Have you always been kind of jealous of the keyboardist or bass player in your band? The ones who get to make a ton of funky, low-end, synthesizer sounds that harken back to the 70s, that you just can’t seem to reproduce just using a guitar and amp? Well, now you can be the funk master, thanks to the Octasynth Octave Synthesizer pedal from SubDecay.
This little box produces buzzy, funk-filled sub-octave notes and glitches, creating tones that sounds like wahs, synths, basses and an array of Moog products, not to mention just beefing up your guitar’s tone just a bit to give it a big sack of…uh, low end. Blend starts off the controls, but it doesn’t do what you would typically consider a Blend knob would. Instead, it controls the mix of the Octasynth’s 3 octave voices: Left is 2 octaves down, Right is One octave down, and in the middle is a blend of all 3 voices. Level controls the overall volume output level, so that one is pretty easy. The Depth knob adjusts the range of the filter, pushing the cutoff frequency higher and higher as it turns to the right. Finally, Res controls the filter’s feedback, and when cranked will do some crazy oscillations that will make your head spin.
One of the concepts this pedal was built around is ease of use, so you can literally plug it in, turn each knob a little bit and have a decent sound in no time flat. Of course, a pedal like this is soooooo much fun to sit down with and experiment for hours, even days, but if you want a quick option, it is there for you as well. SubDecay keeps on churning out innovative, strange, unusual pedals, and the Octasynth is no exception, but man, they sure are fun to play! Make sure you check out their website, and keep it weird!
Submitted by Mike B, Website
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