Light & Sound - FAQ

What is a Light and Sound Machine?

• A Light & Sound machine is a safe and drug-free technology that gently coaxes your brain into more resourceful states through the use of Light & Sound pulses that match the desired brain frequencies.

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What are Binaural Beats?

• Binaural beat generation is a sound feature on most Mind Place (formerly Synetic Systems) products. Using two sound synthesizers in the audio circuit, and by specifying slightly different sound frequencies for the left and right channels, it is possible to induce a third frequency which is the difference between the left and right in the mind of the user. This is known as a binaural beat frequency generation. The perceived beat frequency is especially useful as an entrainment tool when paired with pulsing lights.

Why are LED's used instead of Incandescent Lights?

• Light emitting diodes -- LED's -- are state of the art solid state devices that convert small amounts of electrical energy into light. They can be switched on and off much faster than incandescent lights, producing the crisp strobe-like pulses which have been shown to be most effective at inducing patterns of brainwave activity. They also create very pure colors -- again an important factor in the alteration of consciousness and brainwave activity.

What is Wavetable Crossfading?

• Proteus includes four different, user-editable audio waveforms. The waveform, pitch etc. can change from segment to segment, and to avoid a startling "hop" from one to the next, we smoothly mix them together at the segment boundaries; this is called "crossfading".

What is BioConnect?

• BioConnect(tm) describes our (Synetic System's) biofeedback/light and sound interlink protocol, which enables the automatic, real-time control of light/sound sessions from certain biofeedback systems, such as ThoughtStream.

What's the difference between the Light & Sound Entrainment and EEG Treatments that are available?

• There really isn't much difference in result. The EEG Treatments use biofeedback and Light & Sound technology as well. The difference is in the equipment used, the EEG equipment is more sophisticated (though not necessarily better) and can measure your brain waves, where as our Thought Stream Biofeedback unit measures skin conductivity (which is another method of measuring state of relaxation or excitation). In short, the results are the same and the difference is in cost - we have less over-head and can afford to pass the savings on to our clients.

Are there any dangers involved in using a S.L.S.?

• Those who are prone to seizures, hallucinations and other physical or mental problems should use this machine only with their doctor's consent. See Medical Disclaimer.

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