Alexander Dynaflanger Model 213 vs Source Audio Mercury Flanger
The Alexander Dynaflanger Model 213 and the Source Audio Mercury Flanger are both pedals. The Alexander Dynaflanger Model 213 leans pristine and modulated. The Source Audio Mercury Flanger leans smooth. Current prices: $229 vs $189.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.43% — somewhat different
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$229via Reverb
$189via Reverb
The Alexander Pedals Dynaflanger Model 213 is a 10-mode digital boutique flanger from Alexander Pedals' Leap Series featuring 32 user presets across four banks, stereo TRS I/O, USB firmware updates, and a MultiJack accepting expression, MIDI, or footswitch. Its ten modes range from classic AUTO wide-sweep jet-plane flanging with through-zero flanging to DYNA envelope-controlled flanging that responds to pick attack, SPIRAL which creates a Shepard Tone endless-staircase pitch illusion, ECHO FLANGER combining up to 800ms delay with flanging, FLERB pairing hall reverb with auto-flanging for lush shoegaze textures, STEP for rhythmic step-sequenced modulation, and TURBO for experimental fade and chop effects. Suited to shoegaze, dream-pop, experimental, ambient, and alternative contexts.
The Source Audio Mercury Flanger is a multi-engine flanger offering several distinct flanger voicings. Its Thru-Zero (Tape Flange) mode recreates the classic dual-tape-deck flanging effect, where a static delay and a modulated delay sweep past each other and briefly cancel out completely at the null point for the dramatic, twisting whoosh associated with true tape flanging, an effect notoriously hard for pedals to reproduce. Its Shadow mode delivers a highly resonant yet silky-smooth jet-engine flange, while its Classic Flange/Chorus mode gives a thick, chewy vintage flanger or chorus tone. MIDI control and Neuro app programmability let players save and recall presets. It suits players wanting a genuinely versatile flanger palette from subtle chorus-like movement through to dramatic through-zero jet effects.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Experimental
- Ambient
- Alternative Rock
- Shoegaze
- Classic Rock
- pristine
- modulated
- lush
- smooth