Ok, there's this idiot on musicianforums.com claiming that a drumset will sound different based on it's color.
Him: "You mean you didn't try out different colour kits before you commited??
OOPS!!
Basic physics says different colours absorb different wavelengths.
Sounds are waves.
As you know Black is caused when all wavelengths are absorbed therefore black kits are the deadest sounding.
White kits reflect all wavelengths therefore they are very bright and ringy.
Tests have shown that red is the most musical colour with just the right about of warmth.
Obvious really - See you shouldn't have spent more time listening and less time tapping in those physics lessons."
Me:
"That's the biggest heap of crap I've ever heard. First of all, black is technically colorless. White is all the colors in the spectrum combined. Secondly, sound waves oscillate at a much lower frequency than light (20hz to 20,000hz compared to 4*10^14hz to around 8*10^14hz).
quote:
If you are wondering what effect the pigments (light
absorbers) in a material have on the type of sounds that come from
it, the answer is usually: not much. There's not much connection
between the frequencies of light some pigment absorbs and the
frequencies of audible sound it might absorb or emit. The color of a
pigment also is really unconnected with the density or rigidity of
the molecules, which affect how sound travels. Lots of different
common pigments are organic compounds with densities not too far from
1 gram/cm^3, yet these provide a whole array of different colors.
On a different note. Musicians often refer to sound as
having color. This refers to a different concept than the color that
pigments give. When you overlap various pure tones of sound, the
overall effect is a sound that is slightly different in how it sounds
but has the same fundamental tone. For example, a trumpet sounds
vastly different than a flute, but the can both be playing the exact
same note. The difference (or color) comes from higher frequencies
(called harmonics) that the instrument itself adds to the fundamental
tone.
"
Now I'm a complete n00b at physics so I was kind of talking out of my ass there. By some stroke of science is he correct? Or am I the right one here?
"WRONG!!!
Black is black because it absorbs all frequencies not because it is colourless.
Do you have scientific evidence to back up your foolish speculation???
Or do you just pretend to know what you are talking about?"
I wish I knew as much about physics as I do about computers. Any comment from ATOT Einsteins? :brokenheart:
Him: "You mean you didn't try out different colour kits before you commited??
OOPS!!
Basic physics says different colours absorb different wavelengths.
Sounds are waves.
As you know Black is caused when all wavelengths are absorbed therefore black kits are the deadest sounding.
White kits reflect all wavelengths therefore they are very bright and ringy.
Tests have shown that red is the most musical colour with just the right about of warmth.
Obvious really - See you shouldn't have spent more time listening and less time tapping in those physics lessons."
Me:
"That's the biggest heap of crap I've ever heard. First of all, black is technically colorless. White is all the colors in the spectrum combined. Secondly, sound waves oscillate at a much lower frequency than light (20hz to 20,000hz compared to 4*10^14hz to around 8*10^14hz).
quote:
If you are wondering what effect the pigments (light
absorbers) in a material have on the type of sounds that come from
it, the answer is usually: not much. There's not much connection
between the frequencies of light some pigment absorbs and the
frequencies of audible sound it might absorb or emit. The color of a
pigment also is really unconnected with the density or rigidity of
the molecules, which affect how sound travels. Lots of different
common pigments are organic compounds with densities not too far from
1 gram/cm^3, yet these provide a whole array of different colors.
On a different note. Musicians often refer to sound as
having color. This refers to a different concept than the color that
pigments give. When you overlap various pure tones of sound, the
overall effect is a sound that is slightly different in how it sounds
but has the same fundamental tone. For example, a trumpet sounds
vastly different than a flute, but the can both be playing the exact
same note. The difference (or color) comes from higher frequencies
(called harmonics) that the instrument itself adds to the fundamental
tone.
"
Now I'm a complete n00b at physics so I was kind of talking out of my ass there. By some stroke of science is he correct? Or am I the right one here?
"WRONG!!!
Black is black because it absorbs all frequencies not because it is colourless.
Do you have scientific evidence to back up your foolish speculation???
Or do you just pretend to know what you are talking about?"
I wish I knew as much about physics as I do about computers. Any comment from ATOT Einsteins? :brokenheart:
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