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Originally Posted by aussie_techie  phase issues are everywhere in a live system and you have to consider phase on everything. Very few system you will come across are time aligned (even fewer correctly) so you have to consider the phase of everything on stage relative to the PA. and all the drivers wired in phase in front loaded cabs or are some reverse loaded and whats the relative phase of them. its not uncommon to have top and bottom snare mics (in theory the phase will be opposite but theory isnt always right) all drums to each other and to OH, there's also the question of do you gate drums? multiple guitar cabs and multi micing cabs. The phase of foldbacks relative to FOH, phase on individual instruments in FB, vocals being the huge one. the possibilities never end, if more people actually paid attention to ime and phase differences most PAs would sound much better and you can achieve much for clarity at lower volumes. |
Trust me, I realize this. But time aligning really holds no bearing on what this thread is discussing, so I didn't feel the need to add that into the equation. And no matter how much attention you pay to the respective phase issues on the live front, there will be some problems no matter what you do. Factor in bleed from other mics/standing waves/subpar rooms, and you have a phase nightmare. Regardless, this is not a "how to set up a pa" discussion, rather how potentiometers affect the timbre/phase of its respective sources. I am NOT saying phase does not apply to a live scenario, and in many cases is more important than recorded situations. I'm just saying that for many scenarios, mixing via pres is silly and impractical. Do what you will, but you won't catch me running the board that way...
I guess I should've been a bit more specific when i said "phase issues?", it did come off as a bit too broad of a statement.