The HIGHEST Guitar Tuning Possible

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  • I attempt to reach the highest guitar tuning & note humanly possible
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  • @NikNocturnal
    @NikNocturnal  ปีที่แล้ว +615

    *Smash like so I never have to do this again*

    • @pwntimejamboree8272
      @pwntimejamboree8272 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Oh but see, now we’re gonna demand more. Youre a victim of your own success buddy.

    • @narrowaimed
      @narrowaimed ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m lucky that im deaf

    • @user-eg6lu4sp4i
      @user-eg6lu4sp4i ปีที่แล้ว

      I liked g4

    • @obv1teddy838
      @obv1teddy838 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I hope you brought your earplugs

    • @dracobaby5209
      @dracobaby5209 ปีที่แล้ว

      Should have tried to sweep

  • @salvagedmetal
    @salvagedmetal ปีที่แล้ว +3446

    YOU ARE GOING THE WRONG WAY

    • @VirtuosityGG
      @VirtuosityGG ปีที่แล้ว +143

      Racing games be like

    • @salvagedmetal
      @salvagedmetal ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@VirtuosityGG If I cant win I'm taking the field with me

    • @ixcchavez6889
      @ixcchavez6889 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ​@@salvagedmetal lmfao

    • @ixcchavez6889
      @ixcchavez6889 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ​@@salvagedmetalalso channel is dope af

    • @salvagedmetal
      @salvagedmetal ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ixcchavez6889 Much apricated man 🙏

  • @Rubenlagriculture
    @Rubenlagriculture ปีที่แล้ว +2148

    This man did the unthinkable to us metalheads. WTF IS HIGHER

    • @jaronkurz1487
      @jaronkurz1487 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nah, the whammy Dt proofs you wrong

    • @MetalGuitarTimo
      @MetalGuitarTimo ปีที่แล้ว +41

      most metalheads are high af xD

    • @RQ.140
      @RQ.140 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Being a guy who plays melodeath I've always liked high notes, I actually liked the first few tunings unironically up to that E3 low end.

    • @SlimJimJoey
      @SlimJimJoey ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Another hit

    • @heck114
      @heck114 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Insert creed joke here

  • @heavensplitter
    @heavensplitter ปีที่แล้ว +1432

    My man is pushing the limits, next video is going to be how far notes can go sideways

    • @nerdyoutube7847
      @nerdyoutube7847 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Is that slowing and speeding but keeping pitch

    • @chanahasnomana
      @chanahasnomana ปีที่แล้ว +26

      With the crab walk... Indefinitely sideways 😂

    • @LizordSword
      @LizordSword ปีที่แล้ว

      fucking pitch thing
      um occilassion??
      woovwwoovwooooveowooo shit

    • @akyo_zynk
      @akyo_zynk ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@chanahasnomana 😂

    • @gloopmaster
      @gloopmaster ปีที่แล้ว

      bending haha

  • @fortheSavior
    @fortheSavior ปีที่แล้ว +463

    This is like an elementary school hearing test. "Raise your hand when you hear the tone"

  • @robertabauer6285
    @robertabauer6285 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    If dimebag Darrel had this tho
    The pinch harmonics would be insane

  • @Brutal_Cabrera
    @Brutal_Cabrera ปีที่แล้ว +521

    Imagine in another distant universe there were such thing as music in this high of a frequency being played by aliens

    • @devcor
      @devcor ปีที่แล้ว +37

      And it would be considered heavy af by them 😂

  • @EmptyTenementSpirit
    @EmptyTenementSpirit ปีที่แล้ว +231

    I love how it goes from actually sounding kind of cool, to literally sounding like ear damage personified, and then inexplicably becoming interdimensional communication noises from beyond the colours of time

  • @theinfant
    @theinfant ปีที่แล้ว +504

    Fan theory: the hit album "ultrasonic pest repeller" is actually another one of nik's boundary-pushing projects

  • @CaptainDan21
    @CaptainDan21 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    "We're at E3"
    This man is the only man who went to E3 this year...

  • @My27606
    @My27606 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    The next video should be "the MIDDLEST Guitar tuning possible".
    The trilogy will be complete.

