All user reviews of 4/5 for the Boss PS-6 Harmonist

This is the digital
Several very nice effects:
- A pitch shifter
- The ability to add harmonies to the notes (a third, a fifth, a seventh, an octave above or above) and even harmonies 3 ratings
- The detuned, very friendly, giving an effect of tune as its name suggests, makes great
- My favorite, the S-Bend or Great Bend down or up a shot of one or more octaves (like early Black Keys Lonely Boy for example)

UTILIZATION

Use not necessarily obvious at first, except for the S-bend, you tame!

SOUND QUALITY

The pitch sounds and harmony sound a bit artificial, but it looks good!
The S-Bend is great, and the detuned
I use it with or without distortion (with a good fuzz on the S-Bend, slap!)

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for over a year now, I'm glad I did not change.
I would have tried the expression pedal with the most precision.
It is a bit pricey, but worth it I think

The Boss Harmonist PS 6 is the latest version of the series pitch shifter. Boss digital energizable with a classic transformer 9v DC with one input and two outputs and a stereo plug in for optional expression pedal.
This pedal is divided into four groups of effects:
Harmony
Pitch shifter
Detune
S Bend (whammy)
The first three potentiometers can be found differament assigned according to the selected mode.

UTILIZATION

Each mode is a church and for my part I regret the fact that Boss is not integrated magnets or stickers to put on the facade of its multifunction pedals.
The manual is very simple accentuates this regret.
I do not singerais it by lending me the game descriptions.
Just to say that the four effects are convincing in their respective styles.
But we must choose a mode s and hold it there for a pedalboard and integration of a concert set list I do not see how we can turn those little knobs on the acting harmony in the dark.
For my part I derive the maximum of this pedal is an oscillation between S mode and detune bend me therefore allows easy switch between Whammy 2 octaves and a very considerable light Chorus.

SOUND QUALITY

Quality Boss is waiting for you. Because when it comes to hack digital brand knows his business unlike analog which leaves me cold.
HARMONY:
Adrian Smith and Dave Muray your amp is up to you! Be aware that the credibility of harmonies straight does not replace a real pair of guitarists. But it can play permetre Bridge Master of puppets fairly unlike the founding fathers of thrash. If the sound of Steve Vai's 90 is still valid for you here is a pedal connection with your tastes.
PITCH SHIFTER:
It outputs a shifted sound of one or two octaves up or down. Finally, a pitch shifter anything!
DETUNE:
A very light and transparant chorus can not satisfy people in search of a more pronounced effect.
S-BEND is the reason for my purchase because I'm at war with Digitech since arrived after two Whammy I (sold to upgrade two Whammy IV, do not laugh, please!) And still the same problems I have seized the opportunity to switch to the pedal and the surprise was pleasant. First, contrary to what the manual says any expression pedal (stereo jack) can do taf, you find the glass slipper.
But the surprise is the utiisée as such, the pressure on the PS6 only generates whammy effect controlled by the first and third knobs become a Rise and Fall Time. Awesome!
The second potentiometer selects the desired effect offset -3 octave to 4 octaves. (Get it!)

OVERALL OPINION

One of the major deficiencies of the concurrency red fire is what bypass ultra colorful digital and not found on the Harmonist, which cut when her some momentum. This is why I have also turned the pedal, my very old Roland EV5 all seemed slow and only responds to PS6 day today my expectations. But I testerais well BOSS FV 500!
Finally I knew the existence of The Ring Thing but the visual does not inspire me more than that. And then the Whammy is one of the coolest effects in the world is not so ca Electro Harmonix and BOSS pedals manufactured more reliable and powerful.
Done and done well!

The Boss is perhaps one of the most bloated of the brand: 1 in, 2 out, 1 expression pedal jack, four knobs which one can select a mode from five different
- Harmonizer in major scale
- Harmonizer in minor scale
- Pitch shifter
- Detune
- S-bend

The other 3 knobs have their respective functions change depending on the selected mode.
Should there be a shortage, it would be a stereo input. I shall have a well-bonded delay effect on the notes harmonized (I think it already exists on an old Boss model, the PS-3 I think).
Otherwise, it's perfect.

