Ah, I know it well...

Huh. What happened to this thread?

So I hear there's a new album. Animals is good. The rest is pretty shit.

especially if it's just some band's song, not a song of your own

where did anyone say anything about 'any' step effect?

maybe, though it'd have to be using the Ooh-Wah setting. seriously, i've said it all along; some sort of stepping filter will get you close enough. Zvex Ooh-Wah, Digitech Hyperphase, Digitech Turboflange all give you that (so does my Prophecysound Infinitphase, but it's pretty unlikely that you'd be able to find one anywhere).

the writers of that book wrote step-flange clearly with the digitech turbo flange or whatever it is in mind, probably because it's the pedal they used that got the closest sound. i have two step-style phasers that can both pretty much nail the sound. basically any sample-and-hold stepping style filter will give you a decent enough sound - ooh- or seek-wah will be close enough too.

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:LOL: none of those pedals will do the effect you need some sort of sequenced sample&hold filter... cheapest thing that'll get close is the Digitech Hyperphase.

i have that digitch pedal (x-series hyper phase) and its step-phase sounds does sound pretty similar though i'm pretty sure the real thing is like you said, basically a sequenced sample&hold filter.

never heard the song, but i'm gonna take a wild guess and say mxr blue box - cos that's a pretty cool effect

gotta be screenager, one of their best songs in my opinion