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Stompbox Saturday demo and review of the Quintessence Harmony pedal by TC Electronic
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What's going on everybody?!? SeanPierceJohnson here with this week's episode of "Stompbox Saturday"! On the stompin' block this week is the Quintessence Harmony by TC Electronic.
It's been years since I owned a harmonizer pedal. Harmonizers are fun and allow one guitar to be turned into multiple voices, which can be handy for songwriting, coming up with interesting guitar parts, or even as a music theory learning tool!
In this video we'll explore some of the uses for Quintessences, the different sounds available, and a Toneprint I created for myself that will easily replace a terrible, useless bassist!
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@demantoid418 6 лет назад

That riff is awesome ! Thanks for putting up this vid. : )

@SeanPierceJohnson 6 лет назад

Thanks for watching! Wouldn’t be doing this without you guys.

@bruh-di4ku 4 года назад

Thank you so much! This answered pretty much all my questions about this pedal!

@SeanPierceJohnson 4 года назад

Glad I could help!

@terrytuttle3001 2 года назад

This is very helpful. I've had this in my pedal bin as I got a deal on it. Now I can use it! Thanks

@SeanPierceJohnson 2 года назад

Glad it helped! Have fun and thanks for watching

@jacktoddy9783 3 года назад

Great demo - thanks alot, I found it really useful.

@SeanPierceJohnson 3 года назад

Thanks Jack ✌️❤️🤘

@emgex 3 года назад

Thx for the Vid, i just ordered one.. I used alot of the harmonizer on the Amplitube program. All my solos include harmonizer solos, some solos i made are completely only with Harmonizer ON. Im obsessed with doing harmonizing solo.. it sounds just fkn epic.

@SeanPierceJohnson 3 года назад

awesome! hope you enjoy it. thanks for watching and I hope you'll Subscribe and come back for more videos

@franciscohartung4406 6 лет назад

awesome, i have not yet considered getting one, but with the last riff you played..... it's.... interesting, and like you said, there is a learning curve

@SeanPierceJohnson 6 лет назад

Definitely a learning curve. Some pedals are that way, you can’t grasp the full usage right away but you can get the basics. Time will tell how this plays into the collection. It’s still great fun though

@gregjandt2841 4 года назад

Sean Pierce... Cool Guy....Met at th amp show Oct 2019. Thanks for what you do Sean ! Greg J

@SeanPierceJohnson 4 года назад

thanks for watching Greg! glad we got to meet in person

@paulstubbs4487 7 месяцев назад

Awesome demo. Very hard to find someone who shows properly what this can do. 😎

@juanitoween 4 года назад

Saul Goodman playing Guitar. Nice video!

@habeascorpus1 Год назад

Great demo. Thanks.

@SeanPierceJohnson Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

@nicksimms3771 5 лет назад

It’s such a good harmonizer, but I really wish they didn’t include all of the modes- anyone who has reasonable theory knowledge (the kind that will actually be exploring past straight major and minor harmony) will be able to quickly recall the relative major of whichever mode they wish to use. These TC pedals typically have 11 knob positions Max- if they had the scale knob with eleven positions: Major, Melodic Minor, Hungarian Minor, Octatonic, Whole Tone, and 6 custom slots, it would be so much more versatile! Hell- even if they kept it to 7 positions, and only gave us 2 custom slots it would be way more useful.

@johncruz1811 5 лет назад

My thoughts exactly. The reviewer is explaining the modes like they’re are there own entity. When they’re are all starting & stoping points of major scale. Well the ones on the pedal..

@3star2nr 4 года назад

You can tone print all of that ...

@doubled5383 Год назад

@@johncruz1811 Isn't the point though is to choose the mode and the interval, so the pedal, say, knows that the 4th has to be sharped in Lydian vs. non-sharped in Ionian, etc.? So if you play a note, it knows "add the #4 interval". It has nothing to do with whether you know modes, it is how the pedal knows how to add the proper interval. I have never used this pedal, just looking into it. Tell me if I am thinking about it wrong.

