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

[Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@gmail.com>]

Excuse me if this is a double post.  I tried from my phone, but it says it didn't send.

From direct experience:

My suggestion is the Boss OC-2.  I tried the EHX stuff, but the only thing that has tracked well has been the OC-2 and the Octaver on my M13.  The EHX stuff was too slow in tracking, essentially making it useless.  

What I do is use Tech 21 Bass Para DI.  That way, I can eq the beatboxing and bass lines (which I usually hum).  It sounds fantastic live.  I have YouTube clips from home that sound ok, but it is a killer live set up.  I could go straight to PA without it and still get a good sound.  Running it to an amp sounds horrible, though.

The OC-2 is flexible in settings.  I never use the two octaves down.  I only need the one octave lower turned to maybe 12.  It has no trouble tracking my voice at all.  I do a lot of songs with bass lines that are more than one or two bars.  Hey Joe and Crazy come to mind.  On Hey Joe, I sing a whole progression for the bass line and have no tracking issues. For Crazy, I play the harmonica (regular Bb) and use the Boss to bring it down.

I have low keys all the way to LLF and find that using an octaver sounds much more like a real bass and creates more space for the harmonica.  I typically solo using low harps too, though.
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On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 12:16 PM, chaz worm <chaz@earthwormandfire.com> wrote:

I was gonna recommend getting a super low harmonica instead of electronically shifting the frequency but i think it was a YouTube clip of you that turned me on to the super low Seydel harmonica. I went out immediately and got an A.
I wouldn't whole heartedly endorse mine though because I'm having a problem o=
f the lower reeds sticking.=20
Their sound is incredible though.=20
For harmony shifting I love my electro harmonic POG pedal.=20

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On Nov 27, 2011, at 6:58 AM, Boris Plotnikov <ploboris@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for response. I'm familiar with MicroPOG and I like it, but I
> dislike it's size (yes it's micro, but still bigger than regular boss
> pedal, I have no enough room in my pedalboard) and I like extra
> features of PS-6 (detune, s-bend) which MicroPOG lacks while it have
> the same features (octave lower, octave higher and both together), the
> only differences that in microPOG it's possible to change level of
> each tone (dry, oct down, oct up) while it's impossible with PS-6.
>
> 2011/11/27 andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>:
>> Boris Plotnikov wrote:
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>>>  I also thought about MicroPOG but it's a bit bigger in size and have
>>> no more features except octaves.
>>>
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>> The MicroPog lower octave tracks very fast.
>> ...but has it's own sound you may not like.
>> (the high octave is delayed a bit...and out of tune).
>>
>> The electro harmonix Octave Multiplexer only does
>> octave down, and won't work with chords,
>> but it has by far the best sound for bass lines.
>>
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>> andy
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> Thanks, Boris Plotnikov
> http://borisplotnikov.ru
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