Reference / Effects / Audio
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Phaser
Phaser is an Audio effect.
What it does
Section titled “What it does”A chain of all-pass filters swept by an oscillator and mixed with the untouched sound. Two stages make one notch.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”| Parameter | Control | Range | Default | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stages | Slider, whole numbers | 1 to 12 | 4 | - |
| Rate | Slider | 0.01 to 10 | 0.5 | - |
| Depth | Slider | 0 to 100 | 70 | Per cent |
| Centre | Slider | 50 to 8000 | 700 | - |
| Feedback | Slider | -95 to 95 | 50 | Per cent |
| Stereo phase | Slider | 0 to 180 | 0 | Degrees |
| Wet | Slider | 0 to 100 | 50 | Per cent |
What each control does
Section titled “What each control does”- Stages: how many all-pass filters the chain holds.
- Rate: cycles a second.
- Depth: how far the sweep travels. At 100 it moves two octaves either side of Centre.
- Centre: the middle of the sweep, in Hz.
- Feedback: how much of the last stage goes back into the first. Below 0 it goes back the other way up.
- Stereo phase: how far the right channel’s cycle sits behind the left’s.
- Wet: how much of the phased sound is heard. The notches are deepest at 50.