| Red Witch Empress Chorus / Vibe Effects Pedal
Behold! The Empress Chorus!
Not just any ordinary analog Chorus/Vibe pedal.........Born of the same stock as the Red Witch Medusa chorus-trem , the Empress offers unparalleled chorus options.
An infinite number of analog chorus/vibe devices in one box!
Her most enticing feature is the unique voicing control; this dial allows you to access virtually any chorus sound you could desire! It changes the delay time – it’s on a pot so you’ve got an infinite number of chorus pedals in one box – from super spanky sparkling clean to noisy, sea sick inducing, pitch bending wobble.
Delay time determines a big part of any chorus units tone/flavour/sound - short delay creates a very pristine, airy chorus whereas longer delay time gives more ‘wobble’ and ‘throb’. Unfortunately virtually all devices available only have one fixed delay setting – or at most a choice of two.....
Red Witch has designed a circuit that lets you adjust the delay time via a potentiometer – from one extreme to the other and everything in between. In it’s most extreme settings the device will produce some hiss – this would be expected within the last third of the voicing controls sweep.
Here's the control breakdown of the Empress Chorus:
Vibe/Chorus Switch - Choose between Chorus or Vibrato mode. When in vibrato Mode you can use the voicing dial to choose from gentle, subtle pitch shifting through to wild semitone leaps.
Voicing Control - Functions in vibe mode the same way it does in chorus mode – it shifts the delay time....Nasty or Nice – you choose.
Velocity - Super stand still slow to freaked out fast
Mix - As clean or as chorusy as you like
Depth - From a delicate flutter to a sickening swing.
Stereo Out - The Empress loves to function in stereo – harness her to two amplifiers and stand in between them – one will carry the dry signal and the other will carry the wet. The chorusing occurs in the air between the amps. Neat.
Bright switch - This allows you to access some more sparkle on the more shimmery settings (Set voicing anywhere between 7 o’clock and 11 o’clock) . Engaging this switch in more extreme
settings will add background hiss.
Internal slide switch - The Empress has two different input stages – the slide switch lets you choose between them. The unit is preset by us to the Medusa input stage setting. The other position provides a little more boost and slightly different tonal response. Feel free to try both.
Switching - The Empress uses True Bypass switching. When she’s not turned on she’s just like a piece of guitar cable (A lady’s allowed to have some quirks!).
Pretty Cool, Huh?
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