whats the bass response on laptops and mobile phones these days? (playing back from their speakers)

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  1. petrrr

    petrrr Kapellmeister

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    are there any particular frequencies you watch out for to make it work on both laptop and mobile for bass frquencies (playing back from their speakers)

    thanks

     
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    terrible bass response. u cant play god with physics.
     
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    yes but whats the lowest frequencies you use to make it work on those devices, or how u deal with this issue thanks
     
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    You can get impulse responses of laptop/phone speakers to get an idea of what your song sounds like on those.
    There's also room / speaker calibration / correction plugins, most will let you simulate other environments.

    You could add harmonics in audible frequencies by using a saturation plugin.
    You could use dedicated psycho acoustic bass enhancer plugins like R-Bass, Substrate, SPL Vitalizer. [...].
     
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    Arabian_jesus Audiosexual

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    Really good laptop speakers, like the MacBook Pro, can probably go down to 200Hz. Smartphones are probably between 600Hz for really good ones, and 1kHz for regular shitty ones.

    Here is a graph of someone who's made some measurements of the MacBook Pro 2021 and some high-end Windows laptops
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    Most of the Windows laptops have a useable frequency range of 400-500Hz to 12kHz.
     
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    what does this increasing lines mean, that go up?

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    for example the purple line start at 25...and on the other axis its at 80hz
    Does that mean that 80hz is audible but very little...at 25 db or whatever that means
     
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    justwannadownload Audiosexual

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    I asked the bass about them and he responded that they are shit.
     
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    we live in such a technological world and still no one has invented a subwoofer that fits into a laptop or smartphone
    so pathetic ...
     
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    The frequency axis (x-axis) starts at 80Hz & and y-axis is the dB SPL axis (Sound Pressure Level in Decibel Units). So, the purple line seems to be 25 dB - 17 dB = 8 dB higher at 80Hz compared to other lines. In decibel terms that means the purple line device is relatively twice as loud at 80 Hz compared to the other devices on this list.
     
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    justwannadownload Audiosexual

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    In case this is somehow not a joke.
    Subs wavelength is anywhere from 2 to 15 meters. Not only that, but due to the way human ear works, sub freqs need way more air pressure for us to perceive it at the same volume as high mids and highs (that's why you can *feel* the bass harmlessly, while the same amount of highs will rupture your skull).
    Those two combined put certain requirements on the size of both the speaker and, more importantly, the cabinet, as if it's too small, the air within it won't let the membrane move freely due to air pressure (it's pushing the membrane when it moves inwards and pulling it back when it moves outwards, the bigger the volume within the box - the less pronounced this effect gets). And no, vacuum won't cut it because it creates a serious amount of negative pressure on its own.
    Basically, the universe laws tell us that the sub can only be a big speaker in an even bigger box.
    Headphones are actually really fcking quiet and play right into your ear. Try to move them away and you won't hear any sub at a palm's length already.
     
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