What is a pitch shifter pedal?

A pitch shifter pedal alters the pitch of your instrument, with different pedals offering a variety of options such as octave and harmonising options.

What does a pitch shifter do?

A pitch shifter changes the pitch of the note or chord you are playing. Either instead of the original guitar signal or combining with it.

How does pitch shifting work?

Pitch Shifting works by taking the original guitar signal and altering it's frequency of a played note or chord resulting in a change of pitch.

What type of guitar player needs a pitch shifter?

Not tone purists! Pitch shifters have been adopted by guitarists with an experimental bent, unafraid of whacky, artificial tones.

Where does a pitch shifter go in a chain?

Pitch shifter pedals typically go either immediately before or immediately after overdrive and distortion pedals, depending on your preference and use.

What order do pitch shift pedals go in?

Pitch shift pedals usually go in order, after Volume or tuner pedals which can be found usually near the start of a pedal board chain. The clean signal can help to ensure note tracking easily for pitch shift pedals.

What songs use pitch shift?

There are many popular songs which use pitch shift, either within the solo or to create certain layers of sound to the track. Some notable songs are The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army" , Rage Against The Machine "Killing in the Name of" , Audioslave "Like A Stone", Muse "Knights of Cydonia" and many U2 songs.

When might you use a pitch shifter?

A pitch shifter can be used in many different ways within a song. Throughout the track to give harmonized tone to the overall song or also for an expressive blistering pitch shifting solo to really wow the crowd's ears.