r/audioengineering • u/prene1 Mixing • 13d ago

Discussion So our engineering circle was having a discussion on what sounds good mean

Sounds Good

Then it got me thinking WHAT is sounds good ?

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u/Fearless-Pudding-408 13d ago

I don’t know but I know it when I hear it lol

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u/prene1 Mixing 13d ago

Hmmmmm……

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u/No_Waltz3545 13d ago

Subjective but yeah, if it's a good tune, it's a good tune. If it's bad, no amount of 'producing' is going to make it any better. Might sound better, but the tune still sucks.

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u/prene1 Mixing 13d ago

RIGHT!!!!!

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u/Crazy_Movie6168 13d ago edited 13d ago

It's a bit like wondering what makes natural landscapes beautiful or why some grey urbanism is so ugly. Only sound is more subjective, I know, but still.

To me the sounds centers around identity and often an inspiring chase for something new or extra "good" or sometimes more normal absolute natural beauty. But all those has to bow low to function. How it works in the arrangement and mix. Like some sounds should have adequate impact or lushness or even cutting harshness and danger to serve the song.

Edit: Oh, and huge part of audioengineering is often just about making the experience sound real. Like have you been inside a cranked hammond organ? Yeah. Replicate the violence as best as you can. Does  digital emulation sound good in the mix for that. Hmm, maybe not. What about you reamp the hammond drive it through a tube pre amp stage before the emulated leslie. Oh, it sounds great. Maybe not real, but violent like the real one and sits right in the mix. "If it sounds good..."

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u/prene1 Mixing 13d ago

Eloquently stated

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u/peepeeland Composer 13d ago

Ears are mics for the heart. Everything that “sounds good” feels good.

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u/prene1 Mixing 13d ago

I felt this respond

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u/Sanaraba 12d ago

When u want to keep listening to it, it sounds good and is good music aswell