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Re:Show HN: Download any song without knowing its name by mrob on Friday October 09, 2015 @02:33AM (#10358489)
It's extremely rare for music to contain anything below 30Hz. Even below 40Hz is rare. The only place you're likely to find such low frequencies is sound effects in movie soundtracks.
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Re:Show HN: Download any song without knowing its name by aianus on Friday October 09, 2015 @02:45AM (#10358519)
I'm sorry, I pulled that number out of my ass.

I should have said 'if the frequency goes sufficiently low'.

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Re:Show HN: Download any song without knowing its name by peapicker on Friday October 09, 2015 @01:10PM (#10361603)
Unless you are into Bassnectar and the like... ;)
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Re:Show HN: Download any song without knowing its name by mrob on Friday October 09, 2015 @01:57PM (#10362062)
Interestingly, a lot of "bass heavy" music focuses on frequencies around 50Hz, not the really deep sub-bass. This makes sense when you consider human hearing. Those higher frequencies sound much louder to us, and they're still low enough to get the tactile feeling.
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