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Octave up octave

#27
OzzyGreg said:
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I bought a MicroPOG off a TB'er a few weeks ago. My first octave up effects pedal.
I can't recommend these things enough, they're awesome!
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Same here ! I've waited a long time to get the Micro POG, but when I finally got it some weeks ago and plugged it with the rest of my setting, I realized it was worth every single penny I spent on it !
 
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#29
Just this week, I spent an hour or so comparing the Micro Pog and the Pitchfork. The Pitchfork came out the clear winner for me. The octave notes were cleaner and the tracking excellent. $50 less, too. The Pog family does allow for fine tuning the octave-up and octave-down volumes -- unnecessary if you're using only octave up. Of course, YMMV.
 
#30
I have a micro POG but use only the octave down. I found the ocave up is a bit slow to kick in. If you play a fast lick, it's quite noticeable that there's a difference between the original signal and the octave up (timing-wise).
Probably the same timing difference in the octave down, but there it's likely just less noticable because - well - it's an octave down :)

Love the octave down on the micro POG though.. Really like how it "fattens" the sound. We play rock with only one guitar player and it works well in filling stuff out.

Regards
Mark
 
#31
quincy_j_clomo said:
not to hijack the thread here, but has anyone noticed a volume drop when using the pog2? tried out my friend's and was really digging the sounds i got from it, but even with the dry signal all the way up there was enough of a volume drop between effect and bypass to make it not usable for my purposes.
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No way. Ive been using the POG2 for a couple years now and if anything I get volume spikes. I mean, it all depends on how you set it and how you play, but most times, I have no issues with a volume drop.

There had to have been something wrong with your friends POG2 man. I once tried it as a boost. While it wont work that way very well, with everything else off and diming the dry signal, I did get a little bit of a boost still. Not much, but it most def was not quieter or less than my dry signal. No way son! ;)
 
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Ill also add, if you have the room, I would go POG2 over the micro any day. The 2 can do so much more and sounds aweosme. Is it a pure analogue octave? Nope. But that isnt what it was built for. Its its own beast. I use the OC2 and POG2 on my board as well as the BWhamm on a sister board and I use all of them for different things at different times for different reasons and Im glad I have all them. I took the POG2 off for a while and recently put it back on and I realized how much I missed it. What an awesome asset to any bassist board. It just rocks. Its not for everyone, but I really enjoy it. Hate its size, but hey, what can you do?!
 
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FWIW, this thread reminded me to give some renewed attention to my "Tender", and yes, the octave-up on this is pretty nice. I don't have much to compare to, but I did compare to one of the pitch-shifting effects on my Line-6 M5. The M5 has the advantage of the expression-pedal, but once you get to a straight octave-up the "Tender" sounds way better.

One does wonder when someone will come up with an octave effect that actually does sound more like your own guitar played an octave-up (or down). I wonder if anyone tried to do this using bass-to-midi hooked to a real guitar sample-player...
 
#34
TOOL460002 said:
+1 Digitech Bass Whammy. It truly is the best, as far as sound and settings. It is a bit big and I dont like the power requirements, but its sounds amazing (huge difference between that and other digitech pedals; the xp-100 was so bad I gave it away). I also have an EHX HOG, and would take the whammy over that. Ive also got a Boss PS-3 and a ZVex Johnny Octave. Both are smaller with easy power requirements, which is why I got them. The two octave up setting on the ZVex isn't great, but if you are just gonna throw some dirt and an octave on it, you wouldn't notice the signal breakup. But the ZVex is pricey, even used. Personally, I would make space for the digitech. Used, its likely the cheapest of the four I got, and it just plain sounds the best. That's my takeaway from what I've got or used.
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+1 for the whammy- I have a buddy who used one to great effect when soloing on his 6er. *way too high for my tastes, but he is an incredible soloist*

Check out Doug Wimbush's playing on the first "Jungle Funk" album- he gets some incredible sounds with the Digitech Whammy and an wide assortment of stomps.
 
#37
I've had the new bass whammy, nano pog, and line 6 m5 which can also do an octave up. I do think an octave up is good for a couple things, mainly imitating a 8 string and running before fuzz. I'm still wanting to try the mosaic and pitchfork but it's not that big of a priority. I honestly haven't found an octave up to be very useful for me in my band, it's a cool sound though and can definetly see people doing cool stuff with it.

Probably the most useful thing I've done with an octave up was using the boss ls-2 as a blend with the nano pog going into a tech 21 gt2 for that royal blood type of vibe. That was a cool sound but lately I've preferred just using a big muff by itself to fill out the sound when my guitarist plays certain clean parts and lead parts. More of a muse type of vibe. Where when I was using the nano pog combo it was literally faking a second guitar. If you specifically want an 8 string sound just look for a used 8 string. The ESP one is decent and it's super cheap
 
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