Loop Back Test

Grim · August 20, 2018, 8:42am

polgara:

Grim:

Zoom in on the 2 waveforms of this recording and you can see exactly how much delay there is. If everything is correct the mic signal should only be a ms or 2 behind the DI. (1ms per foot distance mic to guitar)
The loopback delay you measured has nothing to do with this as it would affect both of those tracks by the same amount.

the audio in my project produces hit points so i assume this is where impact with sound is made and i can see the hitpoint lines clearly, the direct signal is .005 ms in front of the miced signal the mic was approx 12 inches in front of the strings .even so it does sound like it is approx 5 feet away in the headphones… when i first looked at the two signals they looked to start at the same point i had to really zoom in to see a difference .this is the recording i made on saturday before doing the loop test and re calibrating the record shift so ill do another direct and mic test tommorow now that its calibrated for that soundcard . thanks for your interest Grim

If they are out of phase they could sound more hollow or wider…but when summed to mono they will sound a lot weaker in this case.
See if flipping polarity makes them sound more natural/less wide.
But anyhow, it seems there is nothing unusual about the recording timing so it’s either just your perception of the delay that isn’t there or something else is causing it (accidentally set a track delay?..dodgy plugin?)