Binaural "Beat within a Beat"

[light487]

Hi,

So I have been experimenting withn Binaural beats for the last few days and I have to say that I never really expected them to be so profoundly "active" and "effective". The 4Hz thing is good and I have experienced good results in terms of deep meditation with that but it's when you start to explore more of the frquencies that interesting things begin to appear.

For instance, listening to a 35Hz is more like a deep droning sound than a perceivable beat. However if you modulate the "pitch" of the tone, which is also another frequency you start to get "resonances" occuring within the beat.. a beat within the beat, so to speak. So today I was listen to 35Hz to experiment with heightened mental awareness as I travelled to work. I had the pitch set to 100Hz, which is my favourite pitch and after my brain had "tuned in" (or tuned out might be a better way to explain it) to the droning of the 35Hz, I started to notice the resonant beat, which was about as slow as the 4Hz beat is.. or perhaps slower.. in any case it was interesting.

Also, while listening to 4Hz-beat at 100Hz-pitch.. after you "tune in/out" from the 4Hz beat.. there's a another, very subtle, wind-like beat hidden away in there. It's a very slow beat.. about 1Hz or less.. I'm not entirely sure if these beats exist as a resonance of the 2 factors (beat and pitch).. or whether they are fabricated by the brain like the binaural beat is being fabricated.. or if it's being fabricated entirely from another source.


In any case, the Binaural beat stuff is very fascinating. The cyclic Headache-cure beat program included in BWGen really does work.. it doesn't get rid of the cause of course but it does help to minimise and/or eridicate the pain. My favourite beats to listen to are the very low ones.. 2Hz to 4Hz.. they just give me a deep sense of "being" on another level than I would normally be able to comprehend and experience.

I'm just not really sure, beyond the presets/programs installed in to BWGen and other sources, what beat frequencies and pitch frequencies can provide the most benefit for different situations. I now have an Android app that allows me to create Binaural beats on the go but it doesn't have the ability to create "moving" or "cyclic" beats like in BWGen. BWGen's ability to make "moving" beats (cycling from 5 through to 10 Hz and then back again over the course of, for example, 10 seconds) is really awesome because it adds an extremely low beat structure to the program..

[light487]

So.. a couple of questions I had that I can't seem to find answers for.

Are there specific "pitch" frequencies that are more conducive to AP and other levels of awareness? Just like the 4Hz beat is conducive.. I wonder if pitch plays a part too and I wouldn't be surprised if it does.

Are there beats that I should NOT play.. as in.. could cause harm or destablise my brainwaves or make it more difficult to project.

Is there a limit to the amount you should listen to these beats each day? or is it safe to listen to them constantly?

Is white, pink or brown noise better? I mean which is the better one? I find Brown noise to be the least distracting and least annoying.. but would Pink noise be better for maintaining awareness because it is less calming?

I've looked up more than a few pages on Binaural Beats and I just can't seem to find answers to many of my questions.

[Xanth]

Well, I can't answer all of those... except to say that "Binaural Beats" are akin to Training Wheels on a bike.
If you've never experienced a trance/meditation state before, these can definitely assist you in experiencing what it's all about.  HOWEVER, eventually, you'll want to stop using them and use what you've learned to get there on your own.

So is there a limit to the amount you should listen to?  Just enough to get you to experience whatever it is you want to experience... then turn them off and try to get there on your own using that as your map. 

[Stookie_]

I don't know if this is the case with anyone else, but my brain gets used to them and stops responding if I use them too often. I might do it for 3 days on and 3 days off (when I use them, I don't too often these days).