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Download a ...coffee replacement, really!
Stefanos Karagos | December 5, 2006Which brainwave?
After months and after the huge success of my Coffee Replacement [more than 80.000 downloads], it is time to create the next brainwave. And this post is an invitation to everyone to participate in this poll, giving me your preferences for the brainwave you want to see here!
Thank you in advance!
LATEST UPDATE:
New mirror added just for the WAV file, here.
Stay tuned!
First, let's make an introduction, so everybody knows the same information:
Our brain is made up of billions of brain cells called neurons, which use electricity to communicate with each other.
The combination of millions of neurons sending signals at once produces an enormous amount of electrical activity in the brain, which can be detected using sensitive medical equipment (such as an EEG), measuring electricity levels over areas of the scalp.
The combination of electrical activity of the brain is commonly called a BrainWave pattern, because of its cyclic, "wave-like" nature.
With the discovery of brainwaves came the discovery that electrical activity in the brain will change depending on what the person is doing.
For instance, the brainwaves of a sleeping person are vastly different than the brainwaves of someone wide awake.
Over the years, more sensitive equipment has brought us closer to figuring out exactly what brainwaves represent and with that, what they mean about a person's health and state of mind.
Brainwave Entrainment refers to the brain's electrical response to rhythmic sensory stimulation, such as pulses of sound or light.
When the brain is given a stimulus, through the ears, eyes or other senses, it emits an electrical charge in response, called a Cortical Evoked Response. These electrical responses travel throughout the brain to become what you "see and hear". This activity can be measured using sensitive electrodes attached to the scalp.
When the brain is presented with a rhythmic stimulus, such as a drum beat for example, the rhythm is reproduced in the brain in the form of these electrical impulses. If the rhythm becomes fast and consistent enough, it can start to resemble the natural internal rhythms of the brain, called brainwaves. When this happens, the brain responds by synchronizing its own electric cycles to the same rhythm.
This is commonly called the Frequency Following Response (or FFR):
FFR can be useful because brainwaves are very much related to mental state.
For example, a 4 Hz brainwave is associated with sleep, so a 4 Hz sound pattern would help reproduce the sleep state in your brain.
The same concept can be applied to nearly all mental states, including concentration, creativity and many others.
It can even act as a gateway to exotic or extraordinary experiences, such as deep meditation or "lucid dreaming" type states.
Brainwave Entrainment's usefulness is not limited to relaxation and enhancing academic performance. It can also be used for reducing headaches, insomnia, stress and even enhancing athletic performance.
You got it now?
It's easy enough even that we have to do with some scientific terminology :-)
I use brainwaves from time to time especially these heavy-busy days and I have to admit that the effects on myself is more than obvious.
I created and I'm posting here a 20 minutes duration brainwave file [in MP3 format] that I called "Coffee Replacement" because of its feature to keep you in an energizing state giving you a "caffeine" energetic boost.
Use this session when you wake up in the morning or when you need a boost of energy.
You do not have to close your eyes for this session, in fact it may be beneficial not too.
I listen this brainwave every morning I can't wake-up as fresh as i want :-)
Some tips to enjoy this brainwave listening:
1. It is important to listen to this using stereo headphones
2. Don't activate music-looping on your media player or your MP3 player.
3. Adjust the volume to a comfortable level
Are you ready to feel the caffeine in your ...ears?
More info
- About Brainwaves
- Brainwave Entrainment
- A Brief History
- NeuroProgrammer
- Brainwaves Generator
WARNING!
The following people should not use brain entrainment:
> People subject to any forms of seizures or epilepsy
> People using pacemakers
> People suffering from cardiac arrhythmia or other heart disorders
> People taking stimulants, psychoactive drugs, or tranquilizers
Comments
Christina (not verified)
December 6, 2006 - 18:13 »Brilliant, brilliant stuff here!
I just discovered you blog via Technorati and really it's rocks!
Keep up teasing as with quality posts.
Reza (not verified)
November 5, 2007 - 04:45 »Is this brainwave sound can use for the bird to make their relax too ?
