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04-10-2010, 02:06 PM
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Hi, I'm looking for a decent octaver, not too expensive, that can also give you a high octave, rather than just the lower ones. So far I've only seen the high octavers on synth- and multipedals. Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks, Jonathan
PS: I play in a postrock band and I'm going to fuzz the octave anyway, so bad tone shouldn't really be a problem.
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04-10-2010, 02:08 PM
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04-10-2010, 02:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Netherlands | | | Thank you for the quick reply, I'll check them out.
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04-10-2010, 02:13 PM
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04-10-2010, 02:14 PM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | I had a Pollyanna & it's not much good for the up octave except in a noise/distorto-tone type thing. I've heard the Foxrock is good.
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04-10-2010, 02:15 PM
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04-10-2010, 03:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand | | | Digitech EX-7 gets you octave-up whammy with a tone control on the shifted notes. Although doesn't track that well on the low E below about G. Gives you a great bunch of other effects too though. That's what I use.
EHX microPOG, POG, POG2 or HOG are good options.
Used whammy or EX-7 or microPOG are probably your cheapest options.
Steve
P.S. The Octave Multiplexer is octave down, not octave-up. An alternative to octave-up of course is to play an octave up and use an octaver to shift down. If you're willing to go this route, I can recommend the Boss OC2 for analog and the digitech Bass Synth Wah for digital octave-down goodness. Both are significantly cheaper than the octave up options...
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04-10-2010, 08:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Adelaide, Australia | | If you can find one Boss ps3 does this pretty wildly though it does warble and has a 'chime' like tone to it...
easily covered up by distortion tho 
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04-10-2010, 09:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: BC/AB, Canada | | | Just to clarify, the Foxrox Octron's octave up is distorted unlike a Whammy or POG. I didn't know this when I got mine but I bought it mostly for octave down.
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04-11-2010, 08:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: A Sandgropers' City | | | Analog UP octavers are always gonna be dirty.
See the audio samples on FOXROX's site to hear audio samples.
If you're thinking about using fuzz with an octave up - an analog pedal (without the fuzz) may do the job for you???? |
04-11-2010, 04:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ottawa and its Environs. | | | If you're looking for a non-down octave, check out the FEA labs Growler as i understand that it synthesizes the harmonics of the note your're playing (some have compared this to the OC-2, I've yet to play one so this is potentially just a geeky post) and you're going to be fuzzing it anyway, check out the BYOC armstrong clone which is a Green Ringer clone (octave up ringmod) and an Orange Squeezer clone (squash comp) together.
I play a Pigtronix OFO disnortion which has a great ringmod up (octava channel) in front of parallel fuzz/overdrive.
If you don't already have your fuzz pedal then I highly recommend that unit and if you do then I suggest you play it when you can.
While you're at it you may want to try the Pigtronix Mothership (if you're at a pigtronix dealer) as it's all analog intelligent ring mod with an octave down...but it's not inexpensive...but if you have an afternoon to try pedals then why not, eh?
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04-11-2010, 10:45 PM
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The CAVE passive pedals "OCTA-BASS" does an upper octave, but not whilst retaining the original signal - it's instead of.
And of course it's a passive, so no batteries needed. |
04-11-2010, 11:44 PM
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04-12-2010, 05:02 AM
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Atypical, not a typical... | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Carlisle, PA | | | Unibass only does up and either a 4th down or 5th up. Great for adding a second guitar, or making your bass do everything.
I owned one. Very cool effect, but lost it's draw after a few jam sessions. I wish I still had it, but I'll get one someday. |
04-12-2010, 08:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by newbold If you're looking for a non-down octave, check out the FEA labs Growler as i understand that it synthesizes the harmonics of the note your're playing (some have compared this to the OC-2, I've yet to play one so this is potentially just a geeky post) and you're going to be fuzzing it anyway, check out the BYOC armstrong clone which is a Green Ringer clone (octave up ringmod) and an Orange Squeezer clone (squash comp) together. | I own a Growler and its not really an Octave effect. It actually adds second order harmonics to the signal to create a fatter tone, but its not an octaer per-se and its certainly not an octave higher.
I think the MicroPoG would be an obvious choice, but if you want to Fuzz the octave up and leave your bass signal inact you would need something like a BArge VB2 to blend back the bass signal.
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05-29-2010, 08:02 AM
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05-29-2010, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by kaputsport I owned one. Very cool effect, but lost it's draw after a few jam sessions. I wish I still had it, but I'll get one someday. | Why does it lost its draw? What kind of music were you playing?
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