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Adding punch:
Like the “In Polarity” illustration (Fg.1) you can line up samples in phase to get a punchy
result. An example is when I layer two clap/snare samples together. I always zoom in
to both waveforms and shift one of them to try and match the peak shapes or until it
sounds great. You can either listen out for when it sounds punchy or you can shift it until
it sounds flat and then flip the polarity, both will result in a punchy sound. As a habit always try reversing the polarity of your sounds to see if it improves the sound, especially
on percussive sounds.
Psychedelic e-Mag catches up with Mechanimal for this month’s music production tutorial.
HOW TO CREATE WIDTH AND PUNCH USING PHASE
What is phase?
I would refer to this as “Time” or “Sync” for example if something is out of phase it would
mean that it is out of time and vice versa. Normally when using this term in music production we are talking about milliseconds. Here is a diagram using two saw waves (1
blue & 1 red) to illustrate this:
Fg.1 In phase (In Polarity)
2 Saw waves in phase will sound
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