Lillian vs. Julia vs. Polychrome | Walrus Audio Modulation Pedal Comparison | Feature Focus

Walrus modulation pedals like Julia Chorus, Lillian Phaser and Polychrome Flanger distinguish themselves for the Blend Control. Called D-C-V on the Julia, D-P-V on the Lillian and D-F-V on the Polychrome it uses the same smart concept for all of them: blend dry signal, the effect in charge and vibrato.
Chorus, Phaser, Flanger and Vibrato all belong to the same family so Walrus, after a long research, came out with this unique control to pass through these effects continuously. Therefore, when you buy one of them is like buying much more than one effect, you have an infinite palette of colors in your hands.
BLEND CONTROL 75% - if you set the control at ¾ you are blending 50% chorus (or phaser or flanger depending on the pedal) with 50% vibrato. This is a real sweet spot for solos because you have the rich texture of your effect together with the subtle pitch movement of the vibrato giving even more flavor to your single notes and chords.
BLEND CONTROL 25% - when you go for an arpeggio you probably don’t want it to be messy. That’s the reason why at ¼ the blend control is very useful for this purpose. You get 50% dry sound and 50% chorus (or phaser or flanger depending on the pedal). The pedal maintains a good attack on the notes and the right amount of movement from the modulation.
BLEND CONTROL 50% - this is the classic setting a normal modulation pedal would normally give: 100% chorus (or phaser or flanger depending on the pedal). So, when you want your effect to be pure and very present, without any pitch modulation, put the blend control at noon and there you go, nothing easier than that!

[@jesseleite]

Been looking for some Julia and Polychrome comparisons. Thanks for doing this!

[@gabbieduarte]

This is exactly what I was looking for tnks!

[@BlackFox91]

Thanks a lot for this comparison ! I was wandering the main sound difference between the Polychrome and Julia, this video help a lot. I already own the Polychrome but thanks to this video, i now need also Julia :D

[@Whoosh12345]

Great playing! Thanks for showing each pedal on varying settings! Really shows me what I can do with the Lillian. Now I don''t know whether to get the Julianna or Polychrome lol

[@KodyXXVll]

Honestly I did NOT like my Polychrome flanger for the longest time since I've had it. However, recently I discovered that it was only because I was using the very top and bottom waveforms and not the middle option. Turns out the middle or square waveform is the traditional flanging effect I like, and I once I played around with it on that setting, I A/B'd it with the Boss BF-2 analog flanger, and in the end the polychrome did sound better as a traditional flange, with bonus vibrato and random wave settings.
To make it sound close to a boss flanger, flip the left toggle switch to the middle position, the right toggleswitch to the down position. Turn rate almost all the way down, turn depth and sweep fully up, and Feedback all the way down for more subtle and musical flange, add feedback to taste for more chrome sounding flange. DFV knob at noon.

[@xdonutgogentlyx]

nice

[@michelemanfredi5866]

I think the Lillian is the most “usable”. That flanger is something “funny” but not as useful as the Lillian