Boss PS-6 and it definitely does the trick for me. Anyways, nice video as always
Thanks man
You're the man!! Thanks for your content.
Thanks 🎸
this is an excellent video. really helpful and objective.
Thank you for the video.
I have the Mooer Pitch Step. Small footprint and a similar peda to the Whammy.
Man, this time and research you put into your videos really goes a long way to better understand these pedals. I actually owned the BOSS Harmonist. I used it for some recording back in the day. This type of pedal doesn't particularly fit my current play style however I have a better understanding of these pedal types and feel like I could make a decision on one of I chose too. Great playing as usual. Thanks for the comparison!
My pleasure
Thanks, this was very helpful comparison. The full whammy pedal would be an overkill for me. Ricochet offers enough to spicy up some ideas.
Super helpful thank you!
No worries
had a ricochet for the downtuning, it couldnt follow with fast stuff even on polyphonic mode, but on monophonic it was good for a Like a stone cover, but was almost all of the time out of the board because it sucked some tone, and was a problem at the beginning of the chain. I was thinking on getting a getting a Boss PS-6, but thankfully with your honest review I know that I will regret gettink one, I will go for a DigiDrop or a Eventide H9
I’ve had a DT for years, it’s huge 😂
Yes, while a Whammy 4 or 5 is large, the DT is enormous.
Nice video. I really like pitch shifters and my favourite is the Whammy DT but the real estate it takes up just sucks. And too bad it hasn't got the classic mode, I wish they made a Ricochet-sized one. I also like the Boss PS6 but only subtilty, I haven't played the EHX Pitchfork but the POG is cool, if you're looking for a cheap alternative than take the T-Rex Quint. I also haven't played the TCE Brainwaves but I had both the Sub 'n' Up and Mimiq and they both sucked.
That weird octave up on the Brainwave kind of sucks but it could also be really cool in a mix. But not enough for me to want one haha
I know you didn't have it on this episode, but I love my Digitech Drop pedal is outstanding!
I'd imagine that the Drop has the same processor as the Ricochet.
@JasonAyalaSpare honestly without opening them both up, or looking at schematics online, I'm sure there not twins or anything. I use to do electronics repair. Maybe some shared chips but I/O would definitely be different. The Drop is cool just for drop tuning for me because most of my guitars have Floyd Rose bridges, so it's just easier for me lol. I honestly don't notice any lag or anything. I run from my pedalboard to a Radial JD7 Injector rack unit then 4 amps out of that. I wish I had bought the pedal a long time ago lol
@@charlesb7831 I recall reading an online post from a Digitech rep that both, the Drop and the Ricochet use the same algorithyms for their processing, so I guess they also share the same hardware.
I have the brainwaves. And that same exact tele funny enough. I don’t like pitch shifters much. But my cover band uses many alt tunings, so I’m gonna swap it for a digitech drop.
Good call
Niceee
What's the overdrive distortion sound you're getting in the 4:00+ areas? That sounds great! Kinda barks harder than the tdy and sounds a bit more like the revolution.. sounds good. The chorus detune is probably my favorite sound that thing makes, but it also has that digital artifact sound that is part of the magic on this pedal especially on higher treble parts like Radiohead use
It's the Ultra Gain channel of my Marshall DSL40
it seems to me that the Boss PS6 w/exp pedal gets the closest to a whammy pedal sound doing glides
I have a Ricochet. I can set it to where I like it, but there is a noticeable lag (latency) when I have it in momentary mode and I'm not actively using it. As such It's not practical for my board.
I would have liked to hear what these pedals sounded like when not put through a stack of three dimed MetalZones
I have a Whammy. I’m looking for a smaller alternative. I mostly used it as an octave up blended in.
Maybe the pitch fork would work for you.
Very cool! Which model Tele is that?
Just a standard. It has the best neck.
@@JasonAyalaSpare sounds and looks the business, cheers brother!
My first experimentation with this was with a TC Electronics Sub N Up, and I think it's kind of a garbage pedal. It may just not be a good pedal for me, but the lag was pretty noticeable and that "fake organ" effect of the high octave is extremely digitaly on it.
It has a "Sub 2 Octave" mode which is hilarious though. The low E can get much lower than a bass guitar, to the point that a speaker doesn't really track it.
I tried the Sub'n'Up, I found the same thing that you described.
unfortunately, the Brainwaves falls short from more aspects. I m very angry of myself buying it anno. Dive bomb: significant volume drop, pitch shift: terrible delay a,d sound as u pointed out at the octave up
The Whammy V harmony of the 5th up to the 6th sounds like it's made for faking pedal steel?
I have whammy 4
The Whammy 4 is good, the 5 has a couple of upgrades. You can switch between classic glitchy mode and the smoother polyphonic mode and it takes a regular 9v DC power supply.
Idk if they’ve put some super computer tech into these things but $300 is insanely ridiculous for a pedal, anything over like $150 is overpriced imo.
Run the Boss Harmonist after the overdrive(s) or into the effects loop...
Interesting 🤔
Ummm, no. ☺️