Multi-Tracking : flanger sound

[David Katauskas]

Whenever I multi-track guitars or vocals, there is this annoying flanger sound (or phasing sound) that I do not hear in other multi-tracked recordings.

Looking at the waves of each track, I understand 'why' this is occurring. I just don't know 'how' to avoid it.

Is there a fundamental process that I'm missing to avoid this? Is compression the answer???

Many thanks in advance!

[grn]

check out that little post on the 3 to 1 rule...

[MadAudio]

Or it could be latency. Have you looked at the positions of the waves in relation to each other?

Do you have the vox panned at all or are they all dead center?

[David Katauskas]

grn:
They are 2 completely different tracks each from it's own take. 1 mic was used. The 3:1 rule probably doesn't apply.

MadAudio:
When I pan them, the probem seemingly dissapears, but then the vox are too wide. Same with the guitar.

I think it's a frequency issue. When you place two similar, but not exact, varying frequencies together, a phase effect can occur intermittently. Similar to slight alterations of the singers pitch, or the slight variation in how the guitar strings vibrate in relation to the other guitar tracks.

When I want something to be very dry and full, this problem creeps up.

[MadAudio]

Well unless you sing the parts exactly the same every time, there will be naturally occuring chorus/flange. It's the reason I use double tracking for some songs. But it shouldn't be at the point where it doesn't sound good. Wish I could help more.

[curtiswyant]

There's too much variation in your singing/playing...