Electro-Harmonix announces POG3 polyphonic octave generator with six voices

August 5, 2024 · 8 sources

Electro-Harmonix announced the POG3 on August 5, 2024, the third generation of its polyphonic octave generator first released in 2005¹². The pedal adds stereo signal flow, six voices, MIDI and 100 presets to the POG format³⁴.

The POG3 has six voices: DRY, -2 OCT, -1 OCT, +5TH, +1 OCT and +2OCT²⁵. The +5TH voice is new; the earlier POG2 had five mixable harmonics³². Each voice has its own slider and individual left/right pan control, and a Spread control adjusts total stereo width³⁶. The pedal has three 1/4-inch outputs (left, right and direct out)⁴¹. Attack, Filter and Detune controls carry over from the POG and POG2 with enhancements, alongside Input Gain, Master Volume, a Focus control for the +1 and +2 octave voices, and a multimode filter with Q and envelope sweep²⁵. It also offers Freeze, Glissando, Volume, Filter, X-Fade and Warp performance effects⁶. Warp mode drops or raises pitch to any note over a two-octave span¹.

The enclosure has three footswitches, a 128x32 OLED display, illuminated sliders and buttons, and a NavCoder knob for menu navigation¹². It has 5-pin MIDI in and out, an expression/CV input, and a USB-C port for the EHXport app³². All controls can be saved to presets and controlled via expression or MIDI². Guitar.com reports a listed price of $645, $245 more than the POG2⁴; Bass Magazine gives a U.S. 00 and says it is available now with a 9V power supply⁵. Guitar Player reports it takes a standard 9V supply, replacing the POG2's 30V requirement⁷.

EHX's announcement describes the pedal as "the most powerful polyphonic octave generator ever"²⁵.

Guitar Pedal X lists the circuit as digital, input impedance 2MΩ, output impedance 550Ω on all jacks, buffered bypass, and mono in with stereo out, drawing 300mA from the included 9.6VDC-500mA adapter⁸.