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HARMAN’s DigiTech Begins Shipping Its HardWire V-10 Power Block Pedal Power Supply

by Definition Branding & Marketing Posted: Monday, 5/20/2013

DigiTech V-10SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – HARMAN’s DigiTech today began shipping its HardWire V-10 Power Block 10-Pedal Isolated Power Supply, a top-quality pedalboard power supply that delivers dependable, noise-free power for effects pedals.

The HardWire V-10 Power Block features 10 totally isolated high-current outputs and a shielded low-stray-field toroidal transformer to eliminate hum and noise that can be caused by ground loops and interference. It includes four 9-volt outputs, along with two pairs of 9V/12V merge-able outputs for power-hungry digital pedals, and two outputs with variable voltage.

Built road-tough with a heavy-grade aircraft aluminum chassis the HardWire V-10 allows for maximum heat dissipation. With its compact size, the V-10 mounts perfectly under Pedaltrain™ pedalboards. It utilizes standard 2.1 x 5.5mm barrel jack connectors and delivers 1200mA total DC current. The V-10’s front-panel LEDs provide ready indication of output jack status. The V-10 comes with 17 DC power cables, 3.5mm phone plugs and 9V battery clip.

“We constantly hear from guitarists that a high quality power supply is essential and we built the V-10 Power Block to provide the same performance and reliability that our pedals are known for,” stated Scott Klimt, marketing manager for DigiTech.

The DigiTech HardWire V-10 Power Block carries a six-year warranty and has a suggested retail price of $299.95.

HARMAN (www.HARMAN.com) designs, manufactures, and markets a wide range of audio, lighting and infotainment solutions for the automotive, consumer, and professional markets. It is a recognized world leader across its customer segments with premium brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, and Mark Levinson®, and leading-edge connectivity, safety and audio technologies. The company is admired by audiophiles across multiple generations and supports leading professional entertainers and the venues where they perform. More than 25 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with Harman audio and infotainment systems. Harman has a workforce of about 14,300 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia and reported sales of $4.4 billion for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012.

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DigiTech’s Next-Generation Whammy™ with Chordal Pitch-Shifting is Now Available in Stores

by Definition Branding & Marketing Posted: Wednesday, 4/10/2013

Whammy TopFRANKFURT, Germany – DigiTech today announced its next-generation Whammy pedal, featuring chordal Whammy pitch-shifting, additional Whammy intervals and true bypass operation is now available at music stores around the globe. The new Whammy retains the legendary Whammy sound that made it one of the most iconic pedals recognized by guitarists around the world, while adding never-before-available sonic capabilities.

“Guitarists worldwide have embraced the original Whammy and now our new Whammy’s chord-shifting and classic pitch-bending modes make it one of the most musically expressive pedals ever,” said Scott Klimt, marketing manager, DigiTech. “We’re really excited about the many creative sounds that this pedal brings to artists, and a number of pros have already adopted the new Whammy as an integral part of their tone.”

The Whammy lets guitar and bass players raise and lower their tuning by up to two octaves, to create pitch shifts from subtle to extreme and dramatic musical effects not possible with any other pedal. The Whammy now incorporates new pitch-shifting technologies that enable the player to bend entire chords up or down while keeping all the notes in the chord perfectly in tune. The Whammy also keeps its signature Classic single-note mode that has made the pedal one of the most recognizable in rock and contemporary music, along with nine Harmony two-note interval settings and two Detune modes.

Offering true bypass means that the signal from the guitar is completely unaffected by the Whammy when it’s switched off, maintaining all the purity of the guitar signal when the player doesn’t want anything altering his or her sound. This can be especially important when using a lot of pedals on a pedalboard. The Whammy won’t alter your sound – until you want it to!

The Whammy also includes 1/4-inch inputs and outputs, a MIDI input that allows control of the pedal from an external MIDI device, and a 9-volt DC power input. The Whammy employs high-quality 24-bit/96kHz analog-to-digital and digital-to analog converters for clean, smooth pitch-bending sound. An on/off switch engages and disengages the Whammy effect, and a “Classic/Chords” switch lets players select either mode. The Whammy is built to withstand the rigors of the road, with a rugged all-metal chassis, pedal and footswitch with a bold “Whammy” logo proudly displayed.

