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Re: Lower octave



I have one and don't use it, if anyone is interested . . . cheap!

On Mar 6, 2011, at 10:01 PM, Rick Walker wrote:

> On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, Michael Peters wrote:
>> I watched Theo Travis playing flute yesterday in Antwerp, and saw  
>> that he
>> used a Boss OC-2 octaver to occasionally add a lower octave to his  
>> flute. I
>> want something that reliably turns guitar notes (especially the  
>> lower notes)
>> into a bass - a pedal and/or a plugin. Recommendations?  (Andy, you  
>> will
>> probably recommend Chopitch - I need some help using it because  
>> more often
>> than not, the Chopitch sound gets cut off very quickly - not sure  
>> what to
>> do)
>>
>> -Michael
> For what it's worth, when Arild Andersen played the looping  
> festival,  I promised him to
> find him a Boss OC-2 for his octaving purposes.   When he came,  
> however, I let him borrow
> both the OC-2 and my Danelectro Chili Dog (which also has a  
> combination of regular octave, one octave
> below and two octaves below).
>
> Arild made me sell him my unit,  which cost all of $29 USD on line
>
> 
>http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Danelectro-DJ12-Chili-Dog-Octave-Pedal?sku=151871
>
> This thing is amazing.  I think it tracks better and sounds more  
> naturalistic than the OC-2 and
> it's hella cheap.
>
> I can't more highly recommend it.     It's so cheap that it's rather  
> hip to buy two of them (that potentially
> four octaves of pitch shifting down........wooohoooooo.
> I did this for a while but then gave my second unit to Sayaka Kabuki  
> to use,  my bandmate in
> Noise Clinic while I played with them...........I'm glad she has it,  
> but I miss it.
> Of course, this will create very artifacty things, but I personally  
> love using
> inexepensive pitch shifters and doing things like sending things  
> four octaves up and the
> bringing them four octaves down.............some beautiful artifacts  
> result.
>
> I also use the pricier Boss Pitch Shifter which goes low but I use  
> the Chili Dog for all of my bass
> needs because it tracks better and sounds more naturalistic.
>
> Two enthusiastic thumbs up!!!!
>
> rick walker