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Put simply and without hyperbole, Drop caught me by surprise. The circuitry draws 2.3 watts, which is more than batteries can handle comfortably, so Drop includes an AC adapter. To maintain audio fidelity Drop uses 24-but conversion at a 44.1 kHz sampling rate, with high frequency response up to about 11 kHz - more than adequate for guitar. However, a toggle switch changes the footswitch mode from momentary (great when you want to a quick drop and then return to normal or do "drop trills"), to push on/push off (latching mode). The footswitch itself is a true bypass type, so the pedal is completely out of the signal chain when the effect isn't selected. Whether to chunk out stoney riffs in drop C without grabbing a second guitar or quick transpositions to accommodate vocalists, The Drop's main knob lets you drop pitch polyphonically by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 semitones below the original pitch as well as an octave below an additional setting combines the detuned octave with the original (dry) signal. The DigiTech Drop applies DigiTech's pitch-bending technology to drop your guitar's pitch. However while not as dramatic, the ability to drop pitch seamlessly to play in a lower tuning without switching guitars also attracted a lot of players to the Whammy.ĭigiTech's Drop carries on the tradition of the Whammy's pitch-shifting, but a lot has happened with technology since 1989 - and Drop takes advantage of faster digital signal processing and improved algorithms to drop your guitar's pitch with better fidelity and more accuracy. DigiTech debuted the Whammy pedal in 1989 as an expression pedal-controlled pitch shifter that brought the same technology used in pricey rack processors to guitar pedalboards, and although it featured several algorithm (five Whammy effects, nine harmony effects, and two detune effects), the "divebomb" pitch bends were the Whammy's trademark sound. Polyphonic pitch-shifting has historically been a challenge for manufacturers to bring to guitar players. The moment a digital processor tries to adjust the analog guitar signal's pitch, the sound's “naturalness” starts to deteriorate due to bit rate reductions, digital artifacts, and a "flattening" of the tone depending on the quality of the A/D/A processors, the pitch-shifting algorithm, and the amount of pitch shift. The Lowdown on a Pedal that Goes Down Low DigiTech "Drop" Polyphonic Drop Tune Pedal
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