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THE BASICS - ABOUT PHASEMISTRESS (continued)

PhaseMistress — Version 5

each sound progressively more pronounced.

You may have noticed that all of these examples are even number

combinations. Virtually all analog phaser designs stuck to even-

numbered patterns. Odd numbers result in a totally different sound,

more stuttered and effect-laden, and for whatever reason the vast

majority of manufacturers did not incorporate odd-numbered stages

in their designs. PhaseMistress, on the other hand, allows you to pick

any number of stages between 2 and 24 including all odd numbers. This

expands the tonal palate exponentially allowing you to make an even

number of even or odd sounds, an odd number of odd or even sounds

as well as making really odd sounding even phasers - and so on and so

forth.

The properties and designs of a wide range of classic units were studied

in-depth while we were creating PhaseMistress. We needed to make sure

that their signature rich, warm, and silky analog sound was reﬂected in

the software just as it exists in the physical world. Many of the presets

designed for PhaseMistress are faithful recreations of sounds generated

from hardware such as the Shin-Ei Uni-Vibe, the MXR Phase 90, Maestro

PS-1A, Electro-Harmonix Small-Stone, Eventide Instant Phaser, and the

Mutron Bi-Phase (among many others). These phasers and the phasing

effect in general have been used by literally hundreds of artists and on

thousands of albums. It remains one of the most used studio effects to

this day. PhaseMistress takes this legacy to a new pinnacle of ﬂexibility

and ease of use, offering an unprecedented amount of phasing effects

of the highest possible quality in one plug-in.