quoted 6 lines Although I'm sure one could turn a tempo knob up to 1000 bpm pretty easily>Although I'm sure one could turn a tempo knob up to 1000 bpm pretty easily
>(creating what would certainly sound like a high pitched beep), the concept
>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
>rhythm of a given sound on some level, if you can't feel it pulsing, then I
>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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