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Polarity invert toms ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Douglas R. Allen" data-source="post: 19589" data-attributes="member: 71"><p>Re: Polarity invert toms ?</p><p></p><p>Another thing to consider is polarity between the tom mics together in regards to bass cancelation. If no gates are used or even if gates with long release times are patched in the distance the microphones on the kit are apart can effect bass output of the drums.</p><p>If the mic on Tom 1 is the wrong distance from the Floor tom as an example when the 2 microphones are mixed you could get some cancelation in the low freq range. Sometimes flipping the polarity on tom 1 will give you better bass response for the floor tom. ( AT the expense of low freq response for tom 2..)</p><p>Depending on the number of toms, their freq. range,distance apart, and mic placement flipping the polarity on just one of the toms can improve overall response of the whole kit. Again this depends on allot of factors. I record live gig drum tracks then try different polarity settings of the toms - whole kit. Its quite amazing the different tones that can be found on a kit with just a few polarity swaps. </p><p>As Evan stated. Just swapping the Snare polarity can do wonders to the bass drum and snare sound.</p><p>Should you happen to do a choppy 20ms noise gate release time on your drums then YMWV but fast rolls around the kit with 150ms and longer release times polarity does seem to come into play. </p><p></p><p>Try the polarity switch. If it does nothing or makes things worse then put it back where it was. There sometimes is no "Right" or "Wrong". Something that should not matter or should not work turns into just the thing you needed to get your mix right. </p><p></p><p>Douglas R. Allen</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Douglas R. Allen, post: 19589, member: 71"] Re: Polarity invert toms ? Another thing to consider is polarity between the tom mics together in regards to bass cancelation. If no gates are used or even if gates with long release times are patched in the distance the microphones on the kit are apart can effect bass output of the drums. If the mic on Tom 1 is the wrong distance from the Floor tom as an example when the 2 microphones are mixed you could get some cancelation in the low freq range. Sometimes flipping the polarity on tom 1 will give you better bass response for the floor tom. ( AT the expense of low freq response for tom 2..) Depending on the number of toms, their freq. range,distance apart, and mic placement flipping the polarity on just one of the toms can improve overall response of the whole kit. Again this depends on allot of factors. I record live gig drum tracks then try different polarity settings of the toms - whole kit. Its quite amazing the different tones that can be found on a kit with just a few polarity swaps. As Evan stated. Just swapping the Snare polarity can do wonders to the bass drum and snare sound. Should you happen to do a choppy 20ms noise gate release time on your drums then YMWV but fast rolls around the kit with 150ms and longer release times polarity does seem to come into play. Try the polarity switch. If it does nothing or makes things worse then put it back where it was. There sometimes is no "Right" or "Wrong". Something that should not matter or should not work turns into just the thing you needed to get your mix right. Douglas R. Allen [/QUOTE]
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