chorus effect

Just curious what the philosophy of any JI users out there is regarding using a chorus effect---one would think that it goes against the whole point and philosophy of trying to be beatless/and or very precisely beating at certain rates.

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[disclaimer: As much as I (...generally am ashamed to admit...) I LIKE
it...]

Yes, it's a disaster, especially for JI!

BUT it can be used VERY effectively for cheesy and sentimental effect,
like movie manipulation of audience emotion...sort-of Orson Welles-ish
cinema, at best. Just off-the-cuff. Remember, I said I like it, first.
Or, I don't know, ... Cocteau Twins? Hendrix and [his] flanging?

Seriously, I think it tends to fatally obscure any intervallic
messages that don't come from chordal sort-of 'washes'. The
idiosynchracies of doubling and serendipitous or xenogamous
'mistuning'/detuning are MUCH more interesting.

It makes everything sound like Major Seventh chords! (smile)

Pete

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Aaron K. Johnson" <aaron@...> wrote:
>
>
> Just curious what the philosophy of any JI users out there is regarding
> using a chorus effect---one would think that it goes against the whole
> point and philosophy of trying to be beatless/and or very precisely
> beating at certain rates.
>
> We're taking calls at the 'MMM' and 'tuning' Yahoo! groups....Ok,
> caller, you're on the air.
>