I came across this program on the web somewhere not too long ago and it
was this Brainwave Generator thing. Anyway, I don't feel like hunting
it down and getting specific numbers, but our brains apparently generate
different frequencies in different states of awakeness and whatnot.
These frequencies, if I remember correctly, are very low... something
like in the 20 Hz range. Since no pair of headphones out there is
capable of generating those kind of low frequencies, the guys who made
the program found a workaround where two separate frequencies are
generated, one in each stereo channel and the difference between these
two frequencies will be something in the 10-30 Hz range of the different
states of the human brain.
The point is, by means of their subtractive frequency trick, by
subjecting yourself to these frequencies, your brain will float towards
them and you will enter the coresponding brain state. Their program has
different settings... some for relaxation, some for inducing sleep, some
for alertness and creativity.
I'll admit, I gave it a shot and I'm not really sure if I felt any
closer to falling asleep or whatever. Sham or not, all the theory
behind it was damn interesting. Try googling "brainwave generator" and
I'm sure it'll come up right quick. Enjoy being a nerd.
-Aaron
On Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at 02:17 PM, nat hawks wrote:
quoted 63 lines woah, that's rad aaron, now i'm really fucking siked to get my hands on
> woah, that's rad aaron, now i'm really fucking siked to get my hands on
> that puppy!
>
> in terms of new frontier stuff... it's fun to imagine (and i know some
> experiments are already happening on this frontier) but notes below and
> above our hearing level... i guess at old MBV shows the crowd claims
> their mighty sound would make your pants ruffle! take that a couple
> levels beyond...
>
> imagine a silent show that you felt. just tones that affected your
> body. think of it like a futuristic sort of accupuncture where certain
> tones could sooth or irritate certain organs. it's like how some
> electronicisers are now writing their own software, these folks would
> have to know their anatomy.
>
> i think when we start talking about the future of music as having all
> these other senses involved we're not talking about music anymore,
> obviously, but multi-media... my vision of art in the future is that
> you will get a disc (or data, whatever) and go into a virtual
> environment constructed by the artist that could be... a flat green
> sphere that shrinks and makes you comfortable, or... you are a refugee
> that gets shot in the head repeatedly, each time more flowers come out
> of your brain, or... your body is suddenly a planet, and you stare off
> into space: you are the earth, and the piece is meant to be experienced
> in a single, full year visit, you would experience what it's like to be
> the earth for a year... hope i'm still around to experience all this.
>
> fuck, imagine raves in spacestations.
>
> i just hope that dont find the infamous 'brown note' anytime soon.
>
>
>> From: Aaron Meyers <adm226@nyu.edu>
>> To: idm@hyperreal.org
>> Subject: Re: [idm] noise is the frontier?
>> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:39:26 -0400
>>
>> Automatic acid trips based on the music? Sounds not too unlike the
>> Autechre grantz graf video. Its like someone had the acid trip for
>> you and then went back and hand animated the whole thing for you. I'm
>> pretty serious here.
>>
>> -Aaron
>>
>>> my opinion is that the next big revolution in music is going to be
>>> propelled by changes in medium. ie, piping "music" directly into your
>>> brain, letting you combine aural stimulation with visual, tactile,
>>> olfactory, etc. cues. think of buying a cd, slotting it into your
>>> "player" and getting out something akin to an acid trip.
>>>
>>
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