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Can we start with a given that different people will care more or less about different "stray" aspects of sound, what to play up and what to play down?  I get that people dig horns, and I have absolutely no problem with it.  My question was from a purely practical perspective, based on very limited experience and total failure, just as stated in the post.  Romy, I actually found your response to be enlightening, since, indeed, I did have a rather different perspective when I was into the horns, and some of the question does "come from that time".  But your "twist" of the question does make plenty of sense, taken alone, or taken as a more evolved perspective.

Anyway... I actually thought there was some common recognition of "horn sound", just like there might be about OB sound or BR sound, which is to say, qualities that are endemic to the genre.  For instance, although I recognize and do not like certain "sound qualities" of BR itself, I have tried but failed to overcome them all.  So I soldier on with the "benefit" I get while still mindful of (and not liking) the "soft bottom" (although I have overcome the "chuffing"). 

By "horn sound" I mean when all instruments and voices in a given frequency range sound as if they went through a smaller or larger megaphone (horn).  Basically, more of less, like talking through cupped hands, depending on the frequency in question, ie, the sound is thereby "shaped" in a generic sense that has been, in my experience, peculiar to horns.  And all the big ones I have heard have had this characteristic in spades (ie, the sewer pipe).  But I can say just how I tuned and "dealt with" the BR soft bottom, by design and allowed-for adjustment.  So I was just wondering if anyone tried to "deal with" the horn shaping, or what, and if so, how they did it, since horn people do not seem to talk about it.  If I understood Dominik correctly, he expects to do the math, make the horns, and just assemble and use the result, without ongoing modifications.  This surprises me.

Best regards,
Paul S

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