What's a good clean (no fuzz) octave down for bass?
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jimilee
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xefned
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Thanks Jimilee. I added Ocelet and Octarock to my cart before posting, but I suspect the fuzz can't be disabled on the Octarock. Still researching. (The Octamizer looks intriguing, but not traced anywhere AFAIK.)
The 2nd octave down of the Ocelot is probably useless for bass, so ideally I'd find a 1 octave down + 1 octave up that tracks well with bass, but if not, the 1 octave down on the Ocelot will suffice.
The 2nd octave down of the Ocelot is probably useless for bass, so ideally I'd find a 1 octave down + 1 octave up that tracks well with bass, but if not, the 1 octave down on the Ocelot will suffice.
Bricksnbeatles
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The second octave is pretty common for dubby synth tones on bass. The first octave is the classic Tony Levin Sledgehammer tone
jimilee
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I forgot about this one, I’ve built it as well.
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My daughter melts my heart when she asks me to "Up, Down, Daddy!" when throwing her up into the air and catching her. I figured this was a perfect name for an octaver with 1 octave up and 1 and/or two octaves down.
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Betty Wont
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DOD Meatbox if you want control over your bass frequencies down to deep subs. It goes about it differently than the standard 4013 circuits, and has really wide EQ options and serious balls.
Bricksnbeatles
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The Parasit U-235 is amp great clean suboctave too. The middle mode is especially rad
eh là bas ma
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A brilliant legendary circuit worth considering is the Downtown Fuzz (you can turn off the fuzz) :
It has a very good fuzz that you can blend with the clean signal, or turn off, a tone pot shaping the octaves sounds. 3 octaves down if needed, and a powerful bass boost toggle. If you dial the octave's tone around 10', with bass boost activated and the fuzz, it gets quickly amazing. The walls are shaking. It's more precise with only one octave down, with 2 or 3 you start to have a much more noticeable octave effect. Good tracking, can be a bit glitchy but it's part of the charm. It's glitchy in a good way.
Octave sound are synthy, I'd say it's more suitable than other octavers to blend with a fuzz or an other gain circuit. Also useful if you look to add an octave down to a clean signal, but it sounds synthetic compared to other octaver circuits like Up, Down Daddy. Synthetic sounds really good too, but not the same as other octavers.
Amazing, both with bass and guitars.
It has a very good fuzz that you can blend with the clean signal, or turn off, a tone pot shaping the octaves sounds. 3 octaves down if needed, and a powerful bass boost toggle. If you dial the octave's tone around 10', with bass boost activated and the fuzz, it gets quickly amazing. The walls are shaking. It's more precise with only one octave down, with 2 or 3 you start to have a much more noticeable octave effect. Good tracking, can be a bit glitchy but it's part of the charm. It's glitchy in a good way.
Octave sound are synthy, I'd say it's more suitable than other octavers to blend with a fuzz or an other gain circuit. Also useful if you look to add an octave down to a clean signal, but it sounds synthetic compared to other octaver circuits like Up, Down Daddy. Synthetic sounds really good too, but not the same as other octavers.
Amazing, both with bass and guitars.
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You guys are an amazing fount of knowledge. Thanks for giving me so much to research.
I already googlesearched the fuck out of this topic and you still came up with new ideas for me.
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I don't agree with his some of his assessments, (the EHX Multiplexer sounds great to me) so listen with headphones.
I already googlesearched the fuck out of this topic and you still came up with new ideas for me.
For future travelers, here's a nice shootout of a few.
xefned
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I think I'm going for Levin, at least for recording. Usually, I want the effect to be not overtly noticeable by the average music listener. But I'll give that 2nd octave a try to see for myself. Could be ear-opening.
Thank you. I'm now on the waitlist for this one. Since Madbean's Lowrider is discontinued, this seems a good alternative.I forgot about this one, I’ve built it as well.
"Up, Down, Daddy!" PCB - delyk PCBs
My daughter melts my heart when she asks me to "Up, Down, Daddy!" when throwing her up into the air and catching her. I figured this was a perfect name for an octaver with 1 octave up and 1 and/or two octaves down.
Meatbox looks fantastic.
Gotta try it just for something different. If I can find a non-counterfeit M51134p, I'm all over this.
Middle position (!!!) could inspire some interesting basslines. PCB also at Smallbear.
A brilliant legendary circuit worth considering is the Downtown Fuzz (you can turn off the fuzz) :
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Amazing, both with bass and guitars.
Very intriguing. Another one I hadn't heard of.
Thanks again guys. I love that there's not one clear answer to this question.
Betty Wont
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M51134P Suboctave Gen IC
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Feral Feline
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Last time I checked, you could still get them at SmallSynthBearCube.
M51134P Suboctave Gen IC
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Betty Wont
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I suggest using the original 100kw pots for the eq on the meatbox. Stomp box parts has them.
Bricksnbeatles
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5:08 for an example of the solo’d second octave. Not the best example, but it gives an idea
xefned
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Bricks, I understand you have multiple Meatboxen.
Are internet rumours that "the reissues don't track as well as the originals" fact? or bunk?
Are the subharmonic ICs labeled the same? (If none of yours are original FX32, just disregard.)
Right now the meatbox is the only thing giving me a really thick boner, being a different topology from all the PLL variants.
U-235 also for detuned mode.
Are internet rumours that "the reissues don't track as well as the originals" fact? or bunk?
Are the subharmonic ICs labeled the same? (If none of yours are original FX32, just disregard.)
Right now the meatbox is the only thing giving me a really thick boner, being a different topology from all the PLL variants.
U-235 also for detuned mode.
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Dang this just made my day- was looking for one back during the peak of the MB RI hype and these used to be expensive af and near impossible to find. Honestly kinda surprised that there's this many still out there.
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