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Is there anything in Reason that acts like a guitar octave pedal?

Polar. I haven't tried it, though. Neptune CAN but sounds bad. You can record, duplicate the track, and repitch in the sequencer, if you don't care that it's not real-time.

I created a factory patch based on classic octave dividing concepts (flip flops). It's called "Sub Harmonic Generator" and it's in (for some reason) Multi FX. Crude but effective on some things.

Polar is awesome for guitar. It's like a POG on steroids and sounds really good. Tracking is great and the latency really isn't too bad at all.

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Thanks. Polar looks awesome.

it is on sale right now too.. i wouldn't flinch at buying it. I have had it for a couple months now and it doing some pretty trick stuff with it

Sad that other DAWs have this function built in without buying an add on.

kitekrazy wrote:Sad that other DAWs have this function built in without buying an add on.

Reason does have pitch shifting built in, and it can be achieved in several different ways. Polar is just more advanced and a pitch-specific device.

selig wrote:I created a factory patch based on classic octave dividing concepts (flip flops). It's called "Sub Harmonic Generator" and it's in (for some reason) Multi FX. Crude but effective on some things.

Wow, very very interesting! I was in the process of answering that as far as I remember the classic Boss octave down effect used a frequency divider method, and didn't think it was anywhere available in Reason... I'm re-evaluating Thor all the time!

As far as octave up, an absolute/rectifying function in a waveshaper (Thor has one) is perfect if one is after the Foxx Tone or Fuzz Face sound.

My advice is to roll off the tone (low pass) of any signal fed into these, as they need a strong fundamental to produce more musical tones. Monophonic signals are therefore preferred.

Oh, I should mention another strategy, which I really like: pitch tracking! Using Neptune to track the fundamental of a monophonic, as clean as possible source and driving a synth shifted up or down an octave is super fun! Even more fun, is driving the frequency of a ring modulator/frequency shifter (Echobode as a CV input for that)

These are cool:

jfrichards wrote:These are cool:

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These were just what I was looking for!
Thank you so much!

jfrichards wrote: ↑

12 Dec 2015

These are cool:

I've had Reason for YEARS and never spotted this- cheers mate

Kuassa’s Whammo gets my unreserved recommendation if you’re still looking for a dedicated effect.

selig wrote: ↑

11 Dec 2015

I created a factory patch based on classic octave dividing concepts (flip flops). It's called "Sub Harmonic Generator" and it's in (for some reason) Multi FX. Crude but effective on some things.

Hi Selig, does It works like the Dbx subharmonic synthesizer hardware?

Thanks!

Sokpoppet wrote: ↑

14 Dec 2015

These were just what I was looking for!
Thank you so much!

jfrichards hasn't been here in years, but cool you find this useful!

#thread_resurrection

This is a thread from before my time

Wow, this is an old thread.

Polar's latency has always taken away a lot of the enjoyment for me.

We've seen a few other RE options released since this thread was last active:
Turn2On Ghammy
Turn2On Drop and Lift
Kuassa Whammo

Yes we already have for this needs:
Ghammy pitch-shifter and Harmonizer inspired by pedal Whammy

Drop n Lift transposer, inspired by Whammy DT

Also:
Coriolis Force, double pitch-shifter, inspired by pedal Coriolis Power

And SubColours, octave diver and sub harmonics generator, inspired by Octave Divider pedal from MuTronics

PhillipOrdonez wrote: ↑

27 Apr 2023

This is a thread from before my time

Oh snap, I didn’t realise how old this was!

adfielding wrote: ↑

28 Apr 2023

PhillipOrdonez wrote: ↑

27 Apr 2023

This is a thread from before my time

Oh snap, I didn’t realise how old this was!

🤯

challism wrote: ↑

27 Apr 2023

Wow, this is an old thread.

Polar's latency has always taken away a lot of the enjoyment for me.

We've seen a few other RE options released since this thread was last active:
Turn2On Ghammy
Turn2On Drop and Lift
Kuassa Whammo

Yep. I bought Polar when it came out and that latency just killed it for me almost immediately.