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I thought Eno/Fripp referred to this as phasing.... I thought there was 
more to flanging than this.

Joshua

At 12:25 PM 8/30/01, you wrote:
>Its really simple, and works with 2 record players too.
>Play the same record/tape on two decks and start at the "same" time
>because of small speed and a start time difference between the decks there
>is a massive amount of flanging.
>If your skilled in matching beats its possible to influence the amount of
>flanging.
>Note: influence, not set to an exact value.
>
>Success,
>Theo
>
>
>From: TooManySynths <p8051 at yahoo.com>
>
>
>
> > I do not know for sure, because I have no idea how to
> > flange with tape decks. I expect, however, that it is
> > a skill much akin to beatmatching, something I can do
> > fairly well.  After a lot of practice, the corrections
> > become almost subconscious, what the experienced DJ
> > hears in terms of obvious beat offset is typically
> > unheard by an untrained ear.  When I'm hanging out
> > with non-DJs they frequently can't hear mistakes which
> > are completely obvious and annoying to me. When a
> > newbie tries to beatmatch, it seems impossible, after
> > weeks it seems possible, but they still suck, after
> > months, they are starting to get it.
> >
> > Just my .02
> > Daryl
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Glen <mclilith at ezwv.com> wrote:
> > > At 02:15 AM 8/30/01 , Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
> > > >I've always wondered:  Once one reel down is
> > > momentarily slowed,
> > > >how did they 'resynch' the decks so that the
> > > difference is
> > > >eliminated again?  Drag a finger on the other one?
> > > Sounds
> > > >difficult.  Pardon my naivete...
> > >
> > > If I understand it correctly, they would first slow
> > > one deck, and then slow
> > > the other one. This process was repeated over and
> > > over, for as long as they
> > > needed the flanging effect. If they needed to
> > > perfectly synch the sound, or
> > > eliminate the flanging effect, it would always be
> > > simple to fade down the
> > > volume of one of the decks, leaving only one of them
> > > audible.
> > >
> > > Yes, this does sound difficult, but I believe this
> > > was how it was done
> > > before purpose-built "flangers" were invented.
> > >
> > >
> > > Later,
> > > Glen
> >
> >
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