MXR - Poly Blue Octave // Full Demo

So yeah, every now and then I get a pedal that is a bit outside my comfort zone, but I like how it sounds and makes me play/write differently-this is one of those. The octave fuzz sounds in the Poly Blue Octave are a no-brainer for me (especially those unhinged analog-style tones on the Mono mode), but tbh I can’t think of a time when I really went all-in on a clean octave sound.
BUT-the challenge was purely my sensibilities and nothing about this pedal. It’s great at what it does, which four (!) octave voices that can be blended independently, some awesome Leslie-style and phaser that can be used on their own as well, and one gnarly fuzz circuit post-octave that recalls the OG Blue Box. So if you’re after a bit of ethereal color, organ-like timbres, or just rowdy, synthy fuzz, it’s all here in a very surprisingly versatile little box. Check it out!
*Big thanks to Dunlop for sending this pedal over*
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0:00 // Intro Track
1:57 // Overview (w/ Rubberneck & MXR Reverb)
3:27 // Controls (Polyphonic Mode)
5:00 // Monophonic Mode
6:36 // Ambient Swells w/ Synesthesia
8:14 // Fuzz (Poly)
8:54 // Fuzz (Mono)
9:50 // w/ Another Fuzz (The First Herald)
10:51 // Jam w/ MXR Reverb & Microcosm
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// HEARD HERE
Balaguer Ambient Espada
Fairfield Circuitry The Accountant compressor
MXR Poly Blue Octave
DOD Rubberneck
MXR M300 Reverb
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Marshall Origin 50C
Two Notes Torpedo Captor X
Science Amps IRs
Squier CV ‘60s P-Bass
Ampeg SVT Suite
EZ Drummer

[@egor1g]

I bought Sick As 3, mxr poly blue octave, 1312 v3 and shallow water after your reviews. Thanks a lot, really helpful.

[@nisebelle]

I love that FM/ring mod sounds you were getting out of the mono setting! Thanks for the in depth review, definitely need to try one of these out!

[@ambienttrash5234]

tyty! Yeah it's a fun one and has some really cool, unexpected sounds. You'll have to try mine out sometime!

[@post.sonitum]

Best demo of this pedal on KZbin! Great job, thank You 😀 👍

[@ourfriendsurrender]

the stacked fuzz section was just glorious. bravo

[@ambienttrash5234]

much appreciated, thanks for watching!

[@PedalPlayhouse]

This really sounds soo good, hugggeee ❤ really loved what you played through it

[@ambienttrash5234]

Thanks Jo! 😄

[@ediththeband]

My bass player has this pedal on his board. I love it and great job as usual!

[@ambienttrash5234]

Thanks homie, appreciate it!

[@normgomez2969]

Great video. I bought this pedal and it’s currently in its packaging, waiting to be opened. This video is inspiring me make some shoegazey riffs!

[@ambienttrash5234]

right on, thank you and enjoy it!

[@ski901real]

Man ive been waiting for this one

[@grizelda4526]

So good, it got me to sell my POG.

[@arcseconds_]

Those were some dope deep space transmissions. I just learned a new volume swell method for my often neglected octave pedal, thanks! Btw, I’m convinced that you can make any pedal sound amazing. Bring on that cat sounds pedal I saw floating around the interwebs…

[@ambienttrash5234]

Ha! Thank you, it was def a more left-field pedal for me but it was a really fun creative challenge, working with something I don't typically use in my palette. And yeah using it before a swell was one of my favorite uses I came across!

[@dots.sounds]

so good! that intro track. called it.

[@ambienttrash5234]

thx dude! appreciate you

[@MadsenMister]

Dude! I want me some AT guitar picks for my licks! And a Hoodie. Totally.

[@Norgoroth666]

Last song sound like boys night out. "The scars I wear around my wrist are there to prove that I exist..."

[@AJD00M]

Woah! What's the name of the intro track and please tell me it's a real song.

[@ambienttrash5234]

All of my intro songs are original! got this one and a bunch of others available on Bandcamp. ambienttrash.bandcamp.com/album/proceed-demos-vol-ii

[@szveszs]

tuning please? Awesome songwriting

[@ambienttrash5234]

thank you! It's in standard

[@3DThrills]

Great demo. But still not a fan of other effects included in a demo.

[@ambienttrash5234]

Thanks for watching. There are plenty of folks who already covered this one in isolation, and who generally do that better than I would. I tend to be more interested in how something fits into the bigger picture (i.e. with other effects), so that's where I focus more of my attention.

[@anniedarkhorse6791]

For me, if you add another pedal, the demo is worthless.

[@ambienttrash5234]

Cool, good thing plenty of this is the pedal on its own