The HIGHEST Guitar Tuning Possible

[@NikNocturnal]

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

[@pwntimejamboree8272]

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

[@narrowaimed]

I’m lucky that im deaf

[@ПростоГеймер-ъ8ш]

I liked g4

[@obv1teddy838]

I hope you brought your earplugs

[@dracobaby5209]

Should have tried to sweep

[@salvagedmetal]

YOU ARE GOING THE WRONG WAY

[@VirtuosityGG]

Racing games be like

[@salvagedmetal]

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

[@ixcchavez6889]

​@@salvagedmetal lmfao

[@ixcchavez6889]

​@@salvagedmetalalso channel is dope af

[@salvagedmetal]

@@ixcchavez6889 Much apricated man 🙏

[@heavensplitter]

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

[@nerdyoutube7847]

Is that slowing and speeding but keeping pitch

[@chanahasnomana]

With the crab walk... Indefinitely sideways 😂

[@LizordSword]

fucking pitch thing um occilassion?? woovwwoovwooooveowooo shit

[@akyo_zynk]

​@@chanahasnomana 😂

[@gloopmaster]

bending haha

[@Rubenlagriculture]

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

[@jaronkurz1487]

Nah, the whammy Dt proofs you wrong

[@MetalGuitarTimo]

most metalheads are high af xD

[@RQ.140]

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]

Another hit

[@justaguy312]

Insert creed joke here

[@fortheSavior]

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

[@dottydachicken8440]

i thought the same thing

[@danfrye4289]

Same

[@EmptyTenementSpirit]

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

[@CaptainDan21]

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

[@Brutal_Cabrera]

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

[@devcor]

And it would be considered heavy af by them 😂

[@atroposV]

and for them heavy breakdowns need to go even higher

[@robertabauer6285]

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

[@alexmakesmetalcore2983]

He did 😅

[@dieguit0o]

a LoNg TiMe AgO i NeVer KnEw MysElF

[@theinfant]

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

[@anthonywick6890]

I was deaf the first five seconds

[@i_want_my_shuggah]

THIS

[@My27606]

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

[@kazdangaming09PL]

Just Nick playing wonderwall in e standard for 9 minutes

[@mexstrat96]

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

[@heather2503]

Tune every string to the same note

[@i_want_my_shuggah]

​@@heather2503E RUSH

[@martini0068]

That’s basically c# standard

[@JustinAllegree]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@fault2103]

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

[@Dresden_Nova]

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.

[@RedLtdGuitar]

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]

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

[@RedLtdGuitar]

@@merijnbras8901 💀

[@crownjewel555]

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.

[@imraanakollo-arenz1449]

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

[@Sam-uu2nx]

My body is physically rejecting these sounds

[@cheesecakefriend28]

I never knew Nik could get any HIGHER.

[@shrampsxd6532]

7:10 sounds like a phone ringtone for some reason

[@Goosebump837]

Yeah 😅

[@douglasboylan3477]

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

[@TheMultiVerse64]

The war has just begun

[@LegendSmithII]

0:12 voice crack💀

[@wsedits12]

Lol

[@chief8825]

There’s a tuning higher then drop D?

[@crownjewel555]

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

[@MiloOfApacheAttackHelicopter]

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

[@onick9250]

​@@MiloOfApacheAttackHelicopter ha ha ha

[@chief8825]

@@MiloOfApacheAttackHelicopter THATS WHAT IM SAYIN

[@chief8825]

@@crownjewel555 wait like DropG?

[@Stinkus17]

I had to use subtitles instead of just having them there so you don’t sound like jibberish, hope that answers the question at 5:37

[@ingvarr6235]

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

[@twilightravens9798]

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

[@sarahgreen3899]

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

[@graysonofthewood3747]

The notes went so high they became indistinguishable from my tinnitus

[@Lilith_Reaver]

my ears bleed.

[@gutbucket6184]

Imagine a pinch harmonic on the highest note

[@klomber]

8:50 is literally alien talk!

[@DirtIncorperated333]

Nik: "How much has you hearing been destroyed" Me: Yes.

[@tomcareless9316]

We so need song made of lowest and highest possible tunings

[@aidanmahoney9865]

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

[@xXN0SK1LLZXx]

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

[@ZemzyOseris]

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

[@anime_erotika585]

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

[@bintang_sakti]

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

[@Perc789]

5:25 : Synths invented on 1960 People in 1959:

[@CrzyWzrd4L]

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

[@ChillinAxo]

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

[@Madchris8828]

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 😂

[@guitarboyy]

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

[@TheSkinnyman28]

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. 😂

[@aucusticguitar8069]

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

[@Ylararch_UA]

bro caught radio station УВБ 76 on 12544 Hz☠

[@skullthunder3181]

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.

