22-Mar-2021, 12:47
Very few modern (digital) recordings will have this wrong, but older ones and transfers from analog might. If you feel a recording sounds dull and uninvolving, as if there is a thin fog over the sound, try to flip the phase.
One example is 'Fairground Attraction' 'The First of a Million Kisses'. This is most likely recorded with just a stereo pair of microphones. With phase normal the band sounds great, but Eddi Reader's voice is a bit closed in. Flip the phase and her voice snaps into focus, but the band is now a little diffuse. I've always imagined that Eddi looks at the band while singing so has her back on the microphones. If she does have a separate mic it is probably connected with the wrong polarity.
The effect of absolute phase reversal is subtle and easiest to hear on time coincident speakers...
One example is 'Fairground Attraction' 'The First of a Million Kisses'. This is most likely recorded with just a stereo pair of microphones. With phase normal the band sounds great, but Eddi Reader's voice is a bit closed in. Flip the phase and her voice snaps into focus, but the band is now a little diffuse. I've always imagined that Eddi looks at the band while singing so has her back on the microphones. If she does have a separate mic it is probably connected with the wrong polarity.
The effect of absolute phase reversal is subtle and easiest to hear on time coincident speakers...
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