Chorus pedals?

Pyroman

crunchman said:

Has been mentioned above already but the TC Corona Chorus is very good and very versatile with all the toneprints available.

  Totally agree.  I have 3 chorus pedals ( F'ing GAS...), and this is easily my favorite.  Does both standard chorus and multi-chorus, plus the toneprints.

  Boss's Super Chorus is cheap, and does the job very well.  Ignore it at your wallet's peril.  I run this into my bass amp, and it works VERY well.

  Both of the above are stereo.

  I'd still like to get my hands on an MXR Analog Chorus.

ICBM

Pyroman said:

  I'd still like to get my hands on an MXR Analog Chorus.

I had an original one of those which previously belonged to Nick Beggs of Kajagoogoo and was used on Too Shy .

For some reason the guy I bought it off didn't mention that until *after* the end of the auction!

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ICBM;20017" said:

For some reason the guy I bought it off didn't mention that until *after* the end of the auction!

You have done it a great kindness, re-homing it after such an abused past....

UnclePsychosis

I once saw a Boss DC-2 in a pawn shop window for £30. Sadly the shop was closed, and when I went back the next day they'd sold it.

Seeing how much they sell for now makes me a sad bunny indeed

MattG

I have the MXR Zakk Wylde chorus and dispite hating him, his tone and his playing i think the pedal is bloody remarkable!

not_the_dj

MattG said:

I have the MXR Zakk Wylde chorus and dispite hating him, his tone and his playing i think the pedal is bloody remarkable!

I was looking at those, and trying to compare the differences between that and the blue 'Analogue Chrorus'. I've read in a few places that it's exactly the same pedal for those who are put off by the ZW connection.

MattG

not_the_dj said:

MattG said:

I have the MXR Zakk Wylde chorus and dispite hating him, his tone and his playing i think the pedal is bloody remarkable!

I was looking at those, and trying to compare the differences between that and the blue 'Analogue Chrorus'. I've read in a few places that it's exactly the same pedal for those who are put off by the ZW connection.

Yeah from what ive read they just have different designs on the housing, i got mine before either were imported to the UK and the ZW was $1 more expensive so i went for it just for the cool paint job xD

Sporky

UnclePsychosis said:

I once saw a Boss DC-2 in a pawn shop window for £30. Sadly the shop was closed, and when I went back the next day they'd sold it.

Seeing how much they sell for now makes me a sad bunny indeed

Though I suspect that most people who have one don't want to sell it for any amount of money.

Grunfeld

Grunfeld said:

Jaded said:

Not sure quite how it would compare... but I've been eyeing one of these up for a little while after missing out on a cheap(-ish) original a while back.

Well in a little while I'll let you know.  Just taken a punt on one, I'll A/B 'em.

If it is like the Dimension C then happy days!

The Behringer copy arrived a couple of days ago.  It's different but it's not bad at all. 

I've already recorded an A/B but it's not thorough enough to put up yet.  If you're listening to just one instrument through either pedal then you can hear the difference.  Probably the most noticeable thing is that the Behringer is about EDIT 1dB louder than the Boss.  When I compensate for that then it gets interesting because they sound a lot more similar.

And, if you hear them in a mix I reckon you'll be hard pushed to tell them apart. 

So some time in the next week I'll post a bit of audio, and a vid... see if you can tell which is which!

And hey, for £27!

ragingben

Off of the top of my head isn't the Jacques Meistersinger a CE-1 based chorus?

Jaded

Grunfeld said:

Grunfeld said:

Jaded said:

Not sure quite how it would compare... but I've been eyeing one of these up for a little while after missing out on a cheap(-ish) original a while back.

Well in a little while I'll let you know.  Just taken a punt on one, I'll A/B 'em.

If it is like the Dimension C then happy days!

The Behringer copy arrived a couple of days ago.  It's different but it's not bad at all. 

I've already recorded an A/B but it's not thorough enough to put up yet.  If you're listening to just one instrument through either pedal then you can hear the difference.  Probably the most noticeable thing is that the Behringer is about EDIT 1dB louder than the Boss.  When I compensate for that then it gets interesting because they sound a lot more similar.

And, if you hear them in a mix I reckon you'll be hard pushed to tell them apart. 

So some time in the next week I'll post a bit of audio, and a vid... see if you can tell which is which!

And hey, for £27!

Looks like I'll be ordering one soon then! I love my Ibanez CCL for keeping all my swirly needs in one box but how can I pass up trying one out for that price...   thats my excuse anyway. 

Grunfeld

Made a little recording comparing the Boss DC-2 Dimension C with the Behringer CC300 Space-C.

Effects are on the clean sounds only.  No effects from 2:41 onwards with the distorted guitars.



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ThePrettyDamned

I'm amazed, but pleased, no one has mentioned the visual sound h2o v1.5 or v2. Quite simply the most amazing chorus I've heard. Does a good vibrato thing, too, when you crank the speed. Can be sickly or just subtle.

Other than that, MXR micro chorus because, as bucket and icbm have said, it's easy to use and always (no, really) sounds good. I've only ever used a reissue but it sounded great and would suit pretty much every player. I just want that swirly vibrato, too...

robmac5150

DLS Chorus Vibe is the best I have come across. Big though.

frankus

I was tinkering with the CF-1 at the weekend - I set the trim pots to buffered so the stereo chorus works ... seems churlish not to as it gets fed into the timefactor as stereo signal.

I like the sounds from this but they are a buggar to find ... or were. As well as the rate and depth knobs there's delay, mix, volume, a chorus/flange switch and a wide and narrow switch. I'm still figuring out what some of them do but the delay time seems to be the biggest game-changer, out of the additional knob options.

Seems I don't like big delay times too much. Able to dial in a lot of lovely sounds with delay time set around 8 o'clock.

fretfinder

frankus said:

Voodoo Labs Chorus - based on CE2
John Hollis Zombie Chorus - does CE-1 and Small Clone.
Early Small Clone - with the MN3001 chip in - or a copy there-of.

I think the Voodoo Lab chorus is based on the CE1 rather than CE2. I had the VL one and it certainly didn't sound similar to my CE2.

Lixarto

Excellent cavy interaction there Ol

I couldn't tell the difference between the two pedals tell you the truth. That may be the gin talking, or it maybe that I'm more of a Leslie type. Who knows?

viz

ICBM said:

I *much* prefer the Micro-Chorus over the Boss ones. It just sounds more natural and has a wider range of useful settings. In fact, *all* its settings are useful, and I'm not being funny just because it only has one knob. There isn't a bad setting on it.

I will stick my neck out and say that I nominated the CE-2 in the 'great pedals you don't get' thread. I can't get a sound I like out of it, it's always too 'sickly' sounding... like having too much chocolate in a pudding or something. Yes, I know it's the classic 80s chorus...

You should try the Keeley modded CE2 then - it's like too much chocolate sauce, and with custard and extra sugar stirred in.

frankus

fretfinder said:

frankus said:

Voodoo Labs Chorus - based on CE2
John Hollis Zombie Chorus - does CE-1 and Small Clone.
Early Small Clone - with the MN3001 chip in - or a copy there-of.

I think the Voodoo Lab chorus is based on the CE1 rather than CE2. I had the VL one and it certainly didn't sound similar to my CE2.

Yep, you're right - I did know that (honest) but thanks for pointing it out