Flanging
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| - | '''Freakbeat''' is a name sometimes used generally to denote rare, collectable, and obscure British pop and rock records of the [[British Invasion]]. Elements of the freakbeat sound include strong direct drum beats, loud and frenzied guitar riffs, and extreme effects such as [[Distortion (music)|fuzztone]], [[flanging]], [[Distortion (guitar)|distortion]] and compression or phasing on the vocal or drum tracks. | + | '''Flanging''' {{IPAc-en||'|f|l|}|n|dZ|I|N}} is an [[audio signal processing|audio effect]] produced by mixing two identical [[audio signal|signals]] together, with one signal delayed by a small and gradually changing period, usually smaller than 20 [[millisecond]]s. This produces a swept [[comb filter]] effect: peaks and notches are produced in the resultant [[frequency spectrum]], related to each other in a linear [[harmonic series (music)|harmonic series]]. Varying the time delay causes these to sweep up and down the frequency spectrum. A '''flanger''' is an [[effects unit]] dedicated to creating this sound effect. |
| - | Though often used to describe the European counterpart to the psychedelic [[garage rock]] of American groups like [[The Seeds]], [[The Thirteenth Floor Elevators]], and [[The Standells]], and although many artists on the European continent also contributed, freakbeat is most often applied to music originating in the UK. The term was invented in the 1980s by the music journalist [[Phil Smee]] to retroactively describe a music style that has been described as a missing link between the early-to-mid-1960s [[Mod (subculture)|mod]] [[Rhythm and Blues|R&B]] scene and the [[psychedelic rock]] and [[progressive rock]] genres that emerged in the late 1960s with bands such as [[Pink Floyd]]. Freakbeat music was typically created by four-piece bands experimenting with studio production techniques. Some of the best-known examples include "Take a Heart" by [[The Sorrows]], "Making Time" by [[The Creation (band)|The Creation]], "Atmospheres" by Wimple Winch and "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" by [[The Move]]. Much of the material collected on [[Rhino Records]]'s 2001 box-set compilation ''[[Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964-1969]]'' can be classified as freakbeat. | + | ==See also== |
| - | The only Freakbeat record to chart was [[Anyway,_Anyhow,_Anywhere]] by [[The Who]]. | + | * [[List of recordings with a prominent flanging effect]] |
| + | * [[Comb filter]] | ||
| + | * [[Moire pattern]] | ||
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| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[British invasion]] | ||
| - | *[[British rock]] | ||
| - | *[[Britpop]] | ||
| - | *[[Garage Rock]] | ||
| - | *[[List of British Invasion artists]] | ||
| - | *[[Mod (subculture)]] | ||
| - | *[[Music of the United Kingdom (1960s)]] | ||
| - | *[[Nederbeat]] and [[Nederpop]] | ||
| - | *[[Swinging London]] | ||
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Flanging Template:IPAc-en is an audio effect produced by mixing two identical signals together, with one signal delayed by a small and gradually changing period, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds. This produces a swept comb filter effect: peaks and notches are produced in the resultant frequency spectrum, related to each other in a linear harmonic series. Varying the time delay causes these to sweep up and down the frequency spectrum. A flanger is an effects unit dedicated to creating this sound effect.
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