Modulation Frequency Limit In Flanger

Ideas & suggestions
1

May be too late to implement this change in a native effect, but I thought I’d bring it up anyway.

The maximum modulation rate of the flanger is a bit on the low side. You can get some pretty cool noise effects if you push it up to audible frequencies ~30-60 hz. This is doable in audiomulch and you hear these tricks a lot in stuff like Autechre’s EP7.

2

The slider does not go over a certain amount, but that does not mean you have to settle for that. ;) Now I’m not aware how accurate the effect is at this range, but try pasting this xml in your track DSP area.

  
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>  
<filterdeviceclipboard doc_version="0"><br>
  <deviceslot type="FlangerDevice"><br>
    <isactive>true</isactive><br>
    <isselected>true</isselected><br>
    <selectedpresetname>Init</selectedpresetname><br>
    <selectedpresetismodified>false</selectedpresetismodified><br>
    <ismaximized>true</ismaximized><br>
    <amount><br>
      <value>-1</value><br>
      <visualization>Device only</visualization><br>
    </amount><br>
    <rate><br>
      <value>60.0</value><br>
      <visualization>Device only</visualization><br>
    </rate><br>
    <amplitude><br>
      <value>0.0399999991</value><br>
      <visualization>Device only</visualization><br>
    </amplitude><br>
    <feedback><br>
      <value>0.5</value><br>
      <visualization>Device only</visualization><br>
    </feedback><br>
    <delay><br>
      <value>1.0</value><br>
      <visualization>Device only</visualization><br>
    </delay><br>
    <dephase><br>
      <value>0.785398185</value><br>
      <visualization>Device only</visualization><br>
    </dephase><br>
    <filtertype><br>
      <value>3</value><br>
      <visualization>Device only</visualization><br>
    </filtertype><br>
    <filterfreq><br>
      <value>127</value><br>
      <visualization>Device only</visualization><br>
    </filterfreq><br>
    <filterresonance><br>
      <value>0.0</value><br>
      <visualization>Device only</visualization><br>
    </filterresonance><br>
  </deviceslot><br>
</filterdeviceclipboard>

I’d say you probably won’t be able to automate anything beyond the slider values, but for a static effect, this should work.

–EDIT:
Aw, schucks. Seems it’s pretty much the same effect as when slider is to the max. Always should test these things before post.

–EDIT2:
Aw, schucks. Seems it’s working after all. Was fiddling with another instance of flanger, having the 60hz one on master. Ha. I’ve learned nothing.

3

Yes, both the flanger and phaser could use some updating. I wish they had a rate sync/reset function like the Lfo.