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  • January 6, 2009 at 10:48 am #90173
    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

    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.

    oh, oops, sorry – didn’t see you said ‘old’ (it’s a small word!)

    January 7, 2009 at 7:54 pm #90274
    shadowflux
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    Hi guys,

    I have both the reissue and a vintage Polychorus. Don’t even bother trying the current models’ settings as they don’t match up at all. Even the knobs are moved around. :)

    Good news though. I just picked up a copy of the instructions for the original unit. When I get the chance I’ll certainly scan/PDF/post them somewhere.

    PS: Anyone have a copy of the alignment procedure for the old Polychorus/Echoflanger?

    January 7, 2009 at 8:08 pm #90278
    Fender&EHX4ever
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    Hi guys,

    I have both the reissue and a vintage Polychorus. Don’t even bother trying the current models’ settings as they don’t match up at all. Even the knobs are moved around. :)

    Good news though. I just picked up a copy of the instructions for the original unit. When I get the chance I’ll certainly scan/PDF/post them somewhere.

    PS: Anyone have a copy of the alignment procedure for the old Polychorus/Echoflanger?

    I have the PolyFlange, which I believe is the same circuit as the vintage PolyChorus and Echoflanger, just different paintjob.

    The trimpots were completely off on mine when it arrived. I was able to align them by ear. If you do it this way, I would recommend recording a simple 4 bar loop, then feeding it into the unit while adjusting the trimpots. I optimized the trimpots for the chorus first, then the flanger. If I optimize them for the double track mode, I found that I would set the delay time trimpot too high for the chorus, because I don’t like hearing too much delay in my chorus effect. There’s a happy medium in there somewhere. BTW, the delay time trimpot is the one furthest the bottom left of the board if you are looking at the board from the bottom.

    January 8, 2009 at 5:50 am #90304
    ChrisFFTA
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    Good news though. I just picked up a copy of the instructions for the original unit. When I get the chance I’ll certainly scan/PDF/post them somewhere.

    that would be awesome!

    January 11, 2009 at 3:29 am #90423
    ChrisFFTA
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    ok… now is mine an original… i dont know any more… i have a blend switch and the knobs from top to botton left to right read

    Feedback Rate
    Width
    Mode Tune

    Any tips or is there an archive I can consult?

    January 11, 2009 at 3:56 am #90424
    ChrisFFTA
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    its the same layout as this one…
    kurtspoly.jpg

    January 15, 2009 at 4:17 pm #90796
    petejt
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    …….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.

    I believe the slight phasing is crucial to the Leslie effect. It’s much more than a wobble.

    January 15, 2009 at 4:22 pm #90798
    petejt
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    If I optimize them for the double track mode, I found that I would set the delay time trimpot too high for the chorus, because I don’t like hearing too much delay in my chorus effect.

    Is that that “stuttering” kind of slapback “tiled bathroom echo chamber” delay sound you are referring to?

    I think that is what I hear in my Rockman Stereo Chorus/Delay when I engage ‘Long Chorus’, which sets the Pre-Delay to sweep between 50ms-54ms.

    It’s good for double-track like sounds, but I prefer a phasey chorus effect, so I set it to ‘Short Chorus’ which has a 20ms-24ms Pre-Delay (Delay Time?)

    March 14, 2010 at 10:35 pm #108518
    HammyWhammy
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    the proguitarshop demo got pretty close, check it out on youtube

    August 26, 2010 at 1:07 pm #111105
    antistenes
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    I have to sell my Vintage ’78 Echo Flanger. It was boxed with the receipt when I got it from an old Guitarist friend, but lost it in the mean time. Never thought of selling it anyway! Like to sell it to someone who really appreciates it. It’s like it was just bought. I only used it occasionally at the studio. The sound is just marvelous. I’ve just put it up on craigslist.
    http://berlin.de.craigslist.de/msg/1919917869.html

    Cheers, David

    September 30, 2010 at 10:43 pm #111734
    yourmother
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    I WANT ONE!!! just need 2 get the money first lol

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