Re: Ultimate Tone books by Kevin O'Connor « Reply #13 on: May 27, 2015, 06:57:07 pm » I have to say that was a big reason I was hesitant to try the methods he improved on. The Ultimate Tone Volume 3 – Generations of Tone. By Kevin O’Connor, ©2002, ISBN 0-9698-6088-9. 304 pages, 8-1/2″ x 11″, spiral bound with clear protective covers; 189 figures (schematic diagrams and layouts) View the Table of Contents Read a magazine review of the TUT series. Deciding which TUT volume to purchase first (next)? The Ultimate Tone offers the technician or hobbyist a wide information base for properly implementing guitar amplifier modifications, and for simply building better guitar amps. Sonic perceptions and stage setups are analyzed to demonstrate how optimal sound can be obtained from existing equipment.
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As a writer, you know how important it is to choose the right word for the meaning you’re trying to convey.
And part of that is knowing what tone words are and which one to use in a particular context.
The wrong one is like an errant note in an otherwise flawless performance. Even if it has the same dictionary definition, it just doesn’t sound right.
But where do you go to find the wordswith just the right tone and cadence to make the sentence flow as it should?
Welcome to our ultimate list of tone words.
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Any tone words list (worth the time it takes to make it) should provide the fuller meaning of each word — i.e., not just the denotation (dictionary definition) but it’s connotations, too.
For this tone words list, you’ll see each word explained with a short definition or with synonyms that have the same general tone.
All you have to do is open a thesaurus to find synonyms for a particular word to realize that some of those words do NOT have the tone you’re looking for. Some are obviously negative. Some are positive. And the rest are more or less neutral.
The tone word you need for the moment is the one that evokes the right emotions and that allows your sentence to flow without speed bumps.
Positive Tone Words
Positive tone words are those that evoke positive emotions.
If you hear a person described in words with a positive tone, you’re more likely to think favorably of them, even before you’ve met.
- Adoring — loving ardently; worshipping; venerating
- Amused — entertained or diverted; pleased
- Animated — lively; full of excitement or enthusiasm; vibrant; spirited; impassioned
- Appreciative — grateful or thankful; showing gratitude, approval, or pleasure
- Assertive — sure of oneself; brave or fearless; self-confident; authoritative
- Ardent — passionate; enthusiastic; fervent; zealous
- Benevolent — kind; generous; compassionate; tolerant; well meaning
- Blithe — in good spirits; of a sunny disposition; happy; cheerful
- Bold — audacious or daring; assertive; fearless or seeming to be fearless
- Calm — serene or tranquil; unruffled or unshaken; placid
- Candid — honest or truthful; straightforward; unreserved
- Celebratory — paying tribute to; glorifying; praising or honoring; making merry
- Cheerful / cheery — positive or uplifting; optimistic; salutary;
- Comforting — consoling; healing; warming or calming; soothing
- Comic — funny/humorous; amusing or entertaining; diverting
- Compassionate — empathetic or sympathetic; nonjudgmental; quick to forgive
- Contented — wanting for nothing; grateful; accepting
- Curious — inquisitive or questioning; wanting to know more
- Direct — straightforward; blunt; lacking in hesitation
- Earnest — serious; wholehearted; sincere or showing deep sincerity or feeling
- Ebullient — high-spirited; brimming with enthusiasm or excitement; exuberant
- Elated — joyful or jubilant; in high spirits; happy or proud
- Elevated — exalted; lofty; honored
- Eloquent — beauty or fluidity of expression;
- Empathetic — showing empathy; feeling the emotions of others
- Enchant — cast a spell over; entrance; bewitch
- Endearing — inspiring warmth or affection
- Enthusiastic — excited; energetic; optimistic; bubbling over
- Exhilarated — invigorated; enlivened or feeling alive; stimulated; made cheerful
- Forthright — straight to the point; frank; outspoken; unambiguous; direct
- Gentle — kind; considerate; tender; soft; not severe; gradual; moderate
- Hilarious — amusing; uproariously funny; ridiculous or laughable
- Inspirational — motivating; energizing; reassuring; instilling hope; catalyzing
- Intimate — familiar; confidential; confessional; private
- Joyful — filled with gratitude; elated or exuberant; supremely happy
- Laudatory — praising; extolling; recommending
- Learned — educated; knowledgeable; erudite; involved in the pursuit of knowledge
- Lighthearted — positive; carefree; relaxed; optimistic; in good spirits
- Lively — full of life; energetic; vigorous; animated; spirited; sprightly; vivacious
- Lofty — exalted in rank; elevated in tone, style, or sentiment
- Loving — affectionate; showing deep concern or solicitude for someone
- Modest — free from ostentation; unpretentious; showing humility
- Objective — without prejudice; fair; basing judgment on facts rather than feelings
- Optimistic — hopeful; cheerful; expecting good; disposed to taking a favorable view
- Powerful — potent; efficacious; having or exerting great power; forceful
- Reassuring — restoring hope, security, or confidence
- Reflective — given to reflection, meditation, or contemplation; thoughtful
- Relaxed — calm; free or relieved of tension, trouble, or anxiety
- Respectful — full of or showing politeness, sympathy, or deference
- Reverent — showing deep respect; holding someone or something in high esteem
- Righteous — morally right or justifiable; pious; guiltless; upright
- Romantic — imbued with idealism; preoccupied with love, adventure, justice, etc.
