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  • regardless if you like the sounds or not, he does a sweet demo on how to operate the pedal. But what the hell is up with all the people posting using terrible english? And you also can't compare the hog and the echolution, the echolution is a fucking delay pedal lol

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  • man i hur dat shit with the toe up and damn if i aint toe up

  • @TheMrHuzzah thanks for your advices :) by the way I think echolution is very better, there are many sounds... :)

  • @TheMrHuzzah I like this sound of barn owl (ancestral star) but I know now that they use cathedral and pog 2. not hog... I listen to your bands but I don't like their sounds... thanks again.

  • @TheMrHuzzah it could be. but in this video I hear only bad sounds, like organ. I didn'd try no one good sound in hog. and all videos are bad. In echolution I hear very better sounds, for example. Hog is a very big pedals but it's not good for me, and has not many sounds. it's always organ, more or less. If you have some information or video, please, let me know. I play Ambient... thanks. I'm waiting for your answer

  • I bought it full of joy... but I wrong my choose. It's a kind of organ for guitar. I hope to find a lot of sounds but it's an organ. sinth of pigtronix was better. also others are better. hog is very expensive and it's good also for someone wants to have organo sound. very sad.

  • how do i get the s4k liquid lead sound on this?

  • you sound a lot like dax sheppard from parenthood....just to let you know. Good demo

  • honestly, i was super interested in the HOG for the longest, but from a more logical perspective, it would be a waste, i get most of these sounds from my Digitech Whammy II (which is the best whammy in my opinion), MXR Blue Box, and Tube Zippper, all i really need now is a POG and a wah.

    thanks man for helping me save my money!

  • EHX is eleventy-bajillion times better than any other mfg for guitar effects. I use a line 6 DL4 and the M13 stomp box modeler but those are mainly for the live rig because of portability and ease of use. EHX is producing effects relevant to the working guitarist and songwriter, instead of focusing on boxes that attempt to reproduce some other dude's tone. Other mfgs probably sell many more pedals, but EHX is the real, for the real. Anything else is just fuckin' around.

  • @bobsguitarshop i run my guitar in to a doepfer dark energy analog modular synth and it does things the hog and pigtronixmothership wish they could do and a dark energy all analog synth can be picked up used for the same price-its even got the old fashioned patch cords for sound maniupilation- i fnd these guitar synths arent wild enough- i can get alot of these same sounds on my old yamaha dg stompbox- far more synth sounding- i do have a EH micro synth which i love though

  • @salvadory Thanks for the tip. I've never known anyone who had a doepfer in their rig before. I'm always looking for equipment that can push guitar tone into as yet uncharted sonic territory. I'm assuming it's rack mounted or, is it available in a floor pedal?

  • @bobsguitarshop amen, ive been thinking the same, they make super unique pedals and they sound great, studio worthy even.

    but this HOG, something tells me i wouldve been disappointed, the price tag is way too high.

    wouldve been a return or exchange for me.

  • HUM DEBUGGER

  • The idea of this pedal is awesome, I have one.....But man, it's just a horrible sounding pedal.

  • too much talking

  • dane cook plays guitar? Haha, sweet pedal tho!

  • does this have it's own reverb?

  • is your name chris rizzo?

  • haha is does sound like dane cook

  • I just got one on Ebay, Both units plus the ex pedal for 499 !!!

    I will post a review as soon as I get it ..!

    <8-)

  • how about a noise suppressor petal?

  • when did Dane Cook start doing gear reviews?

  • should i get a digitech whammy instead of this?

  • @brandonbake i think this, with an expression pedal, could do all the sounds that the digitech whammy is capable of doing, and then some. i don't really know though, i'm considering purchasing one of the two (or the POG2) as well, trying to figure out which.

  • you need a noise gate dude

  • im dumb, what's better? HOG or POG?

  • @SuperKarf I'd go HOG

  • @SuperKarf I'd say the hog, but it is a lot nore expensive than the pog, which already doesn't come cheap.

  • I like the micro synth and pog better. to this sounds much less versatile. or is it this guy?

  • @useless987

    Watch his other demo, and the one by Sweetwater. They sound better than this one,imo. It's a pretty awesome and versatile pedal, especially combined w/ other effects.

  • @useless987 the microsynth is great for monophonic stuff and moog like tones, but if you want to go for e.g. a Hammond - like sound, the hog might be the right weapon of choice. I have the microsynth myself but I'm seriously considering buying the hog as well...

  • so would it be safe to say that POG + micro synth + whammy = HOG????????

