Alesis Phlngr

Handling couldn't be much easier. The different modes- stereo, contrary stereo, async stereo, through zero and deep mono- may be a bit cryptic, but in the end: trust your ears. The (very good) manual explains them anyway for the ones who have to know. Getting a good sound out of it is a breeze.
Editing is fun given the knobs and rockers ( one item making those ModFX-boxes more attractive than VST-FX. Let your sequence or audio recording play and PLAY those controls )
Although the manual is missing a little secret (I'll keep for my myself for now) I MUST give a ten.

I fed synths, drum machines and guitars into it, which is made easy by the "trim" adjustion on the back.
I never noticed any noise.
Compared to the outstanding flanger effect of Access' Virus B ( audio inputs! ) the feedback of the Alesis is weak. I can't compare it to any designated flanger pedals though. BUT, and this little secret is a gift from me to the "mono world" ( like most guitarists ), all ModFX - and I got all of them, most even twice- are REAL stereo; so as long as you don't need to feed them stereo, what debars you from feeding your (guitar) signal to the left input and refeeding the left output to the right input? Your reward will be feedback even better than the Virus'.
Now imagine what I can do whith even TWO of those in "deep mono" mode...
I did use my little guitar combo (Epiphone SC28) plus H&K cream machine as well as the mixer hooked up to Event TR8.
I guess I'm up for the extreme side of FX (and everything) rather than copying the existing so favourite artists and there sounds are not a question to me.
This unit does flange no other FX but this it takes beyond anything any designated flanger pedal ever did including "triggered" and "pattern" modes. Where is the eleven?
Irritating: 10 stands for "pristine" For me pristine means un"F-acted"

I guess if Alesis had had a real foot switch on their ModFX, they'd have sold a lot including the second series including vocal filtre and leslie simulation.
If I had to gig, I might take both of them along.

I have sent eMails to Alesis ( Germany an U.S. ). I always received answer. They really DO a job. BUT they never told anything about the ModLink format, I'm so curious about. Therefor it's a seven...You might rate it ten.

Like foretold my style of music is ranging from electronic to blues including guitars and drum machines, to mention the extremes.
've been playing the piano for 33 years.
One of my two Phlngrs stolen, I'd try to get another second one; they're cheap.
I love their flexibility, the whole range of parameters leaving every 3-knob-flanger behind; the tweakability by the rotaries and rockers, making twiddlyng so much more fun than dealing with VSTs. I love the "over the top"- design of feeding back the output into the input making this TWO flangers ( with identical settings, though ). I love the "triggered", "uncertainty" and "pattern" modes which are unavailable in all (?) other flanger pedals. I love the ability to tempo sync.
Favourite MAYBE (?) feedback.
MIDI depending on the layout might've been great. Elseway nothing to hate about them. Ten lacking eleven.

Pretty easy to use. There's lots of combinations to try out, way more than any average flanger, but everything's printed on the faceplate. I was familiar enough with the options to skip the manual.

Might take a little time to find the "perfect" settings, but there's no menus or anything to scroll through, which makes editing super fast and simple. The 'tap tempo' helps a lot, too.

It sounds pretty cool. Flanging can be a really hard effect to control or use in a subtle way, but this fx unit has a lot more than the usual controls so it's easy to use just a 'pinch' here or there.

I liked it with guitar, but also with keyboard. Really cool with a drum machince.

The "bypass" is kind of a joke, so points off for that. Unless you're comfortable with this thing always processing your sound to a certain degree, you'll need to unhook it or use a 2nd bypass device (like a 'loooper' pedal). When I use it I leave it on and just dial it back when necessary, so it's not a HUGE problem for me, but some people are picky.

Feels pretty cheap. But it was, actually, cheap. So no surprise there. It might last a long time with care, though.

No experiences.

It's pretty cool, does a lot of stuff most other flangers don't offer. It's a lot of fun, and hardly costs anything, so I rate it highly, even though it's certainly cheap.

I've been playing for a long time, mostly guitar. It's a good, varied effect. I tried it with several instruments and it went well with most all. If it were lost or stolen I'd regret it, because it's unique and could be tough to replace. But I can't imagine anyone, like, not being able to live without flange, in general. Good for people with an affection for synth-like modules or just sound warping.

It makes pretty much any signal more interesting. The "center" control is great for adapting to different sources. It can sound kind of lo-fi, in a good way. It's digital, and sounds it. It can sound kind of broken, like most things, when set 'wrong.' The bypass bites, but it's kind of an all or nothing effect any way. The "input" trim is a nice touch. The 'tap tempo' is very appreciated. There's 5 different 'types' of effect, and 5 wave shapes, which can be combined in any way. Once selected, there's 4 knobs to control the effect beyond that. That's a lot of options for one effect! I love that it's stereo.