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  • #79191
    Anthem
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    I’m thinking about getting a HOG but I have some questions. Is the HOG able to do everything the POG can do?

    Can the HOG simulate realistically the following instruments?

    Resonator Guitar (Dobro or National sound)??
    Cello?
    12 String Guitar (as good or better than the POG)
    Bass Guitar (realistically enough to record studio bass tracks with my guitar)???
    Piano? (OK, that’s asking a lot but you never know.)

    I greatly appreciate any input.

    #102738
    julian
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    It can do a ton of stuff. You can go for certain sounds like in the effectology videos, or you could think of it as a synth as use it for experimentation

    #102757
    Anthem
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    I already know all that. I’m specifically asking if it can simulate those specific instruments.

    #102802
    nakedzen
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    I’ve never tried getting a resonator guitar sound out of it, but I don’t think so. There’s a cello effectology of it. Bass and 12-string it can sort of do, but I like the Zcat Polyoctaver way more for those since it has a delayed attack on the octaves making it more convincing sounding.

    What I’ve heard it do pretty convincingly (mostly on the effectology series) are harmonica, cello, violin, a lot of synth tones, organ and whistling. I think using the envelope and filter sections are crucial in getting something else than just organ tones out of it. And a “less is more” approach to tweaking it.

    #102826
    Anthem
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    WOn’t the delayed attack make a bass guitar simulation sound unnatural and out of time? I agree on a 12 string simulation it would probably sound more realistic but for bass I don’t think it would work. Am I missing something?

    #102900
    John J
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    it won’t do a better twelve string than the POG because there is no detune function, but i’ve used it as a convincing bass many a time and it can do a passable twelve string.

    im having trouble imagining how a resonator sounds so i cant speak on that.

    if you adjusted the filter and attack JUST RIGHT, and plucked the strings with your fingers, i can actually see a convincing piano coming out… but dont hold me to it because ive tried and i couldnt get it to work. thats something for mr. ruppert to tackle.

    #102928
    Anthem
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    Maybe if I could make the guitar sound a little metallic and then use a slide it would sound convincing. Has anyone here used the POG as a 12 string for recording? Did it sound convincing on a recording? I’d like to mix it with some acoustic guitar and bass(also done with a pog) and see how it sounds. How about this…..can the POG make an electric guitar sound like a mandolin? Or electric Mandolin?

    #103321
    nakedzen
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    WOn’t the delayed attack make a bass guitar simulation sound unnatural and out of time? I agree on a 12 string simulation it would probably sound more realistic but for bass I don’t think it would work. Am I missing something?

    Maybe I worded it incorrectly. I meant the attack is softer like on a real bass guitar, not a “snap” like on a guitar.

    #103946
    Anthem
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    How good are the Cello sounds the POG2 offers? How about Hammond b3 sounds or wurlitzer? Will the POG make a guitar sound like a realistic bass?

    #104138
    voretaq7
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    How good are the Cello sounds the POG2 offers?

    As a cellist, it doesn’t quite sound like a cello – the notes are right, but there are qualitative factors that are lacking and the result sounds too sterile to my ear.
    That said it’s a great synth approximation, and it’s equal to or better than a lot of MIDI cello patches I’ve heard.

    Depending on what you’re doing it may be fine – I’d listen to https://www.ehx.com/blog/effectology-cello-concerto for yourself and decide if it’s suitable.

    #104189
    julian
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    resonator is more in the verb territory

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