Newb trying to use Harmonizer

  • Is there something in particular you're looking for? For example the guitar solo on Owner of a Lonely Heart from Yes? That has a specific sound to it, versus something like simple octave up or down, etc. 5th above like owner of a lonely heart is popular because it's pretty universal and works in all key signatures, just like octave up/down. So if you set one note to be 5th up, and another note to be 4th below, you get the same harmonized note just an octave apart. You can get into a lot of other options if you want to use intervals that are specific to the key you're playing in to create some complex harmonies. So it really depends on what you're looking to do. Even some of the delay presets now can adjust the delayed notes to create pseudo harmonies, so lots of options.

  • Is there something in particular you're looking for? For example the guitar solo on Owner of a Lonely Heart from Yes? That has a specific sound to it, versus something like simple octave up or down, etc. 5th above like owner of a lonely heart is popular because it's pretty universal and works in all key signatures, just like octave up/down. So if you set one note to be 5th up, and another note to be 4th below, you get the same harmonized note just an octave apart. You can get into a lot of other options if you want to use intervals that are specific to the key you're playing in to create some complex harmonies. So it really depends on what you're looking to do. Even some of the delay presets now can adjust the delayed notes to create pseudo harmonies, so lots of options.

    Joptunes thanks for answering. I would be curious about how to achieve the effect in this song about 2:20 in, you will hear it.

  • To me it sounds like a normal octave below harmony. Quick and easy effect on the KPA is the analog octaver which adds in the octave below note. You can try it before the amp block or after, and depending on whether you're using a fuzz pedal or just an amp for the distortion it should get you close.