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[Bassenstien]

Just to say.  I hooked my ash to my Dano French Toast Fuzz Octave (octave up) and then to a Boss Super Octave (two octaves down) with pretty silky fuzz and the sound was huge :evil:.  Sounded wierd but badass with just me and my drummer playin'.

[Xrix]

Just a thought... wouldn't you get better tracking when putting the Boss first, then the Fuzz/Octave?

Xrix.

[Bassenstien]

Well whenever I put the boss octave in front of a fuzz effect it gets wierd almost "pop" sounds.  But ill fool with it some more.  Thanks for the advice.

[SuperMonkeyCube]

I would suggest trying both ways, but I don't know if it will matter much.

Doesn't your ear pick up the high frequencies to tell 'when' a note is?  The French Toast won't noticibly delay the signal since it's working in the analog domain, and the fundamental that passes through the Boss won't be delayed.  The lower octaves will take a moment to track, but the note's already got an attack on it by then.  Another possibility will be that the French Toast accentuates the attacks of the lower notes as they enter if the French Toast is second...

You know what, I had the OC-2, and got rid of it later.  I realized that the Super Octave must be the new OC-3.  I hope it tracks faster than the old one.  The OC-2 tracked better when I played guitar into it than when I played bass into it.  I don't think the high freq stuff will hurt the Boss much.  (Back in my day there wasn't no separate bass input, kiddies.)

Wait! I got it!  Run the Boss first, but send the dry out to the French Toast?

I'm so confused...Nobody wants dry French Toast.

[Bassenstien]

lol now im confused.  And no the new Boss doesn't track that good I just thought it sounded kind of cool running them both.  I dont use it for a practical sound.  I just like makin' things sound wierd.

[Xrix]

Well, if you run the Boss's Dry Out into the French Toast, you'll end up with the 2 effects in parallel: 2 outputs...
You'll have to mix them back somehow, or go Stereo! :-o

Xrix.

[Bassenstien]

Which could be a good thing.  Stero setups open some pretty freaky and neat possibilities  :|.

[SuperMonkeyCube]

Ideally, you would have a crossover, and run the lows in mono, and send the French Toast through a chorus or phaser or a slight stero pitch shift (Like -7 cents plus original on the left and +7 cents plus original on the right) to spatialize the sound for stereo.

It's not like I've got room for a rig like that anywhere.
It's nice to think about, though.

[Bassenstien]

Yeah I think ill stick to ash->effects->amp
My mind cant think any more complex than that :?

[bholder]

Try the E-H POG (Polyphonic Octave Generator).  Amazing box.  One octave down, One octave up, one octave up detuned, two octaves up, two octaves up detuned, all with individual slider controls.  Can make a mandolin sound like a church organ.

I haven't tried mine with my Ashbory yet - I'll play with it later today.