EHX POG3: Polyphonic Octave Generator of Your Dreams

[@EHX]

Thank you, Bill 🙏🙏🙏

[@bloodswarms]

Wow, EHX made their most modern, Boss looking pedal.

[@justinrowland5191]

I already threw my old one out. Did you see the shine on the chasis and digital lights?

[@normanquednau]

I love my string9 from EHX

[@universeconsciouscitizensc592]

It's truly useful to have a talented ambient player review such an amazing piece of technology like this. Thank you!!!

[@the_gray_hatter]

Sir, you NEVER miss. Thank you for the awesome content.

[@georgeoh-well8116]

Perfect for noodling along with The Clangers theme tune 😊

[@DanielBrophyMusic]

I've heard a few demos, yours was the first to help me really understand it's workflow and potential.

[@matthewmcguigan4293]

Was hoping for a good review on the POG 3, and here it is by the best pedal reviewer on the KZbin. NICE!

[@WillBrahm]

Beautifully formatted video. Thank you!

[@Eduaro2U]

Wow. Instantly into a universe similar to Alan Holdsworth - but through a dramatic worm-hole!

[@AvianBreak]

Had an original POG back in 2008 and miss it sometimes. This new one still gets that great organ sound and the filter envelope is a neat addition.

[@gerardlee4319]

I have an original also. It's not going anywhere!

[@bluepedalsrock9271]

3 pawgs sounds great!

[@kilocharlie1100]

Yay second comment. Just wanted to say you're the chillest youtuber out here and your vibe as a person perfectly matches the nice chill music you make. Much love from a fan in India

[@mantrachaitanyadas9049]

Second that!

[@davidsummerville351]

So glad you're doing this demo. Thanks

[@MF_Plissken]

damn that thing is da real deal, almost a synth of its own. their just one fader away from being one. needs a hertz fader to mix in any tone of your choice

[@josephpickard3108]

The tracking sounds great on this.

[@andrew6889-p5c]

$650!!! Wow, I’m going to need to find 649 more reasons to shell out for this one. I am sure some will get a lot out of it. Credit to EHX for doing creative stuff.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Wow! 😮 I really wanted this......until I saw the price 🙁 Should be no more than $350.

[@richarddresden6869]

Yeah, that's just nuts.

[@jasonmusic9938]

just wait till the holidays, someone is bound to have a 20% off code for all or most purchases.

[@Bluedotred]

Great video, but No way am I paying that much! For that price I could buy a whammy dt for the octave shifting (and frankly I think it sounds better) and an earthquake data corrupter for the weird shit. And possibly still have enough left over for a cheap third pedal. Sorry exh. I love you but not that much

[@TomSarracino]

That Pog3 unit looks absolutely beautiful!! I have the Pog2 but now I gots to have the Pog3! Ima sick(smart) man! 😝 Great video Thank you.

[@KyleWhitlock-Music]

Wowski!! My ears really perked up during this demo, and I’m just a mere keyboard player. I’m always a little envious of what a serious guitarist and a Box like this can do. Love your playing style! 👏👏 wonderful demo here

[@randaldavis8976]

Just got a new Pog3, haven't played with it, but looking forward to it

[@ethericlimerick2992]

Sir, you are a remarkable sonic sculptor!

[@wafthrudnir6361]

I´m using the HOG2 since years and I love it. The POG3 seams to be a modern update of it, very interesting and in stereo! But what´s missing: the freeze effects. Anyway, EHX is making great inspiring stuff.

[@jayp7335]

Love your playing dude, some wicked vibes 🫶✨

[@phantominterrogative]

If I get an EQD Spatial Delivery to add to my Pitch Bay... it won't even come close to that wonderful sound!

[@illegal_space_alien]

My dream, my wallet's nightmare. Great demo, Bill!

[@brinun01]

Well done demo. 👌

[@macsarcule]

Really cool demo, Bill!! ✌️😌🎸

[@daviddowling8015]

getting into Let the Power Fall territory with the Cosmos. Tasty.

[@Michel-r6m]

With this pedal Trout Mask Replica was actually possible 😂

[@c22880]

Just ordered mine, and it's replacing my pog2. The midi and multiple presets are what sold me with this pedal. Hope they do the same with the ravish and superego.

[@juliatruchsess1019]

I'm getting strong Fairport Convention vibes from all those parallel octaves and fifths. Awesome pedal and nice demo.

