Having watched the video I have a much better understanding and realise that it can help with stacking samples, which I do do sometimes, so maybe at last I will get to use the plugin. My problem is that I just don't learn by reading manuals, I have to watch someone using the tool to understand how to work it. Thank you again Matthew.
I cant believe that i slept so hard on this phase thing. Literally Djing since 18 and producing since like 5 years and only now seeing what a extreme difference it makes. Thank you
I got the In Phase a few months ago and really like it. I am very glad to see you use it too and... boy... this is a next level tutorial. Thanks a bunch Matt!🙌
Bro thank you so much for explaining this plugin to a non sound engineer producer. This is the most easy understandable tutorial on this plugin. Thank you. 👍🏻
I can hear the difference clear as day even on my phone speakers at low volume. Great video! Coming from sound reinforcement myself, I don’t think you producers could ever underestimate the importance of low-end phase issues!
Cranking out the content lately! I fell off your stuff for awhile, lots of new faces to see. But no one beats your depth and style. I’m glad to be back, keep it up!
This is such good timing, I just saw you use this in a video last week and have been looking for more info on it all week… and here you are days later with an explainer! How do you always know what I’m thinking?!
@@WeissAdvice I KNEW IT! But if my system is getting hacked and the result isn’t that my identity is stolen, but rather, the videos I watch are more tailored to my needs, I think I’m ok with it! 🫠. And thank you!!! Just saw that this video is also in the newsletter gift along with the low end guide, which is awesome! You are killing it! I just used in phase on a live set I recently got sent to work on (live as in recorded in front of an audience, rather than just played together in the studio) so as I’m sure you’re well aware, I’ve got a lot of competing mics, all of which picked up a bit of the other sources. My job became so much easier once all those tracks were nudged into better phase correlation, and while as you pointed out, there’s now one right answer (all the sounds are coming from lots of different sources, distances, and directions, so a move that lines the snare up with the vocals might make the guitars even more out of phase, etc) I at least knew what to listen for, look for, and how to A/B my options to find the best correlation I could given the situation. It’s all thanks to you! I am still very very early in my career, and technically still a student, so money is tight and I rarely if ever buy paid content that isn’t backed by an educational institution, but I’ve gotten so much from you and your channel since I discovered you a few weeks ago that I am very strongly considering picking up some of your courses! I am starting to feel like the money I spend on them would quickly be turned back around into more efficient working practices for me, which means I can do more in less time, take on more projects, and earn that money back in no time. An investment that really will pay for itself. My professors haven’t been in the field for a long time, so while they’ve taught me everything I could ever want to know about protools, they don’t have great tips for modern engineers developed from personal experience, and that’s what I’m missing now. Can’t wait to see what you’ll be teaching us next!
Very underrated topic…yet one of the most important ones. I have UAD Little Labs plugin, using it when standard phase does not work the way I need. Have been looking at that Waves plugin for some time but never tried it…
I have to admit this is one of the first plugins that I ever bought and I didn't really understand what it did and have never had occasion to use it! I'd imagined it would be good for making weird effects. I never work with live drums. I'm interested to hear what Matthew has to say about it [posted before watching the video]
I had to come back and revisit this video because I finally decided to buy the Melda Audio MautoAlign plugin today. (It’s on sale). Well, there’s a spectral phase compensation option on this plugin that kinda blew my mind on a few examples. I’m not totally sure what’s going on under the hood with this thing (I have some ideas) but it is doing some awesome stuff with the stereo field on some classic synth sounds. I’m actually blown away. I gotta research it a bit more but this is some cool stuff.
@@WeissAdvice yeah, go give it a try. I’m pretty sure you can demo any of their plugins before buying them. The spectral phase compensation use a FT to divide the track into its elements (like a Fourier Transform does) and then I believe it phase aligns those waves? Thats what it sounded like when I researched it. Then it puts it back together. Yeah, that’s pretty intense if you ask me. I’m not even sure if that’s just how spectral processing works then. I understand FTs but I never put the two together but now that I think about it that does seem like an ideal way of creating a spectrogram. I’m gonna research it some more. I’m literally having this revelation right now so… I need some more info. You probably know.
