12 string emulator...

[TheRealDeal]

Looking for a pedal that does just that...solid and tracks well for a 12 string sound. Any thoughts?

 

[racecarracecar]

Micro pog

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

The Digitech Mosaic is designed to do this.

 

[a1briz]

Yup, Mosaic.

 

[TheRealDeal]

Cool I'll check the mosaic

 

[BeardoCI]

Whammy does an OK job of this in a pinch, if you have one!

 

[sstweed]

They never sound right to me. Always just sounds like an up octave sound. I get that that's part of the 12-string sound. But there's also the unison B and E strings, etc and, well, somehow it's just different. Not sure I know why. Some clever engineer should really make a pedal that accurately models a 12-string. That would be pretty cool I think.

 

[corbetta]

^^^this. Also, paired strings (courses) behave in a more way that is difficult to model—you have minute tuning variations, phasing issues, vibrational interferences...it's a really complicated and unpredictable thing!

 

[The Holy Drinker]

As far as I know, Mosaic does not give the upper octave for the two high strings. So, apart from the mentioned various unpredictabe aspects of a real 12 string, Mosaic seems to do the job. At least it makes more sense than just regular octave pedals.

 

[ERGExplorer]

The Digitech Mosaic is designed to do this.

Yup, Mosaic.

They never sound right to me. Always just sounds like an up octave sound. I get that that's part of the 12-string sound. But there's also the unison B and E strings, etc and, well, somehow it's just different. Not sure I know why. Some clever engineer should really make a pedal that accurately models a 12-string. That would be pretty cool I think.

As far as I know, Mosaic does not give the upper octave for the two high strings. So, apart from the mentioned various unpredictabe aspects of a real 12 string, Mosaic seems to do the job. At least it makes more sense than just regular octave pedals.

Yup.

"Immediately identifiable 12-string tones are now yours with octave low strings and doubled high strings. "

 

[sstweed]

Yup.

"Immediately identifiable 12-string tones are now yours with octave low strings and doubled high strings. "

Well that's about as good as I've heard in a pedal. Compared to a real 12 it's still a little meh, but it was a cool effect on its own. I would like to try it. I was not aware of this pedal so thanks for posting that!

 

[MattLeFevers]

Yeah I wouldn't necessarily try for this with the Micro POG unless you just happened to already have one. I love mine but the twelve-string type sound only works if it's blended in kind of subtly, if you crank the octave up higher than noon on a clean setting it sounds pretty wonky.