HARMAN (www.HARMAN.com) designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and infotainment solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets — supported by 15 leading brands, including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon® and Mark Levinson®. The Company is admired by audiophiles across multiple generations and supports leading professional entertainers and the venues where they perform. More than 25 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of about 13,400 people across the Americas, Europe and Asia, and reported net sales of $4.4 billion for the twelve months ending June 30, 2012.

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The Most Compact and Simple JamMan™ Pedal Ever: HARMAN’s DigiTech Introduces The JamMan Express XT Compact Stereo Looper

by Definition Branding & Marketing Posted: Wednesday, 4/10/2013

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FRANKFURT, Germany – Since the introduction of its first JamMan, HARMAN’s DigiTech has set the standard in looping pedals. With the introduction of JamMan Express XT Compact Stereo Looper/Phrase Sampler, DigiTech makes high-quality looping more affordable than ever at an unprecedented price of $149.95. Though it’s the size of a standard stompbox, JamMan Express XT offers a host of capabilities including up to 10 minutes of stereo looping time and DigiTech’s exclusive JamSync feature for synchronizing multiple JamMan pedals.

“Our JamMan Express XT brings the expressive possibilities of looping to more musicians than ever before,” said Scott Klimt, marketing manager, DigiTech. “Whether you want to record loops and rhythm tracks for playing along with, create sonic backgrounds for solo or band performances or sample loops and phrases to drop into your recordings, the JamMan Express XT is the most user-friendly and compact looping pedal on the market today.”

The JamMan Express XT is ideal for use with guitar, bass, keyboards and other instruments. It provides up to 10 minutes of stereo looping time. Its control layout is simple yet incredibly versatile – a single pedal switch, three Record, Dub and Play LEDs and a Loop Level knob provide access to a multitude of looping functions.

All loop recording, playback and loop overdubbing can be controlled simply by clicking on the pedal switch. The three LEDs indicate looping and phrase sampling status – red for record, green for playback and yellow for overdubbing. This simple but effective looping scheme has been standard on single-button JamMan loopers for years to create lush, richly textured loops or multiple instrumental parts for a one-person-band backing track.

The JamMan Express XT provides an Auto Record function that arms the pedal for recording – just start playing and JamMan Express XT will automatically start recording a loop.

The pedal’s JamSync feature enables the JamMan Express XT to be synchronized with other JamSync-enabled pedals to create multi-track loops or play loops with other musicians. Simply connect the pedals via their 1/8-inch mini jacks. Multiple JamMan pedals can be cascaded together with one JamMan acting as a master for all synched slaves.

The JamMan Express XT can be operated using a 9-volt battery or its included power supply. Measuring just 4.4 x 2.3 x 1.8 inches, the JamMan Express XT fits easily on any pedalboard and its rugged metal case is built to take the rigors of the road.

The DigiTech JamMan Express XT will be available in May 2013 at a suggested retail price of $149.95.

HARMAN (www.harman.com) designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and infotainment solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets – supported by 15 leading brands, including AKG, Harman Kardon, Infinity, JBL, Lexicon and Mark Levinson. The company is admired by audiophiles across multiple generations and supports leading professional entertainers and the venues where they perform. More than 20 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of about 13,400 people across the Americas, Europe and Asia, and reported sales of $4.4 billion for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012.

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HARMAN’s DigiTech Teams Up With Adrian Belew to Bring You The Impossible Pedal for the iStomp

by Definition Branding & Marketing Posted: Wednesday, 4/10/2013

ImpossiblePedalFRANKFURT, Germany – At Musikmesse 2013, HARMAN’s DigiTech is proud to announce its first in a line of iStomp Signature Artist e-pedals, joining forces with guitarist extraordinaire Adrian Belew to debut The Impossible Pedal. The e-pedal lives up to its name, giving guitarists the ability to play impossible guitar riffs that you would never think to play.

Adrian Belew needs little introduction as a beyond-cutting-edge musician who has smashed sonic boundaries with artists including David Bowie, King Crimson, Talking Heads, Frank Zappa, Nine Inch Nails and others, and over a diverse solo career spanning nearly 20 solo albums. The cries, grunts, squeals, industrial noises, twang-bar-king whammy effects and other otherworldly sounds he can coax out of his instrument make him one of the world’s most uncategorizable guitarists.