UTILIZATION

The configuration is simple, but it's enough to spend a few hours to explore all possibilities of the pedal. If I have tested up and down, I focused on two or three sounds. The settings are three in number, it is easy to change between these two titles.
The manual is very clear and well done, and I urge everyone to read it before you buy this machine, as it provides information on some well-related functions, such as using the expression pedal.

SOUND QUALITY

It is difficult to objectively evaluate this pedal. Personally, I bought it without conviction, yet without being a key part of my set, I am very close to part with it. Rather than detail all the possible modes (notice should be 4 or 5 times longer for that), I will speak of the two sounds that I use mainly:
- A whammy effect to the higher octave. The guitar sound is quite distorted, but frankly, I see it more as a quality as a defect, it really helps to go in the sixth dimension
- A pitch-shifter effect to the fourth or fifth, or possibly an octave. Unlike the harmonizer mode, the effect of pitch is polyphonic, so you can play chords. This mode allows a game a little "dirty", while the harmonizer mode, monophonic, must be approached with a set of otherwise clean stalls not necessarily very musical. In this mode, I set the effect level low enough to magnify the sound while maintaining a natural grain. If the level of the effect is mounted beyond 11am-12pm, I think we lost a little natural (except maybe if we play with the simple octave) and means that it is a digital effect.

In both cases, I do not use the expression pedal: for the whammy effect, you can set the time to rise and fall, and I find it rather well. Set very long, you can have sounds really crazy. For the purpose Pitchshifter, I'm not interested really control the height of harmonization with the expression pedal. That said, to have a connected, it works really well.

Another thing: the bypass is really very good. Clearly, in the direct competitor, the Whammy, the bypass is poor. With the PS-6, it is not, and I tend to believe that the bypass of the latest pedals Boss has been improved over older models.

OVERALL OPINION

As I said above, I have no way of comparison with other pedals of this type. I guess the Pitchfactor Eventide sounds better and makes it a lot more, but its price and size are prohibitive for me using this with such parsimony. Personally, I utiise to bring a truly amazing effect on my game, I do not care whether it sounds natural or not. Try before you buy, but I personally do not regret my choice!

The Boss PS-6 Harmonist is a very simple, but highly effective octave pedal. The pedal has a pretty standard make up in terms of it's general characteristics, consisting of 1/4" connections for your input and output, and requiring power from a nine volt battery or power supply. The pedal has true bypass, so you won't get any signal loss when the pedal is disengaged. The PS-6 Harmonist isn't rackable as it's a stomp box.


UTILIZATION

The make up of the PS-6 Harmonist really couldn't be any simpler. The three parameters that the pedal has are for controlling the direct level, octave up level, and octave down level. You can blend the three of these any which way you like, which can give you a variety of results. I've never seen the manual for PS-6 Harmonist , nor do I think I ever will.


SOUND QUALITY

The overall sound of the PS-6 Harmonist makes it one of the cleanest sounding octave pedals that I've used to date. Most of this has to do with the tracking, as it's got awesome tracking that doesn't break up unless you try to play too many notes at once. I like both the octave down and octave up sounds equally, but I do think that the tracking is slightly better on the octave down. It's great that you can also blend the two of them, with or without the original signal in there.


OVERALL OPINION

If you're looking for an awesome octave pedal for guitar, the PS-6 Harmonist is probably the pedal I'd recommend you check out first. There is a newer version of the Octron, the Octron 2, which is a bit more in depth, but I like this simpler one just fine. It's not going to be the cheapest pedal on the market, but I do think it's reasonably priced considering the high quality the pedal is made at. This is one of my favorite octave pedals that is currently available new for sure...