PHLANGER

Build the flanger for dramatic music effects

Courtesy/Thanks to: PAIA

Description: Built around an analog delay line,
this device connects easily to your hi-
fi system to produce dramatic special
effects.

Phlaning can make your head spin: the
effect can gently roll and sway, or it
can seem to turn your whole mind inside
out. Phlanging was discovered
accidentally in 1958 by recording
producer Phil Spector while recording
"The Big Hurt". Thinking the vocal part
was weak, Spector instructed his
engineer to make two tapes and play them
back simultaneously to achieve a voice-
doubling effect. The dramatic
"swooshing" effect that resulted was
immediately recognized as a hir sound,
and the record indeed received
considerable attention.