Helix Talk

[BahamaDada]

Am I hearing disabled?

I read some about the pitch stuff in the Helix. The effects to downtune a signal a half or full step. Every source I read says "Yeah, you have to take Poly Capo, Simple Pitch won't do polyphonics". I tried -1 on SImple Pitch and I am hearing no artifacts and basically no "weird stuff". I'm pretty sure a regular, "correctly tuned" guitar would fare better, but in a mix? I can't spot differences. Tell me: Am I disabled? Is my hearing starting to fall apart?

 

[dronerstone]

Am I hearing disabled?

I read some about the pitch stuff in the Helix. The effects to downtune a signal a half or full step. Every source I read says "Yeah, you have to take Poly Capo, Simple Pitch won't do polyphonics". I tried -1 on SImple Pitch and I am hearing no artifacts and basically no "weird stuff". I'm pretty sure a regular, "correctly tuned" guitar would fare better, but in a mix? I can't spot differences. Tell me: Am I disabled? Is my hearing starting to fall apart?

Short answer: yes.

 

[burningyen]

Simple Pitch works great for single-note stuff and for very consonant intervals like 4ths, 5ths, and octaves. You start to get warble otherwise:

 

[JiveTurkey]

Basically ≠ Yes

 

[ragingplatypi]

Am I hearing disabled?

I read some about the pitch stuff in the Helix. The effects to downtune a signal a half or full step. Every source I read says "Yeah, you have to take Poly Capo, Simple Pitch won't do polyphonics". I tried -1 on SImple Pitch and I am hearing no artifacts and basically no "weird stuff". I'm pretty sure a regular, "correctly tuned" guitar would fare better, but in a mix? I can't spot differences. Tell me: Am I disabled? Is my hearing starting to fall apart?

Years ago I used an EHX octave multiplexer for some polyphonic stuff and it worked well enough to be musical, but definitely not as clean as a new polyphonic shifter. The nice thing about the older octave effects is the lack of latency, which feels better. However if you record yourself with the simple and the polyphonic and listen back your opinion might change.