My friend who have a little knowledge about brainwave said that bird and human have different frequency to heard this sound, so this brainwave for human is not affect to the bird. Is my friend opinion is true ?best regards
Reza
Philip (not verified)
December 15, 2006 - 14:10 »Check out: http://www.brain-trainer.com. A great resource on neurofeedback.
Ash (not verified)
December 21, 2006 - 17:20 »Howdy, excellent idea! I had used binaural tracks to focus and concentrate while coding before (well, once or twice, some time ago) but never considered trying it out for helping me get going in the morning. It usually takes me about 3 hours to get the "brain fog" cleared so some binaural therapy might be well worth trying.
Just a quick note on the track you kindly provided - at least on my system and my phone, the left and right channels appear to have been mixed a bit - I can hear the beats in both ears separately (when listening to one channel the beat should not be evident). This causes the effect to be diminished, or possibly lost entirely, depending I guess on the level of mixing. It could be the software I'm playing it with but I did use two entirely different devices.
My guess is that the mp3 encoding used might have blended the left and right together a bit (tends to be the default for most mp3 encoders).
Anonymous (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 05:45 »Sorry, but this did not work at all for me.
I was pretty tired/sleepy at 9:15pm and I decided to listen to this before I went to work out. After 20 minutes, I could still go to sleep right now, plus I had a hard time staying awake during the whole thing.
Jack (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 11:05 »If this original sound was recording in say a wave file, does encoding it into an MP3 compress it and change the frequencies a bit?
I remember the mosquito sound that supposedly repelled young adults from standing around in front of a store. The sound you could download but the wave file sounded diffrent from the mp3. Maybe I'm just nuts. In that case just ignore this comment :D.
cheers! And crazy find!
Stefanos Karagos
January 21, 2007 - 18:06 »Maybe you are right about the mp3 compression!
I made a sound analysis and found some minor differentiations between the 2 files...I'll post very soon the original WAV file...
love calculator (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 22:26 »I'd create a torrent with that wav file. I'm downloading right now and it's only 30kB/s - it must have been a lot slower when your post hit digg.com... wav file will be a lot larger.
word (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 11:55 »Listening to it right now.... and it makes me feel...twitchy... I like I should be running or something.
Muktar the Magnificent (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 12:17 »Heads Up:
It sounds like Birds + Construction crew outside your house.I don't feel any more lively, with caffeine you can feel the boost - but I don't feel any immediate response with this - perhaps I have to listen to the entire 20 minutes.
Alistair Wooldrige (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 12:51 »Ummm, well that was interesting. It's certainly made me look a bit more into these binaural sounds. I do feel a lot more awake now, but that could just be because I had it up too loud.
Anyway, thanks for that, very interesting.
Ladon (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 13:27 »That was quite interesting. As soon as it started playing, my legs felt fairly energetic. That may be a placebo effect though, I'd be curious to know if it had the same effect on people who didn't know the purpose of the audio file.
Anonymous (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 13:34 »I'm thinking that a lot of this is placebo effect. There are a zillion sites out there that describe this sort of thing, but it follows that without objective, lab-based testing by people with NO financial gain at stake, it's one of those things that is as good or as bad as you want it to be.
Sort of like Microsoft funding a study that magically concludes that Windows is better than Linux. Sorry, but that doesn't really pass the sniff test. That's not to say that there isn't something to audio stimuli affecting us, just that it's a very subjective thing. Upbeat, rockin' music is a sure way for me to step up my mood a bit, but that doesn't hold true for everyone - or even me all the time - some find the same in classical music. It comes down to what you find "stimulating" personally more than over-analyzing brain interaction and saying what this file will or won't do for someone.
And the disclaimers are just plain whacked... epilepsy, perhaps, but heart conditions? Pacemakers? Stimulant medications? Hell, caffeine itself qualifies if that's the case... better not listen while drinking that Coke or you might die - then want to file a lawsuit from the great beyond! Seems to me like just another way to hype the "potency" of the audio file. Neutral, scientific data from a respectable source that's not trying to sell me something, please. Otherwise, it's just another disguised infomercial. When doctors (physicians... like at the Mayo Clinic) start prescribing it and insurance starts paying for it, then it's scientifically and medically accepted. Until then, it's accupunture and aromatherapy type of fodder. Make of it what you will.
