It shouldn't be something that you should be concerned with. There are lots of instruments that produce asymmetrical waveforms naturally. Some bass guitars and a trombone comes to mind. I'm pretty sure a lot of brass instruments produce asymmetrical waveforms. An asymmetrical waveform will only become a problem if you lose headroom because of it. Then you may want to try to use this technique to help gain more headroom. I go on about waveforms in another video. If this topic is interesting to you, I will link that video below. It may help you understand waveforms and how they relate to the movement of the speaker a little bit better. But to sum it up real easily, the waveform tells the speaker exactly what to do when it's above the center line. It tells the speaker to move forward. When it's below the center line it tells the speaker to move backwards. Hope this helps!
@@Mr_Audio Yes sir, it does help! Thanks for the info. Working on a song and my piano fades when I mono the mix. Trying to get some width out of it. Could be how the Izotope plugin manipulates the sound. Examining every possibility. Back to troubleshooting I go!
@@j.ciloafasho most virtual piano patches have what's called key tracking. This means that the signal is stereo. The lower keys are more left and the higher keys are more right. This helps the piano feel like it's a stereo recording of a real piano. Because in a real recording you would have two microphones one recording one end of the piano and the other would be at the other end of the piano. So when you mono a stereo file, It adds the left plus the right signal and then it divides the amplitude in half as to not clip your audio. So if you have something that's more right or more left in the mix when you mono the mix that particular instrument or sound will get quieter based on how much it is to the left or right at the time. If you want the piano to be a consistent volume, try monoing just the piano source in the mix. It should solve your monocompatibility problems if that's all the issue is is your piano. Although I may warn you, it might make your piano sound a little dull or lifeless.
I'm not sure if there is in RX. There might be in Insight. But the purpose of this video was not to see if the correlation has been corrected. This is just a neat little trick to gain a little bit more headroom if necessary at the mastering stage. I wouldn't use this on a whole mix. Just on certain parts that are interfering with your limiter.
Azimuth has to do with sound localization, which deals with how you hear the sound. This video deals with asymmetric waveforms. Normally asymmetric waveforms are not an issue. Unless asymmetric waveforms are causing you to lose headroom, you should not have to use this technique. Azimuth refers the horizontal angle at which you hear the sound. Based on the difference in arrival times of the sound to each ear the brain can tell where the sound is coming from. This is known as azimuth or the horizontal angle at which you hear the sound. I hope this helps!
@@Mr_Audio Yes certainly! It did hep me a lot. Theres no much material on search engine that abord this topic Unless you wish to be a sailor. lol.. Thanks man!
Is this something to be concerned with on individual tracks, or just something to do right before mastering a mix?
It shouldn't be something that you should be concerned with.
There are lots of instruments that produce asymmetrical waveforms naturally.
Some bass guitars and a trombone comes to mind. I'm pretty sure a lot of brass instruments produce asymmetrical waveforms.
An asymmetrical waveform will only become a problem if you lose headroom because of it.
Then you may want to try to use this technique to help gain more headroom.
I go on about waveforms in another video.
If this topic is interesting to you, I will link that video below. It may help you understand waveforms and how they relate to the movement of the speaker a little bit better.
But to sum it up real easily, the waveform tells the speaker exactly what to do when it's above the center line. It tells the speaker to move forward. When it's below the center line it tells the speaker to move backwards.
Hope this helps!
@@Mr_Audio Yes sir, it does help! Thanks for the info. Working on a song and my piano fades when I mono the mix. Trying to get some width out of it. Could be how the Izotope plugin manipulates the sound. Examining every possibility. Back to troubleshooting I go!
@@j.ciloafasho most virtual piano patches have what's called key tracking.
This means that the signal is stereo.
The lower keys are more left and the higher keys are more right.
This helps the piano feel like it's a stereo recording of a real piano. Because in a real recording you would have two microphones one recording one end of the piano and the other would be at the other end of the piano.
So when you mono a stereo file, It adds the left plus the right signal and then it divides the amplitude in half as to not clip your audio.
So if you have something that's more right or more left in the mix when you mono the mix that particular instrument or sound will get quieter based on how much it is to the left or right at the time.
If you want the piano to be a consistent volume, try monoing just the piano source in the mix. It should solve your monocompatibility problems if that's all the issue is is your piano.
Although I may warn you, it might make your piano sound a little dull or lifeless.
Isn't there a correlometer within the same suite to verify if the correlation has been corrected?
I'm not sure if there is in RX. There might be in Insight. But the purpose of this video was not to see if the correlation has been corrected.
This is just a neat little trick to gain a little bit more headroom if necessary at the mastering stage.
I wouldn't use this on a whole mix.
Just on certain parts that are interfering with your limiter.
thanks! What about the azimuth?
Azimuth has to do with sound localization, which deals with how you hear the sound.
This video deals with asymmetric waveforms. Normally asymmetric waveforms are not an issue. Unless asymmetric waveforms are causing you to lose headroom, you should not have to use this technique.
Azimuth refers the horizontal angle at which you hear the sound.
Based on the difference in arrival times of the sound to each ear the brain can tell where the sound is coming from. This is known as azimuth or the horizontal angle at which you hear the sound.
I hope this helps!
@@Mr_Audio Yes certainly! It did hep me a lot. Theres no much material on search engine that abord this topic Unless you wish to be a sailor. lol.. Thanks man!
What does the Adaptive phase rotation box do, if checked?
It's RX's way of adjusting the phase rotation automatically to reduce peaks as much as possible