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Marcus Curtis
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I have X2 installed - I like the TH2 lite version, and I might upgrade.
Other opinions about guitar efx plug-ins?
Are there any that have a true harmonizer effect?
There are two Harmonizer effects. They are available in the full version. The link below shows you everything in the full version.
Pitch
Pitch Shift A no-frills pitch shifter
Octaver A better-than-the-original (tracks better the input pitch) model of a classic brown stomb box
http://www.overloud.com/products/th2_model.php
Neither of these qualify as a true harmonizer.
http://www.tweakheadz.com/harmonizers_and_more.htm
The OP may be looking for something else, I can't speak for them, but a pitch shifter is not a harmonizer as it remains at a static interval and is incapable of playing proper intervals in a given key/mode.
Maybe I misunderstood the original question or the intent of the original question. So let me make it simple. According to music theory an interval is the distance between two notes. There are two types of intervals. Melodic (which are two notes played at different times) and Harmonic (which are two notes played at the same time) When two notes are played at the same time we call that a harmony...ok now it gets better......
When two singers sing the same note at the same time we call that a harmony or we say they can harmonize. When it comes to the definition of Harmonizers Wikipedia has this to say
"A harmonizer is a type of pitch shifter that combines the altered pitch with the original pitch to create a two or more note
harmony. Some hamonizers are able to create chorus-like effects by adding very tiny shifts in pitch.
Pitch shift effects:
DigiTech Whammy,
Electro-Harmonix POG."
A pitch shifter is different this is What Wikipedia says about that,
Pitch shifter and harmonizer: A
pitch shifter raises or lowers (e.g. "
transposes") each note a performer plays by a pre-set
interval. For example, a pitch shifter set to increase the pitch by a fourth will raise each note four
diatonic intervals above the notes actually played. Simple pitch shifters raise or lower the pitch by one or two
octaves, while more sophisticated devices offer a range of interval alterations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_unit So you see the definition of a harmonizer is a pitch shifter that combines the altered pitch with the original pitch thus creating a harmony,.....Ta Da.....
Now.....The original question was "I have X2 installed - I like the TH2 lite version, and I might upgrade. Other opinions about guitar efx plug-ins? Are there any that have a true harmonizer effect?"
The Answer is.....YES!! In the full version of TH2 there are two that are classified as a Harmonizer. IE they play two notes at once. an altered note and the original note They have a really good one called Pitchshift and another one called Octaver based on an old effects pedal.
They are not as fancy as the one provided in SToons link ie they don't play harmonies in a selected key. and they only play one interval at a time, but they do intervals like 4ths and 5ths and they sound ok. oh and of course they do Octaves too. Pitchshifter plays any interval an Octave above or below. you can even duplicate a note and set the second note slightly out of tune for a nice doubling effect. Which is a classic guitar effect.
But I will say no TH2 Which is a 99.00 plug in does not provide a $2000.00 rack mount unit type harmonizer like the eventide eclipse found in SToons link. You should download the TH2 demo and test it for free to see if The Harmonizers will meet your needs.