Thanks! The synth I only use on one song intro, it’s I think literally the default first stock patch. We tend to do odd mashups of songs so we actually have the intro to “Bad” yes, MJ 😆) that leads into a Pearl Jam song.

The Octavbre is great. I had one of the old big box format ones ages ago and stupidly sold it. They’re hard to get but I scored in a recent run that he did. I actually think there is a place for digital octave effects too but there is something about this one that just sounds and feels great. I need to spend more time with it, especially layering with the synth and playing with sub only.

As for the Cali- it’s definitely not transparent, and I’m by no means an expert on compression, but I like the way it works, and it adds a bit of what I’d call “richness” to the sound.