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Alanfc

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that I can't find any talk on it

 

OCTAVER pedal

 

in the FX Loop or Upfront.?

 

I only go straight into amp now.,,,,

 

if I'm smart about the low notes and all,

will an Octave pedal will work OK the loop ?

Or will it just suck ...

 

what do you do with yours?

 

I haven't bought one yet

 

thanks

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Originally posted by GuyaGuy

+1

up front for best tracking.


here's MY octave pedal question:

why buy an octave pedal when you can get a pitchshifter that does the same and so much more? just curious...

 

 

 

+1 on the placement

 

 

Octave pedals use a different circuit than a pitchshifter and therefore sound different. Also octave pedals tend to be a lot cheaper. If all you want is an octave or 2 octaves down you can save quite a bit of money.

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Originally posted by GuyaGuy


here's MY octave pedal question:

why buy an octave pedal when you can get a pitchshifter that does the same and so much more? just curious...



Tonally, a harmonic octave pedal has a way of "ghosting" and trailing that a Pitch Shifter doesn't do. A pitch shifter is handy for getting an octave sound anywhere on the neck, but with a Octave Fuzz style pedal, the octave has to be coaxed and sounds more natural. :wave:

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Originally posted by ermghoti II

I just bought a PS-5 pedal, still learning it's subtlties, but for the best parallel-harmony type effect, it needs to be in a loop, or at least post-distortion. However, it sounds more authentic octave-pedally in front of the gain effects.

 

 

aha !

 

one vote for pitch shifter

good/thanks

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Originally posted by Alanfc

aha !


one vote for pitch shifter

good/thanks



hey hey wait,

the effect from Trevor Rabin at the beginning of 'Owner of a Lonely Heart', that crazy run he does....

this is a pitch shifter, harmonizer ??

:idea:

THATS what I want

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Originally posted by GuyaGuy

+1

up front for best tracking.


here's MY octave pedal question:

why buy an octave pedal when you can get a pitchshifter that does the same and so much more? just curious...

 

 

It isn't the same thing at all.

 

Pitch shifters and whammy pedals are digital, consistent and produce a sound much like what went in.

 

Octavers are be sick things.

 

Ron

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