Guitarist, Scott Kerr, shows how well the HOG 2 can do bowed stringed instruments.

A couple of shots of the EHX exhibit at Musik Messe in Frankfurt, Germany. They were taken during setup. The show opens today and runs from April 10 – 13. It attracts thousands. Electro-Harmonix will be demoing all of the new pedals including the Epitome, 8 Step Program, HOG2, 45000 Multi-Track Looping Recorder and the RTG, Random Tone Generator.

Sweetwater’s, Mitch Gallagher, gives you an up close and personal look at the new EHX H.O.G.2 Harmonic Octave Generator.

The website sonicstate.com picked the HOG2 as the Best Pedal of the 2013 NAMM Show.

“This particular pedal had us grinning from ear to ear, and we actually didn’t get to see it until the last day of NAMM. It’s difficult to make a journalist smile on the last day of NAMM, we’re usually too busy nursing a headache and trying to remember what our own names are.

But the Electro-Harmonix HOG2 blew us away, this is premium gear right here, but it’s worth every penny. There are a few ‘synth’ pedals out there for guitars, but this one can actually sound like a synth, rather than just a bit-crushed guitar.”

The award winning HOG (Harmonic Octave Generator) earned kudos from players and reviewers alike because of its ability to generate ten, totally polyphonic and glitch free voices ranging from two octaves below to four above the instrument’s pitch-all without the need for a special pickup or instrument mods of any kind.

Now EHX takes things to the next level with the HOG2 and HOG2 Foot Controller. In addition to all of the great features of the original HOG, it offers:

• Sophisticated new algorithms to improve the quality of the ten generated octaves and harmonics as well as the Freeze function
• Full MIDI control over all parameters and presets
• Master Volume for added control and convenience. Volume levels are saved as part of a preset
• Save and recall up to 100 preset programs with the optional foot controller (versus six with the original HOG)

Of course, it still features:

• Controllable harmonic intervals: -2 octaves, -1 octave, original note, +5th, +1 octave, +1 octave +5th, +2 octaves, +2 octaves +3rd, +3 octaves, + 4 octaves.
     
• 7 Expression Modes
     
• Freeze expression mode holds a note or chord-play over it or slide to new notes like a keyboardist playing portamento
     
• Amplitude envelope lengthens a note’s attack for swells or increased decay speed.
     
• Dedicated resonant filtering with sweepable frequency control
     
• Separate lower and upper harmonic amplitude envelopes
     
• External expression pedal included
     
• Standard 9VDC 200mA power supply included
 

HOG2 FOOT CONTROLLER

Instant Recall! With the HOG2’s myriad sounds, the HOG2 Foot Controller gives you easy access to up to 100 stored presets. Your entire show can be set up at the touch of a button. When recording you have access to complex sound transitions that can give your songs new depth and integrity.