    • @kazdangaming09PL
      @kazdangaming09PL ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Just Nick playing wonderwall in e standard for 9 minutes

    • @mexstrat96
      @mexstrat96 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      He has to pitch shift all the down , and add another to pitch shift it back up = middle

    • @heather2503
      @heather2503 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tune every string to the same note

    • @i_want_my_shuggah
      @i_want_my_shuggah 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@heather2503E RUSH

  • @chief8825
    @chief8825 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    There’s a tuning higher then drop D?

    • @crownjewel555
      @crownjewel555 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      idk bro after he said the letter 'G2' I logged off.

    • @MiloOfTormentorBand
      @MiloOfTormentorBand ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Wait, there's a tuning higher than D standard?

    • @onick9250
      @onick9250 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@MiloOfTormentorBand ha ha ha

    • @chief8825
      @chief8825 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MiloOfTormentorBand THATS WHAT IM SAYIN

    • @chief8825
      @chief8825 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@crownjewel555 wait like DropG?

  • @JustinAllegree
    @JustinAllegree ปีที่แล้ว +111

    Honestly, I think you hit the point where you were attempting to produce frequencies that your speakers were incapable of making lol Would love to see this on a huge powerful speaker.

    • @Chev427BB
      @Chev427BB ปีที่แล้ว +20

      The maximum frequency of most speakers is around 15-20kHz, plus anything above around 20kHz is usually inaudible to humans anyways so it would make sense that that's around the range the sound just gives up

    • @ethantheenigma5513
      @ethantheenigma5513 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You also have to consider aliasing from most hardware not being built to handle such a high hertz input.
      Most can represent signals up to 22khz accurately but when your *funadamental* is like 12k-20k all the natural overtones are getting aliased. It's even worse when you're using distortion on top of that which produces even more overtones.

    • @ariiincolur
      @ariiincolur 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      not all pitch shifters are built equal, The pitch shifter that he’s using in the video (kilohearts pitch shifter) has a very grainy sound when it’s pushed to extremes like this

  • @crownjewel555
    @crownjewel555 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    The A5 - A9 dissonence sounded actually really cool. I would like to put it in a song, but im scared the pets would go wild.

  • @fault2103
    @fault2103 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Thank you Nik. Without this I never would have known that my tinnitus is an A#7. I don't know what to do with that information, but it's kinda neat and that's all I can ask for

  • @Sam-uu2nx
    @Sam-uu2nx ปีที่แล้ว +18

    My body is physically rejecting these sounds

  • @Dresden_Nova
    @Dresden_Nova ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I am so glad I watched this with headphones on.
    Not connected or anything, just an extra layer between my ears and Nik Necromancer summoning ghosts.

  • @gutbucket6184
    @gutbucket6184 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Imagine a pinch harmonic on the highest note

  • @imraanakollo-arenz1449
    @imraanakollo-arenz1449 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I'm shocked that Nik didn't even play Higher by Creed even once when doing this experiment

  • @cheesecakefriend28
    @cheesecakefriend28 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I never knew Nik could get any HIGHER.

  • @ingvarr6235
    @ingvarr6235 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    So that was an interesting journey from ukulele metal to alien ukulele metal in 9 minutes.

  • @douglasboylan3477
    @douglasboylan3477 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    I remember when downswing first hit the scene, I thought that their brand of "tuned up" metalcore was gonna gain some traction. At the time I thought the downtuning war was over. Evidently, the war was not over haha

  • @sarahgreen3899
    @sarahgreen3899 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Somehow I found myself sitting through all 9 minutes and 15 seconds of agony. 🤣
    And enjoyed myself the entire time.

