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Originally Posted by Lagerfeldt  Playing around with polarity on some asymmetrical waveforms made me think about absolute polarity in mastering.
I was trying to explain the phenomenon to a student and failed miserably in explaining how to detect it (I can explain why), except that 1) it can only be determined by ear, and 2) you need to confirm that it's not a monitoring issue first.
How often do you guys check and switch for the best polarity setting in mastering? I use the word "best" intentionally, since it's not always a case of simply being "different".
On some tracks it makes almost no difference, while it can make a huge difference on other tracks, e.g. a dance track with a saw bass or whatever. |
no such thing
delay 180degrees is the same
as flipping the polarity
does a delay in the whole signal sound different
no effin way !!!
do you think because your cd player waited a few millisecs
before it started that somehow the sound will be different
no effin way
you just had to wait a few milliseconds to hear the same thing