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All,
Been looking at the various octave pedals... Wondering if someone with experience with some could give me a suggestion to look at. I am looking for an octave pedal that will allow for more than a single suboctave, perhaps a sub +1 or +2 others, as well as some interesting tricks that might make it interesting for more industrial/noise type stuff (using guitar and synth at a minimum).

Been looking at the Dwarfcraft Gears, EQD Bit commander, and the EHX POG2. I know there are plenty others, and any input as to the different ones out there would be outstanding.

Thanks!
-S

Octron 2.

Boss OC-2 is a classic octave down pedal. Good for bass & others.

an old 2nd voice comes to mind if you want some really nasty jank
bit commander is great

if you want to try a cheap version of the boss the behringer ultra octave is 25 bucks right now on amazon

HighDeaf1080p wrote:Octron 2.

Octron or Octron 2.

For polyphonic use you need a digital unit, in that case I would get one of the following:
Boss MO-2, PS-3 / PS-5 / PS-6
Digitech Whammy

For the fattest octave, yet monophonic, I would get one of the following:
Boss OC-2 (clean so it pairs well with drive)
MI Audio Pollyanna (fuzzy, one of the fattest and nastiest around, heavier than almost anything else)

PitchFactor or H9 for all the extra cool stuff it can do besides giving you an octave or two down.

Holy shit... a plethora of ideas.

The pitchfactor... I have one, but for some reason it's just not fucking sitting right for me. I dunno, and I'm completely okay with someone saying "it's the user, not the gear" because, yeah, I'm not infallible by any stretch. I found a used Dwarfcraft Gears... (not 'coz I'm cheap, but because I'm still sorta broke) gonna give that a whirl because I'm a rather huge dwarfcraft fanboy. I may post results for anyone who might be interested. Also going to dig into the pitchfactor a little more because of the suggestion, and the feeling that I'm just missing something obvious.

silikon wrote:Holy shit... a plethora of ideas.

The pitchfactor... I have one, but for some reason it's just not fucking sitting right for me. I dunno, and I'm completely okay with someone saying "it's the user, not the gear" because, yeah, I'm not infallible by any stretch. I found a used Dwarfcraft Gears... (not 'coz I'm cheap, but because I'm still sorta broke) gonna give that a whirl because I'm a rather huge dwarfcraft fanboy. I may post results for anyone who might be interested. Also going to dig into the pitchfactor a little more because of the suggestion, and the feeling that I'm just missing something obvious.

Update it to the latest software version and use the pre / post routing to put it both before and after your dirt. Then use a super long USB cable to hook it up to your computer and adjust things via the H9 Control app. By this point you're probably thinking "Yeah, that's a normal thing to have to do with any pedal" but it actually does make things a little easier. Try out the octave effects in the 910 / 949 (910, 949-1, 949-2, modern), octaver, diatonic, and pitchflex modes in both pre and post. Mess with the mix in both pre and post modes to see if lower wet percentages sound better.

I love all the extra features that Eventide has added to these pedals, but they have made the computer interface necessary. Fortunately, you can save all the presets you want and not need the computer again after a mildly annoying preset creation process.

the octron is great if you want analog sounding octaves - the micro pog is essentially the same pedal but the digital rendering of it.

that said the octron or the octron two are both disgusting pedals, best analog sounding octaves i've ever tried. I love that there's no real gain by on them by themselves, they're very clean sounding, but when you hit them with gain they swell everything up. the octron two has that dedicated foot switch for the clean tone too so you can in essence use it as just a clean boost if you wanted, too.

I'm a huge fan of a pitch fork and an expression pedal for all of them danged features, if i ever get the spread again i'd get another.

If you want something with lot's of options like that, a small footprint at a good price I can't recommend Mooer Pure Octave enough

No mension of the pitch factor? That, or the nano pog, would've been on my board...If I didn't think they're way overpriced

If you go the analog route: OC-2.

For clean octave up +1 and +2, I get great tone from the PS5 with a treble/tone cut after it in the chain to mellow it out.
It's also polyphonic enough for me in one of the modes too. I forgot which of the 2, pitch-shifter or harmonist.
Been meaning to try a PS6 to compare it to.
For low -1 octave i'm all about the OC2, but with boosted lows after it in the chain to really make the OC2 sing.

Neither pedal seems to like a boost before it.

Has anyone messed with the MXR bass octave deluxe? Kind of sounds cool for octave downness

Casavettes wrote:Has anyone messed with the MXR bass octave deluxe? Kind of sounds cool for octave downness

Never owned one, but played with them. Sounds good, and better tracking than the oc2 if I rememeber.