  • @tomcareless9316
    @tomcareless9316 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    We so need song made of lowest and highest possible tunings

    • @aidanmahoney9865
      @aidanmahoney9865 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Forget chug chug bree, we need wub wub *alien communication*

  • @wrathxofxfire
    @wrathxofxfire ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Let's all acknowledge what this man created. Everyone, Nik gave us AliEN metal. It's fascinating, very disturbing, ???, And funny metal. Nik make a song with this creation now! Lol

    • @BeetleBys
      @BeetleBys ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There’s a band that tunes up but only a semitone called Vektor, they’re a space themed progressive thrash

  • @RedLtdGuitar
    @RedLtdGuitar ปีที่แล้ว +21

    We need a series update to this where you are putting audio out of speakers capable of producing those frequencies. So that we can truly hear how high notes go

    • @merijnbras8901
      @merijnbras8901 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Your phone/laptop or smart fridge would then also need to have speakers capable of producing them, and you have to make sure TH-cam doesn't erase them while compressing. What you hear in the end when watching the video is the weakest link in the chain.

    • @RedLtdGuitar
      @RedLtdGuitar ปีที่แล้ว

      @@merijnbras8901 💀

  • @klomber
    @klomber ปีที่แล้ว +7

    8:50 is literally alien talk!

  • @twilightravens9798
    @twilightravens9798 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Guitarists hate this one simple trick, but they can't stop you.

  • @graysonofthewood3747
    @graysonofthewood3747 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    The notes went so high they became indistinguishable from my tinnitus

  • @Reece_Hart
    @Reece_Hart ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Sorry Creed we can not take you any higher then this

  • @Madchris8828
    @Madchris8828 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I always thought that super high could make some wacky ass noises. Basically contacting aliens is entirely possible we just haven't tried y'all 😂

  • @spitter7657
    @spitter7657 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    the high notes sounds kind of like a hearing test sounds.

  • @pirate_duck4985
    @pirate_duck4985 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Once you started getting into the horrifically high tones I started getting PTSD from my childhood & dial-up internet 😂

  • @chriscarhart4775
    @chriscarhart4775 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    8:18 "meow"

  • @lazytommy0
    @lazytommy0 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Nik waking up at 3am inexplicably because of the demon he summoned through the astral plane wants revenge 🤣

  • @10pcnugget
    @10pcnugget ปีที่แล้ว +15

    never thought i’d see the day when nik goes higher

  • @caknut
    @caknut ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:21 king james - buckethead intro

  • @user-zy9uv9jn8p
    @user-zy9uv9jn8p ปีที่แล้ว +3

    5:45 sounded like a bag pipe lmfaoo

  • @ZemzyOseris
    @ZemzyOseris ปีที่แล้ว +4

    6:05 That's just a horror game at this point.

  • @resqcreeper2
    @resqcreeper2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:20 sounds like lavender town

  • @xXN0SK1LLZXx
    @xXN0SK1LLZXx ปีที่แล้ว +4

    After watching Rob Scallon talking to Mike Batio about how the days when rockers wanted higher and higher notes and that’s why they started using 7 strings. To go higher not lower. They would have love this. Btw deffo recommend watching if you haven’t it’s quite wholesome

  • @anime_erotika585
    @anime_erotika585 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    3:29, radio is ~4 MHz which is around B16, and also literally a different kind of matter tho

  • @TheSkinnyman28
    @TheSkinnyman28 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My dog has been searching around the house looking at the ceiling for the past hour trying to find the ghost making these sounds. Thanks Nik. 😂

  • @andrewgainey8210
    @andrewgainey8210 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Always love these kinds of videos, experiments in music are amazing to watch

  • @jenniferlchainmailjen152
    @jenniferlchainmailjen152 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I’m old so I’ve lost my high frequency notes from too many concerts, so this actually wasn’t too painful lol

  • @CrzyWzrd4L
    @CrzyWzrd4L ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My dog was laying on my lap and 7:24 legit made her perk up and look at me

  • @bintang_sakti
    @bintang_sakti ปีที่แล้ว +6

    3:56 can i play wonderwall on this tuning?
    “Sounds just as bad as it normaly does”💀💀💀

  • @Paulosf94
    @Paulosf94 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    No matter how high it goes, it still doesn't sound as annoying as the dentist tool.

  • @tokiyodorifto6446
    @tokiyodorifto6446 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This man went so high his guitar gave up and went to heaven

  • @aucusticguitar8069
    @aucusticguitar8069 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If you're gonna use a pitch effect, use pitchwheel if you're playing live since it sounds great with no delay, but for post processing I would use Elastique pitch since it sounds insanely clean, but it has plugin delay

  • @Dareau
    @Dareau ปีที่แล้ว +14

    My hearing is fine. My anxiety was through the roof. Even using a pitch shifter I still thought those strings were going to snap.

