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  • April 14, 2014 at 2:34 pm #83435
    rcf56
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    Bought the Slammi, my first EHX pedal, a week ago and I’m very pleased with it so far. Superb poly pitch shifting, very clean. I’m using it mostly for fixed interval pitch shifting rather than it’s whammy capabilities. Smooth bends over large intervals are not particularly easy for me when I’m using it as a whammy pedal, though tone or semitone bends can be very smooth. I’d love a variable slew control to help smooth out the bend curve over larger intervals. Nevertheless, it’s a stunning pedal and significantly better than any pitch shifting pedal I’ve ever used before. My favourite use is for downtuning my electric Mandola by a fourth, to the octave Mando tuning of GDAE. In fact it was Bill Rupert’s superb demo of guitar to baritone downtuning that persuaded me to buy this pedal in the first place. The octave and two octave up shifts are also very useful in creating otherworldly synth like tones in conjunction with delays and other ambient effects. This pedal has so many useful settings; it’s just a pity it’s not a little easier to change them quickly. Can’t wait for a Superego (next on my list) sized version, with external pedal input and easy interval selection …as it is though, it’s a keeper, and I’d replace it in a heartbeat if it got stolen.

    April 26, 2014 at 4:09 pm #119917
    pimelodella
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    Got the Slammi yesterday and I LOVE it!!! The tracking is flawless and it sounds so clean :-D Very impressive pedal.

    July 15, 2014 at 11:20 am #120107
    KennyDC
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    Got the Slammi yesterday and I LOVE it!!! The tracking is flawless and it sounds so clean :-D Very impressive pedal.

    Hi. I’m interested in getting one of these. It is also flawless tracking fretted major 7th chords? I was going to get the Eventide Pitch Factor but it had a lot of glitching problems when playing those chords shifted 2 octaves up. The stores where I am don’t have them right now but I’m sure that’ll change considering the reviews.

    Cheers guys

    July 18, 2014 at 3:15 am #120113
    pimelodella
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    To my ears the Slammi is flawless. :-D

    July 18, 2014 at 10:47 am #120114
    KennyDC
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    O.K. then. I’ll get one. It seems like a tough road ready unit also. Here’s to maj7th/aug11 fretted chords shifted two octaves up!

    July 19, 2014 at 12:23 am #120116
    pimelodella
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    Hi KennyDC, you can also watch the YouTube stuff to get an idea of the sound of the Slammi. It’s really cleaner than the POG, totally different.

    Cheers

    July 29, 2014 at 6:15 pm #120137
    Folkstone57
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    ” Here’s to maj7th/aug11 fretted chords shifted two octaves up! “

    Not sure what the point is, but what about maj11/aug7th chords ? They should be just as amazing……….

    October 8, 2014 at 2:51 pm #120273
    rcf56
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    This pedal has so many useful settings; it’s just a pity it’s not a little easier to change them quickly. Can’t wait for a Superego (next on my list) sized version, with external pedal input and easy interval selection …as it is though, it’s a keeper, and I’d replace it in a heartbeat if it got stolen.

    Thanks EHX :-)

    I still love my Slammi and I will be keeping it …I’ll be getting the Pitch Fork too; everything I hoped for and much much more!

    October 8, 2014 at 8:06 pm #120274
    Folkstone57
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    Superb poly pitch shifting,

    Not sure what you mean here as this isn’t a poly pitch shift unless you mean that you can play 2 notes & shift those ? For instance, the new Pitch Fork is polyphonic as you can play a single note & get two additional pitches just like the H.O.G.

    October 9, 2014 at 12:32 pm #120278
    rcf56
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    Superb poly pitch shifting,

    Not sure what you mean here as this isn’t a poly pitch shift unless you mean that you can play 2 notes & shift those ?

    Not true; have you seen Bill Ruppert’s demo of the Slammi? He plays very similar examples to the Pitch Fork demo, including a ‘baritone’ downtuning demo which demonstrates just how good the pitch shifting of the Slammi is. I use it polyphonically all the time and it has no problem in recognising and shifting chords in a very clean way? It’s very likely the technology inside the Slammi is almost the same as the Pitch Fork, though the Pitch Fork has the dual shift and momentary/gliss modes which set it apart.

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    For instance, the new Pitch Fork is polyphonic as you can play a single note & get two additional pitches just like the H.O.G.

