Buy Electro-Harmonix Octave Multiplexer XO PedalElectro-Harmonix Octave Multiplexer XO Pedal Product Description:
- Generates deep, phat bass tones one octave below the notes you play
- Two separate smoothing filters enable you to tailor your sub-octave signal to the exact bass sound you desire
Product Description
Get down! Generates deep, phat bass tones one octave below the notes you play. Two separate smoothing filters enable you to tailor your sub-octave signal to the exact bass sound you desire, separating the Octave Multiplexer from other octave devices. Run your vocals through it and sound just like Ike Turner.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
By Matty D
This is a great little pedal I recently picked up. I use it with my bass rig and a couple other pedals in my chain, and I have to say it really holds its own.While this pedal just does the sub-octave, that is what I need it for. You can EQ your octave sound to go from very clean and bassy to gritty and grumbly. The blend knob is really essential with all bass pedals, and that's no different here. It's really easy to dial in the sound that you're going for. I find these knobs particularly good for foot-use, so it's pretty easy to make on-the-fly adjustments with your toes, if that's your thing. It's got true-bypass, which is always* a plus. This pedal sounds great followed up with nice overdrive too.Keep in mind if you get this pedal that it is monophonic. It uses audio tracking to produce the sub-octave sound. If you are playing chords, or octaves, or power chords, or anything else polyphonic, you'll get a little weirdness. The tracking will catch one note, and then the other. Sometimes, it can even sound kind of cool, but there's really no way of controlling it, and it's probably not what you're going for. With bass, I find that the same effect can be produced on the low string(s) of you bass, so just be aware of that.So yeah. If you're looking to beef up your sound a little, this is a nice cheap option that will really push the subs.
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By Sheepdog
This pedal is just fantastic. I use it with my bass when I need to do a heavier rhythm section. I just play much higher on the neck and use the pedal to add that bassy sound back in.The high and low filter knobs really give you a lot of control over the sub-octave's tone and they let you shape the sound exactly as you'd need it.I recommend cranking up the bass filter all the way before you do anything with the high filter. The high-filter affects the high-end growl but the bass filter gives the sub-octave its power and punch.The blend knob is a little bit biased towards the sub-octave, so you really have to adjust it carefully to get the right mix of your original signal and the sub, but that's a minor issue and more of a feature than a glitch. It's still possible to get more subtle sub-octave effects, you just have to be careful with the knob.By all means, if you're looking for a fair-priced octave/octavider pedal that sounds good, this is the one I'd recommend.
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By Guiness St. James
My first octave pedal was a Clone of a Foxx Tone Machine. It had a fuzz circuit that was ok, the octave tracked well and couldeven handle more than one note within reason. A solid performer, but a little weak on signal and fuzz quality.Next I tried a Joyo Voodoo Octave. I really liked how smoothly the fuzz and octave worked together, more modern than old schoolsounding and the signal level was good. However, the octave was UP one and to me it sounded too thin for what I was going for, but it did track chords well. I did like this pedal very much, but I wanted the buzzy bottom of an octave down ala Rory Gallagher on "The Loop" and "When My Baby She Left Me" (Check those tracks to see what the EHX sounds like.)...The Electro-Harmonix is a standalone DOWN one octave pedal. It's thicker sounding than either of the other two, but mainly trackssingle notes only. Any chords or arpeggios will muddy up and the tracking will flutter.But on those single lines it tracks very well and gives you anything from a light doubling octave down, to a spaced outsynth-like old-school video game like sound.Not something you would use all the time, but every so often for cool Rory Gallagher to Jack White style effects, especially with some fuzz.Like any modulating effect, you have to experiment with it's placement in your chain.If it sounds weak, switch it to before or after boost/distortion pedals. In my chain it works perfectly BEFORE my boost pedals.When I stomp it on, the level is consistent.And keep in mind, as with any octave down pedal, the less dry signal more wet signal you dial in, the less top end you get.You are after all then hearing the dub octave down more.Love it.
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