Octabvre vs OC2 vs Broughctave vs the world

Where is your tone knob set on the Octabrve?

I've been an OC-2 fan forever. I've got the Octabrve on my board though, for the same reasons you mention. I dig what it does for sure.

I also love the Octamizer. It's got a lot more bass than the OC-2 does. They're sort of in the same ballpark, but not quite.

 

Dump the tone knob all the way to the left (CCW). It's sort of a dual circuit pedal, so anything left of 12:00 is in the OC-2 realm and anything to the right of 12:00 is Mutron.

Do you have the Tim tuning? I had an original Octabvre with the standard tuning and wasn't a fan at all. No low end and I felt the Sub was useless for what I do. I sold it and picked up a Mini which has the Tim tuning and it's exactly what I was hoping for when I read about it.

 

I own the OC-2 and Tim Tuned Octabvre. And I used to own the Broughctave and original Octabvre.

In my opinion, the Tim Tuned Octabvre and Broughctave can each nail the OC-2 but with additional options.

I did not love the original Octabvre. Definitely preferred the OC-2.

I have not tried the Octabvre MKII but I would think it's exactly like the two I've used but in one unit.

 

I've heard that the cog pedals are pretty good at copping an oc2, but I've never tried one.

You could get your oc2 modded for true bypass, I don't know of anyone who specifically does a mod on the oc2 but there's plenty of people who do tbp mods on boss pedals I'm sure you could convince them.

You also might consider buying another one. My two were pretty different, as far as pedals that are supposed to be the same go. The first one was subbier, especially in the mix, but didn't track as well as the second one I got, that is, if memory serves.

 

Came here to write exactly this! Octabvre Mini with the tone all the way left nails it for me. A big plus is the amount of volume on tap too, the OC-2 isn't really loud enough with the octave soloed, but this has crazy amounts of boost available.

I also owned a COG T16 at the same time so I could directly compare. The COG couldn't even come close and to copping that hollow square wave tone. It also felt very flat and compressed next to the spank-you-in-the-face punch of the Octabvre.

 

I've A/B'd my OC2 against my mini Octabvre quite a bit. I generally agree that the OC2 is ever so slightly smoother and the subs have a little extra depth. In a band setting I don't notice the differences at all. In a recording I might prefer the OC2, maybe not. My favorite thing about the Octabvre is that it just has more headroom. On gigs the OC2 could be hard to hear.

 

I made a video comparing the OC-2 and COG T16 (and a POG), I personally think the T16 pretty much nails that OC-2 tone. I start flipping between them at around 5:00



Use headphones!!
Si

 

Haven't tried the Broughton yet. Tried the MXR and didn't like it. Tried the Octavr and found it not bad but still not my cuppa.

Own an old OC-2, and (so far) it's given me everything I've asked it for. I think it sounds marginally better than the OC-3. But I'll also agree with @Coughdrops that, in a band setting at normal stage volumes, the differences between the two wouldn't matter at all.

 

I don't find any issues with the tone suck of the OC-2 to at all. I hear it with some old DOD pedals, but I think the Boss buffers are perfectly fine to me. I have a buffered loop I use as a master loop, but I find the OC-2 totally acceptable. And not only that, dialed in just ride. The Octamizer is great, but almost TOO punchy. OC-2 is just where it needs to be. They got lucky with that one.

And as you as say, YMMV

 

I will be buried with by 3Leaf Octabvre, Wonderlove, and Your'e Doom. Mini Moog bliss baby!

 

Modtone Deep Dive Octave Plus Pedal

(Seriously)

 

Valeton OC-10? Modern clone of the OC-2...

 

Same. No tone suck and I look for such things in a studio with spectrum analyzer. I do run a tu2 in front which is a buffer. That may mitigate the tone suck. But honestly, I don't believe any exists.

 

All Boss pedals have buffers if I recall correctly, but they're good transparent buffers to me. And sometimes I like them better just because sometimes true bypass can have a loud click, depending on the settings.

 

I really dig EBS Octabass. Tracks well and sounds natural to me.

 

My OC-2 (from '89) definitely has tone suck issues. I love the sound, but not the suck. I also have an Aguilar Octamizer, which can sound super close to my OC-2, without the tone suck. When set correctly, I doubt I could tell the difference.