Binaural Beats Basics: How sounds can be used to Alter perception

[Psyche Sonics]

What are the beats?

You create Binaural beats when two separate carrier tones with slightly different frequencies are played in each ear. For example, let's say you listen to a sound at 200 Hz in the left ear and another sound with a frequency of 210 Hz in the right ear.

Your mind combines and interprets these two tones into a single sound (or "amplitude modulated standing wave") which you can "hear" in your mind only.

What Does it do?

You can use binaural beats for brain entrainment. Basically we think in patterns. When we are Kung Fu awake we are sending information really fast, 13-40 times a second. When we are asleep the information being sent is much slower, 4 times a second and less. Using the phenomenon called frequency following response we can play a beat pattern similar to the one we are at in a waking state and slow it down. The brain hears the beats and entrains to it, or follows it. This way we can dial in our perceptions.

How can you try it?

There are a few "sets" on this site. All you need is headphones, a quite place, and some time.

You can also visit psychesonics.com to hear more music.

Hopefully this intro helps. Using just sound to alter our state and experiment with our very pertseption is an amazing and worthwhile endeavor....