Doesn't one of you young guys have an EHX pitchfork?

I am looking to detune one of my amps on the cheap to have a pseudo chorus/doubletrack thing going on... how is the detune setting on the pitchfork by EHX? I see it can be 100% wet, ut how does it track chords and such? I know EHX are the masters of this effect ever since the POG, think it has enough fidelity to help me create a wicked double track setup?

If you're into it just for the Detune check out the Digitech Luxe. ;-)

no way to take the dry signal outta the Luxe, I want a full detune so I can split between amps... I play at least 2 amps at once ;-)

I am looking to increase my separation. It shoud be especially cool if I space my cabs wide with stereo slapbacks that will ping pong in time.

I have the Pitch Fork and had it side to side with a Digitech Whammy V and I preferred the overall response of the Whammy, if you are all into it for maximum quality I would point to the Whammy.

okey doke... seems like a lot of features I don't need though.... and being an expression pedal it is HUGE... and last time I used one I thought the detune was fixed at 50/50 dry and wet or thereabouts and the detune did not track chords well, but at 50/50 it helped mask the glitchiness (but that was a while ago, maybe the new one with drop tuning functions will doo 100% wet for microtonal shifting so I can stereo-detune)... wish digitech woudla just stuck a blend control on the luxe

I also wish I had kept my TC nova system just for the excellent detune, but I disliked almost everything else in it but the phasing

what do you mean 'the overall response'

its a pitch shifter, does it track chords cleanly? if the preamp circuitry in the pitchfork is lackluster I am sure I could modify it with better components to provide more fidelity... maybe the problem is that EHX is trying to meet a pricepoint with this gadget and doesn't want to spend a lot on the surrounding analog components....

you seem knowledgeable about pitch shifting, any other really great, standalone shifters on the market I should know about that will give me a 100% detune (preferably with the ability to control how many cents sharp or flat I go, but at this point I am not feeling picky) ???

I am getting the feeling I am going to wind up ponying up for an Eventide H9 one of these days. Argh! so much money....

Yes, the Whammy tracks chords cleaner than the Pitch Fork, but yes, I kept the Pitch Fork not only for its size but also for its blend option too and latch capability too (it's sad that the Ricochet did not grabbed this feature… Digitech seems to always be a cent short to pay the bill). Then talking about TC Electronic: I don't know if you could tweak their new Sub'n'Up via its TonePrint implementation to set it like that, have you researched about it? Its polyphonic octave generation sounds not as nice as in the EHX' pedals but if they were smart enough they should have implemented that base detune algorithm in the Nova over this for its extended configuration. And well… the H9 is always a very tempting option, the Nova is nice because it offers that kind of details you could some day desire but obviously for its general idea has no much sense to keep for a sporadic use which is contrary to its main end but then the H9 kind of packs most of that stuff with great quality but in this case precisely with a very friendly format to add to some regular setup.

yeah, all I used on the Nova system was the detune, a little modulation, the 2290 delay and occasionally the drive and distortion (tough grudgingly and mainly more as a boost)....

now here's my Nova system dissertation if you are interested:

the standalone nova drive is a better unit with a better control set that makes all the difference for the way I am using it, the Flashback X4 smokes the Nova system's delays in every setting but the 2290 (which is identical) and in the editability department, the toenprint software is more comprehensive and easier to use than the parameters when you go menu diving in the Nova (although the nova has more tap subdivisions, I usually just play the dotted eighth, triplet feel anyway)... I didn't like the compression that much, its pretty functional studio style compression, but it just lacks character and I rarely use compression anyway because of the amps I play... the flanger and phaser were a bit digital sounding, I seldom use trem and when I do I like my vintage AC30's trem (its an amazing sound that isn't reproduced in a modern amp I know of), the AC30 has real tube Vibrato too and no digital emaultion can touch the real 60s vib/trem channel... the reverbs are great on Nova, but I usually don't want reverb.... it just seemed crazy to keep it when I only used the detune consistently

Meeeeeeeeee

I personally think TC are a little late to the game with this one, withy the exception of the toneprint feature its just not that interesting an octaver. I really wish they'd release a HOF X4, though. I really like my pitchfork; for the price its really amazing, I've never had a trackng issue, and I've been using it week in, week out, for months, the momentary, and latch features are cool, and attaching an exp pedal makes it essentially a wammy. The sound is sometimes a little different to other octavers, in a way that's hard to describe, but for the options its pretty nice, basically like a nano HOG2. Would've appreaciated some MIDI presets, but that's what you pay for the HOG for I suppose.

you didn't read the thread did you? I want basic with micro-tonal detune, 100% wet mic capability (or stereo with separate wet/dry outs) AND EXCELLENT TRACKING

I am just looking to thicken my multi-amp set-up sometimes with 1 amp detuned 5 to 10 cents for a wide Iommi but subtle double-tracked tone. The Keeley double tracker seems a but extreme sounding and is more flange in abbey road mode and it has too many detuned voices in regular double track mode.