Whookam
New Member
I find the pitch shift block on the AX8 works better when you use it to tune up a half step rather than down i.e. tune the guitar to Eb and shift up to E. I'm assuming this is because algorithmically it is a simpler and cleaner operation to go to a smaller (i.e. higher pitch) waveform than to expand to a larger (i.e. lower pitch) waveform -- somewhat analogous to shrinking vs. enlarging an image. I have a Drop on my board and find the AX8 performs better in terms of both latency and quality when going from Eb to E vs. E to Eb with the Drop. I know I'm using one of the whammy modes and just played around with the params until I got the latency, quality, and CPU hit at a decent compromise. Still not the same as a second guitar but it's more than adequate for a few songs live in front of a typical audience.
70% of the songs we play are A440... I like the drop because it's not as often...