At CBC, we always adjusted azimuth by feeding recorded pink noise into a scope and adjusting for straight line lissagious, (sp?) pattern. db On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 5:29 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >Isn't there some technique for full-track azimuth adjustment where you take two feeds of the output, >polarity-reverse one of them, input into two console positions at unity gain and then adjust azimuth >for greatest net null? > >-- Tom Fine > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Paul Stamler" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:03 PM >Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] recording "cleanup" plugins and 192/24 > > >> On 9/10/2014 5:34 AM, Andrew Dapuzzo wrote: >>> While I understand the importance of capturing output "above 20kHz" with >>> the aforementioned tools, are there any tools available to help with >>> azimuth adjustments? Older recordings, especially those made in the field >>> with machines that have been "banged up", may be recorded with azimuth that >>> is slightly off. Therefore, the higher frequencies may be lost or >>> diminished if playback is not adjusted to the exact azimuth of the original >>> recording. Is the only tool available our ears listening as we manually >>> adjust the azimuth? >> >> Essentially, yes; if the tape is stereo, combining the channels into mono makes it easier to get >> the azimuth right. >> >> Peace, >> Paul >> >> > > >