KVR Audio

Debutante · Post by **Debutante** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:17 am

Does anyone know of any phaser that let you manually determine its movement...like you can a filter without an lfo?

John Vulich · Post by **John Vulich** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:22 am

I would imagine that you could do that with many of them using VST automation. The only problem I suppose is that they all seem to have some sort of LFO modulation that can't completely be turned off. Hmmm...

androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:39 am

wikipidia wrote:A phaser is an audio signal processor used to filter a signal by attenuating a series of "notches" in the frequency spectrum. The position of the notches typically varies over time (modulation), phasers usually include a low frequency oscillator for this purpose.

couldn't one manipulate a notch filter?

Andywanders · Post by **Andywanders** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:41 am

androidlove wrote:
wikipidia wrote:A phaser is an audio signal processor used to filter a signal by attenuating a series of "notches" in the frequency spectrum. The position of the notches typically varies over time (modulation), phasers usually include a low frequency oscillator for this purpose.
couldn't one manipulate a notch filter?

An allpass filter.

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:41 am

It's actually not all that easy to do with most phasers, since most don't disable the LFO, and many don't allow you to adjust the sweep range. You may want to wait until Audio Damage's Phase Two comes out in a few weeks, it'll have controls set up to make it fairly easy. A screenshot of it is here.

Some other options:
- If you have Audiomulch, its phaser is fairly easy to control. I also think it's the best software phaser I've tried.
- Virtual Creations Ultraphazer should be easy enough to control, since it actually lets you adjust each filter.

androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:51 am

nevermind

androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:55 am

well, nevermind the nevermind. i thought it wouldn't then i thought it would. now i think ultraphaser won't let go of the filter

ew · Post by ew » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:56 am

Mobilohm has a manual adjustment for each cell. You can't turn off the cycling completely, but you can slow it down to 256 beats...

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androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:59 am

ok, what's a free allpass filter so i can try this out (i obviously don't know much about filters)

androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:04 am

i just messed with bug pass, but it didn't sound just like a phaser

Muzik 4 Machines · Post by **Muzik 4 Machines** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:09 am

kaosspadII_preset_number_6
manulal_phaser

androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:18 am

a $300 piece of hardware? what's with this manual phase thing? is it the holy grail?

androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:22 am

i was thinkin i'd learn about things like filters faster if i could find explanations that incorporate women, toys, and cats as teaching tools

duncanparsons · Post by **duncanparsons** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:34 am

actually, I did start a plug for just this type of thing a while back. I'll dig it out, I have a few other BetaBugs things to finish off, but the day job is sucking up a lot of time. Our product has a release date in about 2 weeks, and so it's panic stations 'til then..

So watch out for BeachComber..

DSP

duncanparsons · Post by **duncanparsons** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:38 am

androidlove wrote:i was thinkin i'd learn about things like filters faster if i could find explanations that incorporate women, toys, and cats as teaching tools

A filter is like saying to a lady, Oh, that's very nice, but I'm not sure sure about this.

A filter is like playing with sand, pouring it through a sieve and looking at the patterns it makes.

A filter is like stroking a cat, then picking it up by the tail and tickling it's tummy whilst avoiding being scratched.

Does that help

DSP

The Working Man's Phaser?