  • @Thevipaka nope, the microsynth won't track polyphonic signals. That signal chain can only end in desaster ;-) The Microsynth behaves more like a monophonic moog, it does incredible filter sweeps, but try strumming a chord and it will choke on the input signal.

  • @dudewhosaysarrh yea i have a micro synth and know what you mean. i just cant justify the price of this one...... and the floor space it takes up! i love EH pedals. i feel a few other brands are on the rise as far as quality build/sound also!

  • Some1 help the hog or Electro-Harmonix MicroSynth? whats better ? whats the differnce?

  • @eatthemoon13 The Micro Synth is analog synthesis, not digital, so that's a whole other soundregion..

  • @eatthemoon13 that entirely depends on wether you want a moog style sound or a hammond organ...

  • "i use this alot for solos"........... :(

  • I want so see a pinch harmonic with this pedal.

  • Why don't u guys get a room ?

  • they'd probably find out that they share the same type of personalities and instantly become bored and annoyed with one another!

  • @otentas hahahaha nice.

  • @otentas I think it's cool that people can communicate anonymously in a civil manner on the net and actually maybe become friends. I still thumbs upped your comment due to funnyness.

  • @otentas LOL i think theyd be exploring more than just guitar pedal tones in that room.

  • and we were discussing analog synths, the boss SYB-5 isnt analog as far as im aware =S

  • its not analog, but it has a very similar arquitecture as that of a synth...

  • true it does. It sounds too fake for my liking, its like a default steinberg track off of Cubase - no one actually records shit with MIDI and thats kinda what it sounds like to me XD

    im a tonechaser tbh, which is why i favour more unique stuff - such as the hog.

  • yeah, the hog is a great efx unit, and as all EHX stuff, it sounds HUGE and is really inspiring (i dont own one, but i had one for a while and i came up with some interesting ideas)... but i wouldnt say is a synth... just because of its arquitecture, but even so, is an amazing piece of gear!

  • nahh but synthesisers were never originally invented to create new sound, but to emulate existing sounds such as organs and stringed instruments that you wouldnt readily be able to emulate. This makes the HOG a synth in the old sense of the word.

    Modern life has made the word Synth a synonym for techno style music and a keyboard.

  • well... modulars where one of the first synth structure, and is REALLY difficult to emulate acoustic sounds with a modular... i personally see synths as a standalone instrument with infinite possibilities... when you grab a modular and start to program, everything is possible... except, probably, emulate a violin or a guitar or a piano (excepto for the digital PSM stuff nowadays...)

  • ahh i still yearn for all the old analog tech to come back. Creating usable sounds using effects pedals and a studio full of lovely sliders is much more me than software i think XD

  • i dont know where is the software in a modular

  • fair point, i meant to put hardware too.

    Im a computer nut dont get me wrong, but im a guitar player at heart... everything has to sound as authentic as possible.

    Not that i dont like electronica, i fucking love that too XD

  • well, im a guitar player myself but i use a lot of synths (i have a modular setup, a moog rogue, a korg ms20 and a clavia nord lead 2x) and i have never done electrtonic music with them... i use them for sound processing, for percussiones, for fat bass lines, nice leads, pads and to do a lot of experimentation, nearlly none of that is possible with microsynth, nor hog)

  • hmmm i have a feeling id get along rather well with you... and your equipment. The moog a reissue?

    I know a mate who has a clavia nord, the big red ones? XD

    tbh i do experiment too, but its generally just replacing transistors and caps to see what sounds good where XD

  • i s a moog rogue, 1984...

    as well i have a bunch of moogerfoogers laid off as a semimodular system (two cp251, a ring modulator and the lowpass filter)

  • i love the look of old moog pedals, they look like they are out of a 50's trading catalogue i love retro stuff.

    Moog do make some of the best ring mods if i remember rightly. I dont use ring mod much besides the Green Ringer (technically a ring mod)

  • in the studio it still does, many many professional studios prefer analog to digital. creates a much warmer, richer sound.

  • this or microsynth?whtch is better?

  • This - all the way.

    The Freeze/Gliss is mondo.

    Look at Cardinalofcrunk he has a new video with the hog that will smash your face.

  • if money is no object, this.

    It is digital so the octaves are totally clean, none of the "octavia" style octaves you get on the microsynth.

    Plus the expression modes which are awesome.

  • well, the microsynth is more a synth (at least i think so) because it has a better filter section... the Hog is better to play with harmony creating multiple octaves and playing more with frequency, on the microsynth that is pretty limited... even so, i wouldnt buy any of this in order to have a synth sound, the microsynth sounds more synthi (more analog with that square wave) but is not really a synth... and the HOG, as much as i have tried is even less of a synth, although and AMAZING feq-box

  • the microsynth isnt a synth? =S

    well seing as its an analog synth for guitar that has all the nuances of any other analog synth id say it qualifies lmao

    what would you buy to get a synth guitar sound?

    on guitar obviously.

