huge low-end rumbles

English translation: very loud low dull continuous noise at the lower end of the sound spectrum

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English term or phrase:huge low-end rumbles
Selected answer:very loud low dull continuous noise at the lower end of the sound spectrum
Entered by: elsayed fayed

01:13 Dec 3, 2009
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Music
English term or phrase: huge low-end rumbles
Even worse are the huge low-end rumbles recorded onto such a vocal track, thereby forcing the mixing engineer to take measures to eliminate these bassy pops from the vocal track as opposed to using EQ to add depth and sweeten the track.
elsayed fayed
Egypt
Local time: 19:42
very loud low dull continuous noise at the lower end of the sound spectrum
Explanation:
rumble = a loud low dull continuous noise

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Note added at 33 mins (2009-12-03 01:46:45 GMT)
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please disregard the first "low" (was cutting and pasting text) ... it just means "very loud dull continuous noise"
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David Hollywood
Local time: 14:42
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thank you
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4 +3very loud low dull continuous noise at the lower end of the sound spectrum
David Hollywood
3 -1voluminous crushing sounds ending in a lower rumble
Alexandra Taggart


  

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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
very loud low dull continuous noise at the lower end of the sound spectrum


Explanation:
rumble = a loud low dull continuous noise

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Note added at 33 mins (2009-12-03 01:46:45 GMT)
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please disregard the first "low" (was cutting and pasting text) ... it just means "very loud dull continuous noise"

David Hollywood
Local time: 14:42
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
2 hrs

agree  Rolf Keiser
6 hrs

agree  Vicky Nash
9 hrs
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
voluminous crushing sounds ending in a lower rumble


Explanation:
They start as something mighty and finish as a sound of a rolling rock.

Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Local time: 20:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: Doesn't make a great deal of sense in EN, and there is no sense of a changing dynamic to the sound as you seem to be implying. / No, I'm afraid it's above all the answer itself which doesn't work here.
13 hrs
  -> Probably my explaination, not the answer itself.
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