One of the most important aspects when creating either a subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal audio recording is to ensure that the volume or amplitude of the message, sound, masking or brainwave tracks be set at the correct level. This article discusses what these levels should be and why the quality of your recording depends on it.

Although not exactly the same as loudness, amplitude is closely related to it and is measured using the decibel scale. Once you have created the supporting tracks to be used in the final recording, the amplitude or decibel level of each will have to be adjusted before mixing the tracks together. How this is done is dependent on the type of recording and is completely different for subliminal, supraliminal and paraliminal recordings.

Subliminal Recordings and Amplitude

By definition, a subliminal recording is a mixture of two audio tracks, one presenting the message statements and a second that acts as a masking track. The messages must be perceptible by the brain, but not quite audible to the conscious mind. The masking track is completely audible and also acts to make the recording sound more interesting to the ear.

When you first build the audio message track, it should be at a normal level of volume and this is necessary in order to verify that the message statements have been created properly. It is also important that whether you record your own message statements or generate them using text-to-speech software that they sound consistent.

By consistent it is meant that the amplitude or loudness of each statement be at the same level. Also, the speed and manner in which the message statements are presented should be reasonably slow and sound calm and relaxing. The best strategy when creating the message track is to pretend that you are talking to a young child.

The masking audio track should also be consistent and be relaxing to the listener. Sound clips that are erratic in volume and have many highs and lows in loudness are not recommended in any way. Using relaxing music or nature sounds is a much better choice.

Once you have built both the audio message and masking sound tracks and are satisfied with them, you will have to consider adjusting their level of volume or amplitude before mixing them together to create the final recording. The difference in amplitude between the message track and the masking track should be approximately 15 decibels, but this can vary either way by several decibels.

A common mistake made by people new to creating subliminal recordings and unfortunately even some companies that sell them is that they reduce the amplitude of the message track by too large a degree. Instead of reducing it by 15 decibels, it may be lowered it by as much as 30 to 40 decibels. In doing so, they may make the message statements physically inaudible and effectively render the final recording useless.

The software program you choose in mixing your message and masking tracks will provide you with the ability to adjust amplitude levels and it may take repeated attempts before you arrive at just the right sound levels. Even though the software is precise in how this is done, the best judge should still be your ears.

It is suggested that you listen to each track and the potential final mixed recording repeatedly until you are satisfied that the messages can be heard and that they are not overwhelmed by the masking sound track. It will likely be necessary to greatly increase the volume of the sound system of your computer in order to do this.

Supraliminal Recordings and Amplitude

With a supraliminal recording, both the message track and the accompanying sound track are designed to be completely audible. It is also important that the message track include a short initial segment designed to relax the body and optionally, the mind of the listener.

But even though both the message and accompanying sound track should be audible, it does not mean that they should be mixed at the same level of amplitude. This is an often overlooked point when building supraliminal recordings.

As with a subliminal audio recording, both the message and sound tracks should be created in the best way possible. Aside from the additional introductory relaxation segment in the message track, there is no difference between a subliminal and supraliminal recording except for the amplitude levels of the supporting audio tracks.

How they are mixed is important and it is suggested that you adjust the amplitude of each track appropriately. If you have created both the message and sound tracks properly, then they should each be consistent in how they sound. They will likely be at approximately the same level of amplitude or loudness.

But before mixing the message and sound tracks together it is advised that you adjust the amplitude of the message track. The message statements should be audible, but they should seem almost like someone was politely and calmly speaking to you as you were falling asleep.

If the message track was created by applying the guidelines suggested previously for subliminal recordings, then it should be calm, relaxing and consistent. The same principles apply to the sound track that you decide to include in the final recording.

For a supraliminal recording the message track should be reduced in amplitude by approximately 5 decibels. The reason for doing this is so that even though both the message and sound tracks are audible, the message track will sound more comforting to the listener at slightly lower amplitude.

Paraliminal Recordings and Amplitude

A paraliminal recording is considerably different than a subliminal or supraliminal recording. It normally includes three or more different audio tracks instead of the two that are commonly used in subliminal or supraliminal recordings. The additional track included is a brainwave track and it is designed to induce a relaxed mental state by using binaural tones.

The brainwave track must be created using two channels or in stereo because it is usually necessary to present different sound frequencies to each ear in order to achieve the desired effect. The desired effect is to induce a state of mind so that the listener experiences an alpha, theta or delta brain experience. By doing so, the listener becomes more receptive to the message statements presented in the audio message track.

Each of the other audio tracks must also be created in stereo, because if one must be in stereo then the others must also be built in the same manner. The tracks included in the final recording must always be built using two channels.

The three tracks required, message, sound and brainwave, should also be adjusted with respect to their amplitude before mixing the final recording. The audio message track should be slightly lower in amplitude than the sound track by approximately 5 decibels.

The brainwave track should be slightly be above audible perception and be at least 20 decibels lower in amplitude than the sound track. The reason for doing this is that the binaural tones presented in the brainwave track can become irritating to the listener and there is no benefit in doing so.

Again, the best way to judge the volume or amplitude levels of each of the recording components is to listen carefully before you decide to mix them together.

In conclusion, it is highly important that you mix each of your supporting audio tracks in the best way possible. Part of this involves adjusting the volume, loudness or amplitude of them before attempting to mix them together when creating your final recording. Doing this may require additional time, but it is usually worth the effort involved and likely that the recordings you create will be more satisfying to your listeners.

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Before you begin recording and mixing your message, sound, masking or brainwave tracks, it is important that you adopt standards with respect to their characteristics. Each 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. This article discusses these issues in detail and explains why this is to your advantage.

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 Standard Characteristics?

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 disk storage devices, it is more cost effective to adopt a standard format for your 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.

Audio File Recording Format

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.

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

It is tempting to record or generate all your message, masking, sound or brainwave tracks using either one or two sound channels, but this depends 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.

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One of the topics that is rarely discussed regarding subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recordings is that creating one can affect the listener in a negative way. By negative, it is meant that the recording will not help them and perhaps make the target problem become even worse. This article explains how this may happen even with the best purposes in mind, and regrettably, how this may be done intentionally.

Ideally, the goal of a subliminal or other similar type of self-help audio recordings is to help the listener in overcoming the target problem. If this is done properly, then the messages will be positive, delivered in the best way and trigger the subconscious change desired. But the messages may not be designed in the best way and can have a negative effect. This can be done by accident in writing message scripts improperly or even by design by people with ulterior motives.

Designing Messages the Wrong Way

Each of the message statements designed should address the target issue in a positive manner. If the guidelines for doing this are followed as presented in other articles, this should be relatively easy to do. It is strongly suggested that these be fully understood before writing any message script.

Avoiding the use of negative words, conditional terms and phrases is important, but it is possible that mistakes can be made. The result would be that the messages delivered are less than desirable and may not have the effect intended. For this reason it is essential to review both the message script and the audio segment created before mixing the final recording.

However, even with a small number of mistakes in the message script, the worst that will usually occur is that the final recording will not be as effective in resolving the target issue. In order to design a recording that has a negative effect, it must be done intentionally and with full knowledge of all the principles related to creating subliminal or other types of recordings.

What is a Negative Recording?