Does Anyone know How To Set This For A Kick And Bass In FL Studio ? Everytime I Do It Only The Kick/Bass Signal Appears In Channel 1/2. I Can't Ever Get Any Signal In The Sidechain Channel. I'm Legit Pullling My Hair Out Over This !! Any Advice Would Be Life Saving !!
Since FUSER crashes Reaper DAW using it's automatic phase rotation button, I am looking for phase rotation plugins because of that. Thanks for the Review!
Amazing. Need to use this plugin more now that you made everything clear. Would you use this tool for layering other sounds to, for example snares or any other sounds. This video makes me wanna stack alot of sounds :D great as always. Thanks!
snares, yes. Basically anything with low frequencies will have an audible phase interaction. Once you start getting into higher freq stuff it makes less of a difference.
Great question! I prioritize my kick - and decide which one is the lead. Then I kinda figure out what each kick is really bringing to the table. I conform the phase to my main kick, and then do some filtering if say one of the kicks is really only there for click of the attack or something like that.
it feels like first kick, blue one is just shorter, i mean amplitude expanding faster and it means that blue kick higher in pitch, so if you stretch the kick a little longer, or put it down on few semitones it might be than match with second kick.
InPhase is great. But if you ever work with a full live drum kit, AutoAlign is the way to go. Amazing plugin to get a whole multi-mic drum recording completely in phase.
I actually picked up In Phase because I was getting frustrated with Auto Align. AA is indeed great, but sometimes, when working with the same two sources, you can get a dozen different "distances" between the sources. That shouldn't be the case. I just want accurate, quick results.
Great video thank you. What happens if you ad Soundradix Pi after fixing the low end like this ? is there un additional improvement ore does it just get messy ?
I've had hit or miss experiences with Pi. Where I find it best is synth layers. Sound isn't necessarily meant to be 100% in phase all the time - it's not a realistic proposition when you consider that phase and time on correlated. Sometimes it works, sometimes it makes the depth of the record vanish, sometimes it makes the sources pitch modulate in a weird way.
Hey man, thanks for making this video I have problem with my plug in inphase I Don't have the part on the top Where you have the sign of the key, from there up I'm missing that part, do you know how I can fix it ? Thanks
I cannot get this plugin to work at all on FL studio. I would expect it to work the same as sidechaining my bass to my kick in KickStart 2, but this plugin does not seem to work for me. It does not have a sidechain option under the fl studio processing connections settings. If anyone has directions on how to get this plugin to work on fl studio please let me know.
Very interesting video Matthew! I was a bit familiar with phase interaction, but this was very informative. You're really selling me on this plugin... I'm interested tho, would you use this technique in mid and higher range? With synths, or maybe even analog instruments? Or perhaps synth with bass or drums?
I don't find it's particularly helpful once you get above the lows-low mids. The phase interaction of everything becomes so complex that there's never really a right or wrong. Snare layering is a yes though because a lot of snares have fundamental tones in the bass range.
Really well explained, thanks! I've used nudge and all pass filters separately before but hadn't thought to combine them. Also sometimes do you use transient shapers to take off the transient of one of the samples? It's something I've been playing with but there's a lot of differing and strong opinions on how to go about layering transients :D at this point I'm not sure if your ending bit is an unfortunate case of the youtuber yips or an evil genius plan to sway people by saying subscribe as many times as possible 😵💫
Absolutely - there's a low end video..... either one I did on CZcams or in the Low End Guide where I use a gate to shave off transient from a layer. Compressor, transient designer, gate - all same kind of idea, sometimes it's just better to have a clean attack from one drum. The ending bit is a combination of my evil genius as well as my stupid dumb mouth LOL. Also my fiancé was sitting on the couch watching me film this so I'm being super distracted by her laughing at me.
