Rainger FX Flanger-X (incl. Igor)
Massive flanging - from a mini-pedal
Mix in a huge rocket launch simulation - for next-level intensity!
Can do clean chorus-y shimmer
Includes Igor pressure-sensitive controller pad
Modulation speed adjustable in real-time
A digital flanger with analogue rocket sound - internally created
A custom Rainger FX enclosure
Description
The Flanger-X is a digital flanger, the latest in our ????X???? series of mini-pedals. It does anything from a slight chorus through to a massive modulation, from ????stationary???? flange tones to ultra-fast wobbles. And it also has a built-in huge rocket launch sound reproduction - to mix in to exaggerate the flanger into a colossal sweep - at some settings overwhelming the actual instrument sound itself!
The Flanger-X is the flangiest flanger that ever flanged!!!
It????s true-bypass, and digital - and features an analogue sound reproduction of a space rocket launch, as it burns through the atmosphere heading to space! This sound is envelope-controlled, or on all the time, or just in specific bursts whenever you press Igor. Add in the amount needed - maybe have it completely silent, or up full to really blast away the cobwebs????
Controls
The main controls are ????Flange???? - for amount of the effect, ????Rate???? - from stationary to weirdly fast, ????Rocket???? - from nothing to full blast, ????Vol????, and ????FBK???? - for those twangy fast-repeat echo trails????.
There????s an ????Igor???? switch, changing it from speed ramp-up to momentary noise burst. The ????Env???? switch changes the rocket sound from envelope-controlled to always-on.
There????s a ????Peak???? LED - to show that the digital input is overloading; this does no damage at all, but happens when ????rocket???? is on full - adding the final distorted intensity to the sound.
About the rocket noise
This is a full-frequency, three-dimensional analogue rocket sound simulation, with the muffled pops and low roar of a heavy-lift vehicle launching. The sound is partly achieved - at full ????rocket???? setting - by overloading the input to the digital flanger circuit, adding an extra layer of bubbling distortion.
Turn down this knob and the rocket seems to move away (through a cloud layer????.?!)
On the ????ENV???? setting however, the rocket sound follows the envelope of the signal, and has most of its low-end rolled off - just adding texture and keeping it out of the way of the main tone of the notes you????re playing.??
Play the Flanger-X into some sort of drive pedal after it, and it adds a really exciting fizz, with dramatic silence in the quiet bits.??
About Igor
Igor is a pressure-sensitive controller, designed to get real-time expression easily. At one setting, lean on it and it speeds up the modulation to its fastest rate. At the other setting, it adds a rocket noise burst???? like interference breaking through????
It????s dual sensitivity; flip it over for a hard or soft press.
The Flanger-X is a unique flanger; designed to create the real extremes of modulation settings - and everything in between.
The innovative rocket sound adds amazing textural effects and can sound fascinatingly hypnotic, but at the same type incredibly powerful.
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