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What's the spacey vocal effect in some classic rock songs?

Here are some examples:

1974 "Killer Queen" Queen @0:30

1977 "Life in the Fast Lane" Eagles @3:39

1978 "Anytime" Journey @1:45

Does the effect have a name? How was it done in the analog age?

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    It is a flange effect, added in with a mixer

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_recording...

    a lot of your modern audio editors come with built in flange filters that you can play with

    A lot of electronic audio effects were being done as early as that

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