SweetWaterBlue
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In the beginner uke buying tips section there was a discussion this morning of the Fluke and whether it was not as loud as more conventional tenors. I originally posted this analysis there, but thought it more appropriate here, and moved it. To my ear my Flea is loud, but in a different way. It seems to have ore mid to low range energy and less on the high end than a good soprano. High frequencies are generally percieved to pierce better, but low notes are necessary too.
I thought it might be interesting to download an MP3 of a few ukes being compared and use Audacity to do a frequency comparison. I did that with a four tenor comparison UkiSociety did, including a Fluke. I wondered what people thought about the validity of this type of analysis?
Here are the results, with the Fluke first:
I then selected what appeared to me to be the loudest wooden tenor he played. Here is its frequency analysis:
I am not an expert in this, but the fluke does appear to have more energy in the lower end of the spectrum, and the chosen conventional wooden uke has a more distinct higher frequency. The higher notes are quite interesting to compare in the plots. Some of the sound differences may also be due to how Alan fretted the notes on the different fretboards.
I thought it might be interesting to download an MP3 of a few ukes being compared and use Audacity to do a frequency comparison. I did that with a four tenor comparison UkiSociety did, including a Fluke. I wondered what people thought about the validity of this type of analysis?
Here are the results, with the Fluke first:
I then selected what appeared to me to be the loudest wooden tenor he played. Here is its frequency analysis:
I am not an expert in this, but the fluke does appear to have more energy in the lower end of the spectrum, and the chosen conventional wooden uke has a more distinct higher frequency. The higher notes are quite interesting to compare in the plots. Some of the sound differences may also be due to how Alan fretted the notes on the different fretboards.
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