phatness

phatness

English

Etymology

phat +‎ -ness

Noun

phatness (uncountable)

1. (slang, music) Fullness, richness, body.
   • 2013, Chris Buono, The Guitarist's Guide to Line 6 Studio Tools, Cenage (2013), →ISBN, page 196:

     Once you experience the phatness a bass amp can inject into a signal, […]

   • 2013, Exquisite Corpse, or, How Not to Kill Your Neighbours, Blackfriars (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     He's always telling Beth about the enormity of his next gig and the extraordinary phatness of his latest beats, and to be fair he can drop a good tune.

   • 2015, Ian Corbett, Mic It!: Microphones, Microphone Techniques, and Their Impact on the Final Mix, Focal Press (2015), →ISBN, page 76:

     But if a sound source is a little thin, and needs some warmth, body, or “phatness,” a tube mic could provide useful “sonic makeup.”

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