  • @andrewpappas9311
    @andrewpappas9311 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I feel like these higher frequencies can literally break glass and it sounds awesome

    • @sfzgyt
      @sfzgyt ปีที่แล้ว

      the frequency is like 8.3 times higher than humans can hear so maybe.

  • @shrampsxd6532
    @shrampsxd6532 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    7:10 sounds like a phone ringtone for some reason

    • @Goosebump837
      @Goosebump837 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah 😅

  • @christophertrogdon2308
    @christophertrogdon2308 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    For some reason the early low frequencies reminded me of the Offspring. And some of those really high ones were insane.

  • @metalcobra16
    @metalcobra16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved how it went from high to house hold appliance’s noises

  • @ChillinAxo
    @ChillinAxo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nik: "How much do I hate myself"
    Me: " how much do I hate myself to watch this on full volume"

  • @alexanderthered5603
    @alexanderthered5603 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You ever think of doing a higher pitched song? There's a video of Pete Cottrell where he played Metallica riffs but tuned up and they sounded pretty awesome.

  • @hannahb6411
    @hannahb6411 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is absolutely hilarious. Even better than the low tunings video. Some of those pterodactyl noises might go hard in Ikari tho

    • @lethybridtheorygolucastheo2191
      @lethybridtheorygolucastheo2191 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not related but great pfp. There Is a Hell is an amazing record and imo BMTH got better when they released it although Sempiternal is one my favourite albums from them and one of my favourite albums of all time.

  • @jacksons8362
    @jacksons8362 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m liking these high frequency sounds I’m a metal head but I love what’s happening

  • @mayhem435
    @mayhem435 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sounds like a ghost got me 😂 love your new format of content! Can't wait for the next upload - quality stuff 🙏😍

  • @davesmith7671
    @davesmith7671 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I actually have meniere's disease so have lost a huge chunk of my high end so i lost you before you decided to see how bad wonder wall sounded. So now im just watching your reaction to silence in the high notes. If i had my hearing aids in it would probably be an awful experience to be fair

    • @deadinsidemcgee411
      @deadinsidemcgee411 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Trust me, you don’t need your hearing aids. You heard enough poor child. I just wish my idiocy with animal deterrent flashbang grenades took more of my hearing so I didn’t have to listen to the bagpipe noises Nik eventually made.

  • @Itjustgotserious
    @Itjustgotserious ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Riveting content as always Nik. Now I’m deaf though, you and your channel are going to be hearing from my lawyers soon.

  • @saulsj2717
    @saulsj2717 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Metal meets absurdity in the midst of Nik's mental breakdown.

  • @Ceann_Cait
    @Ceann_Cait ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The E6 tuning shredding just sounds like the intro to an 8 bit Kirby song ^^
    Would also be really interesting to hear a song that combines both videos, going between both min and max tunings

  • @mckeithenmccormick9642
    @mckeithenmccormick9642 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I remember Dave Mustaine saying that if he were going to use a 7-string guitar, the additional string would be higher, not lower.
    That said, everything over about 8kHz sounded screwy through whatever youtube did + my headphones + what a long history of loud music have done to my ears.
    Even so, somewhere north of 20kHz, all of my earwax melted and dribbled out. I'm favoriting this video to save on Q-Tips in the future.

  • @SteveyBwoy24
    @SteveyBwoy24 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey nick this fun whilst watching made my day/night better 🤘🤘

  • @visualdarkness
    @visualdarkness ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gotta love how it literally started screaming in pain with a voice for the last ones.

  • @michaelleech6295
    @michaelleech6295 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bruh, the notes got so high that they started sounding like OG Gameboy Pokémon. The notes hurt themselves in confusion

  • @callumriley2388
    @callumriley2388 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some of the best Nik videos are the most terrible ideas I love it when we have goofy Nik videos 😂

  • @JC-fj7oo
    @JC-fj7oo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would be cool to see this done analog. Actually get some really thick and really thin strings and see how high and how low you can get a guitar to actually play without any pitch shifting. Then of course you can throw a wammy pedal on it just to annoy the cat.

