Re: The Dubharmonics of God Frequencies

[daniel stevenson <stillllscary@yahoo.com>]

just stay away from the brown note...especially in a loop context

the results could be catastrophic.

hehehe...*<{,':-})   danny... psuedo/scary visionary

Zoe Keating <cello@zoekeating.com> wrote:

I read about some study that claimed ultra low frequencies make people feel uneasy. It was put forwarded in the article as a possible explanation of haunted places where people feel ill at ease. Really, there might just be earth generated subsonic frequencies in the area.

"British scientists have shown in a controlled experiment that the extreme bass sound known as infrasound produces a range of bizarre effects in people including anxiety, extreme sorrow and chills -- supporting popular suggestions of a link between infrasound and strange sensations."

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/09/09/121851.php

On Dec 15, 2005, at 6:26 PM, Michael Plishka wrote:

Part of the issue is that stereo perception comes into play.  For example,

when we "hear" frequencies below the threshold of what we consider audible,

the slight difference of timing of these sounds hitting each ear will result

in the brain doing its own addition/subtraction between the two different

signals.  The result is that the brain definitely perceives these sounds and

we react accordingly with ease/unease, pleasure/displeasure, we know we're

hearing something even if we don't "hear" it.  It's this same capability

that can cause us to feel quite uneasy when we listen to certain types of

sounds from multiple speaker systems.

-----Original Message-----

From: Timothy Mungenast [mailto:mungenast@earthlink.net]

Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:08 PM

To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com

Subject: subharmonics of dog frequencies Re: Looperlative LP1 - sample

rate

Cool story about the test!

The theory I read in Tape Op (courtesy of the outspoken audio veteran

Walter Sear) was that we hear the *subharmonics* of these stratospheric

frequencies, which is why he feels that allegedly ultrasonic info is still

crucial.

Sounds good to me, but I'm no genius and can't scientifically weigh in on

this.

~Tim

[Original Message]

From: Ronan Chris Murphy <looper@venetowest.com>

To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>

Date: 12/15/2005 3:20:23 PM

Subject: Re: Looperlative LP1 - sample rate

     Then there's the whole argument of higher frequencies not being

perceived by the human ear

and yet still being perceived somehow...  Same with extra low

frequencies.  Can we hear below 20

Hz?  Probably not.  Can we perceive below 20 Hz?  Hell yes.

True. We can absolutely perceive below 20Hz, I live in LA, and we sure

as hell feel earthquakes! I am actually in the camp that believes that

there is important stuff happening above 20k. There were some test

(that I was not involved with) where they switched between sine and

square waves of about 15K, the difference between these two would be

the addition of an additional frequency well above 20K and the subjects

could here the difference.  Scientist are not sure why this is the

case. It could be bone conduction (basically our skull shaking) or

intermodulation, meaning the high frequency changes the lower one or

maybe we can just actually hear that high stuff some how.

But how that applies to a looping instrument, I am not sure there is

great value in a super high sample rate looper at this point. If you

have any other digital device in your signal chain, you will have

chopped off all that high end stuff first time you hit a digital box or

foot pedal.

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