Jason (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 14:46 »Sounds a lot like Pzizz. In fact, I almost thought talking about 'Brainwave" would bring me to someone giving away a Pzizz MP3.
Pzizz is a program that generates stuff like this (it calls them "naps"), albeit it costs money... but after buying it, and hearing this MP3, I'm kind of glad I made the choice to buy it. ;) I couldn't live a day without my daily Pzizzing. I've even got my family hooked on it - these types of things are great in the middle of the day, though late at night they just make me feel even more tired, and I end up sleeping.
And to the Anonymous above me, learn a little about frequencies and waves. Take a basic physics class, perhaps. You'll figure out why these sounds, even if they sound like birds or a beach, actually work. You see, in the background, several frequencies are being played - I don't know the details of this, but my best guess would be that they try to match the frequencies generated by your brain while it's in sleep (yes, your brain has a frequency). It's probably similar to finding a harmonic on a string - actually, a better example would probably be a harmonic in a closed tube. It basically becomes a stimulus for the brain, making it think that it's about to go to sleep when it really isn't. Sure, you could stay awake, probably easily, but you can also stay up all night, can't you? ;)
djhworld (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 15:05 »Hi there, I'm listening to this right now and for some reason it's working!
Obviously people could argue the placebo effect (above) but it seems to be making me feel more awake and alert. I've had one coffee this morning though, but it didn't seem to take much effect.
Unless this thing is boosting the effects? Not sure, but great stuff none the less!
atarix64 (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 16:21 »I'm not sure if this is actually caffeine in a sound wave or if it is more of a focusing technique such as meditation. Meditation can also make you alert and ready to hit the bricks.
We are also pattern based creatures so I am going to surmise that it is more or less about the rythm to our mind and not the wave to the brain. Very cool though.
But whats with the birds? They were obviously not generated as a part of the brainwave study :)
Undead (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 16:47 »Wow this is amazing I just found it on Digg! Very cool the only thing that I'm wondering about is if you have to listen to the whole 20 min or would like 10 min have an effect?
George Gardner (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 17:23 »I'm surprised you failed to mention exactly how this works; in that a stereo file's left and right channels are offset by a particular frequency in which the brain decodes and extracts.
To skeptics, I can assure you that this technoloy is real, and is most often used for REM sleep, out of body experiences, and lucid dreaming.
I studied this technology for nearly a year, as it was exciting to me at the time (5 years ago).
Anonymous (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 17:38 »how do i download the file to my computer?
Marble Bunny (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 18:05 »Skinny Puppy, Brian Enos, Nine Inch Nails, Juno Reactor, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis? Drugs, synthesizers, and time to kill. Listen to "The Prime Time of your life." by Daft Punk, it has similar sine waves oscillating like some industrial machinery moving it's parts in a loop. I do not have all the facts, but do believe that if this was broadcast over the radio some people may find it highly addictive and useful.
Leerie (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 18:08 »Well I have to say this is very interesting, although I don't think it works for me. I listened to it for about three minutes and I started feeling sort of spastic and generally wigging out. I'm ADHD, do you think that makes a difference?
Michael Flessas (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 18:35 »I can't hear a thing? Oh, sound card removed. :)
fez (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 18:37 »One commenter said he'd like to see more scientific studies done on this kind of stuff.
The next guy said "take a class" as if it's a foregone conclusion.
Does anyone have any links to scientific studies that actually look into this?
Otherwise I've also got a tin of Placeebo Wonder Pills that I can sell you for $19.95. It cures all kinds of things, and wakes you up, too!
Anonymous (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 18:53 »Hi, You should change the color of the Warning Message. The red letters can't be read clearly on the gray background.
Grenden (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 18:58 »Interesting...probably shouldn't have listened to it right now though, cuz I just got out of work (3rd shifter) and need to go to sleep soon. It also drove my cat nuts before I plugged in my headphones (ears perked, looking around for source of sound, got up from snoozing next to me), don't know exact reason, could have just been the birds instead of actually a frequency thing.
jamrop (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 20:31 »The sounds sound quite spooky and scary, could not listen to it, as it made me feel uneasy, but suppose that is what it is supposed to do?
CTRL+ALT+DEL (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 20:44 »Omg! the oscillating low pitch is driving me nuts.
