TRex Quint Machine Octave+Fifth I really like pedals that give me an Up Octave shift and more options and have eagerly awaited each new on since the original Digitech Whammy Pedal, tried them all and have collected several that are in constant use. I may refer to other pedals but will try to be as fair as possible with my comparisons and opinions. Overall i really like this pedal and find a real usefulness for many players out there.
Caveat - this pedal is currently being marked down, possibly discontinued or a new version coming out. Further TRex declared bankruptcy in March 2019 and i have seen no further news. I got the last one from Sweetwater and could not get any gossip from my sales rep.
Design & Construction is as you would expect top notch, controls are well laid out, knobs are easy to read and there are no hidden menus or controls so what you see is what you get, easy to change on the fly. There are 4 knobs Oct up, oct down, fifth up and mix and a bypass switch, top jacks with a side power jack. Side power is my only issue-Baaah
Tracking is fast and accurate, it tracks from open E all the way up to hi G on my bass and i did not notice any lag or latency with low notes of chords. Edit Quint follows nuances like trills, slides, glisses, bends nicely without glitching or dropping out as other octavers do.
Tuning is spot on and pleasing to the ear, none of that digital 'bitterness' so common with a lot of algorithms. Even the low notes were pitch detailed all the way to low E nice for adding a touch of phatness, unlike other octavers that tend to mush those notes.
Tones are broad changing basses, [guitars], pickup selection and tonal changes are translated through the algorithm as well making this a really versatile octave machine. The Octave and Fifth up are wonderous and sweet with an electric acoustic timber that will sit nicely in any mix and respond well with effects. The Octave Down while not that synthy sound making it an OC2 Killer it does add a nice fillingness for riffing up an octave making it not sound so empty, good for funking or jazz but certainly not enough for rock or doomers.
Quint plays well with other effects analog and digital I tried many pedals in my collection trying to throw it a curve and nothing really cried foul ymmv. It sounds great with all my drives analog and digital without unwanted noise or artifact. Envelope followers work well with the dynamic range and I got really phat synth goodness with both analog and digital devices. Modulation, delays and reverbs were trouble free as well.
For those looking to do the bass drum power duo, filling out a power trio, Quiint indeed may be your Huckleberry teamed with a nice drive/distortion and modulation/delay/reverb selection this could most certainly rock your world. In the past I have used an Akai uniBass for the Octave Up + Fifth and the Quint does this quite nicely adding the lower octave for a plus and it does track down to low E.
I plan to be doing a folky prog trio thing with 2 singers a keyboard and percussionist with me pulling down the string parts (forbidden to do vox but they do like my lyrix). Edit I have been asked to add some "acoustic" interludes to some existing pieces and improvised a couple of pieces, on play back they did not sound like something played on electric bass at all - amazing.
Caveat - this pedal is currently being marked down, possibly discontinued or a new version coming out. Further TRex declared bankruptcy in March 2019 and i have seen no further news. I got the last one from Sweetwater and could not get any gossip from my sales rep.
Design & Construction is as you would expect top notch, controls are well laid out, knobs are easy to read and there are no hidden menus or controls so what you see is what you get, easy to change on the fly. There are 4 knobs Oct up, oct down, fifth up and mix and a bypass switch, top jacks with a side power jack. Side power is my only issue-Baaah
Tracking is fast and accurate, it tracks from open E all the way up to hi G on my bass and i did not notice any lag or latency with low notes of chords. Edit Quint follows nuances like trills, slides, glisses, bends nicely without glitching or dropping out as other octavers do.
Tuning is spot on and pleasing to the ear, none of that digital 'bitterness' so common with a lot of algorithms. Even the low notes were pitch detailed all the way to low E nice for adding a touch of phatness, unlike other octavers that tend to mush those notes.
Tones are broad changing basses, [guitars], pickup selection and tonal changes are translated through the algorithm as well making this a really versatile octave machine. The Octave and Fifth up are wonderous and sweet with an electric acoustic timber that will sit nicely in any mix and respond well with effects. The Octave Down while not that synthy sound making it an OC2 Killer it does add a nice fillingness for riffing up an octave making it not sound so empty, good for funking or jazz but certainly not enough for rock or doomers.
Quint plays well with other effects analog and digital I tried many pedals in my collection trying to throw it a curve and nothing really cried foul ymmv. It sounds great with all my drives analog and digital without unwanted noise or artifact. Envelope followers work well with the dynamic range and I got really phat synth goodness with both analog and digital devices. Modulation, delays and reverbs were trouble free as well.
For those looking to do the bass drum power duo, filling out a power trio, Quiint indeed may be your Huckleberry teamed with a nice drive/distortion and modulation/delay/reverb selection this could most certainly rock your world. In the past I have used an Akai uniBass for the Octave Up + Fifth and the Quint does this quite nicely adding the lower octave for a plus and it does track down to low E.
I plan to be doing a folky prog trio thing with 2 singers a keyboard and percussionist with me pulling down the string parts (forbidden to do vox but they do like my lyrix). Edit I have been asked to add some "acoustic" interludes to some existing pieces and improvised a couple of pieces, on play back they did not sound like something played on electric bass at all - amazing.
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