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>>>> Especially “Punchy” and “Warm.” Every time I hear those words, I want to throttle somebody. I've seen this first-hand. I'm a bassist. When you ask any bas

>>>> Especially “Punchy” and “Warm.” Every time I hear those words, I want to throttle somebody. I've seen this first-hand. I'm a bassist. When you ask any bassist about their sound, they all say that they want it to be "punchy." Every bass, amplifier, and speaker is described as "punchy." If not, it doesn't even make it to the market. Protip: To overcome any problem with your sound, turn the volume up a bit. This is also a known trick in the studio, and the equipment showroom: Make a few arbitrary adjustments, then play it back again, but with the volume turned up.

mitch3x3 4y ago
Punchy commonly translates to “compressed” and warm to “saturated/distorted”. Volume will of course help, but it’s not always what people want.
- IAmGraydon 4y ago
  Punch is typically referring to a waveform with high dynamic range - the opposite of compressed. Warm usually indicates a sound with rolled off highs and boosted midrange.
  - analog31 4y ago
    Interestingly, in addition to being a bassist, I'm also an electronics freak. I've studied every amp schematic that I can lay my hands on, have built my own gear, and read a lot of online commentary on the subject. In my observation, a fair generalization is that for every term describing tone quality, there are equal and opposite definitions and explanations.
noduerme 4y ago
Not to do with tonal quality, but in the ages of 4- and 8-track garage recording my music with semi-formed bands, the phrase I'm sure I was most guilty of using toward bassists was "drive it home". That always referred to a specific point in a song, though, and at least was something I could pick up a bass and demonstrate. It's that moment when the bass is supposed to deliver the satisfaction of answering and closing, resetting the rhythm and the melody at the same time, taking everything from noodly to clean again.
IAmGraydon 4y ago
>Protip: To overcome any problem with your sound, turn the volume up a bit. This is also a known trick in the studio, and the equipment showroom: Make a few arbitrary adjustments, then play it back again, but with the volume turned up. Protip: I’ve been studying audio engineering for over 20 years and have 2 full studio albums. I have no idea what you’re talking about. The Fletcher Munson curve is not a way to fix problems with your sound.

mitch3x3 4y ago

Punchy commonly translates to “compressed” and warm to “saturated/distorted”. Volume will of course help, but it’s not always what people want.

IAmGraydon 4y ago
Punch is typically referring to a waveform with high dynamic range - the opposite of compressed. Warm usually indicates a sound with rolled off highs and boosted midrange.
- analog31 4y ago
  Interestingly, in addition to being a bassist, I'm also an electronics freak. I've studied every amp schematic that I can lay my hands on, have built my own gear, and read a lot of online commentary on the subject. In my observation, a fair generalization is that for every term describing tone quality, there are equal and opposite definitions and explanations.

noduerme 4y ago

Not to do with tonal quality, but in the ages of 4- and 8-track garage recording my music with semi-formed bands, the phrase I'm sure I was most guilty of using toward bassists was "drive it home". That always referred to a specific point in a song, though, and at least was something I could pick up a bass and demonstrate. It's that moment when the bass is supposed to deliver the satisfaction of answering and closing, resetting the rhythm and the melody at the same time, taking everything from noodly to clean again.

IAmGraydon 4y ago

>Protip: To overcome any problem with your sound, turn the volume up a bit. This is also a known trick in the studio, and the equipment showroom: Make a few arbitrary adjustments, then play it back again, but with the volume turned up. Protip: I’ve been studying audio engineering for over 20 years and have 2 full studio albums. I have no idea what you’re talking about. The Fletcher Munson curve is not a way to fix problems with your sound.