If created intentionally, a negative recording is no different from a positive one except for the target goal. For example, instead of the topic being losing weight, this could easily be reversed so that the goal was to gain weight.

But what is considered to be negative may be positive to another person. There are many people that have difficulty gaining weight and a recording targeting this issue would not be negative for them.

A true negative recording is one that the listener believes is designed to target their chosen issue, but in reality does exactly the reverse. Again, using weight loss as an example, if the listener seeks to lose weight, but the recording is designed to promote weight gain, then this qualifies as being a negative recording.

How a Negative Recording may be Unintentionally Acquired

Obviously, no one would likely choose to acquire and listen to a recording that renders their situation worse. But this is still possible if the following conditions are met:

• The recording is promoted as being able to address the issue
• The recording is purposely created to have the opposite effect
• The listener believes that the recording will help them
• The listener acquires and listens to the recording repeatedly

If these conditions were met, then the listener would likely experience the negative consequences of the recording. Fortunately, this is very unlikely to happen when purchasing subliminal or other types of recordings. Even if it did, it is highly probable that the creator of the recordings would sooner or later be found out and their unethical behaviors possibly lead to even criminal charges.

But there is another dark issue regarding creating negative recordings that must be addressed. This relates to someone who has the intention to psychologically control and negatively affect a particular person or perhaps a group of people.

If someone had the knowledge about how to create subliminal recordings, it is possible that they could create negative versions. Since it is unlikely that they could market these without being discovered, their only alternative would be to provide them to people that they know, but may dislike. However unethical and distasteful this may sound, it is possible.

Since it is possible, it is important that as a recording creator and a potential marketer of recordings that you understand how this could be done. By understanding how it can be done, you will have the knowledge to identify, avoid them and suggest to others that they are not helpful.

How to Create a Negative Recording

This information is provided so that you are able to understand how some individuals with the knowledge of creating subliminal recordings can use it to negatively affect other people. Using it for the intention of damaging other people in any manner is unethical and likely illegal.

As explained previously, the only difference between a positive and a negative subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording is the nature of the messages and how they are designed and written.

Ironically, the best way to design a recording that implants negative messages is to do it in a positive manner. The message statements should be designed so that they promote what you would not prefer.

In other words, the message statements should be designed so that they suggest that the result is desirable. The subconscious mind does not understand between what is good or bad and will embrace any suggestions if they are presented properly.

Referring to the topic of weight loss, if the recording was intentionally designed to suggest weight gain, then some sample message statements would be as follows:

• I allow myself to gain weight
• I enjoy eating food at any time
• I prefer to relax and comfort my body
• I accept myself at being at a greater weight

These statements are obviously targeting the negative aspect of weight loss, but it is still necessary to convince the potential listener that the recording has the effect of promoting weight loss.

It is required that the potential listener feel that the recording can do what is promised. This can be done by engaging their trust so that they seem certain that the recording will affect them in a positive fashion.

To summarize, the possibility of negative recordings exists, no matter how disliked this may be. They may be created with or without intention but it is important that you understand how this can be done.

Having an understanding of how this is possible will enable you to identify them and perhaps warn others of the dangers. If you discover such recordings, it is advisable that you report them. You should never attempt to create a negative recording because the results may only inflict more harm to yourself than the person you intended it for.

About the Author

James Kudlak specializes in writing articles and building websites across a variety of topics such as online dating, paternity issues or insurance. Visit one of his websites relating to paternity testing at http://www.paternitytestinfo.net which provides help in confirming family genetic history and getting Home Testing kits for DNA.

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Before attempting to create a subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal audio recordings, you should be certain that you have the minimal hardware components to do so. This applies not only to your computer, but also certain additional devices that are likely of benefit. Understanding this before you begin can prepare you and avoid potential problems and frustrations. But if you are a power user and have a computer system that is relatively new, then you can likely skip this article.

The basic computer hardware requirements necessary to be able to create audio recordings are grouped in the following categories: 

• CPU and Memory
• Disk Storage Devices
• Audio Subsystem
• External Speakers and Headphones
• External Recording and Playback Devices
• CD and DVD Recording Devices
• Microphones

CPU and Memory

Regardless of the computer system you are using, it should have a powerful enough central processing unit (CPU) to be able to handle the tasks involved in building your recordings. Faster is always better, because it will take less time to perform the audio tasks necessary such as extraction, creation, editing, generation, compression and most importantly, mixing.

This does not suggest that a less recent computer with a slower CPU will prevent you from creating subliminal or other audio recordings. It only means that some of the process intensive tasks involving manipulating audio tracks may take more time to complete. As a consequence, performing other tasks at the same time may be more difficult to do with a slower CPU.

If you have an older computer and patience, then the speed of the CPU may not make a difference to you. However, at a minimum, the speed of the CPU should be at least 2 Gigahertz.

Equally important is having a sufficient amount or random access memory (RAM) in your computer. Having more is always more beneficial and a suggested minimum is 2 or more Gigabytes. You can usually add more memory to your computer system and this will only be to your advantage.

Disk Storage Devices

In addition to being able to quickly manipulate the audio segments of any recording, you will also need to store them on a local or attached disk drive. How much disk storage space is required depends on how many recording components you build and how large they are.

As a reference, consider any standard audio music CD you may already have acquired. Each minute of uncompressed CD-DA (Compact Disc Digital Audio) at the standard 16-bit stereo sampling rate of 44.1 kHz requires approximately 10 megabytes of storage space. An average such CD would contain roughly 64 minutes of dedicated music for a raw total of 650 megabytes.

The actual amount (about 720 megabytes) is higher because of time gaps between tracks and the use of error correction to compensate for flaws and skips in the physical CD media.

When creating subliminal or other similar recording types, there are different steps involved and each requires storage space. The more disk storage space you have the better, but it is also possible to back them up to either a recordable CD or DVD. Another option to consider is connecting an additional external disk drive or storage device to your computer.

Audio Subsystem

Virtually all modern day computer systems provide the ability to record and present audio in different manners. If a music CD or movie DVD can be played on your computer to your satisfaction, then you likely have what is required and perhaps more.

Although a simple concern, it is important that stereo capability be provided by the audio subsystem and the ability to be controlled by software if possible. It will likely be necessary to adjust sound system controls so that they are in harmony with the method used in dealing with the audio segments for the recordings.

External Speakers and Headphones

If you have a desktop computer with speakers built-in to the attached monitor or imbedded in a laptop computer, you may wish to consider obtaining external speakers. The reason for doing this is that if the speakers are too close to each other then you may find it more difficult to recognize the differences between the left and right stereo channels during the playback of your recordings.

A quality pair of stereo headphones is also strongly suggested for listening to and verifying the quality of each recording or its components. Having a choice between using separate external speakers and a stereo headset is advisable. These components are readily available and at reasonable costs and should not be difficult to acquire.

External Recording and Playback Devices

You may need to use an external audio cassette player to import sound tracks into your computer. This may be necessary if you find suitable sound tracks that are only available on audio cassettes.

In order to do this you need an audio cassette player with stereo output and a patch cable to connect these devices to the input of the computer audio system. One end connects to the output of your portable device and the other plugged into the input of your audio sound card (e.g. line-in).

