^^^1
To my ears flipping the polarity is all about the bottom, whereas phase issues I hear as flanging or hollowness in the mids usually. Two separate issues much of the time
Maybe a letter writing campaign to the plugin and DAW manufacturers that are abusing the phase term will get things set right...
Nah. Nice thought (and I'm sympathetic), but if it were to happen it would have by now.I know arguing terminology is fun, and, he probably didn't say it correctly in the videos, but his point was, I think, that what is often called phase, particularly in plugins, is actually polarity, which is just what the link shows. They are, of course, not the same thing, but phase is what the button says in my DAW!
It does seem like monitoring in mono and flipping polarity is a pretty quick, painless, and not uncommon check for drums.
Maybe a letter writing campaign to the plugin and DAW manufacturers that are abusing the phase term will get things set right...
This link might have been in the earlier thread. (That ø symbol is actually what’s in my DAW.)
Phase vs Polarity explained | JustMastering.com
So, it is phase, but a specific, 180-degree-out, with no time shift kind.
The big guy has been with me for over 50 years
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