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solidsnake3725
03-24-2005, 12:06 PM
What is tone, and how can u use it in a song. Like how can a song be heavy "tone" wise?
moaner
03-24-2005, 12:10 PM
"tone"refers to the way the same instrument can sound different despite playing the same note. saying an amp has a nice tone means that the amp is aurally pleasing, although this is fairl;y subjective everyone will hear how a £1000 amp has a nicer tone than an MT-2 through a practise amp. a metal tone would usually have lots of distortion and scooped mids.
solidsnake3725
03-24-2005, 12:14 PM
whats scooped mids?
airborne50caliber
03-24-2005, 02:55 PM
saying 'this amp has a nice tone' means 'this amp has a pleasing distribution of frequencies across the audible frequency spectrum' therefore tone refers to the overall frequency response, not distortion.
moaner
03-25-2005, 06:49 AM
saying 'this amp has a nice tone' means 'this amp has a pleasing distribution of frequencies across the audible frequency spectrum' therefore tone refers to the overall frequency response, not distortion.

guitarists, when talking about tone, would always say "this amp has a nice distortion tone", even if thats not the technically correct term.
airborne50caliber
03-25-2005, 07:33 AM
guitarists, when talking about tone, would always say "this amp has a nice distortion tone", even if thats not the technically correct term.

yh im aware, i just said what tone really refers to in a professional environment. as he didn't specify, we don't know what 'tone' he was referring to. and im not sure what scooping mids is, although I know swept mids on a 3-band eq means that the midrange gain controls frequencies at the higher end of the 'mid' spectrum. I don't know if that's the same as 'scooped'.
solidsnake3725
03-25-2005, 11:46 AM
but how do i know if a song has good tone or not?
airborne50caliber
03-25-2005, 11:55 AM
depends on opinion! a good tone usually will make it sound good! like if your expectin a heavy song, if the low frequencies are equalized in a way to please your ears and make your stomach churn, the song probably has a 'heavy metal tone' but it depends on opinion. I told you what tone really means above.
moaner
03-25-2005, 03:42 PM
scooped mids is having the midrange frequencies on some kind of EQ (graphic, parametric, whatever) lower than the bass and treble.