justcrash Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Hi all, in an effort to avoid bring 3 guitars to a gig, does anyone use the pitch glide to set up a patch say, in Eb for certain tunes, or even lower? If so, does it do the trick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealZap Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 won't work for crap.... monophonic... will start farting out if you try to play more than one note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justcrash Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 won't work for crap.... monophonic... will start farting out if you try to play more than one note. Crap. Ok, thanks, man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Hi all, in an effort to avoid bring 3 guitars to a gig, does anyone use the pitch glide to set up a patch say, in Eb for certain tunes, or even lower? If so, does it do the trick? Get a JTV...problem solved. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayoubill Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Get a JTV...problem solved. I don't have that much money! I have to work for a living........... ..problem solved... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoguyy Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 I don't use a 'glide'. I don't need to detune live. But at home, when learning songs I use the tuner to adjust to various tunings so I can learn in the right finger position regardless of the heard note. So here is my opinion... As with any effect. Where you put it in the chain makes a difference. I have no problem with 'quality'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel_brown Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I use it all the time and it works great. I have the Pitch Glide as the first FX in the chain, which I've heard is the only way to do it. I only use it for tuning down a half step. I've tried it for tuning down more and it worked fine. Don't know why other people are having problems with this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayoubill Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Is there something I need to do in parameters? Do I need to tun the pedal off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel_brown Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Here's my patch so you can see how I set it up. http://www.ChildrenOfTheGraveBand.com/BlackSabbath.hbe It's for a PODHD Desktop but I think you can rename it to .h5e and it'll work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justcrash Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Ok, question: If I want it a half a step down, what should my "pitch" be set to? And why couldn't they just call it "Half step", "full step" etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuskey Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Hi all, in an effort to avoid bring 3 guitars to a gig, does anyone use the pitch glide to set up a patch say, in Eb for certain tunes, or even lower? If so, does it do the trick? This is cheaper than a JTV: http://digitech.com/en/products/the-drop I've been curious whether or not a new firmware version of the HD could handle polyphonic pitch shifting that is becoming popular in more and more effects pedals these days. I don't know if it has the horsepower to do it or not. We'll see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel_brown Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 The link to my patch shows the settings for a half step down tuning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justcrash Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 The link to my patch shows the settings for a half step down tuning. Joel, unless I looked at it wrong, your patch had it set so the expression pedal controlled the pitch. Maybe I don't understand how to decipher that? Regardless, I figured it out tonight and it works great! I really appreciate everyone's help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel_brown Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 If I remember right it's 50% for standard tuning and 48% drops it 1/2 step. That's using HDEdit. I don't know if it's different when doing it directly into the PODHD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justcrash Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 If I remember right it's 50% for standard tuning and 48% drops it 1/2 step. That's using HDEdit. I don't know if it's different when doing it directly into the PODHD. Yeah, I did -1 for Eb, -2 for D. Just messed with it a bit. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoguyy Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Ok, question: If I want it a half a step down, what should my "pitch" be set to? And why couldn't they just call it "Half step", "full step" etc? On the 500, as stated above, each full number is a half-step. -1 E becomes Eb. -5 E becomes B. -12 E becomes E. +1 E becomes F. +5 E becomes A. +12 E becomes E. The reason why its not listed as 'half step' --- I do not work for Line6 so I don't know the answer. But it makes sense to not call it a half step because there are so many steps inbetween 0 and 1. For example: Your G-string runs at 196hz. If you tuned down 1/2 step, you would be playing 185hz. What if you wanted to play 190hz? Its not a half step, it is something else. What would you do if you were limited to 1/2 step and whole step? You're screwed. Sure, it makes sense to have a half step tuning. And maybe on a next release, they can work on a physical switch that sits beside the ground switch. who's sole purpose is to tune a half step (3 position switch with 0 -1/2 -1). Make it a global setting which is independent of all other settings. But the idea of a pitch shifter, as already exists, is a bazillion times better than 'a half step down'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncann Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 They could have simply labeled the user interface with the half and whole steps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel_brown Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I can live with -1, -2, for tunings if they'd make the EQ in HZ instead of Percentage. Hehe, somehow I had to get that in there.... I don't want Line6 to EVER forget about the EQs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Arkadin Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Well semitone is the proper term and more meaningful. If you use any tech music kit you will know that -12 is an octave down. It's really not that difficult. How would you describe -5, as down tuned two and a half steps? Very clumsy and I'm not sure how you'd indicate that in a GUI. I assume it's one of those things that's come from America, like I say crotchet not quarter note because I'm British. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoguyy Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Well semitone is the proper term and more meaningful. If you use any tech music kit you will know that -12 is an octave down. It's really not that difficult. How would you describe -5, as down tuned two and a half steps? Very clumsy and I'm not sure how you'd indicate that in a GUI. I assume it's one of those things that's come from America, like I say crotchet not quarter note because I'm British. Well, yes, its a Western World thing. In fact, I think things like 'tuning down a half step' is primarily a guitar players thing. I can't say I ever heard a Flutist saying 'i need to tune down'. I deal with the electronic pianos a lot. Any of them can tune a 'half step'. Some can even change the tuning HZ. But the nicer ones can actually adjust tunings based on styles of music and time periods. So instead of having an equal temperament, you can have any number of different models. Meantones. Pure temperament. Pythagorean. Arabic. I even seen a couple that let you detune individual notes. That's why American instruments cannot properly play certain pieces, we only have 12 notes in an octave (8 in a scale). But, again, its an American Guitar Player's thing. We can't expect them to actually know music. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 But, again, its an American Guitar Player's thing. We can't expect them to actually know music. :rolleyes: And Noah did say, "Of course. And next, my Lord?" "Next shall be the Piano Player. And he shall play as if he has twenty fingers, and he shall play Substitute upon Substitute, until no man may name the Chord, and he will not be helpful. Furthermore, he shall always be late. And he shall always be trying out New Gear, of which he has no knowledge." http://www.overdrivehorns.com/origin.htm :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel_brown Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Yeah but what do you call a guy that hangs out with musicians ? A drummer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philoneill Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 I know this thread is old but i have recently needed to detune for a new song in my band , so I started to mess around with the pitch glide on the HD500x, the first time I tried it the thing was rubbish , the tracking was awful , then I tried it again with a few different settings , gotta say its pretty damn good , the tracking is almost bang on and chords work really well, the song I am using it on is Queen , Find me somebody to love , the chords are all over the place and it sounds really good, the settings are , mix100% then detune to -1.0 for half a step , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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