soundy stuffs

[spacebug]

Why is the Ion so quiet?

It's tricky, since a synth with all of these parameters that can effect volume can very easily just make a quiet patch, but it really seems like it's too quiet across the board, and has for a while.

serendipatree, you got anything on this?

Comments

[hexagonalcarbon.livejournal.com]

It seems kind of naughty of electronic musicians to give "effect" an additional verb meaning that is very similar to "affect".

[spacebug.livejournal.com]

It's a pretty sure bet that I misuse both of those fairly regularly. I'm probably bad on the then/than issue, too. I'll get pantsofdoom upset with me.

[hexagonalcarbon.livejournal.com]

It's really complicated since both affect and effect have noun and verb meanings. I only learned the difference a few years ago when Rogers ripped on me for confusing them. He's handy to learn things from the way a hammer is handy to have around in case a mosquito lands on your back.

From M-W.com "Affect and effect have no senses in common. As a verb affect is most commonly used in the sense of “to influence” (how smoking affects health). Effect means “to bring about or execute”: layoffs designed to effect savings. Thus the sentence These measures may affect savings could imply that the measures may reduce savings that have already been realized, whereas These measures may effect savings implies that the measures will cause new savings to come about."

But electronic musicians have effects that they can apply to sounds, and this can reasonably be called "effecting" them, but this has the disturbing consequence of being the same meaning as the verb "affecting". See? Fun!