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  • January 5, 2009 at 6:14 am #77487
    ChrisFFTA
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    Hi there

    I have an old Polychorus… can it get close to a Leslie type sound?

    January 5, 2009 at 7:58 am #90085
    McHaven
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    Plug it in and try it out ;)

    January 5, 2009 at 8:22 am #90086
    ChrisFFTA
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    Plug it in and try it out ;)

    erm thanks… a thoughtful, helpful and inspiring reply to a first time poster. i was hoping this wasnt ‘that’ sort of forum.

    i have of course ‘plugged it in’… many times. was hoping others with a similar unit might have struck gold finding the sounds i am after and – obviously – not having much luck finding.

    and insert the obligatory :) to mask the sarcastic nature of my response.

    January 5, 2009 at 9:47 am #90088
    McHaven
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    I’ll be constructive this time.

    In my experience with my Polychorus, I’ve found it to be able to reach a wide range of sounds. It’s the most tweak-able modulation pedal I’ve ever used. I’ve never searched for a Leslie sound, but I don’t think it would be too hard to find. I honestly don’t know too much about Leslies, or could even think of an example. I just tend to use mine for great analog chorus for my bass.

    January 5, 2009 at 11:03 am #90089
    electro-melx
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    Plug it in and try it out ;)

    erm thanks… a thoughtful, helpful and inspiring reply to a first time poster. i was hoping this wasnt ‘that’ sort of forum.

    It isn’t any ‘sort’ of forum, The forum is a sum of it’s members…nothing more…there is no agenda here…..we are all individuals many of whom will dissagree with each other and give you different answers to your questions….although personally McHaven’s was the first that sprung to mind!!

    I don’t own a polychorus so you might be in a better position to answer your question yourself, although I’ve never owned a chorus pedal that can ‘do’ a good lesile sound, closest I’ve had is probably with the vibrato settings on the wiggler mixed with a little phase from a small stone.

    January 5, 2009 at 11:19 am #90093
    ChrisFFTA
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    I’ll be constructive this time.

    In my experience with my Polychorus, I’ve found it to be able to reach a wide range of sounds. It’s the most tweak-able modulation pedal I’ve ever used. I’ve never searched for a Leslie sound, but I don’t think it would be too hard to find. I honestly don’t know too much about Leslies, or could even think of an example. I just tend to use mine for great analog chorus for my bass.

    Thx Mick… I have had the pedal for ages and use it for Flanger and general Chorus duties… my pedal I use for Leslie sounds I noticed recently can get quite PolyChorus-y… so I thought perhaps the reverse could be true as well. And yep, it sure is tweakable and whilst at work and nowhere near my gear I thought why not post here and see if any other users have had luck pulling a Leslie sound, then when I get home I can plug straight in and see how I go.

    January 5, 2009 at 7:38 pm #90127
    andvari7
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    How exactly can I get those general chorus sounds? It seems that the Polychorus does everything BUT chorus, and while I love the pedal dearly, and won’t be [deliberately] ridding myself of it any time soon, I am a bit confused by the name (should it not be able to do so).

    January 5, 2009 at 8:19 pm #90130
    nightraven
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    if you look in the manual, it’s got some settings you can try out, one of which being a leslie.

    here’s a link to the pdf if you don’t have a hard copy http://www.ehx.com/assets/instructions/stereo-polychorus.pdf

    January 5, 2009 at 10:41 pm #90139
    McHaven
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    How exactly can I get those general chorus sounds? It seems that the Polychorus does everything BUT chorus, and while I love the pedal dearly, and won’t be [deliberately] ridding myself of it any time soon, I am a bit confused by the name (should it not be able to do so).

    I know your a bassist from TB, so perhaps my settings can help you. For my chorus sound I generally set it up this way.

    Sweep Filter: On
    Then the rate, depth and tune knobs are set at around 9:00. This provides a nice chorus sound, without getting too big of a fluctuation in pitch, or too fast a speed. Depending on the feedback control, you can have a really warm low end, or add in some metallic sounds.

    January 5, 2009 at 11:16 pm #90142
    ChrisFFTA
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    if you look in the manual, it’s got some settings you can try out, one of which being a leslie.

    here’s a link to the pdf if you don’t have a hard copy http://www.ehx.com/assets/instructions/stereo-polychorus.pdf

    thx for that link… trouble is however that mine is an old vintage one so i fear those settings may not correspond. will give it a go tho…

    January 6, 2009 at 1:14 am #90150
    Fender&EHX4ever
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    if you look in the manual, it’s got some settings you can try out, one of which being a leslie.

    here’s a link to the pdf if you don’t have a hard copy http://www.ehx.com/assets/instructions/stereo-polychorus.pdf

    thx for that link… trouble is however that mine is an old vintage one so i fear those settings may not correspond. will give it a go tho…

    The settings will be completely different between the vintage PolyChorus and the Reissue.

    January 6, 2009 at 1:18 am #90153
    Fender&EHX4ever
    Moderator

    You can definitely cop a rotary speaker sound in the flanger mode. The key is to keep the width knob down enough so that the pitch bend isn’t too deep, and give it a hint of feedback, but not too much. I’d keep the delay time knob at minimum.

    January 6, 2009 at 1:58 am #90154
    Ned Flanders
    Moderator

    It does nice rotovibe sounds hey!

    January 6, 2009 at 2:06 am #90155
    ChrisFFTA
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    You can definitely cop a rotary speaker sound in the flanger mode. The key is to keep the width knob down enough so that the pitch bend isn’t too deep, and give it a hint of feedback, but not too much. I’d keep the delay time knob at minimum.

    nice one, will give that a go!

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    It does nice rotovibe sounds hey!

    care to share how you obtain such sounds? pretty please.

    January 6, 2009 at 8:29 am #90164
    julian
    Moderator

    Usually the best way to get a rotary sound is to use some sort of modulation on a very shallow depth and very fast speed.

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