Ugly Bunny
Power User
So when the VC was recently updated/released (I forget which), I tried it out and was let down. I went on and on about how I was getting 35-45ms latency and how unusable it was.
I don't know what I'm doing differently now, but playing with it again tuned a half step up, I'm loving it. It sounds good, the latency is virtually un-noticeable, and I can jam to standard-tuned songs on my half-step-down-tuned guitar.
My settings in the pitch block are "Virtual Capo" (obviously), no detune, detector source at Input 1, poly, and tracking at 0.
Again, it ain't perfect, but in a full band situation, it's perfectly usable. I'm jamming along to the Foo Fighters' All My Life without any issues. It's only a little distracting because I'm not playing loud enough to cover up the sound of my strings' acoustic sound.
So, yeah. i was wrong. The virtual capo is a pretty cool tool and I can't imagine another polyphonic pitch shifter doing this job any better. Now, I haven't tried extreme settings, except for cranking the tracking, which introduces more latency and artifacts, but damned if I'm not satisfied with it for a half-step here and there
My apologies, Cliff and team.
I don't know what I'm doing differently now, but playing with it again tuned a half step up, I'm loving it. It sounds good, the latency is virtually un-noticeable, and I can jam to standard-tuned songs on my half-step-down-tuned guitar.
My settings in the pitch block are "Virtual Capo" (obviously), no detune, detector source at Input 1, poly, and tracking at 0.
Again, it ain't perfect, but in a full band situation, it's perfectly usable. I'm jamming along to the Foo Fighters' All My Life without any issues. It's only a little distracting because I'm not playing loud enough to cover up the sound of my strings' acoustic sound.
So, yeah. i was wrong. The virtual capo is a pretty cool tool and I can't imagine another polyphonic pitch shifter doing this job any better. Now, I haven't tried extreme settings, except for cranking the tracking, which introduces more latency and artifacts, but damned if I'm not satisfied with it for a half-step here and there
My apologies, Cliff and team.