PPCB Ocelot Octave

[TillMack]

I told myself not to built too many guitar pedals, cause I'm not a guitar player, but I couldn't resist.

This is my Pedal PCB Ocelot Octave, cause last time I had a metal production and I thought it would sound much more aggressive to put a octaver in front of the amp.
But I had none ... so fast look, which are studio standard octave pedals .... okay Boss OC-2 .... price ? Not my cup of tea.
Check Pedal PCB ... perfect, they have it!

Ordered and build.
Tayda enclosure in brown metallic, which is really, really nice!
Some Russian germanium diodes. I don't know which one, because I had them laying in a bag and forget to write the type on it. Could be a D9K.

Fast build ... plug in the battery ... and worked.

It sounds really good and brings me the sound, I had in my head.

 

[mybud]

I told myself not to built too many guitar pedals, cause I'm not a guitar player, but I couldn't resist.

No comment (but don’t quote me on it)…

 

[mybud]

No comment (but don’t quote me on it)…

That’s an ace build, incidentally…

 

[TillMack]

That’s an ace build, incidentally…

Thank you so much !

No comment (but don’t quote me on it)…

Let me guess ... you told yourself to stop building pedals ?

 

[mckillacuddy]

What's the significance of Ge diodes in those spots?

 

[TillMack]

What's the significance of Ge diodes in those spots?

Maybe @Robert could chime in, because I've really no idea why Boss used GE diodes in there original build. But maybe they used it to get a softer clipping of the octaves and I think it was more common in the 80s.

 

[jcpst]

Buddy wrote this:

Post in thread 'Ocelot GE diode?'

Nov 18, 2024

View attachment 85593
What are these ge diodes doing in this circuit ? Some sort of filtering ?

Seems to be a very crude way to bias the opamps. Normally there is a 470k or higher resistor there.

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[Feral Feline]

I told myself not to built too many guitar pedals, cause I'm not a guitar player, but I couldn't resist.
...

So... how does a Nyckelharpa sound through an OC-2?
Do you double on the Crwth, too? What's that sound like with the OC-2?

Contact pickups or mic'd?


With some chorus, I bet the Cimbalom would sound wicked through an OC-2.


Maybe take up the bass, the OC-2 is quite popular with bass players.

 

[TillMack]

I play drums … so I just use the pedals for recording guitar, when someone hit up my little recoding studio.

Today I just reamped a guitar DI in my 6505.
But I used a reactive loadbox and IRs.
So not tested it with a real cab and mics.

 

[Feral Feline]

That'd be actually very cool! Percussion > OC-2.
I truly want to hear some drums through an OC-2 now!
Not sure if adding the whole kit would be a good idea, probably not, but the kick or snare, maybe the high-hats?

 

[TillMack]

I could try it.

 

[TillMack]

@Feral Feline
Made a quick demo with the Ocelot on my kick and snare.
First you just hear the direct sound and then I push the octave 1 and then octave 2.
For the bass drum I used a boundary mic and for the snare just a SM57. Snare top is always tracked with EQ and Compressor.
No there fancy stuff on the tracks.

View attachment KICK OCTAVER#01.wav BASSDRUM
View attachment Snare OCTAVER#01.wav SNARE

 

[Feral Feline]

LOVE the snare, undecided on the kick drum.

I liked the kickdrum straight off, but after a few listenings to both clips, mmmaybe some people will find OC-2 on the kick slightly flatulent.
I think it could still be made to work, and I like it a helluva lot more than drums with '80s gated reverb.


MANY thanks for taking the time to do those clips!

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Sounds neat! I wonder how the 1/2 8ves below would sound solo’d on the kick, also wonder if it would be good for beefing up an insufficient floor tom

 

[TillMack]

Sounds neat! I wonder how the 1/2 8ves below would sound solo’d on the kick, also wonder if it would be good for beefing up an insufficient floor tom

Could check it next, when I find time in my room to track.
I'm not so happy with the results. On snare it's kinda cool, but on the kick I don't like it.