CD, DVD and other Recording Devices

Most recent computers have at least one CD/DVD drive and perhaps a combined or separate CD/DVD burner. If you wish to create your recordings on CDs then you will need this capability. Two devices (both player and burner) are better than one since it can be easier to duplicate finished recordings on CDs.

You can use blank DVDs of various types to produce your recordings but CDs are a simple choice and most existing computer or audio equipment can play audio CDs if created in the correct format. Producing a recording that more people are capable of listening to is always a better choice.

Microphones

An external microphone of good quality is necessary if you decide to record your own subliminal tracks which contain the subliminal messages. You can choose a standalone microphone that sits on a desk, a microphone-headset combination, a clip-on microphone and various others.

The most important aspect is that it permits you to comfortably record your vocal messages in a consistent manner. If you use a desktop microphone, then you will have to maintain a constant distance between it and your mouth. This may be difficult and uncomfortable for some people to do, especially if it takes 5 minutes or more to create a recording. This also holds true for built-in microphones in laptop computers.

A clip-on or combination headset-microphone allows you to keep this distance constant. Whichever one you get, try to perform multiple tests as to its quality, the quality of your voice and the quality of the recording. Your ears should be your best judge, so listen repeatedly until you are satisfied with the result.

To conclude, it is important that your computer system be capable in helping you creating recordings. The computer that you use should have the power to assist you in doing this, but equally important is that you have the knowledge to do this.

Whatever computer system you decide to use in building subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recordings, it needs to have the power and capabilities to create your recordings in the best way, and ideally in less time.

About the Author

James Kudlak specializes in writing articles and building websites across a variety of topics such as online dating, paternity issues or insurance. Visit one of his websites relating to paternity testing at http://www.paternitytestinfo.net which provides help in confirming family genetic history and getting Home Testing kits for DNA.

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Any subliminal or similar recording should help as many potential listeners as possible. But some of us are left-handed and represent ten percent of the population. Left-handed people usually have different brain structures and this can affect how you create your audio message tracks. This article discusses the differences in left-handed individuals and how to design your recordings to target them with minimal effort.

Brain Hemispheres and Left-Handedness

Each individual has two separate brains or hemispheres that have different functions. In most people that are right-handed, the left side of their brain or hemisphere is better equipped in dealing with language, reasoning, planning and organization. The right brain or hemisphere is described as being more skilled with visual images, intuition and creative abilities involving art or music.

For left-handed people, the scenario may be quite different. These individuals may have some of those skills reversed.  Their language skills may be centered in the right hemisphere of their brain instead of the left hemisphere.

Some of your potential listeners may have this characteristic and it is important to understand this before building your audio message track. This can be significant because people that are left-handed may respond differently to the audio messages, depending on how the recording is mixed.

Recording Types and Brain Hemispheres

Creating a stereo recording is the only way to direct audio messages specifically to either the right or left brain of the listener. This is done by building the left channel differently from the right channel. It is usually necessary that the listener be using stereo headphones so that they can perceive the difference.

When building either a subliminal or supraliminal recording you will have to decide whether to create it in mono or stereo. It is important to remember that if the final recording is in stereo and mixed from multiple audio tracks, then each of these supporting tracks must also be in stereo.

If you build a paraliminal recording then it must have two channels because the included brainwave track requires this. This is because the left and right tracks will present different frequencies to each ear in order to achieve the desired binaural entrainment effect.

Since the message and accompanying sound tracks must also be mixed using two audio channels, this provides an opportunity to present different messages or sounds to either the left or right brain.

But a subliminal or supraliminal recording normally does not include a brainwave track and it is not required to create the message or masking sound tracks in stereo. If built using only one audio channel, these tracks will present exactly the same messages or sounds to each ear and to the left and right brains of the listener.

There are both advantages and disadvantages to building subliminal or paraliminal recordings in stereo. These should be completely understood before attempting to do so.

 Advantages of Stereo Subliminal and Supraliminal Recordings

The benefits of building these types of recordings with two audio channels are as follows:

• Ability to direct specific messages to either the left or right brain
• Allow for different voices to be presented such as male or female
• Permit alternating tenses and directive or permissive statements
• Use different sounds to make the masking track sound more interesting

The most important of these is that you have the ability to design, build and mix message clips that target either the left or right brain of the listener. This can be of benefit not only to your general listeners, but also those that are left-handed and have the functions of their brain hemispheres reversed.

Another advantage is that you can include different voices for each of the left and right channels of your message track. In a message track with one channel, you can alternate between using one voice or another over time. But with a stereo message track you can present both at the same time. This can be important because certain types of people respond better to messages presented in either a male or female voice.

Stereo subliminal and supraliminal recordings also permit you to use the left and right channels to present messages that have been designed with different tenses or applying directive or permissive statements. These strategies are described in further detail in other articles.

In a mono recording using only one audio channel, the sound or masking track may seem less interesting to the ear of the potential listener. An advantage of creating the sound track in stereo is that different sounds can be presented in each channel. The benefit of this is that the audio sound track used in mixing the final recording may sound more interesting to the listener.

Disadvantages of Stereo Subliminal and Supraliminal Recordings

These advantages will have to be weighed against the disadvantages, which are as follows:

• The final recording will be twice as large in size
• Building and mixing each track will usually take more time
• It is not certain that the final recording will be more effective 

When recording with two channels, the size of the delivered recording and each of the audio clips created will be twice as large. This is a tradeoff between the quality you wish to provide and the storage space necessary for the final recording and each of the components.

If you choose to build and mix a subliminal or supraliminal audio recording using two channels instead of in mono, you should understand that there is additional effort involved. Because you will be creating individual audio clips in stereo and combining them together, you will likely need more time to accomplish this.

It is not certain that creating the message or sound tracks in stereo will be of benefit to your potential listeners. There is no way to be sure that your target listener is left or right-handed or if they have a certain personality type. Also, it is virtually impossible to determine if they have specific issues that can be addressed by employing stereo messages.

Designing Subliminal or Supraliminal Recordings for Everyone

You may decide to build audio message or sound tracks for a subliminal or supraliminal recording in stereo based on the information presented here. But before attempting this, you should understand that there is a tradeoff involved.

By this it is meant that it is almost impossible to provide any type of subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording that helps every potential listener. The best that you can do when creating your recordings is to compromise.

To conclude, people that are left-handed are not that different than others but should still be addressed in how you create your recordings. You can build your subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recordings so that it helps as many people as possible, but it may require more knowledge and effort to do this.

About the Author

James Kudlak specializes in writing articles and building websites across a variety of topics such as online dating, paternity issues or insurance. Visit one of his newer website creations relating to pet insurance at http://petcarehealthinsurance.com/ which helps people select among the many Pet Insurance Companies available.

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Using text-to-speech (TTS) software to generate subliminal or other types of audio messages requires a voice engine and an application program that controls it. There are many TTS programs available and it is important to choose one that is suitable. This article describes what characteristics they can have and provides guidelines to aid in the selection process.

A text-to-speech application program allows the input of text and directs a voice engine in how the text is to be converted into audio. Although much simpler and smaller than a voice engine, it is just as important. The programs available can vary greatly with respect to the features they provide.