Omg I need a phase alignment plugin. I’m that guy that sits there for hours checking every kick sample. I mix a lot of metal bands and they always have samples and some how they never line up consistently! I’m finally figuring out ways to fix that inconsistency issue by resampling with midi but I still need to phase align the first one. I h@vent bought a Waves plugin in a few years though. They got me with that update plan thing and it kinda pissed me off. Ever try any of the other options like Melda AutoAlign ?
I'm not personally a huge Waves fan.. not because they don't make good software but mainly because they treat content creators like ass if I'm being completely transparent. I've used SoundRadix, and I think that one does a really good job - it just doesn't provide the fine control. Haven't tried the Melda or Magix one yet.
The problem with InPhase is that the sidechain monitoring has some latency, as you can see the sidechain (beta) signal always starts later then the alpha, this make it a bit unprecise.
@@WeissAdvice Yeah right it should not but it does at least in Logic. I found out cause I did several tests comparing with the new shaperbox oscilloscope and I saw that with inphase off the correlation was ok, with inphase on monitoring the correlation was negative. If you zoom in ( inside inphase) on the signals you can see that the beta starts always later, you have to use the delay wheel putting it all on the left to compensate.
@@WeissAdvice Makes sense. Thanks! Matt, i've been noticing that often times, with kick and 808, only certain kicks become out of phase with the 808, as the 808 hits different notes. Therefore, I either automate a polarity flip on those kicks, or I create a separate track for those specific kicks and I flip the polarity of that track. What's your solution when only certain notes of an 808 pattern are out of phase with the kick?
LOL - the funny thing is I wasn't having trouble saying "subscribe" until like two weeks ago. And now I cannot say it. It's like I gained weight in my mouth or something.
Still explaining things as eloquently as always. Great vid Matt!
thanks Alpha!
Alpha 😅
This is the BEST InPhase tutorial I have ever seen! Thanks so much for sharing Brother.
Thanks for tuning in!
hands down one of the best channels in youtube.
Good educators present complex things in a simple manner. You are one of them. Merry Christmas Matt!
Merry Christmas Gabriel!
Having watched the video I have a much better understanding and realise that it can help with stacking samples, which I do do sometimes, so maybe at last I will get to use the plugin. My problem is that I just don't learn by reading manuals, I have to watch someone using the tool to understand how to work it. Thank you again Matthew.
I do read manuals, but sometimes manuals are confusing. A visual/audio demonstration can be a lot more useful.
I cant believe that i slept so hard on this phase thing. Literally Djing since 18 and producing since like 5 years and only now seeing what a extreme difference it makes. Thank you
I got the In Phase a few months ago and really like it. I am very glad to see you use it too and... boy... this is a next level tutorial. Thanks a bunch Matt!🙌
Thanks for tuning in Bruno!
Bro thank you so much for explaining this plugin to a non sound engineer producer. This is the most easy understandable tutorial on this plugin. Thank you. 👍🏻
Epic video, legendary plugin. Thank you for givin the people what they neeeeed 🙏🏼
I can hear the difference clear as day even on my phone speakers at low volume. Great video! Coming from sound reinforcement myself, I don’t think you producers could ever underestimate the importance of low-end phase issues!
Thanks Bavin!
Cranking out the content lately! I fell off your stuff for awhile, lots of new faces to see. But no one beats your depth and style. I’m glad to be back, keep it up!
Thanks Andrew! Trying to keep a steady flow going.
This is such good timing, I just saw you use this in a video last week and have been looking for more info on it all week… and here you are days later with an explainer! How do you always know what I’m thinking?!
I have spies that have hacked into your DAW who feed me topic ideas. Obviously. Thanks Zach!
