Zoom in on the waveforms in question and LOOK at the phase. In tracking: Record a few seconds, zoom in on the waveforms and check the phase. Select the distance between the two out of phase tracks to determine the number of milliseconds that the tracks differ. Readjust your microphones and rerecord...

It matters a great deal particularly in something like an M-S pair. If you introduce a delay on one side of the figure of 8 signal by applying a phase shift plugin they will not be exactly 180 degrees out of phase. This will result in comb-filtering. If you have a stereo signal of anything try nudgi...

It depends on the plugin. If you apple-click on a tracks level number twice it will display the plugin delay in samples. Some of the more complex plugins have delays up to half a second. The whole latency thing with digital systems is its achilles heel. If you listen to a lot of records today you'll...

Not only that. Because each Trim Plugin incurs a delay in the audio that passes through it you have to put the same plugin on every track to avoid phase problems because of the latency. They didn't tell you about that in the store. PS. The solution is to use the Audiosuite version of the Trim plugin...

The Mark 1 SVT is the one for me. Particularly through an 8 or 9 X 10 cab. The Mesa Boogie 400T is a monster too.

Hi Just saw an auction for a matched/consecutive pair of Blackface Urei 1176's. Does anyone know if the fact that they are consecutive units makes any difference? ie. Did Urei design pairs of 1176's to be used as stereo or Buss compressors pair or did they just build each unit independently of the o...