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Phaser (effect)
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A phaser is an audio signal processingtechniqueused to filter a signal by

creating a series of peaks and troughs in the frequency spectrum.The position of
the peaks and troughs is typically modulated so that they vary over time, creating a
sweepingeffect. For this purpose,phasersusually include a low frequency
oscillator.

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r 1 Process
. 2 Strucfure
. 3 Usage
. 4 Similar effects
. 5 See also
r 6 External links

Process
The electronic phasing effect is created by
spliaing an audio signal into two paths. One
path treatsthe signal with an all-passfilter,'
which preservesthe amplitude of the
original signal and alters the phase.The
amount of change in phasedependson the
frequency. When signals from the two paths
are mixed, the frequencies thal are out of
phasewill cancel each other out, creating
the phaser'scharacteristic notches. Spectrogramof an 8-stagephasermodulatedby a sine LFO applied
Changing the mix ratio changesthe depth of : to white noise.
the notches; the deepestnotches occur when
the mix ratio is 5A7o.

The definitionof phasertypicallyexcludessuchdeviceswherethe all-passsectionis a delayline; sucha

deviceis calleda flanger[] (http://ccrma.stanford.edu/-jos/pasp/Phasing.hrnl) . Usinga delayline createsan
unlimited seriesof equally spacednotchesand peaks.It is possibleto cascadea delayline with anothertype of
all-passfilter as in [2] (http://home.debitel.net/user/jhaible/jh-storm-tide-flanger.hfrnl)
, this combinesthe
unlimited numberof notchesfrom the flanger with the unevenspacingof the phaser.

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