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My recent bouts of night-time insomnia and lack of focus during the day have been lessened significantly with the use of binaural beats and a bedtime regime change. I’ll go into more detail on the regime change thing in another post, this post is about the binaural beat side of things.

The following mp3 files were created with the express use of helping me get my focus together during the day, and calming me at night so I sleep more soundly. In both cases, they had an effect within two or three uses, and I’m still using them today in order to train my brain.

Before you undertake any course of binaural beats, you should be aware of the effects they can have. The vast majority of people will be absolutely fine, but a small number of people may have adverse reactions. If you start to feel unwell/odd, stop listening. I am not responsible for any bad stuff happening as a result of these files, I am providing them in good faith.

Disclaimers out of the way, here are your files:

I made a couple of variations of some of the wave types to suit my mood and task at hand, so try a few for size. Find the best that works for you.

For the best results, listen on headphones. You may find that the lower frequency waves (delta, theta) might rattle certain brands of headphones. If you get rattling, turning the volume down might help. Have them playing at a comfortable volume.

Nerdy stuff: each file starts and ends with a 30sec fade in and fade out. The should play on any mp3 player without issue. There is no DRM on the files.

Very nerdy stuff: waves were output-ed in bbEngine v.011 by rpflech at 24-bit 96khz, grabbed at the same quality by Wiretap Studio, chopped and post-processed in Soundtrack Pro and derived into mp3 by Compressor (no dithering or explicit chopping of frequencies).