Mike Lawrence (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 21:02 »Hi all,
Just a heads up that the scientific research on this technique (Binaural beats) is sketchy at best. I was excited a while ago when I first encountered the phenomenon, but after researching quite extensively (I thought of taking up the topic for my masters research), I could only find two truly scientific studies, even then both poorly done, that supported any measurable psychological effects. Furthermore, consultation with colleagues in auditory perception yielded the opinion that entrainment due to binaural beats would not be unique; that is, any periodic stimulation to the perceptual system will likely produce analogous activity rhythms in the brain.
Then again, we know the placebo effect can be huge, so beat away!
Mike
Anonymous (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 21:29 »Hey! I'm a Mac user (no right click). How do I download this file?
Anonymous (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 21:54 »Haven't had the mac long, eh? ;-) Right click on a Mac is "Ctrl + left mousebutton" to get the same menu choices. Better still is go get a 5 button Microsoft mouse to replace the Mac mouse. You'll wonder how you lived without it.
Anonymous (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 21:41 »actually, neurons do not communicate using electricity. they communicate using neurotransmitters, which are chemicals. to send a message from the soma (neuron's cell body) to the terminal buttons on the other end of the neuron, an electrical charge flows down the myelin-covered axon. but electrical impulses are not sent between neurons.
Chris (not verified)
January 25, 2007 - 08:31 »And even then the majority of neurons in the brain do not have any myelin coating down the axon and the "charge" is taken stepwise through the entire length by the transition of sodium, potassium, and chlorine molecules.
Gotta love ions pumps in the brain.
Neuromonkey (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 22:20 »Wow! At around 7 minutes into the sound I started feeling the twitchy leg thing that others reported. Placebo or not, I'm finding it oddly stimulating. This sucker is going on my iPod.
Thanks for making this available!!!
Esenkay (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 01:58 »That was the second thing I did after listening to it with my regular desktop speakers and noticing the effect. With the stereo headphones it works amazingly.
I hope to see more of this stuff.
I tried that bwgen program mentioned and my wife said her headache had disappeared after listening to the headache wav file. :)
Anonymous (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 23:07 »This makes me sleepy. I want my money back.
Anonymous (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 23:17 »Hi,
For those of us who already use BrainWave Generator, could you kindly post the preset file please.
Thank you
Anonymous (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 23:45 »Basic physics classes do not talk about the frequencies of latent brainwaves in different states of consciousness. That would be an advanced electro-neurology class. And tubes do not have harmonics, they have resonant frequencies. I mean, take a basic physics class, lol.
Just because your brain may generate electrical pulse frequencies, that does not imply that listening to a song at that frequency will put your brain into the state associated with the frequency. If that were the case, we would probably all die if we listened to the right song at 256 bps.
I'm not saying that it is impossible to jumpstart your brain into one of these states, just that its not as easy as "basic physics class" material. The dude who studied it for a year would know better than I, however. This is complex stuff, requiring more than a little general knowledge about wave patterns.
Skinlayers (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 23:55 »The track reminds me of a song called Strange Bird by Coil
http://www.brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/discog/graal002.html
"One day... your eggs are going to hatch, and some very strange birds are going to emerge..."
Diego (not verified)
January 21, 2007 - 23:58 »Here it is in Spanish / Aca está en español:
http://www.serialblogger.com.ar/2007/01/escuchate-un-cafe-doble/
Great experiment :D
Elf (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 00:07 »I used to make these years ago with a pc program called "cool edit". you can still find the program around, and yes, it will let you make all kinds of nifty sessions, including:
waking up,
going to sleep,
theta state relaxation (lucid dreaming!!!! OMG THIS ROCKS!)you can also make them plain (white noise, pink noise, etc), or with background (birds, music, nature sounds, whatever you want). The beauty of it is the full control you have over making the sessions.
Eric (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 00:12 »No offense meant, but the science behind this is unprovable fluff that is only slightly lower on the scale than Sylvia Browne or perhaps Uri Geller, because at least they have visible personalities and can seem more convincing than conniving.
The only sound file I will ever need: "Wake Up" by XTC.
