about peak frequincies..

[chuksw9ve 10+ year member]

Ok,what is considered the peak frequincies of a song,the loudest parts?The parts that are held the longest?Could somebody tell me?

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[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

Ok,what is considered the peak frequincies of a song,the loudest parts?The parts that are held the longest?Could somebody tell me?

Your question doesn't really make much sense. Do you want to know what the highest average frequency in music is? Or do you want to know about transient peaks in amplitude?

 

[chuksw9ve 10+ year member]

Beat...You lost me...I dont know jack sprat about this stuff.I saw some one in another thread telling people what frequency diffrent songs were...And I wanted to know what he was measuring...Does that make sense,or still clear as mud?And I appreciate the reply.

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

Do you know what frequencies are?

 

[chuksw9ve 10+ year member]

I'm guessing that its the number of wave crests and valleys in a given measurment.Less waves means lower tones and vice versa with higher,I know 440hz is and A in standard music tuning...I guessing 220 would be an octave lower,and in what is considered the "bass" range.Does that sound right?I'm thinking whats measured are the notes in the bass range only,but what determines a songs freq when a song can have many notes within that range?

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

I'm guessing that its the number of wave crests and valleys in a given measurment.Less waves means lower tones and vice versa with higher,I know 440hz is and A in standard music tuning...I guessing 220 would be an octave lower,and in what is considered the "bass" range.Does that sound right?I'm thinking whats measured are the notes in the bass range only,but what determines a songs freq when a song can have many notes within that range?

Good, you're not as cluess as you sounded. When somebody says there are peaks at x frequencies means that those are the notes of the bass line used. Typical bass range is from about 80hz to 1hz with ~25hz and down considered subsonic bass. It's basically saying, "this song is played with this chord progression: Csus, G, Dsus, E." Only they use frequencies to describe the note used. The "peaks" term is used because usually songs contain notes that range from 33-36 with a maximum around 34.

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[chuksw9ve 10+ year member]

Ok.I think I understand now...I really simple terms,its just the bass line of a song.Instead of saying D E A D,or whatever,its 34hz 45 hz,and so forth.So people can tune their enclosures to resonate with these freqencies to some nice boomy bass.Am I right?And THANK YOU for helping me understand.

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

That is correct. It's just the notes (same thing as frequencies) of the song. It can be used so people know about what frequency they are the loudest at without using tones.