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Re: [microsound] Binaural Beats



wasn't ray kurzweil involved in something like this?

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"ph!L @ c e n t i b e l" wrote:

> 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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> <-----Original Message----->
> >
> >From: Kerry Uchida
> >Sent: 1/1/1904 3:31:19 AM
> >To: microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [microsound] Binaural Beats
> >
> >
> >
> >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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