These features can be grouped into five categories: Cost, System Platform, User Interface, Voice Engine Controls and Audio Output Format.

Cost Considerations

One of the most important considerations is the cost of purchasing a TTS application. There are a few programs that are free of charge, but most are available on average for $30.00 USD. Regardless of the cost, the features provided can be substantially different.

A TTS program that is free of charge can actually have better features than another which has a cost. The reverse is also true in that one that you may have to pay for may not be as appealing or lack some desired characteristics.

Because text-to-speech technology requires both a voice engine and a front-end application, some voice suppliers will bundle their voices with a TTS application. Generally, this means that if you purchase their voice (or voices), the program may be included at no additional cost.

This can be of benefit but only if you are also looking for a suitable premium voice engine to use. If you have already decided on a particular voice engine and it includes a TTS program, then you may be able to save some money. But you should be certain that the voice offered is suitable for your needs.

One of the most popular TTS applications is TextAloud (Windows only) and it can be purchased separately or may be offered as a bonus when purchasing certain voices. If you find a voice that is preferable and TextAloud is included with it, then it suggested that you consider purchasing it if your operating system is a recent version of Microsoft Windows.

If all you require is a useful TTS program and already have a suitable voice engine, then you should consider a free program that is very useful. This is DSpeech and is completely free of charge, does not include annoying nag messages, has no spyware, no licensing fees and has many useful features. Regrettably, DSpeech is only presently available for the Windows platform. If you find it helpful you should consider providing a donation to the author, Dimitrios Coutsoumbas.

System Platform Concerns

Depending on which operating system your computer uses, you may have more or fewer options available to you. There are more TTS programs provided for the Windows platform than any other. This does not mean that there are no options available for MAC OS or Linux, but only that the choices can be limited.

Ideally, the voice engine chosen and the TTS program selected should both be available for all popular operating systems. Unfortunately, there are few voice suppliers that provide different voices and TTS software that work across all computer platforms.

One of the vendors that provide both is Cepstral and the voices they supply are compatible with most Windows versions, MAC OS, Linux, and other operating systems. As a bonus, Cepstral provides a TTS command-line interface program that works almost identically for each platform and also a Windows version with a graphical user interface, known as SwiftTalker. Both are more than capable of converting text into audio in an efficient manner.

Also important is that the TTS program supports the latest version of SAPI, which is an acronym for Speech Application Interface. The most commonly used versions of this are SAPI4 and SAPI5, but more recent versions such as SAPI 5.1 or 5.3 are available. It may be necessary to update your operating system to benefit from more recent versions.

User Interface Issues

The TTS program chosen to generate subliminal audio messages or other types will most likely have a graphical user interface (GUI), but it may also have a command line interface (CLI). Either can achieve the desired results, but for most people a windows type interface is preferred.

If you choose a TTS program that has a Windows type interface, then these are the basic features that are required.

• Permits data entry of the text to be converted
• Provides controls for starting and stopping speech
• Generates the converted speech as a WAV file
• Provides options for choosing output sample rate and size
• Provides controls for adjusting voice speed and pitch
• Allows Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) meta-tags

Other features as listed below are desirable and can make it easier to use the TTS program, but they are not absolutely necessary.

• Permits opening different input file types (.doc, .rtf, .txt, .html, .xml)
• Allows direct recording from microphone
• Permits pasting text from clipboard
• Provides controls for pausing, speaking from cursor, next sentence, etc.
• Allows control over voice engine selection
• Provides additional audio output formats (WAV, MP3 or OGG)
• Provides options for audio format (channels, sample rate and size)
• Provides controls for voice engine volume, speed and pitch
• Allows selection of different SAPI versions

Voice Engine Control Concerns

The TTS application program directs how the voice engine should convert text into speech. If the voice engine allows control over volume, pitch, and speed, then these should ideally be controllable by the TTS program.

However, not all voice engines permit control over the volume, speed or pitch and how they can be adjusted. This is important because even if you choose a voice engine that you consider appropriate, you will likely have to modify it somewhat so that it sounds suitable for your purpose.

It may be necessary to adjust the volume, modify the pitch, or the speed of the generated voice in order for it to sound calm, smooth and relaxing. For the purpose of building subliminal or other types of audio message segments, this is an important consideration.

Audio Output Format Options

All TTS application programs must be able to convert the text into speech and into an audio clip or segment. Choosing an audio output format that is uncompressed, such as WAV is a better choice because it allows you to use the generated audio clip in any way you consider appropriate.

The audio message segments will still have to be integrated with other tracks, but if they are in an uncompressed format then this can be helpful when mixing the final recording.

The TTS program should provide at least one and preferably more output audio format options. More importantly, it should permit options with respect to sound characteristics.

It should be possible to choose between mono or stereo, different sample frequencies and either an 8-bit or 16-bit sample size. The preferences for generating an audio message clip would be in mono, a sample size of 16 bits and a sample rate of 44,100 kHz.

To conclude, if you decide to use text-to-speech software you will require both a human sounding voice engine and a front-end application that can control it. A TTS program that directs how the text is converted into audible speech can be free of charge, purchased separately or bundled with a voice engine.

You may even decide to acquire and use one or more TTS applications and this is advisable. As long as they meet the basic requirements and perhaps have more desirable features, then you are on the right track in generating your subliminal or other types of audio messages.

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There are different ways to acquire suitable sound clips to use in a building a masking or accompanying sound track for your subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording. One option is to download them from various Internet web sites for free or perhaps at some cost. This article discusses what features to look for in an acceptable sound clip and should be reviewed before deciding on any particular one.

The preferred features of an acceptable sound clip are grouped into the following categories and each is discussed below:

•  Type of Sounds Provided
•  Costs Involved
•  Recording Characteristics
•  Audio Format
•  Absence of Embedded Messages

Generally, many of the sound segments available have been created using nature sounds. Audio clips of this type are highly recommended, since nature sounds are normally very relaxing to most people. Examples of this could present ocean waves, rainfalls, waterfalls, birds or insects or various other types of sounds.

Other possible types include chimes, bells, classical music, rhythmic chanting, or a range of other themes. As long as the recorded sound clip is relaxing and soothing, then it is most likely acceptable.

By this it is meant that there should not be any extreme high or low volume levels in the recording and that it should sound reasonably consistent. The goal is to seek out a pre-recorded audio clip that would not upset the listener in any way and promotes a more relaxed physical and mental state.

Any personal preferences you may have regarding the type of sounds presented in the audio clip should be put aside if you are creating recordings for other people. As a recording creator, it is far more important that you consider what the potential listener would prefer to hear.

But if you are creating recordings primarily for your own use, then you should of course choose what is most suitable for you. As long as the sound clip is soothing, calm and relaxing, then you have likely made the right choice. Even so, it is suggested that you remember that what is acceptable to you may not be to others.

Costs Involved

You may choose to download free audio sound clips, but you should be extremely careful in how you select them. Most are usually short in length and not recorded in high quality. But it is possible that you could find an acceptable free pre-recorded audio segment of reasonable quality, if you are patient and willing to search for them.

There are also many sound clips available if you are willing to pay the cost of obtaining them. These can vary greatly in price but there is no reason to purchase an entire collection of relaxing nature sounds if you only require a few audio clips.