[@wayn3w]

I have to be practical: this thing sounds great, and seems to be the pinnacle of POGs, however, my rig is not stereo. I feel one of the other (3? 4?) POG pedals may be more appropriate. Looking forward to hearing you compose some music with this.

[@trebleboost7]

I just picked one of these up and so glad for this review! Yes, I think the stereo is a great feature, but you can run mono, but it doesn't normalize (L/MONO) so you need to pan the voices accordingly to one channel. The navigation is slick and tracking seems great too. I just need yet to test out the 'warp' pitch effects function more specifically for my use-case.

[@TomiLoveless]

One thing you don't mention is how you route this all through your mixer. I would setup two path ways, two pedal boards. It must be recorded in quad stereo. I already record in Quad. Tell me about your live recordings? Have any live Performances, you play IN front of an audiences?

[@TomiLoveless]

How would you setup live ambient quad? A pedal board with Jimi style effects and another one for ambient Style effects?

[@gtmuse329A]

Been lusting for this one but both size and price are putting it on the back burner. 🙁

[@VideoDreamLightShow]

The onion knight still at it.

[@liselottefrejdig1112]

Nice! I have the Eventide Space; with my Epi and/or my Moog.

[@ChristofferKetola]

It sounds very good! I’ve waited for a pog3. The blinking would be very annoying. I hope it can be switched off.

[@BrianKeary]

Cool similar to digitech whammy in placement then. Cheers dude.

[@zadtheinhaler]

I've tried to make a Helix sound like a POG2, and it's *kinda* close, but not really, lots of artifacts. Meanwhile, here's EHX just dropping the POG3 and making everything so much better.

[@antico.2757]

WOW! I've never been more inspired to sell some of my lesser-used pedals (just to be able to afford this one!).

[@wibblewabblewoo6249]

I’m a fairly good keyboard player, amateur guitarist This looks VERY exciting, as a someone who has played many church organs, trying out pipes of various octaves etc On my Behringer PolyD or Rhodes sound on my Korg SV2 or on my old Korg Poly800 that’s a year older than me (!) I bet this could a lot of fun Or even on my guitar (despite my lack of guitar skill) thru my Plethora X5 the sounds you get from 9:25 sound outrageous 😂

[@12ryudragon]

This is smaller than I thought

[@PuRe_AdDicT]

I have one on order, I’m looking forward to the sample/hold feature - I hope I can stop a lot of those flashing lights 😅

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Has me looking at the earlier POGs for a less expensive alternative.

[@stevekirkby6570]

Essentially a 'Bontempi' pedal; bringing you the sound of a shity keyboard from your beautiful guitar :) I jest - I'm sure it has its place. I quite liked the octave down stuff. But in a typical mix it is a bit much and is going to fill up those frequency bands. Solambient though, I guess with an El Capistan and Blue Sky it could make a huge racket :)

[@trebleboost7]

Actually I have found it to sound fantastic with subtlety, but it does beg to be used as a compliment to a rig in my opinion.

[@harveydean7952]

I agree. The pedal sounds utterly digital and outdated. Its crazy something so cheap sounding is so expensive.

[@The_Audio_Phoenix]

PLS more content on this pedal.

[@mxyplyzyk]

Boss' OC-5 allows you to cutoff the octave effect at a specific frequency so you can essentially isolate the low E and A (and part of the D) strings to add a bass line without impacting the higher notes. Can the POG do this? If not......what a major missed opportunity as this is how most folks I know in the jazz world use an octave pedal.

[@somethingvelvet]

I don’t think POG can do the “lowest” feature like the OC-5. There’s also a ton of huge features of the POG that the OC-5 can’t come close to doing - freeze, attack/decay, expression controlled filter sweeps, whammy mode, harmonized 5ths

[@NEONNOONE]

@@somethingvelvetEHX Bass Machine can do that it “split bass” setting

[@mxyplyzyk]

@@somethingvelvet I agree the the 'Synth' features are cool. But the simplicity of just being able simulate a bass on the lower strings is a no-brainer and should have easily been part of the POG3. I use a Boss SY_1000 synth for the effects stuff but I map the 2 bass strings down an octave. Thanks for your reply though.

[@worthmoremusic]

Great pedal but one many might not have a solid use for....also its a bit out of financial reach for the average non-professional ...unless you have a relationship with a retailer or manufacturer to demo equipment in exchange for that particular item...its just not an affordable piece of gear in my opinion...however fun, unique.

