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Pro audio topics on phase issues. How to avoid, fix and repair phase related problem when recording, mixing and mastering.

Problem with monitors --> phase inversion?

Just got a shiny red pair of KRK Rokit G2 6s, but I don't have an interface yet so I tried to connect them directly to my Mac Pro. They came with male/male TRS cables so I picked up a couple of TRS to 1/8" converters and used an 1/8" Y connector I had lying around to plug them into the line out port in back, and then changed the sound settings to send sound output to the line out port.

Phase Lock Loop

A phase locked loop (PLL) is an electronic circuit that has a voltage driven oscillator that is constantly adjusted to match the frequency of an input signal. Operates by comparing the phase of a sample signal, usually the frequency-divided output of the RF oscillator, with a precision fixed reference frequency.

Neck pickup is quiet and sounds phasey

I am not new to pickup wiring, nor am I new to modding, which is why I am puzzled by this. I've had some Seymour Duncan pickups laying unused in the bottom of my drawer for the last year or so and tonight I put them into my guitar once again. The bridge pickup sounds bangin, but the neck pickup sounds quiet and a tad phasey.

Cambridge spanked by TRacks Linear Phase EQ

With the IKMultimedia promotion on their plugs currently get 5 plugs for $99 I thought I would demo them since I mostly use the UA plugs when mixing. I thought I would do a little test against the Cambridge and their Linear Phase EQ. In a session I usually use the Cambridge on non-essentials but in this case I wanted to para-metrically remove stuff from a guitar track so I used it on that.