Rainger FX releases Flanger X mini digital flanger with rocket sound

February 21, 2023 · 1 sources

Rainger FX released the Flanger X, a mini digital flanger, Delicious Audio reported on February 21, 2023. It is the third pedal in the builder's X series of mini digital pedals, following the Echo X and the Reverb X¹.

The pedal is a digital flanger with true bypass, and it adds an internally created analog rocket launch sound that has its own volume knob and can be triggered to work with the flanger¹. The main controls are Flange, for the amount of effect; Rate, which runs from stationary to fast; Rocket, from nothing to full blast; Vol; and FBK, for fast-repeat echo trails¹. An Igor switch changes the Igor pad from speed ramp-up to momentary noise burst, and an Env switch changes the rocket sound from envelope-controlled to always-on¹. The Igor pad is a pressure-sensitive controller; at one setting, leaning on it speeds the modulation to its fastest rate, and at the other it adds a rocket noise burst. It is dual sensitivity, and flips over for a hard or soft press¹. A Peak LED shows when the digital input is overloading, which the maker says does no damage and happens when Rocket is on full¹.

Rainger FX describes the rocket sound as "a full-frequency, three-dimensional analog rocket sound simulation, with the muffled pops and low roar of a heavy-lift vehicle launching," partly achieved at full Rocket setting by overloading the input to the digital flanger circuit¹.

Delicious Audio lists the features as massive flanging from a mini pedal, clean chorus-style shimmer, real-time adjustment of modulation speed, and a custom Rainger FX enclosure¹. The report gave no price or availability details.