@johncruz9357 Год назад

@@doubled5383 Key of c C ionian or c major CDEFGABC F Lydian or f major FGABCDEF New key of g G Ionian or G major GABCDEF#G C Lydian or c major CDEF#GABC Do you see how the Lydian mode is just a starting and stopping point on the major key/scale. So let’s say you’re soloing in C major and you want to get the Lydian sound all you would have to do is play in the key of G major. Now let’s say you also want to add a harmony to your Lydian solo. Set it to ionian and play in G major. There are plenty of people that say you need to know each mode individually, And not to think of it from its major home. I’m not saying they’re right or wrong. but, for the instance of a small pedal with limited space, it makes sense to think of it that way. So, you can use the other slots for other exotic scales.

@johncruz9357 Год назад

We’re also talking about the modes not the intervals.

@p_1210 5 лет назад

Great thing about the 5th is doesn’t matter what key you select. Also the toneprints are great. I put octaves in mine. Eliminates the need for an octave pedal.

@SeanPierceJohnson 5 лет назад

True. Though I have found it can be a bit touchy. There was a firmware update a short while after I got mine but then TC redesigned their website and I couldn't find it anymore.

@tanguydelooz2881 5 лет назад

Except for the 7th note of the major scale which needs a flat 5th.

@evrardmusic 5 лет назад

Great video. Thanks for explaining the music theory behind this. Was the pedal in front of the amp or in effects loop?

@SeanPierceJohnson 5 лет назад

thanks so much! glad to explain the theory. I always put harmonizer/pitch shifter FIRST in my chain. So from Guitar to pitch pedal. In my experience this gets you the most accurate harmonizing and pitch shifting. I never run stuff like this in the loop...but that's just me

@ernest5328 3 месяца назад

Thank You. Logical knob layou, momentary is great

@Juddypoos 6 лет назад

Hop Zombie!! Good to see a great New Zealand beer getting represented! Epic is way too tasty.

@SeanPierceJohnson 6 лет назад

I actually got that shirt when I visited New Zealand last year. I even got to have beers with Luke Nicholas himself! It was a fantastic trip and I can’t wait to go back. 👍 And yes, Epic beers are fantastic!

@Juddypoos 6 лет назад

That's awesome! Also enjoyed the video but definitely had hops on my mind the whole time hahahah, very informative!

@timemerich 3 года назад

at 7:10 you on the 5th you mention Owner of a Lonely Heart. i'm also hearing Prince's When Doves Cry. cool demo, i'm almost sold on this!

@SeanPierceJohnson 3 года назад

thanks Tim!

@DennisdeLange 6 месяцев назад

Unbelievably I was riddled because intervals didn't suit at all... The # latch was set to normal but my guitar was tuned in Eb. After watching this video it all made sense all of a sudden; major thanks! (see what I did there ghehehe)

@dekzan 4 месяца назад

This is freaking badass 🤘👹🤘

@thagirion9761 3 года назад

It’s nice to see a guitarist who actually knows their theory.

@SeanPierceJohnson 3 года назад

Thanks 👍 hope the video was helpful

@hraedarthebard6283 8 месяцев назад

Can anybody explain what difference the mode knob makes compared to just setting the pedal for the relative major key, or is this just a wasted knob?

@dobrepytanie828 4 года назад

What are the „key” and „scale” knobs for? He turns them but it is him who plays in these different scales and keys, not the pedal.