- Sanguine — hopeful; cheerfully optimistic; confident of a good outcome
- Scholarly — learned; educated; committed to furthering one’s education
- Self-assured — having or showing self-confidence; bold or fearless; forward
- Sincere — honest; truthful; not false or deceitful; free of hypocrisy; genuine
- Stable — not likely to fall or give way (as a structure/support); steady
- Stately — grand; imposing in size or magnificence; elegant; majestic
- Straightforward — honest; straight to the point; not roundabout; direct
- Sympathetic — understand what another is feeling; showing compassion
- Tender — gentle; soft-hearted; compassionate; kind; delicate; young
- Thoughtful — considerate of others; thinking before acting; pensive
- Tolerant — open-minded; patient; charitable; sympathetic; lenient; accepting
- Tranquil — calm; unruffled; unprovoked; peaceful; placid; serene
- Vibrant — full of life and vigor; lively; full of vivid color; vivacious
- Whimsical — playful or fun; offbeat; mischievous; quaint; capricious; fanciful
- Witty — quick-witted; entertaining; amusingly clever; intelligent
- Wonder — admiration; fascination; awe; curiosity; amazement; admiration
Negative Tone Words
Anything described in negative tone words is likely to leave you with a bad impression, whether the thing described is a place, a book, or a group of people.
Choose your words carefully. If this is a time for honest negativity, this list will help you find the right words.
- Abashed — embarrassed or ashamed; humiliated; shy
- Abhorring — hating; despising; loathing; abominating; detesting
- Abstruse — difficult to understand; esoteric; secret or hidden; obsolete
- Absurd — laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous; senseless; illogical; untrue
- Accusatory — suggesting someone (else) has done something wrong
- Acerbic — biting, abrasive, cutting, or sharp; hurtful; severe
- Aggressive — hostile, forceful, argumentative, contentious
- Angry — irate or furious; menacing or threatening; resentful
- Annoyed — irritated; agitated; provoked; disturbed; bothered
- Antagonistic — argumentative or contentious; contrarian; belligerent
- Anxious — focused on negative thought loops; feeling out of control
- Apathetic — indifferent or lacking concern; unemotional; showing little interest
- Apprehensive — worried or nervous; expecting the worst
- Arrogant — conceited or self-important; overbearing; condescending
- Authoritarian — domineering or bossy; insisting on complete obedience
- Belligerent — bellicose or warlike; antagonistic; combative
- Bewildered — baffled, confused, or flummoxed; lost
- Bitter — angry; acrimonious; resentful or dwelling on past injury
- Boorish — dull; pretentious; arrogant or self-absorbed
- Brusque — abrupt or dismissive; rough; blunt
- Callous — uncaring or unfeeling; indifferent; lacking in compassion
- Caustic — making cutting or corrosive comments; intending injury
- Censorious — critical or quick to judge or condemn;
- Choleric — quick to anger; short-tempered; hot-blooded; irascible
- Churlish — critical in a mean-spirited way; nasty; belligerent; bullying
- Cliché — overused; trite; stale; unimaginative; hackneyed; commonplace
- Clinical — humorless; detached; unfeeling or uncaring; aloof; cold
- Complicated — unnecessarily complex; difficult to comprehend
- Condescending — patronizing; talking down to those you consider beneath you
- Confounded — confused; befuddled or mystified; bewildered; damned
- Confused — bewildered; unable to think clearly; vague; perplexed; disoriented
- Contemptuous — hateful; spiteful; quick to hold others in contempt; toxic
- Contentious — argumentative or combative; quick to stir the pot
- Critical — finding fault; complaining or criticizing; disapproving
- Cruel — causing pain or suffering; unkind; spiteful; devoid of humane feelings
- Cynical — critical of motives; quick to assume the worst; mocking or sneering
- Derisive — mocking; sarcastic; dismissive or scornful; snide
- Derogatory — insulting or demeaning; disrespectul; unkind
- Detached — aloof or distant; uncaring; unfeeling; frigid; machine-like
