Category: Contemporary Issues in Sound Art

The way binaural beats work Binaural beats are an auditory phenomenon created when the left ear and the right ear observe two discrete tones of similar frequency through headphones. The brain synthesizes the two tones creating a ‘beat’ inside the brain. Maybe you can think of it like when you play two stings on a…

my choice of idosing to be my subject comes from a show i had watched years ago called 1000 ways to die “Tone Death”, Way to Die #937, is the second death featured in “If You’re Dead – Leave a Message and We’ll Get Back to You“, which aired on January 5, 2011. This episode…

Writing this essay about i-dosing involved several important steps. First I chose the topic because it connects technology, music, science and internet culture. I-dosing was interesting to write about as many people believed certain sound frequencies could affect the brain like real drugs. The topic also showed how the internet can spread unusual ideas very…

Why we can only hear between 20hz and 20,000hz Below 20 Hz the waves are huge like 17 meters long, you’re no longer passing them through the ear drum to the three bones and then to the hairs in the inner ear, you’re just detecting the vibration of your chest. You are significantly less sensitive…

Recording my own binaural beat I started by using a Korg MS-10 to generate the lowest note possible. Using the VCF filter and peak (resonance) controls, I carefully tuned the oscillator to around 40 Hz, checking the exact frequency with an EQ plug-in analyzer. I then repeated the process, slightly adjusting the pitch and resonance…