ITT: school a dummy on modulation.

[The4455]

Phaser > All

followed by tremolo
then ringmod
then chorus
then flanger.

I just don't use flangers that often so don't listen to me. The stereo mistress is fucking insane though.

It's true, phasers are greater than all, as wella s that flangers are kinda of too "wooshy," I havent's got one yet but I'd klike to keep all of my modulation in an effects loop I usually have three or four of them on so switching from that to straigt "Rock" distortion is kinda hard.

[theavondon]

I'm really more down for the crazy, ridiculous stuff, btw. Is there anything sorta like a flanger hoax but...smaller?

Believe me, there is nothing like the Flanger Hoax. I LERVE the hoax. I can't see this thing ever leaving me. Thru-zero flanging plus dual phasers? Yes sir.

The only other thing that is still in production that can do real through-zero flanging in a smaller package is the Strymon Orbit, which is pretty pricey. Also, the EHX Stereo Electric Mistress can get pretty damn crazy when you crank the flanger depth. It really sounds like ball bearing rolling down a drain pipe. Plus, it has the filter matrix where you can freeze the flange, it gives you ring-mod-y bell tones. Pretty damn cool.

For phasers, the craziest one I can think of is the Toadworks Phantasm. I had a lot of fun with the EHX Stereo Polyphase as well. My current phaser is an old Morley deluxe phaser from about 30 years ago (6-stage optical, resonant as hell)

For chorus, I tend to like the more subtle stuff. My favorite chorus is the old Boss DC-2, which is a very static, icy sound without a ton of movement.

There's other modulation types too, like tremolo, vibrato, ring modulation, filters, etc.

I can go on all night

I was hoping you'd post. I may have to check out the Stereo Electric Mistress. I'm just gonna rehouse (or get someone to rehouse, because I fuck up pedals when I get the soldering iron out) this Stereo Chorus I have (mysteriously unbranded). But flanger, phaser, ring mod, tremelo, these are all very interesting to me. I'm all about depth, and also batshit insane sounds.

Also, really, bigchiefbc, do go on.

[01010111]

So far my wackiest modulation is the ring thing, ring mod, lfo modulated pitch shifting, tremelo, and chorus all in one.

One thing that's fun is a bunch of good straightforward modulation pedals and an utter stutter. With the right combination of modulation and timed feedback you can get some amazing sounds.

And everything here too http://www.4mspedals.com/

[theavondon]

So far my wackiest modulation is the ring thing, ring mod, lfo modulated pitch shifting, tremelo, and chorus all in one.

One thing that's fun is a bunch of good straightforward modulation pedals and an utter stutter. With the right combination of modulation and timed feedback you can get some amazing sounds.

And everything here too http://www.4mspedals.com/

FUCK I've always wanted a ring thing. I guess I gotta go get one...