I was listening to my stream this morning on a mono speaker and heard terrible phase issues on Prince's "When Doves Cry." I assumed my file must have been damaged, but when I checked it summed perfectly to a bright crisp mono.
I ran the file back through Stereo Tool and the problem returned. I looked at the Azimuth correction and could see it thought the azimuth was way off and it was doing significant "correction," resulting in a very muddy sound. I was able to A/B the azimuth correction on and off and hear it go from muddy to clear and back again.
I process my files with Stereo Tool before putting on the air, so I don't yet know if it is a matter of using the azimuth correction on the file and then running the corrected file through the azimuth correction again but I will test this tonight.
I'd never been aware of this before, but it's very concerning to me as many listeners are using the mono speaker on their phones to listen. I assumed the azimuth setting was always helping but now I am suspecting it may be causing damage at times, too.
Do you recommend only using the setting to preprocess files that are obviously damaged, and A/Bing every file to see if it improves or worsens phase issues?
I'll report back on the raw CD rip later tonight.
_________________ Gene Savage
BlackLight Radio
https://BlackLightRadio.com
Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
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