MXR Poly Blue Octave Bass Demo
The MXR Poly Blue Octave brings modern and classic pitch shifting styles together with fuzz and modulation to create the ultimate octave pedal for tonecrafters and sonic seekers.
The Poly Blue Octave features four separate octave divisionsone octave down, two octaves down, one octave up, and two octaves upand you get to control the level of each in the mix. Each is polyphonic by default, which means they sound just as amazing with chords as they do with single note passages. Your dry signal gets its own level control, as well, so you can dial in the perfect blend of pitch-shifted tones.
The Mono switch takes you back to the gritty, monophonic tones of analog style pitch shifters. In this mode, the sub-octave signals have the warm vibes and raw personality of a pedal such as the MXR Vintage Bass Octave, while the higher octave signals resemble the Octavio Fuzz with its fuzz intensity dialed all the way back.
The Poly Blue Octave comes equipped with an unruly fuzz that’s inspired by the classic MXR Blue Box Fuzz. Applied to all five signals, the fuzz volume can be adjusted using the Dry knob after pressing and holding the Fuzz button. When used with the sub-octave signals, the fuzz sounds thick and subterranean. Over the higher pitched signals, the fuzz is searing and synth-like. Run them all at the same time for a choir of thunder and lightning.
For infusing your octave tones with an alluring sense of motion, from thick and syrupy to frenzied and frantic, the Poly Blue Octave features a dual-mode modulation circuit. In polyphonic mode, the circuit provides an uncanny simulation of the famous Leslie effect, and while in monophonic mode, it provides classic swirls and swooshes inspired by the Phase 90. Like the fuzz effect, the modulation applies to all five signals when engaged. The Mod knob adjusts the rate of the effect when you want it off, just roll the Mod knob back fully counterclockwise.
Through the EXP jack, the Poly Blue Octave allows you to control various settings with an expression pedal such as the Volume (X)8 Pedal or an off-board switch such as the MXR Tap Tempo Switch to sweep between two different knob and switch configurations or toggle the fuzz and mono modes on and off.
The MXR Poly Blue Octave delivers high-performance pitch shifting, fuzz, and modulation in a ruggedly reliable housing with true bypass switching. Put this into your signal chain, and open up new sonic frontiers.
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Originally posted by UC3CBtg7FtS7WqselfPFbg7A at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLpbF6ynf3o
I dare you to not use the MOD setting. Double dog dare ya.
This or MXR Bass Fuzz Octaver for half price?
A Question: can i turn on the fuzz with a stomp. I mean can i stomp between fuzz sound and octave sound?
Indeed!
SUB -1 , with Sud ++. ok , but not Sub -1 more sub – 2 , its dirty
this sounds so good. how much more debt do you think i can manage? it's against my better judgment, but gotta have it
Got this but £199 in UK !!
Just Getting a used Emma Okto Nojs as well – I love Octave Pedal. MXR substantially more compact.
You are one of the best things that have happened to the channel- your review was awesome!
Or you could get 3 mxr blue boxes and run them all at the same time and sound like an atari doing acid jazz
Just bought it, really cool pedal, it doesn’t really do the OC 2 thing tho just in case you were wondering. I bought it hoping it could replace it on my board but the 1 octave down sound is significantly different, it gets kinda close I guess. Tons of fun tho
This sounds so cool
You will be seeing this pedal again very soon everyone! Lots more deep dive into some of the options for FUZZ FRIDAY! Stay Tuned!!
I spent some time with this pedal a few days after the video was released and found more sounds and nuances than even the ones requested in the comments here. It really is a pedal that is tough to have captured in a single brief video. It'll do your OC, POG, fuzz, phaser, sure – but it will ALSO do your Green Ringer and IMHO an even-better version of a Meatbox.
Love to hear it on Bass in a comparison vs. Boss OC-2, OC-5 and the Three Leaf Audio Octave.
You guys didnt put the -1 octave without dry in All the video???????????? how does It do the oc2 thing? Is good for sub synth stuff or more oriented to play on a Jack White style?
Sorry to say that but I came here to hear some of the features of the pedals, not alternate versions of Cliff Burton’s memorable lines. It seems to me that you barely scratched the surface of this pedal. Quite disappointing, I’m afraid to say…
How is the tracking overall? Does it track lower end of the bass cleanly or does that start to get a bit messy?
First riff is Orion – Metallica
One of the worst reviews around. Great success.
Definitely a cool pedal. And as you mentioned, I'm using multiple pedals to create these sounds.
MXR POG
I wish you spent time really testing the tracking.
Where's the bass? Fretted vs frettless? What pickups track best? How well does this track a low B or any drop tuning? Hows chord tracking? How well does a sub2 work with low bass strings?
Awesome!!!…
Thank you, I've been waiting for this forever
How absurd would it be? To make a side by side (not) comparison, with the yellow box bass sub octave fuzz, also from MXR.
Thanks for demeaning Southeast Asian women while talking about a bass guitar pedal. You do realise some of us play bass, too, right?
Think this pedal could really work well for a unique version of Orion intro and this section of Damage Inc:
https://youtu.be/dLGR_kqsDqI?t=2m
Love the way the Orion riff sounds through this thing!
There are dozens of guitar demos and reviews that cover the exact same basic stuff that is in this video, but what I really wanted to know was specifically how it performs for bass. How does the fuzz circuit handle the low end? How well can the mono octave circuit manage the OC2 thing? What is the frequency band that is primary affected by the phaser circuit (more high end or more lows)? How well does the poly octave track the low B on a five-string? What about tracking chords on bass? I guess I'll have to wait for a different bass YouTube channel to provide the information that bass players actually want on this pedal.
This could be really cool in front of the Justin Chancellor wah pedal
Fantastic pedal. You forgot to mention you can press and hold the fuzz button(until it blinks) and you can dial in how much fuzz you want with the dry knob.
Wow ! What an incredible pedal, .Kind of a similar idea to the EHX Pog without the sliders,
it looks easier to dial in a synth sound, … it looks like I will be giving Jim Dunlop & MXR my money once again. $$$ ????
Thanks! Ive been waiting for a bass demo of this!
Can you do the walrus audio M1 next?
Nice! I was looking for a bass demo!
I'd be interested in the '1 octave down only' sound. Is it like the oc-2 or more like a natural octave?
What am I gonna do with this thing!?????♂️????