Use of the words "warm" and "punchy"
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Use of the words "warm" and "punchy"
"Warm" and "Punchy" are the most overused words in recording (probably by amateurs who want to sound hip)...........So what do they really mean?
.......Give some examples of some recordings that you think sound either "warm" or "punchy".
....or both.
.......Give some examples of some recordings that you think sound either "warm" or "punchy".
....or both.
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Last weekend i was in the prospect park barbeque pit playing frisbee when an errant toss hit one of the locals in the head. I rushed over to apologize, but he wasn't having it. In a fit of rage, he reached into the grill and grabbed a burning coal. Closing his fist around it, steam whistling out as it burned into his flesh, he wheeled back and sent a roundhouse right hook smashing into the side of my face. The effect was both warm and punchy.
I used to do these sessions for visual art people who were taking sound classes. They were supposed to make "audio autobiographies" and they continuously use the worst ways to describe sound.
"hotter, no, not louder like it is getting hot" = Add 6dB of 5K
"Make it Red, green, purple, gold..." = I have no idea
"Sound like it is falling" (my favorite) = FADE OUT!
They never really seemed completely happy with what came out but I had no idea what they actually wanted. I question if the did either.
"hotter, no, not louder like it is getting hot" = Add 6dB of 5K
"Make it Red, green, purple, gold..." = I have no idea
"Sound like it is falling" (my favorite) = FADE OUT!
They never really seemed completely happy with what came out but I had no idea what they actually wanted. I question if the did either.
I think Sea Change sounds like Late seventies / Early eighties Kenny Rogers... In a good way.DGoody wrote:
Beck - Sea Change
I think Albini's drums are neither warm nor punchy, myself..... but my tastes lie elsewhere......
Also, Albinis drums sound icy and afraid of the dark with a hint of dirty orphan.
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I shit thee negative, the review of Radikal Technologies' Spectralis synth in this month's Electronic Musician magazine includes the phrase "Warm, fat and punchy" in the Summary section.
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let's try to define
WARM: acoustically speaking means that the lows in the reverb last longer than the highs (at least that's what some acoustics books say)... not having brittle highs or being spitty... lacking severe transient spikes...
PUNCHY: a powerful, quick transient sound often characterized by a controlled/shorter sustain and decay...quick= things like amps w/ lower noise floors and quick rise time tubes= "punchier" vs. a blues type amp w/ slower tubes. thus solid state is sometimes "punchier" because there aren't tubes to slow down rise time.
so the two could actually be kinda opposed to each other. 2 things that must be balanced against one another in many scenarios.
...one of the few studios in my area says, "We specialize in getting a warm, punchy, high impact sound that competes with cd's released on major record labels." hmm. using "specialize" and "major record label" seems oxymoronic.
PUNCHY: a powerful, quick transient sound often characterized by a controlled/shorter sustain and decay...quick= things like amps w/ lower noise floors and quick rise time tubes= "punchier" vs. a blues type amp w/ slower tubes. thus solid state is sometimes "punchier" because there aren't tubes to slow down rise time.
so the two could actually be kinda opposed to each other. 2 things that must be balanced against one another in many scenarios.
...one of the few studios in my area says, "We specialize in getting a warm, punchy, high impact sound that competes with cd's released on major record labels." hmm. using "specialize" and "major record label" seems oxymoronic.
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