Boss OC-5 Octave *NEW BOSS PEDAL*

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Re: Boss OC-5 Octave *NEW BOSS PEDAL*

Post by laurie » Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:01 pm

At least it wasn't "burning arse"...

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Re: Boss OC-5 Octave *NEW BOSS PEDAL*

Post by Pepe » Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:10 pm

The worst thing is that the octave up mode sounds the same in the poly and vintage mode. I had loved an octave up fuzz in the vintage mode or a sound similar to the Pearl OC-07 Octaver or my KORG KOT-401. This compressed whining pitch shifting sound is utter crap. The Hotone OCTA does a way better octave up sound than this one.
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Re: Boss OC-5 Octave *NEW BOSS PEDAL*

Post by chromandre » Tue Nov 03, 2020 2:35 am

Pepe wrote:
Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:10 pm
The worst thing is that the octave up mode sounds the same in the poly and vintage mode. I had loved an octave up fuzz in the vintage mode or a sound similar to the Pearl OC-07 Octaver or my KORG KOT-401. This compressed whining pitch shifting sound is utter crap. The Hotone OCTA does a way better octave up sound than this one.
my sentiments exactly, they coulda even tossed the Octavia mode of the FZ-5 into the vintage mode.

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Re: Boss OC-5 Octave *NEW BOSS PEDAL*

Post by Gasgano » Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:53 pm

Is it me or every new Boss pedal in the last few years has been SOOO COOL ON PAPER and SOOO UNDERWHELMING in real life?
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Post by Pepe » Tue Nov 03, 2020 1:05 pm

The VO-1 Vocoder is awesome! I bet the SY-1 Synthesizer is fantastic as well. But the others ... BOSS should really ask us what they should do. The DD-8 still doesn't have a tone knob - in the year 2020! :|
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Re: Boss OC-5 Octave *NEW BOSS PEDAL*

Post by laurie » Tue Nov 03, 2020 1:26 pm

Gasgano wrote:
Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:53 pm
Is it me or every new Boss pedal in the last few years has been SOOO COOL ON PAPER and SOOO UNDERWHELMING in real life?
Agreed. The last new Boss pedal I had any interest in was the DM-2W. And that's 5 years ago. And it had a price-tag that I couldn't swallow and so I've never had one ... making do with the DD-7 i picked up for cheap at Cash Convertors.

Are we just becoming jaded/old-farts, or does Roland really need to take notice?

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Post by Pepe » Tue Nov 03, 2020 3:55 pm

The latter. Definitely.
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Re: Boss OC-5 Octave *NEW BOSS PEDAL*

Post by The_Doc » Tue Nov 03, 2020 6:51 pm

Thanks for the heads up Pepe on the OC-5. I intend to use it with a drive pedal and I’m wondering whether that will improve things. We’ll see but not yet as I’m still waiting for the thing - the delivery date has gone back yet again ! :x :x

Also, I completely agree that Boss should take a bit of time out to listen to their loyal customers, although that doesn’t seem to be their way. They are completely driven by innovation which I can understand but we can still contribute to that thinking !

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Post by Pepe » Tue Nov 03, 2020 6:55 pm

An innovative thing had been to take the technology of the SY-300 for the note detection plus an awesome sounding octave up mode that offers instant 12-string guitar effects in poly mode and a fuzzy octave up sound in vintage mode.
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Re: Boss OC-5 Octave *NEW BOSS PEDAL*

Post by Gasgano » Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:22 pm

Pepe wrote:
Tue Nov 03, 2020 1:05 pm
I bet the SY-1 Synthesizer is fantastic as well.
I'll probably get one for Christmas, from me to me with love.
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