[thechat] Re: Hijack: Guitars (was: Re: Fish do feel pain)

[Martin]

On Fri, 9 May 2003, Garrett Coakley wrote:

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> On Fri, 9 May 2003 07:37:19 -0500 Luther, Ron wrote:
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> > I am electronically 'reclined' so I can't tell you, technically, how
> > that worked ... but maybe some local hardware junkie could bolt
> > something like that on for you.
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> /me dredges up basic electronics from school
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> I'm guessing something to do with adding another signal over the top to
> cancel out the sine wave (I'm probably gonna get my arse kicked by
> someone who knows what they're talking about now).

Sounds like a simple Phase reversal to me. It's a pretty neat trick for
removing a signal from a mixed track, as long as you have a perfectly
synched copy of that which you wish to remove.

Now if only Photoshop could do the same...

Cheers
Martin


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