Free Juno Chorus from Arturia

[soundbylaura]

Personally don't need this badly enough to sign up for an account, but free is free...

https://www.arturia.com/freegift-chorus-jun6

[Guy Rowland]

HOLY COW! Sign up Laura, for goodness sakes. The Juno chorus is talked about in hushed and revered tones. Well, original is anyway.

I think its the only reason a synth like the 106 was any good, right?

[soundbylaura]

Oh alright.

[Luciano Storti]

Nice indeed!

There’s also this https://tal-software.com/products/tal-chorus-lx which I’ve been using for a while and really like. Also free. No idea how accurate it is.

[wst3]

Not only that, but the ploy worked. I had, until now, not even bothered to look at their effects. And I'm not ready to buy any of them just yet, but I have to say wow about their take on the Dimension D, the Bi-Phase, the BL-20 Flanger, and the Memory Man Deluxe.

But first - the original Roland Chorus effect was, and still is, much revered. It appeared in a wide variety of gear, from a rack mount processor (which they also sell) to a stomp box to a guitar amplifier and yes, a handful of synthesizers.

The interesting part - to me anyway, is that the circuit remained almost unchanged, and yet there are subtle differences between the various implementations.

It is, however a few of the other effects that really opened my ears.

Their Dimension D is very nearly as good as the UA version, which, if I did not already own it I'd be tempted to get this one.

Their Memory Man is great, and being an absolute delay junky I may have to get this one.

The BL-20 flanger sounds wonderful. I've never used the original hardware, but I don't care, it is just a lovely sounding flanger that gets really close to the sound of thru-zero flanging. I might have to get this one too.

And the Bi-Phase is amazing. I have a Mutron Bi-Phase in my gear pile, and I love it. The optical elements are starting to age, which is unfortunate (the optical cell in my original Mutron III is shot). I have the Audio Damage version of a Bi-Phase, so I'm not going to run out and buy another one, but if you are looking for this sort of thing you should check it out.

And oh yeah, the Juno Chorus sounds really good too.

For the high prices that they charge most of the year for their plugins I continue to be amazed and impressed with the quality of their free plugins. The Filter MINI and the Rev Plate are staples for me, even though I have other filters and plates.

[Guy Rowland]

It sounds good to me too, Bill. Without a real Juno to compare to I can't be sure how accurate it is, but it feels kinda right - I suspect that for general synth chorus chores it'll be my first port of call.

[mickeyl]

I think it sounds more lush than the (also free) TAL U NO, albeit with less high frequencies. I also like the manual control which results in some interesting tones.