DigiTech X-Series Multi Chorus

Very basic chorus stuff. It didn't take me long to get the sound. With all the four knobs at twelve o'clock you're not far from my sound.

Fantastic! Compared to the boss choruses it sounds a lot richer. And it has a real stereo circut, not one wet and one dry output jack. It modulates both jacks.
I run it in stereo with two marshall heads, a JCM2000 and a JCM900, and with a microscopic amount of distortion and a some delay, it sounds amazing. Of course it works on higher gain settings as well. My only minus is that it seems to boost the signal a little bit, especially with the voice knob kranked. But hey, I can live with that.

I've owned some digitech pedals over the years, and they've never let me down. That's much of the reason why I prefer stompboxes instead of rack stuff.

Never needed that

I play 80's influenced heavy metal. Been playing guitar for 17-18 years now, and this is by far the best sounding chorus I've ever had. So it's bolted to my pedalboard, and it's not going anywhere. That's for sure.

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4 knobs, clearly describing the purpose of each. Turn them and discover their affect upon the effect. Yeah, definitely easy. Oh! I discovered another feature when I got the manual (see customer support). The pedal can be used to go direct into a soundboard as it has a speaker emulating function (simulating a 4X10 speaker cabinet - hold the foot switch down either when plugging a cable into the input OR plugging the power supply in). I haven't tried this feature as of the time of writing this review. When/if I do test it, I'll submit another review.

Here's my setup. Bass (modified frankenstein Carvin Koa bass w/ Alembic pickups & EMG electronics) > Planet Waves pedal tuner > H&K tube factory distortion pedal > Alembic F-1X preamp > effects loop out > Zoom 506 > Digitech multi-chorus > effects loop in > Crest LT 2000 power amp > SWR MegaGoliath.

This pedal does not take away any of the tonal quality of the bass. It's thick and rich. Definitely brought the sound I was looking for to play Tool. I've found other bands songs that it lends its sound to quite nicely. When the effect is off, the bypass doesn't seem to affect the tone.

I've owned it for just over a month now, and its survived quite nicely in and out of the the bag that I put it in with my other pedals and patch cables. The knobs have hardly moved and it functions perfectly. This thing is built like a tank. I bought the optional power supply (approx $20, also at my local GC)

*note- discovered that the positive and negative wires at the power input on these units are wired in reverse. You must get the digitech power supply. At least it's a reasonable price.

I found the manual online quite easily on their ftp site (thank you google!). Any company that puts their old manuals up for free download, in my opinion, is providing excellent customer support.

I'm currently in a heavy-alternative cover band and this pedal does lend itself to several of the songs we play.

It's a good pedal, if you can find it used, you'll get it at a better price. From everything I've read about it, don't forget to buy a power supply, as it's supposed to be a battery hog. It's quality and ability to perform its' specific function are impressive! If it got stolen or lost, I'd get another to replace it.

Chalk is good.

Four knobs, two of which are the classic chorus parameters (speed and depth). This box is easy to use and is for everyone. The manual isn't really necessary to operate the box.

A great variety of sounds without any fuss or hassle. You can dial in a subtle "glassy" chorus to augment clean passages, or you can crank it up to the thick "rotary" emulation, which is my preference. The Voice knob adds layers in any sound you choose to use. The rotary effect is, to me, the best sound this box can make. I play it through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, and have it sequenced after my Boss DS-1 and a secret drive I can't divulge. My guitar is either a Gibson SG Classic or a Fender Strat. The rotary settings sound very close to an Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man and even retains some of the qualities of the original Roger Mayer-built Uni-Vibe that Hendrix popularized. Of course, those aforementioned pedals are both modeled after the old Leslie Rotary Speaker, known for being cumbersome and at times difficult to use. Hendrix, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Robin Trower all loved that big Rotary sound at different points in their respective careers. But this box is super affordable compared to the EH or boutique-style boxes which go for $200 and up.

Very dependable, built well, heavy-duty. I'd use it without a backup.

Never had to call them.

This pedal has opened a strange dimension to my sound. Combined with the DS-1 and my "secret drive," I have found the rudiments of Hendrix' core sounds without the whawha. I'm not a Hendrix clone or one who sits around and just plays other people's songs, but I've always loved that early primal fuzz sound heard all over 'Are You Experienced,' and I've always dug that heady warble heard throughout the Band Of Gypsys shows. The Digitech X-Series Multi Chorus opens up tons of new possibilities for those who don't mind a very close approximation of a found sound.

