FLANGER

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Controls

• Rate0.1 to 5 Hz — Speed of the sine LFO.
• Depth1 to 20 ms — Sweep range of the delay, from Manual up to Manual + Depth.
• Feedback0 to 100% — Amount of delayed signal fed back for a stronger, more resonant comb (capped internally at 70%).
• Mix0 to 100% — Blend between dry signal and flanged signal.
• Manual0.1 to 10 ms — Shortest delay of the sweep (its starting point); the delay moves from Manual up to Manual + Depth. 0.5 ms is the classic setting.
• Tempo SyncOff / 1/1 / 1/2 / 1/4 / 1/8 / 1/16 / 2/1 / 4/1 / 1/4T / 1/8T / 1/4D / 1/8D — Locks one LFO cycle to a note value at the project tempo (straight, triplet or dotted), following the song position while playing. Off uses Rate.
• Stereo Phase0 to 180 deg — Offsets the right channel's LFO against the left, from 0 (mono sweep) to 180 degrees (opposite sweeps for a wide stereo flange).
• Thru ZeroOff / On — Through-zero flanging: the dry signal is delayed by the middle of the sweep and the swept signal is inverted, so the sweep passes through the dry signal and cancels it, like the tape jet effect. Adds latency equal to that delay while on.

Best uses

• Jet-plane sweeps on drums and cymbals
• Movement on guitars and synths
• Psychedelic effects on vocals
• Build-ups and transitions

Properties

Input → short modulated delay (0.5 ms to 0.5 ms + Depth) with feedback → linear interpolation → Dry/Wet Mix → Output. One LFO drives both channels; zero latency.

Formats

• JSFXJSFX for REAPER, with REAPER's own sliders
• GFXJSFX GFX for REAPER, with its own interface
• VST3VST3 for any DAW
• CLAPCLAP for any DAW

Factory presets

Jet Sweep Drums · Subtle Guitar Flange · Metallic Resonance · Vocal Psychedelia · Fast Warble · Build-Up Swoosh · Jet Flange · Thru-Zero Jet · Thru-Zero Gentle · Synced Sweep · Synced Eighths · Metallic · Wide Stereo Flange

In the FX chains and Rack presets

DJ Macro FX · Jet Flange · Triple Mod

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