just making a general statement, really
Than it must have been coincidental that you wrote it in response to some discussion about EQ. o_0
We are talking about phase cycles here - thats where the issue comes from.
You wouldnt have the problem with one shots if you are carefull.
Nothing wrong with using digital EQ in the soundprocessing stage imo.
(only mentioning the sequencing because its essentially another cycle on top of another cycle and then a miss will happen quickly when rendering a longer sequence).
It might be sensible to consider a hardware EQ a tone generator. Even when its set to cut, it has to generate a substitute tone.
So if we consider that, then it makes sense that youâd would want the same as youâd want from a synth compared with a softsynth. Itâs just that its a richer more uncompromising âcorrectingâ signal. Also easier in how it sort of carves out its spot.
And then if you really get down to it, itâs probably like a natural glass light bulb compared with an electro bulb or whatever those savey ones are called, in how tiny fluctuations and shit - softens it up or makes it more âaccesibleâ.
On playback, the sample memory are reset to zero.
Have you sat down and compared your unprocessed version to your tastefully digitally EQed at equal appropriate volume? Compensate for your bias in favour of your work by picturing that the processed version is the original and vice-versa.
how the hell are yaâll so dam smart? especially phigure
Itâs not abouit sample memmory or buffer size or stuff like that
its about how soft EQ works by phasing⌠and itâs quite an unmistakable effect.
You can proof test yourself if youâre unconvinced.
Iâm not entirely sure what your position is. I think youâre trying to say that the filter does not alter the phase, but looping in the sequencer changes the phase every time?
On loop, the sample memory resets to zero every time. That would sound the same as if there were silence between the hits in a continuous signal.
The phasing occurs when the stored memory is summed with the current sample in variable amounts.
It sounds the same each time when I loop. Iâve already stated that I process single hits.
Iâve provided evidence that the filter on a continuous, not looping, signal, alters the phase. You yourself said that that is how a filter worksâŚ
No you are right about that as well, but thats another bi effect actually. I dont know about that technically other than that to work a filter has to introduce a shift in phase. It probably has to hit from an angle - kind of thing. Im not too sure.
And thats the linear and non linear bits.
But thats not entirely the same as how a soft EQ âdriftsâ in phase.
Like youâve made these super tiny cuts @ specific points on a freq scale right? they sound good the first time you set them up. But next time you check your mix those âcueâ-points might have phased a tiny bit or drifted sort of away from the the bit it was cueing up.
If say, you where to render a long file going through some bars - then it might sound fine on the first couple of bars, but later on, even if the bars-structure is completely the same, it might have âfallen offâ.