Chiisana (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 00:19 »I haven't had the chance to listen to it yet, and I'm eating chocolate coated coffee beans right now, so I won't comment on whether or not it works until maybe tomorrow-ish (after caffeine hike fallen off and I'm tired).
What I must say is, thank you for pointing this out for those of us who are unaware of this. I think this is going to -- placebo effect or actual effect -- save me a few bucks by making a few lesser 7Eleven coffee + energy drink runs.
Elf (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 00:57 »no placebo.. the brain syncs itself to the binaural beats and the effects are very real. remember you MUST listen to it with STEREO HEADPHONES though. Since we cannot hear the low frequencies that allows our brain to hear the beats, a stereo effect is created which the ears (thus brain) can then detect and sync to.
greg (not verified)
March 6, 2007 - 08:46 »I have been into brain sync/entrainment for about 6 years now. I am a nurse and school teacher. I suffered from depression for a long time, 32 years. I started on antidepressants last year and like magic suddenly I was able to use entrainment cds properly. I cleared a lot of crap. I am fifty and now travelling and working overseas and am fantastic. It always made sense to me that if our brain operated on different frequencies that is where our thoughts were. Well I needed to depend on something - boy I would cry a lot. Now I am a regular happy guy. Most of my crap was childhood which I cleared just by listening to the entrainment cds. Yep like magic but I spent a fortune finding the right ones. Anyway, sync and entrainment DO WORK!!
Guri (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 01:19 »I'd like the wav file or an encoded mp3 or aac @ 256. This is pretty cool. :-)
Anonymous (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 01:33 »Anybody that's read Stephen King's Cell 'aint likely to go for this...zombiefication by audio tones.
Anonymous (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 01:48 »For those thinking that this is placebo, tell your friends about this site:
http://zbanks.mine.nu/sleepy.mp3
Nothing there but an mp3 called "sleepy". Should (dis)prove weather it is true or not :-)
Anonymous (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 01:54 »i am a junior at an american university. i was having a hard time getting my mind motivated to study, so i was reading fark.com instead. thats when i came across this page. i realized that it was worth a try because i have a lot to accomplish before class tomorrow.
i listened at about 4:30 today, when i was feeling lethargic and distracted (its snowing!!). in 5 minutes i was awake and alert and my mind was racing. i started working and havn't stopped till now, about 7pm. i had to turn the file off after 10 minutes because i was so focused on my work that the sounds were becoming a detraction.
Eric Blade (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 04:17 »Do you really think listening to a bunch of repetitive almost cricket like chirping sounds is going to wake you up?
IF only in so much as it pisses me off that I spent like 20 seconds to download the whole file..
This is dumb
Abe (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 06:05 »Awesome work. Thanks for doing this for free man...
Opps (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 07:15 »WARNING!! Make sure you go to the bathroom before trying this. I got so mezmorized by this that I actually pissed my pants without knowing it until the track ended. You've been warned.
JM (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 08:44 »maybe you need house entrainment, or stop drinking rubbing alcohol.
I do not know if this works, I do feel the 2-5hz thrubbing making my brain itch, but if it is a waking sound or a droning zone-out sound is hard to tell. I find a blast of cold water rubbed into the face works better than this, and its about 19m 50s quicker too.
Anonymous (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 07:18 »I went into the test not expecting much, and as lethargic individual in general. But I did feel more alert about half way through. Not sure whether it helps you or not but I believe it's worth a shot. Wish you the best
zzZZZZzzzzz (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 08:15 »I actualy went into a coma for a while there. The noises made me angry and want to break something.
Way of becoming alert, no..
Waste of time and Bandwidth A+
Jeremy Miller (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 09:03 »Holy crap. zzZZZzzzzz is just a dumb asshole. This seriously woke me the hell up. I'm pulling an all nighter and was feeling a bit groggy...but holy cow did this ever work.
Bored and Surfing (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 09:44 »i love reading comments from the cattle masses. we are dumb and uneducated that is why we are wasting our lives posting asinine comments on blogs.
have a life.
you will be dead soon. as will i.
we are wasting our lives.
Anonymous (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 19:05 »hey, well - you might like this song.. www.mp3.com/eyesouls and choose the song called 'how do we live with ourselves'. Enjoy and have nice Sundays.
