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Here's a cranky little blog for you all... written about the evil of sub bass.
I live next to a bar that hires two djs every night of the week to provide "entertainment" to a bunch of young folk getting drunk. Now, I'm not saying there is anything wrong with getting drunk, nor enjoying music of any kind really. But when you can feel that music as it pulses and penetrates through TWO BRICK WALLS there is something deeply wrong.
This morning I awoke at 5am. Not sure why, this has been my habit lately. Maybe I'm tense about stuff... it doesn't matter. What matters is that I found that I could feel the sub bass' annoying fat invisible finger pawing at my all over my face and body and I do not like it. I went out to see if the bar was still going... it's closed. So this sub bass monster is emminating from some other source, probably much more distant, because literally all I can perceive is the mmmw. mmmww. mwwwmmm. of the sub bass.
What is the use of sub bass anyway? In movie theaters it destroys ones experience of any nearby movies. Seriously, I saw Transformers, and even in that loud movie I was distracted by hearing some other action caper's sub bwwooom bwwoooommmmw bWWWWoMMMMMM from behind the walls of the auditorium.
Also, the amplification of sub bass in current movies and music seems completely unnatural and monstrously over-sized. Could it be compared to the jumbo-sized coke or Burger King's quadrouple-patty-with-cheese-and-bacon-and-fat monstrosities...? Yes, I actually think it could.
Maybe I am just a horrible control freak. I know I probably am. I seem to get myself into trouble with my very particular virgo traits... But I really think there should be a law about sub bass. It should not be allowed in residential areas. There should be one Sub Bass City per state surrounded by at least 50 miles all around of desert or some similar kind of lonely terrain. Perhaps it should be surrounded by nuclear plants and stinky oil refineries and such... And in each state a monorail takes you there, the long ride through the surrounding wasteland best taken at night where the dawning of the town's clownish, cotton-candy colored lights can create the most excitement. Then fools can gorge on this over-ripe, ridiculously unnatural, irritating and rude sound.
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08/19/07
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astroid
lol at your big bad king woofnikov
08/19/07
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Artsigreg
let alone the destruction these ppl are doing to their ears. We musicians no better.
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skab
08/19/07
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Fredo
muchos gracias, skab. Have you heard that this works well?
08/19/07
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deltasleep
The way its exaggerated in movies is becoming my pet peeve. You can't set down a damned coffee cup anymore without shaking everybody's nuts.
I hate it, because I feel like the popular definition of "good sound" as being "real loud bass" makes it so expensive and difficult to find a really good stereo.
I am a fan of stereos that aim for quality MIDS. Like a lot of 70s-80s Pioneer quadrophonic setups. Playing ZZTop or Dire Straits on anything else just feels wrong.
I hope that when I get the money and the space next year I can completely clean and restore a nice stereo from that era and use it to listen on.
You can see how much the stereos of the time influence what music people like- take a look at the prevalence of satellite/sub systems with the popularity of rap, the rock that was popular during the 70-80s is just MADE for those setups.
And I just got a Victrola and I've been listening to a lot of 78s this week, and it sounds SO good to my ears, so fresh. Feels like a really new perspective on what sounds good.
08/19/07
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skab
tbh Fredo- - i don't know how well it works, but it's about the only thing i've heard of that could effectively do the trick. i hope you can find some way to cut out the bass - unwanted noise can really, really be a pain in the arse.
08/20/07
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bbwax
i feel your pain, fredo. i used to live across the street from a bar that blasted music on subs AND outdoor speakers until 3-4 in the morning. unfortunately, it was frequented by off-duty police officers. so i was shit out of luck on calling the cops. found that out real quick. the one time i did, i woke up the next morning to find my tires slashed.
i really wish city governments would take noise-pollution more seriously. it's all about respecting your neighbor. if someone is making so much noise that other's can't sleep or live in relative peace and quiet, that should be a crime. period.
here's the weird thing. as a theoretical experiment. if someone goes and sits outside a person's house and screams at the top of their lungs they'd most likely be taken to jail or a mental hospital. but if someone sits in their car and blasts sub music, works on a harley in their driveway, let's a dog bark 24/7, etc. the police will laugh at you if you complain. society has just gotten so used to noise-pollution as something to tolerate (as long as it's not affecting them personally) they just don't give a shit when others complain.
08/20/07
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crazyshadow
i live in the countryside and i have the boom boom base oh wait a minute thats my home theater system that booms out all the time
i normally fall asleep on dance music, trance music and such music so the base doesnt really bother me but i could imagine living right next door to a dance club specially i would find more annoying the people that screem and all when they come out of the club more than the music itself cause i always remember by my knowledge having music and such playing all day long around me so i got used to music in my life
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mlbot
A wise man once said, you posed to be up cooking breakfast.
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jdg
wooo woooooooooooo
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Spark
Imagine this scenario and you can imagine each time I play live without doing a soundcheck first..
exaggerated bass + bass enhancement + extra bass eq'd in + "super bass" button pushed on master limiter + highcut filter on speakers switched on.
It sounds like an earthquake.
08/20/07
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Fredo
hahah. Hopefully it's 50 miles in the desert and you have to take a monorail to get there...
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yghartsyrt
sucks. hopefully you find some solution. maybe calling the cops ain't that bad. at least it would work out in germany.
best wishes for your well deserved sleep.
07/26/08
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cbit
"There should be one Sub Bass City per state"
lol! that's a booty bass track waiting to be made.
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