Re: Octave Effect Pedal question

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxx>]

I use a Boss )C-2, although I generally use it as an octaver, not as 
a distortion device.  It does have a slightly different effect than a 
typical compressor or distortion effect, in my judgement.  It seems 
to produce a sort of "synth-y" sound from the input in both the 
normal octave and lower octave outputs.  Turning the lower octaves 
off and leaving the unshifted signal would produce an interesting 
horn-like tone.  

Jason probably discovered this through the "happy accident" and just 
liked the effect.  

- -tim

Tim Moyer
Working Man's Harps
http://www.workingmansharps.com/

Jp Pagan wrote:
>  i've read a couple of times of people using an
> octave pedal in their effects chain, the twist being
> that they don't actually use the octave effect: they
> turn the octave effects down or off and use the pedal
> as a kind of distortion box. jason ricci does this,
> for example: (from his website) "I turn the octave
> effects off and the direct level up, creating a very
> clean sort off compression/distortion effect." he
> specifically uses the Boss Oc-2 pedal. 
>   question is this: why? i mean, if you aren't going
> to use the effect, why not just get a plain distortion
> pedal? if there's a difference, does anyone know how
> this was figured out, or why the difference exists?