Chorus vs Flanger vs Phaser EXPLAINED ✅

What's the difference between these three audio effects? Here's a quick tutorial guide to these famous audio FX used on guitars, vocals, synths and more.
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[@chicken_flavoured_bacon3230]

the cleanest, most concise definition of modulation effects i"ve come across, thanks

[@Cableguys]

You're welcome! 👊

[@1lI1l1Il]

Phaser with high Feedback on distorted Bass Guitar gets your Walls shaking

[@rustyshackleford9452]

Boutta test this on my Line 6

[@jeor384]

I know

[@mentaluntildawn2412]

I like to use chorus in a lot of sounds especially only on the mid-low or high end to give pads and chord playing synths a dreamy feel

[@Cableguys]

Great use case! 🙌

[@iloveeverything4380]

How do u make it work only on those frequencies

[@rgerber]

I like to use a narrow flanger effect to give any sound some natural variation

[@Cableguys]

Top tip! 💡

[@recklessPronoia]

As a guitarist, I had no idea I had flanger and phaser mixed upxD

[@darbomusic]

What a great video, straight to the point, and the audio tutorial is brilliant, thank you.

[@steamer2k319]

I just realised that I never learned these definitions from a signal processing perspective a week or two ago. I've had a pragmatic/intuitive understanding of the effects for decades and have some months of more general sound design / synthesis under my belt but these effects slipped through the cracks.
Thanks for the timely Short Cableguys!

[@Cableguys]

Great to hear it helped! 💪

[@lonophonic117]

It has to be the flanger sound effect for me. I’ve always loved it since it sounds airy like wind and just a cool sound in general.

[@raptor3592]

I love you man.

[@ErosGalaxia]

My favorite flanger goes to the 80s Boss BF-2. This pedal can mimic chorus as well by having the Manual (delay) and Res (feedback) set to it’s lowest and having the Depth (sweep width) around 25-50% and Rate (sweep frequency) to taste (personally I have around 65% to get tones reminiscent to The Cure & Siouxsie & The Banshees).

[@_TheViewer_]

That’s a hard one, Chorus and Flanger are both great !
The Phaser isn’t my go-to, but that don’t mean it’s not having a time and place 🎉

[@schqrr]

thank you!! definitely phaser

[@ajhproductions2347]

Always been all about that flanger

[@TheRealXira]

Not particularly a fan of any of these effects if I'm honest. But I will occasionally use a little bit of Phaser on snares & toms with some automation bringing it in on certain sections to give a bit more depth.

[@araserwhenthe]

It's a tricky choice, because there are so many benefits for each one. For the chorus, if you stack choruses on a bass, it can sound really clean and glassy. You can use a wide phaser to make cool neuro basses or phaser basses, and a flanger just produces cool effects.

[@JC-yy5nf]

phaser on bass synths are always extremely addictive to listen to

[@BodyOfPlayMusic]

An omnishpere flanger gave me such a cool sound, I'll show in my song one day 😆😎🎶🔥

[@anonbrowsing8848]

Flanger is definitely the coolest of the 3 imo but they’re all great!

[@cobraofearth]

Wow, I somehow never thought to use Time shaper to create a chorus effect! So many possibilities with shaperbox, in such a fun format

[@Cableguys]

Yes, TimeShaper can make a one-voice chorus effect, and you can use PanShaper after to make it stereo 👍

[@iamtoybox]

I like flangers for the comb filter effect and pitch bending effect at high feedback when delay time is modulated

[@pietart3596]

Flanger sounds like singing through a pipe. The best for me. Also isn't chorus mostly pitch modulations? To give a chord like essence to the tone. Most pedals with chorus only let you control the effect's depth

[@Numocron]

I like chorus because it seems like I'm hearing multitudinous of sounds playing simultaneously.

[@sickenideon]

Vocês são didáticos e fáceis de entender; o formato shorts da uma boa introduzida, embora não seja o ideal para estudo, agradeço em antecipação por estarem me ajudando na minha jornada de seguir o sonho de viver de música. Abraços do Brasil 🇧🇷

[@hyperentity114]

I looove flanger. I put it on everything

[@jeor384]

Chorus

[@user-dy3sq8pg2d]

❤️

[@gingerjesus232]

bro sounded like a robot for a sec

[@Cableguys]

🤖🤖🤖

[@kayceefwesh7212]

I didn’t really get d phaser

[@stephenroldan5107]

Phaser

[@mediekeiz]

is it possible 2 download them

[@user-lr6cb3if1v]

What is the app you guys always use in these vids? Thanks!

[@Cableguys]

ShaperBox in Ableton Live 👍

[@EminoMeneko]

Love em all but I use flangers the least.

[@Cableguys]

Awesome! 👊

[@ramalshebl60]

so technically speaking, chorus and flanger are the same thing except a flanger uses shorter delay times (as explained in the short)...
but if so, why are their names distinct/different? like why not just call a flanger a fast chorus or why not call a chorus a slow flanger...

[@themindasmusic]

Saturation!

[@dragonfist417]

Flanger

[@raptor3592]

I love you man.

[@Cableguys]

Back atcha ♥️