The New Master List of BASS in Movies with Frequency Charts - Page 234

It's really only the Irene scene which put BHD on the map. The rest of the movie doesn't have many great bass scenes.

And coming back to the Irene scene, again you need some highly capable subs in order to reproduce it properly. A vast majority of the subs out there won't cut it and people will wonder "what's the big deal about the scene?".

Well a Submersive ought to do it What volume level were you playing the scene at?

Could be a room or setup issue as you said.

Well I tried it. And nothing happened. Very slight rumble in the couch. So I checked out the excursion on the sub, there was a fair amount. But I didn't feel anything.

It's weird. I played batman begins on the same volume level. (Scarecrows voice). Cause I believe it is mixed down to 2hz, lower than the "Irene" scene, and it felt like my couch moved the excursion is wild on that scene. As if the driver is almost about to pop out!

Just watched WOTW where alien emerges for the first time. Fun but scared to turn above -20 dB. Sitting close to the sub and was nervous I would blow something lol

Also checked out Cloverfield at 19:50. Wow fun scene.

Definitely cannot run +2dB hot on the sub. Audyssey level was just fine.

Will watch last 20 minutes of Hulk tomorrow. Bass weekend!

Ahhh....Bass Weekend coming up...

Looper - Chapter 1 - from beginning first shot till meeting Beatrix at Diner...all french...of course...c la vie

Be sure to check out the end of Cloverfield where Hud (the guy who holds the camera) gets killed by the monster. The ULF is so good in that scene.

Have a good "bass weekend"

Anybody watch Beasts of the Southern Wild? It's not a typical LFE movie, but between a huge storm and these weird buffalo/dinosaur things stomping around, it actually had quite a bit of low end. However (on my system at least -- and I'm having a few issues), it sounded pretty bad. Can anybody confirm? I would love to see a graph of how low it actually hit if anybody has any interest.

Luckily I did not plan in watching the entire movie lol. Spoiler alert.

Looking forward to Skyfall as well. How was the story and what about the action audio?

Wound up watching a DVD quality movie called "Sinister" via the web then transmitted to my Appletv for my main HT system. Although the video hasn't been released yet and my Apple was playing stereo then PrologicIIx from there. That movie had some intense bass scenes. Caused me to jump several times and that's rare and caused my GF's asthma to go off. Can't wait to get this one on Bluray for lossless because just the web version was insane.

I saw Skyfall at a Carmike BigD theater (6 21 inch subs). There's a train wreck scene that had bass so deep that it made me queasy.

THAT'S BASS! I know it's not funny but it still made me laugh.

My main system has 12 sub drivers so her asthma goes off all the time. ;-). For me it's a sign of a good bass movie....for her not so much.

Sorry for bringing this back up a few days late, and I think several people hinted at the answer, but I thought I would spell it out plainly:

If there is clipping in the recording, it does not harm your speakers AT ALL to play it back. It is simply a diminishment to the sound quality.

If the recording is clean, and your amp is clipping, this is REAL BAD for your speakers. An amp that is distorting can send bursts of high amperage to your speakers and they can be damaged in a fraction of a second.

If your amp is clean and your speakers start to distort (due to exceeding their max rating), this is also bad, but you can almost always fix this with a reduction in the volume before any damage occurs.

So the moral of the story is... Get Tron Legacy, crank it up, and enjoy.

Here comes my opinion on the clipping in Tron... I think a lot of what people are complaining about is intentional. The Daft Punk soundtrack uses a lot of digital clipping or low sample rates to create kind of a metallic, synthetic "digital" effect. This is not to everyone's liking, but it is for sure intentional. The "crackle" when the recognizer flies over I also believe to be intentional. It sounds very much like the real-life sound blast of a jet fly-by when it is close. You can't really call that clipping or distortion since it's real, but it still kind of "splats" your ears if you will.

Anyway, I REALLY like the way those scenes sound in Tron. But I am clipping-aware as the clipping in Immortals bugged me a lot. So to each his own, but Tron is still my go-to demo, clipping and all.

I never hear clipping in Tron because exactly what you said about the fly by. Its supposed to sound like that. Listen to the space shuttle launch in IMAX Hubble, that's what extreme power sounds like. Also being on a aircraft carrier for over a year, I know what jets sound like as they fly by lol. Now Immortals drives me nuts with the amount of clipping in that movie. A movie I like to use to show off my speakers that has LOUD but yet CLEAN sound is Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol during the sand storm scene with the car crash at the end. It'll make you cringe lol.

Technically, the "crackle" you hear in all the recordings of the space shuttle ARE clipping. The mic / sound equipment just cannot record that sound perfectly. But, that brings me back to my original point. That is what we (the audience) associate with extreme power, so that is why I think the clipping sound when the Recognizer flies by is intentional.

Sorry, which scene or time stamp is that scene. I'd like to rerun it to hear what you are referring to as the "crackle"

When Sam first enters the Grid and gets picked up by the Recognizers. Shortly after he gets picked up there is a fly by.

Which movie is better for bass/LFE? The Avengers or The Amazing Spider-Man?

Low, but not loud - Amazing Spider-Man
Loud, but not low - Avengers

The Amazing Spider-Man

This is all I could find:

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1333462/the-new-master-list-of-bass-in-movies-with-frequency-charts/5700#post_22479660

SmokenAshes already answered... but to be a little more specific, if you hit chapter next until Sam is in the grid, it's soon after, and there is a Recognizer that flies from off-screen kind of over your head. It's a nice surround effect as well as some pretty deep and intense bass. But in the high-end of the bass sound there is some crackle or pop or whatever you want to call it. I never hear that as clipping, but after this discussion, I am assuming it is... especially since it is reminiscent of the clipping you hear on virtually every recording of the Space Shuttle I have ever heard. But I can also see how it can be interpreted as distortion, and for someone showing how clean their system is, I could see a discerning audience member not familiar with the movie thinking it's their amp or speaker breaking up which would of course be unfortunate.

Thanks djoberg, I appreciate it. I cant search from my phone and my CPU is down at the moment.

Watched Domino last night and wow that movie is loaded with LFE! FUN bass movie.



Also, if anyone has any thoughts on the LFE of Silent Hill Revelation which gets released tom I would love to hear some opinions. I enjoyed the overall audio of the first film, so I am curious how this one stacks up both in general and in terms of LFE in particular. Thanks!
Edited by Toe - 2/11/13 at 1:53pm

Kon-Tiki, a norwegian film, quite surprising audio on this one, i think the storm scene alone is worth it, even if you may not like the rest of the film:



There are a couple of other scenes as well, with "artistic" lfe.
I think the storm scene is very good, and useful for showing off a capable system on material different from cannons and aliens.

I also had big expectations. Unfortunately, it was a disappointment all around. Bass was meh, and the film itself was bad.

You mean there are other movies out there? j/k

Shotgun shot in The Raid Redemption.

Borne Legacy - Drone/Missle stike on the cabin & in the Phillipines when the factory shuts down.

Anyone know the IMAX extreme sports that has tons of bass. Read it ways back on this thread...I think its about extreme sports???

i like the 1st silent hill episode much more for both story and sounding