Quilcom 111: Train your brain!

[Spogg]

Howdy pardners!

I was fascinated by a recent article in New Scientist detailing and validating research into the effects of 111 Hz audio on brain function. Rather than trying to explain, I would suggest you search for 110 Hz and also 111 Hz on the internet and there you'll find many details, some being more useful than others, on the effects and their causes.

What wasn't too clear is what was needed as a signal source and there seemed to be many variations around the basic ideas. There are MP3s and YouTube sounds you can easily find and they do differ.

This inspired me to make my own generator in Flowstone and to check it out. I haven't used it properly yet but I thought I'd share it so you could have a go and report back on any amazing effects (or otherwise).

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yhiobj8chbo0t ... 1.zip?dl=0

The basic idea is to relax with eyes closed and meditate while you listen on headphones in stereo ("binaural") or on speakers in mono. In mono any beating will affect the amplitude like an LFO and on phones will create a panning effect. In an initial test I found the headphones vastly superior but a bit more more invasive. I've provided a stereo width knob which can mix between mono and stereo. On phones I liked the sound to be about 80% stereo but you can set it to your own taste.
The upper generator can be set independently, for left and right, between 110 and 112 Hz. This is the range where the tested effect was reported to be most apparent. Obviously a slight difference in frequency between left and right will cause beating and I found this was more pleasant than a static tone.
The lower generator is for investigating other alleged phenomena which have a basis in frequency difference whereby the beating sound may produce brain synchronisation at the desired brainwave frequency. Again, check it out with Google.
You set a base frequency and a frequecy difference which is added to the base frequency for the right ear or to produce the desired beating if using speakers in mono.

This all probably sounds like New Age nonsense but the world of actual science is taking it seriously.

The zip link above contains the FSM and the exported exe which I tested on a laptop. It worked on the laptop using ASIO4ALL. Also you'll find presets I made for your convenience to try different settings.

I'd love to know how you get on with this. Vulcans are very curious people you know.

Cheers

Spogg

[mccy]

Is this also called brainwaves? In the Synthmaker forum there was a nice module and description. I used it some times in the sauna & it's really relaxing . You can calculate the pulsattion into any wave file...

[Spogg]

Is this also called brainwaves? In the Synthmaker forum there was a nice module and description. I used it some times in the sauna & it's really relaxing . You can calculate the pulsattion into any wave file...

I don't know but I'd like to see it. The old forum is gone forever. I have the remnants but the search doesn't work. If you can upload it I'd be fascinated to see it!

Cheers

Spogg