Re: [ARSCLIST] Absolute Polarity

[Lou Judson <inaudio@xxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting! Wonder why the two sides of a record wold be different?  
(Bob O, do you know?)

I have worked with a radio program set with two hosts - he was top  
heavy, she had peaks higher below the line. I never did find out if  
it was the mics, the pres, or her voice, and she has passed on now. I  
have a sneaky feeling he gave her the inferior mic...

<L>

Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689


On Oct 22, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Tom Fine wrote:

> This backs up my unscientific observation of what "sounds right"  
> having now transferred over 1000 hours of spoken-word recordings. A  
> surprising number of old LPs have one side "top heavy" waveforms  
> and one side "bottom heavy." Reversing the polarity of the "bottom  
> heavy" nearly always improves voice clarity and make the voice  
> stand out more against the surface noise.
>
> -- Tom Fine