Jimmy (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 10:23 »4hz and any other brain wave frequencies are inaudible when "converted" to sound. Your sound wave worked, but I can't say if it was because of the cyclical inaudible brain wave simulation or if it was because of the sensation that I was being attacked by vicious flesh eating pigeons after being teleported from my confortable home into an island full of evil hawk sized pigeons.
Greg Mahan (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 16:15 »So, is the water/bird chiriping noises in there just to keep us entertained and interested for the entire 20 minutes?
I assume the "wake up" sound I'm supposed to be affected by is the helicopter like beating in the background that starts a couple of minutes into the recording...
Iestyn Lewis (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 18:33 »If you scan through the file by using winamp's scrub bar, you can hear that it is basically a series of ascending tones - they ascend very slowly in realtime, and as the tones get out of the range of audibility at the top, it drops back to harmonics and they start over again in the low frequencies.
So the whole thing is like listening to a 20 minute long build-up in a techno or trance song. (You know, the part where all the drums cut out except for the snare, and it goes):
dum dum dum dum dum dum Dum Dum Dum Dum Dum Dum DUm DUm DUm DUm DUm DUm DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d--d-d
and then the beat drops back in and everyone goes nuts.
This is just extended over 20 minutes. My leg was going by the 4 minute mark, too. :)
LM (not verified)
January 22, 2007 - 22:27 »Just a heads' up, I listened to the sound file last night, and thought it was amazing. Felt an immediate rush of energy. However, today I've got a splitting headache and the veins by my temples are really sore and throbbing. Very strange.
Diego (not verified)
January 23, 2007 - 00:16 »The files @ Mediafire are not working, I just can't download it. :(
caleb (not verified)
January 23, 2007 - 02:43 »GREAT stuff! =D are there any other flavors to this great little brew of coffee??
dreamscape (not verified)
January 23, 2007 - 03:37 »Umm... I hate to break it to you guys, but there are two major problems with this:
1) Most speakers and (as far as I know) *all* headphones *cannot* produce sounds lower than 20 hz. So this talk of the 5-7hz sounds doing something is silly. Your speakers couldn't even produce that sound.
2) Even if your headphones *could* produce that sound, the MP3 compression would take it out because it is classified as inaudible sound, which just takes up room in the sound file.
Thus any effect this might have is just as a placebo.
arleas (not verified)
January 23, 2007 - 05:11 »I think the guy up there is right about speakers not working below a certain frequency. Somewhere else on the web is a set of ascending tones with an announcement of the frequency and pretty much, anything below 20hz was inaudible...I do have a subwoofer connected so the throbbing tones sound particularly menacing... but I don't know if it's having any real effect on me.
I can say that around 6 minutes, I started feeling a bit disturbed... at 8 minutes I was a little fidgety... by 13 minutes I was starting to wonder when it would end (I'm not looking at the media player constantly) by 17 minutes I've grown accustomed to it as the throbbing is more prominent than the bird chirping.
Oh and I recall mythbusters doing a segment on the "brown note" which supposedly made you lose control of your bowels... they used super high tech speakers and pumped up the volume to what would be jet engine noise levels, and the worst they got was "disorientation"... That could be attributed to some kind of inner ear problem with the low vibrations...
And now the thing has finally stopped... I do somewhat feel more alert, but as others have said, this could be a placebo effect...I just heard a bell and now I've started to salivate....
I'll test this out after I wake up though and see how it works...
Anonymous (not verified)
January 23, 2007 - 06:35 »The links provided for downloading are not working
JKirk (not verified)
January 24, 2007 - 03:10 »Please post the .wav file. I want to try this with full effect! I have problems with being sleepy all the time and I really need to find something to bring me to a more wakeful state. Please post the .wav!
thanks
-JKirk
ithertz (not verified)
May 22, 2007 - 23:29 »As of today, the mediafire link is not working:
Invalid Quickkey. This error has been forwarded to MediaFire's development team.
The quickkey you provided for file download was invalid. This is usually caused because the file is no longer stored on Mediafire. This occurs when the file is removed by the originating user or Mediafire.
