Members Tomm Williams Posted December 30, 2012 Members Share Posted December 30, 2012 More of a theoretical question as I can't see it coming into play for me. First off, seems generally accepted that mixing mic types on the same monitor mix can lead to lower GBF than if you have identical mics. Are there any like-issues if you have identical mics but then flip polarity on one of them? This would (I would think) cause that mic to behave differently. Yeah, No, non-factor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 It will behave differently, will shift any GBF to a different frequency based on the distance from the mic to the monitor (effectively changing the delay in the feedback loop). May not be better or worse, but certainly different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 It will behave differently, will shift any GBF to a different frequency based on the distance from the mic to the monitor (effectively changing the delay in the feedback loop). May not be better or worse, but certainly different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dboomer Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 I've had a number of people swear that flipping polarity helps, even sometimes. But no one has ever been able to demonstrate it to me. I'm open to anyone describing a method to test this. As far as mixing mics I find that using all the same mic is easier to deal with and therefore easier to get higher gbf. Assuming that the mics are all running at about the same gain. There are a bunch of exceptions to this of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dboomer Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 I've had a number of people swear that flipping polarity helps, even sometimes. But no one has ever been able to demonstrate it to me. I'm open to anyone describing a method to test this. As far as mixing mics I find that using all the same mic is easier to deal with and therefore easier to get higher gbf. Assuming that the mics are all running at about the same gain. There are a bunch of exceptions to this of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tomm Williams Posted December 31, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Originally Posted by dboomer I've had a number of people swear that flipping polarity helps, even sometimes. But no one has ever been able to demonstrate it to me. I'm open to anyone describing a method to test this.As far as mixing mics I find that using all the same mic is easier to deal with and therefore easier to get higher gbf. Assuming that the mics are all running at about the same gain. There are a bunch of exceptions to this of course. I was once told something similar in that if you wired the monitors in reverse, it would help with GBF. Time for "Mythbusters"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tomm Williams Posted December 31, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Originally Posted by dboomer I've had a number of people swear that flipping polarity helps, even sometimes. But no one has ever been able to demonstrate it to me. I'm open to anyone describing a method to test this.As far as mixing mics I find that using all the same mic is easier to deal with and therefore easier to get higher gbf. Assuming that the mics are all running at about the same gain. There are a bunch of exceptions to this of course. I was once told something similar in that if you wired the monitors in reverse, it would help with GBF. Time for "Mythbusters"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Originally Posted by dboomer I've had a number of people swear that flipping polarity helps, even sometimes. But no one has ever been able to demonstrate it to me. I'm open to anyone describing a method to test this.As far as mixing mics I find that using all the same mic is easier to deal with and therefore easier to get higher gbf. Assuming that the mics are all running at about the same gain. There are a bunch of exceptions to this of course. Agreed on all counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Originally Posted by dboomer I've had a number of people swear that flipping polarity helps, even sometimes. But no one has ever been able to demonstrate it to me. I'm open to anyone describing a method to test this.As far as mixing mics I find that using all the same mic is easier to deal with and therefore easier to get higher gbf. Assuming that the mics are all running at about the same gain. There are a bunch of exceptions to this of course. Agreed on all counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueGreene Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Originally Posted by dboomer As far as mixing mics I find that using all the same mic is easier to deal with and therefore easier to get higher gbf. Assuming that the mics are all running at about the same gain. There are a bunch of exceptions to this of course. Is that because the same mics are more likely to share problem frequencies? (IE less problems to deal with?) Or am I barking up the wrong tree with that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueGreene Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Originally Posted by dboomer As far as mixing mics I find that using all the same mic is easier to deal with and therefore easier to get higher gbf. Assuming that the mics are all running at about the same gain. There are a bunch of exceptions to this of course. Is that because the same mics are more likely to share problem frequencies? (IE less problems to deal with?) Or am I barking up the wrong tree with that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dboomer Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Yeah ... just fix it once and you fix them all (it's not really quite that simple however) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dboomer Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Yeah ... just fix it once and you fix them all (it's not really quite that simple however) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimmyP Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 One has to pay attention to how the reversal interacts with the house spill. Sometimes it cleans up the mud, sometimes it's worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimmyP Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 One has to pay attention to how the reversal interacts with the house spill. Sometimes it cleans up the mud, sometimes it's worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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