New Pitch Shifter Whammo!

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dimi
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23 Nov 2022

Hi guys, long time no see :)
I think this one sounds convincing!
https://reasonstudios.com/shop/rack-ext ... h-shifter/




Cheers,
Dimi
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23 Nov 2022

thank you

trialing now : )
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23 Nov 2022

BRIGGS wrote:
23 Nov 2022
thank you

trialing now : )
I like it!

It tracks better than polar, and just as good as the kilohearts pitch shifter.

I didn't test chords though...

This should work great for people with an expression pedal. :puf_smile:
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23 Nov 2022

BRIGGS wrote:
23 Nov 2022
BRIGGS wrote:
23 Nov 2022
thank you

trialing now : )
I like it!

It tracks better than polar, and just as good as the kilohearts pitch shifter.

I didn't test chords though...

This should work great for people with an expression pedal. :puf_smile:
Better than Ghammy?
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23 Nov 2022

MrFigg wrote:
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Better than Ghammy?
I now have both >since I own all of there stuff except the 3 band and 4 band eq :re:
sounds great , but I have not tested if one is better than the other
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moneykube wrote:
23 Nov 2022
MrFigg wrote:
23 Nov 2022
Better than Ghammy?
I now have both >since I own all of there stuff except the 3 band and 4 band eq :re:
sounds great , but I have not tested if one is better than the other
Yeah, I've got all their stuff too. I've got a hardware Digitech Whammy DT too :)
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24 Nov 2022

hello,

i can't tell if this is vst or RE
but it does sound lovely




may need to pick this RE up to complete the complete kuassa RE collection

cheers and goodgood turkey day to all,

j

works with windows 7 and Reason 10.1
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25 Nov 2022

Instantly bought before even demo'ing. It's fantastic. Doesn't add heaps of latency like Polar or just about any other pitch shifter I've used. Also appears to fully bypass correctly at 12 o clock, am I right in thinking that? Handles polyphony really nicely too. Even sustained piano chords! Only comment is that it appears to initialise with start and end pitch set to +1, so it's very ugly sounding by default. Maybe change it to be -12 / +12?

**Just to edit after actually trying it out with guitar; I think there MAY be some slight difference between bypassed and on with the pitch control set in the middle. I can't quite figure out what but, it's not a huge deal. I think I would probably automat the wet-dry balance or effect bypass state for sections where I want the whammy to be. If I'm incorrect though or imagining it, please feel free to correct!

No exaggeration though that this is probably the best pitch shifting plugin I own. It's playable, my 8 string (F#) sounds amazing like, 4, 5 semitones down. Nice stop-gap until I get my 9 string haha. Incredible work guys. Thank you so much!

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25 Nov 2022

littlejam wrote:
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cheers and goodgood turkey day to all,
Not a very good day for the turkeys.

Also, I added a shop link to the first post.
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28 Nov 2022

chimp_spanner wrote:
25 Nov 2022
Instantly bought before even demo'ing. It's fantastic. Doesn't add heaps of latency like Polar or just about any other pitch shifter I've used. Also appears to fully bypass correctly at 12 o clock, am I right in thinking that? Handles polyphony really nicely too. Even sustained piano chords! Only comment is that it appears to initialise with start and end pitch set to +1, so it's very ugly sounding by default. Maybe change it to be -12 / +12?

**Just to edit after actually trying it out with guitar; I think there MAY be some slight difference between bypassed and on with the pitch control set in the middle. I can't quite figure out what but, it's not a huge deal. I think I would probably automat the wet-dry balance or effect bypass state for sections where I want the whammy to be. If I'm incorrect though or imagining it, please feel free to correct!

No exaggeration though that this is probably the best pitch shifting plugin I own. It's playable, my 8 string (F#) sounds amazing like, 4, 5 semitones down. Nice stop-gap until I get my 9 string haha. Incredible work guys. Thank you so much!
Hi Paul, please see this short screen capture.

Is it about the pedal pitch position and putting it on default middle position?
Cause the double clicking on it, sets it on perfect center and the signal is perfect. Sorry, if I misunderstood something.

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28 Nov 2022

Man.....Just saw your PM's :oops:
tried a drum loop and almost confirmed the strange behavior!
Thank you for reporting it! Will dig further!

Dimi

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28 Nov 2022

In short:  It uses 2 separate pitch tracking for stereo signals, that's why the L and R tracking are different in phase. We'll add the link parameter in the next update so it works with other signals. Looped drums and so on.

Thanks for the report! Appreciate it!

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06 Dec 2022

New update is coming! Stereo link added and more "Detune" presets.

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littlejam
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07 Dec 2022

hello,

just picked up the Whammo! RE

cool device

completed the kuassa collection, yet again

please post when the update is available

the reason shop page is not auto updating RE
it seems

so in case a user doesn't know an update is available
they miss out
(windows 7 / reason 10)

cheers and guitar and many thanks,

j
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09 Dec 2022

littlejam wrote:
07 Dec 2022
hello,

just picked up the Whammo! RE

cool device

completed the kuassa collection, yet again

please post when the update is available

the reason shop page is not auto updating RE
it seems

so in case a user doesn't know an update is available
they miss out
(windows 7 / reason 10)

cheers and guitar and many thanks,

j
updated today
Thanks for the quick fix Dimi !
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09 Dec 2022

hello,

@moneykube: thank you for the note

updating now

cheers,

j
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13 Dec 2022

I have a roland ev-5 expression pedal. I have 2 sustain pedal inputs and a volume pedal input on my midi controller ( M- AUDIO KEYSTATION PRO 88). I've plugged the roland into both sustain pedal inputs and its recognized by the whammo thru midi learn, but when i press the pedal down it only moves the pedal position knob a little from off to about 1 regardless of the preset. When I set up my sustain pedal as the controller for the pedal position knob it just goes from full off to full on regardless of what preset I'm using. What am I doing wrong? Should it be assigned to the pedal position knob of the whammo? Or will it just not work with a keyboard midi controller and synths?

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13 Dec 2022

WOO wrote:
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I have a roland ev-5 expression pedal. I have 2 sustain pedal inputs and a volume pedal input on my midi controller ( M- AUDIO KEYSTATION PRO 88). I've plugged the roland into both sustain pedal inputs and its recognized by the whammo thru midi learn, but when i press the pedal down it only moves the pedal position knob a little from off to about 1 regardless of the preset. When I set up my sustain pedal as the controller for the pedal position knob it just goes from full off to full on regardless of what preset I'm using. What am I doing wrong? Should it be assigned to the pedal position knob of the whammo? Or will it just not work with a keyboard midi controller and synths?
The sustsin pedal inputs operate as on/off switch. 0 or 1. There are sustain pedals with a half step also. What you need is an expression input. That gives you a full 0-127 range. For some reason though there doesn’t seem to be that many MIDI keyboards on the market with an Exp input incorporated . I’ve got one on my Nektar but I had to look at a lot of controllers before I found an Exp.
Have you tried the volume input? That might work.
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