favorite pedal for octaving/pitch shifting?

[joninc]

i recently worked with a band who had a whammy pedal and i loved running stuff through it - mainly just for octave up/down stuff. so i thought i'd look into getting one and of course the best one supposedly is the original which fetches up to $800 *!$#@ on ebay. FOR A PEDAL. that's insane!

i used the newer v4 whammy and thought it was decent enough..

but then i started thinking about the other available options for octave type pedals and what might be more interesting/fun and i started to think about the electro harmonix pedals - the micro pog, pog, hog etc...

it's not much more from a micro pog to a pog so i am considering that as a alternative with more options that i might actually use (rather than harmonizing effects on the whammy)...

thoughts? favs?

[A.David.MacKinnon]

I've used the whammy and the Pog and both are cool. The Whammy is it's own crazy thing and it does so much more than your average octave pedal.
For recording my all-time favorite is Leigh's Lowender plug in. It does everything from octave pedal stuff to sub harmonic synth.

[RefD]

octave divider type stuff is fun and great in front of an amp, but i've always gotten loads more mileage out of pitch transposers like the Harmonizer or IPS-33B or similar things.

[Marc Alan Goodman]

The pog is amazing. I've put entire string sections through it to fatten them up. There's still a little bit of a delay to it, but it's more than bearable for things that aren't all transient.

For something monophonic the options are completely different, but they always have trouble with complex signals. My favorite solution is the Pigtronix Mothership, which is just a whole synthesizer that tracks guitars or bass pretty damn well. Well enough that I've used it live without issue. And of course you can set it to whatever octave you want. Worth checking out, though it's also around $400+

[rhythm ranch]

Not a pedal, but find a used MXR Pitch Transposer. You'll be very happy.

[RefD]

Not a pedal, but find a used MXR Pitch Transposer. You'll be very happy.

oh yes!

try to get the display, too (separate add-on unit that displays interval in cents or semitones).

i think you can find the diagram for the footswitch online somewhere so you can build your own.

a great sound!

[daysleeper]

You should look into the Boss PS-5 Super Shifter. I think they sell for around $160 new, but I have seen them used for $100. It does all of the pitch shifting variations that the Whammy WH-1 does plus it has a cool vibrato setting that is very similar to the discontinued Boss VB-2 pedal. I also own a Whammy pedal and I agree that they are completely over priced at this point.

[linus]

I have a Whammy II and it does fine although it "sounds" digital in the sence that the signal sounds a hair glitchy/twitchy at times. You have to listen closely though to hear it. I like it for fake pedal steal sounds as well as octave dives/climes.

I have a POG which is way better for chordal stuff. Tracks even better than the Whammy.

On the other end of the spectrum I have a MuTron Octave Divider which tracks poorly but that is it's charm. It does the Neil Young "My amp is melting" thing like nothing else.

Just depends on what you want.

[lionaudio]

1960's mu-tron octave divider.. i use it on my bass with distortion.. it can make people throw up

[joel hamilton]

POG or frequency divider modules for me.
I also use the lowender and/or the dbx subharmonic synth. The furma punch can do it as well. POG is the best all around octave thingy right now in my opion, because it always tracks perfectly no matter what you use it on.