the valve (vacuum tube) sound you speak of are the harmonics and distortion caused by the use of tubes in audio gear. before the popularization of solid state cuircuitry in modern electronics, tubes were prevealant in almost all electronics. however, tubes are expensive, fragile and more and more scarce in production. audiophiles still swear by them because for the "warm" tone they produce - when over-driven they create a very cool sounding distortion and overtones, unlike digital audio which when overdriven sounds like pure hell. so there is no single sound that you can apply to your audio to give it the characteristic valve tone - each piece of valve gear has its own character. but people have written software to emulate the treatment of sound running through tube gear.. check out T-Racks or the PSP Vintage Warmer.
ayan >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 7:18 AM >Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: valve sound > > > > > > does anyone know where i can find a copy of the valve > > sound? not the > > > song but the actual sound that is used to warm up valve > > amps. > > --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
