Millennium Enterprises Integrated Modeling Amplifier manual Pitch Shifters and Harmony

Johnson Millennium

Section - 4 Editing Modules

WvFrm	Selects which waveform the LFO follows. Options for this control include sine, triangle, SP1 (Special 1), and SP2
	(Special 2). The sine wave setting is probably the most easily recognized, but the smooth response of the triangle
	wave or the intensity of SP1 or SP2 typically produce better results. See figure 4-2 on page 41.

Pitch Shifters and Harmony

The pitch shifter allows you to move sound from one pitch to another. It accomplishes this by recording a small part of the original sound and then playing it back either faster (to raise the pitch) or slower (to lower the pitch). It does this over and over again to create a new pitch.

The Harmony modules give you almost unlimited possibilities. you can use different harmony intervals to produce slide guitar effects. or Major or Minor 3rd intervals to create dual soloing lines reminiscent of the Eagles’ “Hotel California”.

When do I use pitch shifting? Guitarists are probably the most well known users of pitch shifters. They commonly pitch shift their sound down by an octave to get a deep rumble out of their distortion, or shift it an octave up to emulate a 12 string guitar.

Both guitar and synth players have created some amazing textures by pitch shifting their sound up a fifth (7 semitones). This creates more complex chords out of simple ones (e.g. a basic Cmaj chord sounds like a Cmaj9 chord, or Cmin7 becomes a Cmin11 chord). Lead lines sound amazing when using major 5th intervals up.

Pitch Shifters Parameters

Note: not all of the parameters listed below are available in all Pitch Shifter modules.

FX: Lvl	Controls the signal input level fed to the Module. Ranges from Off to 100%.
Dry: Lvl	Controls the level of the dry (uneffected) signal. Ranges from Off to 100%.
Balance	Controls the positioning of the dry signal in the stereo soundfield. Ranges from -99 (all left) to 99 (all right)
Shft A - B	SHFTA and SHFTB control the pitch intervals between the original note and voices A and B of the pitch shifter. Pitch
	shifters can be used for a wide variety of effects, including doubling, octave division, and chromatic harmonies. Each
	Pitch Shifter has a 4-octave range, stepped in semitones from -24 to +24.
Dtn A - B	Controls the detuning amount for pitch-shifted voices A and B. As DTN moves away from zero, dissonance becomes
	more pronounced. Low DTN settings can be useful for thickening or enhancing the imaging of the source material.
	Ranges from -50% to 50%.
Shft C - D	See Shift A - B.
Dtn C - D	See Dtn A - B.

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