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| - A Phase Shifter is a form of Necron phase technology that truly demonstrates that race’s technological superiority over all others in the galaxy. Using a form of unknown inter-dimensional science, a Phase Shifter renders its bearer's form hazy and indistinct, as though he was not completely corporeal. Shots and blows can then pass through the user's mechanical necrodermis body, meaning that even the most powerful weapons cannot harm him. This is because a Phase Shifter flickers the very fabric of its bearer into and out of a phased state as they move between dimensions. If improperly timed, even the most powerful blows and shots aimed at the bearer of a Phase Shifter instead pass through empty air. Phase Shifters are most commonly found in the possession of Necron Overlords and Necron Lord
- An effect produced by running a signal through an allpass filter, and then combining with the original signal. The allpass filter introduces a frequency-dependent phase shift into the signal, which results in some reinforcement and cancellation when re-combined with the original signal. The effect is to produce a comb filter response, having one peak and one notch. If the cutoff frequency of the allpass filter is driven by an LFO, the peak and notch frequencies move back and forth through the spectrum, creating a swirling effect, somewhat like flanging although less intense. Most phase shifters use multiple stages of allpass filters for a stronger effect.
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| - A Phase Shifter is a form of Necron phase technology that truly demonstrates that race’s technological superiority over all others in the galaxy. Using a form of unknown inter-dimensional science, a Phase Shifter renders its bearer's form hazy and indistinct, as though he was not completely corporeal. Shots and blows can then pass through the user's mechanical necrodermis body, meaning that even the most powerful weapons cannot harm him. This is because a Phase Shifter flickers the very fabric of its bearer into and out of a phased state as they move between dimensions. If improperly timed, even the most powerful blows and shots aimed at the bearer of a Phase Shifter instead pass through empty air. Phase Shifters are most commonly found in the possession of Necron Overlords and Necron Lords, who use the technology to make themselves essentially incorporeal. However, Tomb Stalkers are also equipped with in-built Phase Shifter technology. This allows them to pass easily through inert matter, bore their way through rock and stone, and effortlessly pass through battlefield debris and terrain, as they move to launch an ambush upon unsuspecting enemies. Necron Gauss Pylons carry up-scaled Phase Shift Generators, which are able to project a phase field in a wide radius around the Pylon, rendering nearby Necrons half-corporal, and thus far harder to strike due to their lack of a true physical form. Doomsday Monoliths possess a similar form of Phase Shift Generator, though this variant's area of affect only makes the Doomsday Monolith incorporeal and does not affect any other Necron units adjacent to it. Nevertheless, all Necrons are fitted with an unidentified form of interdimensional phasing device which is probably a related technology, which will automatically teleport them, or their remains, back to a Tomb World if necessary. Because of this, the enemies of the Necrons, such as the forces of the Imperium of Man, have found it extremely difficult to recover any Necron remains for study; only those pieces too severely damaged to repair or analyse are left behind. This phenomenon is known as Phase Out, and many a Necron force fighting a losing battle has disappeared altogether, merely fading into the wind as they prepare themselves to strike back at a later time of their choosing.
- An effect produced by running a signal through an allpass filter, and then combining with the original signal. The allpass filter introduces a frequency-dependent phase shift into the signal, which results in some reinforcement and cancellation when re-combined with the original signal. The effect is to produce a comb filter response, having one peak and one notch. If the cutoff frequency of the allpass filter is driven by an LFO, the peak and notch frequencies move back and forth through the spectrum, creating a swirling effect, somewhat like flanging although less intense. Most phase shifters use multiple stages of allpass filters for a stronger effect. The first phase shifter devices for musicians were developed in the late 1960s. Phase shifters then were usually packaged in the form of simple guitar-effect stomp boxes, with few if any controls and a cloying sound. The effect was over-used to the point of becoming a cliche in '70s rock and jazz, and most musicians abandoned it when digital effects started to become more affordable around 1980. But phase shifting has made something of a comeback starting in the late '90s. Some phasers designed specifically for synth use, with voltage control over stages and filter sweeps, have become available since then.
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