@@WeissAdvice I KNEW IT! But if my system is getting hacked and the result isn’t that my identity is stolen, but rather, the videos I watch are more tailored to my needs, I think I’m ok with it! 🫠. And thank you!!! Just saw that this video is also in the newsletter gift along with the low end guide, which is awesome! You are killing it! I just used in phase on a live set I recently got sent to work on (live as in recorded in front of an audience, rather than just played together in the studio) so as I’m sure you’re well aware, I’ve got a lot of competing mics, all of which picked up a bit of the other sources. My job became so much easier once all those tracks were nudged into better phase correlation, and while as you pointed out, there’s now one right answer (all the sounds are coming from lots of different sources, distances, and directions, so a move that lines the snare up with the vocals might make the guitars even more out of phase, etc) I at least knew what to listen for, look for, and how to A/B my options to find the best correlation I could given the situation. It’s all thanks to you! I am still very very early in my career, and technically still a student, so money is tight and I rarely if ever buy paid content that isn’t backed by an educational institution, but I’ve gotten so much from you and your channel since I discovered you a few weeks ago that I am very strongly considering picking up some of your courses! I am starting to feel like the money I spend on them would quickly be turned back around into more efficient working practices for me, which means I can do more in less time, take on more projects, and earn that money back in no time. An investment that really will pay for itself. My professors haven’t been in the field for a long time, so while they’ve taught me everything I could ever want to know about protools, they don’t have great tips for modern engineers developed from personal experience, and that’s what I’m missing now. Can’t wait to see what you’ll be teaching us next!
thank you very much, i used inphase here and then. now i will use it better
Right on!
Excellent explanation of phase. Thanks!
This plugin is crazy! Great video and info
It's Joe Lowery!
Very underrated topic…yet one of the most important ones. I have UAD Little Labs plugin, using it when standard phase does not work the way I need. Have been looking at that Waves plugin for some time but never tried it…
I don't think Little Labs has the variable all pass filter or correlation meter, if I remember correctly.
Great explanation
Sidechaining - frequency masking i did all those still couldnt get the perfect low end. Thanks a lot man🙏🏻🔛🔝
definitely going to try this out!
right on!
BLESS YOU BROTHER!
Excellent explanation!!! Thanks alot!
No prob, thanks for tuning in!
Summed it well - it is PARAMOUNT!
Great demonstration of a great plugin.
Q: Could you please do a further tutorial on how to phase align an entire drum kit using InPhase?
I've done a phase alignment tutorial for live drums... can't remember if it's in a CZcams video or a paid full length. But I know it's somewhere LOL!
I have to admit this is one of the first plugins that I ever bought and I didn't really understand what it did and have never had occasion to use it! I'd imagined it would be good for making weird effects. I never work with live drums. I'm interested to hear what Matthew has to say about it [posted before watching the video]
Let's find out!
I had to come back and revisit this video because I finally decided to buy the Melda Audio MautoAlign plugin today. (It’s on sale). Well, there’s a spectral phase compensation option on this plugin that kinda blew my mind on a few examples. I’m not totally sure what’s going on under the hood with this thing (I have some ideas) but it is doing some awesome stuff with the stereo field on some classic synth sounds. I’m actually blown away. I gotta research it a bit more but this is some cool stuff.
It's probably frequency dependent all-pass filters. Not sure. If it's better than InPhase though, I'll throw this thing in the garbage.
@@WeissAdvice yeah, go give it a try. I’m pretty sure you can demo any of their plugins before buying them. The spectral phase compensation use a FT to divide the track into its elements (like a Fourier Transform does) and then I believe it phase aligns those waves? Thats what it sounded like when I researched it. Then it puts it back together. Yeah, that’s pretty intense if you ask me. I’m not even sure if that’s just how spectral processing works then. I understand FTs but I never put the two together but now that I think about it that does seem like an ideal way of creating a spectrogram. I’m gonna research it some more. I’m literally having this revelation right now so… I need some more info. You probably know.
Does Anyone know How To Set This For A Kick And Bass In FL Studio ?
Everytime I Do It Only The Kick/Bass Signal Appears In Channel 1/2.
I Can't Ever Get Any Signal In The Sidechain Channel.
I'm Legit Pullling My Hair Out Over This !!
Any Advice Would Be Life Saving !!
Since FUSER crashes Reaper DAW using it's automatic phase rotation button, I am looking for phase rotation plugins because of that. Thanks for the Review!
