CMU School of Drama


Monday, December 08, 2014

Impulse Alignment Of Loudspeakers And Microphones

Pro Sound Web: When the earliest recordings were done there was little if any attention given to the acoustic phase or electrical polarity of the mechanical devices used to record and reproduce sound.

Phase and polarity have little significance as long as only one microphone picks up the sound and one loudspeaker plays. When recording left the experimental stage it became possible to mix together more than one microphone. This allowed for better control and balance among the instruments.

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