PHASE And POLARITY Matter! - Music Production and Mixing Essentials

Let's take a good look at Polarity and Phase in Audio Mixing.
We will learn how to identify and fix polarity and phase cancellation issues in your mix. The free plugins I used in the video are all listed below. Please feel free to use the chapters to navigate this video and find the information you are looking for. Thanks!
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - What is Polarity?
1:15 - What is Phase?
2:25 - Phase Cancellation
3:05 - Good Ideas
4:05 - Polarity Example
7:25 - Free Plugins (Correlation Meters)
9:55 - Phase Example
13:45 - Outro
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@@JCrashB +1 definitely interested in help with animation, there's a solid wealth of info on audio engineering, video compositing, etc... but animating seems to still be the wild west of media production, no standard workstation. Seems many production houses (like south park studios) have made their own in-house solutions, etc.... I am betting Michael used an outsourced web-based solution, I have heard of web services that will even take a text document or an audio narration and create an animation to match the content, for pretty cheap, and very quickly. But they tend to have a certain "look" that is non-negotiable (cartooney, reminiscent of flash animation, and that look is all over youtube "infographic" type videos). Kinda makes you wonder where the difficulty lies, if those web services can be so efficient.

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@@petea8644 @JCrashB the animations were done in collaboration with a friend of mine, I then further edited it to match my pacing. Just 2 friends working together! Here is his website www.mattcosta.co.uk/

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[@inthemix]

Thank you so much for the kind message. If there are any topics you would like me to make a video about, please do let me know here or on the discord :)

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For free too!!

[@SquirrelTheorist]

Absolutely! this logic is even useful for Audacity!

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Finally someone that explains this more in-depth and in an easy way. Not only saying "hey watch out for phase issues" and that be the end of it

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Ohh that why sometimes a kick and 808 sound weak together even tho they are good samples that's very helpful

[@DavidDiMuzio]

Excellent advice and teaching as always 🤘🏻

[@abhishekmishra1844]

There are various aspects to the "sound" in the terms of mixing, but polarity and phase issues were such topics which honestly speaking there's not a single person who could explain any easier and yet give even free to use tools for us to work upon and sharpen our skills. So proud to be a viewer right from the beginning Michael, its always a pleasure to see you come up with some really tough topics and explain us with utter simplicity. Wishing you good luck in your endeavours, and keep elevating the "sound" game a notch higher 😉

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Thanks I've been ignoring this topic for ages and this was explained beutifully

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I love the depth on this one, Michael. Thanks for that! Great use of examples and video structure as always.

[@KramGamesOfficial]

Just wanted to add that when recording with multiple mics, use a measuring tape to make sure the mics are the same distance from the source. (for drums use the snare) great video as always man! Making it easy to understand!

[@inthemix]

Excellent idea. I’d also further that by adding that even when you measure and place microphones correctly (which you really should if we are going for perfection!) sometimes microphones will interpret a signals polarity as the opposite. This can also happen with reversed wires too. So to add to Mark’s comment, measure and then double check!

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I was literally just watching your video on stereo imaging where you talk about problems with phases when using stereo imagers and was asking myself how phases work and there you are uploading a video perfectly on time. Thanks Michael, really well explained and I look forward to your next video!

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[@ZUTHINA]

Vert clear explanation and helpful suggestions! I've been stuck at the mixing of my two vocal tracks in my song because of the phasing issue, hopefully I could finalise mastering the whole song now

[@G-Doggy]

One of the very best explanations of phase I've heard/seen. Thank you.

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The first teacher and the best one. Now I can mix and master, thanks a lot 🙂😀

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I love the details you dive into. So interesting! Thank you

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[@frubo_ssg]

Again an nice video - phase and polarity so well explained. Thanks a lot for your knowledge you share in your channel.

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1:00 i literally said out loud ‘is that how speakers work??’ i wasn’t even trying to learn about that but that’s so cool :O you made it so simple to understand

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[@Keroser1983]

Amazing topic! This is something I really get hard times. Definitely what I needed. I think the problem is to catch the phase issues on the go. Anyways thank you very much! All the best....

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Amazing! I always skipped over this video because I wasn't of any interest. But I'm thankful that my curiosity got the better of me. Thanks Michael. I'll be using the polarity function all the time now. I never knew what it did until now.

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