Analogaddict Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 On the B3 shootout thread, Sign described the sound of a real Hammond like the behaviour of an oil stain on water. In an earlier thread, someone referred to analog oscillators having a "rubber-like" quality. I like both of these definitions; they can be very handy when explaining to people why we might need more than one synth... Are there any other examples out there? Simply saying that a sound "has body" or "cuts" isn´t always enough... /J nas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABECK Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I've always described a good B3/Leslie sound as "Greasy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phait Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I've hated the way most things were described regarding sound whether it's of gear or an album. Alot of it just confuses me because these are often the reader's own silly or confusing terms so I'd rather hear for myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moj Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Music has been described as "The Art of Sound" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konaboy Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Probably the most over-used terms: "warm" and "fat" hang out with me at woody piano shack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immo Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 This is like my college cross country coach saying, "I want this interval crispy [solid, insert other weird adjective here]." I the team's reaction was usually, "Huh?" Then again his team won a number of championships so what am I complaining about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Loving Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 What's the remark, something like "talking about sound is like dancing about architecture" ? "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawback Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Originally posted by konaboy: Probably the most over-used terms: "warm" and "fat" Then the second most over-used would be: "cuts through in the mix." I describe a B3 with Chorus 3 on and a fast rotor, as bubble & churn. ____________________________________ Rod Here for the gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Rhythm Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I've heard that Eddie Van Halen wants his guitar amp to sound "brown." David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analogaddict Posted August 19, 2004 Author Share Posted August 19, 2004 Yeah, writing about music is indeed like dancing about architecture... what I had in mind was nothing else than a couple of terms that may be handy when talking to non-musicians. If I say that on my [insert Hammond clone of choise] I boost 3dB around 500 Hz to make it cut, most people go However, if I say that the sound of a real Hammond is like an oil stain on water, they might see the point... Or maybe there´s no point to this at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Here's a story: Many eons ago, while programming sounds in the studio for a radio show, the produced actually asked me that thing that keyboard players always laugh about - he asked for a "greener" sound!! He just said that, "greener" (in Italian, of course), and he was so serious that I had to keep myself from laughing. Maybe he was just a synesthetic (people who associate sounds with color frequencies), but to this day I still think he was just a jerk trying to look cool. BTW, I behaved like I had understood perfectly, came up with a different sound, and he was happy. Greener. Ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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