Do you have a favourite plugin to fix your phase and polarity problems?

The polarity explanation is spot on. The phase explanation assumes that all phase change comes from a time delay, which is not a good way of thinking about phase. Phase is more general, and there are several delays that can be derived from it; dead time, phase delay, group delay, and others. In a studio, moving microphones around will change the dead time, and this is described via a linear phase, but phase changes are also coming from the electro-mechanical setup of the loudspeaker. So dead time (delay due to travelled distance) is the special phase case of linear phase, and a polarity flip is the special case of shifting the phase across frequencies 180 degrees.

Fantastic video Sara!! I really enjoyed it! Thanks for posting such great well presented information!!

You’re great at explaining these things. Love your channel!

This is the best explanation of phase/polarity I've ever come across

Thank you, Sara. This cleared up a lot of things for me.

This is an excellent video, Sara. One of the best I have seen, great work!

Brilliant. Many thanks. This is really useful stuff that I haven't come across elsewhere. Much appreciated.

Great video Sara!

Just got here but loving the channel so far, ty!

Thank you Sara. This is a such a high quality tutorial.

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sara thank you for this video!!!!!

Thanks for all the information. I very much like the clean presentation. Cheers

Perfect timing for me, finding this. I had just recorded two tracks of acoustic guitar using a bridge pickup and a Rode NT1, and no matter what I tried it was phasey. At first I figured the pickup might have been wired backward (I installed it in the guitar, so very possible). Even after hitting the phase button on the channel strip, which helped on some notes, the problem persisted. After watching this, I zoomed in on the waveforms, and sure enough, there was just enough delay between the channels that I had phase issues. Tweaking the position of the bridge pickup track to visually align it with the Mic track instantly fixed the issue, and I ended up with the exact sound I was going for. I assume the problem was the small (40cm) distance that sound traveled to the Mic vs. the immediacy of the pickup? Both signals were going through the same interface. Either way, great explanation, and a reminder that there are often simple solutions to complex problems.

Hi Sara! I'm sure this video will be amazing. I'll study it for sure.

What a good channel it is!!!🔥

Thanks again!

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that is awesome! thank you :)

Great Great Video. Thank you very much

Hi Sara, new sub here! Just discovered you today and looking forward to discovering more. Love the channel!

Great! Thank you!!!!

Bravo!

Hello front America. Great video😊

Idont even wanna know how often i must had trouble with things "pulling when they should be pushing" or opposite, things zeroing each other out in my multilayered uplifting trance mixes...

Thanks

Hi. thank you for the video. I did not understand the relation between snare top, snare bottom and overheads. I would be really grateful if someone can explain that. Thank you :)

Should the sine waves be the same or they should be in the same time

i have 6-7 year practice but i learn phase and polarity 1 years ago (its very-very-very-very big mistake)

Kinda, sorta…. Not really. The whole issue of phase relationships goes much deeper than you think. I’ve been working with variable phase on every single mic (or input) except for 1 track for about 40 years. Including Grammy winning recordings with orchestra. It is an extremely deep subject. Your viewers can not possibly understand or implement by watching a little YT video.