  • @disappointment5835
    @disappointment5835 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    tinnitus: the experiment

  • @masonlouden9485
    @masonlouden9485 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Those high notes are like when you get hit in the head really hard and you just get that ringing noise.

  • @skullthunder3181
    @skullthunder3181 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Vektor is a modern thrash band that tunes to F standard. I cant think of many bands that tune up. I kinda liked the A# tuning, and the octave up tuning. It could be used for a computer tech-y type thing.

  • @SwampyColorado420
    @SwampyColorado420 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm grateful to have the hearing I do, I have slight hearing loss but the main thing is that some frequencies cut out, some people's voices are hard to hear, especially with background noise.

  • @AgeGale
    @AgeGale ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm glad i chose to watch this without headphones

  • @XenocideAQUA
    @XenocideAQUA ปีที่แล้ว

    lovely for my ears

  • @ff05t81t
    @ff05t81t ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This would be a good test to see where tone truly comes from

  • @luissanchez1144
    @luissanchez1144 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now this is metal for bats and dolphins

  • @AntonLukas
    @AntonLukas ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Went from electric guitar to dial up internet, thank you for the journey

  • @DrDipsh1t
    @DrDipsh1t ปีที่แล้ว

    The higher frequencies reminded me of the weird sounds the matrix used for the "traveling through the phone line" sounds.

  • @OddoRocket
    @OddoRocket ปีที่แล้ว

    The last sounds reminded me of sound effects you would hear in Star Wars

  • @azreyel130
    @azreyel130 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm still watching. Pong was a very spot on description. Lol

  • @Axelxior
    @Axelxior ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:42 Bro started playing Minerva by Deftones

  • @chriscoffman5286
    @chriscoffman5286 ปีที่แล้ว

    Need a whole E3-E7 song! That sounded sick!

  • @blots2317
    @blots2317 ปีที่แล้ว

    my hearing has been destroyed forever, thank you Nik

  • @Kodron_Pendragon
    @Kodron_Pendragon ปีที่แล้ว +2

    5:40 WHAAATTTT!!!!!!!

  • @wolfiesenpai
    @wolfiesenpai ปีที่แล้ว +1

    E13 sounds like a lightsaber being swung around.

  • @RB-cb4fv
    @RB-cb4fv ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What I love about this is that I now know the exact pitch of my tinnitus.

  • @paulabernethy8396
    @paulabernethy8396 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nik, I love these videos, even if it is purely for your reaction to the different sounds!!!
    😂😃😂😂🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @hawaii2k
    @hawaii2k ปีที่แล้ว

    This is basically just looking for which note my tinnitus is making.

  • @ariwolf4355
    @ariwolf4355 ปีที่แล้ว

    And that last one was around the same pitch as a normal ghost talking, which ‘mediums’ then use a frequency translator to make out the sounds

  • @seansandison579
    @seansandison579 ปีที่แล้ว

    from alien communication through ghostly transmissions and summoning demons then onward to the screams of anguish of the damned and finally conversing Cthulhu and the Great Unspeakable Horrors. Glad my hearing is already screwed through long term headphone use

  • @fredderbuter350
    @fredderbuter350 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched this whole video and now I'm crying blood.

  • @Insert_Bland_Name_Here
    @Insert_Bland_Name_Here 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That dissonance at A#5 legitimately sounded like your guitar was screaming in agony

  • @Jei_Kara_Bean
    @Jei_Kara_Bean ปีที่แล้ว

    this is crazy good

  • @Carnifex20
    @Carnifex20 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those ghost screams were awesome.

  • @TwistedbassisT
    @TwistedbassisT ปีที่แล้ว

    this is scratching my brain

  • @DJTheMetalheadMercenary
    @DJTheMetalheadMercenary ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My Tinnitus starting going nuts at one point LMAO, thank you very cool.

  • @lennii.671
    @lennii.671 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the sound you make at 8:47 hahahha

  • @focusedgames
    @focusedgames ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched this until I couldn't hear no more I've never had such an experience liked and subbed