DigiTech lays it on thick with HarmonyMan
DigiTech will offer up its new HarmonyMan Intelligent Pitch Shifter guitar effect pedal in May. The company touts HarmonyMan as the ‘world’s first guitar pedal that can produce multi-part guitar harmonies on guitar solos by analyzing the chords users were playing before the solo.’ Players can simply perform favorite songs as they know them, and then hit the harmony footswitch at the start of a solo to render amazing multi-part guitar harmonies.
The HarmonyMan employs the same patented musIQ technology as the DigiTech Vocalist family of products. The technology creates multi-part harmony by analyzing guitar chords. There is no tedious programming or knowledge of complicated music theory needed, according to the company.
The HarmonyMan’s feature set includes intelligent pitch shifting, unique key display, independently selectable voicings for each harmony, strum key, musIQ sidechain input/thru, voice memory, pre-harmony distortion loop, built-in guitar tuner, mix control, 1/4” guitar input with distortion send and return, 1/4” guitar optional didechain input and pass-through and guitar ground lift, balanced stereo 1/4” outputs, rugged roadworthy all-metal chassis and power supply.
The HarmonyMan Intelligent Pitch Shifter will be available May 2008 and lists for $449.95.