Another important consideration is whether there are royalty fees charged if you decided to purchase the sound clips and use them in building your masking or sound tracks. Ideally, there should be no charge for doing so, and consequently it is extremely important that you recognize this before spending any money.

Recording Characteristics

Whether purchased or free of charge, the recorded clips should have certain physical characteristics. This relates to the sampling frequency, the sample size, number of channels, and the recording format. It is assumed that the recorded clip has been created in a digital manner.

The sampling frequency can vary greatly, but the preferred choice is 44,100 Hz. Although sound clips can be created at a lower frequency, anything below 16,000 Hz is likely unacceptable.

The sample size is also important in that a 16-bit sample rate provides greater listening quality than an 8-bit sampling rate. A recording that uses an 8-bit sample rate is approximately of the same quality as a telephone conversation. One that is encoded using 16-bit sample rate simply sounds better and this is preferred.

Selecting an audio sound clip that has been recorded with two channels (left and right) is a better choice than a mono recording. Although twice as large in size, the recording may sound better with two different channels and be more interesting to the listener.

Audio Format

Although there are various audio formats available, any one chosen should be uncompressed and have been recorded digitally. The preferred type is a recording clip that has been saved in the WAV format.

Recordings in the WAV format are uncompressed but still in a digital format. Obtaining any type of sound clips that have already been compressed into an MP3, OGG or other type can make it more difficult to mix audio tracks in the final recording.

It is possible to compress recording components when building and mixing the final subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording, but this is not recommended. The best time to apply audio compression techniques is after the recording has been finally mixed.

However, if you decide to obtain a recorded audio sound clip in a compressed format (e.g. MP3, OGG), it will have to be decompressed in order to mix it with other aspects of your final recording. This can be reasonably easy to do with the proper audio mixing software, but should be avoided if possible.

Absence of Embedded Messages

No matter where the audio sound segments are obtained from, they must not contain embedded subliminal messages. If they do, then this can affect the final recording and its ability to help the listener.

If you choose to purchase a sound clip or track, it is unlikely that it will contain any embedded subliminal messages. However, if you download one at no cost then you should consider it possible that subliminal messages may have been planted in the recorded clip.

There is a technique to discover if embedded messages exist in a recording, but a full explanation is left to a different article. The simplest way to detect this is to simply play the sound clip at a higher volume level and listen carefully.

To summarize, there are various choices available with respect to selecting a pre-recorded sound clip. You can download either free or not so free sound clips that can be used in building a masking or sound track.

As long as you cautious and observe these guidelines, it should be more than possible to find an audio sound clip that meets your needs. There are other options available such as recording or generating your own sound tracks, but these are left to other articles.

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Two types of recordings that you may choose to create require including a relaxation audio segment. Supraliminal or paraliminal recordings should have an introductory audio segment that both physically and mentally helps the listener enter a relaxed state. This article discusses the best way to write a relaxation script and how to properly use it in your recordings.

There are different aspects to designing a relaxation script and you should strive to achieve the desired effect for your listener and help them in every manner to enter a relaxed state. Once recorded, your relaxation audio segment can likely be used when creating other recordings, but you must first ensure that it has the desired effect.

There are two features you should consider when writing a relaxation message script. The first is to use statements that will help the listener physically relax, and the second is to optionally introduce statements that allow them to mentally relax.

Physically Relaxing Message Statements

Messages designed to physically relax your listener should induce progressive stages of relaxation. The statements should be designed so that they gradually direct the listener into an increasingly more relaxed body state.

One method of doing this is to verbally walk the listener through each major body area, direct their focus on it and suggest that it is now becoming relaxed. This is easier to achieve if the listener is retiring for the night, or is physically fatigued, but you should not assume this is always the case.

It is better to presume that the listener is basically alert and conscious and construct your messages appropriately. Doing so ensures that you are targeting people that may be physically exhausted and also those that are fully awake but have chosen to become relaxed by listening to your recording.

Your recorded relaxation script should have the same desired effect on both types of listeners. The only difference would be the time it takes to induce a state of physical relaxation. It can take only seconds for one person to embrace relaxation and another, many minutes if not more.

Some suggested message statements that you could use in your relaxation script to physically relax your listener in a gradual manner are as follows:

• Imagine that you are relaxing in a favorite place
• You are feeling calm and comfortable
• Breathe in deeply and gently
• Feel yourself relaxing even more
• All tension in your face and neck is now disappearing
• Relaxation is moving to your chest and arms
• Feel all physical tension dissolve now
• Feel relaxation in your hips and legs
• All tension dissolves gently through your feet
• Breathe out gently and slowly
• Your body is becoming even more relaxed

This is only a partial list of suggested message statements and you should include several more. Each additional statement should serve to enhance a physical state of relaxation. But you should not write a relaxation script that is too lengthy because once recorded, it may consume more time in the final recording.

By having the listener enter a physically more relaxed state, it is likely that they will become more receptive to the target messages that follow. But this is possibly not enough, in that although they may be relaxed physically, you should consider addressing the issue of mentally relaxing them.

This is optional and possibly not necessary for some of your potential listeners. For certain people, they may be able to relax their body, but their mind can still be active with concerns about the events of the day and perhaps hundreds of other thoughts. For others, once their body is relaxed they may also become mentally relaxed, but this is not always certain.

Mentally Relaxing Message Statements

Once your relaxation script has the designed effect of introducing a state of physical relaxation, an optional next step is to induce a relaxed mental state so that the listener’s subconscious defense mechanisms are furthered lowered.

As a result of being physically relaxed, your target listener may not require more than a few statements that suggest they become mentally at ease. These messages should be carefully written and in a gentle and considerate manner.

Your goal should be to suggest that they are mentally in a good place, are comfortable, safe and feel wonderful. To assist you in doing this, some suggested statements that can help your listener enter this state are provided below.

• Imagine being in a quiet and safe place
• This is the place you have dreamt about before
• Pretend that you are now in this place
• In this place you let go of all problems
• Everything is wonderful and in every way
• You feel completely satisfied in this place
• Embrace this space and let it envelop you
• You are now feeling calm and comfortable

You will likely be able to write and consider including additional message statements that target mentally relaxing your listener. But you should be careful in how many statements your final relaxation script includes.

You should seek to keep your relaxation segment to at most a few minutes and this would mean writing from 30 to 50 relaxing message statements. This includes both message statements for physical and mental relaxation.

Message statements written to assist in physically relaxing your listener should represent the major content of your relaxation script. Including others that will aid in mentally relaxing your listener is also suggested.

Additional Considerations

Your relaxation message script will ideally have two effects in that it permits the listener to embrace a gradual state of physical relaxation, and also that it optionally promotes a mental state of relaxation.

Either or both is desirable, but you must also consider the effects of accompanying sound or brainwave tracks designed to enhance this effect. A relaxing sound track or brainwave track used in your recording will also aid to help your listener relax, both physically and mentally. These are equally important for helping your listener, but just different.

There is a degree of overlap between your recorded relaxation messages and sound and brainwave tracks. It may make no difference in the effect produced, but each has a purpose in attempting to quiet the mind of the listener and performs it in a unique manner.

