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chorus vs tremelo
« on: August 19, 2014, 04:42:07 pm »
trying to get the jist of the difference between the 2.  I read a fender owners manual that says chorus creates a carrier frequency that is FM modulated at about the same frequency as a tremolo osc.  My understanding is with a stereo amp the audio effect "ping-pongs" L/R for chorus.  I understand AM vs FM modulation in transmitter but having a hard time correlating it to guitar amps.

 What audio difference is there in a non-stereo amp?


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Re: chorus vs tremelo
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2014, 05:04:00 pm »
Tremolo is volume modulation and chorus is a tone filtering effect. You could emulate a tremolo circuit by rocking a volume pedal to and fro (amplitude modulation, AM). Chorus effects typically involve injecting a slightly delayed signal back onto the original signal and an LFO for movement; the slightly out of sync signals create filtering that sounds sorta like a chorus of singers (frequency modulation, FM). I am not sure how stereo effects of either variety process differently between outputs, possibly by some offset of delay time or LFO frequency?


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Re: chorus vs tremelo
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2014, 08:43:08 am »
Chorus effects typically involve injecting a slightly delayed signal back onto the original signal

Thanks, that was the part I wasn't getting!
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