Antonio (not verified)
January 24, 2007 - 20:02 »can anyone post it in a differente place then media fire? it simply doesn't work here and with many people it seems
Fox (not verified)
January 24, 2007 - 20:24 »Cannot seem to be able to download the wave version of the file..
Any mirrors available?thanks.
Fox (not verified)
January 24, 2007 - 20:36 »None of the mediafire.com links work.. they're supposed to redirect somwhere.. but they just dont work. I'm using IE7 under WinXP - pretty common combination, no ad zappers, and none of the download links work. Please upload the wave version to a FTP or a storage free service such as megaupload.com
thanks again.
h8j00 (not verified)
January 25, 2007 - 04:32 »Same as everybody else, none of the mediafire.com links are working for me.
I'm using FF under WinXP :S
Pablo (not verified)
January 25, 2007 - 15:27 »Links also does not worrk for me. I read on others blogs that Mediafire are blocking LatinAmerica IPs. I check it by some proxy like google translate and the main page works good by proxy.
Stefanos, could you give us another link to get it? Please upload to rapidshare.com or something like that.
Thanks, Pablo.
Martin (not verified)
January 27, 2007 - 01:12 »Update 3 doesn't link to the right file. The other mp3s all say "no Server available". WAV version 170 MB is the only one that works.
Martin (not verified)
January 27, 2007 - 03:43 »Here's a mirror download location. Says no download limit so let's see...
http://www.mydatabus.com/public/MBdatabus/z/CoffeeReplacement.rar
pamel (not verified)
January 28, 2007 - 07:45 »I want to thank you for putting up the rar link since I tried all the others and none of them worked..ty -- I'm going to give this a try since I work at both of the major hospitals here in town and some days pull shifts at both--so it goes without saying more that I put in some realllllly long days/nights on those days. Will be happy when both hospitals merge into and become just one in about 18 months...pamel
Rob (not verified)
January 29, 2007 - 11:54 »Hi, great blog and great subject matter.
I thought I'd let you know that there is a free program you can download from Moonfish Design, which will give you the opportunity to try brain entrainment and decide if it is for you.
Moonfish Design have a free brain entrainment program called the Braingym. The lite version has 12 presets and the facility to add your own mp3 backgrounds and the program can be downloaded for free. In the full version you can add your own mp3 songs and have access to a growing library of over 125 presets.
I you'd like to give it a try go to:
http://www.moonfish-design.co.uk
Thankyou Rob
Ninereeds (not verified)
February 18, 2007 - 04:04 »Hi,
is there a live link for the .WAV file? I have tried to download on severla occasions lately and just get a server error.
Thanks.
Anonymous (not verified)
March 18, 2007 - 05:59 »Can someone please post a mirror link...none of the other links work for me.
Anonymous (not verified)
April 17, 2007 - 09:48 »Brainwave entrainment *does* work. Look up information on the frequency follow effect that was discovered in the early 1900's. Although, the most effect methods of entrainment are isochronic tones and monoaural tones. Binaural tones are actually the least effective method of entrainment.
And if I can ever find it again, there's a dos program called pc-dope which probably uses monoaural tones that can produce the effect of a drug directly on the mind. I tried it out and it works *real* good. At least for me anyway. Had a friend try it and he said it didn't work for him.
So that's part of the problem with entrainment. Not everyone can be entrained easily, and if they do, they may experience different results. I still do not know why this is so. Hopefully one day I will find the answers.
brownstudy (not verified)
July 23, 2007 - 03:54 »Has anyone gotten the Mediafire downloads to work? They crap out with a server error on both my home and work PCs.
Kyle Bellamy (not verified)
July 31, 2007 - 14:48 »I can attest to the fact that binaural beats do work on many different levels. It's a well studied fact and if you want to read more, check out the wikipedia entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binaural_beat
If you listen carefully to this one, you can hear the pulses in the background that are very slowly speeding up (using a layman's term). This, in turn, is causing your brain to increase its own wave speed to keep up and you get the "energy" boost.
The difference with coffee is that this is a very natural way to increase your energy level rather than to force it using the bodies equivalent of nitros.
