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07-17-2010, 10:08 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | Upgrading to a Dedicated Chorus / Flanger?
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Like many before me, I'm selling off a couple of multi FX units in favor of stuff I can really use, i.e. a chorus and flanger. I have no need for pitch shifting, modelers, overdrive, octavers, EQ, compression, or tuners. I recall seeing (maybe?) a couple of units which combine both in a single pedal package. I'd like to keep the price below $250 new although a I do have some leeway. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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07-17-2010, 10:41 AM
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07-17-2010, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Deth  | That's it! Thanks for the birddog.
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07-17-2010, 11:46 AM
| | | | I use the EHX Stereo Electric Mistress to do that, myself. It's not an effect I use a lot (due to the stuff I play), tho.
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07-17-2010, 04:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Chicago, Il. | | | the only two pedals I know that has both a chorus and a flanger in one pedal would be an ebs unichorus and an Ibanez cf-7 chorus/flanger pedal. a guy I know uses an Ibanez cf-7 chorus/flanger pedal on bass and it sounds awesome. |
07-17-2010, 06:01 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | Actually there are a great many units that combine both, because analog chorus and flanger are exactly the same circuit, just at different settings. The only problem is that most pedals are better at one than the other. |
07-18-2010, 01:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Portland, OR | | | I totally want a vintage Electric Mistress, but I'm a sucker for old EHX stuff |
07-18-2010, 06:14 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Uxbridge, Massachusetts | | | My vote would go to the Fulltone ChoralFlange for a few reasons.
1. The effects themselves are quite good; very warm and natural.
2. It has a mix knob so you can balance your dry bass tone with your effected bass tone; important for bass so you don't lose your low end.
3. It has a separate volume knob so you can balance the volume of your effected tone with your bypassed tone.
The only thing is you'd have to find a used one but they are around. One just sold this week. |
07-18-2010, 07:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Saskatoon, Canada | | | Something like the A/DA or Strymon Orbit may be much better at flanging, plus still able to do a decent chorus. The major difference between chorus and flanging is that chorus uses a longer delay time and shallower modulation, while flanging uses regeneration to enhance the frequency notching as it sweeps. Additionally, flangers like the A/DA have a much larger sweep ratio (40:1), allowing the top of the cycle to get near zero, then back down to long chorus range. If using BBD technology, flangers can also have more extended high frequency response due to relaxed clock filtering, as the sample rates are higher.
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07-18-2010, 08:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by LeonD My vote would go to the Fulltone ChoralFlange for a few reasons.
1. The effects themselves are quite good; very warm and natural.
2. It has a mix knob so you can balance your dry bass tone with your effected bass tone; important for bass so you don't lose your low end.
3. It has a separate volume knob so you can balance the volume of your effected tone with your bypassed tone.
The only thing is you'd have to find a used one but they are around. One just sold this week. | Yeah, I'm the one who bought it based upon the advice of another fellow TBer. I like bongo's take on it: there are dual-purpose pedals but they don't perform each function equally well. So be it. I'm more concerned with the chorus; the flanger not so much.
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07-18-2010, 09:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Saskatoon, Canada | | IMO, it is more difficult to make a chorus that does a good flange than vice versa, as long as the flanger can cover the somewhat longer necessary delay time. Put another way, chorus is sort of a "subset" of flanging, in that it uses a modulated delay, but with longer delay, shallower width, faster LFO speed, and no feedback of the delayed signal. A while ago I built an "hot rodded" A/DA clone using an old SAD1024A and it can make some crazy sounds (including chorus)!
Here's a brief sample which focuses on the top of the sweep down to around the middle of the sweep range: http://members.shaw.ca/webplace/ADA ...sic sample.wav
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