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alex maiolo wrote:I would put it at the end, but before your delays/reverbs.
Possibly before any other time based effects (phase, chorus, flange if you use them), but that's up to you.
You want to delay the crazy noise, not the other way around.

Obviously it's personal preference, but it's best to put pitch shifters at the beginning of the chain. The more pure the signal, the better off you are. Asking an octave divider to make sense of a phase shifted or distorted signal is a tall order.

Exceptions are the tuner, of course, since it doesn't do anything, and a compressor. A compressed signal tracks really well by a pitch shifter. That's what people did 20 years ago when octave dividers weren't as good as they are today. It's still a pretty good idea.

-A

This is good advice. I always go guitar --> tuner --> gain-changing and eq effects --> filter effects --> time delay effects --> big old amp.

But then again, I also dont use octave pedals much anymore. If I did, I'd follow Alex's advice and put them right after my compressor that I dont use anymore either.
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kerble wrote:
MRoyce wrote:I really like running mine in front of the octaver, first because I can mix wet/dry with it and because it gives a great synthy sound(The ring mod can also really throw off the tracking which can be very cool). Put an envelope filter behind that and you'll sound huge.


what kind of octaver are you running? Mine tracks between three or four notes really well, dependent on other stuff I'm running. It doesn't break up real well, butthat's kind of why I like it. goodbye, farting computer sound.


It's an EBS Octabass and it's the one octaver that I've never had any tracking troubles with(unless I want it to with the ring mod). Chords aren't a problem, though good muting is a must for anything crazier than a powerchord. It sounds pretty "organic", I can't stand that farty sound either.

Apropos, I've been playing with a programmable multi-FX lately and being able to save rind mod patches tuned to a specific key is great. I plug in the chord structure and simply move through the patches as I play. Very metallic with strange harmonics on top though it still sounds in key.

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holy shit, this ring mod is great great great.


played with it a bunch tonight. I added my expression pedal into the mix on the freq. input, and the ability to go from lush tremolo to pitch-shifted bells with a foot sweep is righteous.

gamelan sounds! fucking gamelan sounds!

also awesome with the POG. ring modded organ and bass! I run a fuzz both before and after it. both are slightly different,. but equally cool timbres. the lil big muff after makes such rich gong tones. like a huge metal bell, especially when you play the low and high e on the same fret, simultaneously.

man, this thing is sooooooo coooooooool.

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kerble is right.

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