Edward Allen Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Hi I have 2 mics, one on each side of a snare drum, and I can see they are "out of phase" so when I click the phase icon on the snare bottom mic, should I actually see the wave invert on-screen?! Or just trust that Cakewalk has it covered!! Many thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Giorgio Gabriel Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 16 minutes ago, Edward Allen said: Hi I have 2 mics, one on each side of a snare drum, and I can see they are "out of phase" so when I click the phase icon on the snare bottom mic, should I actually see the wave invert on-screen?! Or just trust that Cakewalk has it covered!! Many thanks in advance. Hi, as far as I know, no. The phase button changes the phase of the signal but not the waveform. You can easily hear the difference so you know that the phase has been changed... Regards, Giorgio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Glenn Stanton Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 "phase" is a somewhat overloaded term - in the DAW (and mix boards etc) the "phase" switch is really "polarity" (or 180° phase shift). mainly it was used as a quick check to determining is the polarity of the inbound signals where correct or if the polarity switch could [crudely] solve a problem. so no, you won't see the waveform shift, but you'll hear it (or not if it has no effect). in complex cases where a multiple input source (like a drum kick with lots of mics and related bleed) some adjustments in timing can improve the phase relationship, but also shift the bleed to where it can sound worse - so reduction of the bleed over is key if actual phase / timing corrections are needed or desired. (to fix this, close mic'ing became popular when using 2-3 mics to record a kit didn't deliver the desired results). i've been using InPhase from Waves to assist tweaking phase things as well as small track shifts (timing w/ 1ms increments) and RX to reduce bleed over. plus a lot more samples and drum replacement ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Byron Dickens Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 4 hours ago, Edward Allen said: Hi I have 2 mics, one on each side of a snare drum, and I can see they are "out of phase" so when I click the phase icon on the snare bottom mic, should I actually see the wave invert on-screen?! Or just trust that Cakewalk has it covered!! Many thanks in advance. How does it sound? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 David Baay Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) If you want to see/render the change: - Temporarily freeze the track without FX (right-click the button for Freeze options). - Copy the phase-inverted clip. - Unfreeze and delete original clip. - Paste the inverted copy and disable the phase button. Only caveat is that any non-unity Gain will be rendered into the wave, so you'll want to zero that first if necessary. Volume and Pan are not rendered so they can be left as-is. Edited September 26, 2023 by David Baay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 msmcleod Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 The phase and interleave are applied at the track level just after the track input gain. What is shown on the clips view, is a view of the clip. The only thing that affects the clip display is clip gain and pan automation, which happens before any clip effects and any phase/interleave on the track. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I have 2 mics, one on each side of a snare drum, and I can see they are "out of phase" so when I click the phase icon on the snare bottom mic, should I actually see the wave invert on-screen?! Or just trust that Cakewalk has it covered!!
Many thanks in advance.
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