TC Electronic Vortex Flanger - Manual (Page 10)

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FLANGER TYPE Selector:
Switch between standard Flange, Tape type and TonePrint
FLANGE
The characteristic “flanging” sound occurs when a pitch-modulated part of the signal is slightly delayed
and fed back to the input of the effect algorithm. Experiment with the Feedback parameter to get an
idea of the effects you can achieve.
TAPE
- also know as the “through-zero-flange” emulates the original way of creating a flange effect, with
two identical pieces of audio material being played back simultaneously on two tape decks and then
being mixed on a third deck. The flanging effect was achieved by slowing down and speeding up the
two decks at different times. An essential part of the special effect created this way is the unique phase
cancellation occurring when the two signals pass each other in time (the zero point).