What is missing from chorus pedals?

[knumbskull]

I can think of a few choruses I've tried that had a sort of brittle, sterile sound - it would be nice to bake "warmth" into a chorus to give it that nice enveloping quality.

Lonnybass

yeah, agreed - i'd like this way more than any variables in functionality.

 

[Jazz Ad]

Moog did it right. At this point they pretty much reinvented modulation pedals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1rFbfTDVJI

 

[Jeff Bonny]

An engageable low pass crossover. Chorus is definitely one effect I don't always need on the lower frequencies. Start the cross at 40Hz and have it sweep to say 2kHz? Higher even?

 

[WalterBush]

A crossover. I've use an old Peavey Biamped Chorus for years just for this, but I'd love for the pedal to split the signal via crossover and then recombine it in the same pedal.

My only complaint about the Peavey is that the Chorus effect is too subtle, the crossover point is not adjustable, and it requires (allows?) one to use both outputs and recombine them somehow.

 

[MCS4]

Moog did it right. At this point they pretty much reinvented modulation pedals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1rFbfTDVJI

Except for the fact that a $500+ modulation pedal that is the size of a small pedalboard by itself might as well not exist for 99% of bassists.

 

[bkbirge]

NO BLUE LED's
... that is all.

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[fishdreams]

From the point of view of a mono pedal with a few knobs:
I really like the BBE mindbender. Taking that as the start platform, I'd add a 2nd speed knob for amplitude modulation (tremolo), then add the mix knob (or sweepable low pass filter).

 

[icecycle66]

I'd like one built into a treadle vol/wah-style enclosure, so you can speed up and down the swirl for that Leslie organ-like sound.

Yes!
Some sort of control while playing function is a must for any new pedal design.

 

[Unrepresented]

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I want a pedal that cops Duff's Yamaha SPX-90 chorus tone.

Bump. Seriously. Duff in a box gets my money.

 

[Jeff Bonny]

Except for the fact that a $500+ modulation pedal that is the size of a small pedalboard by itself might as well not exist for 99% of bassists.

So what?
People will use a pedal like this for the same reasons they might use an SVT instead of an MB800. Effects that don't quite sound like what you envision are like shoes that don't fit well...not a good deal at any price.

This pedal is on my short list of near future acquisitions. It can give you a certain richness and warmth that so many chorus/flangers can't. over the years I've spent way more than $600 on choruses that didn't give me exactly what I wanted so the Moog actually seems like a pretty good deal at this point. If it's all about going cheap and tiny why even play the bass?

 

[blindrabbit]

What I want most out of a chorus pedal is LUSHNESS and its ability to be pronounced.

What he said, as well as either a blend knob or crossover to have the effect only hit the higher frequencies.

If a chorus had those features, I wouldn't be that picky about the size. Ok, nothing like an Electric Mistress or anything like that, but it wouldn't have to be a nano footprint.

 

[zwkoch]

This should do it. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. Hefty price tag, but I can't recall seeing this many options with an analog signal path. Very interesting.

 

[bongomania]

Those of you that want to cut some lows going into the chorus effect, any idea of the approximate cutoff frequency that would suit you best?

 

[MCS4]

Those of you that want to cut some lows going into the chorus effect, any idea of the approximate cutoff frequency that would suit you best?

I can't speak to specific numbers, but I would prefer at maximum cutoff that the chorus effect be very substantially reduced on the E and A strings.

 

[JohnDavisNYC]

Spx90 symphonic. In a pedal. That would rule.

J

 

[bongomania]

So, I don't know what goes on in the SPX90 Symphonic patch. Could you help me by spelling it out?

Also, for the Duff fans that posted earlier, I don't know what was being done in the SPX he used--does anyone here know more specifically?

 

[JohnDavisNYC]

Symphonic is the classic duff/hair metal/90's rock bass sound. It's a multiple voice chorus, but something about it is different. Might be the Yamaha attempt at a Dimension D?

J

 

[wolfkeller]

For duff what about the tc electronics chorus that has the downloadable duff patch? Corona I think.

 

[MSUsousaphone]

I like it to where the speed and depth can both get to almost zero. I like to use more of a shimmery effect that doesn't have the mod warbles.

 

[MonkeyBass]

I didn't read the whole thread because I'm in a hurry, so if this was covered I apologize.

I think being able to select the range of the LFO sweep would be good. As in, being able to adjust if it effects just the mids, and highs, or the whole frequency range. I know that's not how a chorus pedal works... but wouldn't it be cool if it did work like that? That way you could keep the lows and just chorus the mids and highs. Or just the highs... or just the lows... whatever.