[sdiy] How does your sound perception change while you're falling asleep?

[cheater cheater]

Good jokes guys :) Let's keep this thread focused on the OP though, if
you have any observations / experiences on-topic please post,
otherwise, the good jokes have already been done ;)

On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 5:46 PM Richie Burnett
<rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk> wrote:
>
> The "children's voices laughing or saying something" bit I can totally
> relate to having a small child.  But don't know what is this thing you refer
> to called "sleep"!??? ;-))
>
> -Richie,
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cheater cheater via Synth-diy
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2022 3:56 PM
> To: synth-diy
> Subject: [sdiy] How does your sound perception change while you're falling
> asleep?
>
> Hi all,
> I'm sure many have noticed that your sound perception changes in the
> moment immediately before falling asleep. I was wondering if anyone
> would like to describe what effect they hear. Since we all know
> synthesizers, synth and audio engineering related terms are going to
> be very useful here.
>
> I suggest writing down whatever you can remember before reading the
> rest of the thread, so you don't get influenced. Then read the thread
> to see if anything seems familiar.
>
> If you make any observations in the future, come back to the thread
> and add to it.
>
> My description follows below.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I've been dozing off just now with the AC on (wide band noise, biased
> towards LF). The sound suddenly changed to something like a very deep,
> quickly animated chorus effect applied to the sound. By quickly
> animated I mean it sounded like multiple parallel stages (3-5?) with
> separate LFOs where you could hear LFO peaks of the various LFOs maybe
> 5 times per second.
>
> Other times, in a room without wideband noise - eg watching a podcast
> on youtube - sound seems to cut off fairly cleanly with a short decay,
> like maybe 0.2-0.5s decay. If I'm coming out of it sound will show up
> again. If this keeps on cycling I can perceive those holes in sound.
> It sounds like the cleanest ducking gate, no click, no coloration.
>
> I remember back in high school I wasn't getting a lot of quality sleep
> so once or twice before falling asleep i'd hear auditory
> hallucinations. Usually what amounts to children's voices laughing or
> saying something I can make out but not understand. Not exactly
> related, but one time I was so tired at school that I dozed off
> between classes. A classmate tried waking me up and I started talking
> to him, still in a dazed state, but no real words came out, just
> gibberish. That's never happened before or since, and it was odd
> enough that I took note of it.
>
> Best regards
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