If you have used other chorus effects before, then it's a piece of cake to figure out. However if you haven't used chorus before, it takes some time to figure out how the knobs change the sound. The manual is very basic, and not very descriptive, but it gives you an idea on how to work it.

This thing sounds great...that is if you use a distort pedal BEFORE the chorus. This means no use of amp gain. Before I bought the Boss DS-1 to put at the front of my setup, I tried to use the Multi-Chorus with my Crate GT-65's built-in distort. BAD idea. It sounded terrible. At first I didn't understand why it sounded so good at the store and not so good at home. I then realized that I had used a distort pedal BEFORE the chorus at the store. But when you do hook the chorus up after the distort, it sounds amazing. I bought this pedal for the purpose of getting a live Zakk Wylde type sound, and I got it!

This pedal is very reliable, that is if you use an AC/DC adaptor. It DEVOURS batteries. Would I gig with it? Absolutely!

Wouldn't know. haven't dealt with them.

Works great on clean, works great with overdrive, and works great for the heaviest of metal. I have only been playing for about a year, but I have done an incredible amount of research and testing on different pedals. When it comes to chorus, my top pick would be the MXR Stereo chorus box, but the DigiTech isn't far behind. I would definitely pick the DigiTech over both the Boss CH-1 and the Boss CE-5, because it has a wider range of use, plus it's ten bucks cheaper!

The level speed and depth controls are self explanitory. The voice knob affects how uniformed or varied the chorusing is. It is really easy to get a good sound out of it.

Here is my setup:

Jackson Dinky or Ibanez SZ320 -> Ibanez TS-9 -> Digitech Multi Chorus -> Boss DD-5 Digital Delay -> 15W Vox Valvetronix

The pedal that I will directly compare this to is a Marshall Supervibe. The Supervibe has a bright and shimmery type of sound. The Multi Chorus has a deeper and spongier type of sound. The Multi Chorus is a much better pedal for the following reasons:

-It hardly changes the tone of the guitar when it is turned off. The Supervibe tone controls remained active when it was switched off. The Supervibe is a real tone eater.

-This pedal does not boost the volume of the signal when turned on. (But there is a level knob that can adjust that.) The Marshall pedal did boost volume. That proved to be problematic when turning it on would cause the clean channel on my amp to distort.

-In my opinion, more settings on the Multi Chorus are useable that what the Supervibe had to offer.

Yes it looks sturdy.

Overall this pedal is a good match for many styles of music. I play lots of hard rock and heavy metal, but there are times when a chorus pedal does come in handy. I like the fact that this pedal is capable of giving lots of good sounds.

There are four knobs. Turn them till you find a sound you like. It would be nice if the manual had some more examples of some classic settings that would mimic famous songs that use a chorus.

Changing the battery is very easy and does not even require you to lift or turn over the pedal.

The sound quality is great with this pedal. With it, you can go from a subtle chorus to add warmth, to a rotary-like effect, to a screaming toneful sound (with a distortion pedal) which is perfect for lead work or solos.

My two guitars are a PRS Tremonti SE (with Seymour Duncan JB and Jazz p/u's) and an American Deluxe Strat. My setup is Guitar -> Dunlop 535 Wah -> Digitech Hotrod -> Digitech Multi-Chorus -> Digitech Digi-Delay. There is no extra noise with either guitar whether the pedal is on or off.

DO NOT BOTHER WITH BATTERIES!

Why bother with batteries when you can plug it in? In a month or so you will spend the same amount on batts as it would cost to get an AC adapter. I have all my pedals chained together. I have never had an issue with any of my Digitech pedals.

They are also extremely sturdy. If I dropped one, it would probably dent the cement floor and maybe get a slight scratch on it.

I haven't had to deal with them.

This is a great pedal for any type of music. You can use it to just get a nice boost in warmth for your tone or you can go all out and have some sounds that are way out there.

Level, Speed, Depth- all self-explanatory. The voice knob controls the amount of layering you want; up to 16 chorus voices. Very easy to use.

