Wednesday, March 18, 2026
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Which Pitchshifters are the BEST…Updated


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In this video I go through the latest Pitchshifter plugins on the market, and do a comparison to see how the work with single note riffs, chords, and sustained chord. And which one will come out best……

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0:00 – Welcome
0:11 – Previous Video Catch Up
0:35 – Pitchshift Plugins List
1:51 – Guitar Playthrough

Single Note RIFFS

2:47 – Single Note – Pitch Proof
3:02 – Single Note – Droptaver
3:23 – Single Note – TH-U Pitchshifter
3:43 – Single Note – Guitar Rig Pitch Pedal
4:14 – Single Note – Neural DSP – Petrucci
4:29 – Single Note – Helix – Poly Capo

Chords

5:00 – Chords – Pitch Proof
5:18 – Chords – Droptaver
5:32 – Chords – TH-U Pitchshifter
5:47 – Chords – Guitar Rig Pitch Pedal
6:09 – Chords – Neural DSP – Petrucci
6:26 – Chords – Helix – Poly Capo

Sustained Chords

6:52 – Chords – Pitch Proof
7:09 – Chords – Droptaver
7:25 – Chords – TH-U Pitchshifter
7:41 – Chords – Guitar Rig Pitch Pedal
7:59 – Chords – Neural DSP – Petrucci
8:18 – Chords – Helix – Poly Capo

8:39 – What Did you Think?
9:23 – Thanks for Watching

9:42 – Shout Out to Patrons!

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#Pitchshifters #BEST…Updated

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26 thoughts on “Which Pitchshifters are the BEST…Updated

  • A little late here, but thank you for this vid man*** tried the d tune by digitech.. was pretty good, was debating on getting an 8 string but you have shown me many ways to get in the ballpark. I will eventually get an 8 string but this will totally work for me.

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  • droptaver is such a disappointment considering how cool it looks. the opposite is true for poly capo lol

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  • kinda random but I saw that you have a QOTSA patch on helix native, do you have a video demoing that patch? I love playing qotsa songs to have fun when Im kinda bored

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  • Thanks! Great vid! Wondering if there's a version of these demonstrated clean w/o distortion?

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  • Stupid question: can I use polycapo as a "standalone" plugin? or I need an helix or something similar?

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  • Watching for the first time today, and I used the Pitchproof plugin (also for the first time) yesterday. It's not the best but I don't think it's the worst and it's free which is great for my bank balance! What I will say is I noticed artifacts early on and I managed to clean it up by playing around with the settings in the bottom of the GUI. Rather bizarrely, I think I noticed less artifacts when I switched off "Transient Fix". No idea why. Also I noticed that once your guitar gets a certain amount out of tune, Pitchproof really struggles.

    But I'm happy with it for a free plugin, and I see no reason right this second to pay for anything better!

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  • don't know what I'm doin wrong but Poly Capo sounds terrible – using Babyface Pro, Cubase Pro 13, Beyerdynamic 880s, and different Guitars on Neural DSP Plini X – Input Level is about -12 ~ -9 and the Artifacts are just Groundbreaking ???? Petrucci is ok but only when I use the Plugin as Amp, when I use just transpose, also terrible. Playing with Fast and Stable on 128 Buffersize 48khz 24 bit. Trauer

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  • Hey guys, quick question.

    When I'm using the pitch glider on my POD, I can't get rid of the original pitch/tone, so it becomes a harmony.

    Turning the mix to 100% doesn't help either. Has anyone encountered this/Solved the problem?

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  • Kuassa whamy, 1990s digitech dimebag cooked whamy
    For clean pitch shift and more any neural dsp with Transpose – pitch shift is great, i use their mesa boogie effects section ad well

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  • Great Video, thank you. It would be great, if you could comment on the latency for each of these plugins. I

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