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Binaural beat recordings are specially generated sounds, designed to alter your brainwaves - bringing about states of happiness, creativity, or relaxation, for example. They're perfectly safe, non-addictive, and can be used as often as you like.

Tell me more about how binaural beats work...

Let's take a few minutes now to discuss the history behind binaural beats... and how they work in more detail.

For a long time, we’ve been aware that certain frequencies are associated with certain states of mind. For example, the alpha frequency of 8 to 12Hz is present when individuals are in the "zone", in "superlearning", positive-thinking mode. This mind frequency is only usually obtained through meditation, and can be verified through an electroencephalograph (EEG) reading.

We can’t however simply listen to such frequencies in an attempt to adopt that frame of mind. The ears can only typically hear between 20 and 20,000Hz. If we could manage to replicate the lower frequencies somehow, we could play these to the mind and thereby recreate these effects on demand. Well, that’s just what German experimenter H.W. Dove discovered in 1839. He found out that playing two coherent sounds of similar frequencies into each ear (using stereo headphones) could be made to produce a third “binaural beat” at the desired frequency.

Let’s take an example. Imagine a pure tone of 400Hz is presented to the right ear, and a pure tone of 410Hz is presented to the left ear. Inside the head, the difference between the two tones is realized... and a third “binaural beat” of 10Hz is produced. This is equal to the alpha frequency, which brings about light relaxation, “superlearning” and positive thinking.

Which Frequencies Work

Of course, all of this information would be useless without actually knowing which frequencies induce the desired states of mind. Thankfully, thanks to much scientific research and the latest electroencephalograph reading studies, these frequencies have long been well-known to the community. And here they are:

Beta	13 - 25 Hz	Normal state of alertness, stress, anxiety
Alpha	8 - 12 Hz	Light relaxation, "superlearning", positive thinking
Theta	4 - 7 Hz	Deep relaxation, meditation, lucid dreaming, increased memory, focus
Delta	1 - 3 Hz	Deep sleep, increased immune functions

Of course, further studies have shown that specific types of exposure to certain frequencies is better at assisting different mind states. For example, we know that a 30-minute session at 5 Hz can replace around 2 to 3 hours work of sleep. Insomnia can be assisted with a ten minute dose of between 4 Hz and 6 Hz, then entering frequencies below 3.5 Hz for twenty to thirty minutes, then settling on 2.5 Hz and fading out. Accelerated learning can take place at between 7 Hz and 9 Hz.

Our Work at Binaural-Beats.com

Binaural-Beats.com has focused on combining the results of hundreds of the best research projects, identifying exactly which frequencies induce the best mind states. These have then been combined with more complex binaural beat effects - such as panning, background triangular wave chords, sound "spinning", enveloping, and the "phaser" effect - to produce a set of what we believe to be most powerful binaural beat CD's currently available.

Best of all, you don't have to do anything with our binaural beat recordings. You simply sit back and let the binaural beats move you without effort. Improve your mood. Boost your creativity. Get in the "zone" during the day. Get super-relaxed at night.

That's what binaural beats are all about. They're the 21st century tool for accessing your genius mindset, something allowing you to switch into "zones" that would usually take years of meditation and enlightenment. And at Binaural-Beats.com, we're extremely proud to be a part of that movement.