Top notch
Thanks Spitia!
Amazing. Need to use this plugin more now that you made everything clear. Would you use this tool for layering other sounds to, for example snares or any other sounds. This video makes me wanna stack alot of sounds :D great as always. Thanks!
snares, yes. Basically anything with low frequencies will have an audible phase interaction. Once you start getting into higher freq stuff it makes less of a difference.
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This was well structured, and put together. Only question is what happens when you have 4 kicks?
Great question! I prioritize my kick - and decide which one is the lead. Then I kinda figure out what each kick is really bringing to the table. I conform the phase to my main kick, and then do some filtering if say one of the kicks is really only there for click of the attack or something like that.
it feels like first kick, blue one is just shorter, i mean amplitude expanding faster and it means that blue kick higher in pitch, so if you stretch the kick a little longer, or put it down on few semitones it might be than match with second kick.
They do kinda have a similar thing going on - you might be right on that
InPhase is great. But if you ever work with a full live drum kit, AutoAlign is the way to go. Amazing plugin to get a whole multi-mic drum recording completely in phase.
I do like AutoAlign quite a bit. It's certainly faster for drum kit, and you really don't need the all pass filter for live drums.
I actually picked up In Phase because I was getting frustrated with Auto Align. AA is indeed great, but sometimes, when working with the same two sources, you can get a dozen different "distances" between the sources. That shouldn't be the case. I just want accurate, quick results.
Fire
Thank you!
Hey great tutorial, thank you.
Question - with the corellation meter, do you actively aim for plus in the blue area or just zero minimum and above?
I try to get as blue as possible, generally.
Great video thank you.
What happens if you ad Soundradix Pi after fixing the low end like this ? is there un additional improvement ore does it just get messy ?
I've had hit or miss experiences with Pi. Where I find it best is synth layers. Sound isn't necessarily meant to be 100% in phase all the time - it's not a realistic proposition when you consider that phase and time on correlated. Sometimes it works, sometimes it makes the depth of the record vanish, sometimes it makes the sources pitch modulate in a weird way.
I have a question , how do I apply these changes to the tracks ? Yes it does a great job but how do I apply it to the track which was sidechained ?
Why isn't the correlation bar at the bottom right getting any closer to 1?
Hey man, thanks for making this video
I have problem with my plug in inphase
I Don't have the part on the top
Where you have the sign of the key, from there up I'm missing that part, do you know how I can fix it ? Thanks
That sounds like a glitch. Might have to contact Waves for that one.
I cannot get this plugin to work at all on FL studio. I would expect it to work the same as sidechaining my bass to my kick in KickStart 2, but this plugin does not seem to work for me. It does not have a sidechain option under the fl studio processing connections settings. If anyone has directions on how to get this plugin to work on fl studio please let me know.
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Thanks Hittaz!
@@WeissAdvice my dawg 4L
Very interesting video Matthew! I was a bit familiar with phase interaction, but this was very informative. You're really selling me on this plugin... I'm interested tho, would you use this technique in mid and higher range? With synths, or maybe even analog instruments? Or perhaps synth with bass or drums?
I don't find it's particularly helpful once you get above the lows-low mids. The phase interaction of everything becomes so complex that there's never really a right or wrong. Snare layering is a yes though because a lot of snares have fundamental tones in the bass range.
@@WeissAdvice exactly my thinking, thank you !
Really well explained, thanks! I've used nudge and all pass filters separately before but hadn't thought to combine them. Also sometimes do you use transient shapers to take off the transient of one of the samples? It's something I've been playing with but there's a lot of differing and strong opinions on how to go about layering transients :D
at this point I'm not sure if your ending bit is an unfortunate case of the youtuber yips or an evil genius plan to sway people by saying subscribe as many times as possible 😵💫
Absolutely - there's a low end video..... either one I did on CZcams or in the Low End Guide where I use a gate to shave off transient from a layer. Compressor, transient designer, gate - all same kind of idea, sometimes it's just better to have a clean attack from one drum.
