jwyles90
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Just finished putting together this one for a friend who was in need of an octave-up pedal. It was between this and the Ocelot, but he liked the idea of having a couple of the extra features that the Donor has so we went that route. Overall the build was fairly easy and a lot of fun. I went with the pre-soldered FV-1 route (although I've done a few FV-1 builds on my own and they're really not that intimidating once you get the hang of it), so big kudos to Robert for having that option available.
The pedal itself sounds really cool. The choir and lag settings are interesting to mess with, and you can get a pretty wide range of weird, wonky sounds out of it by just messing around with those two. I'm a big fan of turning the sub-octave up all the way and then keeping the octave up at about half, with the mix at a little less than half. It's got a full, well-rounded sound to it without being too shimmery or biting. The tone sweep is interesting on this one as well. All the way cranked it lets all of those high-ends in, but doesn't get too ice-picky. Rolled back it definitely can get a little muted but this cool dark tone to it that goes really well with the upper octave in particular. Overall a solid octave pedal if you're in the market for one!
The pedal itself sounds really cool. The choir and lag settings are interesting to mess with, and you can get a pretty wide range of weird, wonky sounds out of it by just messing around with those two. I'm a big fan of turning the sub-octave up all the way and then keeping the octave up at about half, with the mix at a little less than half. It's got a full, well-rounded sound to it without being too shimmery or biting. The tone sweep is interesting on this one as well. All the way cranked it lets all of those high-ends in, but doesn't get too ice-picky. Rolled back it definitely can get a little muted but this cool dark tone to it that goes really well with the upper octave in particular. Overall a solid octave pedal if you're in the market for one!
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