When I found out about the ability to apply chorus to the reverb’s send with the DT2, I became a lot more interested in it, but I can’t find any examples of how it sounds.
Could somebody post some examples? I’m mostly interested in how it sounds with snares and hi-hats. Maybe we can get a thread going which showcases how this sounds with varying settings on various samples.
I’m not sure if this is what you meant, but it looks like the Reverb is at the end of the chain. Chorus and Delay can be sent to Reverb, Chorus cannot be applied to Reverb. At least that’s what I’m getting from the manual. Being able to re-order them would be cool!
Are you telling me the “REV” parameter of the chorus effect does not apply chorus to the reverb effect even though the manual states that it does?
Looks like it’s saying its sending the Chorus into the Reverb
Ok, I see. I think I confused my wording. I was referencing this post, but I think I get it now.
I don’t own a DT2 so I cannot say definitively but I read the manual as saying it sends Chorus TO Reverb. If you read the section in the manual about effects and compare them it says the Chorus sends to Reverb, the Delay sends to Reverb, and the Reverb sends nowhere. That says to me that Reverb is after both the Chorus and Delay in the chain, which are parallel.
I agree with you that Reverb -> Chorus would be better 
I guess I just assumed the most logical routing and had it backwards.
It’s states ‘ send through TO reverb ‘
You could sample a reverbed thing and then send back to dry chorus and sample that. … not instant but it’s a workaround.
I guess I’m still interested in how the chorus/reverb sounds using this method even though it means no longer being able to use the chorus effect independently:
In that thread I was talking about using the Chorus as a potential way to remove the metallic feedback-y sound that the Reverb can have (due to its own lack of modulation). But sending Chorus into the Reverb isn’t ideal, as the stereo that Chorus produces is collapsed to mono inside the Reverb, which is not able to work on stereo (true stereo reverb for DT2 is on the wishlist)
Ok. Apparently, I’m at square one again, just hoping for additional reverb algorithms eventually. My gas for the DT2 has subsided.
Here’s a comparison (wet only, dry disabled via Audio Routing > To Main… (this example will not reignite your gas!)
You can hear how the Chorus has been collapsed to mono, creating a flange-y phase-y effect. Chorus also sounds like it rolls off the top end quite a lot (maybe phase cancellation due to collapsing to mono…?)
AFAIK this is no different on the other models (DN, A4…)
Thanks. I didn’t realize DN and A4 could do this too. Yeah, this doesn’t sound really useful to me. I don’t understand why Elektron chose to design it this way.
Legacy effects, basically. True stereo reverbs would not have been viable on the old Analogs, and the Reverb is unchanged in 11 years.
Sending the Chorus into the Reverb on A4 is much more interesting (DT2’s Chorus is lifted from DN, not A4 - which has a much wilder Chorus) so the design there makes sense - but less so on the DN/DT2, whose Chorus is IMO really dull. Other than the addition of Chorus, there’s nothing new with the effects on DT2.
Hoping to see changes in this area as the unit matures though. Effects Machines could totally change the DT2 (and HEAT +FX).
Comb filter is awesome, but lives on the track and can’t be used as a send effect.
Actually, almost 13 years since the A4 was released in December 2012.
Man, I didn’t realize the reverb is mono. New reverb algorithms should be a priority imo.
Sounds dope!
