Skip to 5:41 to hear it actually played. Although I assume you'd need very good speakers and I'm not sure if the YT audio compression is good for very low tones.
“Some of the instruments fall below the human hearing range, only the vibrations can be felt,” feels unreal to me for some reason. I can’t imagine a vibration rattling through me without hearing something at that power.
Apparently this is a thing that was used in old horror movies.
Subsonic music would play just before a scary encounter, creating a feeling of uneasiness to the audience without any consciously perceptible stimulous, and thus priming the audience for the horror to come.
Yes, definitely plan to spend a few hours - it's a massive museum packed with musical instruments and cultures from around the world. They give you positional-aware headsets that play music and information as you near a display.
Here's a video of one being played (sort of): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K3VdVbBOxw
Skip to 5:41 to hear it actually played. Although I assume you'd need very good speakers and I'm not sure if the YT audio compression is good for very low tones.
"The Montreal Symphony Orchestra is the only orchestra that owns one of these unusual instruments"
They actually have three. https://www.osm.ca/en/octobasses/
“Some of the instruments fall below the human hearing range, only the vibrations can be felt,” feels unreal to me for some reason. I can’t imagine a vibration rattling through me without hearing something at that power.
Apparently this is a thing that was used in old horror movies.
Subsonic music would play just before a scary encounter, creating a feeling of uneasiness to the audience without any consciously perceptible stimulous, and thus priming the audience for the horror to come.
Sounds like something you’ll have to try! :)
"Bass! How low can you go?" (Public Enemy - Bring the Noise)
The Musical Instrument Museum is one of the best things to do in Phoenix. It's also one of my favorite museums in the world.
That place is amazing. Went there once thinking it would be a 30 minute diversion before we did other stuff. We spent nearly 4 hours in there.
Wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone in Phoenix.
There's also a very nice musical instrument museum in Hamamatsu, Japan [1]. I really enjoyed it and would like to go again.
[1] https://www.gakkihaku.jp/en/
Yes, definitely plan to spend a few hours - it's a massive museum packed with musical instruments and cultures from around the world. They give you positional-aware headsets that play music and information as you near a display.
I do remember this tall bass. A very cool and unusual museum, BTW. Phoenix is a fun town. The Botanical Garden too is not to be missed.
"With a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear"
To be fair, the difference between "sound" and "air pressure" is vibes. A tire inflator is probably putting out infrasonic frequencies, too.
Saw it in Phoenix.
Definitely big.
Wouldn’t recommend for slap.