“Essentially the most principal polyphonic octave generator ever”: Electro-Harmonix unveils the POG3, the most up-to-date period of the trailblazing octave pedal most standard by Joe Satriani and Jack White

Electro-Harmonix has launched the third period of its POG Polyphonic Octave Generator, the POG3, which brings a wealth of novel capabilities to the layout.

EHX appears to comprise put usability at the forefront of the novel release, with a novel triple-footswitch chassis offering rapid ranking entry to to preset switching, paired with a excellent 128×32 graphic OLED expose, plus illuminated aspect pots and buttons.

The trademark POG sliders return right here, but a novel +5TH remark has been added, alongside the novel -2 OCT, -1 OCT, +5TH, +1 OCT, +2OCT.

In a nod to guitarists and bassists who employ the POG to split their signal and mimic an instrument delivery air their usual fluctuate – cough, Royal Blood, cough – there at the 2d are three 1/4″ outputs onboard (left, heavenly, thunder out), plus pan controls to split thoroughly different octave voices between the stereo outs.

The pedal would possibly perchance well well also be historic for descend tuning via the Warp mode, which enables avid gamers to descend or expand their pitch to any articulate over a two-octave span, whereas there’s even a freeze mode for soloing over a pad.

Parts from EHX’s all-principal HOG also construct an look, including a Gliss mode for synthy transitions between chords.

Other additions embody alter for Input Build, a Master Quantity, a Focus alter for +1 OCT and +2 OCT, plus a Multimode Filter with Q and Envelope sweep.

All controls will also be saved to any of 100 onboard presets and tweaked via an expression pedal or MIDI (so, sure, it is possible you’ll well well well perchance mimic a Whammy pedal), whereas a USB-C port permits you to interface with the firm’s novel EHXport app for preset administration and editing.

Launched in 2005, the unique POG became once in point of fact one of the most very first polyphonic octave pedals ever – ie, it would possibly perchance well well notice extra than one articulate at one time, allowing guitarists to play corpulent chords with out the pedal glitching out treasure rival pitch-shifting pedals of the time.

At the time of its delivery, Joe Satriani and Jack White had been so inspired by the novel field, they raced to become the first to make employ of it on document, with the White Stripes’ Blue Orchid appropriate pipping Satch’s Good Tremendous to the publish.

The POG3 is in all chance the most top rate EHX pedal we’ve yet seen, and ought to easy tag a courageous novel top rate future for in point of fact one of guitar outcomes’ most storied firms.

Plus, with capabilities cribbed from the HOG, Freeze and Pitch Fork, the POG3 is something of a principal hits for the agency.

Accordingly, it’s obtained a excessive ticket tag: $645, including 9V energy offer. By our reckoning, that makes it the most costly pitch-shifter available on the market, and in point of fact one of EHX’s priciest launches ever – but it’s also in point of fact one of the most versatile.

With that in mind, we are able to’t abet but shock if a variety of these capabilities will trickle the total manner down to novel Micro and Nano POGs in the no longer-too-some distance-off future…

For now, it is possible you’ll well well well perchance ranking extra files on the POG3 over at EHX.