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Aux sends out of phase

Postby Old School » Thu Oct 20, 2016 6:37 pm

Hi All,
Has anyone had trouble with the aux outs suddenly becoming out or phase? All of a sudden my aux's are a weird amount out of phase (using the phase button when I bring the signal back into the board from my outboard gear does not correct the problem). It's making all my effects and compressors sound terrible. Any thoughts?

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Re: Aux sends out of phase

Postby anyhorizon » Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:11 pm

I don't even know how it's possible. They're single ended. There is no polarity.

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Re: Aux sends out of phase

Postby garrett21allen » Fri Oct 21, 2016 1:41 am

Ha Mike is it on all your aux or just one or two
Also is it just your out board effect that's doing this or is it on the internal effects to

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Re: Aux sends out of phase

Postby Old School » Fri Oct 21, 2016 1:51 am

It's all the aux's, and it is also present when I use Drawmer Dynamics (fed from aux 5 and 6. I can hit the bypass button on my outboard gear and record the dry signal to another channel and when I play it back simultaneous with the original, it is obvious that the two tracks are out of phase. I have no explanation, but this is the result I'm getting.

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Re: Aux sends out of phase

Postby Phil.c » Fri Oct 21, 2016 1:44 pm

????? Does this happen with all projects?

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Re: Aux sends out of phase

Postby Bruce Graham » Fri Oct 21, 2016 3:10 pm

Perhaps a software reload? Could it be a corruption of some kind?

If it is an "Out Of Phase" condition, and you are returning the signal as a balanced signal (XLR or Tip, Ring, Sleeve, through a balanced processor), the Phase button should correct. If the signal is returned un-balanced (Tip, Sleeve) then the Phase button, as Peter has pointed out, will have no effect, Weird that it would change all of a sudden when using out board gear???

If you are having difficulty internally (ie: aux send to an MFX or UFX card), then out of phase should not be possible as it is all internal of the console.

Phil has a point as well. Reload a session that you know was good and see if it still is a problem. This might help to point to the problem as well.

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Re: Aux sends out of phase

Postby Old School » Sat Oct 22, 2016 11:10 pm

Hi Bruce,
I had a session today. Everything seems back to normal, but I have not changed anything. My effects returns sounded normal and so did the compressors. I don't have a clue.



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Re: Aux sends out of phase

Postby Bruce Graham » Sun Oct 23, 2016 5:11 am

Sometimes, life is a mystery!!!

That also applies to software and Audio in general.

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