PHASE And POLARITY Matter! - Music Production and Mixing Essentials

Let's take a good look at Polarity and Phase in Audio Mixing.
We will learn how to identify and fix polarity and phase cancellation issues in your mix. The free plugins I used in the video are all listed below. Please feel free to use the chapters to navigate this video and find the information you are looking for. Thanks!

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - What is Polarity?
1:15 - What is Phase?
2:25 - Phase Cancellation
3:05 - Good Ideas
4:05 - Polarity Example
7:25 - Free Plugins (Correlation Meters)
9:55 - Phase Example
13:45 - Outro

Free Plugins - They happen to all be from Voxengo but I have no affiliation with them (they probably don't even know me!). There are no activation codes or bloated installers, just quality plugins.

[inthemix]

I tried something totally new with these animations (and stepped outside my comfort zone). Please let me know if they helped becasue I would like to keep using them in the future!

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[josepapiii]

Finally someone that explains this more in-depth and in an easy way. Not only saying "hey watch out for phase issues" and that be the end of it

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[MarkChiassonGameDev]

Just wanted to add that when recording with multiple mics, use a measuring tape to make sure the mics are the same distance from the source. (for drums use the snare) great video as always man! Making it easy to understand!

[abhishekmishra]

There are various aspects to the "sound" in the terms of mixing, but polarity and phase issues were such topics which honestly speaking there's not a single person who could explain any easier and yet give even free to use tools for us to work upon and sharpen our skills. So proud to be a viewer right from the beginning Michael, its always a pleasure to see you come up with some really tough topics and explain us with utter simplicity. Wishing you good luck in your endeavours, and keep elevating the "sound" game a notch higher 😉

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[RiDM_Studio]

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