[@pirate_duck4985]

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

[@Reece_Hart]

Sorry Creed we can not take you any higher then this

[@loganhuber-c3x]

5:45 sounded like a bag pipe lmfaoo

[@lazytommy0]

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

[@Insert_Bland_Name_Here]

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

[@chriscarhart4775]

8:18 "meow"

[@blockerton1778]

8:49 The alien that is held captive in my basement asking for some sustinance to sustain themself.

[@GodofToast]

this video hertz to listen to

[@NotTheKiller2007]

good one

[@Thelegitdean]

I have unlocked a new form of hearing damage from this 😂

[@caknut]

1:21 king james - buckethead intro

[@visualdarkness]

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

[@andrewgainey8210]

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

[@seansandison579]

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

[@AntonLukas]

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

[@TheMillennialGardener]

The human ear can only hear tones up to 20,000Hz. And that’s like really young, pristine ears, not our ears that have been destroyed from years of thrash metal. Also, my dog hated this video.

[@spitter7657]

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

[@ethanwatt-dz3xq]

So, human hearing caps out at ~20,000 hertz (and since we’re metalheads, safe to say we aren’t getting the full 20,000), which means everything past that is just the lower frequencies that also get produced, which is why it didn’t sound different, just quieter, because we can’t actually hear the full note (and chances are your audio system can’t play it. My earbuds max out at like 22,000, and they’re some good quality ones)

[@tokiyodorifto6446]

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

[@Ceann_Cait]

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

[@andrewpappas9311]

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

[@sfzgyt]

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

[@AnthonyBowman]

Fuckin' Scotty be out here hollerin' "There be whales here, Captain!" while he's looking through some transparent aluminum after Nik hit that E>13 high note...

[@Paulosf94]

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

[@michaelleech6295]

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

[@Kryptic-v1l]

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

[@v4u1t_hunt3r]

Considering the fact that human ear can only hear frequencies between 20 Hz and 20000 Hz, it's actually funny that we all heard every note played, even after going above the 20 kHz

[@alexanderthered5603]

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.

[@JC-fj7oo]

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.

[@hannahb6411]

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

[@lethybridtheorygolucastheo2191]

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.

[@Dilldough.]

Dude this fucked up my headphones. Sounds like I’m at the bottom of a swimming pool.

[@Itjustgotserious]

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

[@squeak1617]

8:30 The last one sounds a bit like a Gojira scrape.

[@Dareau]

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

[@SwampyColorado420]

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.

[@christophertrogdon2308]

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

[@DanZhukovin]

Bands that almost entirely play open strings or the low end of the neck: “HUH WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM!?”

[@davesmith7671]

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]

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.

[@donlucio03]

0:15 oh trust me, people definitely ask how high can one go

[@Artahe]

So on the highest note, we went from mandragora squealing to 56k router trying to connect to death screams from hell to baby alien trying to talk. Noice.

[@mckeithenmccormick9642]

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.

[@Z4nmu]

7:08 that sounded like pokemon

[@lakejizzio7777]

1:33 song name???

[@Polardias122]

did u find out?

[@s1ck.b0y_jlz]

Your guitar sounds like it’s desperately screaming and holding on for dear life Most metal thing ever

[@M.E.FProd.]

This was actually really entertaining to see you just fucking around with stuff that shouldn't be done. It's insane that the camera can't even pick up the 15Khz+ frequencies correctly. I think you might've unlocked a gate somewhere with the 168Khz

[@SanicStudios]

full octave up standard just sounds like nex gen bmth now

[@resq2nick]

3:20 sounds like lavender town

[@saulsj2717]

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

[@James-lr3xg]

I learnt something from this. Low = deamons High = ghosts

[@SnatchWrangler]

Cannibal corpse in 30 seconds video? Preferably kill era

[@worshipguitardictionary7677]

0:01 As high as snoop dog 🤣 2:23 He a little confused but he got the spirit. 6:28 Djent in alt universe/ Djent in ohio😂

[@Inaros404]

THAT LAST PART SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD START TO A LINKIN PARK SONG

[@moseygosey]

Every guitarist of the history of metal: "it's evolving just backwards"

[@MisterManDuck]

JOKE'S ON YOU I'VE GOT MILD TINNITUS.

[@ShieldYoung]

Hey the dogs are panicking

[@adams.gestwicki5292]

If your guitar was in the chipmunks: A Nik Nocturnal documentary.

[@auntiekarebear7537]

I have several cats. They were watching the video. They stood still at times. I think you sent them some kind of message.