Environments Disc 5

Syntonic Research Inc. - Environments Disc 5

From the liner notes:

ULTIMATE HEARTBEAT (NOTE: This recording is playable at both 45 & 33 1/3 rpm.)

Several years ago, SR commenced research on a rather unusual aspect of bionic technology. Our idea was elegant in its simplicity yet extraordinarily difficult to produce; a psychologically-based sound environment which would greatly extend and intensify the physical act of making love.

After a great deal of analysis, we feel that we have produced a truly unique concept completely effective for the purpose intended. The cardiac rhythm is tuned to universal subconscious and autonomic responses to produce amazing yet esthetic results when used for its primary purposes; lovemaking and meditation.

Both subtle and easy to use, the effect is most effective at very low volume settings and can be used with almost any phonograph. Unlike music or less effective recordings, the sound field is only there when needed and virtually disappears when ignored.

Many participants of our listening tests reported that they were easily able to sustain and enjoy this unusual experience for the full duration of the recording; In addition, parents of new-born infants often reported that the sound calmed their child's sleep, when played softly near the crib.

This recording is playable at both 45 and 33 rpm, in full stereo/matrix quadraphonic. It is suggested that initial playback be accomplished at 45 rpm for lovemaking purposes. As you become accustomed to the record's characteristics, you may wish to lower the speed to 33 1/3 rpm. Please remember that at 33 1/3 rpm, the low frequency sounds on this disc are at the lower threshold of hearing and require a large amount of amplification to become audible. IT IS NOT NECESSARY NOR IS IT ADVISABLE TO PLAY THIS RECORD LOUDLY. Best results are obtained at low volume settings in a quiet room. If the recording is not audible at normal volume settings, your speakers may not be able to reproduce this sound, although almost all high-fidelity speakers should be able to produce a satisfactory result.

WIND IN THE TREES

One of the most beautiful sounds in nature is that of a soft breeze gently rustling the leaves of a grove of trees on a golden autumn day.

Add the subtle reality of a few songbirds, distant cows, insects, a random crow, a far hound, and an attentive magpie, and the effect is that of an instant vacation.

To experience the superb realism and pastoral beauty of this disc is to be there, amidst the crunching leaves, lost in nature's splendor.

Wind in the trees is undeniably one of the most difficult natural sounds to reproduce accurately. Through the use of special binaural microphone techniques and matrix channel phasing, we have achieved an effect of acoustically transparent "windows" which produce myriad planes of depth, movement, and dimension impossible to describe. To watch a person's expression as he silently listens on stereo earphones is to fully realize the potential of this superb sound.

As with many of our other Environments releases, Wind in the Trees, at very low volume, is very effective in neutralizing most disturbing noises found in the home, and, as such, can be quite useful in aiding many activities which require isolation, such as reading, sleeping, concentrating, and meditating.

Tracklisting:

SIDE ONE

1. Ultimate Heartbeat [33 1/3 RPM] {21:35}

1a. Ultimate Heartbeat [45 RPM] {16:10}

SIDE TWO

1. Wind in the Trees {33:45}

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