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Old August 21st, 2001, 02:32 PM
Michael A. Phillips Michael A. Phillips is offline
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Reguarding the waveform, what you are seeing is the effects of absolute polarity. When the waveform is above the the center, there are more positive peaks. A "p" sound into a microphone produces a positive pulse with a positive (above the center line)wave. The loudspeaker moves air in the forward direction. Many pieces of audio equipment invert the polarity of the wave. That same"p" sound will make the loudspeaker move backwards first. That is why some of your tracks look different from each other. I am a believer that there is a definite sound quality difference between a voice tarck with its absolute polarity reversed. Hear for yourself. Take any track with more peaks below the line & invert the polarity.
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