I am sure many people who have run stereo rigs are familiar with the latency problems associated with digital effects: all digital effects slow the signal down every so slightly. The ear isn't fast enough to pick it up, but in a stereo rig it is likely to get you into all sorts of trouble with phase cancellation.
The obvious way to rectify this is to run the clean signal through the same effects as the effected, but this is not always possible, and will generally be impossible in a w/d/w rig. It might also degrade the signal, especially if one is using vintage effects.
With the advent of recording software, it is, however, a simple matter to see exactly how much latency a particular effect adds. This leads me to my question: has there ever been made an effect whose main task is to counteract time-based phase problems in stereo rigs?
The obvious way to rectify this is to run the clean signal through the same effects as the effected, but this is not always possible, and will generally be impossible in a w/d/w rig. It might also degrade the signal, especially if one is using vintage effects.
With the advent of recording software, it is, however, a simple matter to see exactly how much latency a particular effect adds. This leads me to my question: has there ever been made an effect whose main task is to counteract time-based phase problems in stereo rigs?
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