MusicRadar Basics: chorus, tremolo, phaser and flange guitar pedals
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Chorus, tremolo, phase and flange are all referred to as modulation effects. They add depth, dimension and movement to a guitar’s natural sound without distorting it, but they all have their own unique characteristics.
Common to most pedals is a rate control that adjusts the speed of the effect and a depth control that adjusts the intensity of the effect.
Chorus is a stunning shimmer effect that adds width to your tone. You'll have heard it used by artists as diverse as Prince, The Police and Nirvana.
Tremolo is the effect of a guitar sound's volume cutting in and out at a variety of speeds. If you've heard the song How Soon Is Now by The Smiths you'll know how it sounds.
Phase splits the signal in two, moves one of those paths out of phase then blends it back in with the original, so the motion of that in phase/out of phase relationship can be heard. That might sound technical but you will have heard this effect all over the late 90s recordings of Radiohead, Incubus and even Eruption by Van Halen.
Flange works in a similar way to phase, but takes it to even greater extremes. You will have heard it on songs like Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz or Nobody's Fault But Mine by Led Zeppelin.
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I have all these pedals and I love them. Boss is the Boss.
Yes, it is
Thank you, this is exactly the kind of video I was hoping to find. I’m learning to mix, I’m not an electric guitar player, and I’m trying to get more familiar with time-based FX. I especially like that you gave examples of songs or artists for each one.
Yeah its a great video to see what they sound like and doesn't take much time to watch. So its very useful
This is brilliant--I've been looking for explanations like these covering what the pedals actually DO to the signal.
I love this channel so straight to the point unlike other channels who have a lot of stupid gimmicks
Mate I'm british and I've never heard anyone talk with that accent
I had to re-listen how he said Nirvana.
Sounds like a brummie to me.
jajaja true
zoidberg590 He sounds like he might be part south african
I spoke like that once, but it was only after accidentally swallowing my chewing gum. It was quite unexpected.
Great video, straight to the point with clear explanation and clear demo
The Cure in their Lp "Faith", use Flanger in the bass in every song. I miss so much that sound.
Do you know which one?
@@huli8557boss bf-2 :)
Exactly what I wanted to know, basic explanations, and you didn’t spent most of the time showing off your mad guitar or video editing skills, so no need to fast forward.
I just got the Katana amp, which is my first serious amp, the manual sucks. Please make a video like this about the Katana, particularly the effects section.
1:43 sounds like how soon is now
Midnight Rider 76 it is how soon is now
it is
How soon is now ❤️
You nailed the song comparisons without actually playing the songs
Its that good old classic guitar sound that makes you relax
Flange was used on ORION at the start by Metallica
Paul Mcdonough also in devil in I by Slipknot
What pops up in my mind when i hear the tremolo part:
*SAIL!!!*
JOEL
RIP Prince!!! I cried
Logan that was Ain't talking' bout love by Van Halen
It was a switched up version, probably to avoid copyright claims
The way he described the phaser and flanger is wrong. While the phaser has a really misleading name, it doesn't put anything out of phase. It uses a series of filters to progressively make certain frequency bands of the guitar sounds darker or brighter. The flanger does have an appropiate name though, as it mimics the sound of a tape flange going out of sync. This creates the out-of-phase sound that flangers are known for. It's basically a much more intense chorus.
Umm... nope, a phaser does exactly how he describes it. So the name isn't misleading at all. It dupes the signal and contains several phase inverter stages that each invert the signal by 180 degrees. It also contains an LFO that controls the rate at which the phase shifts occur is it modulates (thus changing the coloration of the tonality due to adding/cancelling of frequencies) and when that usually when the iconic swooshing sound occurs before the notches occur at the 180 phase inversion. Yeah man, the phaser's circuitry design is much older and pretty basic when compared to a flangers, or any of the other mod effects. The flanger is designed to only have several short delay stages but to also uniquely interact and modulate the original signal's harmonic content. However, you are correct about the flange effect originating from the tape reels on a tape machine.
he described phaser right, but he described flanger wrong
@@hendrix5757 phaser uses all pass filters, the notches are linearly spaced. flange mix a dry signal with a delayed signal using a LFO to apply a variation of the delay time (1-10ms basically or 1-20ms) the variation can be linear or logaritmic, you can invert the wet signal to mix with original, you can aplly effect to all frequencies or mids an high or high only; you can apply a delay on the original signal to get Thrue zero flange;
one can also find envelope and wave form settings. on flange notches are not linear and you can get lots of.
on both part of the output signal is usually fed back to the input ( delay line or stage on phaser)
Thanks. People understand what they want to understand.
Tremolo sounded like "El Ojo De La Tormenta". A song from Soda Stereo :D
I see you're a man of culture as well.
I see you're a latino as well.
When I was 8 my dad had a vintage ce4 boss chorus from the 80s or 90s that I ended up breaking.
I broke a metalzone once. My own fault, my brother put a wrong adapter on it and I was uneducated about voltage ...
I'm just glad we didn't destroy my Boss CE3, I had it around the same time😅
Sorry for your loss. 😭
I broke a glass once...sucks😒
Actually, Flange and chorus are more related than phasers. Chorus and flangers are oscillating delay times, the only difference is that chorus is slightly detuned. Phasers are created by a delay time, but it is very short and is constant. The delay time is just enought that the dry and wet signals are out of phase.