- Diabolic — demonic or satanic; evil or malicious;
- Diffident — lacking confidence in your ability or worth; timid or shy
- Disgusted — appalled; repulsed; repelled; disappointed
- Disparaging — critical; scornful; dismissive; insulting
- Distressing — saddening or heartbreaking; troubling; disturbing
- Dogmatic — thinking in black and white; intolerant; inflexible; close-minded
- Domineering — imposing your beliefs and/or authority on others; tyrannical
- Dubious — questionable or having questionable motives; inclined to doubt
- Egotistical — ego-centric; self-centered or self-absorbed; vain; arrogant
- Enraged — furious; unhinged; infuriated; extremely angry
- Evasive — cryptic or unclear; avoiding; ambiguous; elusive or evanescent
- Facetious — inappropriate or impertinent; flippant or dismissive; glib; shallow
- Farcical — ridiculous; absurd; mocking; humorous and highly improbable
- Fatalistic — pessimistic; expecting the worst as inevitable
- Fearful — frightened; afraid; terrified; paralyzed or immobilized; shy
- Flippant — casual or thoughtless; glib; inconsiderate; dismissive
- Foppish — dandified; pretentious; vain; excessively refined and fastidious
- Foreboding — dread; strong feeling of impending doom or evil
- Frivolous — unnecessary and costing more than it’s worth; silly or lacking
- Frustrated — feeling thwarted in your efforts; feeling besieged or undermined
- Ghoulish — delighting in the loathesome, perverse, or revolting
- Grim — serious or humorless; of dark intent; macabre; depressing
- Hapless — unfortunate or appearing to be doomed to perpetual bad luck
- Harsh — unkind or unmerciful; unnecessarily painful; unyielding
- Humble — modest; deferential; self-confident; unassuming; respectful
- Inane — foolish; stupid; silly or nonsensical; vacuous; empty; insignificant
- Incredulous — disbelieving; unconvinced; suspicious; questioning; skeptical
- Malicious — having ill intent; mean-spirited; spiteful; vindictive
- Naïve — unsuspecting; gullible or easy to deceive; unsophisticated
- Narcissistic — self-admiring; pathologically self-centered
- Obsequious — fawning; overly submissive or obedient; servile; groveling
- Outraged — furious or extremely angered; deeply offended
- Pretentious — affected; artificial; grandiose; flashy; superficial
- Satirical — mocking to show a weakness; ridiculing; derisive; scornful
- Sarcastic — ironic; saying the opposite of what you mean to mock or ridicule
- Scathing — harsh; critical; cutting; unsparing; vicious; harmful or injurious
- Sensationalistic — inaccurate; hyped up; exxagerated; provocative
- Subjective — biased; prejudiced; based on emotion rather than facts
- Sulking — resentful; sullen; bad-tempered; grumpy; self-pitying
- Tragic — calamitous; disastrous; catastrophic; devastating
- Uneasy — worried; ill at ease; edgy; nervous; unsettled
- Vindictive — vengeful; spiteful; petty; unforgiving; hateful
- World-weary — bored; tired; cynical; pessimistic
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Sad Tone Words
Some negative tone words leave you with an impression of sadness rather than disgust or anger.
Here’s a sampling of these, most of them described using other sad tone words.
- Apologetic — full of regret or remorse; repentant; acknowleding failure
- Depressed — lacking in energy or buoyancy; apathetic; emotionally blunted
- Despairing — hopeless; sinking without an attempt to rise; seeing only darkness
- Disheartening — discouraging; depressing; demoralizing; undermining; sad
- Gloomy — depressing; dreary; discouraging; sad or low-spirited; pessimistic
- Grave — serious; morose or moribund; solemn; weighty; important
- Hollow — lacking substance; empty; meaningless; joyless
- Melancholy — sad or prone to sadness; having a gloomy outlook
- Pathetic — evoking pity; marked by sorrow or sadness; pitifully inadequate
- Somber — gloomy; solemn; grave; melancholy; depressing
- Wretched — miserable; sorrowful; distressed or in agony; despairing
Neutral Tone Words
When you want a neutral tone in writing, it can be hard to find.
