Advanced Methods Of Using The Phaser - Arturia Phaser BI-TRON User Manual

3.3.2. Advanced methods of using the phaser

Now that you have a feeling for the Phaser BI-TRON basics, let's go a little deeper:
• Click the double downward facing arrows to open the "Advanced" panel.
Alternatively, you can simply click the PHASER BI-TRON title;
• This panel has some extra options - from left to right, we have a Hi-Pass Filter
and two symmetrical sections, labeled A and B. These control each of the two
phaser engines;
• In each of these sections, we have controls for the number of poles, two LFO
right-side invert switches and a Dry/Wet mixer knob;
• Lets check the Hi-Pass filter. This is handy to leave the low regions of the audio
out of the phasing processing. We may want that if we are processing a bass or
a kick drum, since messing with the phases may alter the attack, removing the
desired "punch". It may also "sweeten" the phasing in a string section. If you are
using a string sound playing chords you may try to filter everything below 1 kHz;
• Now try the poles control. This may change drastically the phasing effect. The
original has a fixed 6-pole filter, but here we can go from 2 up to 12. Change it
while the audio is playing. You'll be surprised;
• The R.INV. switches invert the right side of the LFOs for each of the Phasor units.
When used together with, for example, a ramp waveform on the LFO, we can
obtain some very interesting stereo effects (by inverting one of the sides of the
ramp, we will have an ascending sweep in one side while we have a descending
sweep in the other side). These may not be suitable for everyday tasks, but
sometimes may lead to good results;
• Mix is a Dry/Wet control. At 100% only the processed signal is output. At 0% only
the Dry signal is present. For better results, a value around 50% is desired;
These are just some very simple examples of what you can do with Phaser BI-TRON. It
offers more than you could imagine by just the looks. Phasers may be very effective when
used with the right musical material. As always, use your imagination, and try to find other
creative and interesting ways of using the tool.
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