Very good work on the MP3, I'm linking to here from my blog.
chris (not verified)
August 10, 2007 - 16:38 »Neurotunes has the biggest selection of brainwave entrainment sessions. www.neurotunes.com
chris (not verified)
August 10, 2007 - 16:39 »Neurotunes has the biggest selection of brainwave entrainment. www.neurotunes.com
Lumata Intgame (not verified)
September 16, 2007 - 06:11 »Here is a good explanation of Binaural Beats, using open source software called "Gnaural" to promote symmetry and coherence in brainwave activity:
http://www.bruceeisner.com/mindware/2007/06/gnaural_a_binau.html
Anonymous (not verified)
September 27, 2007 - 14:55 »Is there something like a BeerReplacement.mp3 too? That would spare me an aweful lot of money that I normally spend in the pub.
Yuriy (not verified)
October 15, 2007 - 07:14 »Can't download original .wav file. Could you upload it again and share the link?
Mags (not verified)
October 17, 2007 - 04:05 »Hi, I tried downloading from all the links and nothing worked. Could you please upload the file again? Thanks.
xsouldeath (not verified)
October 25, 2007 - 07:45 »mediafire links down!
I reccomend backup mirrors.
there are some mass uploaders that can upload to like 15 sites..awesome for small files..
but i reccomend rapidshare megaupload up-file.com filefront.com
Paul Anthony (not verified)
October 30, 2007 - 20:32 »This is fantastic. I'm going to blog about this on my company blog, http://www.RumbleBlog.com - We work in the world of sonic branding and music licensing, helping storytellers and companies use music in mindful and strategic ways. We're also big on compensating artists for the use of their music.
Do you know of many brainwave recording artists or CD's? Perhaps Rumblefish should put one out.
Several of our clients and colleagues would be very interested in what you're up to.
Bravo!
Stefanos Karagos
October 31, 2007 - 16:24 »Hi Paul,
I'm glad you find interesting my brainwaves!
If your company is interested too we could create a CD with brainwaves for you!
Just send me more info via the Contact page pls
Thank you!
Cheap cigarettes (not verified)
October 31, 2007 - 16:16 »Hey, I can't download original .wav file
plz help
Stefanos Karagos
October 31, 2007 - 16:21 »I just update the download link, please retry again!
Thank you ALL for your interest to Coffee Replacement ;-)
Chris (not verified)
November 16, 2007 - 19:55 »Listen to free sessions at www.neurotunes.com
movie (not verified)
December 1, 2007 - 17:36 »Hi Paul,
I'm glad you find interesting blog . Iam download mp3 here Mp3 Download
Miss Dipsy (not verified)
December 4, 2007 - 15:52 »A few people have commented about low frequency noises being inaudible, but they are getting confused! They're correct that we cannot hear such low pitched notes, but binaural beats are not about the actual frequency of the notes - any frequency within the range of human hearing can be used (apparently it doesn't work as well at high frequencies, though). The key is the discrepancy between the two frequencies, which produces a low frequency beat when presented binaurally. It is the frequency of this beat that is being talked about, not the frequencies of the actual sounds.
Is it just me, or did this make anyone else slightly naseous?! I did seem to be a little more alert, but I had an unpleasant feeling in the pit of my stomach, and a very slight headache! Then again, my daughter's ill at the moment, so perhaps I've just caught whatever she's got, and only noticed it now!
I think I would have prefered it if there was slightly more going on than just the birdsong & noise. It got a bit annoying after a short time, then I eventually "tuned out". It wasn't as bad as a lot of those "relaxation" tapes I've heard, though (y'know, the ones with whalesong and all that!).
I am going to try it a few more times, just to see.
Anonymous (not verified)
January 11, 2008 - 10:44 »Man!! the effect of coff*** rep** is weird. when i woke up after fall a sleep after listen to the file for bout couple minutes, my left leg is swinging like pendulum even when after few second im sure it is without my command
jose (not verified)
January 14, 2008 - 05:48 »I freaking love it. Caffeine poisons your body and is a lower form of vibrational energy. This works directly on the brain leaving out your liver and your bladder. It's fantastic!
Steve (not verified)
February 5, 2008 - 14:35 »Hello me again
I was able to download the file this time however it was a RAR file. I've never come across one of these before what should I use to play it? None of my software likes it.
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