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Sorted! Very interesting to find out how these gadgets work. I'll keep hold of the oc-2 for the time being then, and check out this Renaissance plugin. Thanks so much to all of you, I am humbled to have access to your bank of collective knowledge! It has been an education. Take it easy

wow thanks for the responses guys! never even heard of the density hulk! I should have given a more detailed description really. I am not fussed about losing the 'tonal charm' from the oc-2, I just mean that the reason I have held onto it no longer applies in my current setup- hence the search for a different sub. To be honest, my home gear is embarrassingly poor. I play into a laptop- one usb midi input for mids/ highs in NI massive, one 1/4" analogue for subs. Splitting duties between midi/analogue in this way seems to be quite effective, but its still very early days. The laptop is where I do the lowpassing/ highpassing (at around 30hz)/ compressing etc. in the Reaper DAW, so the octaver is the only (non-midi) pedal I use. At the moment I just listen through headphones out of the external sound card. No gigs, no studio practices- I'm still trying to figure it all out. I know that without listening through decent cabs its all a bit academic. Still, even though I am using headphones, other subs, say, from Massive or produced tracks, sound better, thicker, more solid. And I am guessing its down to the waveform. Does this seem likely? Square waves aren't so great for thick subs, are they? And the oc-2 is kinda squarey, isn't it? Assuming it is down to the waveform, does anyone know what sort of waveforms the octavers mentioned above generate, or how they are generated? Or maybe its just a case of trial and error... Thanks again everyone!

Hi all Embarking on a liquid funk project, I am using an oc-2 for my subs, lowpassed at 80hz. Correct me if i'm wrong, but the oc-2 outputs a (sort of) square wave. Well, sounds like it to my ears, anyway. The thing is, once the 'highs' are cut from the oc-2, it loses the tonal charm that makes it so desirable, and the subs aren't as solid as, say, a sine or even triangle wave. So does anyone have any better ideas for an analogue octave pedal that will provide more convincing subs? Thanks guys

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