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- From: jcarroll@ferris.cray.com (Jeff Carroll)
- Subject: Re: short shameful reality (was Re: How to kill chickens with your computer...)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.173728.7218@walter.cray.com>
- Originator: jcarroll@ferris
- Keywords: more musical than thou
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- Sender: jcarroll@ferris (Jeff Carroll)
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- Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
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- Date: 16 Nov 92 17:37:28 CST
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- >The 16 Hz note isn't really audible, but it's easily felt. It's definitely
- >a strange sensation. Lower frequencies at louder volumes cause nausea, as
- >a few electric bass players have found. (Incidentally some bass amps don't
- >reproduce the fundamental, but primarily reinforce the second harmonic of
- >many of the lower notes, but that's another story).
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- Personally, the only thing I've ever heard of that sounded below that was
- Galloping Gertie, the old Tacoma Narrows bridge. It caused a lot more than
- nausea.
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- >If you want to kill birds, then, I recommend the HP 200CD signal generator.
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- I prefer the fine products of GE/SNECMA. You can clean up with a damp washcloth, and no yukky carcasses.
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