TC Electronic Quintessence Harmony with MASH Footswitch Pedal
TC Electronic Quintessence Harmony is a state-of-the-art intelligent harmonizer pedal that features expressive MASH technology and powerful TonePrint editing. QUINTESSENCE follows your every whim with perfectly harmonised notes in a variety of modes and scales, capable of beefing up your playing in any musical style from country or southern rock harmonies to Thin Lizzy-esque twin riffs and screaming metal leads.
With MASH, QUINTESSENCE can bend the harmonized notes without you moving a finger. Momentarily harmonize just a few bars or notes and with our proprietary TonePrint technology. You can even choose exotic scales and custom intervals for harmonies. Complex as it may sound, QUINTESSENCE sounds simply stunning. Also, its intuitive and straightforward design makes it easy to use.
MASH up an Interval
QUINTESSENCE features a MASH footswitch giving you a powerful expressive tool without taking up any extra pedalboard real estate. By default, the MASH switch has been assigned to bend your harmonized note up to the next interval. But in TonePrint mode, you can assign MASH to control just about any aspect of the pedal. This includes custom scale steps – both above and below the original harmony.
This not only makes the QUINTESSENCE much more versatile as you can switch between two different intervals mid-song without having to fiddle with knobs, but it also lets you do fluid pedal steel bends worthy of the greasiest Nashville honky-tonks out there.
Footswitch Flexibility
QUINTESSENCE quickly and easily lets you toggle between standard latch mode and momentary mode for spontaneously improvised harmonizing on the spot. This is useful when you need a little extra something in the last bar of your solo for dramatic effect or for riffs where you want an emphasis on a certain note or beat.
If the boys are back in town and you know you’re going to be playing long harmonized riffs and want to move around the stage a bit, set QUINTESSENCE to latch mode and run to the hills! And don’t worry – MASH works in either setting.
Customize Your Harmony
If you don’t feel like using one of the seven preset diatonic modes commonly used, the Custom scale mode lets you load in whichever flavour of tonality you want your harmonies to follow.
When QUINTESSENCE is not in TonePrint mode the Custom mode is set for Locrian. Using the 3 TonePrint slots however, you can set it to a wealth of different custom scales. Feeling major pentatonic or harmonic minor today? Have at it, Hoss!
Quintessence Key Highlights:
- Exceptional dual-voiced intelligent harmony pedal with innovative pressure-sensitive footswitch
- Groundbreaking MASH technology turns footswitch into a pressure-responsive expression controller
- MASH footswitch lets you easily pitch-bend harmonized notes up to the next interval