MXR Poly Blue Octave Bass Demo
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2024
- The MXR Poly Blue Octave brings modern and classic pitch shifting styles together with fuzz and modulation to create the ultimate octave pedal for tonecrafters and sonic seekers.
The Poly Blue Octave features four separate octave divisionsone octave down, two octaves down, one octave up, and two octaves upand you get to control the level of each in the mix. Each is polyphonic by default, which means they sound just as amazing with chords as they do with single note passages. Your dry signal gets its own level control, as well, so you can dial in the perfect blend of pitch-shifted tones.
The Mono switch takes you back to the gritty, monophonic tones of analog style pitch shifters. In this mode, the sub-octave signals have the warm vibes and raw personality of a pedal such as the MXR Vintage Bass Octave, while the higher octave signals resemble the Octavio Fuzz with its fuzz intensity dialed all the way back.
The Poly Blue Octave comes equipped with an unruly fuzz that's inspired by the classic MXR Blue Box Fuzz. Applied to all five signals, the fuzz volume can be adjusted using the Dry knob after pressing and holding the Fuzz button. When used with the sub-octave signals, the fuzz sounds thick and subterranean. Over the higher pitched signals, the fuzz is searing and synth-like. Run them all at the same time for a choir of thunder and lightning.
For infusing your octave tones with an alluring sense of motion, from thick and syrupy to frenzied and frantic, the Poly Blue Octave features a dual-mode modulation circuit. In polyphonic mode, the circuit provides an uncanny simulation of the famous Leslie effect, and while in monophonic mode, it provides classic swirls and swooshes inspired by the Phase 90. Like the fuzz effect, the modulation applies to all five signals when engaged. The Mod knob adjusts the rate of the effect when you want it off, just roll the Mod knob back fully counterclockwise.
Through the EXP jack, the Poly Blue Octave allows you to control various settings with an expression pedal such as the Volume (X)8 Pedal or an off-board switch such as the MXR Tap Tempo Switch to sweep between two different knob and switch configurations or toggle the fuzz and mono modes on and off.
The MXR Poly Blue Octave delivers high-performance pitch shifting, fuzz, and modulation in a ruggedly reliable housing with true bypass switching. Put this into your signal chain, and open up new sonic frontiers.
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Fantastic pedal. You forgot to mention you can press and hold the fuzz button(until it blinks) and you can dial in how much fuzz you want with the dry knob.
They will make 5 more videos for the details
And I hope you watch every single one of them!
what? I was wondering this myself.
Thanks that's good to know! A little fuzz can go a long way with the tones the pedal already generates...was shaking my house first 5 minutes by feeding it back and looping with my TLC Flashback Delay...loads of fun
@@tomislavsekerija1957TN Where are the videos?
Love the way the Orion riff sounds through this thing!
You are one of the best things that have happened to the channel- your review was awesome!
That’s very kind of you! Thanks so much!
There are dozens of guitar demos and reviews that cover the exact same basic stuff that is in this video, but what I really wanted to know was specifically how it performs for bass. How does the fuzz circuit handle the low end? How well can the mono octave circuit manage the OC2 thing? What is the frequency band that is primary affected by the phaser circuit (more high end or more lows)? How well does the poly octave track the low B on a five-string? What about tracking chords on bass? I guess I'll have to wait for a different bass UA-cam channel to provide the information that bass players actually want on this pedal.
The Bass Demo series aren’t really the deep-dive videos where we dig into what we think of each feature and all that; these are meant to be the “you’ve probably heard this on guitar; here’s what it sounds like on bass” quicker takes. You’ll definitely hear more of what we think of each bit if/when it shows up in a Gear Talk or Fuzz Friday type video where we just spend time exploring and opining. I can say that Chuck did think its OC2 type utility is pretty good.
@ Ezra Elliot - Use your ears, and be thankful? Otherwise get out on the street and earn some coin to try one out.
@@subclangor dude is not that hard,they only had ti move some knobs 😂 ohboy how i miss Juan and pedals and affects
the low end sound good with fuzz just got one
Love to hear it on Bass in a comparison vs. Boss OC-2, OC-5 and the Three Leaf Audio Octave.
omg already can't wait to hear this thing on bass. it's going to sound amazing got to put this on my wishlist. $200 ain't bad.
