
(almost) All About the Bass - pt. 2
...The previous post gave a way to study low frequencies. Now here's some handy practical consequences. Two plugins with a total of zero controls between them. The Steep Highpass filters! If you would like to get straight to it, here are links to download these two vst plugins.. Download Steep Highpass 38Hz Download Steep Highpass 70Hz For the more masochistic, here's the reasoning: In the previous post there's discussion and Python code for revealing whats happening in the d

(not quite) All About The Bass -
pt.1
The low frequency part of the sound spectrum is full of opportunities and bum pains. It can convey very visceral energy. It causes psycho-acoustic masking effects - where one sound hides another, which can be either good or bad. Different playback systems can be very different in how they handle bass, making it rather unstable and unpredictable. The list goes on. All of which makes it both important and tricky to deal with. The cherry on top is that most tools to analyse soun