RE: And that's where ambiguous polarity comes from ...

Posted by b.l.zeebub (A) on June 27, 2012 at 03:14:40

In Reply to: And that's where ambiguous polarity comes from ... posted by rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com on June 26, 2012 at 06:02:37:

The moment one deals with multi mic recordings (ie about 95% of all records) the issue of overall polarity becomes completely intractable to the end user.

You may prefer it one way or the other but that in no way means that one way is correct and the other wrong, it merely means that one way sounds better to you. No more, no less.

Consider a drummer: What he hears when playing is effectively polarity-inverted to what his audience hears because the drum skins move away from him when he hits it but moves towards the audience. Which is right and which is wrong? Does it sound any different for either?

Bottom line we can't even tell correct polarity when there are no mics or electronic gizmos involved at all.

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Topic - MONSTROUS Mistake -- MixBlog - Poles Apart 11:53:44 06/25/12 (13)

And that's where ambiguous polarity comes from ... - rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com 06:02:37 06/26/12 (3)

RE: And that's where ambiguous polarity comes from ... - b.l.zeebub 03:14:40 06/27/12 (2)

This post is so rife with error that the best way to treat it is... - Poles Apart 16:19:51 06/27/12 (1)

That's for sure. (nt) - Dave Pogue 16:56:05 06/28/12 (0)

If everyone just used single-ended cables this would never happen. (nt) - MikeCh 21:27:31 06/25/12 (2)

RE: If everyone just used single-ended cables this would never happen. (nt) - rick_m 08:53:19 06/26/12 (0)

RE: If everyone just used single-ended cables this would never happen. (nt) - b.l.zeebub 02:38:00 06/26/12 (0)

Not unheard of... - John Marks 16:34:24 06/25/12 (0)

That's what you get ... - Monster Inmate® 13:39:43 06/25/12 (0)

"2. ALWAYS check polarity during tracking and mixing" - musetap 12:18:22 06/25/12 (3)

How does one actually check polarity? - Paully 14:35:35 06/25/12 (2)

Here ya go. - Poles Apart 15:32:55 06/25/12 (0)

RE: How does one actually check polarity? - musetap 15:29:06 06/25/12 (0)

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RE: And that's where ambiguous polarity comes from ... - b.l.zeebub 03:14:40 06/27/12 (2)

This post is so rife with error that the best way to treat it is... - Poles Apart 16:19:51 06/27/12 (1)

That's for sure. (nt) - Dave Pogue 16:56:05 06/28/12 (0)

RE: And that's where ambiguous polarity comes from ...

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