Pure L wrote:Wikipedia wrote:It has long been realized that infrasound may cause feelings of awe or fear. Since it is not consciously perceived, it can make people feel vaguely that supernatural events are taking place. In a controlled experiment published in September, 2003, people at a concert were asked to rate their responses to a variety of pieces of music, some of which were accompanied by infrasonic elements. The participants were not aware of which pieces included the infrasound. Many participants (22%) reported feelings of anxiety, uneasiness, extreme sorrow, nervous feelings of revulsion or fear and chills down the spine which correlated with the infrasonic events. In presenting the evidence to the British Association, the scientist responsible said "These results suggest that low frequency sound can cause people to have unusual experiences even though they cannot consciously detect infrasound. Some scientists have suggested that this level of sound may be present at some allegedly haunted sites and so cause people to have odd sensations that they attribute to a ghost—our findings support these ideas".
I know it's virtually impossible but I've always wanted to try this on shitty neighbors.
Get yourself a well-made, "low-reaching" subwoofer and plug it into your trusty bass-amp. Now get that queer keyboard out and tape down, say, a low b note. Whenever you leave the house, turn everything on loud enough that you can feel "a presence". Then, when you come home, turn up the Motorhead and turn off the keyboard/amp set-up. Your neighbor will now be relieved to be listening to the Motorhead and won't even know why.
It worked for Hitler anyway.
This is funny, because I made the Irreversible/fire extinguisher reference earlier in the thread.
The first 30 minutes of the film has a background noise with a frequency of 28Hz (low frequency, almost inaudible), similar to the noise produced by an earthquake. In humans, it causes nausea, sickness and vertigo. It was the main cause of people walking out of the theaters during the first part of the film in places like Cannes and San Sebastian. In fact, it was added with the purpose of getting this reaction.
If the talk with the building manager does not go exactly as planned, perhaps I'll place my subwoofer face-down on the floor, and pump some 28Hz through it.