In the Studio: Moving Towards
When working in a recording studio, you often need to adjust where sounds are placed in the mix. To tell someone to move something to a comparative direction (like "lower" or "closer"), Finnish uses the weak stem -mma- or -mmä- followed by the ending -s.
For example, alas (down) becomes alemmas (lower), and lähelle (near) becomes lähemmäs (closer).
| I must adjust the bass lower so that the mix sounds good. | Minun täytyy säätää basso alemmas, niin että miksaus kuulostaa hyvältä. |
| Move the microphone closer when we record the guitar in the studio. | Siirrä mikrofoni lähemmäs, kun me äänitämme kitaran studiossa. |
Static Locations
To describe where a sound currently sits in the mix—a static position like "is closer" or "is further back"—use the strong stem -mpa- or -mpä-, followed by the ending -na or -nä.
Lähemmäs (moving closer) becomes lähempänä (being closer). Taakse (to the back) becomes taempana (further back).
| The guitar is closer to the microphone than the drum. | Kitara on lähempänä mikrofonia kuin rumpu. |
| When we record, the volume of the treble is often higher. | Kun me äänitämme, diskantin voimakkuus on usein ylempänä. |
| Do you know that the mix is better when the reverb is further back? | Tiedätkö, että miksaus on parempi, kun kaiku on taempana? |
Origin: Coming From
Finally, to describe where a sound or signal is coming from (like "from further away" or "from higher up"), use the strong stem -mpa- or -mpä- followed by the ending -a or -ä.
Kaukaa (from far) becomes kauempaa (from further away), and ylhäältä (from above) becomes ylempää (from higher up).
| The drum sounds better when the reverb comes from further away. | Rumpu kuulostaa paremmalta, kun kaiku tulee kauempaa. |
| The volume is so loud that the treble is heard from higher up. | Voimakkuus on niin kova, että diskantti kuuluu ylempää. |