Electro-Harmonix XO Octave Multiplexer

to me the mutron octave circuit is the gold standard of 70s analog octave effect... that said the EHX multiplexer tracks poorly and has a relally clangy unantrul timber that's great as more of a splatty and ring moddy special effect sometimes. I'd still like to have a mutron but they're pricey thanks to neil young. I ave an old one of these and like many of my ehx pedals I don't like using them much because of the boxes and switches. this is another tonesucker too... but when recording its got a certain sumthin' sumthin'. for something analog but more hifi ona budget try an arion octave from the 80s . The plastic case is no flimsier than the old EHX sheet metal boxes and the arion sounds really good, tracks great... but as a psycho-grade special effect the multiplexer is super fun. Velcroey bass and claging high harmonics galore are in there when you get the high filter and blend setup right with the sub engaged. Too polite? try playing some doublestops instead of single note runs. The pog is comparatively polite. More useful? probably. But not to me.

got this to replace a Boss Octave pedal, this is so much more organic, with filters on either end of the effect

of course this is not made for chords but sustained notes do produce a odd wahing like waffling off sound