Im confused, do you want to be heard?
Usually people on here are asking how they can punch through a mix, not how can they make their bass harder to hear. I dont know how low the human ear can hear, but since we are all limited to the speakers that we play through I dont think it matters. The couple times I played a 31 band eqs I couldnt hear any audible difference when adjusting the first few sliders.
So I have two questions:
1. On those 31 band eqs the first slider is usually 20Hz, people on here are claiming they can hear 17Hz, if you have access to a 31 band eq can you turn everything down the whole way except the 20Hz band centered and still hear anything that you play come through the speaker?
2. Am I the only person who feels sick when playing with frequencies that low? I like a warm thick bassline as much as anyone but there have been times that just messing around I turned the bass way up and did this modern scoop thing and had a real doomy tone, and after a couple minutes I started to get a headache and feel sick to my stomach almost like I was motion sick.
Does anyone think that music has gotten too obsessed with bass? Not the instrument but the frequencies. You listen to music from the 60s and the bass guitar is a nice warm foundation but on top of that you got guitar, harmonica, trumpets and electric organ, everything is just natural and dynamic sounding, everything has its place. Now you listen to some music and you have drop tuning 5 string bass, drop 8 string guitars, drums just pounding double basses and a singer growling. Or you have guys driving around with huge subs in their trunks and all you can hear is the bass beats. I just dont get it.
