I'm well-experienced playing bass but something of a novice in regards to effects, please be patient if this is a silly question. I like using bass octave pedals when playing at or above D (73 Hertz), but if I need to shift above and below this point in a short period of time the octave effect on the lower notes sounds awful. Is there a way to only have the effect kick in at or above 73 Hertz? TIA
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Bass Octave Effect
- Thread starter LopsyLu
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It's not a silly question, but there definitely isn't an easy solution to this. I can't think of any pedal that can function that way. The issue is that the pedal needs to identify the fundamental frequency of the note you're playing and then apply the effect to it based on the condition of that fundamental. What type of octave effect are you using, and which pedal do you like the sound of? Are you going octave up or down? If down, are you going digital or analog? I could see this being useful if you want the sub synth sound of an analog octave down on the higher notes but your regular bass tone on the lower frets.
You could maybe create a hardware solutions using an interesting combination of EQ pedals, octave, and a boss LS-2. For a digital solution, you might be able to use the source audio EQ2 to do this by having your dry bass go to different outputs based on that 73 hz cut off. You could then combine this with the Source Audio C4 for the octave effect. The C4 does an excellent job of emulating an analog octaver like the OC2. So the EQ2 splits the signal based off the fundamental and then sends both outputs to the two inputs of the C4, which only applies the octave effect to one of the signals, then sends to one output and the rest of your chain. I do not have an EQ2 to try it out. You can ask the main source audio thread and they might give you a better answer: Source Audio Sorcerers Society (S.A.S.S) Part 3
You could maybe create a hardware solutions using an interesting combination of EQ pedals, octave, and a boss LS-2. For a digital solution, you might be able to use the source audio EQ2 to do this by having your dry bass go to different outputs based on that 73 hz cut off. You could then combine this with the Source Audio C4 for the octave effect. The C4 does an excellent job of emulating an analog octaver like the OC2. So the EQ2 splits the signal based off the fundamental and then sends both outputs to the two inputs of the C4, which only applies the octave effect to one of the signals, then sends to one output and the rest of your chain. I do not have an EQ2 to try it out. You can ask the main source audio thread and they might give you a better answer: Source Audio Sorcerers Society (S.A.S.S) Part 3
