Stax Harmonizer Guitar Pedal Digital Guitar Effect Pedal Harmony Pitch Shifter Detune for Electric Guitar Bass Mini Size True Bypass

I bought this with the sole purpose of using it as a pitch shifter for 1/2 step down tuning (E flat Standard). I was planning to use it in the "down" setting and have the dry signal all the way down and the wet signal all the way up. Just for anyone wondering, it will not work for this. The latency is pretty bad. It does pitch it correctly, but the delay makes it unusable for this purpose. However, the pedal itself is good quality and if using this for harmonizing (as the name implies), I'm sure it does a good job for the money. Just sharing this info in case anyone else is looking to do the same. If you need pitch shifting on a budget, get the Mooer Pitch Box. Works great and the latency is far shorter (actually useable in most if not all instances). Can't fault this product, but can only fault my desire to save a few bucks.

All harmonizer pedals in the 100 minus range suck. Just don't bother. They shouldn't make these. Stax is a great company but a quality, AND inexpensive harmonizer pedal is just something that doesn't exist. Right now there seems to be nothing we all can do about it. That's all there is to it. You've been told. Veteran 40 plus year semi pro player telling you this.

So the good stuff. It is a great sounding Plexi in a box that does an amazing job of replicating Marshall tones in a tiny package. It sounds good going into the front of a clean amp, it sounds good as an amp sim with a cab sim going direct, and it sounds good in the return of an effects loop as a pre amp. It plays nice with other pedals, loves a clean boost, can go into JCM 800 territory gain wise, and has a bright and normal modes activated by a switch. Great glassy mid range roar, and the tone control is useful thru the whole range, and to my ears adds upper mids along with treble, and cuts low end when turned to the right, and does just the opposite going left. Loves my strat and my ES 339 so both single coils and humbuckers, it cuts right thru the mix. The only issue I have, and lots of mini drive pedals in this price range have this issue, is it is extremely loud, lots of headroom, which is great, but this comes on instantly when you turn the level control, at 7 o’clock it’s way louder than the clean signal, so it’s tough to get unison volume from the amp and pedal, especially going into the front end of a tube amp. I just use a clean boost to raise the clean channel to match, but still it takes awhile to find the sweet spot..

I picked this up to help replicate harmony parts I'd recorded for theBitters while playing out. It's easy enough to use and has the basic harmonizer features I needed, though, it lacks the versatility of its more expensive cousins. The construction and footprint are both solid for the money. The sound quality could be better. Placement in the signal chain helps but still... a little murky and synthetic. Despite the criticism, I'd definitely recommend this little gadget for someone looking for a cheap solution with a small footprint.

Like many people, I bought the Donner Harmonic Square after seeing it on 60 Cycle Hum's "Afford-a-board". Well, this is basically the same thing, just a little cheaper and a little cooler looking. It's a great pedal, and if you're into things like Shoegaze, I actually prefer leaving this on a -2 detune vs. a chorus. It sounds similar, it just doesn't "move" like a chorus does, which is better when it's in front of [a metric ton of fuzz]. Can't beat it for the price!

This is a great pedal with a lot of range but maybe a little too much range. You really need to try it to see if you could use the sounds. The ranges it has to offer are more than other harmonizer pedals in its price range and some for me were not of use. There was no line noise when hooked up to an amp. They say polyphonic but not true multi-note polyphonic but two at a time and more than that sounds like a mess. I returned this pedal because it was not a fit for my music but my rating truly reflects on the product and what you are getting at such a reasonable price.

I got this pedal because of what i needed which was a small cheap pedal tho make dissonance and detune effects with. Does the job of making the guitar sound terrible. Which is what i wanted. But the latency is bad and the delay from the guitar to pedal to speaker is very noticeable ( as shown in video) it almost sounds like a delay pedal. If you want this for fast riffs and pretty sounds it will be unplayable for you.

I received a defective unit, it only allows use of the tuner for a few seconds, it does not allow control as described. It has a continuous scream/ squeal and a metronome, once the automated noise begins, it no longer allows what I'm playing on the guitar to come through. It still has a kind of cool rhythm, but it does not let me control it to make my own sounds.

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