@giovannivillar6831 5 лет назад

Hi, thanks for share this great video tutorial, i noticed you record both tracks of the Quintessence (original tone and harmonized), i want it to record both lines at once to avoid make 2 diferent guitar lines, scales etc. How do you notice the fast tracking lines, licks, fast scales pasages, good job ? any tone sucking ?.. thx for ur answer

@SeanPierceJohnson 5 лет назад

Hi Giovanni, So I’m going to answer as best I can. I do record both at the same time using the Blend/Mix control on the pedal. I don’t think you can send the Dry guitar to one output and the harmony to the other. As far as I notice, the audio tracks very well. I don’t have many issues outside of the pitches not being in the selected keys. As far as tone suck I didn’t notice any.

@johnnydswing 4 года назад

Awesome guitar playing 👏👏👏👏

@Sftd1973 2 месяца назад

would this pedal be good for the Allman Brothers type harmony riffs they used to do ?

@uneasypeace4416 5 лет назад

Are those delay intervals near the end a Tone Print or did you use a delay pedal? This would be trippy paired with my Echolution 2 Ultra Pro. Thanks.

@SeanPierceJohnson 5 лет назад

I achieved those through the Toneprint app. You can adjust a small delay time of the two harmonized notes to create the cascading effect.

@HANGINWITHTHEDREAMER 5 лет назад

Thanks Sean my question is on the early queen recordings what was the most common interval that Brian May used with his Eventide Harmonizers please?

@SeanPierceJohnson 5 лет назад

Hey Will, I'm not much of a Brian May expert but I know he often threw Thirds into his harmonies. I also hear fifths and sixths in his harmonies as well. If anyone who sees this knows more than I do about Brian May's tone please do chime in! - Sean

@HANGINWITHTHEDREAMER 5 лет назад

SeanPierceJohnson aw thank you Sean I first got interested in Brian Mays sound around Night At The Opera so I ended up getting a Rocktron Intelefex I have been chasing Brian Mays harmonies ever since

@vaporman442 4 года назад

I’m not a Brian May expert by any means, but I have heard and replicated the guitar tracks of Bohemian Rhapsody. On that song he doesn’t use a harmonizer-he plays the individual parts. And they aren’t simple intervals. Some of the harmonies rise when the melody falls or vice-versa. So it wouldn’t be possible to exactly replicate with a harmonizer.

@HANGINWITHTHEDREAMER 4 года назад

Bob Carroll I have seen dr. Mays rig along time ago right around Night at the opera and he had multiple Eventide Harmonizers so I guess I will always lean to the h9 series of pedals although I do love tc electronic on the subject of guitar tracking I definitely understand the concept of layering tracks

@dekzan 4 месяца назад

Can I use this pedal just to play music, improvise, without focusing on scales, please ? Or will go out of tune ?🙏

@patriotpizzaman 5 лет назад

Little Nicky Rocking out!

@SeanPierceJohnson 5 лет назад

But those are my roommate's pedals!

@stephensmith799 День назад

I wonder how it copes with slide guitar in standard tunings? And say, if you finger two notes a third apart, what the harmoniser makes of it?

@SeanPierceJohnson День назад

harmonizers GENERALLY don't harmonize with more than one not. some may be there but I haven't played them

@DJ7tringGuitar 6 лет назад

Have you tried using the momentary feature while playing Fleetwood Macs Albatross?

@SeanPierceJohnson 6 лет назад

I don’t know how to play Albatross so no I havent

@lcglazer 10 месяцев назад

What is the max the pitch shifted note can be delayed (setting adjustable inside the software) thanks!

@SeanPierceJohnson 9 месяцев назад

Can’t remember unfortunately

@Tone-Oz 2 года назад

Great playing. what do you think is better brainwaves or Quintessence?

@SeanPierceJohnson 2 года назад

Thanks Anthony. I haven't tried the Brainwaves so I can't compare it to Quintessence.

@lenaandthelambcampingadven3422 Год назад

Can this pedal support two signal outputs? I want to send one signal to an amp another to a PA

@SeanPierceJohnson Год назад

Do you mean like sending a dry signal to one output and a harmony to the other?

