I’d like to hear solo oct up with the dry completely off.
Would replace my micro POG if it does the job well in my dual rig.
Would replace my micro POG if it does the job well in my dual rig.
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New Boss OC-5 Octave
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No offense but it does seem to have improved tracking because that doesn't seem to be what I'd call good technique for playing with an analog octave.
From a post early on in the thread I had asked about tracking and the reply was that it had the same engine as the SY-1. If it indeed does, then it should be darn near perfect. That's going by a response from a Boss rep and no personal experience from myself. I sure hope that's the case because I may make the plunge.
+1^^ You will have gathered from my post on the previous page - I can totally confirm that the tracking on the SY-1 is just amazing!
Obviously the SY-1 is a fair bit more expensive and can do a whole bunch of other stuff, has a parallel loop and can be used with an expression pedal.
It must have been shot in LA during one of the recent earthquakes.
EHX POGs and TC Sub’n’Up. I have no use for lower octaves on bass either. I use a 5 often anyway, and don’t want to bottom out any speakers.
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I don’t know. I just feel like Boss is never going to reign in the OC-2 crowd to this pedal. I predict there will be a lot of these for sale on Ebay.
"Hey it's Steve from Sweetwater checking in to see how the new Boss pedal is working out and also to see if your bass player found work. Hope you enjoy the old stale candy"Jeez...with friends like these, who needs enemies?
On the subject of the threshold setting: currently another bassist pointed out to me that's it's been set up with guitarists in mind, so they can double up their low end. Fair do's - they're likely to outnumber bass players buying this pedal, so that makes good commercial sense.
This pedal does, however, have a switch to go from guitar <--> bass mode (similar to the SY-1) and it's clearly been aimed at both markets.
It would have been very cool if by dint of switching from guitar <--> bass mode the 'polarity' on the range sweep was also reversed so that bass players could select how low the octave down went? That way they would be keeping both bass players and guitarists happy - it would certainly have tipped me over the edge into getting one!
Boss if you're reading this...
This pedal does, however, have a switch to go from guitar <--> bass mode (similar to the SY-1) and it's clearly been aimed at both markets.
It would have been very cool if by dint of switching from guitar <--> bass mode the 'polarity' on the range sweep was also reversed so that bass players could select how low the octave down went? That way they would be keeping both bass players and guitarists happy - it would certainly have tipped me over the edge into getting one!
Boss if you're reading this...
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Just FYI, the Octron pedals don't do the "clean octave up" 8-string sound - their octave up is an octavia/ringer fuzz that comes from frequency doubling and rectification. Only digital pedals can do the 8-string thing, basically.
I'm guessing that the Digitech Mosaic, which does the 8 string thing brilliantly, must be digital then not least 'cos it's polyphonic?
I'm not aware of any analog octave/pitch pedal that can do true polyphonic tracking.
Speaking of analog frequency-doubling octave pitch pedals has anyone tried out the Pigtronix Octava Micro on bass?
It's an analog frequency doubler with diode clipping fuzz and with lpf to roll off any grating toppy-treble.
It seems to be very much aimed at guitarists but I reckon it might be interesting on bass, although I've not found anyone who's reviewed it on bass yet. Apparently it's poor at handling minor chords but deals with major chords well!
From the YT clips I've seen, the blend seems to either swamp the dry signal or have no wet signal at all. But paired with an LS2 this thing might just be freakin' brilliant!
Love the compact form factor and the fact it's got an excellent built in fuzz. New prices can be a little bit punchy for this little pedal, which would definitely put me off makes trying one out on spec if I had to buy new, but I think I may have managed to snag one used on Reverb...
