Boss PS-5 as an octaver?

[Kwesi]

I just wanted to know if you could use the Boss PS-5 as an octave pedal. At some point i want a pitch shifter/harmonist pedal for my guitar and an octaver for my bass and if i can save some money by getting one pedal that does all then i'd be happy.

[B.C.]

Originally Posted by Kwesi

I just wanted to know if you could use the Boss PS-5 as an octave pedal. At some point i want a pitch shifter/harmonist pedal for my guitar and an octaver for my bass and if i can save some money by getting one pedal that does all then i'd be happy.

I use it as that. Its not bad. I don't know how the boss octave pedal does, but this sounds good unless you go to low(around E string)

[kevteop]

Originally Posted by B.C.

I use it as that. Its not bad. I don't know how the boss octave pedal does, but this sounds good unless you go to low(around E string)

Every octaver in the universe starts to choke from low 'A' downwards. Someone once explained it in physics terms about wavelengths and so on but I think my mind wandered off to think about boobies like usual.

[B.C.]

Well then yes, it is a fine octaver!

[Oh! Henry]

Originally Posted by kevteop

Every octaver in the universe starts to choke from low 'A' downwards. Someone once explained it in physics terms about wavelengths and so on but I think my mind wandered off to think about boobies like usual.

I think I might use this as my sig!!!!

[JanusZarate]

Originally Posted by kevteop

Someone once explained it in physics terms about wavelengths and so on but I think my mind wandered off to think about boobies like usual.

Sigged.

I've never used the PS-5, but its predecessor - the PS-3, is WEIRD on the low notes. Very unnatural, digital, sterile. Definitely more at home with the noisemakers than the funk bassists.

I should also mention, though, that the PS-3 is really something else in general... so you should probably ignore what I said.

[kevteop]

Hmm. I had hoped to be one of those prized knowledgeable contributors, but it's nice to feel useful in some small way.

[B.C.]

Originally Posted by MysticBoo

Sigged.

I've never used the PS-5, but its predecessor - the PS-3, is WEIRD on the low notes. Very unnatural, digital, sterile. Definitely more at home with the noisemakers than the funk bassists.

I should also mention, though, that the PS-3 is really something else in general... so you should probably ignore what I said.

Yeah, to my ears, the PS-5 sounds pretty natural, IMHO and IME.

[Ely]

I have an unrelated question about the PS5.

So I have a Moog Ring Mod, and I was thinking it would be cool to send my own bass signal, pitch shifted, into the Carrier In jack. Would the PS5 be good for this, or is there another, less expensive option?

[B.C.]

Originally Posted by Ely

I have an unrelated question about the PS5.

So I have a Moog Ring Mod, and I was thinking it would be cool to send my own bass signal, pitch shifted, into the Carrier In jack. Would the PS5 be good for this, or is there another, less expensive option?

You could, but a lot of the shifted signals sound pretty "digital"(which I like by the way) so maybe, depends on what you are looking for.