Octaver & Pitch Effects little bit weak

    Hi all,


    I am surprized that the octaver and pitch (transpoze) effects are so weak compared to the overall performance of the kemper.

    Does any one else has the same feeling?


    BR

    Serkan

    I don’t use either much but in side by side comparison tests with my Digitech WhammyDT I found the Kemper to be just as good. The Kemper actually sounded more natural to me whereas the Whammy has its own unique sound which many people seem to like (similar to the way some people use the preamp of an echoplex to add that special something even when the delay is turned off).

    weak compared to what other transpose/octaver?

    polyphonic pitch shifting is a complicated matter, the PROFILER actually adds features like Formant that make the effect much more pleasing that aren't available anywhere else.

    for the pitchshifters to work properly you'll need reasonable clean strings that produce a somewhat stable root pitch, whereas older strings (or a really bad setup) can introduce artifacts either by dirt on the strings or excessive fret buzzing that can make the pitch detection unnecessarily hard.