This thing called ping

venusrising

Halloo...I've searched the forums and I'm still not getting what 'ping' is. I just bought the Voice Repair program and he mentions how 'ping is king' but doesn't describe or show what ping is. Does he have a video about it or would some brave soul be willing to record yourself showing the concept/goal so we can have an audio of it? TIA

charlie_v

This is my attempt to demonstrate!

The first arpeggio is trying to get a ping. The tone is bright, the sound is forward.

The second is my attempt at an oscuro, classical sound, which is further back.

The third is softer, with lots of air passing over the cords.

Does that help? (PS I’m only 4 months in, so I’m near the beginning of my journey!)

https://on.soundcloud.com/o45AxAadTRu4vpmV7

Terence

Airiness - Cord Closure
https://join.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/products/how-to-sing-3-0-volume-1/categories/2148248784/posts/2150218673

Anytime on the course where Ken says, "It's the LAH-AHhhh" you're hearing what he means by "ping."

https://forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/discussion/8571/ping-stories-when-did-you-notice-way-more-ping

Think of it as cord closure. When the cords approximate we get stronger harmonics in the waveform which sounds "brighter." Synthesizers can produce a sine wave (not bright) or a sawtooth wave (very bright.) The sawtooth wave has the ping sound.

venusrising

Hi Terence - I don't have access to the first link. Is that only available to those who bought 3.0?

Terence

venusrising said:

Hi Terence - I don't have access to the first link. Is that only available to those who bought 3.0?

Yes, I saw 3.0 streaming on your userid and assumed you had access.

venusrising

Oh that's weird. I enrolled in the Vocal Repair program because I'm having some major problems with unwanted overtones. If I can make those go away then will likely sign up for 3.0.