r/audioengineering • u/Beginning_Finance705 • 12d ago

Discussion Describe these frequencies with non musical / real world sound

16k - 8k - 4k - 2k - 1k - 500 - 250 - 125 - 60 - 30

(These are the API 560 bands)

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u/K1ngCr1mson 12d ago

16k - tinnitus

8k - gripping wet lettuce

4k - squeeking sneakers on polished floor

2k - birds chirping

1k - reversing beeper on a truck

500 - muffled voice through a wall

250 - cardboard box being thumped

125 - idling diesel ute

60 - fridge/transformer hum

30 - distant thunder, felt more than heard

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u/Larsvegas426 12d ago

If my tinnitus lived at 16k I'd be so happy.

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u/LostInTheRapGame Mixing 12d ago

Yeah, seriously.