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Published on 01/17/12 at 05:47Here we have a chorus everything from classic, with an input, two outputs. The pedal is quite big, not necessarily easy to fit on a pedalboard, among other Boss pedals with formatted I / O on the sides. Here, everything is on the back. The power supply is made in connection with a standard 9V.
UTILIZATION
The configuration is simple, once the range because it differs from most other chorus. The Retro-Sonic is sold as an exact replica in smaller format, the CE-1 Boss pedal apparently mythical and one of the first chorus on the market (a demo Youtune made a comparison between the two pedals, and personally, I do not hear any difference).
The pedal has actually two effects: chorus and vibrato. The chorus is controlled by a single knob, chorus intensity, which affects the depth of the effect. The second effect is a vibrato, with two controls, depth and speed. A final knob adjusts the output level of the signal, and this control is common to the chorus and vibrato. It can act as a kind of booster, because with my set, if I positioned beyond 12 o'clock, the output signal is stronger than the incoming signal. Two switches allow one hand to turn on / off effect, and secondly, to select the desired effect (chorus or vibrato).
A manual? Frankly, not worth it.
SOUND QUALITY
If the effects are effective? Name of God, yes! Honestly, they are extremely "marked" and say, witnesses of an era. Personally, it suits me perfectly but it is far, far away from most of the chorus that I have played so far (and this is my guilty pleasure). If the chorus, in moderate settings, is relatively unobtrusive, it can become psychedelic and give seasick when the vibrato, with settings almost median, it can give a pseudo-Leslie effect that suits me well. Note that with one or the other effect initiated, the whole is extremely quiet, no hum on the horizon.
OVERALL OPINION
Bought used, I played, sparingly, for 6 months. I only rarely engages, as its very strong signature sound effect is a fairly invasive and can be quickly annoying for the audience. But it certainly adds a magical effect on agreements or groundwater in the clear. It also has very well with overdrive or saturation, which is not always the case with some chorus I've tried in the past.
I'm not sure it is still manufactured, due to the scarcity of chips needed for its manufacture, but the investment in time (around 200 euros) worth it for those for which the chorus is a major component of the sound. For those who do not have the budget, I think we found a little sound in the same spirit of Jacques Meistersinger. But having both (plus a few others), I really feel that they have finally found my Holy Grail.
UTILIZATION
The configuration is simple, once the range because it differs from most other chorus. The Retro-Sonic is sold as an exact replica in smaller format, the CE-1 Boss pedal apparently mythical and one of the first chorus on the market (a demo Youtune made a comparison between the two pedals, and personally, I do not hear any difference).
The pedal has actually two effects: chorus and vibrato. The chorus is controlled by a single knob, chorus intensity, which affects the depth of the effect. The second effect is a vibrato, with two controls, depth and speed. A final knob adjusts the output level of the signal, and this control is common to the chorus and vibrato. It can act as a kind of booster, because with my set, if I positioned beyond 12 o'clock, the output signal is stronger than the incoming signal. Two switches allow one hand to turn on / off effect, and secondly, to select the desired effect (chorus or vibrato).
A manual? Frankly, not worth it.
SOUND QUALITY
If the effects are effective? Name of God, yes! Honestly, they are extremely "marked" and say, witnesses of an era. Personally, it suits me perfectly but it is far, far away from most of the chorus that I have played so far (and this is my guilty pleasure). If the chorus, in moderate settings, is relatively unobtrusive, it can become psychedelic and give seasick when the vibrato, with settings almost median, it can give a pseudo-Leslie effect that suits me well. Note that with one or the other effect initiated, the whole is extremely quiet, no hum on the horizon.
OVERALL OPINION
Bought used, I played, sparingly, for 6 months. I only rarely engages, as its very strong signature sound effect is a fairly invasive and can be quickly annoying for the audience. But it certainly adds a magical effect on agreements or groundwater in the clear. It also has very well with overdrive or saturation, which is not always the case with some chorus I've tried in the past.
I'm not sure it is still manufactured, due to the scarcity of chips needed for its manufacture, but the investment in time (around 200 euros) worth it for those for which the chorus is a major component of the sound. For those who do not have the budget, I think we found a little sound in the same spirit of Jacques Meistersinger. But having both (plus a few others), I really feel that they have finally found my Holy Grail.