This bit walks through the extended view of Ableton Live's Phaser-Flanger device, focusing on the LFO controls that go beyond the default triangle wave. The presenter covers four parameters in sequence: LFO shape, Duty Cycle, Phase, and Spin.
Switching from triangle to sine gives a more curved, organic movement, especially noticeable at faster rates. Saw and other shapes suit rhythmic, more abrupt modulation. The Duty Cycle control reshapes whichever waveform is selected, squishing it left or right to alter its character.
The Phase control offsets the left and right channels independently. At around 180 degrees, the stereo effect becomes clearly audible on headphones, and it's a quick way to add spatial width to a sound. This works across Phaser, Flanger, and Doubler modes.
Spin mode takes the spatial idea further, emulating sound rotating around the listener's head by cycling the notches in a circular pattern. Like Phase, it's most apparent on headphones and works as a subtle but effective movement tool across all three modes.