Binaural Beats and the Schumann Resonance frequency
It is well documented that stimulating the brain at it's own "natural" frequencies can have many enhancing effects. Benefits can include deeper meditation, reduction of learning time and sleep enhancement. One easy way of stimulating the brain at these frequencies is by using binaural beats. By playing a tone of (for example) 100Hz in the left ear and a tone of 110Hz in the right ear, the brain will perceive the difference frequency of 10Hz, even though the ears will not be able to hear a 10Hz signal. This first album makes great use of the Schumann Resonance frequency of 7.8Hz for the beat frequency. It is just in the Alpha range and is often described as the Earth's natural vibrational frequency.
Using this theory, I set up two sine wave generators. One, (the "carrier") is set at a frequency determined by the key of each piece of music, and the other wave generator (the "offset") is set to be above the carrier by the binaural beat frequency desired for each program.
For example, the first piece of music on track 1 of the CD is in the key of D (146.8Hz). For this part of the program I am utilising the Schumann Resonance of 7.8Hz as the beat frequency, and so the carrier would be set to 146.8Hz and the offset would be set to 154.6Hz. Similarly, the 3rd piece of music is in the key of B (123.5Hz), so the carrier is set to 123.5Hz and the offset set to 131.3Hz. And so on...
To make audio "space" for the 2 wave generators, each piece of music has been filtered at the same frequencies as the generators - effectively allowing the key of the piece to be "played" by the generators.
Binaural beats need the two generators to be sourced from different ears for the brain to interpret the beat frequency, however they don't need to be at the same volume to work. So I have reduced the volume of the carrier so that, being slightly "sharp", it interferes less with the music.
I have chosen binaural beats over monaural beats so that headphones have to be worn for the effect to work. This gives the user no option to "have it on in the background", thus a bigger chance of committing some intent to the process.
I am in no way claiming specific health benefits and also advise those who may be susceptible to epilepsy to avoid using any form of binaural or monaural beats.
Using this theory, I set up two sine wave generators. One, (the "carrier") is set at a frequency determined by the key of each piece of music, and the other wave generator (the "offset") is set to be above the carrier by the binaural beat frequency desired for each program.
For example, the first piece of music on track 1 of the CD is in the key of D (146.8Hz). For this part of the program I am utilising the Schumann Resonance of 7.8Hz as the beat frequency, and so the carrier would be set to 146.8Hz and the offset would be set to 154.6Hz. Similarly, the 3rd piece of music is in the key of B (123.5Hz), so the carrier is set to 123.5Hz and the offset set to 131.3Hz. And so on...
To make audio "space" for the 2 wave generators, each piece of music has been filtered at the same frequencies as the generators - effectively allowing the key of the piece to be "played" by the generators.
Binaural beats need the two generators to be sourced from different ears for the brain to interpret the beat frequency, however they don't need to be at the same volume to work. So I have reduced the volume of the carrier so that, being slightly "sharp", it interferes less with the music.
I have chosen binaural beats over monaural beats so that headphones have to be worn for the effect to work. This gives the user no option to "have it on in the background", thus a bigger chance of committing some intent to the process.
I am in no way claiming specific health benefits and also advise those who may be susceptible to epilepsy to avoid using any form of binaural or monaural beats.