The ending bit is a combination of my evil genius as well as my stupid dumb mouth LOL. Also my fiancé was sitting on the couch watching me film this so I'm being super distracted by her laughing at me.
@@WeissAdvice I'm working my way through the newsletter guide now, it's excellent, thanks!
(everyone reading this, go sign up for it!)
Not only was that kick a slam drunk, so was this tutorial! Curious if the same idea can be applied to real kick drum and real bass guitar
I haven't been slam drunk in a while. The same idea can apply, but pocket > phase relationship when it comes to kick and bass guitar.
Wouldn't you put the phase alignment plugin at the end of the chain because plugins like a low cut will adjust the phase after?
my thoughts exactly
Omg I need a phase alignment plugin. I’m that guy that sits there for hours checking every kick sample. I mix a lot of metal bands and they always have samples and some how they never line up consistently! I’m finally figuring out ways to fix that inconsistency issue by resampling with midi but I still need to phase align the first one. I h@vent bought a Waves plugin in a few years though. They got me with that update plan thing and it kinda pissed me off. Ever try any of the other options like Melda AutoAlign ?
I'm not personally a huge Waves fan.. not because they don't make good software but mainly because they treat content creators like ass if I'm being completely transparent.
I've used SoundRadix, and I think that one does a really good job - it just doesn't provide the fine control. Haven't tried the Melda or Magix one yet.
Great video. You missed a edit point 15:48 lol leave it, it's like a behind the scene of making a video
AHAHAHAHAH - at least it wasn't one where I was swearing LOL! Welcome to the making of WeissAdvice Tutorials....
Brilliant tut, thx
Good video but you definitely need a gate or sth for your voice.
Regards from Bcn!
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The problem with InPhase is that the sidechain monitoring has some latency, as you can see the sidechain (beta) signal always starts later then the alpha, this make it a bit unprecise.
It shouldn't if there's no additional plugins on the side chain source's inserts. At least in pro tools.
@@WeissAdvice Yeah right it should not but it does at least in Logic. I found out cause I did several tests comparing with the new shaperbox oscilloscope and I saw that with inphase off the correlation was ok, with inphase on monitoring the correlation was negative. If you zoom in ( inside inphase) on the signals you can see that the beta starts always later, you have to use the delay wheel putting it all on the left to compensate.
Would you use this with a kick and 808?
It's not as consistent with kick and 808 because the phase relationship will change with pitch.
@@WeissAdvice Makes sense. Thanks! Matt, i've been noticing that often times, with kick and 808, only certain kicks become out of phase with the 808, as the 808 hits different notes. Therefore, I either automate a polarity flip on those kicks, or I create a separate track for those specific kicks and I flip the polarity of that track. What's your solution when only certain notes of an 808 pattern are out of phase with the kick?
How do I put multiple likes on this vid? 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
with all the waves plugins they don't have anything to do isolation or separation stems breakdowns
Suuuubscriiieebe 😂. Thanks for this one!
LOL - the funny thing is I wasn't having trouble saying "subscribe" until like two weeks ago. And now I cannot say it. It's like I gained weight in my mouth or something.
AGreed! Once you know how to use InPhase properly, basses are just so much better! Cheers!
Thanks Danny!
Subscribed to your channel, cool stuff
That’s how you sell a plug-in.
If only I hadn't set my relationship with Waves on fire (twice). Maybe I could talk them into giving me $ for this video LOL
@@WeissAdvice I think everyone has a love / hate relationship with Waves. 🤣
The magix plugin still better tho
I've never tried it! I may be missing out.
@@WeissAdvice it's a dynamic phase alignment tool ;)
what specifically is the name of the plugin? I made some searches but not there yet
@@boimesa8190
Btw I hate audio engineering! 😂
I love it... but I absolutely understand why some people hate it LOLOLOLOL
@@WeissAdvice I really like and enjoy sound design, fx chains etc…but generally mixing and mastering takes time…kills momentum quite often.
sounds "plastic" modern bähh
snake oil
It can have a bit of a 2d effect because of the relationship between phase and time.