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Old 10th November 2005   #9
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Originally Posted by 5down1up
just have a look @ your waveforms .
the room mic starts later in comparison to your close mic .
nudge the room mic so it starts at the same point where the close mic starts .
( not the region , the waveform ! ) .
now zoom in and take a look again if both waveforms do the same " movement " . if one f.ex goes up and the other goes down , flip the phase on one of them .

make sure you have f.ex the trim tool on both tracks ( just sounds kinda different to my ears , if its just on one ? maybe it depends on the pt version ? )

now you have alligned the close mic and the room mic in phase .
if you want more room sound you can easily throw a short delay on the aligned room mic as well .

its better to record it right , but the method i am describing can most times FIX the problem , depending on what you are looking for ?

a cool idea for finding the right mic position , our beloved ecue mentioned , is to play a sine wave through the amp , set up your close mic , flip the phase on the next mic and try to find the place where it has the " most cancelation " , after that you flip the phase and this should be a cool starting point . ( well of course a sine wave isnt a guitar , but if your on your own , and ur running around in a rec room , wearing cans , and playing guitar with one hand and holding the micstand in the other , it gets kinda complicated )

good luck
Hi,

If you are going to do the whole sinewave stuff, I think It'll be better to try some pink noise...

For Phase problems this is what works for me:

Tab to transient on the close mic. Place the selector at the same location in your ambience mic track and tab to the transient hitting shift+tab. Hit delete in shuflle mode. This will line up your transients.


By the way, it's all a matter of taste.

Pupo
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