Aguilar announces Octamizer DLX bass octave pedal with octave-up voice

January 22, 2026 · 3 sources

Aguilar announced the Octamizer DLX on January 22, 2026, described by Bass Musician Magazine as "an expanded evolution of its long-running Octamizer bass octave pedal"¹. The pedal was shown at NAMM Booth #6802¹.

The DLX runs on what the company calls its in-house DSP engine, which Aguilar says "delivers faster, more natural tracking that responds directly to playing dynamics and remains stable even on extended-range basses"¹. The octave-down section keeps the original Octamizer's controls: Octave Volume, Octave Filter, Clean Level and Clean EQ¹. The clean signal can now be fully muted for sub-octave-only tones, and there are two filter modes. A Mode gives the classic Octamizer sweep, from smooth and round to sharper, more synth-forward textures; B Mode draws on vintage octave divider circuits for added grit and character¹.

The DLX adds a dedicated octave-up engine, the first in the Octamizer line, with volume and filter controls for tones from subtle doubling to a more guitar-like presence¹. Three independent footswitches control the clean signal, octave down and octave up, so voices can be stacked without adjusting controls¹.

Aguilar gave no price or shipping date for the DLX¹. The earlier, analog Octamizer was listed at $199.99 in a February 2024 review by Bass Gear Magazine, which described it as an analog circuit with a proprietary detector circuit, a tilt EQ for the clean sound and a sweepable multi-pole low-pass filter for the octave². That review's specification table lists the model as "Octamizer II"². Aguilar's second-generation pedal line, introduced in January 2023, ranged from $199.99 to $249.99³.

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