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Anyone know what effect was used on the intro to Placebo Effect by Siouxsie and the Banshees:



Something similar can be heard on I Am The Fly by Wire:



I though I read somewhere that Wire used and old MXR Flanger with all the knobs turned right up, I used to have an MXR Flanger and doing this didn't get the same results. I know that John McGeoch used an MXR Flanger but this song was recorded before he joined that band. I also thought that it might be a chorus with the rate turned right up, but again no chorus pedals that i've had would sound like this when turned right up.

Also, how do you imbed Youtube videos? I tried to embed these using the Youtube icon and it wouldn't work.

sounds a bit like the filter matrix sound on an electric mistress, just a complete guess though.

i can do those kind off sounds with the hazarai on 1 sec or the mod modes, an putting delay time at around 8-10 o'clock, it kind of oscillates there

i think the electric mistress suggestion is pretty likely.

No shadow of doubt, its a comb filter. Lecky Mistress will do it, DD-6 will do it. Any delay will do it as long as its clinically digital sounding and has the ability to get to short enough delay times.

if you listen to the other songs from the same session, they've got a more pronounced flange that sounds pretty electric mistress-y to me. hard to be 100% certain, obviously.

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having said that, i just found this:

"Hong Kong Garden" (1978) by Siouxsie and the Banshees. Guitarist John McKay uses an MXR flanger.[29]

but there's no source for it.

Hong Kong Garden was pre The Scream and all these songs are from Join Hands so it's not unlikely that he moved from using an MXR to an EHX between the first and second albums. Thanks for the advice , i've thinking about a Stereo Polychorus for an Xmas pressie as they have a filter matrix and a double track option i'm thinking it might do the trick.