I spent some time with this pedal a few days after the video was released and found more sounds and nuances than even the ones requested in the comments here. It really is a pedal that is tough to have captured in a single brief video. It'll do your OC, POG, fuzz, phaser, sure - but it will ALSO do your Green Ringer and IMHO an even-better version of a Meatbox.
This sounds so cool
Thank you, I've been waiting for this forever
Thank you for watching!
@@Therealchuckbailey if i could make one suggestion for future videos, i would love to see a quick break down of the pedals you demo, maybe a few seconds of each individual knobs, range and sound
@@JK_35 the controls are pretty straightforward which is why we went with the layout part of the video. I get what you’re saying but the pedal seemed pretty self explanatory from a presentation perspective but for sure we will provide more in depth descriptions on future videos
@@Therealchuckbailey totally understandable, just a thought from someone who's thinking about replacing thier TC electronics sub N up with this thing. just curious how transparent the octaves are and how well it tracks. I have loved the clean not colouring of the Sub 'n' ups poly mode, but love the potential with the MXr's extra features
Definitely a cool pedal. And as you mentioned, I'm using multiple pedals to create these sounds.
Thanks! Ive been waiting for a bass demo of this!
Can you do the walrus audio M1 next?
I'm making changes at home and yesterday I was putting all my pedals in a box and I was telling to myself "I have too many pedals... that's enough"
Suddenly I see this video among my subscriptions and I told to my self "I want this pedal"
I hate you guys 😂
This is the way
Just bought it, really cool pedal, it doesn’t really do the OC 2 thing tho just in case you were wondering. I bought it hoping it could replace it on my board but the 1 octave down sound is significantly different, it gets kinda close I guess. Tons of fun tho
Looks sick, sounds stupid good on bass, I have to get it.
yeah but the stupid price is good tho? at $200
@@omarmoran3097 that is a normal price
You're a special kind of stupid if you think $200 for what is effectively five pedals in one (poly octave, analog octave, fuzz, phaser, rotary speaker) is too much. You pay $200 for a decent poly octave on its own.
@@xdoctorblindx who are you talking to 😂😂😂😂
Nice! I was looking for a bass demo!
I'd be interested in the '1 octave down only' sound. Is it like the oc-2 or more like a natural octave?
It’s definitely got more of an OC-2 vibe with those settings. But since that sound has been demonstrated to death, we wanted to lean more into what makes this pedal cool rather than show how it sounds like something else.
@@TheBassChannel Yes that's totally understandable. I'm just curious because I decided to buy the oc-5. And then this came out. So now I'm not sure what to do... 😅 I want the simple 1 octave down soloed sound also. And if this is more like the POG then I'm sticking with the boss. But if it's also a boss style octave then I'm ordering it today!
It’ll do the POG thing for sure, it’ll do the OC-2 thing (maybe not exactly but close enough to count), and as you heard, it does the fuzzy 8-bit thing as well.
@@TheBassChannel Thanks! The description on their website says the monophonic mode is like their Vintage bass octave which was modelled after Janek's OC-2. I'm intrigued by its features but firstly I'm looking for an oc-2-like octave sound, thats why I asked.
this sounds so good. how much more debt do you think i can manage? it's against my better judgment, but gotta have it
Awesome!!!…
Wow ! What an incredible pedal, .Kind of a similar idea to the EHX Pog without the sliders,
it looks easier to dial in a synth sound, ... it looks like I will be giving Jim Dunlop & MXR my money once again. $$$ 😀
Like the POG but with three additional pedals: a fuzz, phaser, and an analog mono octave.
@@xdoctorblindx yeah, true 👍
You will be seeing this pedal again very soon everyone! Lots more deep dive into some of the options for FUZZ FRIDAY! Stay Tuned!!
Got this but £199 in UK !!
Just Getting a used Emma Okto Nojs as well - I love Octave Pedal. MXR substantially more compact.
How is the tracking overall? Does it track lower end of the bass cleanly or does that start to get a bit messy?
