The latest Hainbach video takes an in-depth look at the Schulte Compact Phasing A, aka “The Krautrock Phaser”.
The Schulte Compact Phasing A was used notably by German musicians like Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream, and was a key part of their early Krautrock and Kosmische sound.
“I demo it with instruments such as the Juno 60, Arturia Microfreak, Rhodes MK2, a TR-606,” notes Hainbach, “and then try a stupid idea involving other classic phasers, such as the Moogerfooger MF-103, EHX Small Stone V1 and Tel-Ray Morley Phaser Pro.”
I like the way the guy looks like a hippy but as a bank managers amount of equipment.
I have never heard this equipment before.
I like the way the guy looks like a musician but is highly knowledgeable about his craft and instruments. I also like that he shares a lot of information with the rest of us. Really informative video, excellent effect unit, and seems like this bit of kit was important to.a lot of music I like.
It sounds great but like… $900 great? that’s just really silly. I’d have a *lot* of plugins covering this ground *and beyond) for that lol. anyway, it’s always still just delightful to see these thorough and fun demos of all the wild things out there though, even if they’re a little silly and out of reach.
Though $900 is clearly overprized, there is no VST that comes even near the Schulte Phasing.
The video does not show the true sound capabilities of the unit.
I appreciate the phaser well enough for what it is, but its like the triple BBDs on the original Solina: easily recreated in both software and a lot of hardware. You may miss out on some appealing side-band distortion or the like that comes with analog components, but in my experience, its not a loss of much past 5% or so.
The BOSS RV-500 Reverb includes an editor/librarian. Some don’t care to tweedle those, but I love them. You get the grab factor of a pedal, but also access to the innards so you can max out the full range of the engine. Best of both worlds.
If you want the analog deal you can build it yourself for far less than 900 thanks to J.Haible:
http://jhaible.com/legacy/compact_clone/
Cheers