Oh wow I haven't seen the Emperor before. I just watched a few videos of the Emperor V2 and it sounds absolutely great. The square wave is really neat and I wish the Julia had tap tempo. It sounds a little more transparent I guess? I feel like I can recognize the Julia when I hear it but the Emperor sounds less distinctive, albeit still very good. I use it on full vibrato more than I use it as a chorus. Medium shallow depth with the rate turned down gives this wonderful vinyl sort of warmth that I haven't heard in clips of the Emperor yet but that could very well just be the settings in the videos I've seen. They definitely seem very comparable, I'm sure I'd be happy with an Emperor too.
What's awesome is that Walrus Audio put a V2 called the Julianna with some of the Emperor features like waveform & tap tempo, and some even more wild features like stereo out, an expression jack, and a ramp function similar to a Leslie speaker speed button. That's got me tempted if I ever want to swap out the Emperor. Yeah, more or less I use that straight chorus setting when I'm playing jangly indie stuff akin to the Smiths or the Stone Roses, really adds some extra sparkle and depth to my tone. Haven't done too much experimenting with it although the square-wave vibrato setting is fun to screw around with.
Ahhh that ramp feature is really cool, I'd love that. I've seen a similar feature on some reverb pedals and it always has me drooling. Personally I've been thinking about selling a couple pedals and trying out something real nuts like one of the Hologram Electronics pedals.
Oh wow I haven't seen the Emperor before. I just watched a few videos of the Emperor V2 and it sounds absolutely great. The square wave is really neat and I wish the Julia had tap tempo. It sounds a little more transparent I guess? I feel like I can recognize the Julia when I hear it but the Emperor sounds less distinctive, albeit still very good. I use it on full vibrato more than I use it as a chorus. Medium shallow depth with the rate turned down gives this wonderful vinyl sort of warmth that I haven't heard in clips of the Emperor yet but that could very well just be the settings in the videos I've seen. They definitely seem very comparable, I'm sure I'd be happy with an Emperor too.
What's awesome is that Walrus Audio put a V2 called the Julianna with some of the Emperor features like waveform & tap tempo, and some even more wild features like stereo out, an expression jack, and a ramp function similar to a Leslie speaker speed button. That's got me tempted if I ever want to swap out the Emperor. Yeah, more or less I use that straight chorus setting when I'm playing jangly indie stuff akin to the Smiths or the Stone Roses, really adds some extra sparkle and depth to my tone. Haven't done too much experimenting with it although the square-wave vibrato setting is fun to screw around with.
Ahhh that ramp feature is really cool, I'd love that. I've seen a similar feature on some reverb pedals and it always has me drooling. Personally I've been thinking about selling a couple pedals and trying out something real nuts like one of the Hologram Electronics pedals.