Note: I’m not an EHX employee, just a volunteer admin for the forum. These pedals are entirely fictitious and out of my imagination and the imagination of other people who contribute to this thread.

With the POG2 coming out, I can’t stop myself from thinking about what a HOG2 might be like.

Micro HOG:
* advanced algorithm and DSP used on POG2
* 5 sliders: Dry, Original, Octave Down, Octave Up, 5th. I think 5 would fit, since a double XO sized pedal can fit 10.
* FX loop (I can think of a million awesome reasons to have an FX loop)
* push button for switching between expression modes, and expression direction
* new expression mode- 2 octave bend
* expression and MIDI in for expression control via a pedal or via MIDI.

So basically- a stripped down HOG that focuses on the expression modes, but doesn’t totally eschew voices. FX loop for awesomeness.

XO HOG
*advanced algorithm and DSP used on POG2
* 8 sliders, 4 buttons, 1 flipswitch, 2 footswitches, and a ton of LEDs
* Dry, Original, Octave Up, Octave Down, 5th, Detune, Attack/Decay, and Filter Cutoff sliders
* Q Button like on POG2 for the filter
* Expression Direction Button
* Envelope Mode Button: Chooses what is to be effected by the envelope: volume, filter, or both
* Invert Envelope Button: Inverts the Envelope
* Footswitch mode switching button: controls the secondary footswitch button function
* Footswitch button functions: Expression Button -like on the old HOG, Expression Mode Cycle, Preset Cycle, Envelope on/off, Expression Hold Cycle
* Expression Hold: Holds whatever has been done VIA the expression pedal and cycles through expression modes. So you can freeze a note, then hit expression hold a few times and start doing octave bends on it. Or you could do filter sweeps. Or while playing with the 5th harmonic slider, you could bend down a step so then you’ve got DRY + 4ths, and then you could go into freeze glissando mode and freeze your 4ths.
* New Expression mode: 2 Octave Bend
* Hazarai knob for presets
* FX loop, switchable as to whether it is before or after the envelope
* Expression in

Basically: the

HOG2
*Everything the HOG has
*Advanced algorithm and DSP used on POG2
*FX loop, switchable as to whether is is before or after the envelope
*Full Midi CC control over all the sliders and functions
*Expression Hold mode from the XO HOG
*2 octave bend expression mode
*Hazarai style preset knob
*selectable functions for secondary and tertiary switches
* Footswitch button functions: Expression Button like on the old HOG, Expression Mode cycle, Preset Cycle, Envelope, Expression Hold
*Envelope can control volume AND/OR Filter. Buttons as appropriate to do allow for such.

Basically: The works.

Nano HOG
*Input, Output, Expression Out
*Blend knob (mixes between dry and original)
*Expression mode knob, like on Hazarai.
*Expression direction switch
*2 octave bends

Basically: The expression modes, and only that. Nothing more, nothing less. Probably could use a different name, because at this point, it’s not really a HOG anymore.

SMMH2
*controllable rate in modulation mode
*external controller box to use looping features more conveniently, and select presets
*undo function on loops
*have feedback control on loops make loops fade out naturally if not set to 100%, like on other loopers
*stutter function for looping
*trails
*less modes- sliders so that more can be controlled at once
*ratios on the tap tempo[/b]