Before you begin creating subliminals and mixing your message, sound, masking or brainwave tracks, it is important that you adopt standards with respect to their recording characteristics.

Each audio component should be digitally recorded in the same manner so that it is easier to mix your final recording and reuse them in future recordings.

Regardless of what method you use to create or mix the different audio clips needed for your recording, each has certain attributes relating to the digital audio file type, sample size, number of channels and the sampling rate.

Even if a recorded audio clip was not recorded digitally, it will have to be converted to digital and the same characteristics should be used.

Why Use Standards to Build Subliminal Recordings?

It requires effort on your part to create each audio component and mix them together so that you end up with the type of recording desired. By adopting standards you will exert less effort in creating your recordings.

The reason for this is it will not be necessary to convert each one into a common format before mixing them.

An advantage you gain by doing this is time and the disadvantage is that it may require additional storage space.

Given a choice between the two, and the continuing reduction in the cost of memory and storage devices, it is much more cost effective to adopt a standard format for each of your audio recording components.

There is another benefit in that when you decide to reuse an existing audio component, such as a message clip or brainwave track, you will not need to convert it before using it in a new recording.

Standards for Building Subliminal Audio Files

There are different file formats that can store digital audio clips, but the suggested one to use is the WAV format. This represents audio that is stored in an uncompressed digital format and is widely accepted.

Storing your recorded or generated audio segments in a compressed format such as MP3 is not initially recommended.

This should only be done after the final recording is built and only after careful consideration as to compression quality issues.

A WAV file is a digital representation of the audio clip, but an MP3, OGG or other compressed format is actually a data file that describes to a digital player how to play the file.

They are completely different and any compressed file will have to be converted back into WAV or another format in order for mixing.

Also, a WAV file retains the original audio characteristics of the clip, whereas a compressed version sounding virtually identical can result in a loss of audio information.

Each time you mix or combine different audio clips for your final recording, using compressed versions of them means that you are could be reducing the desired effect of your recording.

Using the WAV audio file type for all of your initial and intermediate recording components almost guarantees that the subliminal messages will be audible, and at the desired low level of volume.

If you were to compress each of your audio segments, then it is possible that you could lose some quality with respect to the subliminal messages as you progressively mixed the audio components together.

Audio Digital Sampling Rates and Sample Size

A standard music CD or Compact Disc is a digital representation of the original and attempts to reproduce it in the best way. This is done by sampling the original analog recording at extremely frequent intervals and converting those samples into numbers that a computer sound processor can understand and reproduce.

In order to achieve the best sounding digital recording, both the number of times per second the recording is sampled and the size of the sample are important.

For a CD recording, the sample rate is 44,100 times per second (44.1 KHz) and each sample represents a number.

That number can have approximately 64,000 different values and is stored as a 16 digit binary number.

It is suggested that you use the same sample rate and sample size when creating each of your recording audio segments. This will prevent any loss of quality as you progress to mixing your final recording.

Even though it may seem to be inefficient to store your recording segments using these attributes, it is likely to your benefit. The additional sound, masking or even brainwave audio tracks must be recorded at a high standard.

Since you will have to eventually mix all of these components together, adopting a standard format will save you time.

Using Mono or Stereo Audio Channels

It is tempting to record or generate all your message, masking, sound or brainwave tracks using either one or two sound channels, but this should depend on the nature of the individual recording component.

Using both left and right channels for any audio segment of your recording means that it will require double the amount of storage space.

Only certain tracks or mixtures of them should be built in stereo. For audio message clips, it is suggested that they be created only using one track.

The reason for doing this is that they may be later mixed in different manners for another recording. You may choose to build an audio message segment using both left and right channels for one of your recordings.

If recorded in mono, then you can easily later combine them in any way desired, but if they were in stereo, then you would have to separate them. Doing this would only add additional effort to what you want to accomplish.

The secondary advantage is that mono recording segments use only half as much storage as stereo audio segments.

To summarize, using a standard set of characteristics when creating your subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recordings will save you time and reduce any effort involved in converting between different audio formats.

It will also enable you to reuse any of the audio clips that you have already created and may desire to use in creating a new recording.

