Best Alternatives To EHX Micro POG

The best alternatives to the EHX Micro POG, ranked by tone similarity:

1. EHX POG2 — £229, 92% tone match. Expanded Polyphonic Octave Generator with two-octave-down, one-octave-down, one-octave-up, and two-octave-up voices plus an envelope filter — the natural upgrade from the Micro POG for players who want more tonal range from their octave effect. The POG2 can produce the Micro POG's exact sound (sub + overtone blend) and extend it further with additional octave layers; for players who use the Micro POG heavily and want more creative range, the POG2 is the direct step up.
2. TC Electronic Sub'N'Up — £99, 90% tone match. Polyphonic octave with sub and overtone voices at £20 less than the Micro POG — the most direct budget alternative, covering the same chord-tracking sub and overtone octave territory with TonePrint capability for artist-designed octave voicings. The Sub'N'Up's tracking is slightly different from the Micro POG's; most players find them comparable in polyphonic response, with the TC offering more flexibility via TonePrint at a marginal price saving.
3. EHX HOG2 — £549, 86% tone match. The Harmonic Octave Generator — the professional-level expansion of the POG concept with eleven harmonic voices (every half-octave from two octaves down to four octaves up), expression pedal control for sweeping through harmonic content, and MIDI capability for programmed voice changes. Where the Micro POG produces a fixed two-voice octave effect, the HOG2 is a full harmonic synthesis engine that can produce organ-like, synth-like, and orchestral textures. The premium destination for players who use the Micro POG as a creative instrument rather than a simple octave doubler.
4. Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork — £139, 76% tone match. Polyphonic pitch shifter that transposes by semitones rather than octaves — a different use case from the Micro POG's fixed sub/overtone voicing, functioning more like a pitch capo that shifts the whole signal up or down rather than adding simultaneous voices. The Pitch Fork is useful for key changes and harmonising; the Micro POG is for the layered octave voice effect. Both are EHX polyphonic pitch devices at adjacent prices, but they serve fundamentally different tonal purposes.
5. Behringer BO300 Octave — £29, 64% tone match. Monophonic analog octave-down at a fraction of the Micro POG price — the BO300 only tracks single notes (not chords) and only produces one octave down (not the Micro POG's simultaneous sub and overtone voices). It is the budget option for bass-line doubling on single notes; for chord octave work or the 12-string effect that requires both sub and overtone voices simultaneously, the BO300 cannot replicate the Micro POG's output.