Micro pog for sure, got Akai Unibass, sounds great (especially before a good OD), but absolutely monophonic.
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Question about up octavers!
- Thread starter Guimdonatron
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I'm pretty sure the Gojira's up octave isn't particularly clean. In looking around I think it is a clone of the Pearl Octaver. As it's all analog. There's pretty much no way for the up octave to be clean without being digital.
loving this thread
amongst some of the options i utilise, i split my signal straight from the bass- been using either a boss tu-2 or hao rust ride; i send the dry through one board (mostly different stages of gain), the other through some other stuff delays, pitch shifters, reverbs and the like both signals get their own amp. works really well as each side has some of the qualities focused on in the other- the clean/dirt side has some delay whilst the delay/pitching/'verb side has some fur. i'm using little amps and smallish cabs but getting closer and closer to the sound i hear in my head with no need for extra volume.
with regards to tracking and pitch shifting- i use boss' hr-2, ps-2, ps-3, ps-5 and oc-2. personally they all have 'idiosyncrasies' that one loves or otherwise in my case i love them! part of this is just me being ornery part of this is me valuing the tone. if i understood Guimdonatron's idea he wanted 'up'- there's a part of my musical imagination that could not comprehend how that's plausible without artefacts that indicate their synthesised origins; a bass is a bass but to make it sound otherwise is to mess with the origins. maybe the v-bass stuff is an option? the flamming, the warbles, the glitchiness all work for me right now and in many of the situations i play in. but of course this is a personal tone quest! so many good things can come of it though!
amongst some of the options i utilise, i split my signal straight from the bass- been using either a boss tu-2 or hao rust ride; i send the dry through one board (mostly different stages of gain), the other through some other stuff delays, pitch shifters, reverbs and the like both signals get their own amp. works really well as each side has some of the qualities focused on in the other- the clean/dirt side has some delay whilst the delay/pitching/'verb side has some fur. i'm using little amps and smallish cabs but getting closer and closer to the sound i hear in my head with no need for extra volume.
with regards to tracking and pitch shifting- i use boss' hr-2, ps-2, ps-3, ps-5 and oc-2. personally they all have 'idiosyncrasies' that one loves or otherwise in my case i love them! part of this is just me being ornery part of this is me valuing the tone. if i understood Guimdonatron's idea he wanted 'up'- there's a part of my musical imagination that could not comprehend how that's plausible without artefacts that indicate their synthesised origins; a bass is a bass but to make it sound otherwise is to mess with the origins. maybe the v-bass stuff is an option? the flamming, the warbles, the glitchiness all work for me right now and in many of the situations i play in. but of course this is a personal tone quest! so many good things can come of it though!
i currently use a boss ps5 ... and its quirky really. i do not use it play lines the 2nd guitar player plays, because the transposition is shaky/moody. i love it though, and i use it ala tom morello on some intros or opening/soundcheck stuff.
the digitech whammy pedal, now, its not exactly organic, but the octave up there is clean. i used to play Enter Sandman on it with a fuzz, and it could fool people into thinking it was a guitar.
the digitech whammy pedal, now, its not exactly organic, but the octave up there is clean. i used to play Enter Sandman on it with a fuzz, and it could fool people into thinking it was a guitar.
Well, since you're splitting the signal, you could get a pUrPle OCTopus, but since it uses a 4-diode full-wave rectifier it puts out a distorted sound (as shown by the only YouTube video of it with a bass).
Maybe it's what you want, maybe not.
If you're a DIY fanatic, I have a diagram for one too, where a pot could be placed at the gain stage to reduce power thru the diodes and therefore reduce the distortion (have yet to test that theory).
Edit: Here's the vid!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86F0pkJO8XU
Maybe it's what you want, maybe not.
If you're a DIY fanatic, I have a diagram for one too, where a pot could be placed at the gain stage to reduce power thru the diodes and therefore reduce the distortion (have yet to test that theory).
Edit: Here's the vid!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86F0pkJO8XU
LMAO! The guy in this video is an old friend of mine! We went to Berklee together in the late 80's
I have tried the octave Up with the PS5 & the GT10B & the tracking is not even close to the Micro Pog.
Also the Boss high octave kind of warbles ... def not as solid as the Micro Pog.
In all fairness the Micro Pog can be made to sound odd too if you add to much high octave but I have never had the tracking muck up ever.
Also the Boss high octave kind of warbles ... def not as solid as the Micro Pog.
In all fairness the Micro Pog can be made to sound odd too if you add to much high octave but I have never had the tracking muck up ever.
Ive been playing around with stuff like this.
I've got my signal run into the ehx enigma pedal, effect out goes to bass amp, dry out runs to a volume pedal. I take the dry out, run it into an ehx epitome where its boosted up an octave. Then, the octave up signal is then sent through other effects(including a peak compressor) out to my fender blues Jr.
Its very versatile with the volume pedal in front. You can slowly bring in the ambience created by the epitome. Its great for my 3 piece band.
I tried an a-b-y pedal so I could actually shut the signal to the bass amp off and just use the guitar amp at an octave up, but then I remembered I was a bass player.
I've got my signal run into the ehx enigma pedal, effect out goes to bass amp, dry out runs to a volume pedal. I take the dry out, run it into an ehx epitome where its boosted up an octave. Then, the octave up signal is then sent through other effects(including a peak compressor) out to my fender blues Jr.
Its very versatile with the volume pedal in front. You can slowly bring in the ambience created by the epitome. Its great for my 3 piece band.
I tried an a-b-y pedal so I could actually shut the signal to the bass amp off and just use the guitar amp at an octave up, but then I remembered I was a bass player.
"I tried an a-b-y pedal so I could actually shut the signal to the bass amp off and just use the guitar amp at an octave up, but then I remembered I was a bass player."- mikal
+11!
hahaha!
nicely put!
+11!
hahaha!
nicely put!
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