What is honky in sound terms?

[marios_mar]

What is honky in sound terms?

 

[setmenu]

Higher and shorter than boomy.

Setmenu

 

[zowie]

Pat Boone

 

[Kirosia]

Honky is just . . . well um . . honky. Crap I can't explain it. It's one of those "you'll know it when you hear it" kind of thing.

Zowie, guess you watched the worst moments in metal thing on VH1. Mr. Boone is a horrid, horrid man. "Holy Diver" . . .

 

[rnd]

You know when you talk into a cup and your voice comes back strange sounding? To me that's what honky sounds like, but just to a lesser degree. It's as if you are getting plastic sounding resonance and reverberation. Maybe that's what's happening, I don't know.

 

[DevilDog]

To me it's just all mids. Any highs that may be there are clipped and short. No reverberation.

 

[aphex944]

Make a circle with your index finger and thumb, hold it up to your mouth, form a "horn" with your hand, and talk. That's honky

 

[rnd]

The Aflac duck is sort of honky.

 

[BowerR64]

Quote:

Originally Posted by rnd You know when you talk into a cup and your voice comes back strange sounding? To me that's what honky sounds like, but just to a lesser degree. It's as if you are getting plastic sounding resonance and reverberation. Maybe that's what's happening, I don't know.

Thats what i think it means. The sound you kinda get when you put your hands over the grados. It gets thin and honky sounding. It is a weird sound that comes from sound bouncing off plastic or metal IMO. The coffee can sound is what i think of when i hear it.

 

[Spankypoo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by marios_mar What is honky in sound terms?

Vanilla Ice? Don't get the question.

 

[lini]

I'd define honky as (upper) midrange emphasized in combination with nasal coloration.

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Manfred / lini