If you're not familiar with a chorus pedal or are infact very new to the realm of pedals and what not I understand thee frustration. That being said, one who has had some experience could tell already what to expect while watching someone dial in some tones. 🚬🥃🎚️📻🎵🧲👍
One thing i would add to the above 2 comments is that, if you find the adjustments too quick to understand this pedals sweet spots, then you dont need this pedal (yet). Its a very expensive chorus compared to other beautiful chorus pedals available. Its for a very specific tone, and if you arent yet able to notice those subtleties in quick samples, then a clone of this same sound will do you just as well. Save your money and buy a cheaoer (analog) chorus, such as tge Joyo analog ch, or Mooer Ensemble King Anolog Ch. Theyre great clones of this for about half the price. The difference between those and this is so subtle. That you only need this if you can hear it immediately.
Love chorus, the sound of the 80's. One of the things I have to explain to people about stereo chorus- when you're listening to it with two speakers in open air, the sound waves interact in ways that just recording straight into an interface doesn't accurately capture. They always sound better in person, through two speakers, than they do recording direct.
That's called crossfeed: some audio from the left channel leaks into the right channel and viceversa. You can get the same results in direct recording by narrowing the stereo field (no hard LCR panning), or by using a crossfeed plug-in. That said, the CE-2W seems it works nicely as a cool doubler (ADT) that collapses into a beautiful chorus sound when downmix everything to mono.
Nobody ever seems to talk about LFO waveform in chorus pedals. It is, i believe, what creates the 'fingerprint' sound of certain modulation pedals. Fortunately, and somehow, the Wazacraft folks achieved the LFO shape from the original CE-1... it is so lovely.
I absolutely love this pedal. It's not the most versatile chorus out there, but if you're a chorus junkie like I am, this will give you the most pure and accurate recreation of that stereotypical 80's chorus we all know and love. This is THE pedal for period correct chorus. It also gets bonus points for doing a pretty convincing rotary sound with the depth at about 12 o'clock, and rate at about 1 o'clock on the vibrato mode.
CE-1 and CE-2 are probably to this day the best chorus circuits that exist. They're not even complex. Don't forget that CE-1 was pretty much the first chorus ever that was released, first as a built-in effect in an iconic JC-120, then as a pedal. Boss have hit the nail on the head with them, putting other companies in a precarious position - copy the simple perfection, or try to re-invent the wheel and fail. Yes, there are multitude of great chorus pedals. But there is only one that is THE chorus.
@@adamnesbitt11 There's a cool trick to get pure vibrato from any mode by using a simple dummy cable or adapter plugged into "Output B" to get the "wet" signal only (vibrato). So you can also get a VB-2 mode! 😎
Hi may I know how you've set up the pedal in Stereo? are they going into different amplifiers? From what I understand: In Stereo mode, one of the outputs would be dry, while the other would have just the chorus effect, is that right? Would there be any point in going stereo if both signals would be reaching the same amplifier? I understand that this might be a good piece for a wet-dry or wet-dry-wet rig, but if we are running everything straight into a single amplifier, could you advice if there is any point running stereo? (E.g. Straight into an ACS-1 or UA Dream65)
Can't speak for the video, but you can find the users manual for boss pedals online! It says that if you use the mono output, both the clean signal and the chorus signal are mixed together, but if you use the stereo output, output A is only chorus, output B is only dry signal. Hope this helps!
Ahh. Depth at zero. I think that’s zero point chorusing. Too bad there’s no mix to set to zero, too. And volume at zero as well. For a more subtle effect. /s just being silly
incredibly irritating that you keep constantly changing the knobs which doesn't allow to truly grasp the character of the settings!
If you're not familiar with a chorus pedal or are infact very new to the realm of pedals and what not I understand thee frustration. That being said, one who has had some experience could tell already what to expect while watching someone dial in some tones.
🚬🥃🎚️📻🎵🧲👍
I thought he covered it perfectly. 5 mins to go through all the various settings is ideal.
One thing i would add to the above 2 comments is that, if you find the adjustments too quick to understand this pedals sweet spots, then you dont need this pedal (yet). Its a very expensive chorus compared to other beautiful chorus pedals available. Its for a very specific tone, and if you arent yet able to notice those subtleties in quick samples, then a clone of this same sound will do you just as well. Save your money and buy a cheaoer (analog) chorus, such as tge Joyo analog ch, or Mooer Ensemble King Anolog Ch. Theyre great clones of this for about half the price. The difference between those and this is so subtle. That you only need this if you can hear it immediately.
Sounds so good dude! It's nice to occasionally be reminded why the CE-2 is the standard. It's pretty perfect
Thanks bud! Yah, it’s one of those pedals I wouldn’t change a single thing
Love chorus, the sound of the 80's. One of the things I have to explain to people about stereo chorus- when you're listening to it with two speakers in open air, the sound waves interact in ways that just recording straight into an interface doesn't accurately capture. They always sound better in person, through two speakers, than they do recording direct.
