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Chorus:

Along with reverb and delay, chorus is used to create depth in a mix. Chorus is basically just more than one signal mixed together slightly out of tune, and sometimes slightly delayed. Chorus is one of the most important effects a guitarist or vocalist uses. It thickens the sound but if used too much, can blur detail. For this reason, you don't want too many different tracks to use chorus at the same time. As well as chorus, flanger and phaser effects are also used. All three effects are modulation effects. In other words, they sound like they have a certain fluctuation to the effect, at an adjustable speed. Chorus is probably the most subtle of the three effects. It just adds a sort of liquid quality to the signal, with a slight modulation. Flanger sounds like an extreme version of chorus, with a really, really deep pitch modulation on the effect. Great for funk guitar riffs. Both chorus and flanger are sometimes found in a stereo version. This can create an incredibly wide motion between left and right speakers, when the two signals are panned hard left and hard right. Phaser is more of a high-frequency effect. It adds a sort of background whisper, like an eery wind. Also, phaser can give guitars or vocals a certain east Indian sound. Different brands of these effects can also differ in sound. Some of them are designed to have a more transparent sound, while some are meant to have a more obvious metallic sound.