@martijn_yt 6 месяцев назад

Is the knob with just major based scales redundant if you already have a key knob ? (C major (ionian) = D dorian = E phrygian =F lydian = G myxolydian = A aeolian = B (nobody cares ;)) Would be nice if they had used that knob for some alternative scales :)

@bossesg1 2 года назад

Hi can you tell us your settings for the harp like effect at the end?

@SeanPierceJohnson 2 года назад

man, I made this video three years ago...i have no idea what I did. what I can tell you is you have to use the Toneprint editor to make it happen...you can mess with the delay times of the harmonized pitches.

@3star2nr 4 года назад

15:39 OMG faaaaaaaaaaccccckkkkk that tone is incredible

@marcosrodrix6138 11 месяцев назад

. . . good nice, nice!

@gened9787 15 дней назад

Good Video

@SeanPierceJohnson 14 дней назад

Thank you 🙏

@reubster529 Год назад

Gonna play some Thin Lizzy with this

@SeanPierceJohnson Год назад

very appropriate!

@weixuan2684 4 года назад

hi, im about to get one. will this work with a multieffect pedal? like if i put this in front/behind the multieffect will i get desired sound?

@SeanPierceJohnson 4 года назад

whatever you do with it, i would put it at the beginning of the pedal chain always. pitch shifting and harmony pedals are much better at the front of your chain so the effect has as true of a signal from your guitar as possible

@weixuan2684 4 года назад

@@SeanPierceJohnson i see! thanks so much!! :)

@guitar_playing_and_gear_mods 3 года назад

does it works to down tune a half tone or a tune and a half?

@SeanPierceJohnson 3 года назад

I’m sure you could make something to do that effect as a TonePrint but that’s a job probably better suited for the Brainwaves pitch shifter that TC makes.

@ytrezazerty1 5 лет назад

great !

@SeanPierceJohnson 5 лет назад

thanks my friend

@shashankrao23 4 года назад

you look like Zohan from you don't mess with Zohan

@SeanPierceJohnson 4 года назад

but...Zohan had a goatee and his hair was MUCH MORE silky smooth

@oza8578 Год назад

"Lean On Me"! Lol

@SeanPierceJohnson Год назад

Had to do it

@mattgilbert7347 6 лет назад

So I picked one of these up about a month ago and I haven't had time to explore it much. I need a proper Whammy Toneprint. Apparently, that's actually quite tricky to achieve with this. There is a 5th^ "Nerd Whammy" but that isn't +1/+2 effect that I need for that song - the one that every covers band in the world plays (you know the one...) *sigh* shoulda kept my Pitchfork. Apart from that, based on my limited experience with it I would say: it's AWESOME for the three scales/modes I can play and this is, as always, a cool demo. I wanna stack it with my Micro POG and/or Boss MO-2 then into Boss Tera Echo. That is gonna be...interesting. Opamp Muff for gain. To wit: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--GYlPyAgASg.html

@mattgilbert7347 6 лет назад

I literally know no theory at all (apart from chord shapes and scale shapes- *as* shapes, tho, not as harmonic relations) which is why I love this pedal. It's great for dumb guys like me, it does 5/6 of the thinking for you. What's a Super Locrian? A new Marvel film?

@SeanPierceJohnson 6 лет назад

I think Super Locrian is a Phase 5 Marvel movie...😆

@mattgilbert7347 6 лет назад

I'll be dead by then!

@Sftd1973 2 месяца назад

some of you fast playing "tracking" sounds like the old Les Paul stuff he used to do when he would layer his stuff while playing live.

@SeanPierceJohnson 2 месяца назад

Dig it 👍 love me some good ol’ Les Paul

@jlatimer3547 5 лет назад

18:15

@SeanPierceJohnson 5 лет назад

; )

@kdrc Год назад

🎮Mario

@Damageinc. 29 дней назад

Without midi and being able to pull up presets most pedals are one trick ponies once they are on the floor! Knobs should also be able to be locked once your tone is found!