Which genre has the lowest notes?
My guess is that it is old-skool Hip-Hop. My given reason is because of the scratching. To stop a spinning deck it must decelerate. During this process 40hz, briefly becomes 20, then 10, then 5 . . . you get the picture.
My guess is that it is old-skool Hip-Hop. My given reason is because of the scratching. To stop a spinning deck it must decelerate. During this process 40hz, briefly becomes 20, then 10, then 5 . . . you get the picture.
A turntable's arm/cartridge has a fundamental resonance around 10Hz, and won't put out signal below that.
Only a CD or streaming has no inherent limit and can have such low frequencies. Syn or organ music can go very low.
Only a CD or streaming has no inherent limit and can have such low frequencies. Syn or organ music can go very low.
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I'm not au-fait with modern recording techniques but offer some anecdotal points. (1) A commercial recording of said music does not seem to contain these lower frequencies but observing a woofer while scratching live will reveal the epitome of violence. (2) Put a warped record on a turntable and a woofer's excursion will mirror the warp without making making an audible sound.
Technically speaking, that wouldn't be a "note". 😉 Although, I do understand what you mean - I think. Are you talking about air currents due to HVAC systems? That's why I always use fabric windscreens on my sensitive condenser (valve) microphones. The foam ones don't do as good of a job down that low.
If a turntable is working properly, except for (rare) pinch warps, the warps will not cause output.
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Are sounds from stopping records notes?
Yes, or anything else that causes air currents or slow air pressure variations.
I sometimes record birds from a large distance with condensor microphones with foam windscreens. The result is always a recording with strong, very-low-frequency wind sounds and very soft bird sounds. As long as it isn't clipped, a steep high-pass filter can remove the wind sounds.
Classical; Tellarc's recording of 1812 Canon fire 18Hz (apparently).
Perhaps car stereo test CDs, Bass outlaws use low bass. I think the lowest frequency is some gas cloud in space that a single resonance is measured in years. Although organ music does have low notes, they're often at low volume. Electronica and prog-rock have some low frequencies, then there's sound effect CDs/records.
Perhaps car stereo test CDs, Bass outlaws use low bass. I think the lowest frequency is some gas cloud in space that a single resonance is measured in years. Although organ music does have low notes, they're often at low volume. Electronica and prog-rock have some low frequencies, then there's sound effect CDs/records.
Today's synth based music and specifically "bass" centric synth goes to all frequencies, purposefully, well below 20hz to the point of not being a natural instrument simply because we can now.
Very best,
If you see home theatre as a genre, you got it. The LF output can go quite low.
With music, large organs (only really large ones) take the price.
If you manipulate an analoge record player and call that genre, you may see technical defects as music too.
Even as the result is very interesting music, a manhandled phono player is no real instrument.
With music, large organs (only really large ones) take the price.
If you manipulate an analoge record player and call that genre, you may see technical defects as music too.
Even as the result is very interesting music, a manhandled phono player is no real instrument.
A 64' stop on a pipe organ is at 8Hz. As someone else mentioned, quite rare to have that big of a pipe. I think only a couple in the world have one. I've heard organs with 32' stops (16Hz) and what was interesting is it takes some time for the air to setup the resonance. And you feel it more than you hear it.
One of my favorite CDs is Telarc's Saint Saen Symphony No 3. It was recorded in Philly at the St Francis Church. The second half of the first movement just envelopes you in the pedal. It never gets old for me. I believe it is a 32' stop that I am delighting in.
One of my favorite CDs is Telarc's Saint Saen Symphony No 3. It was recorded in Philly at the St Francis Church. The second half of the first movement just envelopes you in the pedal. It never gets old for me. I believe it is a 32' stop that I am delighting in.
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The winner is clearly this guy: https://www.avsforum.com/threads/th...tion-of-infrasonic-music-by-dub-king.1424334/
Nobody else is crazy enough to put near-full-scale single-digit frequencies in their music.
Chris
Nobody else is crazy enough to put near-full-scale single-digit frequencies in their music.
Chris
Would've been my nomination too - dark ambient and drone, and I guess much under the "experimental " catch-all