Balance BWE Form and Function

It is generally excepted using tones for entrainment by themselves is more effective than using tones in music. However listening to tones by itself for 20-30 minutes may not be such a pleasant listening experience.

I feel there needs to be a balance between form and function, I want something that sounds good, and works as well.

For me its not just the entrainment value, the textures that go along with it as well, for example while I sleep I love the sounds of the distant bells, the flowing synths, maybe the sound of rain or thunder does it for you, it gives you a warm sensation inside.

Please listen to the full track Sleep Sessions SMR 1 track online as an example, once you login.

There is two entrainments methods going on here:

1. A low volume isochronic tone
2. Ampitude or Volume Entrainment
3. Band Filter so I don't butcher the high volume tones

What I am trying to achieve is a balance between something sounding good and something working well, it is subjective, but here is where the creative, or the individual element comes in, I like something this way, may be others will like it too, maybe they won't, people who like it will purchase it or try to replicate it.

Because a lot of the sessions are available through the books and the tools, I feel the point of differentiation is actually this. Its the engineer's tastes and method of how he or she comes up with the final product, the texture used how the tones is balanced. There is no right or wrong answers.

Because it sounds good to me, I like to listen to it again, and again. There can be some sort of anchoring effect happening as well.

The session was created using
Thought Sounds and MWS , both of which can be purchased here or through Transparent Corp. Purchasing here for an extra dollar give you free collections of sounds, drones and bowls etc.

Regards

Sony