Rowin harmonizer pedal

About a month and a half ago, I wrote¹ about the problem that I had with the Donner octave pedal, that it would transpose down but not up. As I generally had it set to +3 semitones, this was very annoying. After a short internet search, I decided to order the Rowin Harmonizer pedal that would cost about a third of what I paid for the Donner. My search was primarily about function and not about cost, otherwise I could have ordered another Donner pedal. I ordered from the dreaded Ali Express; as there was no post to Israel during the war with Iran (no planes = no post), the delivery took longer than expected, but as we weren't playing during the war period, this didn't make too much difference.

The pedal arrived the other day, and today I unpacked it and placed it on the pedal board in place of the Donner - right at the beginning of the signal chain (but after the tuner, which doesn't really count). The pedal would appear to have slightly more functionality than the Donner pedal, as it can increase or decrease the tone by one semitone, which the Donner can't. As it happens, we are testing out a song that appears to be in Ab minor; I can simply downtune a semitone and play in A minor. 

Reviews of the pedal had me slightly worried about the latency, i.e. the time it takes between striking a string and hearing it transposed, but my testing showed that there was negligible latency. I'll try this out properly at the group's next rehearsal on Saturday night. Then I can put my capo away.

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