I compared the Multi Chorus to the chorus of the JC-120. The Multi Chorus is just as good to my ears, and capable of much more. There is a digital 'metallic sheen' on the effect, but nothing that can't be blunted with your guitar's tone knob or amp's EQ. It can produce unwanted noise if it's incompatible with the power supply your using. It has gone 'rotary' on me, and 'permanently on', when the battery was down to the dregs. Other than that, the Multi Chorus is quiet, flexible, and lush!

The pedal casing is made of metal. The only concern I have is with the snap on battery clip; it's on a very short leash.

I've had no experience with DigiTech customer support.

Great pedal. Fantastic value. Although I have noticed that DigiTech is releasing a Chorus Factory pedal (CF-7) with their new Audio DNA2 chip inside. You may want to check that one out beforehand.

It's a bit tricky to figure out with no manual, but it it's easy to get a great sound out of it.

Fantastic with any effect and amp. Simply incredible

Virtually indestructable, but a battery guzzler.

I mostly play surf and punk rock and have tried a few other chorus pedals. Quite frankly, this is even better than the small clone. The most fantastic chorus i've ever played

It's a bit tricky to figure out with no manual, but it it's easy to get a great sound out of it.

Fantastic with any effect and amp. Simply incredible

Virtually indestructable, but a battery guzzler.

I mostly play surf and punk rock and have tried a few other chorus pedals. Quite frankly, this is even better than the small clone. The most fantastic chorus i've ever played

Digitech stompboxes are easy to use, just crank the knobs until you get the sound you want and play.

I run this through either my Fender Jaguar, or my American Strat, and it sounds VERY good. You do get a little noise from it, but it's not extremely noticable unless you are playing alone in an isolated room.
You can basically get any chorus sound you want out of it, you can also get vibro and leslie sounding effects, it has 16 chorus voices you can add on the effect, it has a level knob, Speed, and Depth.
It doesn't have the warmth of analog, but then again it's more versatile.

This thing eats batteries like they're going out of style, buy a power supply or don't leave it plugged in if you're taking a break.

Never dealt with them.

Aside from the power problem, it sounds nice, If it were stolen i'd probably buy an EH Polychorus, just because I can.

The effect has four knobs and it is pretty simple to get exactly the Chorus effect you want. The Manual is simple to understand but you won't need it.

I'm running a Fender MIA Jazz Bass > Digitech X-Series Bass Synth Wah > Digitech Bass Multi Voice Chorus > Marshall B65 Amp. I never heard noise from it. The Effect I get from it is very good.

I would absolutely depend on it, it is built like a tank. Would gig without backup. But at least mine is a battery drainer, but I'm always using a DC Adapter.

Never dealt with Digitech

I play Rock and Funk. The Chorus is very nice to use in ballads. have been plaaying for 4 years now, I own the mentioned equipment plus a p-bass copy fretless. I would definitely buy this effect again. I love the feature that you can have a stereo chorus with up to 16 voices. I simply love it. Especially for the price I paid.

Controls are level, speed, depth, and voices. It was very simple to get good tones out of this little box. It's a chorus, and pretty much all of them sound alike/do the same thing. The suggestions that come with this thing are killer, especially with no previous guitar effect experience...

I'm using an Affinity strat going into a Behringer 212 combo. The combo already has 99 effects on it, so the chorus was a little overkill. But, I had the effect before this amp, so whatever. When I plugged in, I noticed a definite loss of high end. I guess some people might say it warmed things up, but I doubt it. It also buzzes a little, but thats with the level control turned all the way up. This is a powerful effect, and used by itself I can't help but be reminded of Metallica's clean sound on Nothing Else Matters. It also does the grunge/Nirvana thing very well, and now the intro to Smells Like Teen Spirit is right on the money. The voice knob is the best part of this thing, because depending on your band, you can thin or thicken the sound to whatever you deem necessary, and I found this extremely useful for my Christian Rock band.

This thing is built like a boss pedal, and is just as reliable.

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This is a good effect, but its just not me. I traded it to my math teacher for a Danelectro Daddy-O, just because my amp lacks a little character and the overdrive on that pedal is awesome. The chorus wasn't terrible at all, just not my thing.

What can I say, there are four knobs.. Turn 'em and feel the difference!

