WORDS.....YOU LIKE??

craigb156 · Post by **craigb156** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:36 am

See, in my solo stuff, I'm shooting for a 1950's, born in a barn vibe with some major train in there and a touch of ectoplasm. Basically.

My demo, which lives here: www.myspace.com/rectory is pretty good on barn, not enough train, and is sadly lacking in the 'plasm...

scott anthony · Post by **scott anthony** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:27 pm

inverseroom wrote:
GooberNumber9 wrote:Well, I find the Mackie VLZ preamps to be a little doggy, and I'm looking for something kinda peckish but not TOO peckish, maybe with a french-toasty sorta butt to it. Mainly cause my converters are a bit penile, but I like them anyway.

Hmmm....
That has the ring of authority to it, in my opinion.

In fifteen years the Mackie preamps will be vintage, what then?

I love it when a client uses obscure descriptors and then I figure out how to give them what they want. It helps them feel like they are in the right place...

bradb · Post by **bradb** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:58 pm

Two new words to add to the "New list"

Scrotal
anus-destroyer (sorta like Jack Black's "Facemelter" but more hard core)

I do like breakfastic alot

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 9:44 pm

scott anthony wrote:In fifteen years the Mackie preamps will be vintage, what then?

considering when Mackie debuted their stuff, that time will very soon be upon us.

words i like, hmm...

i once had a singer ask for more "aggression" on his voice.

what he really wanted was to sing through a fuzz box.

but i very nearly told him to stop crooning like a wounded teapot.

OTOH, i once (long ago!) asked an engineer to make my Tele sound like a Ric.

after a short pause (his name was Rick, hence the source of confusion), he handed me a 330 strung with flatwounds and hit record.

Bill @ Irie Lab · Post by **Bill @ Irie Lab** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:23 pm

To use a medical metaphor:

Complaint from patient (often in vague language) = A symptom (e.g. "it doesn't exactly hurt but it's scratchity!")
Test or observation = A sign (BP is 130/88)

Our problem:

We are making art so the subjective can't be separated from what we do (as human suffering can't be divorced from scientific medicine) but inprecise language doesn't help things. Artists are the patients.

We also have technical aids based on sound science like frequency response charts and FFT transforms, etc. and we have experience in translating the subjective into effective remedy. We are the doctors.

Do I have the answer?

Well, I'll tell you but you have tell me just how to "sweeten".

Bill

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:55 pm

scott anthony wrote: In fifteen years the Mackie preamps will be vintage, what then?

Then you'll know how us old fuckers feel right now about stuff we used when we were younger that suddenly is commanding waaay more money on eBay than we ever thought it should.

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:28 pm

dwlb wrote:
scott anthony wrote: In fifteen years the Mackie preamps will be vintage, what then?
Then you'll know how us old fuckers feel right now about stuff we used when we were younger that suddenly is commanding waaay more money on eBay than we ever thought it should.

80s Tascam

getreel · Post by **getreel** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:36 am

Here's one that always gets me:
Is it "warm" or "dark" It seems these are the same thing but have different connotations. "Dark" usually being bad while "warm" good. There's a lot of old crap on eBay that goes for way too much money that's supposed to sound nice and warm. but in reality it might just as easily be "dark" or even "noisy".

Then there are the words I like, such as

craptacular - it sucks
craptastic - it sounds so bad, it's cool again
lofi - see craptastic
puggy - kinda fat and warm at the same time
fat - half of puggy
purple - something that sounds like Hendrix or Prince
ocular - gear that looks totally great and vintage, but doesn't sound it
screwed the pooch - a terrible performance or take
poopy - see screwed the pooch
ploopy - basketball bouncing low end freakinshness.
whirly - vibrato or leslie type sounds
hollow - can be used to describe the sound or the heads of the talent

supersockmonkey · Post by **supersockmonkey** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:25 am

craptacular - it sucks
craptastic - it sounds so bad, it's cool again
lofi - see craptastic
puggy - kinda fat and warm at the same time
fat - half of puggy
purple - something that sounds like Hendrix or Prince
ocular - gear that looks totally great and vintage, but doesn't sound it
screwed the pooch - a terrible performance or take
poopy - see screwed the pooch
ploopy - basketball bouncing low end freakinshness.
whirly - vibrato or leslie type sounds
hollow - can be used to describe the sound or the heads of the talent

Very nice!!

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:30 pm

getreel wrote:ploopy - basketball bouncing low end freakinshness.

especially good when it's at a nearly inaudible frequency area like 0.1 to 10Hz!

jebjerome · Post by **jebjerome** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:30 pm

turgid

ubertar · Post by **ubertar** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 5:25 pm

chocolatey-- that's how I'd describe the Altec birdcage mic.

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