What weird feature would your perfect octaver have?

[Nephilymbass]

Been thinking about this today. With a few new octave pedals coming out like the OC-5 and the newest edition of the ebs octabass. What would I want from what I would consider the perfect octave down pedal. And oddly enough I think it would be something no one is actually doing. I want two octave sounds and an effects loop. Because I’m constantly battling with the decision between synthy oc-2 like octave before my dirt and a cleaner fat Ebs style octave after my dirt. Would be really cool if an octave had an effects loop that I could put my dirt in and have different routing options like

100% Synthy wet octave into dirt
50/50 cleaner octave after dirt

but still have ability to use the dirt without the octave. Because if have to have additional dirt pedals I might as well have two octave pedals on my board.

 

[lz4005]

My perfect octaver would be in a whammy pedal style housing with the expression pedal controlling the wet/dry mix.

 

[GMC]

My perfect analogue octaver is a tiny 1590a enclosure. OC-2 clone 'tronics. Two knobs and two on/off switches. Oct -1 level, Dry level. On / Off master (with try bypass) and on/off wet (so I can stomp the wet signal on/off, leaving the pure synth dry). Job done...powered by a 9v.

 

[knumbskull]

Filter based eq control on the octave down signal

 

[Groove Doctor]

My perfect octaver would be in a whammy pedal style housing with the expression pedal controlling the wet/dry mix.

This. The blend that’s right on one song is wrong for another song. I would use it much more if I could dial in exactly the amount I needed as I played.

 

[Groove Doctor]

Filter based eq control on the octave down signal

I think Aguilar has tone control for both dry and -1 Oct signals. One has tilt EQ, the other a LPF (IIRC).

 

[NinjaPyrate]

Filter based eq control on the octave down signal

Agreed - I'm not a fan of most of the octave tones that I've heard and want a lot more control. I was looking for more of a hip hop 808 tone and for now have settled on the Sub n Up for the various toneprint options (currently using the Smooth Bass).

 

[mambo4]

other intervals

 

[fourstr00]

A synth tone at pitch in addition to -1 and -2

 

[Bob_Ross]

Filter based eq control on the octave down signal

Came in to post something very similar to ^^^this: What I would really like is a voltage-controlled filter modulated by a pitch-detection circuit on the octave down signal*. That way you could have, for example, a narrow bell curve with a passband of ~1 octave around the octave down signal that was always centered on the frequency of the note being produced by the octave down effect.


*Edit: Just to clarify, the pitch-detection circuit would be tracking the actual pitch played on the bass, not the pitch of the 8vb effect.

 

[Bob_Ross]

other intervals

...and the ability to select between pitch shifting and frequency shifting.

 

[Jakeman]

My dream octaver would be pretty simple. Small footprint, sub-only switch, a solid and expansive tone control, and a switchable tone shaper.... Oh wait...

 

[Honkey tonk]

Coppersound Pedals and Jack White collaborate on new Triplegraph octave pedal - gearnews.com
Not sure how this puppy fares on bass but looks interesting none the less

 

[Jeff Hughes]

Having a hold feature so you could play a note, or chord possibly, and then push the pedal down to eternally sustain the note. That would be rad.

 

[TheLowDown33]

Good thread topic. Besides sounding great with excellent tracking, I'd like filtering EQ on both the input and dry signal, and a favorite switch (or some sort of way to on the fly toggle between two discreet settings). Pretty much a cross between the Aguilar octamizer and the 3leaf Octabvre.

I'm currently using the Source Audio C4, so thankfully I can have my cake and eat it too.

 

[Eddie LeBlanc]

Uhhhh... how about dual miniature dancers on each side of the pedal. Now that's a couple of octaves.... LOL

 

[jbybj]

My perfect Octaver would be able to remotely induce lethal brain aneurysms, with extreme precision.

 

[bolophonic]

My ideal octave pedal would include the ability to control or mute the volume of the guitarist.

 

[Killing Floor]

I got you, brother. What's weirder? And also, what's better? (hint, ain't nothing better or weirder)
Fuzz/Octave. And you can place the octave before or after the fuzz. Be cool, fool.

 

[Seashore]

Having a hold feature so you could play a note, or chord possibly, and then push the pedal down to eternally sustain the note. That would be rad.

The EHX Hog pedals do this. It's pretty cool, you can even play over the sustained synth note with your dry tone. Just gotta get the mix right.

Been thinking about this today. With a few new octave pedals coming out like the OC-5 and the newest edition of the ebs octabass. What would I want from what I would consider the perfect octave down pedal. And oddly enough I think it would be something no one is actually doing. I want two octave sounds and an effects loop. Because I’m constantly battling with the decision between synthy oc-2 like octave before my dirt and a cleaner fat Ebs style octave after my dirt. Would be really cool if an octave had an effects loop that I could put my dirt in and have different routing options like

100% Synthy wet octave into dirt
50/50 cleaner octave after dirt

but still have ability to use the dirt without the octave. Because if have to have additional dirt pedals I might as well have two octave pedals on my board.

I was going to say independent outputs for different voices, but the ability to route them independently through an effects loop would be even more flexible, a loop is a great idea.

I took delivery of a Line 6 HX Effects earlier this week, I'm pretty sure I can route separate instances of their synth sounds through different effects to different outputs... Now I have to try it!

 

[Pdaddy1978]

Coppersound Pedals and Jack White collaborate on new Triplegraph octave pedal - gearnews.com
Not sure how this puppy fares on bass but looks interesting none the less

Just watched this being demo'd on YouTube yesterday.
Looks and sounds incredible.... on guitar
Don't know how it would sound on bass
Also looks pricey....