alhbass Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 When using an octave pedal I split my signal path at the pre-amp output stage, so that I can eq the sub octave separately from the dry signal. In order to get more sustain from the octave pedal output, I thought it might help to compress and boost the signal going into it. I think I'll need a very "squashy" compressor rather than a transparent one, so was considering a CS-3. But then I read on Ovni-Lab that this particular pedal is characteristically weak in the Lows. I'm wondering whether this is going to matter in the context in which I'm thinking of using it? I'd welcome your views, or any other suggestions about how to acheive greater sustain for the sub octave output. I use a Markbass octave pedal. Thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephantgrey Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I would suggest getting a compressor with at least threshold, ratio, attack and release controls. Set the threshold and ratio to be quite aggressive, set the release to be all the way down, then play with the attack until it gets nice and thumpy. A pedal with good metering would also help you see what the pedal is doing. You might also want to look up dual-band compression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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