Restoration VPI's  -  Azimuth

Azimuth is a real-time phase correction tool that can compensate for phase errors in tape recordings that were caused by different gap widths between recording and playback.

These phase errors are often the reason for a loss of high frequency information in monosummed signals and detail in the stereo panorama. Azimuth automatically detects and corrects these phase errors with a precision of one twenty-fifth of a sample.

In "Auto" mode, Azimuth constantly compares the left and right channels and imperceptibly compensates for any inter-channel delay. Using the enhanced 'fast mode', even dynamically changing phase shifts are corrected safely, including "near-instantaneous" changes such as splices.

In addition, Azimuth allows you to manually set a fixed time shift with a precision of one hundredth of a sample. Level differences between both audio channels are displayed on a level indicator and can be corrected using the "Balance" control. The built-in stereo indicator lets you visually judge the output signal by displaying it as a "Lissajous" figure or Polar pattern. Using the "Audition" Mode enables the monitoring of a 'Mono L + R' or a 'Mono L - R' signal, facilitating simple manipulation of the "Timeshift" parameter. The built-in stereo indicator lets you visually judge the output signal by displaying it as a "Lissajous"-figure or Polar pattern.