Octavers that don't track well, such as the OC-2 and MXR BOD, are useless IMO. The Micro POG, on the other hand, can handle anything I throw at it. Yeah, its a little synthy, but thats ok. Sounds cool in the mix and can easily be dialed to taste.
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Best Tracking, clean Octave
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I haven't owned too many octave pedals, but of what I have tried the POG and now the POG2 offered far superior tracking. I did prefer the tone of the EBS, but it wouldn't track fast or below A/Ab. The DOD actually had a pretty cool tone, but the tracking was very glitchy. For my uses, the POG2 is head and shoulders above the others I've tried.
For producing an octave down? Considering that F# below a low B is already bordering subsonic, generating the octave below wouldn't do you much good. Not only would you need some pretty high-end speakers to reproduce a note with a fundamental frequency of about 12Hz, and then you wouldn't really be able to hear it...
For producing an octave down? Considering that F# below a low B is already bordering subsonic, generating the octave below wouldn't do you much good. Not only would you need some pretty high-end speakers to reproduce a note with a fundamental frequency of about 12Hz, and then you wouldn't really be able to hear it...
+1. You can probably play down to about 16 - 17Hz (C0 - C#0) and have those notes be fairly usable, although anything too fast (i.e. low runs) will probably end up very muddy, and inarticulate. Anything below that will be approaching whisper quiet in the audible region, and just end up rumbling the room. Using low notes with an octaver helps articulation (because the upper note provides the edge/attack), but 12Hz would negate the use of one, since the lower note wouldn't really speak to begin with. Using a note at 23Hz as the "attack/edge" of a note at 12Hz is a recipe for some serious, serious mud.
If you want a definitive answer, then send a PM to JAUQO III-X. He really knows his stuff when it comes to low F# basses.
I sincerely apologize for providing useful information.
I'm sorry, but I have to ask - if it's not usable, then why would it matter if it's possible? 
The closest I've ever heard an octaver get to that is the one on the Line 6 M5/9/13. I was able to hit a low C with no glitching but I can't do an open B without issues.
No need to apologize, I understand perfectly where you are coming from, as my question is rather pointless. I was just curious, as my Whammy IV works down to C above low B, and I wondered if there was anything that would work even lower.I sincerely apologize for providing useful information.
Anyway, for example, is ring modding a bass signal possible? Yes. Is it useable in a traditional band setting? No. Does that keep people from making, buying and using them?
So you really want to move your audience then?
Haha, but yeah, JAUQO III-X should have an answer for you.Touche sir, touche.
Does the Digitech SBW track recently down to drop D/low D above the B? That's as far down as I would be personally interested in myself.
I used the BSW as an octaver before I got my M5 - I found it tracked just fine right down to low B. Drop D should be no problem for it.
