Subwoofer Candy

[Pogre]

This one is for buck. Maybe not quite subwoofer candy, but it has a solid bass line and is (believe it or not) one of my favorite songs.

Blues Traveler: Runaround

 

[Pogre]

Rojo created a monster!

Korn: Ball Tongue

Some decent bass drops and drum kicks that dig down into the 30's.

 

[Pogre]

Here's another one. Very listenable (@Bucknekked) with some good bass all the way through.

Chevelle: One Ocean

I have way too much time on my hands lately... I'll give it a break for a few and let some others post.

I do have a few more though.

 

[rojo]

Some Korn. Blind

This is from about 25 - 30 seconds in, with a bass string pluck in the middle of the graph and I don't understand... it's showing a lot of activity in the 20hz and infrasonic range, but I'm not feeling/hearing anything and the subs aren't moving at all. It's like that for the whole first 30 seconds or more.

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Here's a graph with some more bass drops a little later in the song. The infrasonic activity shown on the chart just stops short, as you can see to the left.

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Try turning off normalization (on tab "3", on the Scale line, change "Col" to "None"). That setting seems to focus the fundamentals to give you a narrower view of the frequency, but it can add blobs where none are audible.

 

[Pogre]

Okay, here's one. Tool: The Pot

it feels deeper than it measures. I see the purple blobs that drop down deep into the 30's. Are those blobs 2nd and 3rd order harmonics? I know this is a newb question, but I'm still a newb. I'm not even sure what odered harmonics are...

*Just for fun, Ice is pretty cool too.

 

[rojo]

Okay, here's one. Tool: The Pot

it feels deeper than it measures. I see the purple blobs that drop down deep into the 30's. Are those blobs 2nd and 3rd order harmonics? I know this is a newb question, but I'm still a newb. I'm not even sure what odered harmonics are...

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*Just for fun, Ice is pretty cool too.

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Harmonics, or overtones, occur above the fundamental, not below. The first is an octave above. Then a fifth above that, then another octave, major third, fifth, 7th I believe, and the rest are too insignificant to consider. You still haven't disabled the normalization setting, have you? You should also dial the amplitude range to 0 - 20dB.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Nero - Innocence Perhaps this one is a little cheesy compared to most other tunes I have in this thread, but damned if I don't love it. Great bass line, great drops, cool video.

It's a classic.

 

[rojo]

Just came across this tasty track, an ambient jungle composition by Etherwood called Souls Rejoined. It's got a pleasant, warm feel with smooth synth, piano, soulful vocals lamenting nothing in particular, and a melodic bass line worthy of grown up subwoofers. I'll have to revisit this when my family is out shopping and I can crank it.

https://soundcloud.com/geologic25/etherwood-souls-rejoined

 

[Pogre]

Childish Gambino: 3005

This one always makes it into rotation when my son and I are taking turns picking songs. It's one of his favorites.

This is the beginning.

And a nice long section of this. Well into the 30's.

 

[shadyJ]

It is 2 AM again, and I won't be sleeping for another few hours at least. Kryptic Minds has always been the perfect fit for an insomnia mood, and this one nails it: Kryptic Minds - Hybrid

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Just came across this tasty track, an ambient jungle composition by Etherwood called Souls Rejoined. It's got a pleasant, warm feel with smooth synth, piano, soulful vocals lamenting nothing in particular, and a melodic bass line worthy of grown up subwoofers. I'll have to revisit this when my family is out shopping and I can crank it.

https://soundcloud.com/geologic25/etherwood-souls-rejoined

This was cool. Love the sweeps, and deep stuff in places to wouldn't expect.

 

[rojo]

This was cool. Love the sweeps, and deep stuff in places to wouldn't expect.

Since you enjoyed Souls Rejoined, I heard another track on NPR this morning that you might like: Avionics - Forest2. It's another ambient track, also with some satisfying sub bass. I'm eager to get home and give this one a proper listen.

 

[Pogre]

Since you enjoyed Souls Rejoined, I heard another track on NPR this morning that you might like: Avionics - Forest2. It's another ambient track, also with some satisfying sub bass. I'm eager to get home and give this one a proper listen.

Definitely a subwoofer candy tune.

 

[Pogre]

This is actually a movie trailer from a Blu Ray I rented today. It sounded better on the Blu Ray, but you definitely get some subwoofer candy in the YouTube version. Lots of deep bass rolling through the whole trailer. Even going sub sonic at spots.

Kong: Skull Island Comic Con Trailer

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

This is actually a movie trailer from a Blu Ray I rented today. It sounded better on the Blu Ray, but you definitely get some subwoofer candy in the YouTube version. Lots of deep bass rolling through the whole trailer. Even going sub sonic at spots.

Kong: Skull Island Comic Con Trailer

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Saw it in the theater. Super fun movie. Can't wait to see it at home.

 

[Pogre]

Saw it in the theater. Super fun movie. Can't wait to see it at home.

I'm not into Kong enough for the theater. It's a must see rental for sure though. Sam Jackson and John Goodman are a real big plus for me.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

I'm not into Kong enough for the theater. It's a must see rental for sure though. Sam Jackson and John Goodman are a real big plus for me.

I'll just say it worked out that way. We went double feature one day. However, I do love Peter jacksons King Kong. Watch it a couple times a year. If for no other reason than the T-Rex battle.

 

[shadyJ]

Since you enjoyed Souls Rejoined, I heard another track on NPR this morning that you might like: Avionics - Forest2. It's another ambient track, also with some satisfying sub bass. I'm eager to get home and give this one a proper listen.

I would not classify that as ambient music, that is what I would call 'atmospheric drum and bass'. There is a lot of that stuff, like this, and it is very easy to listen to. For me, it is Sunday morning music, and I don't mean that in a bad way. It is breezy and upbeat, and I don't mind it at all.

True ambient music is very different though.

 

[Pogre]

Tool: Lateralus

The first minute of this song digs pretty deep. I noticed it before, but I didn't realize it was this well into the 30's, even flirting with the high 20's.

 

[rojo]

Tool: Lateralus

The first minute of this song digs pretty deep. I noticed it before, but I didn't realize it was this well into the 30's, even flirting with the high 20's.

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Change your amplitude range to -20 to 0 and turn off normalization. That blue stuff is just an artifact of the normalization. If there is indeed something playing that low, it's too soft to be audible. Those fundamentals look like upper 30s to me. Edit: Disregard the normalization critique. I see why you left normalization enabled now. There's hardly any yellow in that song with it disabled. Sorry about that. You still ought to turn up the "Threshold" dial to the right of "Sunset" though.