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2023 senders dot io - CC BY-SA 4.0en-US60
- Fri, 06 Jan 2023 18:56:10 -0500
- Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500
+ Sat, 18 Mar 2023 23:12:23 -0400
+ Sat, 18 Mar 2023 23:12:23 -0400
+
+ Music: A Tour de Chorus
+ https://www.senders.io/blog/music/2023-03-18/
+ https://www.senders.io/blog/music/2023-03-18/index.html
+ Sat, 18 Mar 2023 23:12:23 -0400
+
+
+
A Tour de Chorus
+
I've been talking a lot about chorus on my mastodon, like, A LOT.
+ So I thought it would be fun to explore my chorus pedals a bit and
+ present this information in some shareable way, since no one wants to
+ listen to 18 minutes of audio in a row.
+
What's on display
+
So I have three chorus pedals to show off today:
+
+
Boss CE-20
+
Warlus Audio Julia
+
Multivox CB-1 Chorus Box
+
+
The other gear
+
I will be playing each of these pedals through my THR-100HD (see
+ my previous music blog post in which I deep dive a
+ bit into this amp). It's running on the crunch channel, just at
+ the edge of breakup, with little to no reverb.
+
As for guitar. I am using my Reverend Descent RA Baritone
+
The demos
+
For each of these demos I will be playing the same loop (mostly). I
+ recorded a loop into my Boss RC-3 to remove any playing bias towards the
+ more warbely chorus tones, and to make it easier for me! Each demo is
+ about 48s long (depending on how good my trimming was). I added a bit of
+ EQ in post to cut out some digital hum introduced when pairing my CE-20
+ with my RC-3 so sorry about that...
+
Let's start with the clean tone:
+ This loop is something I had been noodling on all week, while on
+ my chorus kick. I feel it's actually a decent demo because it calls
+ on a lot of classic chorus sounds. Individually picked notes, bright open
+ strings, and then at the end some Nirvana-like dark power chord picking.
+ All classic chorus sounds to me.
+
CE-20
+
Next we can go through the CE-20. The CE-20 has 4 modes we'll be
+ demoing, but there are a total of 6. We are demoing the "Rich",
+ "Standard", "Dimensional D", and "CE-1"
+ settings. I skipped the "Acoustic" and "Bass"
+ settings as they've always felt like some slight EQ on the
+ "standard" mode.
+
Standard
+
We can start with "Standard" as it's the most "boss
+ chorus". Though I personally feel it lacks a bit of the bite the
+ CE-1 and CE-2 offer. But it wouldn't surprise me if
+ "Standard" was just a CE-2.
+
+
+
Rich
+
Let's compare this with the "Rich" mode. And keep in
+ mind the only settings I will be changing between these CE-20 modes is
+ the rate and depth. There is actually quite a bit of tone controlling you
+ get in the CE-20. But I generally keep those fairly static based on my
+ guitar and amp settings, and for the purposes of these demos are
+ static.
+
+
Dimensional D
+
This mode is a recreation of the SDD-320 Dimension D effects unit,
+ later made into the Boss DC-2. This effect is one of my favorite
+ choruses. It's so unique. On the CE-20 there are 7 modes: 1 - 4, as
+ well as 3 "combo" modes: 1+4, 2+4, and 3+4. These map directly
+ to their SDD-320 counterparts, which also let you stack the modes
+ together. This really shines in stereo, but since the Julia is mono, I
+ felt it's only fair to use these how I use them on my board.
+
+
+
+
These are always so cool to hear. When you get into the combo modes
+ you start getting more "chorus" and less just
+ "width/movement". But these are interesting to listen to
+ compared to the clean. There is subtle differences - but they're
+ there! It's almost like it is now less stark and smoother. Like the
+ notes are lathered in butter, mmm!
+
CE -1
+
Okay, now on to the real show, the CE-1. Not much to say about this
+ one. It's a CE-1, you have an "intensity" knob, and
+ it's so rich. The delay rate is much slower than you would expect,
+ almost logarithmic. But when you get past noon it starts to get quite
+ seasick.
+ Editors note: 7 o'clock may be a bit higher than 7. None
+ of these pedals have freaking numbers on their knobs, so it's all a
+ guess. But it's a bit up from off
+
+
+
Multivox CB-1 Chorus Box
+
The Multivox CB-1 Chorus Box is a CE-1 clone, according to the gear
+ page, it's literally just the same circuit and components. I got my 5
+ years ago because, well, I love chorus. Currently, a part of my rack unit
+ to be used with my synths, this chorus is just so smooth. But the biggest
+ trouble is dialing in the right level. You'll notice for the CB-1
+ demos it's a different demo recording. I had to move my setup and I
+ accidentally wiped the RC-3. But because the CB-1 can be a bit tricky to
+ dial in, it's a bit quieter than the other demo tracks. But the level
+ control is one of my favorites, as it can add some crunch to the tone on
+ the peaks, adding a lot of flavor. I am running my guitar through the
+ "hi" input, because it gives me a bit more play with the input
+ level.