    Ah I see what you mean now, you’re talking about polyphony in regard to the number of shifted outputs available, where as I am talking about it’s ability to recognise and shift chords, which is what people usually mean when talking about ‘polyphonic pitch shifting’. Btw, in EHX’s own words the Slammi is quoted as being capable of “Three-octave polyphonic dive bombs”. And EHX STAFF posted news about the Slammi in these very forums; “Electro-Harmonix introduces the new SLAMMI Polyphonic Pitch-Shifter/Harmony Pedal.”

    October 9, 2014 at 6:16 pm #120279
    Folkstone57
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    Ah I see what you mean now, you’re talking about polyphony in regard to the number of shifted outputs available, where as I am talking about it’s ability to recognise and shift chords, which is what people usually mean when talking about ‘polyphonic pitch shifting’. Btw, in EHX’s own words the Slammi is quoted as being capable of “Three-octave polyphonic dive bombs”. And EHX STAFF posted news about the Slammi in these very forums; “Electro-Harmonix introduces the new SLAMMI Polyphonic Pitch-Shifter/Harmony Pedal.”[/quote]

    Yes, I meant the pedal’s ability to generate tones, not if it could handle multiple notes input at once. For instance, the original MicroSynth could produce multiple notes but it could not handle multiple notes input at once.

    October 9, 2014 at 6:41 pm #120280
    rcf56
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    For instance, the original MicroSynth could produce multiple notes but it could not handle multiple notes input at once.

    Forgive me for being a smart-ass, but that’s because the MicroSynth wasn’t a poly pitch shifter, whereas the Slammi is. ;)

    October 9, 2014 at 8:02 pm #120283
    Folkstone57
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    For instance, the original MicroSynth could produce multiple notes but it could not handle multiple notes input at once.

    Forgive me for being a smart-ass, but that’s because the MicroSynth wasn’t a poly pitch shifter, whereas the Slammi is. ;)

    Output was polyphonic, as you could get an octave up & down at the same time as well as the original note, but you could not play 2 notes INTO the MicrSynth & get much for a result. I’m using polyphonic to mean what the pedal itself can produce, not what kind of input it can handle.

    October 9, 2014 at 8:28 pm #120284
    rcf56
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    Yes, but that isn’t what manufacturers usualy mean when they describe poly pitch shifting gear. The Whammy DT has only one shifted interval output but it was still described as a polyphonic pitch shifter because it can handle a polyphonic input. Likewise the Slammi. This is the generally accepted use of the word when used to describe pitch shifters ie it describes their ability to handle polyphonic input rather than the ability to provide more than one shifted output. The Pitch Fork is capable of handling polyphonic input, which is what EHX mean …and it also offers a possible dual shifted output. Why do you think they use both words in their description; ‘polyphonic’ and ‘dual’. Because it’s capable of cleanly processing a ‘polyphonic’ input signal ie chords and it can also output ‘dual’ shifted intervals.

    This may seem at odds to the synth world where the word polyphonic usually denotes a synthesizers ability to output multiple notes simultaneously, but it’s not what is usually meant in the pitch shifting world.

    October 9, 2014 at 9:07 pm #120285
    Folkstone57
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    Yes, but that isn’t what manufacturers usualy mean when they describe poly pitch shifting gear. The Whammy DT has only one shifted interval output but it was still described as a polyphonic pitch shifter because it can handle a polyphonic input. Likewise the Slammi. This is the generally accepted use of the word when used to describe pitch shifters ie it describes their ability to handle polyphonic input rather than the ability to provide more than one shifted output. The Pitch Fork is capable of handling polyphonic input, which is what EHX mean …and it also offers a possible dual shifted output. Why do you think they use both words in their description; ‘polyphonic’ and ‘dual’. Because it’s capable of cleanly processing a ‘polyphonic’ input signal ie chords and it can also output ‘dual’ shifted intervals.

    This may seem at odds to the synth world where the word polyphonic usually denotes a synthesizers ability to output multiple notes simultaneously, but it’s not what is usually meant in the pitch shifting world.

    Agree with how the use of “polyphonic” has changed in the pedal world, although I think it’s not helping at all. At least, make it clear that a pedal has polyphonic pitch shifting ( the pedal outputs 2 or more effected sounds ), it can handle polyphonic input or it is mono etc. As far as the “dual” bit, I have no idea what that means because it just seems to make things even more unclear……………..

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