Intro to Binaural Beats

A discussion on what binaural beats are and how they work.
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Audacity:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net

Audacity plugins:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/nyquistplugins

Binaural Beat Plugin (direct download):
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/nyquist/bitone2.zip

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[hermitian7882]

Question: Using Audacity, is the Right Channel frequency the actual desired beat frequency or the actual frequency?

E.g., if the Left Channel is 200 Hz and a beat frequency of 12 Hz is desired, should the Right Channel be set at 188 Hz or 12 Hz.

I have seen explained both ways.

RSVP e-mail response if it's not too much trouble.

Thanks.

[thedarkener]

The beat frequency is the *difference* between the left and right channel frequencies - it is perceived only in your brain as a 3rd frequency, not physically audible.

For example, if you want a beat frequency of 12Hz, you will want left channel at N, and right channel at N + 12 or N - 12. I'm not sure if the effect is different either way.

The surf effect is also interesting because it will slowly shift the frequencies back and forth between the 2 channels, giving a fuller sound IMHO.

[allpowersrise]

wow...once again i search something and come upon you.

quit thinking like me lol.

peace man.

[thedarkener]

;) Good luck in your research with BBs. I hope it opens your mind even more than it is now. Peace bro

[Nomega]

what??? please read more, you are confused, binaural and stereo are two diferent formats.

Thirt tone??? sound location is made with sound intensity and time, not frequence.

[thedarkener]

en dot wikipedia dot org slash wiki slash Binaural_beats will probably clear you up a bit. =)

[Benji4507]

how do you get the plugin to work??

[lukechalaudio]

It's actually called beat frequency in physics. The formula is very simple. We use this beat frequency to tune instruments all the time.

[cyakka]

Thank you for the clear explanation.

[philmiller99]

i like your desktop...i have Andromeda. Nice video.

[scientologydies]

Well done sir, very informal but i learned alot from ur vid.

[DrizztReader98]

I've always used audacity to make my bears, but I looked at it to make sure I was doing it right. What I usually do is just make a stereo track and play, let's say, 300hz on one and 312h on the other. Will this still give the same effect or do I need the plug-in?

[AmonGottenschritt]

thx

[curlynavie]

Running across a field of flowers!?

LOL

[jumpman1233]

holy crap that sounds exactly like an idoser