May 21, 2007 07:37 pm Ah, the lo-fi version plays back in mono, and it sounds like you mixed the vocal with the stereo channels out of phase with each other, which would cancel the vocal out when the two channels are blended together.
Lo-Fi Listening Problem
Posted on May 21, 2007 07:20 pm
Dj Shaw-t
Member Since: Dec 24, 2006
I uploaded one of my songs to my soundclick and the quality is crystal clear when I listen on hi-fi. When I listen on lo-fi you cant hear the lyrics at all and it just sounds like an instrumental. You can check the song here www.soundclick.com/djshawt its called just hustle (the first song on the page). Greatly appreciated if anyone can help me.
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May 21, 2007 07:37 pm Ah, the lo-fi version plays back in mono, and it sounds like you mixed the vocal with the stereo channels out of phase with each other, which would cancel the vocal out when the two channels are blended together.
May 21, 2007 07:56 pm Any idea on how to fix this? or explain it a little bit more in depth. Thanks for your response.
May 21, 2007 08:02 pm It'll have to be remixed without any of the phasing effects you may have applied. If you didn't apply any effects, perhaps one of your stereo cables in the signal chain may be defective or wired backwards, making it out of phase with the other channel.
May 21, 2007 08:03 pm I haven't applied any phasing effects, so what would make it do this. I'm almost positive the speakers arent wired backwards but how can I tell.
May 21, 2007 09:42 pm The speaker wires would't be causing the problem in the recording, but you'll want to make sure they're in phase anyway. All that means is they are both connected with correct polarity. If you're using bare wire connectors, make sure the positive and negative leads are hooked up to their corresponding terminals on both sides. Often, one lead is striped to help with this. If you're using RCA or 1/4" plug connectors, chances are they're in phase.
To troubleshoot, I would start with the cables between the mic and (I assume) computer. Try replacing them one at a time. If your monitor amp has a mono switch, use it as you record test tracks and play them back between cable replacements. This may be a tricky troubleshooting endeavor unless you have some way of monitoring your mix in mono with both channels blended. Otherwise it'll be tough to know when the problem is fixed without uploading songs and playing the lo-fi version! But if you have no mono blend switch -
Generally, when monitoring in stereo mode, and the two channels of a mono source signal are out of phase, the sound will tend to seem as it's coming from the sides of the stereo image instead of the middle, when your head is squarely between the speakers, and the speakers are hooked up in phase. Hope that wasn't too confusing.
There may be another cause for this, like a faulty mixer circuit, but at this point, a bad patch cable seems most likely to me.
May 21, 2007 10:09 pm do you have more than one vocal track playin' back at once (in the mix)aka doubbling? or how about some kinda "stereo expander" gooin' on them?
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