Wedding and event ceremony + DJ livestream: mono fold for phones, Facebook Live, Instagram
Ceremony lav and boom feel clear in FOH cans. Band and DJ stereo beds feel wide in the tent. On Facebook Live, Instagram, and guest phones, vows thin, first dance bass disappears, and hard L/R beds collapse. That is usually polarity and arrival time between lav and boom, plus stereo beds that were never folded before the encoder. Fix polarity and small delays first. Frequency-aware phase repair belongs only after residual L/R fights remain on stereo beds before mono fold.
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PHIXER is free stereo phase-repair (VST3/CLAP/AU · Win/Mac/Linux) from Riverflux Audio. Frequency-aware phase rotation for leftover L/R fights on stereo material. It is not a wedding compressor, not a widener, and not a substitute for FOH gain structure or mono audition of the stream bus. Polarity and timing first; PHIXER after residual spectral fights.
What wedding / event livestream phase failure sounds like
- Vows and readings thin on Facebook Live / Instagram. Lav + boom share the voice a few ms apart.
- Officiant clear in house, hollow on guest phones. Dual speech paths cancel chest on fold.
- Band or DJ bed huge in tent, bass gone on stream. Stereo dance beds collapse when the platform folds.
- Hard L/R keys / pads / DJ stems disappear on phone. Content parked left or right vanishes in mono.
- Fine in FOH cans, broken for remote family. Same destinations as live FOH / stream, OBS livestream, YouTube / social, and club / DJ / PA.
Fast mono audition (about 60 seconds)
- Solo the stream / Facebook Live / Instagram / matrix bus (not only FOH). Flip a utility to mono.
- A/B ceremony lav muted vs open under boom or room. Note what disappears: speech chest, presence, room warmth.
- Solo pairs: lav vs boom, ceremony speech vs band bed, DJ stereo vs mono fold.
- Check correlation on the stream bus, then with music muted vs unmuted (correlation meters).
Order of operations (before spectral phase rotation)
1. Polarity between ceremony lav and boom
Flip lav vs boom (or lav vs room) when chest or presence returns immediately. Guide: polarity vs phase. Related: dual-mic phase, podcast dual-mic.
2. Small delay align secondary speech to the hero mic
Boom or room usually arrives later than lav. A few samples of delay on the secondary path often restores body better than any widener. Different job from spectral repair: vs time-align.
3. One hero speech path to the livestream bus
Do not send lav + boom + room all hot into Facebook Live or Instagram. Pick a hero for vows and readings, keep backups muted or low. Parallel stacks are classic hollow-voice on phone fold. Related: field lav+boom.
4. Prefer a mono-safe dance / DJ bed; quieter hard-width stems
DJ and band beds should survive phone fold. If kick, bass, or vocal sit hard L or R, center critical content or simplify width before stream send. Related: club / DJ / PA.
5. Skip wideners and Haas on ceremony and dance beds before fold
Short-delay width and stereo imagers make FOH headphones huge and guest phones hollow. Guides: vs imagers, Haas vs phase repair.
6. Only then audition residual L/R spectral fights
If a stereo band or DJ bed must stay stereo and fold still hollows a band after the steps above, gentle frequency-aware phase rotation can help. Prove it with mono A/B, rotator bypassed vs engaged.
Path types and typical failure modes
| Path | Common mono failure | First fix |
|---|---|---|
| Ceremony lav + boom (+ room) | Chest or presence cancel on FB Live / IG | One hero path; polarity; delay |
| Officiant + reader dual lavs | Stacked speech combs when both open | Mute idle lav; polarity if both needed |
| Band stereo bed → stream | Kick/bass/vocal thin on phone fold | Center critical content; simplify width |
| DJ stems hard L/R | Huge in tent, gone on phone | Mono-check bed; pull Haas/imagers |
| FOH matrix → OBS / encoder | Fine in house, hollow for remote guests | OBS livestream mono check |
| Phone / BT guest watch | Fine in cans, hollow on speaker | Phone / BT |
Wedding / event stream checklist (to send)
1. Label ceremony vs reception / DJ paths
Name lavs, boom, room, band, and DJ sends so operators know what hits Facebook Live or Instagram. Ambiguous stacks get left open and comb on fold.
2. Mono-check stream bus alone, then with music
Solo vows in mono. Then open band or DJ bed in mono. Note fights between speech and music, not only inside one group. Related: YouTube / social.
3. Watch phone and social destinations
Most remote guests hear mono or near-mono on Facebook Live, Instagram, and phone speakers. Guides: Twitch / OBS, phone / BT.
4. Optional null / mono workflow before doors
Host-agnostic habit before ceremony: DAW null-test + mono-check, master bus mono checklist.
When PHIXER belongs on wedding / event stereo
- The material is already stereo and must stay stereo (stereo band bed, stereo DJ print, stereo room), not a mono lav you fake-widened.
- Polarity, delay align, and hero-path levels are cleaned up, but fold still hollows a band of the spectrum.
- You can A/B mono with the plugin bypassed and hear clearer body without wrecking the image.
- You are not using it to "fix" unaligned lav+boom, or to replace a time-align edit on the matrix.
Decision table
| You notice… | First try | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Lav + boom hollow chest on vows | One hero; polarity; delay | Arrival-time fight |
| DJ bed collapses on phone / IG | Center kick/bass/vocal; pull width | Hard L/R + platform fold |
| Fine in FOH, thin for remote guests | Mono stream bus; pull dual speech | FOH ≠ viewer fold |
| Stereo band bed still cancels by band | PHIXER on that stereo bed | Residual spectral L/R fight |
| Mono lav alone is dull | Tone / EQ / gain / mic choice | Not an L/R repair job |
When NOT to use PHIXER here
- You have not mono-auditioned the stream / matrix bus yet.
- The fix is obviously polarity, delay, one hero speech path, or simpler dance-bed width.
- You want PHIXER to make the reception louder, wider, or "more club." Wrong job.
- The speech path is mono and the print problem is balance or EQ.
- See also when not to use PHIXER.
Quick path: Solo stream bus in mono → polarity lav vs boom → delay-align secondary speech → one hero ceremony path → mono-safe DJ/band bed (center critical content) → skip Haas/imagers → mono-check with music → PHIXER only for leftover stereo cancellation on a bed → fold again for Facebook Live / Instagram / phone.