An introductory relaxation audio message segment in your recording will attempt to guide your listener into a more receptive state, but this will only be for a few minutes. Sound or brainwave audio tracks will attempt to enhance or sustain this relaxed state for almost the entire duration of the recording, but in a different manner.

It may take several attempts to create an ideal relaxation message script, but it will likely be worthwhile because your listener will appreciate it more, and you can likely reuse the relaxation segment in other recordings.

In conclusion, you should design and write your relaxation scripts in a positive manner, and understanding the differences between physical and mental relaxation will only ensure that your listener is more able to embrace the subject messages of your recording.

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Designing and writing the perfect message script for your recording is one of the first steps you must take in order to create a great subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording. But after this is done, you need to decide whether to record it yourself, have someone else record it for you, or have the audio messages generated by a computer program. This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages in choosing any one of these.

Deciding on how to build your audio message tracks can sometimes be difficult because you need to choose which of the available methods is best for you. What may be suitable for one person may be completely unacceptable to another. There are other considerations about each technique that you should be aware of before you decide and these are discussed in detail.

Recording Messages

Before considering recording your own message tracks, there are a few questions that you should first ask yourself. These are:

• Do you want to Record your Own Voice?
• Do you Like the Sound of your Voice?
• Do you Know Someone with a Great Voice?
• Do you have the Equipment Needed to Record Messages?

These may seem to be obvious questions to which you likely already know the answers, but they are still important. Firstly, if you have definitely decided to not record your own voice in any manner, then you may wish to skip the next few paragraphs.

Many people have never heard their own voice recorded and played back to them. In some cases, they become surprised that their voice sounded the way it did. This may not always be in an acceptable manner and some may simply consider that they do not like their voice and presume that no one else will.

You should not discount your ability in recording your own voice and should at least consider it possible that your voice sounds acceptable, even if at first you doubt this. Record a message script with your own voice and perhaps have a friend do the same. Compare each of them and decide objectively which would likely sound better to a potential listener.

Once you decide that your voice, or that of a friend is satisfactory, then you will need to determine if you have the proper equipment to record your message script properly.

You do not require a computer to do this and any type of personal recording device is likely acceptable. More important is the manner in which you create the recording. Preferably, the recording should be made in a quiet environment so that background sounds are at a minimum.

There are considerations with respect to recording your own messages such as the volume level of your spoken voice, the speed at which you speak and the emotional overtones you use.

You should record you messages as if you were speaking to a child, and in a constant, gentle spoken voice without any emotional overtones. The subconscious mind should always be addressed in this manner because it is incapable of understanding anything beyond simple concepts.

Remember also that your message script will likely only be a few dozen statements and should only take about five minutes to record. Even if takes a few attempts to complete it, it is worth the effort and you will likely become better at it the more you experiment.

The device you use to record should be capable of storing the audio clip as a WAV file and most portable voice recorders and your own personal computer are capable of doing this. Suggested settings for the file are to use a 16-bit sample rate, mono and a sampling rate of 44,100 Hertz. If this is not convenient, the file can almost always be converted to a different type using free software utilities available.

Generating Messages

In order to convert your message scripts into audio clips, you may choose to use text-to-speech software to help you. There are many choices available to you, but you should first understand why this may be useful for you.

You may decide that recording your own messages is unacceptable or that no one you know is able to do it. Regrettably, not everyone has a voice that others would like to hear. Another option to consider is to have your message clips generated by a computer program with a well-chosen voice.

Using text-to-speech (or TTS) software will require that you learn to use one or more computer programs. There are advantages in choosing this option in that you will not have to depend on yourself or others to record your messages.

The disadvantage is that you will have to understand how to use the programs to generate your audio messages in the best way possible. But this does not have to be difficult, and you may actually find this easy to do. Usually this involves simply inserting or pasting your message script and selecting how to generate the audio file.

There are free and not so free computer programs that are able to convert your message scripts into an audio format. Unfortunately, what is presently not free are the preferred voices used in doing this. The voices, also referred to as voice engines are large files (perhaps hundreds of megabytes) that contain rules and snippets of human speech that are used to convert the text into human sounding speech.

Your computer, if recent, will likely already have built-in text-to-speech capabilities and at least one voice engine installed. You should explore what these are and decide if there is a voice suitable for generating audio message clips.

The voices available may not sound acceptable and what you would prefer to use in your message tracks. You may need to purchase a premium voice from any of the available suppliers. These voices are very close to normal human speech and different genders and accents can be chosen from a wide selection.

An advantage in using TTS (Text-to-Speech) software is that it once you perfect the technique, there is no reason to record your own messages. But there is also one possible disadvantage that is only important if you decide to sell your recordings on a large scale (hundreds or even thousands of copies).

If you purchase a human sounding voice from such vendors as Cepstral, AT&T, NeoSpeech, Acapela, RealSpeak or others, there are important licensing issues to consider. Basically they will require that royalty fees be paid either upfront or periodically for each recording you sell, and this can involve thousands of dollars.

It is VERY IMPORTANT that you understand these before purchasing a voice and deciding to market your recordings. Licensing issues regarding text-to-speech voice engines are explained in greater detail in other articles.

In conclusion, you will need to decide what method is best for you in creating your message tracks. You have the option of recording them yourself, having others record it, or have it generated by computer software.

What you decide upon should be comfortable to you in every way and also the potential listeners that are waiting to hear you recordings. It is suggested that you experiment with recording your own message tracks, using others to record them, and explore the use of TTS technology before making your decision.

About the Author

James Kudlak specializes in writing articles and building websites across a variety of topics such as online dating, paternity issues or insurance. Visit one of his websites relating to paternity testing at http://www.paternitytestinfo.net which provides help in confirming family genetic history and getting Home Testing kits for DNA.

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After designing and writing a message script for your recording and before you either record or generate it, there is one more task you must perform. It is essential that you verify that it follows the guidelines for message scripts, no matter which type of recording is being created. This article reviews these different guidelines and explains why they are crucial to the success of your recording.

There are several aspects to consider when designing and writing a subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal message script. Each is of equal importance and ignoring any one of them can mean the difference between a successful recording and one that may not work at all. These are listed and described as follows:

Negative Words and Phrases

There are many words and phrases that the subconscious mind either ignores or does not interpret as easily as the conscious mind does. Since the subconscious mind has only childlike reasoning capabilities, the use of negative words or phrases should be avoided when writing any message statement.

The most common of these are not, never, can not, did not, will not, is not, are not, no, why not and of the various contractions of these such as can’t, won’t, isn’t, didn’t and others. There are obviously many others, but generally if a word has a negative meaning then it should not be used. Only words that are descriptive in a positive way should be used.

Conditional Words and Terms

A conditional word or phrase implies that some event must occur before the desired result is obtained. The best example of this involves using the word IF. It implies that nothing can occur until some condition happens first. Unfortunately, the subconscious mind does not have the ability to project into the future and can only experience what is taking place right now.

There are other words or phrases that are conditional in nature and some of the most common are: after, before, but, even though, depending on, once, and others. These and any type of conditional message statement should not be used in your message scripts.

First and Second Person Usage

A message script can be written in the first person, the second person or perhaps both. The first person refers to statements written that begin with “I” and the second person as “You”. Either can be effective but it is dependent on the subconscious mind of the listener and how receptive it is to change.

