We Are Scientists – Barbara album cover

We Are Scientists – Barbara

Album 2010

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2010 album Barbara.

Music from Barbara

Gear Used On Barbara

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of We Are Scientists – Barbara (2010). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Effects Pedals used by Keith Murray on Barbara

Harmonizer & Octave Effects Pedals

Electro-Harmonix Micro POG Polyphonic Octave Generator

Avg price: $226.86

In this photo of Keith Murray's pedalboard, the pedal in the middle is the Electro-Harmonix Micro POG. In this interview from August 2010 originally found on wearescientists.wordpress.com, he talks about first getting the full size EHX POG, and then the smaller Micro POG:

Keith: I’ll try to give you the signal chain in order: Boss tuning pedal, into an Electro-Harmonix Polyphonic Octave Generator Micro–

Mahsa Borhani: Which, you said that you found this pedal recently while you were record–writing songs in [Athens]?

Keith: No, well, I bought it in the middle of the Brain Thrust Mastery tour,

Mahsa: Ok.

Keith: I bought the, not the micro, the full, like, you know, theatre, full,

Chris Cain: The home appliance.

Keith: The home appliance, yeah. I bought it and had it on my pedal board for about six months–it’s a gigantic pedal–um, and it really made me angry, for a long time. But yeah, didn’t come into play until Barbara.