How low does music go?

[Serendipity]

Was just wondering -

How low does modern music go? I was always under the impression that it was higher than 30-40 Hz.

But the other day I was listening to "The Longships" by Enya (Watermark), and if I'm correct, it felt like there was subsonic bass. Can anybody with the CD verify this? All I know is that it seemed much lower than I have ever heard.

And that is with the sub set flat, BTW.

[lightman1]

Yep. I hear it's around 12-13Hz. Feltit rather than heard it. WoooWeee!!!

[Serendipity]

Yep. I hear it's around 12-13Hz. Feltit rather than heard it. WoooWeee!!!

Is that for the entire track or just part of the song? The entire CD seems to have ridiculously low bass.

[lightman1]

Just part of the song on that track. Mostly towards the end at the crescendo. +1 on the rest of the album, Lots of woofer racking bass. Be careful!
Gonna go listen to it right now! Thanks for reminding me.

[reeltrouble1]

Well, as some reference the last key on the piano A1 is at 28.5 hz if I remember right, there are some pipe organs that can go lower, after that some synth stuff but not anything I really would recommend.

RT1

[George Grand]

I went to a bash one time and there was a really sharp, cutaway model of an AR-3a, with its 12" woof silently pumping away to a 5 Hz signal. Great demo.

[mhardy6647]

The longest pipe on a large pipe organ (32 foot) has a fundamental of 16 Hz. Practically speaking, that's as low as music goes.
http://lamc.org/concerts/0708/070000-organfacts.cfm

Synthesizers are another story.

[Serendipity]

Just part of the song on that track. Mostly towards the end at the crescendo. +1 on the rest of the album, Lots of woofer racking bass. Be careful!
Gonna go listen to it right now! Thanks for reminding me.

I was worried when my sub driver was moving back and forth violently but I didn't hear any sound.

But my sub is set very low so it's not hot by any means.