Looper's Delight Archive Top (Search)
Date Index
Thread Index
Author Index
Looper's Delight Home
Mailing List Info
[Date Prev][Date Next]   [Thread Prev][Thread Next]   [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index]

Re: Boss PS-6 as a tool for looped bass.

Rick Walker wrote:

On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, chaz worm wrote:

For harmony shifting I love my electro harmonic POG pedal.=20

I love my micro POG, too, but I have to say that the caveat here is
that it is synthesizing the pitches NOT harmonizing them from
everything I've been told and from everything I've heard.


It does use harmonizer type algorithms.

A harmonizer breaks the sound up into little chunks
and plays each chunk back at a shifted rate.

Large chunk sizes sound more natural, but create
more latency...and unevenness on percussive sounds.

The EH harmonisers use a small chunk size, and
match it to the pitch of the input.
By doing this they get very low latency on downward shifts. 
...but it gives a digi-edge to the sound, and perhaps
it's not that far off so call it re-synthesis.


The EH harmonizers claim to work with polyphonic input,
but only cope with the simplest harmonies.


Rick Walker wrote:

On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, andy butler wrote:

I use the Octave Multiplexer all the time, no delay.



not familiar with that one, Andy..........who makes it?


Electro Harmonix Octave Multiplexer.

This does produce a synthetic output, and it's
single note only.

...but it feels something like a real bass to me,
whether I'm using it on guitar or lending it to
Stephen Scott while I'm trying to play drums.
I reckon part of what makes it good is that the volume of the synthesized tone tracks that of the input. 
(also it has tone controls on the synth part)

It has 2 controls on the bass sound which, with the dry mix,
gives you more control than usual over the results.

True Bypass.
...and the dry sound when mixed in is pristine.


Some amazing ebow sounds with it too, especially
using the 'Sub Off' option which replaces the regular
sub sound with something more fuzzy.

It's one of my 'must have' fx these days.


I tried the original 70's version, ages ago, and
wasn't impressed, don't remember why though.




I haven't tried the Chilli Dog, (and it's not
easily available here), I'll give
it a whirl if I get the chance, but I'd
be worried about the bypass tone at that price point. 
andy