The TriceraChorus pedal has both a stereo bucket brigade-style chorus along with Eventide's MicroPitch detuning. There are three different chorus sounds available that come out of the Left, Center, and Right channel voices. TriceraChorus, even working in mono, produces a rich, deep, and lush modulation effect that works excellently on electric guitars, keyboards or just about any source. My guitar player immediately started playing Jimi Hendrix songs as soon as he heard the sound of the TriceraChorus.

TriceraChorus has a complex Chorale effect with movement for rich textures and the vibrato gives a pulsing, warbled sound. I liked the Swirl footswitch to add psychedelic flanging, phasing and the sound of a Univox Uni-Vibe pedal so popular in the late '60s and 70s.

TriceraChorus is divided into two layers of parameters. Most of the time it is on the Primary layer with knob functions such as Mix or a blend between dry, chorus or vibrato voices. The Rate control sets Chorus modulation rates between 0.1 and 20Hz or you can use MIDI clock synch coming into the pedal's mini USB jack. The Depth of modulation for each of the three channels--Left, Center, and Right all have their own control knob for quickly setting up a stereo sound on stage or in the studio. Lastly, the Detune control adjusts the depth of detune or pitch depending on the mode.

Eventide TriceraChorus Pedal-Rear Panel

There are three LED-lit flush mounted pushbuttons on TriceraChorus that always function the same no matter which layer you're on. The "delta" LED button at the top right of the pedal switches between Primary and secondary layers. The Swirl LED button toggles between the Swirl effect and Preset mode. In Preset mode, the Active/Bypass/Load stomp switch loads one of five presets stored onboard. The Active LED button changes from latching to momentary the action of the Active/Bypass/Load stomp switch. This feature is awesome for a guitar player who wants to apply the TriceraChorus effect momentarily only to certain passages or even notes. It works perfectly.

In total, up to 127 presets can be stored and be accessed via MIDI or the Eventide Device Manager application using a PC or Mac that also allows management of software updates and system settings. Lastly, any combination of TriceraChorus parameters can be mapped to an expression pedal plugged into the pedal's 1/4-inch Expression jack.

After prying the TriceraChorus pedal from my guitar player's hands, I tried it in the studio sending mono (TS) or stereo (TRS) into it and returning in stereo just like a conventional outboard rack effect. There are switches to change the gain staging from guitar levels over to line Level. TriceraChorus is a super quiet, professional-level pedal in either configuration--just the effects without noise or hum.

An included small, 9-VDC power supply powers Eventide's TriceraChorus pedal. It sells for $299 MSRP.

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