Can't track the low E on my roscoe or skjold basses.
Is there an octave pedal that works for bass?
Is there an octave pedal that works for bass?
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EBS octabass
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jzucker said:
the electro harmonix POG will track even down to low B. pricey though. the ashdown sub-octave plus might track down that far, itd be worth trying out. it hasnt been out long so its exact capabilities arent clear.
A normal bass E string is tuned to 41.2 Hz. The E an octave below that would be 20.6 Hz.
Considering that the range of human hearing is typically between 20-20,000 Hz, why would you want to produce sounds that are for the most part inaudible?
Considering that the range of human hearing is typically between 20-20,000 Hz, why would you want to produce sounds that are for the most part inaudible?
TheBigO said:
you're missing the point. It reproduces the octave note no problem. It just tracks like crap on the low E.
Lots of folks use an octave pedal on their low B string. This one just doesn't track well. It has nothing to do with the lowest freq it can produce.
As an aside, the pedal also doesn't track the low note of 3 note chords like they claim in the ad copy.
The POG is your answer. Tried it, and loved how it worked even on the low B. Didn't buy it cus I didn't, and still don't, have use for an octave down pedal. Still sounded 
though!
though!
POG.
Tried the Octabass, Ashdown, and EH Multiplexer, didn't track chords, and barely the B on the E string.
The POG dominates for octave replication, up or down. Chords, low notes, solid.
Tried the Octabass, Ashdown, and EH Multiplexer, didn't track chords, and barely the B on the E string.
The POG dominates for octave replication, up or down. Chords, low notes, solid.
jzucker said:
How would you know? Espcially an octave below low B!?!?
Personally I think all octaves sound pretty crap when you get down below about open A. Just sounds like mud.
My feeling is that you're probably hearing some other harmonic.
niftydog said:
because if it doesnt track the note properly it makes a swirly glitchy noise, thats how you know whether it tracks or not, its got nothing to do with being able to hear below 20hz. anyway, you can feel below the range of hearing so its a moot point.
EH build quality if iffy though. Tony Grey uses an octave pedal alot though he mentioned that he sometimes uses the ebs and other times the Boss. Maybe he's using the boss on the recordings cuz he plays stuff on the low strings and it seems to track.
The EBS is a great octave pedal. Who the f needs an octave below any of the first 5 frets on the E string? You're an Octave Diva.
As far as tracking chords . . . I got the black label and I find that it can track chords, but the levels of all two (or three) notes have to be adjusted. It seems like they all have to be the same output, but I could be wrong. It's pretty intermittent. Have you tried a compressor before it? I remember that being mentioned on the website somewhere.
I agree, this topics mootness need not be mooted.philipc said:
Show me a bass amp reproducing detectible sub-20hz frequencies and I'll shut up.
What some of us are saying is that the usefulness of an octave pedal that'll track a low B (or even a low E for that matter) is questionable.
even if your amp can't produce that low a frequency, you'll still hear an octaver get all glitchy and warbly if the tracking sucks. no matter what note you play. and that sucks. you'd have to keep turning your octaver off when you want to play low notes, and back on when you want to play everything else.
i know what you mean, mang!!
now: POG. it's the only octaver i've ever really been impressed by. tried a bunch, and picked the POG, regardless of reliability issues. i've had it for a year now, and no problems at all. (i've had my qtron+ repaired recently.... it went very well. if it needs doing, EH will do it right.) it'll do chords, lowest of the low notes, chords starting on the lowest of the low notes, no glitchy, no problem. AND THEN it'll do more bitchin' stuff as well. lots of fun, and a truly amazing octaver. (put drums through it, too... radical!)
good luck!
i know what you mean, mang!!
now: POG. it's the only octaver i've ever really been impressed by. tried a bunch, and picked the POG, regardless of reliability issues. i've had it for a year now, and no problems at all. (i've had my qtron+ repaired recently.... it went very well. if it needs doing, EH will do it right.) it'll do chords, lowest of the low notes, chords starting on the lowest of the low notes, no glitchy, no problem. AND THEN it'll do more bitchin' stuff as well. lots of fun, and a truly amazing octaver. (put drums through it, too... radical!)
good luck!
Yeah but the POG is 300$. That's the only reason I don't have one. I love my Bassballs though, so I'm not surprised EH has their stuff together.
Maybe the OP is talking about the string rather than the pitches on the string.
That being said, my Octabass tracks all the way down to G on my E string.
That being said, my Octabass tracks all the way down to G on my E string.
bongomania
Commercial User
FWIW, the MXR Pitch Transposer (blue face model) and the Conn Octa-Vider both track any low note perfectly. The sound quality they put out does degrade pretty badly (becomes flabby/farty/LFO-like) below a certain point though. And, those units are pretty hard to acquire.
The only octavers I have personally heard both tracking and sounding good at all low notes are the dbx 120A and the Eventide Harmonizer line. The dbx is a one-trick pony, but it does that one trick very well, and is not expensive.
The only octavers I have personally heard both tracking and sounding good at all low notes are the dbx 120A and the Eventide Harmonizer line. The dbx is a one-trick pony, but it does that one trick very well, and is not expensive.
I understand, but have never encountered such a situation nor wished for the ability to acheive it. I guess I'm just not hip today...jetpackbassist said:
On the other hand, I'd kill for an octave that doesn't sound like a Klingon with a stutter when you're slapping!
niftydog said:
yeah! you are NOT hip!!
just kidding. you are hip, mang!oh, and have you tried the POG with slap? it's nice....
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still trying to think of what a klingon with a stutter sounds like... that's a tough one....)
