SUB ‘N” UP
OCTAVER
It’s about time TC got into the
polyphonic octaver game. I’m kind
of surprised the company has gone
this long without an octave pedal in
its lineup, but the wait has definitely
been worth it. The Sub ‘N’ Up
Octaver has arrived, and it is lovely.
It is capable of glistening, polyphonic
octave tones with flawless tracking in
the modern style, or it can be used in
the manner of a classic, monophonic
analog octaver, which tends to be
a little more glitchy, reckless, and
ballsy. It can do a single octave
up, for those shimmery sounds, as
well as one and two octaves down,
for tones that go from simple bass
guitar mimicry to full-on, synthstyle subsonic destruction. Each
octave has a dedicated blend knob
for working up the perfect mix of
octave accompaniments, and there’s
also a dedicated knob for the dry
signal level. A tiny toggle selects
polyphonic, classic, or TonePrint
modes. With the TonePrint editor
you can really get wild, adding
modulation sounds to the octave
mix for some very unique sounds
that won’t be found in other octave
stompboxes.
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