Re: Dual Rectifier Guitar Amplifier...wtf?

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:49:08 -0700, in sci.electronics.design John
Larkin <jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:33:24 GMT, Rich Grise <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:52:21 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:20:37 GMT, D from BC <myrealaddress@xxxxxxxxx>

Clipped from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu_metal
"The Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier guitar amplifier has been the
cornerstone of the nu-metal guitar tone. The amplifier has a very
low-midrange voicing, and very strong in the bass frequencies.
......."


What does "voicing" mean?


It's like "timbre" - like, for example, differently shaped organ pipes
have different combinations of harmonics/overtones, and the distinct
sounds for a set of pipes is tne "voice" or "voicing". Some high-end
organs have a "vox humana" which sounds very much like a person singing
"ah....."

You have a certain amount of control over it with your bass and treble
controls, or a graphic equalizer.

I guess what distinguishes one "voice" from another would be the overall
shape of the spectrum.

Hope This Helps!
Rich

Ah. Another subjective, undefinable audio term. I'll add it to my
list.

John
Not always, used in studios (as voiceing a room) for fine tweaking the
acoustics and getting the speakers to sound good, usually adjusting
the sound adsorbers, getting the reverb correct, and the
scientologists use 1/3rd octave equalisers in the feed to the speakers
amps, evil bastards

more here
http://www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html#diffusers%20and%20absorbers


Martin
.

Quantcast