Virtual Guitarist

VIRTUAL GUITARIST
“ELECTRIC EDITION”
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Phaser
The Phaser is the absolutely typical effect of the 70ties. Apart from
being used with guitar sounds, it added the characteristic gargling and
bubbling to keyboard and synthesizer sounds—even drums weren’t
exempted. No funk, electronic or progressive rock album and no crime
score of the 70ties would be imaginable without the phaser.
The phaser effect—as the name suggests—is created by adding a phase
shifted signal to the original. Modulating the phase shift amount creates
the typical swirling. Unlike the flanger or chorus, the phaser just adds
movement without making the sound thicker.
The quickest way to get the right phaser setting is to match the Speed
and Color controls to each other. The color control determines the
sharpness of the effect. A slow phasing with a high color setting cre-
ates a beautifully swirling space effect, while a high speed setting with
a decent color setting creates a “harmonic vibrato”.