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so yesterday i was low passing some popular songs at 100 hz to hear the producers bass techniques, and then just started playing around with sub bass in my daw. anyways i had some pretty decent speakers, and i could really feel the bass in my chest. after about an hour i felt really sick like i was going to throw up, and the back of my throat felt really dry and heavy. im just wondering if anyone else has this feeling

Yup, from time to time low-passed/subby stuff does this to me, as well - makes me really dizzy, and feels like my brain's turned to soup. Doesn't usually take an hour though. Kinda glad to hear I'm not the only one, actually

yoo i think you just one upped the brown note

lol

The brown note is my laxative

I've read about really low frequencies (20Hz > ) at high volumes making people feel nauseous. So it's possible I guess.

Sine69 wrote:I've read about really low frequencies (20Hz > ) at high volumes making people feel nauseous. So it's possible I guess.

One of my instructors told us that a few horror movies (I'm pretty sure indie) would have these frequencies playing during the movie just to make the audience feel more uncomfortable.

I used to be into building really intricate sound systems (in a sciencey way, not a rudeboy way) and those things could make you feel VERY weird..

Vibrating eyeballs, hair flying around everywhere, people being sick..

One of them could reproduce 23Hz @ 147dB (that's pretty insane)

I`ve played on numerous large outdoor systems where the sound engineer sets up the system and inadvertently angles the speakers into a V creating a chest thumping, stomach churning Bass at the point of the V.
The dance floor forms around the tip of the V and leaves a pocket where people just don`t want to stand.
You can`t stand there for longer than 10 minutes without being incredibly uncomfortable and feeling sick.
Then I`ve also played on large systems not focused into a V but with too much sub response.
Resulting in heavy bass overpowering the tunes.
This too can be sickening and uncomfortable.
It`s a different heavy bass though, not the type we all love.
Just waaaaay too much.

IC0N wrote:

Sine69 wrote:I've read about really low frequencies (20Hz > ) at high volumes making people feel nauseous. So it's possible I guess.

One of my instructors told us that a few horror movies (I'm pretty sure indie) would have these frequencies playing during the movie just to make the audience feel more uncomfortable.

Yeah, subsonic frequencies can make you feel weird, 18hz causes hallucinations, etc.