Ferrari Mailing List: Re: (NFC) MP3 recorder help

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Ditto.  This cancellation effect will be more pronounced at the low frequencies 
(bass) just like when you get your speaker wires reversed on one channel. :-)

rick


--- On Wed, 3/4/09, Charles Perry <charles [at] carolina-sound.com> wrote:

> From: Charles Perry <charles [at] carolina-sound.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] (NFC) MP3 recorder help
> To: "rolindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 11:28 AM
> Stewart -
> 
> Sounds to me like one channel's phase may be inverted
> on the recording. 
> 
> I don't know e-mix, but see if there's a separate
> phase/polarity control
> for left and right channels. If there is, change one of
> them (only one)
> and leave the other alone.
> 
> When you have one channel in phase (proper +/- polarity)
> and the other
> out of phase (backwards +/- polarity), then when you play
> it back any
> info which is common to the two channels (the majority of
> most music) is
> cancelled out rather than reinforced.
> 
> That gives the dull, echoey sound that your sample shows.
> 
> This also could be caused by time alignment problems in the
> channels. If
> the left channel is delayed slightly versus the right (or
> vice-versa)
> the same cancellation effects could occur.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> -- charles
> 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stewart Chung [mailto:stewartchung [at] comcast.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 11:51 AM
> To: Charles Perry
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: [Ferrari] (NFC) MP3 recorder help
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to mix a couple of songs for my son's
> school play.   I have
> no problem with the mixer (e-mix) and it sounds great while
> i am mixing
> it, but when i recorded the mix into a new MP3, the quality
> just crap
> out on me.  As in this example -
> http://happyisgood.com/posted/
> 
> I have tried various recorders and they all do the same
> thing.  Is it a
> performance issue with my laptop (Dell Latitude D630 w/2 GB
> of ram)?  Or
> something else?
> 
> Please help.  Thanks in advance.
> 
> Stewart
> Seattle, WA
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