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ulysses · 10th October 2006

I thought by far the most notable moment in the EQ panel was when the moderator asked GM to define "phase shift." Massenburg just said "No."
At first I thought, "What a dick!" but then as the discussion continued the panel as a whole presented a more or less unified front with the opinion that phase shift (or lack thereof) in equalizers is a red herring, along the lines of "discrete" and "class A" and misses the point entirely.
I think the moderator, and many people in the audience, sat there going, "yeah, but what is it?" In that respect, I think the panel failed to meet the audience's genuine technical interest. This is the AES, not some prosumer recording mag. We're supposed to get into technical detail.

10th October 2006	#15
ulysses Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Minneapolis and Wiesbaden Posts: 1,429	I thought by far the most notable moment in the EQ panel was when the moderator asked GM to define "phase shift." Massenburg just said "No." At first I thought, "What a dick!" but then as the discussion continued the panel as a whole presented a more or less unified front with the opinion that phase shift (or lack thereof) in equalizers is a red herring, along the lines of "discrete" and "class A" and misses the point entirely. I think the moderator, and many people in the audience, sat there going, "yeah, but what is it?" In that respect, I think the panel failed to meet the audience's genuine technical interest. This is the AES, not some prosumer recording mag. We're supposed to get into technical detail. __________________ Justin Ulysses Morse Roll Music Systems Minneapolis, MN Put a bottle of juice in your Lunchbox.