[sdiy] Terminology

[Dave Kendall]

On Feb 20, 2009, at 00:17, David Ingebretsen wrote:
>
> 2. Pad (describing a patch)

A sustaining sound, often with a soft-ish attack/release, typically 
played polyphonically and used for backing chords, or to "pad out" the 
overall mix of instruments.


> 3. Fat/phat (I have gut feel for this, but would love a better 
> explanation)

In my experience as a sound engineer, as well as the sound of several 
detuned oscillators in unison, people often also refer to "fat" or 
"Phat" meaning that the sound has a "warm" or rounded bass end, with a 
pleasant LF response.
Thus a single oscillator Bass line could be Fat, but *not* if it didn't 
have a good bass end, or was "thin" sounding.

The phrase "Nice Fat bottom end" can refer to a synth patch, the 
characteristics of an equalizer or amp, or be a comment on a drum 
sound.

Fat *doesn't* exactly equal strong bass, but there is definitely a link 
there.

my 2 pence worth ;-)

cheers,
Dave






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