These are a combination of my collection, and those recommended by
www.sunfire.com for the truesub, and
www.hsuresearch.com for HSU subs, and
http://www.svsubwoofers.com/faq.htm#musicdemos for SVS subwoofers.
Pop/Rock
Madonna's "Vogue" From 'The Immaculate Collection'
Marcus Miller's "Funny (All She Needs is Love)" from 'The Sun Don't Lie'
Janet Jackson's "Go Deep" from 'The Velvet Rope'
Jennifer Warnes: The hunter
Classical
Mahler From the DTS demo DVD.
"Mahler's Symphony No. 2" Finale (0:52:50)*
Tchaikovsky Telarc recording, also from the DTS demo DVD. Can any audio collection be complete without this stirring standard?:
"1812 Overture" by the Cincinnati Symphony (0:12:45)*
"1812 Overture" Final cannon shots (0:15:06)*
The below selection are from Michael Murray's "Organ Blaster CD" sampler
Johann Sebastian Bach "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" the quintessential organ bass classic. All below time selections from the Skinner/Schilicker organs, First Congregational Church in Los Angeles:
(0:00:31)* (0:07:25)* (0:08:25)*
Andre' Campra "Riqaudon from Idomeneo" Aeolian-Skinner organ, Church of the Advent, Boston:
(0:01:20)* (0:02:45)*
Joseph Jongen "Toccata from the Symphonie Concertante", Ruffati organ, Davis Symphony Hall in San Francisco:
(0:02:55)* (0:03:59)* (0:04:38)* (0:06:40)*
Charles Marie Widor "Toccata from Symphonie No. 5, Opus 42", Aeolian-Skinner organ, Symphony Hall, Boston:
(0:01:45)* (0:03:45)* Finale*
Antonio Soler "The Emperors Fanfare", Aeolian-Skinner organ, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City:
(0:00:30)* (0:02:17)*
Cesar Franck "Beaucoup from Grande Piece Symphonique, Opus 17, Cavailli-Coll organ, St. Sernin Basilica, Touloose France:
(0:01:25)* (0:04:40)*
Oliver Messiaen "Dieu Parmi Nous from La Nativite", Ruffatti organ, Davies Symphony Hall:
(0:01:56)* (0:04:45)* (0:05:42)*
Josef Rheinberger "Finale fro Concerto in F Major, Opus 137", Willis organ, Royal Albert Hall, London:
(0:01:14)* (0:03:07)*
John Cook "Fanfare", Willis organ, Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury England:
(0:03:41)* (0:05:25)*
Camille Saint Saens "Maestoso from Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Opus 78", Church of Saint Francis de Sales, Philidelphia:
(0:00:30)* (0:05:00)* (0:07:25)*
Holst: the planets TELARC
Space Spectacular: TELARC: Battlestar galactica, Star Trek, etc
Bela Fleck: Flight of the cosmic hippo, 3 flew over
Classical thunder: Telarc, 1812 overture (naturally) Mussorgsky, Copeland, many more
Time Warp: Telarc/ Eric Kunzel
Telarc CD80097: The Ruffatti Organ in Davies Symphony Hall, Michael Murray. Try tracks 1 and 11 -- sub 20Hz bass.
Telarc CD80146: Star Tracks II. Try track 2 for sub to mid 20Hz bass.
Phillips 412 619-2: Saint Saens Organ Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart. Tones reach down to 16Hz on track 2, with the purest tones occuring at 9:00 into the track. Abnormally high gain is needed to play this at wall-shaking levels, so be sure to turn the volume down after the movement!
Dorial DOR 90117: Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Try tracks 5 and 15. Recorded on the great organ of the Tonhalle, Zurich.
London 410 164-2: Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky, Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, Ricardo Chailly, conductor. The bass drum in this CD reaches 25Hz.
Argo 417 159-2: Hindemith Organ Works, Peter Huford, organist. Try track 5 at 4:45. The 19Hz note here is 6dB louder than the highest level at any other frequency on the entire disc. Start with moderate level settings.
London 410 145-2: Respighi Pines of Rome, etc., Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony. There is an almost pure 22 Hz note on track 4 between 1:22 and 2:29.
Argo 414 420-2: Mendelssohn Organ Works, Peter Huford, organist. Very loud 19Hz on track 8. Preceed with caution when playing this disc!
Reference Recording RR-59CD: Pomp and Pipes! This CD has sub 20Hz signals on tracks 4 and 9.
Reference Recording RR-S3CD: HDCD Sampler. Excellent for testing bass tightness, especially on track 1.
New Age
Enya: watermark: long ships deep canon shots in the LOW 20’s
Andreas Vollenwieder: some material has 23-25 hz
Electronic:
Crystal method: vegas
Chemical brothers: collection/block rockin beats
Propellerheads: decksanddrumsasndrockandroll
MISC
Sheffield Lab CD-14/20: The Sheffield Drum & Track Record.The Drum Record tracks are excellent for testing bass tightness, especially track 5.
BPM CD-460: Thom Rotella Band. Bass solo in track 12 is excellent for testing bass transients.
Verve 314 517 657: Tom Grant, The View from Here. Try track 3.
LaserLight 15 313: Virgil Fox. Try track 4 for sub 20Hz from 1:30 into track.
Newtown NTN2210: Bass Outlaws, Illegal Bass. Try track 12, "Stereo Bass" -- ultra loud bass in the low to sub-20Hz range.
