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Post by jeffmp on Nov 11, 2020 6:11:30 GMT -7
Which is the best? Can anyone tell me about the Analogman Chorus pedal? whether stereo, or mono?
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Post by Russell B on Nov 11, 2020 6:23:39 GMT -7
I have a Stereo Analogman Bi-Chorus. It's great because I can set it for two different sounds.
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Post by KeithA on Nov 11, 2020 6:24:38 GMT -7
I have the Boss Waza CE-2W and it’s great. The neat thing about the Waza is that it has the CE-1 and vibrato as a custom switch setting.
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Post by ME on Nov 11, 2020 7:36:37 GMT -7
I have the Boss Waza CE-2W and it’s great. The neat thing about the Waza is that it has the CE-1 and vibrato as a custom switch setting. I agree. I played a CE-2 back when new and a CE-1 when they were new (didn’t dig chorus per se, but it sounded great). The CE-2W is all I need into the front of my Remedy. ME
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Post by jeffmp on Nov 11, 2020 7:39:11 GMT -7
I will look at the Waza. But I really want to know more about the Bi-chorus. If ordered with the stereo option, can it still be used in mono?
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Post by Mark (Basement Enthusiast) on Nov 11, 2020 8:48:01 GMT -7
I love the Boss CE-2. I have one of those (original) and I would recommend a CE-2W currently. I've been a little afraid to put my "precious" older Japan-built CE-2 on a pedalboard, so I tried a bunch of newer true-bypass clones & such. Strangely, only the Mooer Chorus Ensemble has proven to be "the same" sound. I'm using that on my board currently.
In that effort to try a bunch of newer true-bypass chorus pedals, I'd tried many including the (mono) Analog Man, Voodoo Lab, Jacques, etc. Most of the others all sound close/identical--but they're true to the Electro Harmonix Small Clone, not the Boss CE-2 sound. So far, only the Mooer (and the CE-2W, naturally) actually give me that Boss chorus sound.
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Post by LT on Nov 11, 2020 9:26:58 GMT -7
I can't speak to the question of running the Bi-Chorus in mono, but every stereo pedal I've owned had a 'mono' output. I can speak to the sound quality of the Bi-Chorus as I've owned 2 and they are very good.
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Post by loucardguitar (Johnathan) on Nov 11, 2020 10:56:42 GMT -7
I have and love my Homebrew Electronics (HBE) THC. It's an analog chorus. Very simple to use and don't think you can get a bad sound out of it. There are many great choruses out there though. Many I want to try. I'm a chorus fiend. Ha! That being said, the THC is definitely my favorite, that I have used to date. Mainly because of it's simplicity.
Almost forgot to mention...HBE is no longer around. So what's out there is all there is. That being said, you can almost always find one on Reverb or EBay for around the 150ish range.
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Post by j4gitr (John) on Nov 11, 2020 15:35:27 GMT -7
Sold my old Boss pedal decades ago. The Boss chorus is one iconic sound and I wish I kept it. Later I purchased a TC Electronic SCF; it’s a great sounding pedal, but carries an AC chord. I use it on a large board. For a small board I built recently, I purchased an MXR 234. Nice price especially for the sound.
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Post by southmusic70 on Nov 11, 2020 17:47:20 GMT -7
I use two Analogman choruses on two different boards.
The MiniChorus is a smaller footprint; mine has a blend control that is useful. The board it’s on has a second mod pedal (MXR phase95).
On another board I have a BiChorus; I use one side slow/medium speed and medium depth, and the other side is set low depth with relatively fast speed, sort of like vibrato on an old Fender amp.
I have a TC Corona that, for the money, is excellent.
I also have a Digitech Nautica chorus/flanger that sounds good once you work through the multiple levels of options they give you.
I really like the Analogman stuff; you pay for it, but it really delivers.
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Post by Russell B on Nov 11, 2020 18:12:13 GMT -7
I will look at the Waza. But I really want to know more about the Bi-chorus. If ordered with the stereo option, can it still be used in mono? Yes. I run mine in mono.
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Post by adam on Nov 11, 2020 18:38:34 GMT -7
My 2-cents: 1. Have the analog man mini chorus (mono). It's supposed to be a replica of the EH small stone. It's fat and thick, and sounds exactly like "Come As You Are" if your basic tone sounds like that. At fast speeds, it does a pretty neat Leslie type of thing. It's sort of heavy and over the top. However, if you run into 2 amps and just put that chorus on one side of the chain, it's fantastic sound and not so over the top. 2. Have the ce-2 waza and don't really like it. However, that sounds great in ce-2 mode into 2 amps. I have a couple Roland jc-120 amps (old combo and head), and somehow it doesn't sound as cool as the chorus built into those amps. Also note those 2 amps sound quite a bit different from each other. 3. Fulltone Choral Flange - not made anymore, but does a fantastic fast Leslie type thing. Normal chorus is kind of "eh", but that Leslie sound tops my Neo vent pedal which was around $400-500 if I remember correctly. 4. TC tone print chorus - this has some really nice subtle sounds that work great into 2 amps, particularly 2 distorted amps. Think John Petrucci. 5. Boss me-5. This is an old digitally controlled, mostly analog multi effect pedal that has an amazing analog chorus sound, It also has the guts of the DD-2 delay pedal and that sounds awesome too. However, just plugging into it changes your core tone in a bad way, and good luck with those old contact switches they used. 6. Behringer chorus - sounds fantastic, around $30, really cheap plastic and makes a lot of noise. But it really does sound good. 7. Boss super chorus - reasonably priced and sounds good. Has a blend and tone control. It's not over the top and just sounds good and works well.
