Be Aware Of This Side Effect Of EQ: Phase Shifting (Tested)

[@Rorkeee]

Thank you for the video! I’ve been trying to study up on phase and how eq moves in making are creating it. Would definitely love more videos exploring these issues and their solutions!

[@ArthurFoxMusic]

Glad it was helpful! I have a video idea for investigating the various phase and frequency curves of EQ plugins, particularly those that emulate analog hardware (without FFT analyzers). I actually have a lesson in my Mixing With Series Crash Course dedicated to the different types of EQs and how their frequency and phase curves/relationships work. You can check it out here: learn.mynewmicrophone.com/mixing-with-series-crash-course (it goes into much much more than EQ, but I figured I'd share it here if you're interested). Thanks for watching! Cheers

[@terrysteeves7344]

Wow interesting topic. I'll admit I was completely unaware of this but will be giving it some thought in the future. And "there's no such thing as a free lunch" is another takeaway lol. Well done, thanks for sharing.

[@ArthurFoxMusic]

No problem! The key takeaway is to beware of high-pass filtering signals too close and too aggressively to their fundamentals (especially transient-heavy signals). I never worry about phase shift in the top-end or even really in the midrange, but it can cause audible differences in the low-end.

[@terrysteeves7344]

@@ArthurFoxMusic I will definitely be watching or I mean listening for that because that's exactly what I've been doing lately, especially with the kick. Could explain partly why I don't like the kick sound I'm getting.

[@ArthurFoxMusic]

For sure. Gentle roll-offs are great, too (less phase shifting). As always, use your ears! This is just information to consider.

[@marcola4767]

Well shit, now I can't say my mix sound like garbage because of phase shift (I use pro q3 with linear phase)

[@ArthurFoxMusic]

Practice makes perfect! Beware of latency caused by the demands of linear phase processing, which may inadvertently cause timing (and therefore "phase") shift if your DAW can't keep up with latency compensation. It's also worth investigating your audio tracks (including bouncing any MIDI tracks down to audio first) and how their signals interact with one another in terms of phase, especially with transient information. And, of course, if you're being really aggressive with linear phase EQ, watch out for pre-ringing (though, in practice, I've rarely found this to be a major issue). Hope this helps! Cheers

[@marcola4767]

@@ArthurFoxMusic not bouncing midi to audio might actually be affecting stuff, I use a lot of midis in production. Thanks for the hint.

[@secretivemusicproducer]

Thank you for the video!

[@ArthurFoxMusic]

My pleasure!