Mooer Pitch Box, micro pedal

Update:My Bass Player had an Electroharmonix Pitch Fork.We swapped pedals & the Electroharmonix sounded slightly better & tracked better bending notes.But additionally this Mooer sounded better on his Bass than the Electroharmonix.So for an additional $100 the Pitchfork is a little better on guitar. But for Bass this Mooer Colored the Bass a whole lot less. We permanently swapped & I played him the $100 difference.Main Use for Me is ReTuning my Guitar.I play in Eb, but Occasionally will use a HipShot to Drop the E String for "Drop D" (Drop Db since I'm down already), or Up to Standard.So in the Middle "Pitch Shift" Position (This is NOT Labeled Wrong, DeTune is NOT Drop Tune) this allows me to get to Drop C with -1In this Same Position we play a couple songs in "Standard Tuning" this is in the +1 Position.For this Purpose it works Very Well.I have a Whammy DT that I use with my Live Rig Specifically for this Purpose. Quite a Large Pedal for using what should have been in the Digitech The Drop... I guess Digitech figured people only wanted to Drop and Only move 1/2 of the Functionality...I think this one sounds as Good in my Practice Rig as the Digitech in my Live Rig, that I intend to try this in my Live Rig to see if it can Replace the Monstrocity that is the Whammy DT. From my Testing so Far I think I will be able to... I'll report back after I A/B these.One Note:Put this 1st in your Chain. That means Guitar Straight into this. It will work better if it doesn't need to deal with all the Harmonics added by Distortion Pedals and Such. Does it sound as good as having a 2nd Guitar tuned to Standard and a 3rd tuned to Drop C? No, but since it's only 3 Songs Up and 1 Song Down for me it is plenty good enough where I'll stick with this method over 2 more Guitars re-tuned instead of 2 more guitars for Backup/Changing up between sets.Update:Used this Live several Times.It works good for Electric, as I said I use it on just a couple songs, but it works as well as my Digitech Whammy DT to go up 1 or down 1 (Essentially Half Step, as we are in Eb it takes me up to Standard + I use it to get Drop C as -1 takes me down to D and I drop the Low String as you would in Drop D)Also used this for an Acoustic Gig, there I thought it thinned up the Guitar just a bit too much, so the Whammy will move to my Acoustic Pedalboard which doesn't have much on it anyways.

I have owned almost every octave/harmonizer/pitch shifter on the market. For what this tiny 80 dollar box is capable of, you cant beat it. First off, Its polyphonic. You wont find that in anything else under $300. Instant tracking, wide range of versatility, perfect volume balancing and very solid design. Only two flaws: a very slight hum when compared to buffered bypass pedals, still doesnt hum as bad as my POG did. The only flaw that irks me is that the affected note comes slightly flat when using just the pitch shift mode. Its very minute but a well trained ear in a solo session will hear it plain as day. Otherwise this inexpensive powerhouse is a grand slam. Great job Mooer, i cant wait to try more of your stuff.

Seems like there was a bad batch of these regarding all of the "out of tune" reviews.. I got mine on Amazon about a year ago and have never had a single problem with it. It shifts harmonies and chords in perfect tune, and tracks exceptionally well. It's a great deal considering it's price. No, it sure isn't an Eventide or POG, but works and sounds fantastic. I use it as a "Steinberger in a box" for Van Halen songs that require a TransTrem. I always leave it in Pitch Shift mode, but have tired the other two as well.

I got this for ambient Swells. It's ok.The octave up sounds out of tune.However the 5th and 7th sound great. I don't use the "detune" cause I have a chorus pedal. And it's pretty much the same feature.I use the harmony and love it!For the price it's great. No micro pog obviously, but good stuff.

this pedal is awesome for me. maybe people with tuning issues need to have their guitar intonnated? cause this pedal packs a punch. I love how it sounds. how I understand it is there are 12 half steps (or frets) in a chromatic scale, and an octave is 12 half steps away from the root. so this pedal gives you odd numbers . I think of it as the frets on the E string. in relation to the open fret, 5 is the 4th, 7 is the 5th, 9 is the minor 6th. that's how I think of it, not sure if it's 100% correct theory-wise. I have had no issues using this to harmonize or detune. I will add I don't use it to artificially tune my guitar to flat or sharp, I don't think it was really designed for that. I see this more as an expression pedal or a harmonist. either way, I have zero issues with the pitch, I would guess other people have issues on their guitar or maybe had a bad pedal. anything is possible, I guess. But I love this pedal! no complaints, zero regrets.

Nice effect, but brings unwanted hiss along with it... Size is great, design but THIS particular Mooer pedal was not a quiet enough signal path for my purposes.

I have had this pedal for about a month. My application was straight forward, I like to keep my guitar in standard tuning, but I like to play many songs that are tuned to Eb or D. This pedal works great for that purpose, although it is mislabeled (or at least mine is). Detune is labeled as the bottom position on the switch, but it is really in the middle position. I tested the tune for detune with several steps with a very accurate Korg tuner I have (I usually only go down 1 or 2 to get Eb or D), but it was very precise for this function. Cannot really comment on the pitch shift or harmony modes. If you are looking for detuning a step or two in either direction this provides a very good solution without a processed sound. Good Value. I would give 4 1/2 starts.