I've been experiencing some weird things lately...
If I change my bass instrument to something containing less high frequency content, and I'm listening to it via closed headphones, I hear some bass notes one semitone higher.
When I switch to speakers, I hear the bass notes normally.
Is it true that some bass frequencies can be modified using headphones? Maybe some frequencies are close to some resonance? Or could some wavelength somehow not fit? It's the strangest thing.
This happens with all kinds of (mostly acoustic) bass sounds. In actually thought there are wrong notes in my midi. But again, everything sounds in tune when I hear it on speakers.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is my brain turning in goo or something?
Hearing different bass notes in closed headphones
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- KVRian
- 1055 posts since 3 Jul, 2006
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- KVRAF
- 16824 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
Extreme loud volume (abt 110dB and higher) does this to my ears.
TURN IT DOWN!
You will end up with tinnitus if you continue this way.
TURN IT DOWN!
You will end up with tinnitus if you continue this way.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1055 posts since 3 Jul, 2006
Umm, I don't think the sound was that loud, but I'll experiment with volume...BertKoor wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:28 pm Extreme loud volume (abt 110dB and higher) does this to my ears.
TURN IT DOWN!
You will end up with tinnitus if you continue this way.
But you think it actually is a "brain" aberration?
Again I hear some (most) notes in tune, and other up to 1 semitone out of tune
Maybe I could try to take out the headphones, keep them at some distance, see if the effect is the same. I'll try that as well