Digitech Whammy Features
The Digitech Whammy was first introduced in 1991 and has swept the guitar industry ever since. Originally designed by IVL Audio, the Whammy has been heard on countless records and graces the pedalboards of millions of guitarists worldwide to this day. The Digitech Whammy is a pitch shifting pedal that also features harmony and detune functions. These functions are controlled by a built in expression pedal, similar to a wah, and allow the guitarist to alter tuning or harmony pitch in real time with their foot. No pitch or harmony style unit has made an impact this large on guitarists.
From octave up to octave down or 5th to 3rd part harmonies, the Digitech Whammy is the most useful pitch correction tool for guitarists and is functionally perfect for live, studio, or home use. The harmonies are natural sounding and track unbelievably fast, the dive bomb function lets you pound away without going out of tune, and the detune mode yields a rich, deep chorus for those sparkling clean runs or your best power ballad melody. Added to everything else, you can control the Whammy functions via any sort of MIDI controller and there is a dry out for going direct or simulating stereo freak-out madness. Nothing short of nuclear holocaust can stop Digitech Whammy. The latest version of the Digitech Whammy pedal has added MIDI control and a divebomb function to the already impressive list of features. The Whammy features nine different harmony functions, two detune modes, and six different whammy functions. Here is a rundown of the front panel functions.
