Axe Fx II XL+ Down/Up Tuning Quality vs. Digitech Whammy DT

[Tomer]

I don't have an Axe Fx just yet, but I was looking to see how the quality of the down/up tuning was with the unit as compared to a Whammy DT pedal from Digitech. If you want to drop down 1/2 or a full step... do you get tons of artifacts that are clearly noticeable? Advice/Suggestions are greatly appreciated, thanks!

 

[lqdsnddist]

DT works much better

Axe doesn't handle chords very well with regards to any pitch/octave effects. Whammy DT, POG, SubN'Up etc type pedals all do things the Axe can't do very well. About the one thing that requires external pedals

 

[Tomer]

DT works much better

Axe doesn't handle chords very well with regards to any pitch/octave effects. Whammy DT, POG, SubN'Up etc type pedals all do things the Axe can't do very well. About the one thing that requires external pedals

Thanks! Appreciate the advice

 

[B-Rad]

I have the DT and agree, it's a little better than using the pitch block.

 

[Tomer]

I have the DT and agree, it's a little better than using the pitch block.

so much better than the built in pitch block where its worth spending an extra $250 on a whammy dt?

 

[Mako]

I don't have a DT and have not used it. That said I started using the pitch block in 8.x firmware and if you get the settings right it seems passable to me. I am using it to tune down half and whole step. Put it first in your signal chain before the amp

 

[B-Rad]

so much better than the built in pitch block where its worth spending an extra $250 on a whammy dt?

I had it from before my Axe days. Both are passable, but it is what it is - there is something missing with both.

 

[TG3K]

so much better than the built in pitch block where its worth spending an extra $250 on a whammy dt?

My solution is to use another guitar. We do some stuff in E tuning and some in Eb. I bring guitars tuned to both pitches to gigs.

 

[Burn Witch Burn]

There is a guy on the forum that posted a great workaround to mask the latency associated with using the pitch block. He even posted the preset. Search around for it. It really made a huge difference for me. Perhaps it even beats that $250 pedal.

 

[Rex]

There is a guy on the forum...

@simeon

...that posted a great workaround to mask the latency associated with using the pitch block. He even posted the preset. Search around for it. It really made a huge difference for me. Perhaps it even beats that $250 pedal.

how to reduce latency on down shifted patches

 

[Tomer]

@simeon



how to reduce latency on down shifted patches

Much appreciated!

 

[Max Haze]

If you are using the Whammy a lot then you might be better of keeping that pedal but I think that the one in the Axe Fx is more than okey. If you just set it up the right way...

 

[Paperjace]

If you are using the Whammy a lot then you might be better of keeping that pedal but I think that the one in the Axe Fx is more than okey. If you just set it up the right way...

Hey Max! I love your videos!

I had a question about the Whammy setup here. How come you chose to assign the Expression Pedal to the "Stop" parameter and not the "Control" parameter on the whammy? Is there a difference in sound or performance with this setup?

Thanks!

 

[Bakerman]

How come you chose to assign the Expression Pedal to the "Stop" parameter and not the "Control" parameter on the whammy? Is there a difference in sound or performance with this setup?

Controlling start or stop will quantize the shift to semitones. For a smooth shift like a real Whammy pedal, use "control" parameter.

 

[Max Haze]

Hey Max! I love your videos!

I had a question about the Whammy setup here. How come you chose to assign the Expression Pedal to the "Stop" parameter and not the "Control" parameter on the whammy? Is there a difference in sound or performance with this setup?

Thanks!

Thank you. It's very nice to hear that you like the videos. That makes me happy. I think you are totally right I could probably use "Control" and get the same result. I will have to try it out. There shouldn't be any changes in the sound but I will try it out.
Well well some times you get it wrong but it works anyway
To bad I named the video "The right way" Never mind I was thinking that to engage the effect when it's not on was "The Right Way"...