I'm currently using this with a Boss DS-1, occasionally a DOD Tec4x or a Zoom (not mine, wouldn't buy one). When the DS-1 runs through it, the sound is awesome, especially, when the level is maxxed, the depth is on 25%, the voice knob it turned halfway and the speed also. The sound is at that time astonishing, both at home where I play through a Fender X15, and at practice, where I use a 55W Marshall.

Hasn't failed on me yet. When I first bought it, it used a battery up in a couple of minutes, then the switch wouldn't work. After downloading the instructions from digitechs website, I saw that when Boss promise 90 hours of battery life for the DS-1, This Multichorus has 4 hours at most. And no wonder, the sweet sounds it makes need a lot of processing power. So please, everyone, USE AN EXTERNAL POWER SOURCE! And don't complain it being crappy just because of the ridiculously short battery life! Blame the battery manufacturers instead.

Goto www.digitech.com, and get everything you need. The FAQ's tell it all, and what they miss is already in the downloadable manual.

It's a good tool for me. I play rhythm guitar, but like to occasionally do some fooling around. I get the backuping rhythm sound, as well as a freaky spooky lead "thingy" I use with all the knobs pretty much turned to the southeast.

Wow, what mixed reviews of this! I loved it when I tried it, but I didn't get to compare it with the Boss chorus. I can live with it. Settings are easy enough to figure out, but the stereo effect is strange. Almost like one channel is just is a dry out... maybe I haven't figured it out yet. I don't use the amp modelling, but you can only get it once you turn it on. I don't like how far I have to depress the footswitch.

Acoustic through some effects into this and out in stereo. I don't play through an amp so I never noticed the microphonic-ness. The chorus is digital, so if you like that sound it's awesome, WAY thick and that Xknob makes it WAY lush. Looking through a spectrum analyzer it looks like it uses a tremolo effect for the chorusing instead of a chorus effect! Maybe that has to do with the settings. But anyway, I like it for what I do.

Tough pedal. Do NOT USE A BATTERY, and don't give it a lousy rating if you do. That's the nature of digital. It draws about 70-80mA. If you have to use a battery, get an analog pedal.

Great for the price I paid. I wouldn't pay full price for it. I guess I haven't used it enough to say more.

this pedal is just fine and self explanatory. Easy open battery compartment is a great idea and better than the screws on the Boss pedals. My dog could figure this one out.

Right now I'm using either an ESP LTD V-250 with EMG-HZ's or a fender Mexi Strat with Tex Mex pickups. This pedal does almost everything right. Users have mentioned the microphonics, I don't really mind this as it can be avoided if you step on it respectfully when you need it in the middle of your song. I mainly bought this pedal to get a doubling effect when I launch into solos with my ESP V, usually at high-gain settings. I can tell you that out of my distortion pedals (DS1 and TS9) this Chorus pedal is noisier than all of them under high gain settings, even with the pedal off and even with my basically silent EMGs. I plan to get a keeley true bypass looper to take care of that. Otherwise it's awesome.

I would absolutely depend on this pedal without a backup, it's built like a tank

never dealt with digitech customer service

Awesome pedal. I play a lot of blues, blues rock, worship/church music, hard rock and metal. I just bought this pedal to have a doubling effect ready and it does the job great. I've been playing for 7.5 years and I would definitely replace it if it were lost or stolen. The only gripe I have about this pedal is the noise under high gain settings. I compared this to the Boss Super Chorus and Chorus Ensemble Pedals and they didn't seem to be getting fantastic reviews like this one was. I like it just the way it is and I would recommend it to anyone who wants it for the same purpose I do, as a doubling effect.

This pedal is very easy to use. Works like most pedals. Just turn the knobs to get the sound you're looking for.

I really like the sound. Espesially the Voicing knob. It gets a good rotory speaker sound too.

I find it hard to rely on. The battery goes bad about every third gig on average. Goes bad sooner if left in the truck over night in the cold.

Sent it back once for what a felt was a problem with battery life. They told me to use Eveready batteries instead of Duracel. This makes no sense to me as both have worked well for me in the past. They were quick on returning the unit.

