Lower octave I watched Theo Travis playing flute yesterday inAntwerp, and saw that he used a Boss OC-2 octaver to occasionally add a loweroctave to his flute. I want something that reliably turns guitar notes(especially the lower notes) into a bas

[Ed Durbrow <edurbrow@gmail.com>]

> 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,
I searched for the very same thing recently. I checked several web sites and reviews and ended up buying an Octron2 based mostly on demos I heard on YouTube. I haven't messed with it too much, but I can see I'll probably be happy with it. It tracks pretty well. One feature I like is that there are three foot switches and they are spaced so you can step on two at a time if you like. For example, if you have just the lower octave happening, you could step on that and the direct switch at the same time to switch immediately over to direct mode. Same with upper octave.
Caveat: the only thing I have to compare it to is the octave shifter in my Zoom PFX9003, which is extremely useless.