octaves build....

[rx5]

done the fender blender : sounds buzzy and BASSY.... gotta listen carfully before judging it :wink:  stupid me.... :oops:

done the RM Octavia...less BASS, more on the treble range....gonna do some mods (resistor) and change?? the 1N4148 to 1N60 Ge.... maybe harsher??

next (and probably last), the tycho: gonna search for a transformer first.

foxx tone machine?? maybe next year.... :wink:  tired of makin PCB...takes a lot o time... got no Press n Peel here....

thats my octave list....for now  :twisted:

[Mark Hammer]

I've built the RM (transformerless) Octavia, the Anderton Octave Fuzz, the old Elektor octave-doubling fuzz, the Green Ringer, the Foxx Tone Machine, and I have Tim escobedo's Oct-Up 80% ready to go.  Far prefer the Foxx of anything in that category by a wide margin.  Very nicely pronounced octave; where others seem to have an octavish flavour in the tone, this one feels like a second instrument to me.

[rx5]

Thanks for the input Mark :wink:

maybe Ill do them both  :lol:  

if only PCB making was that fast....takes me 2 Hours(for the fender blender) from design to finished.... whewwww....

anyways, both them (tycho and foxx) would probably be my last octaves....


-Ralph

[Marcos - Munky]

Just a suggestion, build the Time Escobedo's Digital Octave Up. I built it yesterday and got a cool octave up, very simple to build and have only one IC and a few parts.

[rx5]

Hello  again,


BTW, what did Jimi REALLY use??  the tycho or the RM??

[bobbletrox]

I'm about to build the Foxx Tone Machine!  It's my first try at a "hard" pedal...

[gez]

build the Time Escobedo's Digital Octave Up. I built it yesterday and got a cool octave up

Out of interest, what does the octave up sound like? Is it buzzy or does it have a singing quality to it?  

I've been messing around with sawtooths (true sawtooth, not triangle) an octave up and like the sound, I was just wondering what square waves sound like that high up (haven't had much time to do anymore experimenting, so any feedback would be appreciated).

[Marcos - Munky]

The octave is buzzy, but with a lot of presence. Very similar to a Jawari if you use a distortion before it, but less buzzy. I think the sound became square wave.

[gez]

The octave is buzzy, but with a lot of presence

That's what I thought, thanks for the feedback Marcos!

[Marcos - Munky]

No problem. Build it, I think you will like it a lot.

[rx5]

added my list: Foxx Tone MAchine..... all i can say is WOW  nice fuzz + octave......

-Ralph