Mar 18, 2000 14:33
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Synthesizer Terminologie

English to German Tech/Engineering
I need help with a number of synthesizer terms:
punch in and step recording
event edit
drawbar section (organ)
flanger (a chorus effect)
EQ (a filter)
expander
pan
upper tones 1 and 2 balance

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Youll find that most tehnical terms in this sort of text can be directly adopted without translation. Certainly "Punch-in", "Event-editierung", "Flanger", "Expander", "Pan" and "Balance" dont need translation (indeed cant be translated really). Most musicians will understand "Step" as a recording mode, you could replace it with "Schritt" however. "Upper tones" I would translate word for word with "obere Töne". The manuals of an organ are "Register" in german, so the draw-bar section is the "Ziehregister", but (especially if you are talking to pop/rock musicians) "drawbar" would be understood. If you need any info on what these things actually *are*, drop me a line.
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A lot of 'questions' in one...

This might be of great help:

First go to

www.harmony-central.com/Synth

which is basically a crash course on synthesizers.
Go for SEARCH and look up everything you always wanted to know about synthesizers.

After this, you could visit one of the many online dictionaries, eg:

www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction3.html#german
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upper tones

Obertöne. Each vibration contains the basic tone and upper tones having double, triple.. frequency. In wind instruments those are created automatically and can be blown ..well, not selectively, but as a dominant "ingredient" of the tone. I play clarinet and flute, therefor I know this by experience.
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