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AndrewSimon · Post by **AndrewSimon** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:10 am

The two choruses are:
Kjaerhus GMO-1
UAD Boss CE-1

I recorded two small clean guitar takes.
I ran them in the same setup exactly except once I used Chorus-A and once I used Chorus-B.
I did not try to make the two choruses sound the same I just adjusted both until I heard something I liked.

So tell me, do you prefer Chorus-A or Chorus-B ?
UPDATE: Now we have Chorus-C as well to complicate things
Couldn't change the poll but comments are welcomed

Song-1 Guitar with bridge pickup.
Chorus-A
Chorus-B
Chorus-C

Song-2 Guitar with both bridge and neck pickup.
Chorus-A
Chorus-B
Chorus-C

I am especially interested in opinions of people who do not play guitar.

multree · Post by **multree** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:19 am

are you kidding me......

chorus A is thousand times nicer.... and though I don't own the UAD I guess it's the Boss model....

I'm aguitar player though...

Chorus B sounds plastic to my ears (other words could be - way to bright and brittle).... could be the settings though

multree · Post by **multree** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:21 am

B sounds more like a JazzAmp chorus than a pedal....

jdahlb · Post by **jdahlb** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:25 am

I voted A.

To me it sounds "fuller" (darker?) than B, and the chorus sort of "gels" better with the sound while B seems to lie more "on top" of the dry guitar, if that makes any sense..

Could just be because there seems to be more modulation on B than A, though..

That being said they both sound pretty good.. If I had to make a guess I'd have to say that A is the CE-1 and B is the GMO-1. Which probably means that it is the other way around.

Jorgen.

JeffSanders · Post by **JeffSanders** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:27 am

A has a fuller, more beautiful sound.

Have you tried Voxengo's AF Chorus? Lush.

EnzymeX · Post by **EnzymeX** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:50 am

I listened to all 4 clips and responded based on emotional impact without reading through other responses.

I voted can't decide - both sound good. However, my choice was clear for each song.

Song one sounded great with chorus A - Great gut impact. The chorus B sounded "tacked on" and more like a flanger in the context of that clip.

For song two, I preferred chorus B. Again, more evocative to me for what was being played - the flangy effect enhanced the drone strings in a way that chorus A did not.

I'm going back to read other responses now...

Markleford · Post by **Markleford** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:19 am

Can't decide: both good!

Chorus A sounds 'richer'.

Chorus B sounds a bit like a phaser at times. However, it reminds me of "the chorus of my youth", and thus tugs on the nostaligic strings for me.

- m

Jeremy_NSL · Post by **Jeremy_NSL** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:42 am

Before reading anyone elses response, I chose chorus-A for both clips. It sounds 'thicker', where chorus-B is somewhat thin and trebly.

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:56 am

A sounds more like a chorus should, and is better as such, but I hate chorus, so I voted B, because I liked the wetter flanging sound. I'd guess B was the Kjaerhus, but can't be totally sure. Wondering if the delay time was a little too short on GMO?

Kraku · Post by **Kraku** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:56 am

I think the chorus A fits better for this kind of a guitar. I also think that the chorus A is the CE-1.

Could you provide those two original sound clips without chorus on them so people could do some comparisons with their own choruses?

AndrewSimon · Post by **AndrewSimon** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:45 am

Kraku wrote: Could you provide those two original sound clips without chorus on them so people could do some comparisons with their own choruses?

Completely Dry
AllButChorus
NothingAfterChorus
Does not include chorus or anything afterwards in the FX chain.
You will need to add Chorus,Plate reverb, compressor, limiter and a little boost of EQ after 10KHz.

Aleksey Vaneev · Post by **Aleksey Vaneev** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:41 am

You may evaluate Voxengo Analogflux Chorus (applied to AllButChorus): http://www.voxengo.com/temp/AF_Chorus.mp3

BTW, your A chorus is obviously affected by a soft downwards high-shelf filter (plus saturation, of course). I'm not sure comparison is 'correct' here.

AKJ · Post by **AKJ** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:43 pm

Hi,

good that you added the dry version, so I took the chance to compare your samples with the free Kjaerhus Classic Chorus which is imo not any worse than GMO. You can cherck it yourself:

www.power-xs.net/download/ClassicChorus.mp3

and the same thing plus a little Reverb (by Roomverb M1) since I had the impression that your samples also included some reverb in addition to the chorus fx:

http://www.power-xs.net/download/Classi ... verbM1.mp3

cheers, AKJ

ps: I also liked the sample A much better but I am quite sure that it is GMO.

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AKJ · Post by **AKJ** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:56 pm

ok, I was too fast, here is a version with your additional fx but with Classis Chorus:

http://www.power-xs.net/download/AllBut ... Chorus.mp3

btw: I am not a guitar player

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UPDATED Chorus A and B --- Help me decide

Do you like Chorus-A better or Chorus-B