with his guitar to make it sound like its going thru a tube or something .. i dont know what to call it only know the sound it makes .. like a whirley tube sound thing is the closest i can think of

flanger pedal

I have a Linn LM-1, and sometimes I'll run some of the individual drum outputs through my effects mixer. I ran the snare and rimshot through the flanger effect on this one.

http://www.james-tech.com...anging.mp3

This isn't really all that good since I was just making up a pattern off the cuff. It's kind of cool to toy around with the different effects, but the flanger is my favorite.

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kenkamken said:

I've always wondered how he got the sound for his guitar on the Lovesexy album, it's kind of a mechanical sound. He also uses it on Electric Chair. I have to put on my headphones now, will check back later.

You mean the clavinet?

Is it technically difficult to make?

I gather it's triggered by a peddle?

Was I correct about it being used for the first time in the SOTT Movie?

He used it on beats a lot, especially starting on the Purple Rain album. You can hear it on things like Sex Shooter, Erotic City. It's also what is on the guitar and causing the birdlike noises to come form the guitar held near the amp at the beginning of "Computer Blue".

The effect can be adjusted to sound different and do different things, but it basically bends the sound up and down in cycles.

A flanger is a funk staple and was in use long before Prince got into it, but yes, his songs with it are sick funky (drums or guitar). For another example of a non-Prince track with sick flange, check Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love. Yes, it is a pedal typically used for guitar but can be hooked up to any elecrtified instruments. Have one, love it.

Check out his performance of Bambi at the Tokyo Dome 1990 - Now there are some funky guitar sounds!!