If you’re looking to enhance your music with some subtle depth and width, chorus plugin is a great tool to consider. It work by layering a slightly altered copy of your sound with the original, creating a fuller and more spacious effect. That said, it can be used also as a stereo enhancer / stereo widener. I personally MUCH MORE prefer choruses to add stereo to your mix, than “stereo enhancers”. They were made for enhancing stereo, but what they really do is that they actually fck up your sound and make it sound unnatrual and artificial. (I won’t mention those few).
In this article, I’ll explore some of the top chorus plugins available, and talk about them from my point of view rather than just listing its features. Whether you’re aiming to enrich vocals, guitars, or synths, these plugins offer a range of options to fit different needs when mixing.
NOTE: I will be adding new articles (like this one) regularly on this site, covering all the “best of” plugins. I will consider all plugins that are available atm, and then choose the very best considering all factors including – its features, interface, easy to use, price, brand, complexity, if it comes with trial.
Now, Let’s dive in to help you find the perfect fit for your music. I will list various choruses from cheap to more expensive, from minimal to more advanced. Enjoy!
11 Best Chorus Plugins To Add Vibe 2024
1. Minimal Audio Flex Chorus
Versatile chorus designed with minimal CPU usage in mind and lovely inferface.
Main feature of the plugin are dual modes. With smooth mode you can utilize human frequency perception to achieve rich sound, while Glass mode utilizes an advanced modern multi-stage approach to create dazzling stereo FX.
You can also choose between 2 to 24 voices to achieve classic to expansive chorus effects. Each setting fine-tunes internal settings to deliver optimal sound quality. Even though being a chorus, Flex is a fantastic tool that you can use as a stereo widener to enrich your mixes. If you are after huge width or small refinements, you can do it with Flex Chorus.
If you are looking for a trial, definitely check their website. I can only say that this brand was able in a short time build great reputation and their plugins are pretty awesome.
2. Caelum Audio Choric (Most Advanced)
Even though chorus, this can be a great sound design tool. If you need to widen your bass, add warmth, you got it.
There are 4 main sections, first being filter section, second for Pitch manipulation, third being a waveform visualizer which does its job perfectly, then main section where you can adjust Rate, Depth, Looseness, Spread, Voices, and other features at the bottom. Lastly on the right side is the master section including 3 main knobs.
Plugin comes with nice variety of presets, covering guitars, synths, keys, vocals and some more. This is definitely plugin I can recommend because it’s not that expensive but it offers awesome features and it’s really versatile. As I said, sound design – no problem. You can even make those crazy synths that you don’t know how some artists achieve!
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3. BeatSkillz Chorust (Minimal 1)
Vintage modulation plugin with lo-fi and ladder filter.
This plugin looks very simple but when you look closer, it’s very effective! There are 2 main features that rules the plugin – Intensity and Width. While intensity adds the color, width make it spread. Second main feature are 2 modes A and B. While A sounds applies sounds more natural, B sounds more warm and cohesive. When you turn on B, that’s when you say – AHAA that’s that vintage vibe chorus!
As usually, chorus plugins are great for stereo enhancing. This one is no exception because I love it. The fact that you have 2 main features (Intensity and Width) makes it perfect to blend the stereo for anything including drums, bass or even adding life to instruments like guitars, pianos, you name it. You can add bit of intensity and spread the Width which can make your snare stand out, or exact opposite – boost the intensity while keeping the width at minimum – great for warm long electronic basslines such as reece bass.
Other than that there are also few more features like lofi control to add the vibe and high pass and low pass filter that make it convinient to add direction of your chorus.
4. Arturia Chorus DIMENSION-D (Analog Chorus)
This plugin was inspired by Roland Dimension D hardware chorus and is a full featured analog chorus.
As you can see on the image, Arturia added their own spin to it by adding bottom section with extra features. Here you can choose from oscillator shapes including 5 modes including triangle (default), sine, ramp, sample & hold, and sample & glide. The main feature though is the Dimension Mode. This is where you can choose to find the right flavor for your guitar, vocals, bass, pads, leads and more. You also choose from various modes – mono, mono to stereo, stereo and adjust to your situation.
I think the main reason why plugin is more expensive is because it’s the emulation. Even though the amount they charge for this to me seems justified, I would say that if you are after some regular chorus plugin, consider something cheaper. Though if you want nice warm analog sound that this plugin promise, definitely try the trial version. You only need one proper chorus plugin in your life. Or do you need more??
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5. Audiority Chorus Ensembler
Very straightforward and good fit for beginners, this pedal plugin simulates Boss® CE-1™, a mid 70’s bucket brigade chorus and vibrato pedal.
This is that type of “safe plugin” where you have limited options so that nothing can go wrong here. Main features of the plugin are Chorus Intensity and Vibrato that comes with 2 knobs: Depth and Rate. This section alone will bring you that vintage vibes. Vibrato somehow reminds me the sound of lesslie/rotary FX. I just put it on the guitar and it sounds tranparent and great, not much aggressive, I don’t think about the effect being there, unless I bypass the FX. I just feel it.
3 Vintage Modes allow you to set a vibe – Clean sound like a classic mode, Vintage adds subtle distortion/drive to it and Mild is something in between.
Great news is that this plugins comes with trial. Price seems on the edge for the amount of features you get, but I often see this plugin on sale for $26 which seems like a great deal. If you want that vintage tone that this plugin offers, I would likely recommend it, but definitely try trial first.
6. BLEASS Chorus (Best for Budget)
Ultra versatile,very light on CPU and budget, but rich on features – chorus by BLEASS seems like a great choice for people that don’t want to spend hundreds on a simple plugin that chorus definitely is.
Ok so I checked it, and it seems very versatile. You can use it as a sound design tool and the fact that plugin comes with generous amount of presets (not huge amount but enough) makes me believe this would be a go-to chorus for starters / people that want to test waters for a good price. Look, there are slightly more features for a beginner, but thing is that the interface is super clean and everything is explained well through the main visual panel. Every knob you tweak will show the changes on the visualizer so it’s nice way to learn.
For example you set OFFSET to 0, and there will be only one line. Turn the knob and you will see how it start adding more of these “Delay Lines” –
I love when you can visualize the sound with every tweak and this is the right plugin for it. Hell, now I realized you can simulate the Resonator FX with it. Just turned the “Rate” knob to zero and that was it! There were the settings that turned it into Resonator/Comb Filter kinda effect:
As I said, this is cool plugin to try, with its versatility, it’s similar to Choric, but I like this one more since it’s less CPU heavy and just cost less. But Choric is still beast since it’s
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UAD Studio D Chorus
As DIMENSION D by Arturia, Studio D is a true emulation of the Roland Dimension D hardware chorus. Wow!
I wondered why this chorus has so few features, in fact almost none. And then it clicked – they just didn’t want people to mess up that beautiful vintage chorus sound that you can easily overdo with so many options and features. Exactly as I said, I’m quoting UAD “Now you can give your guitars, drums, synths, and vocals the same stunning analog modulation textures of the iconic vintage rack gear — with the push of a button.”
That said, you can’t break things up. They forced us to just use few buttons and so it sound good all the time, everytime!
I hope you enjoyed the article and will come for more! As I said in the beginning, I will make posts like this on regular basis every few days. Enjoy! And when I stop – it means I covered them all and it’s time to update em 🙂
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