Thinking of getting my hands on an octava - any suggestions? Personal usage experience to pass on? Thanks!
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Recommendations please for Octava
- Thread starter Gus Borden
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- Mar 30, 2007
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Cool, thanks fishtx - will have to check out the clip from home after work - is it a clip with a bass? You own one, I take it?
- Dec 15, 2007
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Eventide PitchFactor.
It has the best tracking out of any pedal I have tried.
(I haven't tried the Aguilar pedal yet, though.)
It has the best tracking out of any pedal I have tried.
(I haven't tried the Aguilar pedal yet, though.)
and will cost me $500 - while I am sure the Eventide is amazing, it is just too expensive for my blood... But thanks - I have to look into the Aguilar.
Are you actually looking for an octave-up fuzz or just a regular sub-octave pedal? The Octavia, the Pitchfactor and the Aguilar Octomizer all do totally different things.
Yea, I realize now that that last post concerning the Aguilar would be confusing.
While I am in the market for a proper octave down, but I know what I want.
What I am looking for is an Octave up that will suit my needs.
I am well aware that analog Oct. Ups are always accompanied by some level of fuzz do to their origins. I would go with a digital octave up, if I could find one that was more natural sounding and didn't cost $400-500. I've owned the POG and POG2, but both are too digital sounding. I am currently in posession (and planning on selling) a Foxrox Octron and Octron2. Nice pedals, but after a longer time playing with both of them, I've found that the Octave Up is a little one dimensional (Even with the trimpots inside) and that the Octave Down does not track the best - which is a shame because functionally (as in when I am playing) the Octron2 has great options.
As a note, this search spawns from my search (obviously still ongoing) to have an octave up w/fuzz to back up my guitarist during solos - one-guitarist band - So I am looking into Octavas as a possible option if I can find the right one.
Thanks, and I hope that clarifies things a bit more.
While I am in the market for a proper octave down, but I know what I want.
What I am looking for is an Octave up that will suit my needs.
I am well aware that analog Oct. Ups are always accompanied by some level of fuzz do to their origins. I would go with a digital octave up, if I could find one that was more natural sounding and didn't cost $400-500. I've owned the POG and POG2, but both are too digital sounding. I am currently in posession (and planning on selling) a Foxrox Octron and Octron2. Nice pedals, but after a longer time playing with both of them, I've found that the Octave Up is a little one dimensional (Even with the trimpots inside) and that the Octave Down does not track the best - which is a shame because functionally (as in when I am playing) the Octron2 has great options.
As a note, this search spawns from my search (obviously still ongoing) to have an octave up w/fuzz to back up my guitarist during solos - one-guitarist band - So I am looking into Octavas as a possible option if I can find the right one.
Thanks, and I hope that clarifies things a bit more.
Just so you know, I've used several Octavia clones on bass, and in general they will cut your low end and won't give you a clear upper octave all over the bass neck. They really do work much better on guitar for that. That doesn't stop me from using them, but I use them for a different purpose than what you have described.
What worked better for the purpose you describe is the Prescription Electronics Clean Octave Blend. With it's clean blend and overall volume control that is capable of enough boost you can retain your clean signal and add octave to it.
For an even more pronounced upper octave effect, a Foxx Tone Machine clone of some sort is a good bet on bass in my experience with them. I like the Prescription Electronics Experience and the Homebrew Electronics Ultimate Fuzz Octave. The UFO is pretty reasonably priced and works very well on bass, but it is reverse polarity grounded so it won't work with most other pedals in a daisy chain that doesn't have isolated power outputs.
What worked better for the purpose you describe is the Prescription Electronics Clean Octave Blend. With it's clean blend and overall volume control that is capable of enough boost you can retain your clean signal and add octave to it.
For an even more pronounced upper octave effect, a Foxx Tone Machine clone of some sort is a good bet on bass in my experience with them. I like the Prescription Electronics Experience and the Homebrew Electronics Ultimate Fuzz Octave. The UFO is pretty reasonably priced and works very well on bass, but it is reverse polarity grounded so it won't work with most other pedals in a daisy chain that doesn't have isolated power outputs.
