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Re: Phaser recommendations

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 5:30 pm
by Scruffie
Pete wrote:Thanks for the great suggestions, guys. :thumb:


Scruffie wrote:Atmoshphase yo, check out John's demo/s.
Meant to ask, do you have the link, or know where I could find it?
I'm not so sure it was John that did the demo actually... oh well, whoever;

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k83U0W43RhE[/youtube]

Re: Phaser recommendations

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 5:45 pm
by echorec
Ordered my Aphazing today ($189 after shipping). Maybe on Saturday I'll have a chance to post my initial findings. I'm looking forward to mixing and matching it with a few other modulation pedals and some delay.

http://www.experimentalnoize.com/product_aphazing.php

Re: Phaser recommendations

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:58 pm
by SonicReducer
echorec wrote:Ordered my Aphazing today ($189 after shipping). Maybe on Saturday I'll have a chance to post my initial findings. I'm looking forward to mixing and matching it with a few other modulation pedals and some delay.

http://www.experimentalnoize.com/product_aphazing.php
Please post yer observations, and whether it can do a slow, deep phase and reggae type phasing :trippy: ... I tried ordering one off their site, but they were charge $999US to ship to Australia

:picard:

Re: Phaser recommendations

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 12:17 am
by XNFrank
SonicReducer wrote: Please post yer observations, and whether it can do a slow, deep phase and reggae type phasing :trippy: ... I tried ordering one off their site, but they were charge $999US to ship to Australia

:picard:
On the ordering page for "rest of world" it says to email sales@xnoize.com so we can determine the best shipping method for you. Due to limitations in the PayPal shipping calculator we can't get it to calculate a proper shipping price for every country and we only charge actual shipping cost, no "handling fees". The $999 shipping cost is because we had to put something in there for other countries, PayPal requirement.

Re: Phaser recommendations

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 2:43 am
by Cobrah
I was on the fence with what phaser I wanted for a while too, I had just been using a phase 90 for forever. It was my first pedal and I've had it for going on 16 years now. Recently I got the blackout whetstone and I loved the fuck out of it, but it took up so much real estate in the board I sold it for a grand orbiter. I miss the whetstone but the grand orbiter is doing the job very well. I can get all the washy slowdive sounding phase sounds I need from it

Re: Phaser recommendations

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 9:22 pm
by SonicReducer
Cobrah wrote:I was on the fence with what phaser I wanted for a while too, I had just been using a phase 90 for forever. It was my first pedal and I've had it for going on 16 years now. Recently I got the blackout whetstone and I loved the fuck out of it, but it took up so much real estate in the board I sold it for a grand orbiter. I miss the whetstone but the grand orbiter is doing the job very well. I can get all the washy slowdive sounding phase sounds I need from it
Yeah i am bending towards the Grand Orbiter, but curious to hear what the Aphazing does...!

Re: Phaser recommendations

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 11:09 pm
by echorec
The Aphazing arrived today, and so far I'm having a lot of fun experimenting with it. Hopefully tomorrow or Sunday I can give a more detailed summary of my early findings. Tonight's chain: Eterna Gold > Aphazing > CB Echorec

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Re: Phaser recommendations

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 11:37 pm
by XNFrank
I'll have to try a shimmer reverb in front of mine, I've been running an overdrive to create harmonics to sweep through. Small thing you may not have noticed, when you enable the pedal the LFO always starts at the same point so it gives a predictable and repeatable sweep.

Re: Phaser recommendations

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 5:36 pm
by Pete
After much research, demo watching and note taking, I think I've narrowed down my next phaser purchase to Alexander la Calavera, Greenhouse Effects Sonic Orb or TC Electronic Helix. I wish the Helix was orange and not yellow, but oh well. :lol: I can see myself trying out the Earthquaker Devices Grand Orbiter, Mr. Black Gilamondo, Retro-Sonic Phaser, Tidal Waveforms Atmposphase and/or VFE Enterprise/Tractorbeam later down the line too.

Anyone know the mA draw for the la Calavera?

Re: Phaser recommendations

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:44 pm
by echorec
Apologies for the low volume, but here's a couple teaser snippets. Maybe I'll do something for Soundcloud shortly.

dreamy texture with a 70s string synth:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGiGMGHBVcC/

bassy guitar with an Unpleasant Surprise on the front end (this sounded absolutely HUUUUUUGE in the room, but I got a phone call to turn it down :cry: )

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGiGanNBVci/

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Re: Phaser recommendations

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 8:01 pm
by echorec
Pete wrote:After much research, demo watching and note taking, I think I've narrowed down my next phaser purchase to Alexander la Calavera, Greenhouse Effects Sonic Orb or TC Electronic Helix. I wish the Helix was orange and not yellow, but oh well. :lol: I can see myself trying out the Earthquaker Devices Grand Orbiter, Mr. Black Gilamondo, Retro-Sonic Phaser, Tidal Waveforms Atmposphase and/or VFE Enterprise/Tractorbeam later down the line too.

Anyone know the mA draw for the la Calavera?
It's unlikely you'll have any issues daisy chaining La Calavera. I got to use one for a couple of days, and I never isolated it. I use their Equilibrium and it seems to be quiet.

Re: Phaser recommendations

Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 9:47 pm
by SonicReducer
echorec wrote:Apologies for the low volume, but here's a couple teaser snippets. Maybe I'll do something for Soundcloud shortly.

dreamy texture with a 70s string synth:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGiGMGHBVcC/

bassy guitar with an Unpleasant Surprise on the front end (this sounded absolutely HUUUUUUGE in the room, but I got a phone call to turn it down :cry: )

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGiGanNBVci/

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Wow! Sounds great with the synth!! In fact thats almost the type of phase I'm after!!! Now I have a quandry the Aphazing or the Earthquaker....!!

Re: Phaser recommendations

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 1:09 pm
by echorec
There's much better volume on this clip. Some dynamics are lost because of the tablet's mic quality and the fact that I don't have it closer to the amp's speaker. You can get a better sense, though, of just how huge and full the Aphazing sounds.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGmMvG5hVec/

Thanks to the various modes and staging options, the Aphazing can really deliver the qualities of 5 or 6 different phasers. My favorite sounds are the retro-flavored sweeps and watery rhythmic sounds. You can also dial up sounds more akin to the fizzy whoosh of vintage units. You may notice that with the rate pot at minimum, you get a fixed point for the effected signal. At around 8:57 (clock face), you can hear the effect thicken with the sweep emerging.

Here's a quick sampling of the different modes. It's really just scratching the surface, however, because the unit does all kinds of less traditional sounds and combo-modulation textures.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGmO9jDBVUj/

Re: Phaser recommendations

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 9:24 pm
by SonicReducer
hahaha..I have an Alter-Ego as well, fun pedal! I"m curious to hear how this pedal sounds with guitar!

Re: Phaser recommendations

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 12:29 am
by XNFrank
SonicReducer wrote:I"m curious to hear how this pedal sounds with guitar!
Demo is in production and should be posted in a few days, Andy at Tone Report is doing it.