On vinyl it won't make it to 16Hz, digital could make it down to the 8Hz stop which is 64' in length but only a very few organs have it.
I heard an Irish folk group performing at the farmer's market this morning: violin, mandolin, string bass, and keyboard. Only the keyboard had amplification. They sounded great. They were audible even from across the street.
By comparison, my stereo sounds a little thick on recorded Irish folk music. It doesn't quite have the "air" of natural sound.
It is always good to calibrate one's hearing.
Ed
By comparison, my stereo sounds a little thick on recorded Irish folk music. It doesn't quite have the "air" of natural sound.
It is always good to calibrate one's hearing.
Ed
The question is about music that covers all frequencies, and vinyl is not mentioned.
Ooh, Lionel Rogg comes to mind at that huge organ in LA (I think it was?).
Also try
Plenty of energy at 16Hz from my tapped horns.
It's subtle and recorded very quietly (refreshing), the organ air pump? adds to it all..
You have to wait quite a way in for it to kick off..
Vinyl need not apply😀
One of the tracks identified and used by Harman/JBL's Sean Olive is Fast Car by Tracy Chapman from her eponymous first album (1988). Here is the full spectrogram from the left channel:
This track was cited as the most revealing of the test tracks used by Olive for his 2003 JAES article entitled: Differences in Performance and Preference of Trained versus Untrained Listeners in Loudspeaker Tests: A Case Study*.
The other three tracks used in the study were:
James Taylor, “That’s Why I’m Here” from “That’s Why I’m Here”
Little Feat, “Hangin’ on to the Good Times” from “Let It Roll”
Jennifer Warnes, “Bird on a Wire” from “Famous Blue Rain Coat”
Note that the soundtracks from the YouTube videos are significantly lacking in audio fidelity as compared to the CD versions. If you really want to hear the fidelity of these music tracks, get the best lossless version that you can find, not the AAC lossy versions attached to the YouTube videos.
Additionally, I've found that a little "demastering" of those other tracks significantly increases the pleasure of the listening experience--by carefully restoring attenuated bass frequencies below 100 Hz and in smoothing mastering EQ used in the 1-10 kHz band. YMMV.
Chris
This track was cited as the most revealing of the test tracks used by Olive for his 2003 JAES article entitled: Differences in Performance and Preference of Trained versus Untrained Listeners in Loudspeaker Tests: A Case Study*.
The other three tracks used in the study were:
James Taylor, “That’s Why I’m Here” from “That’s Why I’m Here”
Little Feat, “Hangin’ on to the Good Times” from “Let It Roll”
Jennifer Warnes, “Bird on a Wire” from “Famous Blue Rain Coat”
Note that the soundtracks from the YouTube videos are significantly lacking in audio fidelity as compared to the CD versions. If you really want to hear the fidelity of these music tracks, get the best lossless version that you can find, not the AAC lossy versions attached to the YouTube videos.
Additionally, I've found that a little "demastering" of those other tracks significantly increases the pleasure of the listening experience--by carefully restoring attenuated bass frequencies below 100 Hz and in smoothing mastering EQ used in the 1-10 kHz band. YMMV.
Chris
Thanks to all those who responded.
My local audio guide uses this link which he can pull up on any smart phone This is just an example. He has another site which allows him to play more complex instruments. Like double bass. (Not even sure what it means).
But by playing a few notes on various instruments he can tell a lot.
This is his goto site for testing speakers. I told him he could just get apps that allow you to play various instruments.
https://www.musicca.com/
Ps: My objective right now is I have a large number of Sony speakers. Your typical multi way 100 watt units.
Which will have like a 6-8 in woofer. A mid and a few tweeters pointing in different directions. Some Bose bookshelves.
I need to see which of these pairs I like the best. This will go into my engine room.
The larger setup with the 15 inch gama 2. CD ps2002 8 inch full range and 1 inch silk domes I plan to put together for the largest room in my penthouse which is where I build my automotive circuits.
Have to make calls like do I really need to use the CDs. Where to cross what driver etc.
Here I listen to music on one driver at a time with ARTA or or True RTA running with peak hold on. This helps me visualize what each driver can and cant do well.
My local audio guide uses this link which he can pull up on any smart phone This is just an example. He has another site which allows him to play more complex instruments. Like double bass. (Not even sure what it means).
But by playing a few notes on various instruments he can tell a lot.
This is his goto site for testing speakers. I told him he could just get apps that allow you to play various instruments.
https://www.musicca.com/
Ps: My objective right now is I have a large number of Sony speakers. Your typical multi way 100 watt units.
Which will have like a 6-8 in woofer. A mid and a few tweeters pointing in different directions. Some Bose bookshelves.
I need to see which of these pairs I like the best. This will go into my engine room.
The larger setup with the 15 inch gama 2. CD ps2002 8 inch full range and 1 inch silk domes I plan to put together for the largest room in my penthouse which is where I build my automotive circuits.
Have to make calls like do I really need to use the CDs. Where to cross what driver etc.
Here I listen to music on one driver at a time with ARTA or or True RTA running with peak hold on. This helps me visualize what each driver can and cant do well.
Now it sounds like you're looking for individual instruments/vocals. There is a notable place where you can freely download CD-quality tracks directly from the EBU...the EBU Sound Quality Assessment Material:
Sound Quality Assessment Material Recordings for Subjective Tests
These are the best recordings that I've actually got for assuring "fidelity of original spectrograms" of 70 different instruments or voice tracks that represent the individual instruments comprising traditional western music of the Common Practice Period.
These are important to have when one is looking to demaster recordings that have been significantly affected by mastering EQ, etc. Having unaltered music tracks of the individual instruments/voices enables understanding of the frequency spectra profiles of each instrument or voice, because so many of the existing music albums on the market have had their music spectra altered to suit unwritten "audiophile" practices that it sometimes becomes difficult to know what the goal is when demastering the music tracks.
Chris
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I think some middle era RUSH (Hemispheres) might have quite a wide ferquency recorded. 1812 (the Telarc recording ) is not bad. Bass outlaws (there are three types of bass) can be fun. A church organ certainly has a quality of bass, shear effortless power, that is unmatched. I think Saint Saens symphony No 3 has some low notes I think. Flash Gordon (sound track) has some highs, but I'm not sure about lows - Gordon's ALIVE!!!!
Ps2: Anybody who does this i.e. listen to music with an RTA on your screen. (I plan to project the complete RTA graph onto an empty wall of the room. You observe anything ?. Like Im finding no matter what music I listen to on what system. There seems to be a hole at the same frequencies i.e. today I observed 160 Hz. seems to be one freq where it remains low. I need to see if its room related. Or an issue with my Mic. (Im just using the laptop mic). Or my Umic-1
@Cask05 no Im not that good that I can tell anything by playing a few strings of different instruments.
For me I prefer just listening to music seeing what the RTA screen looks like vs what my ear likes. But thanks for that link I will forward it to my friend.
@Cask05 no Im not that good that I can tell anything by playing a few strings of different instruments.
For me I prefer just listening to music seeing what the RTA screen looks like vs what my ear likes. But thanks for that link I will forward it to my friend.