Stereo and phase
Phase, polarity, stereo width and mid/side, with meters that show what your speakers can't.
What is polarity in audio?
What polarity means in audio, what the Ø invert button does, when to flip a snare bottom mic or layered kick, and how it differs from phase, with a live lab.
What is comb filtering?
Comb filtering explained for beginners: why a late copy of a sound cuts evenly spaced notches, how to work out where they land and how to fix it, with a live lab.
What is stereo width?
Stereo width explained for beginners, with a live lab: widen and narrow real loops, read correlation and the goniometer, and hear exactly what mono takes away.
What is mid/side processing?
Mid/side processing explained for beginners, with a live lab: hear the mid and side on their own, change the width, mono the bass and compress the centre.
What is mono compatibility?
Mono compatibility explained for beginners, with a live lab: press Mono on a real mix, hear wideners, Haas delays and polarity flips cancel, and learn the fixes.
What is a pan law?
Pan laws explained for beginners, with a live lab: switch between 0, −3, −4.5 and −6 dB, sweep a sound across the speakers and hear what each does in mono.
How to read a correlation meter
Learn to read a correlation meter: what +1, 0 and −1 mean, how a reading predicts mono loss, what goniometer shapes show and what the needle misses.
How to phase align drums
How to phase align multi-miked drums: flip the snare bottom mic, nudge the overheads to the snare and hear each fix on a four-mic kit in a free interactive lab.
Phase vs polarity
Phase vs polarity explained: a flip turns a wave upside down at every frequency, while a delay shifts each one differently. Hear and measure both in a live lab.
Stereo widener vs mid/side
Stereo widener vs mid/side, explained with a live lab: hear why side gain leaves mono untouched while delay and chorus wideners comb filter when summed.
Haas effect vs panning
Panning moves a sound with level and the Haas effect moves it with time. Hear both in a stereo lab and see why only the Haas delay comb filters in mono.
Mono vs stereo
Mono vs stereo audio explained: one channel against two, what a mono sum does to a stereo mix, and what to record, mix and export in each, with a live lab.
What is phase in audio?
Phase in audio explained for beginners, with a live lab: flip polarity, delay one side, hear comb filtering and stereo width collapse when you press Mono.