Eventide Instant Phaser v3.4.0 | 3 Mb
In 1971, studio racks held pre-amps, EQs, limiters, compressors, and little else. It was a pre-electronic effect era. Before 1970, nearly all studio ‘tricks’ were achieved electro-mechanically using tape machines. The Instant Phaser was one of the first dedicated electronic effects units and producers/engineers put it to use in subtle ways to create stereo images from a single source and to create swept comb filter effects similar to, yet distinct from, tape flanging. The Instant Phaser employed a series of eight, FET-based, carefully-tuned analog all-pass filters which delivered lush phasing while preserving the original tone.
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