The trippy undulating sound of flanging and phasing debuted in the ‘60s and ‘70s with songs like Small Faces’ “Itchycoo Park ” Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir ” and Hendrix’ “Bold as Love.” And it’s made its mark on every decade since playing key moments on tracks by David Bowie Roxy Music The Clash The Cult U2 Daft Punk not to mention dozens of tracks by Van Halen. Clearmountain’s Phases brings you the sounds of classic flanger and phaser processors used in mixing engineer Bob Clearmountain’s studio meticulously modeling his rare vintage flanger and phaser rack modules from the mid-seventies. The plugin adds Expanded settings modules so you can replicate Bob’s advanced workflow easily dialing in the distinct engaging modulation effects heard on songs from the world’s most influential artists.

Clearmountain's favorite flanger at your fingertips

Originally created through a laborious process requiring two tape machines playing back the same material in sync but with a slight varispeed on one of the machines the Flanger effect required a lot of gear setup and expertise to pull off. Clearmountain’s Phases brings Bob Clearmountain’s favorite hardware Flanger processor to your fingertips with control over the original manual sweep sweep oscillator and mix. With Expanded controls including feedback LFO Phase high-pass filters and polarity reverse controls you can emulate workflows in the plugin that required external gear with the original modules. The true “zero crossing” Tape Flange mode reproduces the dramatic effect when two tape machines flange perfectly. You can even “swap out” the core bucket brigade delay (BBD) chip to explore vastly greater sweep ranges. Finally to really add the grit and flavor of the original hardware to your tracks dial in your desired amount of distortion and aliasing.

It's not just a Phase... It's feedback LFO and vintage analog

The Phaser offers a gentler modulation that Bob uses to create the quintessential watery undulating electric piano the occasional psychedelic drum kit and more extreme textures in combination with the flanger. You’ll find many of the same Original and Expanded controls as the flanger – feedback LFO Phase high-pass filters and polarity reverse controls – for a consistent user experience. With the Stages knob you can reproduce the sonic characteristics of hardware phasers from stomp box favorites to vintage hardware units to modern plugins. Dial in feedback to intensify the effect with added resonance then adjust the Feedback Tap knob for even more sonic variations. Engage the Analog button to more closely model the original hardware’s feedback implementation. Finally send the plugin back in time with the Age trimpot to reproduce the mellowing effects of aging hardware components.

Configuration for your sonic imagination

When Bob was looking to create a richer more extreme texture he’d send his tracks through both flanger and phaser modules and you can do the same with the Module Config feature. Flange the phaser phase the flanger or apply both and mix – whatever achieves the sound in your imagination! To add a swirling width that moves across the stereo soundstage he’d patch in multiple modules then set different sweep rates for the left and right sides of each module. Listen to Mick’s vocal on the Stones’ “Heaven” track or Bowie’s “China Girl” recording to hear the result. You can recreate these unique sounds with the Module Config and Sweep Rate Select features.

Access iconic presets or easily dial in your own

When the Clearmountain name is on the box rest assured that Bob himself pored over every detail and that includes the presets you get with the plugin. You don’t need an Engineering degree to get started – instead look over the shoulder of a master mixer! Bob has carefully created each preset based on specific instruments and processing from his extensive catalog of timeless hit mixes. Want to experience the Stones “Heaven” vocal sound described above? Simply load the preset! Once you’ve unlocked the secrets of the presets you’ll find it surprisingly easy to conjure your own Phases from mellow to madness!

Features:

• Authentic emulations of Bob Clearmountain’s vintage Flanger and Phaser Rack Modules
• Phases Presets offers access to Clearmountain’s personal settings for iconic songs and applications
• Use Module Config to combine the flanger and phaser for complex evolving soundscapes
• Expanded Settings Modules offer a universe of possibilities beyond the original units
• Dial in the distortion aliasing and component aging of the hardware units or keep it clean.

Requirements:

Platform	CPU	RAM	Disk	Notes	Additional Requirement	Audio Card	Ports	Internet Required	32 Bit Support	64 Bit Support	Plugins
mac		0	0		AAX Native AU VST or VST 3 Compatible Host Application			0	0	0	VST-2 VST-3 AU AAX
windows		0	0		AAX Native AU VST or VST 3 Compatible Host Application			0	0	0	VST-2 VST-3 AAX