stewblack Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 What a snappy name for a pedal eh? Things I don't like about octave pedals: warbly wobbly upper octave, bad tracking, lower octave only sounds synth, or only sounds realistic - I like a bit of flexibility - and a pedal with no special sauce, nothing unusual added. So I like the MXR Poly Blue very much - ticks all boxes. I like the Joyo XVI - ticks most. I like the Boss OC5 - ticks most. And I have to say I also like The 85. The addition of a 5th is a really cool feature, the Focus control alters the whole sound in unusual ways. If there's a downside it would be that you can't simultaneously select octave up and a 5th up - its either or. The one time I've gigged it I found the 5th, blended with a smidge of -1, and full dry signal produced a wonderful harmonious thickness to my sound. Used on appropriate songs it filled the sound under solos in a very satisfying manner. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 Sounds interesting. Off to find some YouTube demo vids… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 Is it my imagination, or is there a bit of latency between the original signal and the fox sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted September 24 Author Share Posted September 24 4 hours ago, Pea Turgh said: Is it my imagination, or is there a bit of latency between the original signal and the fox sound? I haven't noticed any. Let me have a play around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 I love auto-correct! FX sound. 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted September 27 Author Share Posted September 27 No latency as far as I can tell. Others may experience latency differently, but I'm not aware of any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagman Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 4 hours ago, stewblack said: No latency as far as I can tell. Others may experience latency differently, but I'm not aware of any. I also have yet to notice any latency Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagman Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Whilst discussing Laney their Custard VCA Compressor is very good . Nice pedal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDean Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 I've been very tempted by the Blackheath too. From the demos it sounds right up my street. The 85 sounds like an excellent pedal too. I feel a bit like Laney are on a good streak. My Digbeth head is so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted September 28 Author Share Posted September 28 12 hours ago, MichaelDean said: I've been very tempted by the Blackheath too. From the demos it sounds right up my street. The 85 sounds like an excellent pedal too. I feel a bit like Laney are on a good streak. My Digbeth head is so good. I've been casting glances at the Digbeth heads I must admit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDean Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 2 minutes ago, stewblack said: I've been casting glances at the Digbeth heads I must admit. You can try mine at the SWBB! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted September 28 Author Share Posted September 28 2 minutes ago, MichaelDean said: You can try mine at the SWBB! 😁 Oooooh. I'll bring a big bag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDean Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 23 minutes ago, stewblack said: Oooooh. I'll bring a big bag Don't know what you're going to need that bag for! It's not going anywhere! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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