Re: [microsound] Binaural Beats

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There is a program called BrainWave Generator for PC that works with
binaural beating. You can compose your own beat patterns too. Shareware.
http://www.bwgen.com/

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>From: Kerry Uchida
>Sent: 1/1/1904 3:31:19 AM
>To: microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [microsound] Binaural Beats
>
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>Kingsley Ash wrote:
>
> Has anyone come across these before? Briefly, it involves playing one
> frequency into one ear (through headphones) and a very slightly
different
> one into the other ear. Then, just as when the signals combine in the
air to
> form a beating effect, the brain combines the two signals and produces
its
> own beating effect. There is no real physical effect as it is all
purely in
> the mind and it can apparently be used for enhancing certain brain
functions
> as well as investigating the hearing system and the brain. Could be an
> interesting one to investigate in the context of a piece of
microsound-type
> music....?
>
>Actually I think it IS a physcial effect that happens and not as much
>as a brain effect. You may notice it better with speakers and
>not so much as with headphones.
>
>
>There are many, many psycho-acoustic fx that your brain
>will play with sound. Such as localization, pitch etc.
>There is a great deal of research and experimentation
>happening in this area.
>
>
>Many artists have experimented with sound and acoustic
>spaces. Pump a 1kHz tone into any environment and walk
>around and notice how the tone changes in volume,
>timbre and possibly pitch. Pump a 1kHz tone and a 5kHz
>tone into a room and again see what happens. Fun
>and often.......Uncontrollable!
>
>kerry
>
>
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