Re: OT:Re: EH micro POG micro review

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

hi Matt,
Yes, you get to freely mix oct-down, dry, and oct-up.
...and you should have one for those nice dubby basslines you throw in on 
occasion :-)
(try before you buy tho', it has quite an odd tone)

However, why not just use your DL4 to create basslines.
a number of ways to arrange it,
for instance:-

1) Before record, go into halfspeed
2) Create a rhythm loop ( sounding at normal speed )
3) hit the halfspeed button again, to make the rhythm sound at double speed
4) overdub your bassline, playing it at twice the usual speed
5) hit halfspeed button again
6) look smug

Or do it the 'Bernhard Wagner' way with an OC2.
Which I think is:-
Octave 1 full up, Octave 2 full down.
..and mix in just enough dry signal so that it makes the synthetic octave 
sound like a bass guitar.



andy butler




Matt Stevens wrote:
> I want one!!! Can you take out the guitar signal to play a bass line?
> 
> On 7 Feb 2008, at 08:54, andy butler wrote:
> 
>> The tracking on the MicroPog is excellent.
>> The sub-octave works really well, without latency, some sort of hybrid 
>> between a harmoniser and a regular octaver. Odd tone though, try 
>> before you buy.
>> The octave up also tracks perfectly, but with a slight delay and 
>> somewhat flat in pitch.
>> The much publicised "polyphonic" ability only works well on very 
>> simple chords.
>> The dry signal coming through the pedal, when switched on, sounded 
>> every bit as good as the hard bypass.
>>
>> If you didn't ever check out the old Boss OC2, that has pretty good 
>> tracking;
>> despite it's cheap sound it's a classic.
>>
>> andy butler
>>
>>
>> K D Patten wrote:
>>> lurker surfacing here.....I've been cruising eBay looking for one my 
>>> self....seems my Electro-Hamonix octiver freaks out when i try to 
>>> loop base lines with my acoustic...weird harmonics....i though the 
>>> Mirco POG wouldn't freak like that ....any one have any 
>>> input?....I'll keep my eye open for you as well  Daniel..........Kyle
>>
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