Sound colour
Sound colour Posted on: 12.05.2011 by Kareen Krynicki What do people mean when they say X is good, but it ''colours the sound''? eg. when talking about a particular brand of headphone.Thanks. | |
| Kareen Krynicki 12.05.2011 | What do people mean when they say X is good, but it ''colours the sound''? eg. when talking about a particular brand of headphone. Thanks. |
| Phung Furfari 13.05.2011 | Colouration is can be spoken of in a positive or negative light. It means there is a deviation from a flat response or a deviation from no distortion to distortion. i.e. A nice analogue compressor with tubes and transformers in can "colour" the sound in a pleasing retro way. cheers |
| Rashida Stieb 12.05.2011 | yeah, a change of frequencies. I believe the phrase derived from the fact that different colours of light have different frequencies. |
| Olene Minyard 12.05.2011 | Think of it as "changes the sound". It's basically similar to what you do when you're DJing using the EQ knobs. You're essentially "colouring" the sound by adjusting the EQ, i.e. frequencies. |
| Tatum Ansaldo 12.05.2011 | It means it changes certain frequencies of the sound in a certain way. For example, vinyl can sound different to digital, different mixers can accentuate certain frequency bands or whatever. Take for example traktor's different eq modes, which emulate different mixer types. Some systems sound warmer, some are a little harsh on the highs, sound colour is dependent on every part of your setup. |
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