[@playmoreguitar5393]

Mental price. Axe fx3 looks like a bargain in 2024

[@deadrumdrive]

i know it's a stupid question but how does it compare with the onward? Cause both can cop synth sustainy sounds

[@concious_open_mic]

Could you please do demo on automatic freeze of this pedal? Thank you

[@johnhagerty7998]

None of the octave pedals I have used,seen Don’t give you enough highs, + , they only go 2 or 3 high + ,does any pedal let you program higher highs on the plus side higher octaves Thank You

[@telekhal]

The POG II already has most of these functions but it’s less easy to use. And then: it looks like a garage made pedal where they used leftover material. While this one looks yummy…

[@rovenordiales]

Tbh to me it seems this is borderline edging to be a synth type of pedal and not an octaver. I have my OC-5 in my SY-200 Fx loop.. and I think that could cover a lot more of my needs. It is a feature packed pedal, I just don't need the other features. Freaking cool color though!

[@gonzalozech]

My only issue with this pedal is that it is ridiculously big. I wonder how large the pcb that's inside really is.

[@asynchronicity]

Would like to be able to raise the upper octaves up a step or two….

[@mark7166]

Is that an Eric Johnson strat?

[@chordsoforion]

Yes indeed!

[@BrianKeary]

WHERE IS BEST TO PUT IT IN AN EFFECTS LOOP ON A PWDALBOARD?

[@chordsoforion]

You will need to experiment with your pedalboard to see what works best, but I would start by placing it somewhere towards the beginning. Definitely before chorus, delays and reverbs.

[@joelrudnick]

could this replace the superego+?

[@PuRe_AdDicT]

It definitely has that sample/hold feature, unfortunately Bill didn’t demo it here, I’m planning to use it like a Superego, the tracking and routing options seem to be a incredible for that use case

[@joelrudnick]

@@PuRe_AdDicT yeah that's the part I'm most interested in, along with being able to recall presets via midi

[@somethingvelvet]

It gets close, it definitely replaces the Attack control with a much more capable and better tracking one as well as the EHX Freeze and it has glissando but if you mostly use the auto-freeze on Superego+ it doesnt seem to work on POG3, it just does a live glissando effect with no freeze If you’re more into manual freezing that now must be done with an expression pedal which imo is a bit more awkward. There’s no decay control either, and less effects with only tbe POG stuff, a filter, and detune - though all of them are great and quite appropriate combo for synth-y tones. No other FX loop but you can at least use all the built in ones at the same time

[@normanquednau]

You could let your guitar sound like an organ...Wow

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

We have to be careful. If EHX keeps making more pitch shfting pedals, Digitech might release a new variation of Whammy....again.

[@c22880]

I wish they would just go back to the whammy 2 format

[@zzzz-sf5lr]

Noodles Mcgee😅

[@peterpeper4837]

I like the idea i dont like the sound. Sounds too artificial to me

[@AnthonyUK100]

ITS A SCAM !!! These presets on the EHX channel dont come with the POD3 even that they say 100 presets onboard. ONLY 10! I PAID TOP DOLARS! AND 10 PRESETS

[@goodwilj]

It's great if you can afford it.

[@johnking3863]

I have the POG 2, a great pedal except I inevitably end up twiddling and exploring the sounds it can produce rather than any useful music.

[@Neil-Aspinall]

Mmm $650???

[@AkkiSan23]

looooooool🤣

[@sluggo562]

I don't see anything it does that can't be achieved with a laptop.

[@matteomidas638]

The same old boring Ehx octave pedal in a new form factor. It's so modern that this pedal can't do the same Boss Oc-5 selective octave fx like adding a bass octave only to the lowest root note that is playing. This Ehx honestly is completely crap.

[@marcusstrymon693]

Meris fuckin hedra rulez (but terrible interface)

[@billmorgan7287]

But Hedra is mono, you can’t play chords or you get horrible artifacts and dissonant tones

[@marcusstrymon693]

@billmorgan7287 its stereo but true, its not polyphonic. And its user interface sucks soooo hsrd, its such a pain, i am considerong selling it

[@3DArt4All]

perfect presentation, unfortunately sound is so chemical ....

[@Dirge4july]

I think you meant to say artificial.

[@shaft9000]

a lot of hooplah and bling just for the same guitorgan and turn-any-fuzz-into-octavefuzz hack