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Features
The original Foxrox Octron was produced from 2005 to 2016. In late 2016, it was discontinued and replaced with Octron3 and now Octron4.
Octron is an analog pedal - not to be confused with a digital octave pedal.
You won't get that cheesy harmonizer sound with digital latency.
Instead, it's an organic analog effect that responds to your playing
style/technique. And it takes on a new life when you put it though other
effects and crank it up. Octave up, down, clean with a little of each
mixed...you can dial in just a hint of octave or you can make Octron3
your octave monster!
Octave Down
- It's an octave divider in the tradition of Mutron/BOSS OC2/DOD
Octoplus/etc. It tracks your dynamics and has more pre-divide gain and
filtering. The result is probably the best tracking you'll ever get from
an analog octave divider. Ultimately, the tracking is most dependent on
playing technique. Articulate playing tracks well, while sloppy playing
doesn't. The Octave DOWN section includes the ability to
dial in sub-octave sounds.
SIGNAL ACTIVATION SWITCHES: The three lower foot switches control relays that turn the signals on and off and they correspond with the level controls.
LEFT: Octave UP. Yellow LED shows status.
CENTER: Direct. Red LED shows status.
RIGHT: Octave DOWN and SUB, combined. Green LED shows status.
SUB: Creates a note more than one octave below the note you play.
DIVIDE BY 4: Two octaves below the note you play.
DIVIDE BY 3: One octave, plus a fourth below the note you play. Play E, and you get a very low A. Octave DOWN Mids/Low switch: Mids - This gives the low octave a "woody" type of tone, with midrange punch that will cut through when using a small amp. Low
- This gives a deep, fat bass tone that sounds HUGE through 12" and 15"
speakers. Frank Marino helped in shaping the fat low octave sound.
(Frank Marion and Mahogany Rush)
Octave Up
- It's a fuzzy high gain circuit that uses a pair of germanium diodes to get
the octave doubling effect. The upper octave is present at all parts of
the neck, but it becomes most prevalent as you go up the neck on the
high strings. Up around the 10th fret and higher, you can get a pure
upper octave. Play the NECK PICKUP and turn the TONE knob down a hair, and you can run it into a fuzz too.
NOTE!!! The Octave up is NOT like an EHX POG or something that makes your same sound, just an octave higher. It's a FUZZ, an octavia, used for the Jimi or KWS Blue On Black solo sounds.
Octave UP Bright/Pure switch: Bright
- The octave up circuit receieves a full range signal and the output is
bright and clear, and rich with harmonics. Roll your strat volume knob
down and use the neck pickup for Hendrix "Octavia" type sounds. Pure
- The octave up circuit recieves its signal after going through a low
pass filter. This results in a more pure octave-up sound, with less
treble and fewer harmonics. FEATURES
DIRECT LEVEL: Controls the level of the direct signal while the pedal is activated.
OCTAVE UP LEVEL: Controls the level of the Octave UP signal.
BRIGHT/PURE SWITCH: Selects between a bright sound, rich in harmonics, and a darker sound with a more pure upper octave.
OCTAVE DOWN LEVEL: Controls the level of the Octave DOWN.
SUB LEVEL: Controls level of SUB.
SUB DIVIDE 3 / 4: Select SUB for one and a half octaves down, or two octaves down.
MIDS/LO SWITCH: Selects between a mid-boost and a super-fat low end. Setting applies to both Octave DOWN and SUB signals.
INPUT JACK: 1/4" stereo jack. Disconnect Input to shut off battery.
OUTPUT JACK: 1/4" stereo jack. A stereo jack is used to maintain equal tension.
Tips for Octave Down Tracking
Like
other Analog Octave dividers, Octron4's lower octave will get confused
by chords, open strings, harmonics, weak pickups and sloppy playing.
Clean, articulate playing is rewarded with near-perfect tracking. Here
are some general tips for getting the best tracking results not only
with Octron4, but with any octave divider, and even many guitar
synthesizers that work on the same principles: - Use the NECK pickup
- a guitar's neck pickup has the roundest and purest tone. As you move
away from the neck, with middle, bridge, or any combination of pickups,
you add more harmonics and less of the fundamental frequency. Lower
octave tracking will become less accurate resulting in skipping and
dropping out. Also, make sure your guitar is set up right. Dead spots
and buzzing frets will cause poor tracking.
- Let only one note sound
- The octave down circuit will warble, skip and drop out if you play
multiple notes at once or let open strings sound. Palm muting will help
you control your dynamics and will produce the best tracking. The more
articulate your single note playing is, the better the tracking will be.
You can even use the tracking as a way to improve your playing.
- Letting notes decay -
As a note decays, there comes a point where the Octave down circuit can
no longer determine the note you're playing. At this point it will
sputter a little and drop out. The way to prevent this is to know at
what point this happens, and modify your playing to prevent it. Learn
just how long you can let a note hang and cut it off before the Octave
down circuit gets confused. Note - with single-coil pickups the natural
hum can get pretty loud. When especially bad, this can cause Octron4's
lower octave to skip.
- Play the chromatic scale on every string, up and down the neck. It seems that every guitar has one or two notes that just won't track well.
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