Posted by JayBTV on December 25, 2006, at 7:52:01
In reply to Re: Binaural Beats, posted by AustinBill on December 17, 2006, at 16:02:56
> > Anyone tried binaural beats as a form of therapy? I downloaded two very good (free) programs that allow you to program your own binaural beat sequences, and I've been using them for several days now with absolutely astounding results.
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> > There are so many ways these binaural beats can be used -- insomnia, stress/anxiety, depression, pain, even mimicking the effects of drugs (I've created a binaural beat preset that approximates the feeling of opium, and also one that mimics the LSD experience). If you'd like some more information, just let me know.
----You can create "brainwave" audio files w/ Adobe Audition (Formally Cool Edit Pro) as well. CEPro used to have it labeled as the Brainwave generator under effects and they also had a long tutorial in Help. When Adobe bought them out they renamed it Binaural Auto-Panner and placed it w/ the amplitude effects. They also removed the presets and anything that would indicate it was designed to alter your state of mind. This was most likely to avoid any lawsuits. Notwithstanding the feature is still in the program.
I use it from time to time to "encode" soundtracks (personal favorites being James Horner's Braveheart, Beautiful Mind, and Legends of the fall). Basically I just open append all of the MP3s into one big 45-60min WAV, create a slow descend from 10hz(alpha) to 3hz(beta) that includes a few plateus, and then encode. The resulting encoded sound files are very effective at getting me either super relaxed and meditative or to sleep (depending on the low end setting).
I was going to use yousendit and put one up for download but since I'm using soundtracks that's not allowed.
In my experience binaural beats are great for getting into dreamlike meditative states or for getting to sleep. However, I never found the method to work for drug-simulation, sex enhancement, or waking up/making me more alert.
Fun to fiddle w/ nontheless - I've had success w/ both BWGen and Audition. I find the later can create files that are easier to listen to (music based).
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