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Re: [idm] Molusks eating wierd things.
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C McKeon wrote:
quoted 5 lines 357 bpm/60 = 5.95 bps. This is still way in the sub-audio range. You> 357 bpm/60 = 5.95 bps. This is still way in the sub-audio range. You > would have to effectively almost quadruple the figure in order to get > into the audio range of 20-23 Hz. (Depending on the human), i.e. a drum > sample or repetitive sound would have to have a frequency of 20Hz-23Hz > (Or 1200-1380 bpm) in order to be heard as a single tone.
I don't quite follow your logic here. I don't see what the bps (tempo) has to do with audible frequencies. 5.95 bps doesn't equal 5Hz. 5.95 beats per second is not that big of a deal. That's about the rate of triplet 8th notes at the very average tempo of 120 BPM. Andrei --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org