It doesn’t take much for us to associate words with an emotion or to feel the emotional undercurrent of a word — whether positive or negative and to whatever degree. But some neutral words remain.
- Ambivalent — uncertain; having mixed feelings; undecided
- Cautionary — raises awareness; gives warning; admonishing
- Compliant — in conformity with rules/expectations; flexible; acquiescent
- Conciliatory — meant to pacify or placate; seeking to please
- Colloquial — familiar; everyday language; casual or informal
- Defensive — defending or guarding a position; watchful; preventing aggression
- Formal — respectful; following accepted rules/styles; preserving form/custom
- Impartial — objective; not favoring either side over the other
- Intense — deeply felt; concentrated; passionate; earnest; extreme
- Introspective — inward-focused or turning inward; contemplative
- Pensive — lost in thought; introspective or reflective; contemplative
- Pragmatic — realistic; dispassionate or detached; ruled by logic; practical
- Solemn — serious; not funny; in earnest; sober; reverent; grave; mirthless
- Urgent — insistent; implying something must be done as soon as possible
Did you find the tone words you were seeking?
Now that you’ve looked through our list of tones, which ones stood out for you the most? What kind of tone did those words have (positive, negative, or neutral)?
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Sometimes, our moods make certain words stand out for us as more fitting or more resonant. And sometimes we just see them because we’ve used them or heard them used recently — in a way that made them stick.
I hope your life gives you plenty of reasons to use positive tone words. But some situations and contexts call for the opposite. Your current work in progress might call for plenty of the opposite.
And in certain contexts, even the neutral tone words sound more negative than otherwise. The right context can even change the tone of words that are usually considered positive.
I hope the words you use to describe yourself are kind and encouraging. And at the end of the day, may the balance of your words leave you with a smile.
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Regarding the TUT books, I’ve heard ocnnor people saying book 3 is the best to start with. Alexa Actionable Analytics for the Web. Are they worth the asking price? I’d recommend his book.
Share This Page Tweet. The schematics are handdrawn, which is not great. People who bought hone also bought. One thing that puts me off is they are damn expensive and also it seems they are not really in order, so I’m not sure which ones to buy first.
If I try to say which of the 11 is most important, I immediately say the TUT3 because the projects are extremely accessible to all levels of experience, but that is in light of TUT1 and Principals of Power. This book “The Ultimate Tone” is the first in a series of books explaining musical instrument vacuum tube amplifiers.
Hopefully I’ll find some books to take me to the next level.
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Rob rated it really liked it Oct 12, There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Giuseppe Loriga marked it as to-read Jan 04, Home Forums Recent Posts. Jodv added it May 31, The Undersea Network Nicole Starosielski. I have some background in electronics, and have a fair understanding of the topic.
I bought TUT when it was uotimate released – in the mid’s- and ulttimate other book upon its’ publication.
The Idea Factory Jon Gertner. I think he repeats some content in case you don’t have all the books. But if you want a modern theory book on amp design, the Wizard books are a safe bet I think.
The Ultimate Tone Books – Are they worth it?
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The Amp Garage A tube amp builder’s community Skip to content. It’s a great book. Tube and solid-state ttone loops and reverb loops are investigated, with relative performance issues highlighted.
The orange drops may be a fine cap but he sells kits for old Fenders to replace all the parts on the board. Morgan Jones’ Valve Amplifiers book also looks interesting, though I don’t know which would serve as a better next step. A survey of amplifier brands follows, with an eye toward ease of modification and service. I studied EE for 2 years before changing majors I wish I never did, though Comp Sci has provided me with a good career.
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On the other hand, he ths refers to the other books I feel all 11 books are an ultlmate value and merit place in any amp library. Ryan Downs added it Aug 06, The Filter Bubble Eli Pariser. At the time of this review, there are 6 books in the series, each focusing on different aspects of tube amplifiers.
Merlins books are much more systematic and well organized, but cover less ground than KOC’s. MarkFMar 1, Power amplifiers are investigated, and power tubes are explored regarding choice of tubes, relative reliabilities of tube types, the relevance of tube matching, and the sonic impact of each tube type.
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All posts 1 day 7 days 2 weeks 1 month 3 months 6 months 1 year Sort by: Mar 2, Open Preview See a Problem? Log in or Sign up. Tube data for the common types used in guitar and bass amps is provided, along with a discussion of stage set-up and player ergonomics.
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