I play Classic Rock N Blues. Playing for 35+ years I use a Les Paul and a custom built guitar with P-90s. I use a Carvin Belair 50w 212 w/matching 212 cab. The pedal gets a good Beatles sound as well a good rotory speaker sound almost like a Lesly. I imagine it would work better with a power supply since I feel they really have a problem with power consuption. I also use a Carvin Chorus and have no problems with batteries using it.

It's fairly simple. I'm still figuring out what knob combinations sound the best together. The instruction manual could have had a few example settings, but other than that it doesn't take much to get this up and running.

I'm very impressed with this pedal. It can go from a light, subtle chorus to a warm jazzy sound, to even thicker. It has a great sound when played with a Boss DS-1 distortion pedal too.

I just got it, but it seems very sturdy.

Dont know.

I like to play stuff from jazz to metal, and this pedal adds to my sound. No complaints

Knobs are self explanitory.

Because it is microphonic, there is a hum when not used, especially when being used with distortion. Boss pedals do not have this problem. But the Boss Chorus isn't half as thick as this chorus. When up all the way to 16 voices, this pedals creates awesomely warm, thick chorus for the lighter lines in metal.

So far I've been fine with the pedal. I have had other Digitech pedals before and never have had a problem, so I would assume the same for this.

I've e-mailed the company several times with questions, and there have been nothing but immediate responses. Always informative, these people know what they are doing.

Going with my style of melodic metal, and alternative rock, this pedals thick chorus is nearly unbeatable. The price was a little high to start, and there are several cheaper choruses out there, but this one is really worth it.

Easy to use. Read the booklet for a description of the knobs.

Bought new for $80.00 at Guitar Center.

Great sound quality! The real key is the "voices" knob. it adds multiple voices which increases the wetness of the effect without having to increase the speed or depth. That is the coolest thing. On choruses I've used in the past, you have to add a lot of depth or a lot of speed to get a noticeable sound. This sometimes gives too much of an out-of-tune sound or a rotating-speaker sound.

With the voices knob, I get can dial in a shallower, slower sound, but increase the number of voices for a wetter effect.

Following is my signal chain. Of course not all of the effects are on all of the time, and I'm in the process of adding and replacing:
Parker P-38 -> Digitech Main Squeeze -> Boss SD-1 -> DanElectro Fab Tone -> Digitech Multichours -> Korg Ax1G for (volume/delay/wah) -> Ampeg J12-R tube amp.

I usually have the amp on 3 and mic'd and get no noise from the chorus pedal. It's great!

You should never use batteries with pedals. That's inviting trouble. Get a "One-Spot" (what I use) or something similar that can power multiple pedals off of one AC adaptor.

Pedal is great. Had the Compressor for 6 months with no problems and had the chorus for 3 weeks with no problems.

On Sunday mornings I play 1-1/2 hours practice then 6 sets. No hum or noise from rig during sermons.

I almost forgot, I should point out that the battery access is much smarter on these pedals than Boss. The Boss thumb-screw works itself loose every couple of weeks and then it's hard to engage/disengage the pedal. It's a pain to have to remember to keep tightening that thing. Digitechs don't have that problem.

Never used.

I play CCM music on Sunday's at church. Sort of a range from slow pop to hard rock. I would buy another if this was stolen. The voice knob is what sets this pedal apart.

Start with the settings they show on the pedal demos on their EXCELLENT website, then tweak to your tastes.
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Easy enough to use if you can turn a knob...
This pedal is for the most part a normal chorus.....easy to figure out.

I use a 77 Strat or 70 Les Paul into a moded 1979 Marshall 100w through a 1969 Marshall 4x12 cab (G12M-25)..My amps has a fair amount of gain so noisey always shows up...this pedal showed up pretty noisey when on. Like another person here mentioned my pedal was also microphonic, tapping on it could be heard right through the amp.
If you could possibly overlook the noise and microphonics..it didn't sound bad at all. A Bit COLD for my taste, but lots of nice chorus too. Note: into the "CLEAN" channel of a TSL it sounded great with little noise.

I only had it for 1 set, and out it went.....

