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Post by RandomHero on Feb 3, 2006 11:21:13 GMT -5
You're right. This place needs to be named "Gear Concerns."
I'm looking for an octave dropper, and not so many guitar stores in town seem to carry one.
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Post by Mini-Strat_Maine on Feb 3, 2006 12:39:09 GMT -5
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Post by RandomHero on Feb 3, 2006 15:03:46 GMT -5
I've owned one Dano product in my life. It was the first and will remain the last. 'Nuff said. =P
(There's a reason they're cheap!!)
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Post by Mini-Strat_Maine on Feb 3, 2006 15:38:02 GMT -5
I've owned one Dano product in my life. It was the first and will remain the last. 'Nuff said. =P (There's a reason they're cheap!!) Well, I guess one of those wouldn't be in the running during your quest. The Dano minis really don't fit what most of us would consider a "stomp box."  Maybe something from one of the lists (1 octave down, 2 octaves down) on this page, then check HC and/or other reviews? (Fire up the ol' advanced eBay search.) filters.muziq.be/type/octaver?PHPSESSID=a50507871b8174cb1f49d03f333d7dc6 |
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Post by RandomHero on Feb 3, 2006 15:42:05 GMT -5
I did find a store in town that carries Boss's OC-3, and just came back from it. That's the one for me.
It has a bass input, (I'll make a little DIY stomper to make one patch switch from guitar input to bass input,) which tracks the low notes on my 7-string very well. It's got a poly mode which tracks full chords, and onboard distortion.
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Post by jester700 on Feb 4, 2006 10:04:44 GMT -5
That does look cool. So, is the poly mode a "real" octaver, or a digital algorithm? I never used a poly octaver before.
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Post by RandomHero on Feb 4, 2006 12:34:34 GMT -5
I have no clue how it works, but using it in the store was alright. It's got four knobs... in Poly mode, the first one is the level of the original signal, the second one is the level of one octave down. The third knob specifies the range... apparently you have to stick within a certain predefined frequency range for it to track multiple notes. That's no problem by me, most of my rhythms that I would use poly on are right up there are the end of the neck.
It's difficult to hear poly at work. The tracking on single notes with poly is excellent, and on chords, you can -really- hear the bass note of the chord stand out, but the rest of the strings octave effects are a bit muted by comparison. I still really fattens the sound.
I'm forming a two-man band and trying desperately to eliminate the need for a bassist. =P
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Post by jester700 on Feb 5, 2006 10:42:11 GMT -5
That would be my use, too - not in a band setting, but for songwriting, to just get a better idea of the band "sound" when writing with guitar & drum machine. That poly would actually be good, and what I would WANT in an octaver - allow me to play chords and it'll ignore all the notes but the lowest, doubling that at the 8ve. Sounds like it's NOT a digital pitch shifter circuit, which wouldn't muffle the higher notes like that.
I gotta go listen to this.
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Post by RandomHero on Feb 5, 2006 19:28:37 GMT -5
Be sure to fiddle with the Range knob and learn how to use it before you pass judgement! Too many people have posted bad reviews on HC after not taking the time to learn what that thing does, and use it properly.
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Post by UnklMickey on Feb 6, 2006 22:12:35 GMT -5
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Post by JohnH on Feb 6, 2006 22:39:07 GMT -5
It's an obvious idea really.
Like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and jelly mixed with peanut butter.
It was just a matter of who got to it first
J
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Post by RandomHero on Feb 7, 2006 10:33:22 GMT -5
Hehe, scary, that is! But where's the -tone- and -expression?-  There's no one I'm trying to oust, it's a matter of available musicians. If we had someone who could play and was dedicated enough to do so, I would be a happy camper... but that not being the case, looks like it'll be OC-3 and RC-20XL to the rescue. =D |
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