Is a TrainWreck Out of Phase?

[Aurora]

If you're referring to acoustic feedback between the loudspeaker and guitar string, that would be frequency and distance dependant, - varying in and out of phase with wavelength, i.e. tone height.....

The "punch and suck" theory of loudspeakers are also a highly disputed thing, although the miking of concert drums in phase is a well known fact....

[Mark]

I was waiting for someone to mention wavelength.

[Reeltarded]

if i wanted to do a 2 channel amp, with two separate inputs, and use an a/b/y box like the bad cat/matchless stuff, and i had one channel that had 3 gain stages, and another that had 2 gain stages, i can just tie the into the opposite sides of the PI and run them together?

I believe that is what they say! (ltp.... o'course)

I have to deal with this on a daily basis when tracking all instruments. The nature of nature.. (time-allignment) makes it very unsure, and these days we are lucky to have graphic representations of the waveforms to check on a test run on every open track. The first attack should always be positive... (neh... ver.. accentuate the nega.. tive)

Amps, mic amps, speaker cabinets, mic lines, mics.. compressors, eq.. I use a hodge podge from every era since the 1940s, and by the time the patches are done it's much easier to look than remember every piece of gear and run the output in your head.. umm.. my head.

Tangent, srry!

If i had to be part of a crowd, I am in the "Oh yeah it really matters let me show you!' crowd. VOX AC30 brilliant vs NTB or any other amp. Tragedy in the mix. I can hear it like a hammer to the face when that particular amp is well alligned, and backwards to "reality".

I don't recall a single naturally produced audible waveform that starts with a trough.

If all that is needed in a mix is that the cleaner guitar is too forward, the first thing I do is flip polarity on that channel. Turns a fist response into an open hand. Lightweight contender.. heh

[katopan]

Yes, running them to opposite sides of the PI will bring them into phase (electrically) with each other so you can switch into 'Y' mode and not have cancellation of one channel to the other.

Shoulda just started a new thread.