In article , Kurt Hamster
wrote:
On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 17:04:10 +0100, Don Pearce used
to say...

Handwaving were ne'er so lyrical. Unfortunately we are still no nearer
to a clue as to what Slam is...

Do you know what a slammed door sounds like?

Yes?

I think so. However the snag here for me is that the sound seems to vary
from one door to another, and with where I and standing w.r.t. to it, etc.
Hence I'm afraid don't find it very precise as a definition.

Well how would _you_ describe the type of sound it makes?

Thud? :-)

Or would you just find it easier to say the sound has some slam about it?

Or if you wanted to be pedantic how about, fast attack, no decay, no
sustain and a sharp release?

I find your explanation interesting as I would up until now *not* have said
that the above is what reviewers mean by the word 'slam'. I had thought it
meant that a particular LF band was present, and in the right proportion
with the rest of the signal. You may be right, though. However if so, it
perhaps shows how careful people have to be when using such terms as I, for
one, formed the view that they were describing something quite different to
what you say in you final paragraph above!

Slainte,

Jim

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