If you’re just starting out in music production or learning sound recording, the chances are that ‘phasing’ isn’t a term you’ll come across until you’re actually faced with this issue. As long as it’s tackled at the earliest opportunity, you’ll have nothing to worry about. But to be able to fix it first you have to recognise it in the first place.
To understand phasing, first you need to understand that sound waves move in a cycle – a repetitive waveform. Each unique sound in your production has its own waveform. Two waveforms of the same frequency in perfect sync are in phase. The result will be an additive effect. However, if two waveforms of the same frequency are not aligned then they will be out of