It tracks as you would expect. It does it’s best work in the mid and higher note range. It tracks fine on most of the lower notes but you start getting the typical response from low B focused notes as you would with most octave pedals. You can still get clear tones and use out of it but my personal taste leads me away from low B stuff with octave pedals. It holds up but it shines on mid and high note registers
You guys didnt put the -1 octave without dry in All the video😫😫😫 how does It do the oc2 thing? Is good for sub synth stuff or more oriented to play on a Jack White style?
Indeed!
A Question: can i turn on the fuzz with a stomp. I mean can i stomp between fuzz sound and octave sound?
How absurd would it be? To make a side by side (not) comparison, with the yellow box bass sub octave fuzz, also from MXR.
Not absurd… and… maybe… you might be able to see the future 😉
@@Therealchuckbailey Cool. I was going to suggest also.. maybe throw-in another of their fuzz-octave combo pedals.
This could be really cool in front of the Justin Chancellor wah pedal
Where's the bass? Fretted vs frettless? What pickups track best? How well does this track a low B or any drop tuning? Hows chord tracking? How well does a sub2 work with low bass strings?
Being a polyphonic pedal, my assumption is that it’s a digital octave, which doesn’t generally have ‘good vs bad tracking’ like an analog one would, hence none of the typical tracking tests.
I've never used an octave pedal before. After the tones presented in this demo, I think that needs to change.
Definitely! The Boss OC2 and MXR Bass Octave Deluxe are great options for 1 octave down, but this looks so cool
I agree the intro bass playing in this bideo is what got me interested. definitely going to watch fuzz Friday I hope you do to.
@@ainsbass i like the tones of this pedal more than ones I've heard on the past. Maybe I just haven't really paid enough attention, and focused more on distortion and preamp pedals. Definitely opened my eyes to some new tones.
@@omarmoran3097 that intro was what really caught my attention as well.
@@t.j.meechan682 oh 😂😂😂
Or you could get 3 mxr blue boxes and run them all at the same time and sound like an atari doing acid jazz
First riff is Orion - Metallica
Very cool, but the price?
he said $200 u.s.
well my wallet just got empty lol
I wish you spent time really testing the tracking.
Think this pedal could really work well for a unique version of Orion intro and this section of Damage Inc:
ua-cam.com/video/dLGR_kqsDqI/v-deo.htmlm
MXR POG
Sorry to say that but I came here to hear some of the features of the pedals, not alternate versions of Cliff Burton’s memorable lines. It seems to me that you barely scratched the surface of this pedal. Quite disappointing, I’m afraid to say...
Thanks for watching just the same!
@@Therealchuckbailey there’s always room for improvement, in life.
@@sliverhandsonbasses I’ll aspire to your greatness…
@@sliverhandsonbasses and you don’t need the comma after improvement… unless you’re channeling William Shatner… to which, I say, well, done,…
@@Therealchuckbailey sì ma un ci piange Ciccio!
What am I gonna do with this thing!?🤦♂️🙄
SUB -1 , with Sud ++. ok , but not Sub -1 more sub - 2 , its dirty
I dare you to not use the MOD setting. Double dog dare ya.
One of the worst reviews around. Great success.
Very niiice 👍🏻👍🏻
@@TheBassChannel But seriously, you used so much time to show so little. NHF but it's one of the worst minutes spent on yt.
Thanks for demeaning Southeast Asian women while talking about a bass guitar pedal. You do realise some of us play bass, too, right?
This is a really tough one, Gemma. I know what you’re talking about, but in the context presented Chuck was only referring to himself here; he certainly did not aim that phrase at anyone (SE Asian woman or otherwise) like I am absolutely sure people have done over the years to be assholes. Maybe some people have used that phrase as a weapon, and they’re in the wrong, but I promise you Chuck was not doing so. We absolutely don’t set out to demean ANYONE on this channel - why would we? We’re all one big low-end fam -- we just don’t over-script, over-sanitize, or second-guess every memetic phrase that slides in.
Extemporaneous speech is tough and I meant no disrespect Gemma. I will be more cognizant of my choice of words in the future. It was not my intention to disrespect anyone I assure you.
This or MXR Bass Fuzz Octaver for half price?