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Chorus (Blue) 161
Chorus (Blue)
Vintage Chorus
The Vintage Chorus is an emulation of the 70’s chorus technology based on bucket brigades, which can be
considered a predecessor of today’s digital sampling technology. The Vintage Chorus not only covers the exact
sound of the famous Chorus Ensemble
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but also many other models of that era which were based on the same
basic circuitry.
You may notice the somewhat dull sound of the effect signal; this is due to the limited sample-rate of the bucket
brigade. When this signal is mixed to the direct sound, it will result in a very warm chorus sound, because the overall
signal gets a low and mid frequency boost. When you place the Vintage Chorus before the stack, you will achieve
the well-known mono modulation effect. When placed in one of the effect modules after the stack, the Vintage
Chorus will sound lusher with less modulation, since it works in stereo. This is because there is a separate chorus for
each stereo channel, modulating in opposite ways. If you prefer the original mono sound, set the “Stereo” parameter
to the middle position.
✓ If you happen to own an original chorus unit from the analog era, you may notice that the choruses don’t feature a
volume boost when you switch them on. This is because our philosophy is to always maintain the same volume
level, no matter whether effects are being used or not. This makes it easier for you to choose the best effect purely
by its character, and not to favor one effect over another simply because it sounds louder. Of course, if you still want
the volume boost, you can always use the “Volume” parameter for this.
 Rate
Use the “Rate” parameter to adjust the speed of the chorus modulation.