Relax with binaural beats
Some say that the use of ambient sounds can help you focus before a test or help you sleep better at night. We're not sure if this is true or not but a cottage industry has emerged in the belief that it does.
We previously reviewed I-Doser which offers their sounds via CD or software for a fee. But it seems that the developers of I Dose believed in the science so much that they are offering their services for free.
Binaural Beats, as I Dose calls it, simulate various states of mind. We tried the Coffee break beat and following I Dose's recommendation we sat down, put on our headphones and closed our eyes and listened.
I Dose claims that the coffee break beat is to be used in place of a cup of coffee. What we heard was a bunch of ocean waves and at the end still wanted a cup of java. It could be that their definition of a coffee break differs than our overly caffeinated one.
While there are only about 11 beats currently available at the site compared to I-Doser's larger library, I-Dose's selection is more than capable of covering a wide range of moods and mental states. So if you want to give soothing sounds a try without paying for it or if white noise isn't your thing give I-Dose a chance.
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kaushik said 11:40AM on 7-14-2008
I tried it a few days ago. It's like hearing to static on the radio. Gives me a headache, rather than curing it.
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Victor Agreda Jr said 1:46PM on 7-14-2008
I tried the Red Bull (wonder if they cleared that?) and it kinda woke me up. It sounded like an old truck trying to parallel park uphill on a gravel road, but still, it kinda worked.
Unfortunately this has become so popular they are only offering the m3u streams at the moment.
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roberta said 10:27AM on 7-27-2008
I try this one www.musicaine.net
They try to recreate the "electronic drugs" with mp3 set.
The results are incredibles. Maybe it's only suggestion but I feel strange for maybe one hour. Is it possible?
amy said 11:51PM on 7-29-2008
i found it on isohunt.. it's mp3s and they're all there
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Albert G said 6:16PM on 12-10-2008
Here's another to try out www.vauxer.com. The really work, and the white noise (used there too) is extremely useful. Even babies enjoy the white noise...
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