Since it is virtually impossible to know the subconscious mind of the listener, the best strategy is to employ both first and second person message statements. They can be written in an alternating manner so that the same result is achieved. A first statement could be written as “I am successful” and a following one as “You are successful”.

Using the Proper Tense

Tense refers to the time perspective used in a message statement and can be in the past, present, present future or distant future. Neither the past nor the distant future tense should be used in writing a message statement.

The reason for this is that a statement worded as “I had” or “I will have” has no meaning to the subconscious mind of the listener. The subconscious mind is not capable of projecting either backward or forward in time and can only understand the present.

“I am motivated” is an example of a statement worded in the present tense, and in the present future, this would be phrased as “I am becoming motivated”. Depending on the personality of the listener, either the present or present future tense may have a stronger effect. Since you cannot know this beforehand, the best option is to compromise and vary the message statements using present and present future statements.

Addressing Sub-Themes

Sub-themes are issues that can lie beneath any of the target problems desired to be resolved with a subliminal or other type of self-help recording. Basic issues relating to self-image, self-love, forgiveness, allowing change and others should be addressed in the message statements.

It may require including a few message statements that suggest love, respect and forgiveness to oneself and others and this is strongly suggested. Examples of this would be “I love and respect myself”, “I forgive myself in every way” or “I allow changes in my life”.

Message Statement Length

The message statements that you design and write should use simple words and be reasonably short in length.  There is no reason to use complex words and the subconscious mind will simply ignore them. In addition, writing statements that are longer than ten words is not advisable for the same reason.

Choosing the simplest words and writing them in the most concise manner should be the preferred goal. Again, since the subconscious mind of the listener is like that of a child, simpler is better.

Number of Messages

There is no valid reason for including more than a reasonable number of message statements in the audio message segment. Too many messages will effectively render them confusing and too few will likely not affect the subconscious mind of the listener.

A reasonable number of message statements is considered to be between 50 to 60, although this can vary somewhat. Depending on how the message statements are recorded or generated, the audio result should be no longer than five minutes in duration. This is acceptable because the audio message segment will be repeated several times in the final mixed message track.

Using Permissive or Directive Statements

Either permissive, directive or both types of message statements can be used in your script. A permissive statement is worded so that it is presented in a manner that allows the subconscious mind to easily accept it. An example of this would be “I allow myself to be confident”. A directive statement is phrased in a more commanding manner and an example of this would be “I am confident now and always”.

If the listener is highly self-motivated, then it is likely that using permissive statements is a better choice. The reason for this is that their subconscious may be resistant to accepting commands because they are accustomed to self-directing their life. Directive or commanding statements are more effective for people that are less self-controlled.

Because it is unlikely that you will know the nature of the listener’s personality, both permissive and directive message statements should be used. The best strategy is to alternate between permissive and directive statements in the message script. In this way, both personality types are targeted and the result should be the same.

To summarize, each of these aspects is important and must be addressed when designing and writing your message scripts. This should always be done before you decide to record or generate the audio message segments.

To review, the points you should consider when writing message scripts are as follows:

• Negative Words and Phrases
• Conditional Words and Terms
• First and Second Person Usage
• Using the Proper Tense
• Addressing Sub-Themes
• Message Statement Length
• Number of Messages
• Using Permissive or Directive Statements

There are other related articles that explain each of these points in greater detail which may be of benefit to read. If each and all of these issues are addressed properly in the message script, then your final message track will have a greater effect on your potential listener.

About the Author

James Kudlak specializes in writing articles and building websites across a variety of topics such as online dating, paternity issues or insurance. Visit one of his websites relating to paternity testing at http://www.paternitytestinfo.net which provides help in confirming family genetic history and getting Home Testing kits for DNA.

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An important consideration when designing your subliminal message scripts is to know how to use the present and future tenses correctly. Equally important and related, is to understand the use of directive and permissive statements. These concepts can be of benefit and this article discusses why and how to use them properly when writing your messages scripts.

Messages statements in the present tense simply act to suggest that the desired condition already exists, such as “I am confident”. Statements in the near or present future style indicate that the target goal is being achieved as for example, “I am becoming more confident”.

If you completely and fully understood exactly what the subconscious mind of your target listener contained, it would be much easier to know which tense to use and when. Unfortunately, this is virtually impossible, even when designing a custom subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording for a specific individual that you know extremely well, which may even be you. The best that can be achieved is to compromise and use both tenses.

Different Subconscious Minds Require Different Tenses

The subconscious mind of one person may be less receptive to change than another. Even for one particular individual their subconscious resistance may vary among topics. A person who is wealthy but overweight may have no difficulty embracing subliminal messages targeting abundance but be highly resistant to statements regarding weight loss.

Those with higher subconscious resistance to change will be less likely to be affected by message statements in the present tense. Using a statement such as “I am confident” may not have as powerful an effect as desired. A person that has lower subconscious resistance may find the same message statement more acceptable.

Using message statements that are in the near future tense such as “I am becoming more confident” will likely have more impact on those with a stronger subconscious resistance to change.

Since you will likely be unable to determine the subconscious resistance level of your potential listener, a reasonable choice is to use both tenses and in a balanced manner.

Instead of using either present or near future tense, you should consider using both in equal frequency and in an alternating fashion. In this way you are targeting both the stubborn and not so stubborn subconscious minds of your potential listeners.

Using Permissive and Directive Messages

Another way to consider message statements relates to how permissive or directive they are. This is similar to using either the present or near future tense but still somewhat different.

Some of your target listeners may be more receptive to message statements that command them to be or do something. Others may subconsciously require permission before embracing any messages.

A directive statement will serve to command the subconscious mind to adopt the message statement. A permissive statement will suggest that the idea is acceptable and then present it accordingly.

An example of a normal message statement in the present tense is “I am confident”. A directive and more commanding statement would be “I am confident now and always”. The tense is the same, but the manner in which the statement is phrased is significantly more commanding.

A more permissive example of this would be “I allow myself to be confident”. Instead of commanding, the statement merely suggests that it is acceptable to permit oneself to be more confident.

People who are accustomed to being in control of most of their life scenarios may dictate that you incorporate more permissive statements in your message script. Even so, there are others that may readily accept directive subliminal commands.

Since you will be unable to probe the subconscious mind of your target listener, the obvious and preferred choice is to use both permissive and directive statement types in you message script. In this way, you are targeting both types and balancing them correctly will only make your recording more effective for a greater number of people.

Never Use the Future Tense in Message Statements

Using the near future tense with respect to “I am becoming” is acceptable, but including message statements such as “I will become” is not advisable. The future tense should never be used because it implies that the desired goal will always be out of reach.

It is almost effortless for the conscious mind to consider a statement in the future tense, but the subconscious mind is much simpler and does not have the ability to understand anything beyond what is occurring now.

A message statement worded as “I will become more confident” implies that the goal will only be achieved at some point in the future. For the subconscious mind that future never arrives, and it is thus far better for your listeners that you avoid using the future tense in your message statements.

Guidelines for Using Tenses and Directive or Permissive Statements

At this point you should understand enough about using different tenses and either directive or permissive statements in your message script. But now you need to learn how to apply these guidelines properly in your message script.