That's called crossfeed: some audio from the left channel leaks into the right channel and viceversa. You can get the same results in direct recording by narrowing the stereo field (no hard LCR panning), or by using a crossfeed plug-in. That said, the CE-2W seems it works nicely as a cool doubler (ADT) that collapses into a beautiful chorus sound when downmix everything to mono.
Great video. It's a classic pedal for a reason, as you show.
Thanks for the kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
Great vid. Pedal sounds fantastic. I always think that chorus sounds best with single coils. You just demonstrated that.
Thank you. It’s such an incredible pedal. Everything about it. Hard to hate chorus when it sounds like that!
Wow the c2 sound is so beautiful
Nobody ever seems to talk about LFO waveform in chorus pedals. It is, i believe, what creates the 'fingerprint' sound of certain modulation pedals. Fortunately, and somehow, the Wazacraft folks achieved the LFO shape from the original CE-1... it is so lovely.
'somehow' it's a sine and a triangle. It's not magic.
My favorite chorus. I have it and love it very much 😍. We are waiting for video in stereo mode BOSS DM-2w.
I absolutely love this pedal. It's not the most versatile chorus out there, but if you're a chorus junkie like I am, this will give you the most pure and accurate recreation of that stereotypical 80's chorus we all know and love. This is THE pedal for period correct chorus. It also gets bonus points for doing a pretty convincing rotary sound with the depth at about 12 o'clock, and rate at about 1 o'clock on the vibrato mode.
CE-1 and CE-2 are probably to this day the best chorus circuits that exist. They're not even complex. Don't forget that CE-1 was pretty much the first chorus ever that was released, first as a built-in effect in an iconic JC-120, then as a pedal. Boss have hit the nail on the head with them, putting other companies in a precarious position - copy the simple perfection, or try to re-invent the wheel and fail. Yes, there are multitude of great chorus pedals. But there is only one that is THE chorus.
Beautiful playing x
Aww shucks! Thanks 🙏
Great demo.
That vibrato though
Even the vibrato is chorus, just like the CE-1
@@adamnesbitt11 There's a cool trick to get pure vibrato from any mode by using a simple dummy cable or adapter plugged into "Output B" to get the "wet" signal only (vibrato). So you can also get a VB-2 mode! 😎
Mine specially in the mid mode increases the overall volume. Does It happen with yours? Is it normal?
How would you compare this new buffer system and noise level to true bypass pedals?
right channel is just clean i dunno if that counts as stereo?
Hi may I know how you've set up the pedal in Stereo? are they going into different amplifiers? From what I understand: In Stereo mode, one of the outputs would be dry, while the other would have just the chorus effect, is that right? Would there be any point in going stereo if both signals would be reaching the same amplifier?
I understand that this might be a good piece for a wet-dry or wet-dry-wet rig, but if we are running everything straight into a single amplifier, could you advice if there is any point running stereo? (E.g. Straight into an ACS-1 or UA Dream65)
Can't speak for the video, but you can find the users manual for boss pedals online! It says that if you use the mono output, both the clean signal and the chorus signal are mixed together, but if you use the stereo output, output A is only chorus, output B is only dry signal. Hope this helps!
@@lilSchmoob This definitely helps, thank you! Was actually hoping for a wide chorus sound with the Stereo... but Mono sounds great as is :)
So, it is not really a true stereo then.
How can i install correctly the double cables stereo option to the amp? I can't find this instruction anywhere
If you want stereo you need a stereo amp or two amps.
is it engaged when powered up?
Yes.
@@PedalboardoftheDay Thanx for your reply - Hoping one day Boss will give us a choice switch
@@RaxFx me too - it’s the only pedal on my board that defaults to “on” every time I power up, and have to switch it off.
Same thing occurs on my DOD "icebox" chorus. "Comin' in hot, boys!"...
@@guitardave for me it’s this and the Boss OS-2, but weirdly not the tuner
I wonder if this pedal sounds better than the MXR 234 with the right settings..
We need the tabs man.
Great demo!
why need to keep rotating them knobs every 1-2 seconds?
Kind of annoyed that you wouldn't show the full range of the pedal (Depth knob all the way down)
Ahh. Depth at zero. I think that’s zero point chorusing. Too bad there’s no mix to set to zero, too. And volume at zero as well. For a more subtle effect. /s just being silly
It's f ing $250 with tax...F that.
You a little poor boi?
It is an analog BBD device. Not cheap to build.
@@squirrelvalhalla9386plus it’s basically two pedals in one
Very irritating that you constantly keep moving the knobs around every 2-3 seconds not allowing any real sense of comparison...
Cry
STOP constantly fiddling with the damn knobs.