Comments on: Balanced VS Unbalanced Cable, What’s the difference?

By: Luke Bryant

Luke Bryant — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 12:29:19 +0000

In reply to Matthew.

It is almost impossible to match sync in this way for a number of reasons. 1. The time input lag and latency of the audio recording round trip. So the audio is being sent from the DAW to your headphones, and you are matching that, but the signal is going through the mic, to the audio input device AD/DA conversion, and then recorded. There is a way for the computer to compensate for the audio latency, and you may have to tweak it. You can also shift the newly recorded audio by pretty small units.

However, you don’t want it to be too exact otherwise it will sound like one voice with an effect. If you want one voice, you could try thickening techniques, like duplicating the track and then nudging one out of time slightly, so that it increases the stereo width (there are a lot of plugins that do the same). Or use the second vocal track, but EQ it so that it adds to the original but doesn’t detract. Add some reverb and compress them together to get them to gel a bit more.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 03 May 2020 16:36:48 +0000

When I’m doing double-takes, my re-recording never matches the original one and they’re always out of phase/sync even though I’m pretty sure I’m saying the lyrics at the same time. Do you have any advice on how I can fix this? I’m using Logic Pro. Great article though, I enjoyed reading it. Thanks.

By: Rifat

Rifat — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:13:01 +0000

I have learned a lot from here. Waiting for your updates

By: Shayan

Shayan — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 05:33:36 +0000

Thanks for this blog
Good content and keep it up
Best of luck

By: Jared Marshall

Jared Marshall — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 05:30:19 +0000

When you use an adapter to change a balanced XLR connection from a mic to a camera’s unbalanced TS (tip-sleeve) 3.5mm mic input, an unbalanced connection results. What actually happens is that the hot/positive (+) and ground from the XLR get connected to the corresponding hot/positive/tip (+) and ground/sleeve on the 3.55mm plug while the cold/negative (-) connection from the XLR is shunted to ground or left unconnected at the adapter, effectively cancelling it. You get no noise reducing benefit from the balanced wiring coming from the mic in this case.

By: JMB

JMB — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 17:14:05 +0000

Thank you, that was very helpful and cleared my anxiety on the subject. I just bought some new monitors for my studio and experiencing a buzz. I thought it was the cables I bought but looks like they are balanced. I am getting an interference elsewhere causing my monitors to buzz and was unsure if I had bought the correct cables. but after your explanation looks like i did buy the right ones.

Best regards,