audio adjective: "spitty"?

[jstark]

I see this word used--usually in reference to highs--and I really have no idea what it means.

Anyone have any good analogies or sound samples?


Thanks!
David

 

[tomas1808]

To me "spitty" is the high frequency distortion present on many Chinese condenser mics for example.

No idea what the general "consensus" is, though.

 

[emrr]

Noticeable unrelated high order harmonic content, or accentuating of sibilant frequencies.

 

[jstark]

got it, thanks!

so it sounds like basically, spitty is what you don't want to hear when you jangle a ring of keys.

 

[emrr]

Good example