Re: [sdiy] bass pedals? How low is too low?

[Roman]

I like sometimes to lower bass with pitchbender to several
(like 4) Hz. Of course I don't hear the 4 Hz as frequency, but thanks to it's harmonics it sounds like series of bhfroomps.
There's no difference for me between LFO and VCO. I play 4Hz
VCO sometimes and sometimes modulate with 500Hz LFO.
There are psycho-acoustic devices, mainly aimed into boombox
comunity, that add some harmonics so you think you hear
down to 10Hz or so. I've heard them and it sounds to me
just like distorted signal. I must be psycho-retarded.

Roman

P.S. Now please dont ask me to explain what bhfroomp is...



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Od: MED <teenagewasteland at prodigy.net>
Do: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Data: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 22:26:49 -0500
Temat: [sdiy] bass pedals? How low is too low?

>Hey group, I've got tons of newbie questions about a possible future
>project:
>I'm thinking of hacking the two-octave bass pedals off of my organ and
>building a stand-alone Taurus-style device. What kind of input
>voltage/resistor ladder should I use to get a 1v/oct response?
>Also, I am wondering where the bass range of a VCO stops and a LFO begins.
>Obviously a reference I could use is the E1 of a bass guitar, and simply go
>to the C that is lower than that. But I *really* like low-frequency bass.
>(but not in the range of "can't even hear it but it still sends you
>reeling")
>So what note should I decide upon as the threshold of hearing? A0? C0?

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