http://www.modezero.com/mxr_stereo_chorus.htm
mxr stereo chorus - plugin emulation anyone?
mxr stereo chorus - plugin emulation?
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- KVRist
- 166 posts since 23 Feb, 2006
Be careful about guitar stomp box chorus. They tend to be single delay chorus effects (basically just a vibrato layered against the dry sound). When they have stereo output, as this one obviously does, the stereo output can be one of two types:
1 - the best type (imo) is where the stereo effect is spit into Dry and Wet (vibrato) left and right. This sounds very stereo, and yet it collapses to mono perfectly.
2 - but a lot of stereo stomp box chorus effects create a stereo effect by mixing dry and wet on one side, and dry and wet inverted on the other side. This also sounds very stereo, but when collapsed to mono, the wet and the inverted wet sounds cancel out to = zero. This makes them ok for live use, but useless for recording, because the chorus effect disappears for many listeners in many situations.
Personally - i've never found a decent chorus plugin that doesn't have similar issues, or uses lots of delays and sounds more cluttered and chaotic than most guitar stomp pedals.
I like to use modulated delays, and customise them the way I like them. The analog bucket-brigade-delay chips in those pedals sound authentic because they are such low quality. A bit of distortion and a low pass filter can fake it ok.
The Ohmboyz delay can do a righteous analog chorus effect.
1 - the best type (imo) is where the stereo effect is spit into Dry and Wet (vibrato) left and right. This sounds very stereo, and yet it collapses to mono perfectly.
2 - but a lot of stereo stomp box chorus effects create a stereo effect by mixing dry and wet on one side, and dry and wet inverted on the other side. This also sounds very stereo, but when collapsed to mono, the wet and the inverted wet sounds cancel out to = zero. This makes them ok for live use, but useless for recording, because the chorus effect disappears for many listeners in many situations.
Personally - i've never found a decent chorus plugin that doesn't have similar issues, or uses lots of delays and sounds more cluttered and chaotic than most guitar stomp pedals.
I like to use modulated delays, and customise them the way I like them. The analog bucket-brigade-delay chips in those pedals sound authentic because they are such low quality. A bit of distortion and a low pass filter can fake it ok.
The Ohmboyz delay can do a righteous analog chorus effect.
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- KVRist
- 136 posts since 11 May, 2022
Eventide H949
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- KVRAF
- 18470 posts since 26 Jun, 2006 from San Francisco Bay Area
Kind of funny to necro this thread to provide a wrong answer.
Since there's no direct emulation, I'd recommend using U-He's Colour Copy. Start with the F@t Ch0ru$ preset and then set the colour all the way over to Dusk. Bring the brightness down a bi and move the stereo phase to taste.
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- Banned
- 88 posts since 18 Dec, 2022
Amplitube and BIAS FX.
Always found that chorus pedal unremarkable. Super clean, pristine stereo chorus, kind of a one trick pony. Get tired of that sound rather quickly.
Prefer old Boss and EHX stuff all day.
Always found that chorus pedal unremarkable. Super clean, pristine stereo chorus, kind of a one trick pony. Get tired of that sound rather quickly.
Prefer old Boss and EHX stuff all day.
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- KVRist
- 113 posts since 8 Jan, 2009
Pretty sure the Tim P Mod Pedal Pack has the MXR chorus if you use Acustica Nebula. It sounds reall good, and it’s free
https://www.timpetherick.co.uk/download ... edal-pack/
https://www.timpetherick.co.uk/download ... edal-pack/