[HAM] What stomp box would best recreate the chorus /vibrato?? <private>

[John Freund]

Best damn post you've made, Kon.

John Freund
organguy at biggerthanabreadbox.com 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: hammond-bounces at zeni.net [mailto:hammond-bounces at zeni.net] On Behalf
> Of Kon Zissis
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:01 PM
> To: hammond at zeni.net
> Subject: [HAM] What stomp box would best recreate the chorus /vibrato??
> 
> Hi David.
> I don't know if any particular chrorus / vibrato stomp box has been
> specifically created to recreate the scanner chorus / vibrato effect
> but you cap make a typical chorus pedal such as a Boss chorus pedal
> which has a tone / treble cut control  sound more like the scanner
> chorus  effect by turning down the treble on the pure vibrato signal as
> long as the straight sounding part of the signal remains  bright and
> unaffected by the tone / treble cut  control.
> 
> You might possibly need to open up the unit and then change the
> grounding capacitor that rolls of the treble component of the pure
> vibrato signal in order to approximate the scanner chorus  vibrato  /
> straight signal tonal balance.
> 
> It is the bright  straight signal combined with the darker  vibrato
> signal that gives the shimmering effect  to the scanner chorus effect.
> 
> One important aspect of the scanner vibrato effect is that the pitch
> shifts  above as well as below  that of the straight frequency  thus
> creating a richer sounding chorus effect. With my Boss  chorus pedal ,
> the pitch only shifts above the straight frequency but it does not shift
> below  the straight frequency so therefore  the chorus effect does not
> sound as rich as the scanner chorus effect.
> 
> There used to be a Boss Vibrato pedal available many years ago but I
> have never come across this pedal so therefore I do not know if the
> vibrato signal  shifts above as well as below the straight frequency. If
> it does do this then it might be possible to modify the pedal by
> building a simple mixer stage to blend the straight signal with the
> vibrato signal and to darken the pure vibrato signal and to brighten the
> straight signal in order to approximate  the shimmering scanner chorus
> effect.
> 
> All the best.
> Kon
> 
> 
> David Wells wrote:
> Lads. I'd like to know if you guys have in the past looked into what
> stomp box or chorus unit
> would best recreate hammond chorus/vibrato, thats my question.
> I realize having mucked around with a guitar chorus unit that it is
> simply not the same, similar yes but
> definitely different and not good enough for my ears.
> I'm sure the exclamation/reply fired back at me (from those who have an
> opinion on everything) is likely to be why dont ya just use a scanner!?
> That aint gonna help me for this project, thanks anyway.
> 
> Again, a scanner is not an option yet I'd like to best create to sound
> of C1, C2 and C3 chorus.
> Thanks in advance
> 
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