raw sound
Untreated acoustic capture
Raw sound is audio in its unprocessed state—not yet mixed, filtered, or refined.
In music production, raw sound captures the original recording before effects or editing: The raw sound of the demo had an energy the polished version lost.
The phrase also describes harsh, unrefined sonic qualities: the raw sound of a garage band, the raw sound of feedback through a blown speaker.
- unfilteredNot passed through screen
- grittyCoarse or courageous
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- white noiseConstant random sound
static · tape hiss · distortion · untreated · rough · rough mix · primal · analog · waveform · crackling · feedback · unpolished · recording · field recording · acoustic · lo-fi · texture · hiss