What is a "broken" sound? please help!

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Please help! If a sound is decribed to be "broken", what does it mean? Or maybe I should ask the question this way: what does a "broken sound" sound like?
 
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Need more context. It could mean a sound punctuated with dropouts (e.g., stuttering, machine gun effect, heavy tremolo, etc.) Or it could mean any sound that isn't just right.
 
Define broken?

Are there breaks in the signal, as in cuts in and out?

Is it distorted?

Did it even get captured in the first place?

Lot's of opportunities for a break. Mic, cable, preamp, cable, interface, cable, computer, cable, power socket, cable, fuse box, cable, electrical box, cable, power substation, cable, power plant, .......
 
diggy_dude said:
Need more context. It could mean a sound punctuated with dropouts (e.g., stuttering, machine gun effect, heavy tremolo, etc.) Or it could mean any sound that isn't just right.
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Thank you for your answer, but I am still confused. I've been searching the internet for a explanation, but among tons of adjectives for a sound, "broken" is not in them.
 
We're still confused too. Give us the whole story so we'll have enough info. to figure it out.
 
ilovemusic said:
Thank you for your answer, but I am still confused. I've been searching the internet for a explanation, but among tons of adjectives for a sound, "broken" is not in them.
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so who used this term and in what context?
If you can't tell us that we can't answer the question.
 
If you've been searching the internet and can't find an explanation, why do you think it's a term whose usage is sufficiently common that someone here is going to be able to explain it to you?

We all just google our answers anyway... :laughings:

Context, dude...FFS...
 
Never heard that term...in over 35 years of music/audio involvement.
Where did you hear that?
Maybe it's just someone's personal way of trying to describe something...but it's not a common audio term that I'm aware of...which is probably why you have not found anything with all your Internet searches.
 
Well, as a newbie, I am in the stage of learning. I noticed this term in some guys post the other day and thought I should make clear its meaning. He was talking about a certain microphone that "sounds broken,as if a component is overloading".
 
Apparently he meant the mic sounded broken, not the sound.
 
ilovemusic said:
Well, as a newbie, I am in the stage of learning. I noticed this term in some guys post the other day and thought I should make clear its meaning. He was talking about a certain microphone that "sounds broken,as if a component is overloading".
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well that's more of an electronics comment rather than sound.
If you slam a mic into the concrete it would be 'broken' ..... if a resistor burns out the electronic unit is broken. THAT kind of broken ...... not a description of sound.
He was saying that some little part of the electronic circuit is distorting badly when it shouldn't be ....... e.g. 'broken'.
 
What is a "broken look"?

I put my leg in a vice and twisted it until I heard a snap and felt a lot pain. When I went to the doctor, he said "It looks broken". So, I'm just curious, what is a broken look?

(Sorry, couldn't resist) :D
 
RAMI said:
What is a "broken look"?

I put my leg in a vice and twisted it until I heard a snap and felt a lot pain. When I went to the doctor, he said "It looks broken". So, I'm just curious, what is a broken look?

(Sorry, couldn't resist) :D
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:D

This thread would've been a great troll if the OP hadn't been dead serious, no?
 
Lt. Bob said:
well that's more of an electronics comment rather than sound.
If you slam a mic into the concrete it would be 'broken' ..... if a resistor burns out the electronic unit is broken. THAT kind of broken ...... not a description of sound.
He was saying that some little part of the electronic circuit is distorting badly when it shouldn't be ....... e.g. 'broken'.
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So, to sum up, a "broken sound" is a distorted sound. In terms of describe a sound, it's not like words like "woody, smooth,puffy", etc that you can find a certain sound to match the adjectives. Am I a little close to the truth?
 
Whoever said it meant: IT SOUNDS LIKE MY MICROPHONE MIGHT BE BROKEN. It's not an adjective for the sound itself.
 
Well...now that I gave it some thought...when you break wind, that makes a sound, right...?

So that could be a "broken sound". :)
 
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