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What do you think about Binaural Beats ?
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Placebo is a helluva drug.
Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.
I tried listening to a musical piece centered around it a while back. And while the phenomenon is definitely there, producing a recognizable tune, the unpleasantness of two high pitched sinewaves is simply not worth it.
It's interesting as a concept, but as music it is terrible. I prefer listening to music that does not invoke the resonant frequency of my skull.
I haven't yet found one that I actually care about. I mean, it's fine, but boring.
The goal is to do something at the same time, and I find it can help with meditation.
I've been using them for years and find they are really great for meditation, relaxation, or getting yourself into a deep focus mode. I'm a big fan and tend to pull them out every so often.
Do you use different binaural frequencies for each of your activities? Like theta for meditation, gamma for concentration?
Oh yes, of course. I've played with a binaural beat generator to see how different tones affect me. For example gamma tones sound like a swarm of locust, but holy crap does it help me focus.
That said I will generally just search through YouTube as they will generally have a (somewhat) pleasant sounding binaural beats for just about any mood you are looking to invoke.
If you haven't yet, I suggest you play around with a few different tones and see how they affect you.
And what about DELTA frequencies?
Look into The Gateway Tapes.
The institution that made the tapes discovered the phenomenon of binaural beats, and there are declassified documents from a certain 3-letter entity detailing its possible uses. The bottom line is, binaural beats can have some therapeutic/spiritual benefits, under properly controlled conditions, but you're not going to learn a new language or quit smoking by using them.
At first I misread this as binaural butts
this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2025
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