Behringer Ultra Octaver UO100
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User Reviews of the Behringer Ultra Octaver UO100
- Submitted by Matt from Melbourne (12 points) on Jul 30, 2011
- I've actually owned 3 of these, but that's a long
story I won't recount here, but I've always gotten
them second hand and have never encountered a
dodgy/broken one
This pedal can have problems tracking, or even
working unless the volume is really high, or the
signal distorted/compressed to all hell.
I would consider this pedal to be useless for
guitars and vocals, but for drone noise it has it's
purposes.
Unfortunately the high end just doesn't cut through
on the pedal, so it's kinda useless for harsh noise
as it'll cut all the juicy frequencies right out.
I've used this with some homemade '555 timer chip'
oscillators and it worked magic on turning the
horrible 'not even a proper squarewave' tone into
something much more magnificent.
used in a 2 pedal (or more) feedback loop gives the
most benefit, I have found, as the the original/-1
oct/-2 oct knobs can be blended together nicely to
shape the feedback, and in this respect this pedals
suddenly becomes amazing.
One of these pedals in a feedback loop into just
itself doesn't produce anything interesting.
This is a pretty useless pedal, but it can treat you
right if you're crafty about where you place it in a
signal chain. - Good Points: > Excellent addition to elaborate feedback loops
> Good for drone noise, or thickening a synthesized
tone > Cheap > I've owned 3 and never had any break - Bad Points: > Useless for most purposes > Makes treble disappear
- Price Paid: US$0.00
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- Submitted by Howard from Brighton, MA (132 points) on Dec 6, 2008
- I bought this pedal mainly for use with some contact mic'd vocal drones, so clarity was never my main objective. This octaver needs a strong signal to track well (or at all in some cases). I've found that it works well following a contact mic and a boost pedal. While I didn't notice must difference using the range switch for drones, it did make a difference in a feedback loop. It's not a huge change, but it can be used for a quick, slight shift in sound. As with the contact mic, this pedal needs a strong signal in front of it in the feedback loop. I found it responds well after my DS-1. Without the distortion, it sounds like a nearly dead video game. I've tried a few octavers: the EH Octave Multiplexer, the MicroPOG, and the Boss OC-3. The tracking on the Behringer (with hot signals) works as well as either the Multiplexer or the Boss. The MicroPOG is infinitely better in this regard, but then again, you can buy at least 6 of these for the price of one MicroPOG.
- Good Points: inexpensive decent tracking with hot signals adds rumble to drones/contact mic'd sounds muddy
- Bad Points: soft sounds don't track at all same tracking problems of many octavers - not good with fast tone changes or chords muddy
- Price Paid: US$30.00
- Purchased At: Mr. Music (Allston, MA)
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- Submitted by Jon from Huntsville, AL (496 points) on Jul 8, 2007
- Dirt cheap and pretty useless, except for adding lots of low, rumbling noise. try to add some bends to it... there's the typical noise/tone/chopping bends you find in these pedals... It's not something you want to use all the time.
- Good Points: Cheap. It can be turned into a nice, loud, obnoxious noise synth by places a few switches around the case... It's better for that than it's intended purpose, but the effect is useful from time to time.
- Bad Points: Turns your signal to crap... (if you want to maintain the clarity, treble boosts work nicely with this effect). Hi/mid/low switch is useless. Cheap, flimsy construction. Little room for mounting switches w/o breakout box... (If you run off of wall power, you can probably fit plenty of switches onto the top of it where the label is.)
- Price Paid: US$19.00
- Purchased At: eBay
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- Submitted by Jaybear from Houston, TX (30 points) on Oct 3, 2006
- Good for the money. The lo/mid/hi switch really makes no difference to the sound, and the octaves down are VERY muddy. That can be good or bad, they sort of kill your signal and turn it to slushy low end drones, but with the direct knob up enough, you get a cool multi tone sound.
- Good Points: Price. Sturdy for plastic. Good for low end.
- Bad Points: Track switch is useless. Not the best Octave, not even close. Battery is tough to get in.
- Price Paid: US$20.00
- Purchased At: BP Photo
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- Submitted by Eric from Montreal (22 points) on Feb 23, 2006
- Nice Octaver for the money - equivalent to the Arion MOC-1. I find the clean signal isn't as crisp as on the Boss OC-2 though, but the 2 bass tone track pretty well and sound more or less the same as an OC-2 or the MOC-1. Biggest gripe are the switch which is a really cheap micro switch and AC adapter jack placement on right side of pedal
- Good Points: Great price, good low bass tones
- Bad Points: design flaws on all Behr pedals - swtich and ac jack location
- Price Paid: US$25.00
- Purchased At: ebay
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