Talk:Phase cancellation

There should be some way to easily divide or categorize articles on phase that discuss it in a 'theoretical' manor (of physics and math interest) and those articles that talk about the practical dealings with phase and phase issues as related specifically to professional audio Destructive interferenceIepeulas 20:22, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree that grouping articles on phase under the larger umbrella of physics has some obvious benefits, but I think that the term Phase cancellation is important enough to a large enough group of people (Audio Engineers and anyone interested in recording or listening to audio) that to not have a page with this title would seem like a blatant omission. Phase cancellation is something an audio engineer has to deal with on a daily basis and while it may be technically correct to call it Destructive interference, I've never in 20 years heard someone refer to it as such.mediaslinger 04:29, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

It's not a mutually exclusive proposition to discuss either the mundane or the strict versions of terms such as "phase cancellation" or "interference". I think articles like these need to be wrtten to accomodate both. It's true that though phase cancelletion is a result of wave intereference, an article about it could mention both it's strict meaning in physics (linking to the "interference" article), and then also expand on the uses of the term in acoustcs and audio engineering. One problem, though, is that the "interference" article seems to concentrate on electromagnetism. Personally I think an article on "destructive wave interference" should deal strictly with the theory, then link off to how it applies in other fields like slit experiments and audio. As they are now, the articles are somewhat colloquial, but in an odd way. But then I've seen this kind of thing in other articles, and havent gotten very far trying to address it. x 21:50, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree that the two should be merged, and a redirect from Phase cancelation be used. DCwom 18:10, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Merge it, the destructive interference one is better written for a start. Noodle snacks 06:51, 13 September 2007 (UTC)