Duplicating Tracks... Out of Phase Issues

[pguy]

Hey Everyone,

Can some one please shed some light how I can correct and eliminate this hollow thin sound, which I guess means that they are out of phase, whenever I duplicate my sax track.

I also think it's what called "Comb Filtering".

I've heard that you're supposed to have the identical plugins on each track and the just bypass the plugins on one of the tracks and that is supposed to eliminate this.

But unfortunately it's not working for me.

Not sure what I'm missing.

Thanks!

[RussUK]

Press CTRL and the Apple key and then click at the bottom of one of the tracks where it currently shows the db level, keep clicking and then it will show the delay (in samples) on all tracks. These should be identical on both tracks, if not use the delay plugin to correct or the spot option to move it by the samples it differs by.

[albee1952]

Describe what you are trying to accomplish. Maybe there is a better way.

[pguy]

Basically, what I like to do to get some edge or some contemporary gritty or different tone to my alto sax as apposed to just the basic classic sax tone..... is to duplicate the track and the select a particular frequency range on an EQ and filter out all of the frequencies, then compress it and blend it with the original track.

I got the idea from Kenny Gioia where he created what he calls a vocal exciter.

He was going for a breathy vocal tone but did not want to just add high end EQ to the vocal track.

So he duplicated the track, added EQ to the duplicated track, filter out everything from about 5k down (extreme high pass filter).... then compressed the heck out of it and then blended it in with the original track.

I worked well and sounds really cool.

It does sound really good on the sax but, the tone gets hollow and loses its body and changes even when I just duplicate the track with nothing else on it.....
or... duplicate the track and what ever plugins are on the first track, with no EQing done yet.

[robo6675]

Was the sax completely isolated from everything elese that was tracked? If you used more than one mic and they were at similar distances away from the sound source, you could zoom in and precisely align them...some people swear by doing this. Myself I tend not to because i think comb filtering adds an interesting element SOME times.

Also, did you try just flipping the polarity via a trim plugin?

[robo6675]

Thats not going to be a simple phase issue. Suggestion: listen to the original and the one your tweaking at the same time. Make them sound good together, not seperate.

[pguy]

Yes.. Robo, it was only one mic and it was isolated from everything else.

I 'm using midi files for my background tracks.

I also agree that it does also give a different interesting effect that I probably will use at on time or another.

[pguy]

Forgot to add that.....

They're not going to sound good separately because the duplicated track is getting some extreme specialty EQ and then compression.... then, to mildly blend it back in with the original recorded track.