It does synthy octave down in oscillation mode. If you set it right (not very hard to do) and maybe roll off guitar volume a bit the oscillation follows what you play and you have octave down/bass sim. If you set it optimally it can be pretty stable on lower strings too.
Edit: Forgot to mention this is just the normal AB-Synth with four knobs.
never fooled with a "normal" octave down pedal, but as far as fucked up and fuzzy ones go(out of all the ones I've tried) Phantom Octave/Arcade EHX Microsynth Mellowtone Mini Wolf CPU Blue Box Devi Disaster Fuzz Would love to try: EHX Octave Multiplexor Pollyanna Subdecay Octa Synth probably a few others
Although I have been borrowing Behndy's Bit Commander, and it is mighty mighty fun for teh synthies. And I love my EHX Bass Microsynth (even if it's broken at the moment).
Also, for glitchy, muddy octave down (which I do actually enjoy quite a bit), I enjoy the Dano Chili Dog. Can't track for crap, which can actually make for some fun unintended textures & discoveries.
MXR m288 Pearl octaver (currently building one yay!) FH ABsynth MXR blooooobox Infanem harmony synth (2nd voice is cool too) Guyatone mo3 (like the 3rd pedal I owned and didn't have a taste or the gear for it, but now it would be cool of course) Mellowtone wolf comp
Birthday Boy wrote:It does synthy octave down in oscillation mode. If you set it right (not very hard to do) and maybe roll off guitar volume a bit the oscillation follows what you play and you have octave down/bass sim. If you set it optimally it can be pretty stable on lower strings too. Edit: Forgot to mention this is just the normal AB-Synth with four knobs.
5k is the same! But the added gain control allows me to use it as a bass od if I want...and as of yesterday I have 2! Hah
Jero wrote:MXR m288 Pearl octaver (currently building one yay!) FH ABsynth MXR blooooobox Infanem harmony synth (2nd voice is cool too) Guyatone mo3 (like the 3rd pedal I owned and didn't have a taste or the gear for it, but now it would be cool of course) Mellowtone wolf comp
Birthday Boy wrote:It does synthy octave down in oscillation mode. If you set it right (not very hard to do) and maybe roll off guitar volume a bit the oscillation follows what you play and you have octave down/bass sim. If you set it optimally it can be pretty stable on lower strings too. Edit: Forgot to mention this is just the normal AB-Synth with four knobs.
5k is the same! But the added gain control allows me to use it as a bass od if I want...and as of yesterday I have 2! Hah
Oh, bad wording on my part. I meant that even if mine was "only" 4k it could do that too (since he asked if it was a custom one).
And also, what fuzz takes your octave down pedals best? For instance my Bass Big Muff seems to do pretty much nothing cool with my OC-2 in front of it, it only seems there is a little more bass in the signal in most settings..
My homemade bazz fuss on the other hand with the OC-2 in front creates some really nasty big synth sounds!
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