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VirtualMark wrote:some of the recommendations for specific notes are just wrong. i.e - we could say a statement like 'most club systems don't go lower than an e1 42hz' could be true, and maybe recommend an e1 as the lowest note you'd like to play.

but to give a specific note that resonates in most clubs is impossible. every room sounds different, and each club probably has a different sound system. theres no way to tell what frequency would resonate unless you know all the details about that particular club.

I partially agree. But my suggestion was just what frequency is my favorite for bass...wasn't saying anything about club systems.

Which one is the brown note??

bayda wrote:i remember hearing a while back that most dubstep songs are in two or three keys because those are the bass notes that hit the hardest on a typical club system, does anyone know what these notes are?

Some very respected DJ's such as Noisia and (I think Reso) said it was F or F#.

In fairness by a complete country mile, the craziest bass I have heard in a club (Ram @ Matter 02) was the slow bass dive in Nero's Remix of DJ Fresh hypercaine. Not really my favoruite kind of tune don't get me wrong but I remember the bass being so harsh my mate had to go outside and you could literally feel it in your face and front teeth haha.

Sound is from about 1:23 you will know which one I mean straight away... The drone kind of noise.

VirtualMark wrote:some of the recommendations for specific notes are just wrong. i.e - we could say a statement like 'most club systems don't go lower than an e1 42hz' could be true, and maybe recommend an e1 as the lowest note you'd like to play.

but to give a specific note that resonates in most clubs is impossible. every room sounds different, and each club probably has a different sound system. theres no way to tell what frequency would resonate unless you know all the details about that particular club.

yes it totally depends on the room modes and sound system.

you can have 2 clubs which sound completely different to each other.

C0 like a boss.

E1 - just over 40Hz. I like making tracks in Eb1 - they sound good to me in higher spectrums, but they rarely translated well to the clubs I'm usually in.