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Therapeutic use of synths

2008-09-11 by David Flores

I'm just interested in any experience amongst the folks in this listserv with
the therapeutic applications of synthesizers. Anything as invasive as hooking
up electrodes to synths to hypnotherapy using synthesizers.
???
Does anyone use synthesizers for strictly non-musical meditative/therapeutic
endeavors?

Re: [motm] Therapeutic use of synths

2008-09-11 by Marc BAREILLE

Hi ,

I am setting up an application with my modular synth, a little bit
'unusual', but therapeutic somewhere ;)

I will use a modulated VCO in the 20KHz up to 90KHz ( or close)
running all night long by random periods with a set of piezzo tweeters
used in PA systems to force one of my neighbourg's dog to bark all
night long ... I hope i will get the silence all day long this way.
Actually it is the opposite -without ultra-sounds at all - and it is me
who become crazy because this dog never stop !!!

Precision : i have told the master about his barking dog but she do not
care at all, and said me 'f... o...' , so she will have a good surprise
very soon :)

Cheers,

Marc B.

David Flores a écrit :

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> I'm just interested in any experience amongst the folks in this
> listserv with
> the therapeutic applications of synthesizers. Anything as invasive as
> hooking
> up electrodes to synths to hypnotherapy using synthesizers.
> ???
> Does anyone use synthesizers for strictly non-musical
> meditative/therapeutic
> endeavors?
>

Re: Therapeutic use of synths

2008-09-12 by wjhall11

And don't I recall hearing that Mr. Tesla would, on occasion, use LFOs
to create sub-sonic waves that would make guests - Um - soil
themselves? What a card, that Nicola.

You know - I had a college grad-school friend who was doing research
on the effect of sound on plants. She observed all kinds of
interesting stuff - non of which I recall except that some of her
experiments stunted their growth and others got really unusually big,
healthy plants. And so, I guess I have nothing real to offer - just
anecdotes and vague memory that suggests there's probably something to it.

That being said -

Certainly Ayurveda contains ideas about the effect of sound on just
about everything. And isn't there something called Marma Therapy as
part of that tradition?

And the field of Bioacoustics seems to include a splinter group that
is studying the effect of sound on health.

<shrug>

FWIW <G>

Bill

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--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Marc BAREILLE <m.bareille@...> wrote:
>
> Hi ,
>
> I am setting up an application with my modular synth, a little bit
> 'unusual', but therapeutic somewhere ;)
>
> I will use a modulated VCO in the 20KHz up to 90KHz ( or close)
> running all night long by random periods with a set of piezzo tweeters
> used in PA systems to force one of my neighbourg's dog to bark all
> night long ... I hope i will get the silence all day long this way.
> Actually it is the opposite -without ultra-sounds at all - and it is me
> who become crazy because this dog never stop !!!
>
> Precision : i have told the master about his barking dog but she do
not
> care at all, and said me 'f... o...' , so she will have a good
surprise
> very soon :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marc B.
>
>
>
>
> David Flores a écrit :
> > I'm just interested in any experience amongst the folks in this
> > listserv with
> > the therapeutic applications of synthesizers. Anything as
invasive as
> > hooking
> > up electrodes to synths to hypnotherapy using synthesizers.
> > ???
> > Does anyone use synthesizers for strictly non-musical
> > meditative/therapeutic
> > endeavors?
> >
>

Re: [motm] Re: Therapeutic use of synths

2008-09-12 by Jeff Laity

On Sep 11, 2008, at 5:15 PM, wjhall11 wrote:

And don't I recall hearing that Mr. Tesla would, on occasion, use LFOs to create sub-sonic waves that would make guests - Um - soil themselves? What a card, that Nicola.

I thought Mythbusters disproved that one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_note

Great photos here:

http://www.meyersound.com.au/brownnote.shtm

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Re: Therapeutic use of synths

2008-09-12 by wjhall11

Ha! Well - so much for that one. But it still makes a great story <LOL>.

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> On Sep 11, 2008, at 5:15 PM, wjhall11 wrote:
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> > And don't I recall hearing that Mr. Tesla would, on occasion, use
> > LFOs to create sub-sonic waves that would make guests - Um - soil
> > themselves? What a card, that Nicola.
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> I thought Mythbusters disproved that one.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_note
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> Great photos here:
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> http://www.meyersound.com.au/brownnote.shtm
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RE: [motm] Re: Therapeutic use of synths

2008-09-12 by John L Rice

I read the Tesla biography and from what I remember it was a device that a person sat on so there was a physical/mechanical connection. I’m not sure that non-coupled low frequency sound would have the same affect. I was never sure if the ‘embarrassing’ effect was that they loaded their shorts or had an orgasm . . or both . . . . hhhmmmm . . . good times . . .good times . . . ;-)

John

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On Sep 11, 2008, at 5:15 PM, wjhall11 wrote:

And don't I recall hearing that Mr. Tesla would, on occasion, use LFOs to create sub-sonic waves that would make guests - Um - soil themselves? What a card, that Nicola.

I thought Mythbusters disproved that one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_note

Great photos here:

http://www.meyersound.com.au/brownnote.shtm

NOTICE: This electronic mail message and its contents, including any attachments hereto (collectively, "this e-mail"), is hereby designated as "confidential and proprietary." This e-mail may be viewed and used only by the person to whom it has been sent and his/her employer solely for the express purpose for which it has been disclosed and only in accordance with any confidentiality or non-disclosure (or similar) agreement between TEAC Corporation or its affiliates and said employer, and may not be disclosed to any other person or entity.