The award winning HOG (Harmonic Octave Generator) earned kudos from players and reviewers alike for its ability to exponentially expand a musician’s sound palette. Now EHX take the HOG to an even greater level of performance and functionality with the HOG2. It delivers complete control of 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.

The foot pedal for the Hog2 is available here

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

ﾓThis particular pedal had us grinning from ear to ear, and we actually didnﾒt get to see it until the last day of NAMM. Itﾒs difficult to make a journalist smile on the last day of NAMM, weﾒ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ﾒs worth every penny. There are a few ﾑsynthﾒ 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ﾒ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ﾒ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