Boss Oc 3 Alternative

I don t have any experience with octave pedals but am curious to try them out.
Boss oc 3 alternative. Three modes are provided including a new polyphonic octave mode a drive mode with distortion and the original oc 2 mode. The down side of that is that if you play chords you need to dodge extra low strings or you will have fifths or more in the bass. I use it almost exclusively for octave up when i need to simulate an 8 string and my oc 2 gets the down octave. Cheapo alternative to boss oc 3 to make my guitar sound like a bass it won t work.
It has 4 knobs and the direct level and oct 1 knobs do the same as on the oc 2 pedal. The oc 3 poly mode just rolls off high notes. Players like martyn joseph have used this pedal for the same thing in creating a richer sound. The versatile oc 3 also has separate inputs for both guitar and bass.
May 2014 in fx. Agreed about the micro pog though. The boss oc 3 super octave gives guitarists high quality octave effects with a single stomp. Boss oc 3 vs mxr m288 discussion in effects bg started by aaronvonrock may 2 2013.
World s first compact pedal with true polyphonic octave effects. Feb 22 2013 bangkok. I am trying to get hold of a boss oc 3. The third knob can also act similarly to the oct 2 on the oc 2 but it serves a number of functions depending on how the fourth knob mode is set.
Not that the micro pog sounds horrible on low octave but it is definitely thinner and more stringy sounding than the oc 2 oc 3 s big fat synthy sound and that s the octave down sound for me. Now the oc 3 is slightly more complex. I m more interested in adding notes an octave below the original signal than above. May 2 2013 1.
I want to use the polyphonic feature whereby i can set it to play a lower octave on the a and low e strings on my acoustic. You set it according to the highest pitch you want it to track.