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(SOLVED - Thanks Bitflipper!) What's your favorite phaser?
I thought the most unique-sounding part in the song was the guitar track processed w/ PSP's Lexicon 85. That's until I started trying to replicate that slightly-overdriven overdub w/ a phaser on it. And then I remembered - that's my old favorite: Sonic Timeworks 88. Windows only - and long since discontinued. A shame, really. They had amazing plugs. And I loved that particular one. In fact, I loved it so much that it's the only phaser I used on all the phased guitars on that song. And that's quite a few of them. :s I have - Logic's own Phasers, Guitar Rig's, POD Farm's, Amplitube's, but none of them sounds as rich. Any phaser addict in the room? What do you use and recommend?
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/23 02:12:27
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This one?  Actually, I STILL have this one (and the fun inside my TC Electronics G-Force of course!): 
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/23 02:15:37
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You know Rain, I've never found a Phaser or Flanger that I liked in plugin format. To me, one of the coolest ones I've ever used comes from an old Alesis Quadraverb. I can nail Eddie Van Halen's flange and phase with that perfectly as well as my own cool uses. I can't seem to get that out of the new gear or plugs though. It's probably because of the same thing you mentioned....the older gear sort of had an analog type sound to it...slightly dirty yet dirty in a good way. The new stuff is so clean you'd need to put something on it to dirty it up....but even there, the wave forms that make up those sounds simply don't impress me as much.
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/23 02:18:19
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This one?
Actually, I STILL have this one (and the fun inside my TC Electronics G-Force of course!):
This above ^ is a great choice! One of my faves there for sure followed by the Electro Harmonix Deluxe Flanger/Phaser which I still have to this day. Another total knock-out in the world of phase and flange. -Danny
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/23 02:21:46
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/23 03:17:19
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Danny - Interesting option. I hadn't considered it - probably because I'm so used to working ITB. But scoring a used Quadraverb might be an interesting option.
I was pretty much expecting that someone would chime in and tell me that I just needed to learn how to use my plugs, but, I swear, that ST phaser was something else. Rich and creamy.
Glad someone else actually hears the difference. Man, I'm starting to think that investing on hardware may be the best option - and not just for phasers....
Craig - man, I was expecting that one, as in: my day wouldn't have been complete w/o that, pal! :)
BTW, I'd love to grab one of those MXR's, though in this case, I'm thinking more console/send sort of thing. The phaser on my amp isn't that bad, but it's not what I'm after. More of an after the speaker effect.
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/23 03:34:57
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I have this one. Love it. 
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/23 05:10:01
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I used to like this one;  Can you guess which decade it was produced? 
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/23 12:00:34
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I have a current BOSS phaser but don't really like it that much.
In my mind's ear, I STILL hear the gorgeous phase shifting produced by the MAESTRO Phase Shifter back in about 1972. It was the very first one I think. It had 3 huge switches on it... Slow, Medium, and Fast. And it would ramp up or slow down speeds when you changed...like Leslie speaker.
They actually had a little stand for it that screwed into the bottom of the unit that would get the thing about 3 feet off the ground.
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/23 12:14:14
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When I used pedals the Small Stone was my fav.
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/23 13:41:01
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Check out Fazortan from D16 Group. It's the tweaker's phaser, with two independent LFOs (5 waveforms + random) that can be tempo-synced. Probably not what you're looking for if you just want a simple classic phaser (although it does that, too).
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/24 04:40:06
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I'd try the U-he uhbik-p phaser.
Did not try it myself.
I like their flanger.
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/24 05:20:51
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Mutron Bi Phase If you want your strings to sound like Jean Michelle Jarre then this is the one. They made a single channel pedal type as well which also sounds great.
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/24 06:11:31
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Mutron Bi Phase
If you want your strings to sound like Jean Michelle Jarre then this is the one. They made a single channel pedal type as well which also sounds great.
There's one of these currently on sale at eBay £2,236.65
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/24 06:20:24
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There's one of these currently on sale at eBay £2,236.65 Hey there is another one there for only £1,072.53 !!! How ridiculous and to think some idiot is going to buy it! It would be worth $100 or less really. All you need is this: http://www.audiodamage.co.../product.php?pid=AD008 Wouldn't you rather blow $39 and get the same sound.
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/24 14:39:03
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Thanks for the suggestions guys! Looks like I'll be downloading some demos - though I'm liking the idea of throwing in a hardware phaser quite a bit. But this will have to wait.
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/24 16:46:59
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Bit, actually judging from the demos, it sounds pretty close to what I had in mind. Thanks for the tip.
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/27 23:47:39
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AudioDeluxe is having a huge sale on D16 plug-ins right now. Fazortan = $22! Sweeeeeeeeet.
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Re:And just when I thought I'd nailed it... What's your favorite phaser?
2013/01/28 08:11:32
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If you're getting that good a deal on D16 plugins, consider picking up Redopter while you're at it. It's a distortion plugin with a unique sound to it, and my go-to plugin for drum distortion. A little bit gives a nice crack to snares, a lot of it makes toms sound like firecrackers going off. I've also used it on electric pianos for an edgy aggressive effect.
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