ARCHETYPAL FREQUENCIES

200,000              Dolphins highest range

18,500                Highest frequency heard by average woman

17,500                Highest frequency heard by average man

15,700                High frequency that old televisions scream at

5000-8000           Treble control on a stereo

4096                   Highest note on a piano

4096                   Quartz crystal (786,432 hertz octavized down - 1/2, 1/2, 1/2, etc.)

4000                   The most irritating (or activating) frequency (chainsaw freq)

3000                    Frequency that telephones are centered around (voice harmonics)

1000 Test Tone radio and tv put out when they go off the air

528  Frequency of the heart

432                     Frequency of  the first cry of the average baby just out of the womb

268.8                  Ali Akbar Khan’s favorite frequency to tune to

266                     Good for Nervous System

256                     Physical and Scientific mean - Philosopher’s middle C

250                     Main resonant freq’s of the King’s Chamber in the Great Pyramid

250                     Average Voice (Common to everyone)

136.102               Frequency of the rotation of the earth

111                     Good frequency for Cell rejuvenation

85                       Beethoven’s Fire frequency

50                       Main harmonic of a kitty purr;  Hummingbird approximate wing speed

45                       Resonant frequency of bones (Proven to regenerate bones)

40                       Thunder’s key fundamental frequency

40-80                  Bass control on a stereo

32                       Lowest C note on a piano (good for the nervous system)

25                       Cat Purr (root frequency)

25                       Lowest frequency that most people can hear

16                       Main low freq put out by Whales (extremely on-pitch, in-tune)

10.666                Average ultrawave healing frequency

8                        Lowest frequency put out by Whales

7.83                    Average Shumann Resonance of the earth’s atmosphere between the earth and                  ionosphere (electromagnetic, not sound)

7.8125                  Spherics controlling the weather

3-4                    Lowest frequency put out by Elephants

62.5 BPM = Good Heart BPM (because it’s a lower octave 250)

72 BPM = Average Heart BPM

FREQUENCY RANGES

LOW BASS  -  < 40 Hertz
This range is sometimes called the “sub-bass.”  It is commonly found in Rap Booms and the low bass of Kick Drums and Bass Guitars.  It is difficult for many people to discern pitch very well at this range.  This range is often used in movies for earthquakes, rumble, and explosions.

BASS  -  40 - 150 Hertz
40 - 60 hertz is the approximate range that is boosted when you turn up the “bass” tone control on a stereo.

OOOHZONE  -  150 - 800 Hertz
This range is called the oohzone (pronounced “ooh” as in “boo”) because if you boost this range it makes you say “ewwwwh” with disgust.  This range is also referred to as the “oohzone” because if you put your hand on your chest and say “oooooooooohhhh”, you notice that this frequency resonates your chest cavity.  This means that your chest cavity is boosting the volume of this frequency range.  Since this frequency range is so annoying, it makes us overly sensitive to frequencies boosted too much here!

When frequencies are boosted too much in this range, they sound extremely muddy and unclear, and can even cause extreme fatigue when not evened out. 

MIDRANGES  -  800 - 5000 Hertz
The thing about the midrange is we are extremely hypersensitive to this frequency.  Boosting a frequency 1 decibel in this range is like boosting 3 decibel in any other frequency range.  You see, this is where we live most of the time.  This is where most of our language is centered.  In fact, the telephone is centered around 3000 hertz because we can still understand someone when only this range is present.  Since we are so overly sensitive to this range, it is critical to be careful when boosting or cutting any frequencies here.  This is doubly true on vocals because we are also hypersensitive to what vocals are supposed to sound like.

Other notable frequencies in this range include 1000 hertz, which is that tone you hear when you fall asleep at night with the TV on (and the station goes off the air leaving this test tone).  Four thousand hertz is the chain saw frequency.  It is the most irritating frequency there is, by far.  It is also the frequency of finger nails on a chalk board  --  Eeeek!!!

HIGHS  -  5000 - 8000 Hertz
This range is the range that is boosted when you turn up the “treble” tone control on a stereo.  It is commonly boosted in mastering to make things sound brighter and more present.

HI HIGHS  -  >8000 Hertz
This range is where you find cymbals and higher harmonics of sounds.  Boosting this range a little bit on certain instruments can make the recording sound like a higher quality recording.  Boosting this range too much can make it sound irritating.