OK, when I took it back to the store I bought it from...the Digitech man happen to be there. He was very cool, and listened to what I had to say. We plugged it in and he noted what I was talking about..Then, we tried all the Digitech pedals that were in the Digitech pedal display, through a high gain amp THEY WERE ALL NOISY...AND ALL MICROPHONIC!!
We then A/B-ed it to a Boss Super Chorus (CH-1). Hands down the Boss was way more quiet and sounded great.
I traded in the Digitech, and walked out with the Boss...never to return to a Digitech X pedal again....the Digitech rep was left with a lot to consider.

I play in a Classic Heavy Rock band, we play loud and we like it that way. I have been playing for 30+ years now, Marshall amps, Les Pauls and Strats. If stolen, I'm sure the thief would return and throw it at me for fucking up his gig too...When compared to a simple (main-stay)Boss CH-1 this pedal totally sucked.
If Digitech can make it quieter, un-microphonic it, and warm it up a little it would be a decent chorus. It was real nice in a LOW-GAIN CLEAN CHANNEL....I think they have a bad batch of buffer amps in these as all the pedals did the same thing from chorus to distortion.
just a thought.....

It's fairly easy to use.

You can get lots of different chorus sounds out of this pedal, but to find the right chorus sound it might take you a few minutes.

I use lots of different guitars and amps (mostly Les Pauls and Fenders going through an Ampeg Superjet SJ-12T).

The Chorus pedal is not weak at all but can be a little overkill at real high settings.

One bad thing about the pedal is this pedal will make some really weird sounds when the battery is fixing to "die".

I've had the pedal for about 2-3 months now and I've went through 3 batteries within a very short amount of time (less than a week and with very little use and unplugging the cables to the pedal when not in use).

I fixed the problem with just using an AC adapter.

I've never had to deal with them but their website is great.

It has lots of information on their products, etc.

I got this pedal used (really good buy) and the pedal didn't come with a manual but the website had the manual on there, so I printed it out.

It's a really nice chorus pedal ... I just wished it wouldn't eat the batteries the way it does.

pretty easy to get a sound that's pleasing quickly

this pedal sounds great but the one i had was microphonic.it made my amp feedback and whistle without even having a guitar plugged in.

the first night i used it the thing became faulty

they took it back and gave me a full refund

i play professionally 5-6 days a week all over the US and bought this so i could have a convenient backup amp(because this does the modelling thing)but it was microphonic.i hope this concept catches on and the quality of the product gets better.

This pedal is pretty easy to use. It operates like most chorus pedals. The speed adjusts how fast the chorus is, the depth how deep and the wet level how loud.

The knob that took some time to get used to is the Voice knob since this is not typical in most chorus pedals. However, it is what makes this pedal unique in my opinion.

The one thing that caught me off guard is when the voice knob is in minimum postion. The wet signal is in one channel and the dry in another (this is how the first boss chorus and the roland JC work). If the wet level is not all the way up the channels do not sound balanced in this mode. That took a little figuring out.

The voice knob seems to be the real power in this pedal. As you turn this knob up it adds in voices of chorusing to make it sound thicker and like more voices are playing together. Anyone should be able to find a chorus sound they like by finding their "sweet spot" on this knob.

You can get everywhere from a basic stereo spread (voice knob at min and wet level at max into stereo channels) to a nirvana/modern rock sound (voice knob at 11-1 o' clock-ish) to a thick, lush chorus for a smooth jazz or new age sound (voice knob all the way up). Like I said, anyone should be able to find a chorus for them. This is truly the most versatile chorus I have played in a pedal. It even rivals the TC Chorus I've played.

Seems constructed well enough. It has a metal chassis. I would use it with a power supply to be sure it doesn't go out at a gig.

This pedal is great. It really is a lot of bang for your buck. You can rival rack choruses with this pedal. I like chorus to get just a little stereo imaging and this does it. I also love hearing myself play through it with the voices cranked. It makes me sound awesome. The tone is beautiful.

Not much to say here. 4 knobs which are pretty straight forward.

The Voice knob is very cool through my guitar setup (Charvel custom>Boogie Mark IIC>Boogie 2x12 Cab) . At the minimum setting it is just like my Boss CE5 and it only gets thicker from there. Running stereo into a board for recording clean guitar and setting the Morph between 12 and 4 o'clock, the sound is huge.

No problems yet.

The support people I have talked to before were very helpful with my old 2101.

Cool pedal. Best chorus I have ever used, including an old TC pedal.