16 Mar
2013
16 Mar
'13
2:13 p.m.
On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 11:16:46AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 09:50 +0000, John Rigg wrote:
There's possibly a lack of awareness. Anyone who mixes sound as a job
(and wants to keep it) knows it's important to check in mono. Even if
it will only be played back in stereo a phase reversal on one side will
cancel low frequency centre-panned signals when listening between the
speakers.
Judging by the comments I hear from mastering engineers about dimwits
putting a phase reversed bass or kick drum in the mix and not noticing,
it isn't just a problem in the Linux audio community.
... check for phase errors ... on hardware mixing
consoles ...
I'm doing it too. Mono compatibility seems to be less important for the
Linux community. My hardware mixing console doesn't provide a mono
switch and since I
won't mis-adjust the pan pots I rout it mono by subgroups.
A lot of mixing consoles don't provide a mono switch, but it's usually
possible to work around it with sub groups. I still have to work out a
convenient method for mono checking in Ardour 3.
John