Octave up....

tom sharp

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I'm looking for a bit of advice...

I'm trying to find an octave pedal to use with my bass set up.
The aim is to find something that will track up from very low notes (drop c)
I currently play through two different amps - one clean the other distorted and I wanted to use an octave pedal to bring in while the guitarist goes off on one....

Any ideas would be much appreciated!

Tom
 
I use the micro pog and only go as low as drop d, but I've never noticed any tracking problems.

The thing about these digital polyphonic octave pedals is that they don't really track in the sense of an analog octave down. They just run an algorithm to somehow double the frequency of your entire signal and as I understand it this algorithm would be the same no matter what the input signal is like. I run mine after od and it still seems to "track" just fine.

My last tip is to run it after any compression if you want to use the octave up as a boost. Running it before commission seemed to make it weaken my lows, which makes sense I guess.
 
I use the micro pog and only go as low as drop d, but I've never noticed any tracking problems.

The thing about these digital polyphonic octave pedals is that they don't really track in the sense of an analog octave down. They just run an algorithm to somehow double the frequency of your entire signal and as I understand it this algorithm would be the same no matter what the input signal is like. I run mine after od and it still seems to "track" just fine.

My last tip is to run it after any compression if you want to use the octave up as a boost. Running it before commission seemed to make it weaken my lows, which makes sense I guess.
Thanks, that's really helpful.

Tom
 
You might also look at the TC Electronics Sub'n' Up. It works well for me. Nice octave up and down, and two octave down (no use on bass, really). The Tone Print feature adds versitility and has some practical and fun uploads -- a credible organ sound is one. I imagine you can edit your own Tone Print as well.
 
I've tried a few pedals for octave up, the only one that I really liked was the Eventide PitchFactor. I imagine the newer H9 would be similarly great. TC Sub n up was barely ok to me, but a lot of TB'ers really like it. Not sure how to describe the difference, tracking was good on both but something about the sound of the TC just didn't float my boat. M5 I'd put in the same category as the TC. The little Boss harmonizer pedal (sorry, don't remember the name of it) on the other hand was unusable for what I wanted.

Not exactly a pedal, and the special pickup requirement is a pain in the arse, but the V-Bass has a great octave up which to my ear is as good as the Eventide. In fact I was so happy to get an equivalent sound from the Eventide without the hex pickup and special cable, that was the last I ever used my V-Bass...
 
You might also look at the TC Electronics Sub'n' Up. It works well for me. Nice octave up and down, and two octave down (no use on bass, really). The Tone Print feature adds versitility and has some practical and fun uploads -- a credible organ sound is one. I imagine you can edit your own Tone Print as well.

i love the organ sound i get from my tc sup n up. so much fun. crank up the octave up and you kind of get a wurlitzer sound. the polyphonic mode tracks superbly.
 
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Agree. Just bought one from a fellow TBer this week. Does octave up and much more.
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I bought the PF, Micro Pog and now POG2 within 4 months to do the same thing as you OP. I'm not running separate amps yet I just use a blend pedal. The POG2 is worth the extra features and put a nice fuzz pedal after it for a good fake guitar tone.
 
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