Great explanation. Flanger may do both but it's nice to have 2 cleaner effect options with phase and chorus. The CE on by itself is so sweet by itself.
Nice, a video that gets to the point
0:58 Prince we miss you
what song is that
Purple rain
That is a gorgeous PRS
1:41 I enjoy this little demo of How soon is now more than the original song itself
"Or even Nervoahnna"
I'm from 🌲 Sherwood Forest 🌲 and I understand where you are coming from. W Percival from New Zealand 🇳🇿 Gardenia🌺 Band and Rarotonga Cook Islands 🇨🇰
Willem Dafoe's secret son for sure
Great vid. Am I the only one hoping he’d stomp on all of the pedals all at once for fullest effect🤔
Limehouse Lizzy, right? Amazing! 🤘
Can i combine these pedals together and try to replicate a vibratone type sound ?
Chorus ensemble, the only pedal you need to play paradise city by Guns and Roses
何気にギターの方センスありまんなぁ～♪
リバーブ入れてないとこがデモとして好感持てますね。
トレモロ以外は過去に全部持ってました。今はアンプに直に指してます。
WHAT A GUITAR AND WHAT A SOUND. TR2 IS BEAAAUTYFUL
Dear "ADs": NO THANK YOU. You can end before you begin.
Dear Vid: Very well done. "You've heard this one in songs such as..." is more helpful than Dr. Asperger's robotic approach. VERY COOL. Two thumbs up! Saved.
Great video man
Great explanations, really helpful thanks!
YESSS NIRVANA!
I don’t if it’s just me but all Boss Phasers don’t sound full
I like this guys demos of pedals BUT the phaser pedal can sound better than that. ive never owned a Boss phase pedal But I Love the color of it. Great example with the Flanger pedal
That PRS tho
Damn shame he had to ruin the guitar with Boss pedals 😭
Zach Hughes How's that a bad thing?
Great video, really helpful!
Nice to see the simple need-to-know stuff' Without egotists trying to be witty. and you don't speak at 100 miles a minute . Thanks
I subbed cause u named The Police.....such a good band
Metal Distortion + Flange = Dark Tranquillity - Therein
Can someone please help me out with the song that’s being played at 0.59.
Very good video. Subscribed.
Could you do a video about the best order to combine them?
1:10 I hear every breath you take meets purple rain
1:50 i am the sonnnn and the heirrrr
y tho Hahahahahaha I did the exact same thing 🎸 🎶
Nirvana/Kurt Cobain never used a boss chorus it was an electro harmonix small chorus or an echo flanger
My Boss Flanger needs a good clean up or maybe a repaint!
dude, 10 o'clock is where my BF-3's rate and depth are usually at too!
Just happens to be more or less the same pedals as have, so very useful. Thank you. How about doing another with the Boss DD7?
How do you feel about the following boss pedals the ce2:dd3 ph3 metal zone and way cry baby
Are these pedals good for praise and worship?
Johnny Marr-esque. Right on.
I love this video
Nice study
Andy summers used a flanger
neevanah?
damn why does he looks like gareth bale
lmaooooooo
nice settings on the Boss BF-3, it sounds very close to Van Halen !....
What about the PS-6 (Harmonist)?
my chorus ensemble is very quiet, I have to put it in max, is that normal?
King in the North!
What song is he playing when he uses the Flanger?
@Ismail Bel Which Van Halen song?
What song is the that from wich you took the last example?
vlad hateg ain’t talking bout love by Van Halen
Wow
what should i use for a punk pop sound?
distorcion. Tom DeLonge likes flanger too
so riiiiiiich
what kind of guitar do you use for the distortion pedal video?
also how much are those types
I really love the Tremolo pedal but unfortunately it's a very rare event when I find a spot for it in my noise pollution😭
I’ll admit tremolo is pretty boring on its own but when used in conjunction with other effects it’s 🤯
what's the guitar you're usin?
panic at the?? oh sorry I mean twenty øne pilots ithink its the t.o.p. is shit model
panic at the?? oh sorry I mean twenty øne pilots (It's a PRS)
nice username, lol
3:23 what is that song
Sounds like "ain't talking 'bout love" by EVH but I don't think so.
efek guod very guod
1:40 sounds a bit like How soon is now? by The Smiths
Mukhe 1 phaser chahiye iskA price kya hai
Nivonah
i hear some VH
Is that english ?
:-(( LES
0:57
Song at 3:30?
Aint talk bout love - van Halen
I am the son. I am the heir.
gotohellaaron still one of my favorite songs 🎸👍🏻
1:42
What guitar is that?
Nuwona...
He sounds like Super Hands
Is that you George?
Sigo sin entender
what is the song that he plays with the flanger pedal?
Logan Cantin cradle will rock uses flanger
Excuse me, say again... oh yeah sure, whatever you say.
would these pedals work with a bass?
technically, yes
3:23 song?
who else got a Kirk Hammett ad before the video?
Whats the song tittle for Chorus Effect ?
+Mervyn David pretty much purple rain - prince
Phase Shifter sounds like almost every Red Hot Chili Peppers song.
Frusciante used a chorus pedal. He never used a phaser
He said flange!
I can’t understand why Boss discontinued the BF-2 and gave us a piece of junk like the BF-3! The PH-3 Phaser is awful too.
that flanger has too much volume and no volume control knob
Halo ıch möchte auch sod 1
Am i the only guy who feeels he loooks like Johny Sinns twin brother
How he said Nirvana Lmao
Nirvoana