bass punchiness [was Re: [linux-audio-user] I'm back with some music]

[Loki Davison]

On 3/27/06, Folderol <folderol at ukfsn.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 02:46:16 +0400
> "Dmitry Baikov" <dsbaikov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > prefer bass to be more punchy. So is there any specific trick for taking
> > > these almost pure (to my ear) bass drone type sounds and giving them
> > > more punch? Apart from simply turning up the volume..
> >
> > Punchy bass has very fast attack.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dmitry.
>
> Also has a lot of harmonics in the attack phase.
>
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> F
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Side chain compressors can also help a lot. Having an env on frequency
is really nice too, dropping the frequency with time.
http://loki.theworldsbestdomain.com/notbigfish.ogg example of quite a
big punchy bass.

Loki