What is your favorite octave down pedal?

[Mudfuzz]

FoxRox Octron

Isn't there volume drop though? I never bothered because that's what people were saying.

[Ilikewater]

It should be said the Robot Devil tracks super well and does synth/fuzz octave sounds. It tracked below the 5th on my baritone. 2 octaves was a bit harder, but still a bad ass octave pedal. Loud as fuck, too.

[devnulljp]

The old Colorsound is cool, I like the EHX Octave Multiplexer, but Boss OC3 is really useful -- I like being able to run the bass out separately into a proper bass amp, it's cool to be able to put just the bass through an envelope filter too. I like the poly mode.
Just wish I could put fuzz on the guitar after it but the buffer kills it.

[theavondon]

The old Colorsound is cool, I like the EHX Octave Multiplexer, but Boss OC3 is really useful -- I like being able to run the bass out separately into a proper bass amp, it's cool to be able to put just the bass through an envelope filter too. I like the poly mode.
Just wish I could put fuzz on the guitar after it but the buffer kills it.

Maybe like...rig up a box with a volume pot to like...mess with the impedance after the OC3?

Or maybe, it's two in the morning, and I'm fucking delirious and like 3/4s 'tarded.

[sylnau]

FoxRox Octron

Isn't there volume drop though? I never bothered because that's what people were saying.

Not realy if you compensate with the direct knob.
But, I need something similar with a stronger octave down that track well and a ring mod kind of octave up (still searching).

[Bassus Sanguinis]

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!

That's possibly because of the BOSS buffer. Fuzzes can be VERY picky what buffer You can put in front of them, if any, to get the best out of them.

So?

Boss OC3 is really useful -- I like being able to run the bass out separately into a proper bass amp, it's cool to be able to put just the bass through an envelope filter too. I like the poly mode.
Just wish I could put fuzz on the guitar after it but the buffer kills it.

See?

Also, scooped fuzz and octave down can be too much low end for many pedals to handle and pass through. Try Octave up fuzz after the octave down or if You're not that uptight with the octave tracking place the fuzz in front of the octave pedal.

[coldbrightsunlight]

I really love the sound of fuzz before octave down, it's just nastier and glitches out more, so when I run my octave down I have one fuzz before and one after.

[Toonster]

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!

That's possibly because of the BOSS buffer. Fuzzes can be VERY picky what buffer You can put in front of them, if any, to get the best out of them.

But that buffer is always active even when the pedal is bypassed right? It doesn't seem to have any problems with it bypassed..

[King Rat]

i just have a tonne of fun with an old boss oc-2

not saying its the best, but its my fave.

[DarkAxel]

Guys... if i were to get a simple octave down pedal for putting it after my fuzzes to get that synthy funk sound of the 70'... would a Octave Multiplexer do the job? Would it fuck up the fuzz tone? Would it be way awesome? it's basically the cheapest thing i can get (used it goes well cheap) and i don't think i'd use it that much to buy something more expensive...

[univalve]

Hmm, these octave pedals work normaly better more in the beginning of the chain. I always put The fuzz behind it - does it better for me.

[DarkAxel]

might work better... but would Octave Multiplexer be a good introduction to octavers? used for this kind of stuff?

[Moustache_Bash]

DOD Meatbox
EBS Octabass
TGD
TBD
AB-Synth

the Bluebox and the Robot Devil have been on my acquisition list for far too long

Tell me how do you like the EBS pedal?

[Bassus Sanguinis]

DOD Meatbox
EBS Octabass
TGD
TBD
AB-Synth

the Bluebox and the Robot Devil have been on my acquisition list for far too long

Tell me how do you like the EBS pedal?

A really good, clean octave down pedal. Sounds like thundering balls of pagan gods, shaven clean for Christian virgins to suck.

Tracks like an mofo down to bass A, goes even lower though undefined. And works with even more uptempo slap bass if one is into that... Doesn't kill treblz as bad as some others and has a nice low mid growl to the sub octave.

freak Fuzz pedals doesn't really like it in front of them, oscillating fuzz pedals end up sounding... flat. A low octave into fuzz is heavy enough on its own to get the attention After fuzz doesn't track a shit and didn't have the headroom for TGD on full steam so not in active use.

might work better... but would Octave Multiplexer be a good introduction to octavers? used for this kind of stuff?

I think its just great for guitar, my friend used to use it and replaced with the Boss OC-2. The low octave wasn't very prominent. Nothing a bit EQ tweaking wouldn't fix.

Oh, and it wasn't tracking shit if the riff tempo wasn't just right. Too fast or too slow and it was pure low end mudfest at war with the bass guitar. Might have been my friends skills, though.

[Mudfuzz]

FoxRox Octron

Isn't there volume drop though? I never bothered because that's what people were saying.

Not realy if you compensate with the direct knob.
But, I need something similar with a stronger octave down that track well and a ring mod kind of octave up (still searching).

Ah I see... it's like a OC-2... Well I can tell you that a Mutron might work for you... They do sound great, I just don't find them to be $600+ great is all...