To help do this, an example target recording topic is used and this is about increasing self-confidence. The goal is to apply the strategies previously discussed and in the best way. Using only one statement as a start, there are six different variations of it that could be used, as described below.

• Present only: “I am confident”
• Present and directive: “I am confident now and always”
• Present and permissive: “I allow myself to be confident”
• Near future only: “I am becoming more confident”
• Near future and directive: “I am becoming more confident in every way”
• Near future and permissive: “I allow myself to become more confident”

It is important to note that these are variations of just one statement, and you will be using other statements that target the same topic. Also, you will need to include both first and second person versions of any message statement in your final script.

To summarize, understanding the importance of different tenses and directive or permissive statements will only help you to design and write better message scripts. Doing so will also ensure that your subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recordings are more effective for the target subject, and for a greater variety of listeners, no matter how resistant their subconscious minds may be.

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The message script of a subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording is the foundation on which all other components are built. An important aspect of designing it is to ensure that the use of negative words and phrases is avoided.  This article explains what these are and how to ensure your message statements are always written in a positive manner.

When designing any type of message script, you may unintentionally use words, terms or phrases that do not send the correct message to the subconscious mind of your listener. Words often considered harmless can actually reduce the desired effect of the recording. In addition to words, there are also contractions, conditional words, terms and phrases that should never be used.

Words and Contractions to Avoid

Some obvious negative words to avoid using in any message statements are not, never, and related contractions such as can’t, or won’t. Unfortunately, there are many others and it can be difficult to know all or even most of them. To save you time, presented below is a list of the most important words and contractions you should not use when writing your message statements.

• Against, Afraid, Angry, Anguish, Aren’t, Avoid
• Banish, Barren
• Can’t, Cautious, Closed, Concerned
• Danger, Didn’t, Dislike, Don’t, Doubtful
• Envy, Envious, Evil
• Failure, Fear, Fearful, Furious
• Gloom, Gone, Greed, Gross
• Hate, Haven’t, Hesitant
• Isn’t, Impossible, Improbable
• Just, Justified
• Last, Lose, Loser, Losing, Lost
• Missing, Missed, Mistake
• Never, No, Not
• Obstacle, Opposed
• Punish, Pain, Painful, Painless
• Queasy, Questionable
• Retarded, Restricted
• Scared, Secret, Sick, Suspect, Suspicious
• Terrified, Tormented
• Unable, Unhealthy, Unlikely, Unwilling
• Why, Won’t, Wouldn’t

This represents only some of the words, variations or contractions to be avoided, and there many others that you will likely discover. If you are uncertain as to the meaning of a word, either look it up or avoid using it entirely. Also, there is no reason to use complex words because the subconscious mind will not understand them, and simpler is definitely better.

Conditional Terms and Phrases to Avoid

In addition to understanding what words or contractions not to use in a message script, there are also conditional terms and phrases that should be avoided. They are considered conditional because the outcome is uncertain and dependent on something else happening first.

The subconscious mind does not understand the nature of the past or the future, as does the conscious mind. It can only comprehend the present and because of this, conditional message statements will likely have no effect in achieving the desired goal of the recording.

The best example of the most important conditional word to avoid is “if”. Using it implies that the desired result can only be achieved when something else occurs first. Since the subconscious mind is unable to understand the future, it will ignore that part of the statement.

There are specific words, terms and phrases that are conditional, but this may not always be obvious. A list of words, terms and phrases that are considered to be conditional is provided below.

• After
• Before
• But
• Conditional, Could
• Depending on
• Even though
• However
• If
• May
• Once this
• Perhaps
• Prior to
• Upon
• What if
• When
• Will
• Would

Using any of these words or phrases presents a possible future based on a previous event that may never happen. What is preferable is to project and state a specific future to the subconscious. This cannot be done by using statements that are worded as conditional.

The subconscious mind must be presented with statements describing the goal as already achieved or that it is in the process of being achieved. Designing messages worded in the form “I am”, or “I am becoming” is much more desirable.

Dangers of Poorly Written Message Statements

Since the subconscious mind does not understand negative or conditional words in a message, it will essentially ignore them. For example, if your intention was to design a subliminal recording to help people quit smoking and did not follow the suggested guidelines, you may initially write a message statement such as “I don’t smoke”.

The subconscious would ignore the negative word and receive the message as “I smoke”. If a similar statement was worded conditionally as “If I smoke I may get sick”, the subconscious would translate this into “I smoke, I get sick”.

At a minimum, this would render the messages ineffective and not help achieve the target goal. In the extreme, the message statements may actually make the situation worse. This is the most important reason for ensuring that certain words are never used when writing your message scripts.

To summarize, it is to your advantage and of benefit to your potential listeners that you become familiar with what words are better, and which words, terms or phrases should be avoided. Knowing this will only help you to design and build a more effective recording.

By following the guidelines presented here, you are also embracing a basic but important principle about creating self-help recordings. Each and every recording, whether subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal, should always be designed so that it helps the listener and does no harm in any way.

It may seem easier at times to choose negative words or conditional statements when writing message statements. Finding the right positive words to use can require some creativity at times, but if you strive to follow these guidelines, it will likely become easier to do as you gain more experience writing message statements.

Lastly, the message scripts you design should be written so that they follow not only the guidelines presented here, but others equally important. You should review how to use the first and second person perspectives, incorporating sub-themes and using the present or near present tense properly.

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The messages that are contained in a subliminal message track should be carefully designed before writing them and even recording a single word. It is to your benefit that you understand the best ways to do this. No matter how high the quality of the subliminal recording, if the messages are not designed properly they will be of little benefit to anyone.

Before thinking about the messages you wish to convey to the subconscious mind you should first consider the subject that you desire to see change in. Select the area that you are interested in and write down everything you like and also what you do not like about it as it relates to you.

If you are interested in making your body more fit and attractive then you should consider what it is that you do not currently like about your body. Make this your first list and afterwards, consider what you would prefer your body to look like and write a second list.

As an example, a list of some characteristics that you may not want with respect to your body could be as follows:

• I do not want to be overweight any longer
• I do not like being unattractive
• I am tired of being unable to fit into my clothes
• I do not like people looking at me with pity
• I do not want to eat unhealthy foods
• I do not like being unmotivated to exercise

Your second list or what you do want with respect to your body may be as follows: 

• I want to be slim and in great shape
• I want others to see me as an attractive person
• I want to enjoy wearing smaller dresses or pants
• I want people to look at and admire me
• I want to enjoy eating healthy foods
• I want to enjoy exercising

Review and refine your two lists several times until you end up with your lists being almost mirror images of each other. If you were to turn the things you do not want into positive statements, they should be very close to what you wrote in your second list or vice versa.

By doing this you are confirming to yourself what you really do and do not want, in this case the topic being about your body. Your list of what you do want should also bring a smile to your face as your read it. If any item does not then it is likely not very important to you and you may wish to rewrite it.

About the Author

James Kudlak specializes in writing articles and building websites across a variety of topics such as online dating, paternity issues or insurance. Visit one of his newer website creations relating to pet insurance at http://petcarehealthinsurance.com/ which helps people select among the many Pet Insurance Companies available.

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