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THE FX FACTOR

PITCH SHIFTERS

How the DigiTech Whammy altered a generation

Before the DigiTech Whammy came out in 1989, pitch shifting and harmonisation was the preserve of expensive rack units targeted at pro users. The Whammy changed all that, with a crunchy pitch shifter and Swiss Army knife harmoniser offered at a consumer price point. An explosion of creativity followed

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