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post #1 of 15
10/21/11 at 9:17pm
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Hi all! After going through all the poisons around here, finally decided to take the plunge into this Audiophilic world.. biggrin.gif

I myself loves good sound effects.. However, i'm not sure where to start.. Am still confuse by all the technical terms used in this area of expertise..
E.g.
-mids
-highs
-fall offs
-roll offs
-treble

What are these terms referring to exactly? Or maybe I heard of them but not sure which is which.. And I also wish to train my ears to be able to differentiate changes in different kind of sound quality..

Any other terms that I need to familiarise myself to better help myself know musics and sounds better?

THANKS IN ADVANCE! wink.gif
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post #2 of 15
10/21/11 at 9:32pm

http://www.head-fi.org/a/glossary-of-terms

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post #3 of 15
10/22/11 at 1:11am
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http://www.head-fi.org/a/glossary-of-terms



 Well, that successfully ends this thread ;)

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post #4 of 15
10/22/11 at 5:44am
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 Well, that successfully ends this thread ;)



But the glossary doesn't explain what are mids, highs, etc? :)

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post #5 of 15
10/22/11 at 7:38am

bass- frequencies that are roughly *0* to 250hz

mids- are 250 to 10khz (from what I've heard)

highs- 10/12khz onwards

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post #6 of 15
10/22/11 at 1:06pm
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bass- frequencies that are roughly *0* to 250hz

mids- are 250 to 10khz (from what I've heard)

highs- 10/12khz onwards


Personally I'd end the mid-range at 5kHz. Ending it at 10kHz only leaves one octave for treble, and one of the least important octaves at that.

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post #7 of 15
10/22/11 at 7:41pm
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Personally I'd end the mid-range at 5kHz. Ending it at 10kHz only leaves one octave for treble, and one of the least important octaves at that.



 Thanks for correcting that. One of the first people I met when I got into hi-fi told me mids went to 10, I guess I just believed him redface.gif


Edited by Hifianddrumming - 10/22/11 at 7:42pm
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post #8 of 15
10/23/11 at 11:36pm
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Thanks for clarifying.. smily_headphones1.gif

Anyway, may I put these in layman terms? Meaning that mids can simply refer to normal singing voices of the males and some females.. On the other hands, highs will be refering to those higher pitch noises created by guitars, cymbals etc. As well as opera based songs, high notes from singers?

My interpretion may be a little too brief as I am still learning.. Pls do correct me if I'm wrong..

TIA! biggrin.gif
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post #9 of 15
10/24/11 at 6:19am
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Thanks for clarifying.. smily_headphones1.gif
Anyway, may I put these in layman terms? Meaning that mids can simply refer to normal singing voices of the males and some females.. On the other hands, highs will be refering to those higher pitch noises created by guitars, cymbals etc. As well as opera based songs, high notes from singers?
My interpretion may be a little too brief as I am still learning.. Pls do correct me if I'm wrong..
TIA! biggrin.gif


 Actually, apparently the highest note sung was only about 5200khz. Vocals, No matter how big  a range are mids, from what I understand.

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post #10 of 15
10/24/11 at 9:25am
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Thanks for clarifying.. smily_headphones1.gif
Anyway, may I put these in layman terms? Meaning that mids can simply refer to normal singing voices of the males and some females.. On the other hands, highs will be refering to those higher pitch noises created by guitars, cymbals etc. As well as opera based songs, high notes from singers?
My interpretion may be a little too brief as I am still learning.. Pls do correct me if I'm wrong..
TIA! biggrin.gif


That's a good enough summary. A good way to think about bass, mids, and treble is with a rock band:

  • The kick drum and bass guitar are in the mid-bass
  • Guitar and vocals range from lower to upper mid-range, drum attacks are usually in upper mid-range
  • Cymbals are in treble

 

They all have some harmonics that will creep into regions above and below them.

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post #11 of 15
10/24/11 at 9:28am
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Hello to all handsomes and pretties!


Finally. Somebody got my name right.

 

;-)

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post #12 of 15
10/28/11 at 6:18am
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Originally Posted by Hifianddrumming View Post



 Actually, apparently the highest note sung was only about 5200khz. Vocals, No matter how big  a range are mids, from what I understand.



 



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Originally Posted by Head Injury View Post


That's a good enough summary. A good way to think about bass, mids, and treble is with a rock band:

  • The kick drum and bass guitar are in the mid-bass
  • Guitar and vocals range from lower to upper mid-range, drum attacks are usually in upper mid-range
  • Cymbals are in treble

 

They all have some harmonics that will creep into regions above and below them.



thanks once again.. I have a better idea of what they are now.. now I just need to differentiate what are good mids and highs for my ears.. any way that I can practise/train my ears to do so? 

 

one way that I can think of is to use different headphones to evaluate the same song over and over again..

 

OR

 

should I use the same headphone but play the same songs but of 2 different quality and evaluate them over and over again?

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post #13 of 15
10/28/11 at 10:24pm

Hello I am Cynus and newbie here..................Nice to see you guys here and happy to be here.....

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post #14 of 15
10/29/11 at 6:23pm
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hello to you too! enjoy your stay here! :)

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post #15 of 15
11/3/11 at 4:31pm

http://www.head-fi.org/a/frequency-response-of-headphones

 

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Edited by Stitch - 11/3/11 at 7:00pm
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