(Plano y bajo)

English translation: Flat and bass

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Spanish term or phrase: (Plano y bajo)
English translation:Flat and bass

03:45 Oct 3, 2011
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Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Physics / Acústica
Spanish term or phrase: (Plano y bajo)
2 cajas directas o 2 micrófonos (Plano y bajo)

It is the stage layout of a band. They have two microphones.

I know it is "flat and..." I don't understand the other one. Please, help
Juan Pablo Sans
Mexico
Local time: 21:43
Flat and bass
Explanation:
Bass is the musical term, Low frequency would be for electronics and radio. compare http://www.zzounds.com/item--SHUBETA52A and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_frequency
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Benjamin A Flores
Local time: 19:43
Grading comment
Yes, it was the context. I hadn't understood the context, but now that the client explained it to me, I realised it was it.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1Flat and bass
Benjamin A Flores
3 +1flat and low frequency
David Hollywood


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
flat and low frequency


Explanation:
I would suggest

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Note added at 9 mins (2011-10-03 03:54:27 GMT)
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An ideal "flat" frequency response means that the microphone is equally sensitive to all frequencies. In this case, no frequencies would be exaggerated or reduced (the chart above would show a flat line), resulting in a more accurate representation of the original sound. We therefore say that a flat frequency response produces the purest audio.

In the real world a perfectly flat response is not possible and even the best "flat response" microphones have some deviation.

More importantly, it should be noted that a flat frequency response is not always the most desirable option. In many cases a tailored frequency response is more useful. For example, a response pattern designed to emphasise the frequencies in a human voice would be well suited to picking up speech in an environment with lots of low-frequency background noise.

The main thing is to avoid response patterns which emphasise the wrong frequencies. For example, a vocal mic is a poor choice for picking up the low frequencies of a bass drum.

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Note added at 17 mins (2011-10-03 04:02:38 GMT)
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High-Pressure Low-Frequency Microphone Calibration at CSIRO, Australia B. H. Meldrum, K. J. Hews-Taylor, and N. H. Clark CSIRO Division of Applied Physics ...

David Hollywood
Local time: 22:43
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Neil Ashby: This depends on the exact audience/readership. "low frequency" is definitely more correct for technical/physics
4 hrs
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Flat and bass


Explanation:
Bass is the musical term, Low frequency would be for electronics and radio. compare http://www.zzounds.com/item--SHUBETA52A and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_frequency

Example sentence(s):
  • The easiest way to record bass is by going direct from the amp into the board.

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_(sound)
Benjamin A Flores
Local time: 19:43
Native speaker of: Spanish
Grading comment
Yes, it was the context. I hadn't understood the context, but now that the client explained it to me, I realised it was it.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Neil Ashby: this is also correct but from a musician's point of view rather than a technician or physicist's.
3 hrs
  -> Just what I said in the Explanation. Thank you.
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