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Originally Posted by ebeam Well, he does sound like an ass, but multiple mics/tracks don't need to be involved to have phase issues.... You can have phase issues with one mic and multiple sources of sound, i.e. 2 speakers on a guitar cabinet, direct sound and sound reflected off a surface, etc. |
There's a bit about this near the end of this article:
http://www.ethanwiner.com/EQPhase.html
"Some people claim they can hear phase shift in equalizers because when they boost the treble they hear a "phasey" sound. So they wrongly assume what they hear is the damaging phase shift everyone talks about. In truth, what they are hearing is comb filtering that was already present, but subdued. When a microphone is near a room boundary like a wall or ceiling, or when placed near the open lid of a grand piano, the delay between the direct and reflected sound creates a comb filter acoustically in the air. When the treble is boosted by EQ the comb filtering becomes more apparent. But the EQ did not add the phasey sound, it merely brought it out."
Interesting stuff. Mainly, it's about how EQ's work.