Today , let ’s fill in that blank with flangers and phasers . Without get to a fault technical with this post , I can say that while they ’re not nearly the same exact thing , both effects produce a semi - similar core by taking the original sign , lease ’s say a guitar , and splitting it in two . With aphaser , one part of the signal stays the same and the other part gets a phase chemise of varying depth . The two signals are blend back together at the outturn and the difference between the two make the legendary phaser burden try in the excerpts below .
2 . " Head Over Heels " by bust for Fears- This is one of the truest , clean , most exciting flanger effects ever put on tape . Listen to the fragmented signal slow down down and the follow back and actually pass through the original creating a millisecond - long melodic black hole ( technically this is call through - zero flanging ) . This Sung dynasty came out when I was in high schooling and I used to rewind the tape and listen to this drum filling over and over again woolgather of the day when I ’d have enough money to buy a flanger that cash in one’s chips " through zero . “ To me , the sound of that flanger made life deserving live :
3 . " heed to the Music " by the Doobie Brothers- mind for the flanger sweeping in to take us to the bridge :
4 . " Just The Way You Are " by Billy Joel " “ That ’s a phaser on the famous Fender Rhodes intro . Pretty classic stuff :
5 . " Barracuda " by Heart- Listen for the cycling flanger on the famous guitar riff :
6 . " Life in the Fast Lane " by The Eagles- The bridge is coated in a gorgeous wholesale flanger :
7 . " The Spirit of Radio " by Rush , Yes , that classic hollow - tube sound on the main guitar riff is , as you may in all likelihood order by now , a flanger :
