Listening to the previous demos & now Ian's preview, I'd say the Seabee is the closest one can get to a Starlight DLX. The Bee has a warmer, duller character. The Starlight DLX is sharper and more metallic.
very impressed with the Seabee - takes some doing, given my kneejerk distaste for chorus
also, i seem to be in the minority in liking the metallic frost of the Starlight DLX (including the progenitor)
Re: State of the Flanger: 2022 (and beyond!!!)
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2023 10:22 pm
by Chankgeez
For all it does, I wouldn't've minded the thinness of the Starlight DLX if it'd been at least a little capable of gettin' warmer/darker/fatter.
(I probably wouldn't've taken advantage of all that functionality either. )
Re: State of the Flanger: 2022 (and beyond!!!)
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:12 pm
by Dandolin
through zero flanging is over-rated. discuss.
me no likey
i'll just go
Re: State of the Flanger: 2022 (and beyond!!!)
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:34 pm
by Chankgeez
Yeah, not really a fan.
Re: State of the Flanger: 2022 (and beyond!!!)
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:56 pm
by Dandolin
i mean, i even went back to the rosetta stone : house burning down...
...and i felt like i would have enjoyed it more without the tzf moments
Re: State of the Flanger: 2022 (and beyond!!!)
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 1:31 am
by Pepe
A few months ago I finally had a listen to some through zero flanging sounds that "everybody" talked about. I just hadn't imagined that it produced a complete gap of silence. I disliked it on the spot.
Re: State of the Flanger: 2022 (and beyond!!!)
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 5:42 am
by backwardsvoyager
i think it's the type of effect that can work nicely on an entire mix, but usually sounds really out-of-place (if not downright awful) just slapped on a guitar solo or whatever
not big on subtractive flanging either tbh... it's like listening to someone trying to suck tapioca pearls through a straw that's slightly too narrow.