Re: [LAU] Limiters?

On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:33:37 +0200
Hartmut Noack <zettberlin@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> Am 11.07.2011 22:03, schrieb Arnold Krille:
> > On Monday 11 July 2011 21:43:41 Folderol wrote:
> >> On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:04:44 -0400
> >>
> >> "S. Massy"<lists@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I won't jump into this fray of art vs. technique, as its just too dicey.
> >>> I agree with you, Fons, on the distortion introduced by limiting; but do
> >>> you have any theory as to why most people actually seem to like it? My
> >>> experience is that people seem to feel lightly compressed, open mixes
> >>> are weak, but will take to a "brutalised" mix enthusiastically. Do you
> >>> have a theory? Also, aren't we a bit of a slave to whatever people
> >>> happen to like, however much we might feel it is inferior?
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> S.M.
> >>
> >> I wonder if it is simply the fact that the distortion gives us a clue that
> >> the equipment is working as hard as it can. I've noticed that Fuzz on a
> >> guitar seems to make it sound louder than a clean signal that is actually
> >> a far higher amplitude. More 'width' seems to outweigh more 'height'.
> >
> > I think (at least) for distorted guitars its the amount of high-frequencies
> > that counts to our ears.
>
> These are the formats that shape consonats and thus they are most
> important if people talk to each other. The hearing tends to focus on
> them to make sure one catches the words of the other. So distorted
> Guitars "sound" louder than their amplitude would suggest.

Which just goes to show that whoever 'invented' ears was either a genius or a
sadist (or possibly both) LOL

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Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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