David,
Thanks for all your helpful input to this and other threads here.
My math, physics and EE chops don't go very deep, but thankfully I've learned
to recognize phasing/flanging when I hear it.
What really has be stumped is words to describe that incredibly subtle "wavy
thing" that happens in un-baffled rigs.
Ah well, time to let it rest for now.
Curt
Avocet wrote:
>> From your comments below, it looks to me that what I'm trying to describe
>> might not be phasing.
>>
>> I'm stumped, and probably way out on a limb by now.
>>
>> Curt,
>
> Don't get put off by technical chatter. :-)
>
> You can check out "phasing" by mixing two mics to mono and holding them side
> by side. With a "broadband" noise like traffic or wind in trees, move one mic
> back and forwards and you should hear a phasing effect.
>
> If you can reverse the phase of one mic to produce a difference "S" signal,
> you get a very strong effect which nearly cancels out when the mics are
> equidistant.
>
> For anyone experimenting with SASS and variants, the subtracted signals can
> give more clues as to the differences in what the mics are picking up.
> Ideally on any stereo system, objects in the centre should cancel out and
> this is one reason why M-S gives a cleaner stereo image.
>
> David
>
> David Brinicombe
> North Devon, UK
> Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
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