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Post by zpilot on Nov 12, 2020 0:07:42 GMT -7
I think my fav that I have owned was the TC Electronics Stereo Chorus+ Pitch Modulator and Flanger. I had an original Boss CE-2 and it was cool and also sort of established what a chorus pedal is supposed to sound like. My Boss Super Chorus will pretty much do what the CE-2 did. I have to confess though that I am not a fan of chorus effects. The only time I REALLY LIKED the effect was when I ran a wet/dry stereo rig.
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Post by juanka78 on Nov 12, 2020 2:37:41 GMT -7
I really like the Fromel Seraph Deluxe, best chorus ever.
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Post by kenjazz on Dec 5, 2020 19:16:34 GMT -7
I have the stymon ola which is the best chorus I have ever played. It’s like chorus perfected.
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Post by trojanhov on Dec 6, 2020 3:15:17 GMT -7
Jam pedals waterfall or Ripply fall. Just does it for me in Borge chorus and vibrato modes
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Post by LT on Dec 6, 2020 12:31:42 GMT -7
I don't think anyone has mentioned this one yet, but I have an Ibanez Mini Chorus that sounds great to me, and takes up very little pedalboard space. I have an old CS9 and the mini can definitely give it a run.....and the mini "spins" faster at top speed.
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Post by loucardguitar (Johnathan) on Dec 6, 2020 13:39:02 GMT -7
Especially as a chorus "nut", I love threads like this. Tells me I have several new pedals to try out. My pocketbook might not think it's cool though. Ha!! I know someone mentioned the JAM Pedals Choruses. They are definitely on my list of tries. Then when the Fromel Seraph was mentioned, I checked out a couple demos and then thought, dang it...there's another one to try. Ha!
To add to this thread though I just recently got the Black Country Customs Spiral Array. It's made by Laney. It's a cool pedal. Can get some cool tones out of it. Definitely a tweaker's pedal. Small changes can make a big difference. But it has three modes, there's an analog mode that's based off of either the CE-1 or CE-2. Can't remember which. Then there's another one that's based off of the Dimension-D. Then it also has a Tri-Chorus mode.
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Post by runninwiththerevil (Matthew) on Dec 26, 2020 7:21:52 GMT -7
+1 on the Ibanez CS9. Great chorus. I also liked some of sounds with the Sommersault by Caroline. I like the range on the CS9, everything has a nice tone. Ultimately I moved chorus off the board because I only like it in actual playing situations pretty mild. I have a byoc phaser that gives me something similar. I don’t care for pedals from Caroline because of their symbols for controls (like Orange Amps). I don’t want to have to look at the manual every time I want to adjust a parameter to figure what knob to turn.
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Post by loucardguitar (Johnathan) on Dec 26, 2020 7:37:44 GMT -7
+1 on the Ibanez CS9. Great chorus. I also liked some of sounds with the Sommersault by Caroline. I like the range on the CS9, everything has a nice tone. Ultimately I moved chorus off the board because I only like it in actual playing situations pretty mild. I have a byoc phaser that gives me something similar. I don’t care for pedals from Caroline because of their symbols for controls (like Orange Amps). I don’t want to have to look at the manual every time I want to adjust a parameter to figure what knob to turn. Totally forgot to mention the Somersault and it's on my small board. I really like that pedal. I can usually get around the symbols for the controls. I'm usually spending a lot of my free time watching gear demos (huge mistake. Ha!). So by the time I have the pedal, I'm pretty familiar with the controls. I really like the uniqueness of the Caroline stuff but that's me. That being said I can totally get the not liking the symbols used for the labeling though.
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Post by sharkboy on Dec 31, 2020 8:52:43 GMT -7
My current fave is an Effectrode TV-5 (univibe/chorus) pedal, but it’s a little steep, price-wise. I also have a DC2W, which is better than the original and DC2 CE2 and CH1, which were also nice. I regret selling my JC120H and cab, as that was a nice clean setup to run aside a dirtier amp, but mostly due to simplicity (the distortion effect in the amp was amusing, yet almost unusable.)
In general, I prefer to run 2 or 3 amps and use a rotary pedal (Flint or Ventilator 2) pedal on a wide field pair of amps. The pedal I prefer between them changes mostly based upon which one I’m using. This scenario works better for me than trying to add a stereo effect in plugins after recording a mono or stereo clean sound.
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