Available exclusively as an e-pedal for the iStomp, The Impossible Pedal uses two pitch shifters that can be turned on and off in sequence, and guitarists can abruptly “jump” between two intervals by stepping on the iStomp footswitch as they play. “I have been using the DigiTech HarmonyMan for years to create this unique effect,” said Belew. “With The Impossible Pedal in my iStomp I can now do things I never could before!”

Two knobs on The Impossible Pedal set the two different pitch intervals and two knobs select whether the pitches shift up or down over a two octave range. By stepping on the footswitch, the note played by the guitarist alternates between the standard (unaffected) pitch and the two pitch-shifted voices, to create melodic passages that extend beyond physical human ability. Even its iStomp icon is an impossible optical illusion that has to be seen to be disbelieved.

“Adrian Belew is a fearless innovator and his e-pedal ideas for the iStomp are a perfect match for our vision,” noted DigiTech Artist Relations Manager Tom Cram.

The DigiTech iStomp is a new concept in guitar stompboxes that allows musicians to turn the iStomp into any pedal available in the Stomp Shop online pedal store. Offering almost limitless sonic possibilities, the iStomp connects to an Apple® IOS device where musicians can use the free Stomp Shop app to load it with the e-pedal of their choice. The Stomp Shop app comes with ten of the most popular pedals and gives access to more than 40 additional e-pedals they can browse, try out and purchase. More e-pedals are added on a regular basis.

HARMAN (www.HARMAN.com) designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and infotainment solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets — supported by 15 leading brands, including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon® and Mark Levinson®. The Company is admired by audiophiles across multiple generations and supports leading professional entertainers and the venues where they perform. More than 25 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of about 13,400 people across the Americas, Europe and Asia, and reported net sales of $4.4 billion for the twelve months ending June 30, 2012.

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Get Your Freq On: HARMAN’s DigiTech Debuts Its 3Q Three-Band EQ E-Pedal for the iStomp™

by Definition Branding & Marketing Posted: Tuesday, 11/13/2012

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – HARMAN’s DigiTech continues to expand its rave-reviewed iStomp e-pedal lineup with the introduction of its 3Q three-band EQ e-pedal. The 3Q gives guitarists and musicians three frequency bands of adjustable passive and active equalization for wide-ranging tone shaping.

“An equalizer can be one of the most useful sonic tools in a guitar player’s arsenal,” said Scott Klimt, marketing manager, DigiTech. “Among its many uses our 3Q e-pedal lets beef up the sound of single-coil pickups, add some extra midrange to make your guitar solos ‘cut’ through the mix, or provide further control over the tone of distortion and overdrive pedals.”

The 3Q features only 4 controls making it extremely easy to use. The Bass and Treble knobs are fixed-frequency boost/cut controls that are used to increase or decrease the low and high frequencies by +/- 12dB. The Mid Freq knob employs semi-parametric EQ with a sweepable frequency range of 500Hz – 3kHz while the Mid knob provides +/- 12dB of boost or cut for precise midrange tailoring.

The DigiTech iStomp is a new concept in guitar stompboxes that allows musicians to turn the iStomp into any pedal in the Stomp Shop online pedal store. Offering almost limitless sonic possibilities, the iStomp connects to an Apple iOS device where musicians can use the Stomp Shop app to load it with the e-pedal of their choice. The Stomp Shop is a free app and comes with two of the most popular requested pedals, the DigiTech Total Recall Delay™ and the DigiTech Redline Overdrive™. It gives access to more than 40 additional pedals that musicians can browse, try out and purchase, with more pedals added every month.

The DigiTech 3Q e-pedal will be available immediately at an introductory price of $0.99. This introductory price will run for four weeks.

After the introductory period the price will change to the regular price of $4.99

The DigiTech iStomp is currently available at $229.95 suggested retail.

HARMAN (www.harman.com) designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and infotainment solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets — supported by 15 leading brands, including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon® and Mark Levinson®. The Company is admired by audiophiles across multiple generations and supports leading professional entertainers and the venues where they perform. More than 25 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of about 13,900 people across the Americas, Europe and Asia, and reported net sales of $4.4 billion for year ended June 30, 2012.

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