Re: Underwater latency (not completely OT) ;-)

[Matthias Grob <matthias@grob.org>]

>At 01:08 PM 3/15/2005, Per Boysen wrote:
>>Excuse me for this crazy topic, but I can't stop thinking about how 
>>music would sound under water? Wouldn't it be possible to 
>>manufacture "underwater loudspeakers" with rubber cones?

In my home town, they have underwater music in the public swimming pool.

>>Have someone here experienced this? Sound travels faster under 
>>water. How should you mix for underwater performance? Are different 
>>frequencies affected differently by the water molecules?

I remember it sounds amazingly linear and dry


>...Since lower frequencies typically contain/require more energy in 
>the first place, they have a tendency to stay more coherent over a 
>longer distance.  That's one reason why the Navy can use ELF 
>(extremely long frequency) waves to communicate with submarines over 
>distances of many, many miles.

and why create those huge whales such a high pitch sound to call?


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