Komorebi Analog Chorus/Flanger Effect Pedal Review

Some quirks, but the sound is unique!

This effects pedal lives up to its name - impossible to put into words. Yet haunting. I use mine with a synth - including Dreadbox's own "Typhon". Synthesizers have their own LFO's - but none of mine do quite what the Komorebi's LFO does. So I still give this effects pedal the full five stars. Note that I keep the effects boxes where I can reach all the knobs. If you use only the… read more foot switches, the rest of this review may not be useful to you. The quirks: Not true bypass - I sometimes get some line noise when I turn it on, but that may be the fault of my connections. No actual "Mix" knob - there are settings that minimize the effect of the pedal, but that's not quite the same thing. I've dealt with both quirks by putting the Komorebi into the "wet insert" loop of my Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail delay pedal. The BBD effects in the two boxes are different enough that they've played well together (at least so far!). The Vapor Trail's "Mix" knob controls the combined output of the two boxes very nicely. And I haven't heard any line noise. I've also had some success with an alternative (and less expensive, for those who don't already own a pedal with a "wet insert" loop) workaround: If your synth has stereo output, put the Komorebi in one of the channels, and use the other to carry the "dry" output. Then combine the outputs in whatever way your system will permit. Is it worth the effort? Listen to the demo video. If you like the sound, I'm sure the answer will be "YES".

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Very Soothing to my senses...

I bought the Komorebi to go with my Dreadbox Erebus synth...and it has certainly become part of my Dreadbox experience. Komorebi works well anywhere in the studio.

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