BASS!

[sweetchaos]

sox input.wav -n remix - rate 200 spectrogram -z 60

Thanks for this. It worked beautifully!

I couldn't resist going through the tracks that others posted just to see these spectrograms...enjoy!

Spoiler: Post #2: Tiny Ruins - Carriages (Official Video)

Spoiler: Post #3: TYVYT|IYTYI - Don't Stop (Mick Wills Cut)

Spoiler: Post #5: Hit The Ground Running

Spoiler: Post #7: bjork hunter (HD)

Spoiler: Post #8: Neverafter (feat. Merethe Soltvedt)

Spoiler: Post #13: Aphex Twin - Window Licker

Spoiler: Post #19: Prelude in D Major, BWV 532

Spoiler: Post #20: DJ Droppin - Sub Hypnosis

Spoiler: Post #21: The Midnight - WeMoveForward

Spoiler: Post #23: Recit de tierce en taille

Spoiler: Post #25: Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Op.64 - Act 1 - 13. Dance of the Knights

Spoiler: Post #33: Future Love (Reimagined by Pêtr Aleksänder)

Spoiler: Post #35: Maffalda - Pensamento Típico de Esquerda Caviar

Spoiler: Post #36: Universal Flava - Jazz Creation (24K09)

Spoiler: Post #37: Under The Influence

This is fun!

 

[sweetchaos]

I had to see what "Bass I Love You" looks like in sox. LOL! Sorry.

That looks like the winner so far...

 

[pavuol]

The Last Of Us - Track 17/30: "Infected" (Official Soundtrack) / computer game

Spoiler: sox spectrogram <100

The Last Of Us - Track 10/30: "By all means" (Official Soundtrack)

Didn't play the game, just from some spotify test playlist.

 

[Taxi]

I've always been a big fan of the bass notes that start at the 1:00 mark of the Enya song "Watermark" from the album of the same name. "The Long Ships" from that same album also has some deep notes which I have heard others recommend in similar threads.

 

[sweetchaos]

I've always been a big fan of the bass notes that start at the 1:00 mark of the Enya song "Watermark" from the album of the same name. "The Long Ships" from that same album also has some deep notes which I have heard others recommend in similar threads.

Here's "Watermark":

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Here's "The Long Ships":

Spoiler

 

[xykreinov]

Here's a nice, obscure one. Both better at bringing speakers to their knees, and being an enjoyable track on its own, than the last killer-bass song I posted:

 

[sweetchaos]

Here's a nice, obscure one. Both better at bringing speakers to their knees, and being an enjoyable track on its own, than the last killer-bass song I posted:

Here you go

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Yes, it took me about 2min to do...as you can tell by the timestamp of your post and mine.

 

[pavuol]

starts unobtrusive and then it goes down to ~30Hz

Thomas Newman - Dead Already (American Beauty OST - 1999)

Spoiler: spectrogram sox <100Hz

 

[whazzup]

Nice, so cool to use the entire song visualized! Has anyone use the spectrogram to 'measure' speaker output?

Yes, I do realise it's sort of redundant next to anechoic measurements / impulse responses, but it seems like an interesting way to compare against the source file. Esp. for youtube reviewers who like to record the playback for others to 'listen' to.

 

[pavuol]

oh, we cannot forget.. a "little" alternate version though

Pink Panther Theme: Revenge of the Pink Boom (Boom Tube_ The Ultimate Collection)

Spoiler: spectrogram sox <100Hz

 

[sweetchaos]

I analyzed top 25 songs from Spotify's playlist called "25 of the best tracks for testing bass"
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4n1KtzMJUvh8enJhXWInfb?si=PaY_ZJ2rSwurU0CF16WS0A
Has 3,500 followers.

My Analysis:
- Of the 25, 4 were unavailable on YouTube, so I skipped those
- Most weren't really bass killers, haha

Here's the top 5 noteworthy tracks:
1. James Blake - Limit To Your Love (Official Video)

Spoiler

Starts at around 1min mark...

2. Rhythm & Sound - Mango Drive

Spoiler

3. The Hidden Camera · Photek

Spoiler

4. The Weeknd - Wasted Times (Official Audio)

Spoiler

5. The XX - Fantasy

Spoiler

Starts at 80 sec mark...

 

[sweetchaos]

PS: if you embed media, always write artist/title as plain text as well

That's an excellent idea...please do so everyone!
The second track of post #37 is unavailable to me.

 

[hege]

This is fun educational thread to figure out what is actually audible and if you need a subwoofer. Most of the time I can switch off my subs (xo 29hz@48dB/oct) and not notice anything missing. Some tracks like "The XX" above seem to have lots of stuff 0-30hz, but it's really low in level and hearing is not good there, if I isolate my subs it's just some minor "thud thud" that would get swamped if I have my mains on. Also overall it can be quite a level difference depending if there's just some small frequency streak somewhere, or the whole range is red.

Not really music, but here's also a fun sub test..

Launch @ ~650s (10min)

 

[pavuol]

That's an excellent idea...please do so everyone!
The second track of post #37 is unavailable to me.

Fatboy Slim - Star 69

 

[pavuol]

This is fun educational thread to figure out what is actually audible and if you need a subwoofer. Most of the time I can switch off my subs (xo 29hz@48dB/oct) and not notice anything missing. Some tracks like "The XX" above seem to have lots of stuff 0-30hz, but it's really low in level and hearing is not good there, if I isolate my subs it's just some minor "thud thud" that would get swamped if I have my mains on. Also overall it can be quite a level difference depending if there's just some small frequency streak somewhere, or the whole range is red.

Not really music, but here's also a fun sub test..

Launch @ ~650s (10min)
View attachment 103034

Nice, some decent "combed" pattern left below where most music "ends" (<30Hz) at around 700-750 sec...

Not exactly a reason to buy a sub though

 

[Harmonie]

@sweetchaos

Try to localize
Guillou Mussorgsky Pictures at an exhibition DOR-90117
https://audiocranium.com/products/d...hibition-stravinsky-three-dances-jean-guillou

I could find an MP3 link here the second 2'29'' Gnomus excerpt here, it could go down to 16hz.
https://www.prestomusic.com/classic...t-an-exhibition-three-movements-from-petrushk

 

[escape2]

I analyzed top 25 songs from Spotify's playlist called "25 of the best tracks for testing bass"
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4n1KtzMJUvh8enJhXWInfb?si=PaY_ZJ2rSwurU0CF16WS0A
Has 3,500 followers.

Speaking of bass playlists, here is one I found:
Low Bass Song 5hz 10hz 15hz 20hz 25hz 30hz 50hz
4,700 followers.


Not my type of music, but here is one track from that list:
Cardi B - Bartier Cardi

 

[MakeMineVinyl]

Here's another pipe organ piece which I think has even more sustained sub-20Hz bass, and which is another favorite for evaluating bass. Could you analyze it?

Aria

 

[Olli]

 

[vavan]

https://tidal.com/playlist/4215a6e3-9d4a-452a-8ef5-3f655e3bbccd