Maximum Pitch Pliability at Your Feet
The Whammy has reigned as the premier pitch-shifting pedal for more than three decades, famously wielded by such guitarists as Jonny Greenwood and Ed O'Brien of Radiohead, Matt Bellamy of Muse, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, and Jack White of the White Stripes, to name a few. The DigiTech Whammy 5 pedal enables you to conjure the same cavernous dive-bombs, single-note pitch bends, ear-grabbing harmonies, and sweet-sounding detune effects made famous by its predecessors, while also giving you polyphonic pitch shifting for bending entire chords and a MIDI input for seamless control via external hardware. The Whammy 5 retains the classic Whammy interface, including the familiar expression treadle, along with additional pitch-bend settings derived from DigiTech's acclaimed Whammy DT pedal. You also get a dedicated footswitch that enables you to toggle the pedal's effects on and off in real-time. With its iconic blend of pitch-shifting power and sonic versatility, the Whammy 5 isn't just an effects pedal; it's the key to bending musical reality itself.
Manipulate single notes to full chords
Guitarists at Sweetwater have used the DigiTech Whammy pedal since its 1989 introduction to execute subterranean dive-bombs, stunning pitch bends, lightning-fast harmony shifts, and lush detuning, both onstage and in the studio. The Whammy 5 delivers all these classic effects with maximum aplomb. Moreover, the Classic/Chords switch allows you to toggle between the original Whammy algorithm, which is ideal for single notes and replicating the distinctive warble of the classic pedal, and the modern Whammy DT algorithm, unlocking polyphonic pitch shifting, which is best suited to bending full chords.
Iconic expression for creative guitarists
The DigiTech Whammy 5 boasts the classic Whammy control set, including the iconic expression treadle, which you use to control the amount of pitch bending for your Whammy, Harmony, or Detune effects in real time. Selecting your desired effect is a breeze with the intuitive single-knob interface. Moreover, you get a dedicated footswitch that turns the Whammy, Harmony, or Detune on and off with a tap of your toe for spellbinding live performances. Finally, vivid LEDs give you straightforward, at-a-glance confirmation of your settings.
Full MIDI control for seamless pitch shifts
The Whammy 5 features a dedicated MIDI input, allowing it to receive and respond to incoming MIDI data. With MIDI program change messages, you can instantly select either a Whammy or Drop Tune effect and toggle each between active and bypassed states. In addition, MIDI CC messages give you real‑time control over the Whammy’s expression treadle position for precise, dynamic performances.
DigiTech Whammy 5 Features:
- The latest iteration of DigiTech's iconic pitch-shifting pedal with Whammy, Harmony, and Detune effects
- Famously wielded by Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Matt Bellamy, Tom Morello, David Gilmour, Jack White, and many others
- Conjure up cavernous dive-bombs, single-note pitch bends, ear-grabbing harmonies, and sweet-sounding detune effects
- Classic/Chords switch toggles between the original Whammy algorithm and the polyphonic Whammy DT algorithm
- Expression treadle controls the amount of pitch bending for your effects in real-time
- Intuitive single-knob interface makes selecting your desired effect a breeze
- Dedicated footswitch toggles the pedal's effects on and off in real-time for spellbinding live performances
- Vivid LEDs provide straightforward, at-a-glance confirmation of your settings
- MIDI input allows the pedal to receive and respond to incoming MIDI data
