Sounds of Frothing
- mckolit
Is there a pitch change in the sound of milk when it has been properly stretched? I steam with a thermometer and I eventually want to do it by feel one day like the zen masters of milk steaming out there. Are there sound cues or visual cues that you guys use?
- cafeIKE
When the bacon stops frying and the paper starts tearing.
When the banshee screams, you've gone too far.
When the banshee screams, you've gone too far.
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- mckolit (original poster)
"and the paper starts tearing"
Enlighten me? That one no comprehendoing.
Enlighten me? That one no comprehendoing.
- cafeIKE
Fold up a sheet of paper into 1/8ths and tear slowly... or rip a piece of cardboard across the corrugations... the froth can start to make this sound when it's time to plunge the wand.
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- cannonfodder
- Team HB
Going by the feel of the pitcher is a good way of going as well. Use the thermometer as a second check. Eventually you will be able to tell how hot it is by feel. There is also a change in sound as the milk hits the sweet spot. There is a shift in the pitch, you will hear it starting to get deeper all of a sudden. On my machine that is around 135F, with carry over it get around 145F from carry over which is good for me.
Dave Stephens
- Psyd
I'm a sound engineer, and sound designer. I would have killed for this advice ten years ago. I couldn't have said it better myself!cafeIKE wrote:When the bacon stops frying and the paper starts tearing.
When the banshee screams, you've gone too far.
Espresso Sniper
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- cafeIKE
i used to be a recording engineer... until computers and MBAs f'd up the music business.
Glad to be of service
Glad to be of service

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- Psyd
A Hothouse Flower! Nice! I've given up the music business, too, and now go right to the CEO's I still do a little theatre and film work, but Corporate Meetings pay the bills nowadays. I sure do miss it when it was about the music...
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- Psyd
From your posts, I'd guess that this makes you an attorney. If the world were still the place that we were talking about, you would be that sound designers criminal defense attorney. I'm guessing that you're either representing him in business dealings, or liability. When a designer needed an attorney, that was my indication that all the fun had gone out of making music and theatre. I guess that's why my creative impulse steers me towards espresso now.
Espresso Sniper
One Shot, One Kill
LMWDP #175
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