In my experience, it depends on the volume and how the tone of the beats
varies.
If they're all the exact same kick drum on every sound, it starts to sound
more like a tone
than a series of beats around 400 bpm. However, if there's variation on in
the beat pattern,
you can go faster than that and have it sound different. The fastest useful
tracks i can think of that
sound good are around 320-340 bpm which will double time with jungle. I
personally don't
have anything that's faster unless you play it on 45.
- cutups
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Reynolds <reynolda@sas.upenn.edu>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 4:00 PM
Subject: [idm] a question about perception of sound
quoted 1 line Although I'm sure one could turn a tempo knob up to 1000 bpm pretty> >Although I'm sure one could turn a tempo knob up to 1000 bpm pretty
easily
quoted 1 line (creating what would certainly sound like a high pitched beep), the> >(creating what would certainly sound like a high pitched beep), the
concept
quoted 2 lines itself is absurd (that is, it is nonsensical). A 'beat' is a term that> >itself is absurd (that is, it is nonsensical). A 'beat' is a term that
> >directly relates to the human perception of rhythm - if you can't detect
a
quoted 1 line rhythm of a given sound on some level, if you can't feel it pulsing, then> >rhythm of a given sound on some level, if you can't feel it pulsing, then
I
quoted 15 lines don't think it's helpful to refer to its increments as 'beats'.> >don't think it's helpful to refer to its increments as 'beats'.
>
> just curious, but is there anyone out there who is a sound engineer?
> i'm wondering what the cut-off point is for most people, i.e. around
> what bpm measure do our brains stop detecting beats and hear a
> continuous sound, instead? i would think it varies from person to
> person, but i wonder where and by how much...
>
> -a.
>
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