That 80's Rack Chorus?

Artie

Artie

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I didn't want to hijack loversmoon's thread, but I never heard of one of these before someone mentioned it in his "Chorus" thread. This thang:

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This is the Fulltone clone of the original. These things appear to be highly coveted, with originals selling for thousands. Even Fulltone's clone is pushing a grand. From what I've read about this, it's basically three chorus pedals arranged in a left/center/right configuration. The tinkerer in me can't help but wonder if you could get close to the same affect by paralleling three "ordinary" chorus' through a small, inexpensive mixer.

Thoughts?

Artie
 
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:) They are nice simulations....but they are stuck at being simulations, they lack the whole depth and width of these old machines!
For Artie.....yeah you can mix three mono chorus pedals in parallel, but they lack that extra thing old BBD's has.
It will for sure be spacious and such....
If you can ever try any old Roland Dimension D, or some of those old Lexicons and such, you will notice that they sound much bigger and more lush and all those worn out adjectives.
 
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Re: That 80's Rack Chorus?

That Fulltone unit is based off the Songbird Tri-Stereo Chorus rackmount from the 80s.

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ArtieToo said:
The tinkerer in me can't help but wonder if you could get close to the same affect by paralleling three "ordinary" chorus' through a small, inexpensive mixer.

Thoughts?

Artie
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You could get a similar effect by triple-tracking (pan each track L, C, R) or using a harmonizer.
 
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I just might try that. It would be fun to see how rich I could a get chorus to sound.
 
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Well, the good news is, this one may not cost me anything. I already have several flavors of chorus, and a mixer. So I can get started cheap.
 
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Is that really all it is? Three BBD chorus lines, one left channel, one right channel and one "center"?
 
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TwilightOdyssey said:
Are you going to split your guitar signal? Or use aux sends and returns?
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I'm not 100% sure yet, but I'll probably split initially. I've got my SFX-01 to buffer the signal. (And several other booster/buffers for that matter.
 
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If your desk has stereo returns you can go into a single channel and send to the Aux sends PFL. Run each send to its own chorus and either bring them into separate channels and pan them that way, or into the Aux returns and pan each return...
 
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I've had a Rocktron Intellifex in my rack for fifteen years, basically for the 8-voice chorus- it's stellar and I really can't see doing without. Each of the voices gives you individual control over delay, pan, rate, depth, and level. Plus there are master wet & dry level adjustments in the mix section. Very flexible and just incredibly lush.
 
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Warning...lotsa vanilla schmoo sounds.....eeek
 
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