  • well, i am actually using a DIY MFOS real synth for guitar with a trigger/cv converter, with ring modulation, pulse width, filter with eg, amp with eg and some frequency control... as well it has an lfo...

    in order to achieve a more synthi sound i would go for a boss syb5 (although the tracking is shit you can try to fix it)... or i would go for some moogerfoogers, at least a freqbox, a lowpass and a cp251... although, the microsynth is nice to get some nice and fat sounds with that square wave

  • ring mods and lfo's are part of most digital synths but dont usually come with guitar synths - youd generally have seperate pedals for that.

    Im not a big fan of boss pedals, they are just too overly complicated for me. I mean lets face it, the micro synth does what pretty much every analog synth should do.

  • yeah, microsynth is great to do leads with filter sweeps... for that is excellent... but when you wanna turn your guitar into a real synth (i am personally a modular synth user) and do some crazy stuff that only a synth can do, the microsynth isnt enough... although, for fat an thick bass leads with filter sweeps is amazing, i own one myself and i use it a lot on bass guitar... although, an lfo would be nice, i mean a patchable lfo where you culd choose what to modulate...

  • true, but i doubt it was invented with the enthusiast in mind - all EHX stuff started out from Mike Matthews and his novel mind XD

  • if you are looking for a guitar synth take care on what you expect and what do you wanna do... the microsynth is nice to do some fat analog filter sweeps, but appart from that is very limited (it just adds up an octave controller that, in my opinion, is pretty weak by itself)... the hog is nice to get some crazy harmonies... but non of both will give you what moogerfoogers can (with their CV outputs and inputs you get a semimodular setup for not too much money, and inifinite possibilites)

  • the HOG is excellent for harmony control... but you cannot program synth sounds as in within a real synth... you cannot use lfo to modulate cutoff, or resonance, you cannot change the signal form of the oscillator (being this the guitar...)... if i was looking for a synth sound i would buy a moogerfooger lowpass with a ringmodulator or freqbox (for the price of the HOG), and then i would add up a cp251 to have some nice control signals to process the audio signal...

  • nice demo

  • Does it ship with an expression pedal?

    If not, what sort of thing am I looking for?

  • moog ep-2

  • yeah it does.

    if the one you buy doesnt, get one of the metal boss ones. they have decent pots and are sturdy.

  • the demo on the ehx site says it does ship with it, but some places dont mention it. im sure any expression pedal will work, perhaps a dedicated ehx one or maybe try roland/boss

  • the wah part sounds good. great job.

  • On the Freeze Gliss mode can the sustain note fade out by slowly bringing the expression pedal toe up?

  • fyi - looks like the input on the hog is clipping a lot.

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  • # 2 is my favorite

  • um..just buy a wah?

  • Someone doesn't have an imagination...

  • I remember 3 years ago i tried this pedal for about 2 minutes. I wasn't interested. I was an idiot 3 years ago.

  • lol

  • ..and you remain one to this day. Two minutes is a laughable amount of time to give to such an elaborate pedal with so much potential. Its one thing being a tone purist, but when it makes you narrow minded and impatient with technology, you need to get over yourself.

  • thanks man im totally an idiot i didnt realize it. It was just a pedal on a shop's board that was on of the many pedals i was trying. I thought it sounded great, so how in what way was i just being a narrow minded tone purist because i wasn't interested in a guitar synth at the time, i didn't go to the shop to demo the hog. my comment was a joke to show that i regretted i didn't spend more time using this because its so fantastic. your comment is baffling, how am I an idiot 3 years later?

  • I'm sorry my mistake, a misunderstanding. Read over your comment, you will see that it is easy to interpret as 'I was an idiot for even trying it for 2 minutes'...

  • oh hahahaha i was like wtf what a dick!

  • @Ancaja123 that coment was so epic awesome

  • @Ancaja123 yeh u was!!!

  • @Ancaja123 Yeahm you were :)

  • if like the sustaining organ tone. listen to "if" by the red hot chili peppers. thats what that sounds like except he plays slide over the sustaining chord

  • i think john just overdubbed that

  • but i agree, emo does suck. sucks dick

  • Got a question for you: Is it possible to set the filter section in such a way as to make this thing produce an "Auto-Wah" kind of sound? I know you can use the foot controller to essentially make it a kind of Wah pedal, but does it do an automatic filter sweep based on dynamics?

  • It will if you unplug the exp. pedal.

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