Favorite octave device (UP/DOWN/OTHERWISE)?

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Favorite octave device (UP/DOWN/OTHERWISE)?

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I was playing Catalinbread Perseus the other day. (Which I think sounds pretty tasty.)

What octave device is better/worse/overlooked?
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I don't know how it compares, but I really enjoy the fOXX tone machine, also the creepy fingers pink elephant. the infanem analogue harmony synth is full of neat too, but that might be other level octave device.
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Octave fuzz: foxx tone machine
Digital octave: whammy v
Analog octave: mi pollyanna
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My LaoWiz FTM clone with footswitchable octave is killer, goes really nuts and in your face but retains a nice low end thickness.

Infanem Second Voice is uniquely awesome, unlike anything I've ever owned.

ss/bs Buzzz is fantastic too. Tons of different sounds and settings, great on guitar or bass, feature heavy with a simple layout.

The Octasynth gets nuts.

Otherwise I typically pair my POG with whatever fuzz/dirt
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Second Voice is killer.

I have Buzzz waiting for me at home and Im stuck at work. Sad day. I cant wait for some octave action.

Unpleasant Surprise has a nice octave up tucked away in there. The BitQuest seemed to have a pretty decent pitch shifter. Ill find out next week :)
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Blue Box -> Fuzzhugger Upper -> Rainbow Machine was pretty delightful.
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Yeah, the Rainbow Machine makes everything sound awesome.

Love the Octasynth too.

Never tried a Pollyanna. Wanna try that sometime.

Foxx Tone Machine's a classic.

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Just picked up the Bit Commander, liking it so far
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The Upper always sounds great.

Particle does cool octave up things, the mode where the pitch shifted signal has a trem effect is really awesome.
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Octron.

The way that thing stacks with fuzz is straight up delicious.
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My fav octave fuzz is the tone machine

fav octave down is the BMS

fav pitch shifter thang is the Whammy, in the old glitchy mode.
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Bit Commander for me. It would be nice to have more control over the dirt/tone but for how i use it it doesn't really matter. I like having the octave down at 10, dry around 7 and octave up around 3 for phat synthy madness.

For clean octaves though, I liked the Boss PS-6, and the Whammy V was pretty good too.
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Copilot mantis ii.
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