Keys, Synths & Samplers

[Teoman]

I would like to learn your opinions on this topic. Honestly I didn't hear too much chorus choices, but I think Juno-106 chorus is the sweetest, thickest, warmest and lushest, blah blah chorus to my taste. Digitals are okay to a certain extent, but nowhere near to the Juno chorus. Surprisingly, cheap Behringer Virtualizer Pro has some lusher than lush algorithms. I have a Boss CE-5 as well, but it doesn't taste that delicious on synths. Any idea on this? Or is there a rack format unit that does synth oriented chorus quite well (in a Juno way) and easy to find?

[ClavAnother]

CE-2

[The Real MC]

Rack chorus I really like the Korg SDD-3300 or SDD-1200.

Boss made a CE-300 rackmount chorus that is like the stomp boxes, but it is designed for low level signals like guitar and it doesn't like line level stuff like synths. You need a level shifter or you will distort the box.

[Teoman]

Rack chorus I really like the Korg SDD-3300 or SDD-1200.

Boss made a CE-300 rackmount chorus that is like the stomp boxes, but it is designed for low level signals like guitar and it doesn't like line level stuff like synths. You need a level shifter or you will distort the box.

Strangely, my CE-5 tends to work with giutars, but not with my synths. If those Korg choruses are vintage, I have to look at the ebay auctions.
Edit: SDD-3300 is mentioned as a triple digital delay. It must have extra chorus maybe...

[raffor]

The favorite Chorus machine these days is my Roland SDX-330. It can do a lot and really sounds warm and spacious.

[MuzikB]

Ableton Live's Chorus.

[Gunslinger69]

Chanticleer.

[eric]

I've always liked the chorus on Everybody Wants to Rule the World. Great bridge too.

[Teoman]

Ableton Live's Chorus.

Given that I am a Cubase user, can't verify its sweetness

SDX-330 is worth checking as well.

@ eric: the chorus brand must be Tears For Fears Inc.

[Carey M]

For über-warm lushness Boss CE-1, for super-sweet ear candy, Boss DC-2. - CM

[lvercaut]

That's an easy one :
the chorus in the Roland MKS-20 ofcoarse :rolleyes::thu:

[Teoman]

That's an easy one :
the chorus in the Roland MKS-20 ofcoarse :rolleyes::thu:

Hmmm it must be in the Juno family:rolleyes:

@ CM: Let's check CE-1 also. :thu:

[idiotboy]

I've always liked the chorus on Everybody Wants to Rule the World. Great bridge too.

Slight tangent, and in full acknowledgement of Eric's riff on the ambiguity of the word chorus, I say this: The middle of TFF's Head Over Heels track has the one of the best examples of flanging I've ever heard. Better than ELO's Medievil Woman, even. Back on topic: best chorus? I really liked the MKS-70 chorus. Not sure if it's the same as the other MKS's. :thu:

[Teoman]

Yes, I heard about the beauty of MKS-70 chorus. That chorus plus two DCOs per voice :facepalm: Direct 80s.

[depulse]

The Boss CE-300. It's supposed to be very close to the Juno 6/60/106 chorus. I use it with synths without problems and it gives my Nord a Juno personality. There are inputs on the back and in the front, just chose the right one and it work correctly.

[drxcm]

Roland SDX-330
Red Wiitch Medusa Chorus

I'm just starting to find some nice choruses on the KSP-8 too, but prefer the above

[ChristianRock]

Digitech TSR-24. As a Pedal, the Electro Harmonix Small Stone is pretty thick.

[augerinn]

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[aeon]

My vote for the best chorus unit of all goes to the Eventide H8000FW. No other unit in my experience has the potential or control available to realize so many different, and euphonic, chorus colors.

As it concerns a dedicated chorus unit, I give high marks to the Roland SDX-330 Dimensional Expander. From vintage to modern, subtle to over-the-top, this box can do it all. Multi-voice, DimD, Solina ensemble, and other algos make this box a keeper.

The Roland SDD-320 Dimension D is tops if you need a spatial stereo chorus that does not swirl or introduce pitch warble. I think the Dimension sound is one of the best analog sweeteners ever realized. I can't wait for the super-clone of the DimD being created by Jurgen Haible.

The Kurzweil KSP8 can generate some great chorus colors, especially given its DSP power and available filtering, shaping, and warmth tools. Multi-channel operation allows for rich ensemble effects and thick, layered chorus tones that go way beyond usual chorus sounds.

A quick mention for two multi-effects that can do great chorus - the Sony DPS-V77, with its twin engines, EQ blocks, and multiple chorus algos, can achieve many colored, musical chorus tones. The t.c. electronic M3000, with its twin engines and six-voice detune shifter algo, can be programmed to do lush-yet-icy static chorus tones, especially when cascading serially to get 36 microshifts.

I use 3 other analog devices to get chorus tones - the ensemble section of a Roland RS-505 Paraphonic, which is a super-lush multi-line analog BBD effect - the chorus section of a Roland SRE-555 Chorus Echo tape delay - and the cheap and cheerful analog swirl of a Boss CE-300 rack.

My choices for analog chorus pedals include:

cheers,
Ian

[raffor]

For über-warm lushness Boss CE-1, for super-sweet ear candy, Boss DC-2. - CM

The good thing of the SDX-330 is that it models all these choruses. For my taste the CE-1 to CE-3 do color the sound pretty tough, I prefer the SDD models or the space choruses.