The standards you may wish to adopt when creating your recording components are suggested as follows:

• Record basic and intermediate audio segments in the WAV format
• Suggested digital sample size should be 16-bits
• The preferred sample frequency is 44,100 Hz.
• Basic audio message segments should be recorded in mono

Following these suggestions should only help you to create better recordings, but more importantly to save storage space and to organize your audio recording components more efficiently.

(c) Copyright – B. James Kudlak. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.

Before creating any type of subliminal message self-help recording to help others or yourself, you must choose a topic relating to the recording.

You will need to identify a potential problem, learn about the subject and decide if you wish to design, build and present a solution.

You must connect with them, understand them and ensure that they understand you in the best way possible.

Choosing the most appropriate subject is limited only by your creativity but there are certain guidelines you should consider.

Any high-quality self-help recording will address a particular problem that some people have and strive to provide a solution that will work for them.

Identify a Problem that a Subliminal Recording can Help

It is not difficult to recognize the many different problems that people have and seek help for. In addition, it may seem obvious that the subjects you should choose for your recordings address popular self-help topics, such as losing weight, finding love, achieving success, increasing confidence and motivation or dozens of possible others.

But selecting any of these more popular self-help topics as your recording subject may not always be the wisest choice. There are many types of self-help audio recordings already available that likely deal with these problems and choosing a less fashionable topic may be of greater benefit in several ways.

Identifying and targeting a smaller number of people with a particular problem can work to your advantage in that there would be less competition.

However, choosing a subject issue that is too specific is also not suggested.

For example, consider such problems that some people have about shyness, or another about being able to control anger.

A simple Internet search will demonstrate that there are a significantly smaller number of self-help solutions that address these two problems compared to the highly popular subject of weight loss.

An example of a subject to choose that is possibly too specific would be overcoming the fear of rain, or as it is properly termed, Ombrophobia.

There will likely be too small an audience of potential listeners for this to be worthwhile to you as a subliminal recording creator. Even so, if there is need for it, then someone will probably address it and may already have done so.

This does not suggest that you should avoid creating recordings that address general or even highly focused subjects. If you only desire that your recordings help others, then you should do exactly that, no matter what the target subject involves.

Learn about the Topic or Subject

Learning about the potential recording topic is a common and often overlooked aspect when choosing a recording subject. Even though you may have identified an existing problem that targets neither too large nor too small an audience, you will need to understand more about the problem.

The message statements you design must be appropriate and highly targeted for the subject and the more you appreciate about the topic, the more suitable your message script will likely be.

Regrettably, the best manner in which to understand the problem is to have experienced it yourself.

Knowing how it feels to having been in the same situation as your target listener will help you immensely in designing your recording. It may even be an advantage to use your own personal history in your recording descriptions.

Whether you have experienced the problem personally or not, you should consider writing a list of as many feelings that someone facing this issue would have. This can help you greatly when and if you decide to design the message script for your recording.

But there is no reason to overload yourself with information about the subject and doing so may completely overwhelm you. Learn enough so that you understand about how it feels to have the problem, but not so much that you lose your focus.

Choose to Provide a Subliminal Solution

At this point, you will have to decide whether to proceed with designing and creating the recording or not. There are a few additional items you should consider before you choose to continue.

You should have more than a casual interest in the target subject and not having this will likely be reflected in how your recording is designed and created.

The stronger you feel about the subject, the more this is likely to be sensed and appreciated by your listeners.

Ironically, this may be delivered to them in a subliminal manner to their subconscious. There is no simple way to describe this, but you will understand it if you choose and create a recording for the right topic.

The reverse is also true in that they may detect if you didn’t understand or care enough about them and their problem. As a result, they may not wish to acquire another recording from you. Attempting to fool your listeners in this way is ill-advised, because you may be the one that ends up being the fool.

You should perform more than enough research so that you understand how large your target audience may be, and how to find them or even how to let them find you. You will need to create value for your listeners before you can receive value from them.

Choosing a subject for your subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal audio recordings does not have to be difficult and you may find it to be easer to do if you follow the guidelines presented here.

(c) Copyright – B. James Kudlak. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.