when do you use a flanger?
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when do you use a flanger?
I always seem to choose either chorus or phaser over flanger. For what standard situations would you use the flanger?
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Re: when do you use a flanger?
They are very simmilar.
To me, when i started playing the guitar in the 80's; a flanger was an fx peddle used by bands like the banshees and the cure to give a 'wavey' sound.
I was always under the impression that a chorus was basicaly a flanger with a tighter range?
Back then, being the economic type of cat, I bought a flanger to get more depth for my dollar!
I would like to know what the true definition was though...
To me, when i started playing the guitar in the 80's; a flanger was an fx peddle used by bands like the banshees and the cure to give a 'wavey' sound.
I was always under the impression that a chorus was basicaly a flanger with a tighter range?
Back then, being the economic type of cat, I bought a flanger to get more depth for my dollar!
I would like to know what the true definition was though...
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Re: when do you use a flanger?
Yes, they are all quite similar, in the end its always a phasing effect I believe. I also associate flange with guitars.
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Re: when do you use a flanger?
Just found this thread that may be of interest.:
http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/pedals/ ... lange.html
http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/pedals/ ... lange.html
Re: when do you use a flanger?
I started to explain this, but by the time I got to explaining allpass response curves I thought better of it.
here's some links instead
http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/ ... _Shifting/
http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/ ... /Flanging/
short version - despite what some people say - a phaser is not the same as a flanger.
phasers delay frequencies differently depending on wavelength, while flangers delay all frequencies equally.
that's about as short and simple as I can put it.
here's some links instead
http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/ ... _Shifting/
http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/ ... /Flanging/
short version - despite what some people say - a phaser is not the same as a flanger.
phasers delay frequencies differently depending on wavelength, while flangers delay all frequencies equally.
that's about as short and simple as I can put it.
Re: when do you use a flanger?
I use flanger all the time. Literally, it's always on the output of my soundcard. I ripped the effects section from a Pioneer DJM500 mixer, and have it hooked up in a special box I can run audio through. On top is a single button labelled "awesome".
Yes, I use it all the time.
Yes, I use it all the time.
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Re: when do you use a flanger?
Flanging can also work pretty well on hihat patterns.
Also as a DJ style effect to give an entire song a psychedelic vibe.(Lenny Kravitz "Are you gonna go my way")Also check out Jimi Hendrix.
flanger on drum rolls leading back into a track can also be effective.
I think Bono also milked the flanger for vocals on most of Actung Baby.
You'll find it on some DJ mixers and CDJ's that feature some fx (the Pioneer DJM series comes to mind and the CDJ100 which I think
calls it "Jet"
Also as a DJ style effect to give an entire song a psychedelic vibe.(Lenny Kravitz "Are you gonna go my way")Also check out Jimi Hendrix.
flanger on drum rolls leading back into a track can also be effective.
I think Bono also milked the flanger for vocals on most of Actung Baby.
You'll find it on some DJ mixers and CDJ's that feature some fx (the Pioneer DJM series comes to mind and the CDJ100 which I think
calls it "Jet"
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Re: when do you use a flanger?
thx guys! very interesting posts to me.
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Re: when do you use a flanger?
love using a very light flanger on a sidechained percussion loop
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It's magic on a picked base and horrible over a dj's set...
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Re: when do you use a flanger?
I've always loved the sound of big huge drums flanged out, or swirling guitars set to a low rate. it's easy to over use it though.
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Re: when do you use a flanger?
When you asked the question the guitar in Van Halen's "Unchained" comes to mind. I'm a guitarist and in practice I find the flanger a bit gimmicky, but it works for certain effects. Here's a link where you can hear the effect I'm thinking of on guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_jEvp2mdFU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_jEvp2mdFU
Re: when do you use a flanger?
unless u know what ur doing...Kodama wrote:It's magic on a picked base and horrible over a dj's set...
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to that end, Smashing Pumpkins song Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPn-jFHCUdU&fmt=14
huge flanged out guitars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPn-jFHCUdU&fmt=14
huge flanged out guitars.
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Re: when do you use a flanger?
flanger is used best over an entire mix, the pioneer DJM flanger would be the best example of this. it makes a normal dj mix pretty much amazing.
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