On Tuesday 08 February 2011 02:28 AM, Charles Haynes wrote:
The maximum "loudness" for a given digital medium is fixed.
Nigel Tufnel: This is a top to a, you know, what we use on stage, but it's very...very special because if you can see...The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...
Charles Haynes: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten? Nigel Tufnel: Exactly. Charle Haynes: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder?Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Charle Haynes: I don't know.Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Charle Haynes: Put it up to eleven. Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.Charle Haynes: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven. [sorry, couldn't resist]
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