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Synth pedal with polyphonic tracking?

Hi,
I was using a synth sound for one song of one of my band's last season's live set.
I was running comp->octave->fuzz->envelope filter, plus a looper pedal to kick in all these effects at once.

Which more or less meant that I used four pedals for the second half of one song and nothing else, so when I renovated my board, I ditched them.

But I miss that sound.

So I'm looking for a synth pedal. But i'd like one that tracks whatever I play.

The Digitech Dirty Robot seems to fit the bill - but somehow my gut tells me that pedal is not the right one for me. Are there alternatives?
 
Boss SY-300 and EHX Synth9 are polyphonic. Some people don’t love the Boss sounds, but I think good sounds are in there. The Synth9 is polyphonic but only goes down to the open A or so.
 
Are you sure you really need it to be polyphonic? Or just that it tracks well? Are you really doing chords?
I am doing chords, but that really depends on the output of the pedal.
I really need one that can take some abuse in the department of 'Feeding clean, pure notes'. I owned a Mothership and two analoge octavers that I ended up selling because the tracking was too glitchy to use 100% wet signals - at least for me.
 
I am doing chords, but that really depends on the output of the pedal.
I really need one that can take some abuse in the department of 'Feeding clean, pure notes'. I owned a Mothership and two analoge octavers that I ended up selling because the tracking was too glitchy to use 100% wet signals - at least for me.

It often is.

The Panda Audio Future Impact is about as good of a bass synth out there. A few flaws but impeccable sound
 
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