Genre Doesn't Dictate Frequency Range
Musical genres aren't limited to frequency ranges — producers make those choices. The vast majority of all music rarely includes low frequencies. The lower the frequency, the less often it is present.
How Deep Different Genres Actually Go
- Psy-trance — the fast tempo doesn't allow for deep low-frequency content in drums. Lowest common frequencies are about 55-60Hz.
- Drum and bass — uses sustained low tones that can extend into the low 40s, but not very often into the low 30s.
- Hip-hop and glitch-hop — the 30s are rare and I find them here.
- Below 20Hz — so rare that there's no discernible pattern.
Why Low Frequencies Are Filtered Out
There isn't much content in recorded music below wherever the producer chose to filter it. It used to be filtered at higher frequencies. The reasons are technological and equipment limitations — if you can't reproduce it, you filter it out so as not to put the reproduction mechanisms under excess stress.
The Supply Side of the Equation
We can't buy mass-produced transducers that operate efficiently at very low frequencies because the lack of demand precludes mass production. It takes a massive vision and a vast investment to break new ground.
The lower limit of what BASSBOSS subwoofers produce reflects both the current state of musical content and our commitment to reproducing everything that is actually there — right down to the practical limits of what producers are actually recording.