Thanks Mark!
So the UFO would need to plug into something like a T-Rex Fuel Tank for power? Will have to look into that one, as well as the P.E. Experience.
So the UFO would need to plug into something like a T-Rex Fuel Tank for power? Will have to look into that one, as well as the P.E. Experience.
Fuel Tank Jr., maybe, but the regular Fuel Tank is a daisy chain in a box--you'll need isolated outlets (Pedal Power II, Fuel Tank Jr., BBE Supa Charger, et cetera).
Yeah, I know the Fuel Tank Jr. has isolated outputs. Or the Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 does.
I've done soundclips of both of those pedals on this forum, but when I did the octave on the UFO I was going for something a little different than you describe. I'll have to see if I can dig up those old clips (though I'm pretty sure the UFO clips are still sitting around in a thread on this forum).
The UFO and Experience sound very similar to eachother as I think they're both based on the Foxx Tone Machine, the major differences are in price of course and the Experience (at least the one I had) is daisy chain friendly if that is a factor for you.
I've done soundclips of both of those pedals on this forum, but when I did the octave on the UFO I was going for something a little different than you describe. I'll have to see if I can dig up those old clips (though I'm pretty sure the UFO clips are still sitting around in a thread on this forum).
The UFO and Experience sound very similar to eachother as I think they're both based on the Foxx Tone Machine, the major differences are in price of course and the Experience (at least the one I had) is daisy chain friendly if that is a factor for you.
If you have those clips floating, even if they aren't exactly what I am looking to use it for, still would be a help to hear it on bass.
So the daisy chain friendly issue - is that solved running it through my Fuel Tank Jr (isolated outputs)? OR still presents a problem? B/C the price difference is very considerable, I must say - if I could I'd go with the UFO.
Tx.
So the daisy chain friendly issue - is that solved running it through my Fuel Tank Jr (isolated outputs)? OR still presents a problem? B/C the price difference is very considerable, I must say - if I could I'd go with the UFO.
Tx.
Yes the UFO will work flawlessly with a Fuel Tank Jr. That's what I use to power mine along with other pedals.
Here's the soundclips:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=533809
There's also plenty of room to dial back the Fuzz with the octave on than what I showed with the octave, and in my experience the octave sounds very clearly to my ears down to a low E and beyond. The only other concern I would have for you is that I'm not sure how this would sound with an active bass or with a buffer in front of it in the chain if you'd be planning on using it with an active bass or with other buffered bypass pedals in front of it as I haven't tried that. Some vintage styled effects don't like buffers in front of them.
Here's the soundclips:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=533809
There's also plenty of room to dial back the Fuzz with the octave on than what I showed with the octave, and in my experience the octave sounds very clearly to my ears down to a low E and beyond. The only other concern I would have for you is that I'm not sure how this would sound with an active bass or with a buffer in front of it in the chain if you'd be planning on using it with an active bass or with other buffered bypass pedals in front of it as I haven't tried that. Some vintage styled effects don't like buffers in front of them.
I have a Micro POG, and the tracking is absolutely perfect. I prefer my EBS though, for octave down (which is all it can do) it sounds much, much better and fatter to my ear.
Even if the octave up on the Micro POG sounds like the speaker sits inside a tin can, it is still a cool pedal IMO.
Even if the octave up on the Micro POG sounds like the speaker sits inside a tin can, it is still a cool pedal IMO.
Black Cat Bass Octave fuzz ins a Brassmaster Clone. The issue is the octave isn't adjustable but the fuzz is brutal.
I am in the midst of a pedal called The Goose by Taking Flight Pedals. It has 6 different fuzzes, including a gated one, and an adjustable octave up as well as a wet/dry mix. There is a thread regarding it here that I stared, but I haven't got to hear it on bass yet, as I have to get my rig hooked up.
I am in the midst of a pedal called The Goose by Taking Flight Pedals. It has 6 different fuzzes, including a gated one, and an adjustable octave up as well as a wet/dry mix. There is a thread regarding it here that I stared, but I haven't got to hear it on bass yet, as I have to get my rig hooked up.