+
Chorus
+
+
+
+
Vibrato
+
While this is mono, so it's acting like a straight vibrato. When
+ playing in stereo this creates it's own chorus, the stereo outs are
+ "dry" and "wet". This differs from the CE-1 chorus
+ too, so it's like 2 chorus pedals in one. These demos are in
+ mono.
+
+
+
CB-1 Off with Level Boost
+
The CB-1 when over driven (just by the guitar itself) gets really warm
+ crunch to signal, and it's a lot of fun. I usually run my Model D
+ through this and I love it.
+
+
Walrus Audio Julia
+
I picked up the Julia because it's such a versatile chorus: giving
+ you control over the rate, depth, lag, waveform, and mix. This lets you
+ craft basically ANY chorus sound you want. Exploring sounds, I've
+ noticed the major limiter being the rate. The Julia is just SO fast. Even
+ at min rate, it's still faster than like 1/3 of the Boss rates. But
+ the sounds are still amazing!
+
+
+
+
+
Thoughts
+
Realistically? I love every single one of these choruses. It's
+ such an amazing effect, and I was messing around with the dirty channel
+ too, which still sounded great! The CB-1 was by no means a steal, but
+ it's my favorite chorus tone. But it comes with some quirks being a
+ late 70, early 80s device. The CE-20 is amazing but very much a "mid
+ 00s digital pedal" giving some of that digital-ness to it,
+ especially when mixing with other digital pedals. I'm sure you heard
+ the high pitched wine in the background. I EQ'd it out, but it's
+ there, and it bothers me. I think getting a CE-2w would give me a lot of
+ the options I want from this, without those digital artifacts. The CE-20
+ would be perfect if it had a vibrato mode, given the CE-1 has one, and
+ really make it the perfect all-in-one. But given I've had this pedal
+ for at least 12 years (probably closer to 13. I can dig out the box and
+ see if I kept the receipt). I got in in college as my first ever chorus.
+ I was enamoured with it. I'd be on my board today if it wasn't so
+ big. The Julia is the perfect multi-tool chorus, and I've been really
+ happy with it. But it lacks that really SLOW rate that the Boss pedals
+ have, making it a BIT harder to really dial in the CE-1 tones.
+
I joked on mastodon that I was did this to convince myself I don't
+ NEED a CE-2w or DC-2w...and now I want them even more!
I wanted to make a little blog section to just talk about my music
+ making. Mainly, to save my friends from enduring my thinking out
+ loud.
+
Reworking my THR100HD
+
I have a Yamaha THR100H Dual which is a nice modeling amp
+ with two "amps". Typically, I run these in parallel so I am
+ running through BOTH at the same time. As of late I am actually
+ considering moving to dialing in separate tones, and using my Joyo PXL-Live to act as a "channel"
+ switcher.
+
Dual Amping
+
Honestly, dual amping is my favorite thing. And I would hate
+ to give it up, as it gives my tones SO much depth. But I find when I try
+ to mix my guitars that extra depth just makes mixing a bit more of a
+ hassle than need be. But Mick of "That Pedal Show" on YouTube I
+ feel feels similarly, considering in one of their "use less" challenge videos
+ he used two amps for maximum tone shaping - which I feel adds some
+ justification to my efforts!
+
Results after one night
+
I spent an hour or so tonight messing around with my setup and came
+ out with the following high gain tone:
+
+
Thoughts
+
I feel its a bit... boomy still. There is some extra weight coming
+ from the "clean" channel that I think is causing this to lose
+ some clarity. I don't think if I wanted to add a mix around this
+ I'd even end up keeping it. Or I would do some heavy EQing to that
+ channel. Here is what I have dialed in so far:
+
+
Future
+
In the future I plan to setup different profiles between each the 5
+ channels per amp - so they're all useable and I can just do single
+ amping - as that provides me the FX loop until I setup a proper stereo
+ board. But until then - this is the setup I've been using and I
+ rarely touch the back!
+
+ ]]>
+
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I'd even end up keeping it. Or I would do some heavy EQing to that
channel. Here is what I have dialed in so far: