Subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal audio recordings require creating a sound track.

The purpose of this audio track is either to mask  messages, promote a state of relaxation or potentially both.

This is extremely important in how the subsequent audio components are built and their effectiveness.

Since the sound or masking track is usually most audibly predominant in a recording, it is important to know how to create, select or generate one in the best way possible.

There are two basic ways to consider a masking or sound track. The first is from the listener’s perspective, and the second from the creator’s perspective.

Since you are the creator of the recording, it is vital that you understand both what a potential listener expects and prefers, as well as what your own requirements are for a masking or sound track.

Subliminal Sound Tracks – What the Listener Expects

The listener obviously expects that the recording will be of a high quality and be effective.

They are not concerned with the details of how it was created, but they will expect the masking or sound track that they hear be relaxing, soothing and appeal to them.

This means that as a recording creator, you must ensure that you meet these requirements. Unfortunately, what is relaxing, soothing and appealing to one person may be completely different for another person.

For example, the gentle sounds of ocean waves lapping onto the seashore with birds chirping in the background may be soothing to some, but may trigger a negative reaction in others.

Similarly, listening to the sounds of insects for an extended period may be quite unpleasant for certain individuals. To a lesser degree, classical music without vocals may simply sound uninteresting to some people.

The solution is to provide as wide a variety of masking or sound tracks as possible so that they appeal to the majority of the potential listeners. As simple as this may seem, it can difficult to do in practice. This is the point where the requirements of the listener meet yours, as a creator.

Sound and Masking Tracks – What the Recording Creator Desires

Being a creator of subliminal or other recording types, your preferences with respect to creating or selecting a masking or sound track are different than that of the listener. The most important of these are as follows:

• Provide the fewest number of masking or sound tracks possible
• Appeal to the largest number of listeners possible
• Whether obtaining or generating sound tracks, be of low cost

You can provide only a small number of masking or sound tracks and still have your potential listeners find them appealing.

But you must select a core group that has been found to be acceptable to most people. The majority of people find nature sounds or gentle classical music to be soothing, relaxing and appealing.

Within the category of nature sounds, there are the sounds of ocean waves, rainfalls, waterfalls, rivers, brooks, wind, a crackling campfire and many others.

It is suggested that you consider providing two or more different types that sound consistent, such as ocean waves and perhaps a gentle rainfall.

Secondary Masking Track Audio Sounds

Even though these are wise choices, a secondary sound track should also be mixed with them. The reason for this is to provide random sounds that render the track more interesting to the ear.

A suggestion is to include additional nature sounds such as different types of birds or insects. Relaxing and soothing is important, but there is no reason for the sound track to seem so consistent that it becomes boring to listen to.

If you were to choose two primary types of nature and two secondary types, then after mixing, you would have four available selections for use as your sound or masking track.

This should be your minimum core group to use, but if you increase the number of primary or secondary sound types, it becomes more difficult to manage and you should not exceed eight.

Keep in mind that this is only the sound or masking track, and you still need to create and manage message and brainwave tracks (if used).

Classical music sound tracks are also appealing but it is important that you choose those that are not overly dynamic.

By this it is meant that there should be few high and lows and the general sound and tempo is consistent.

A soft and gentle concerto by Beethoven or Bach is acceptable, but the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky is far too dynamic.

Also, if you choose to use classical music for your sound or masking tracks, there is no reason to mix them with a secondary track containing random sounds of nature.

The reason for this is that most classical music tracks are already reasonably consistent yet still sound interesting.

Sound Track Sources

As a recording creator, you also need to decide whether to obtain your sound or masking tracks from other sources, generate your own with software programs, record them yourself or perhaps a mixture of all three.

If you choose to obtain free sound clips or pay for pre-recorded sound tracks, you must be cautious in how you select them.

Many available relate to nature sounds and those that are free are usually very short in length and of poor quality.

It is highly recommended that you do not use free short audio clips in your sound or masking track because of this.

Although usually limited to nature sounds, another option is to obtain software that can generate sound or masking tracks of any length that you can customize in virtually an infinite number of ways.

The advantages to this is that the generated sound track will be exactly what you design it to be, involve no royalty fees, be of high quality, and never have embedded subliminal messages.

You may also select to record your own sound tracks but this can be somewhat of a challenge. It requires the correct environment, good recording equipment and some patience.

Whether it involves nature sounds or classical music, the sound or masking track that you incorporate into your subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording should be acceptable to your potential listener and be within the limits of your resources as a creator.

You also need to decide if it is best to record your own sound tracks, use prerecorded ones or use software to generate them. Striving for a balance between what options you provide your listeners with and what is manageable for you should be your goal.

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

Whether creating subliminal recordings for your own use or for others, you should be aware of the side-effects this may have on you personally.

Each step in designing and creating a self-help recording of any type requires different types of action.

It is almost impossible to avoid the consequences these actions will have on you as a recording creator.

This article discusses how this can affect you in ways you may not have expected.

You likely already understand each of the steps involved in creating either a subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording after reviewing other related articles.

The steps having the greatest effect on you will be the creation of the message tracks, the brainwave tracks and the process involved in mixing each of the various tracks together to create the final recording.

Side Effects of Creating Audio Message Tracks

For each of the self-help subjects that you target in your recordings, you will need to properly design and write the message script.

It may take anywhere from a few hours to several days to refine it so that the statements have the greatest impact.

The message script will of course have to be either recorded or generated as an audio segment.

Several copies of this audio clip will need to be sequentially mixed in order to achieve the desired message track length.

As you build the message track, you will be exposed to each of the statements in the script repeatedly, often to the point where they may become almost annoying to listen to.

If you find this happening to you, it is best that you take a break or switch to a different aspect of the recording creation process, or even work on a different recording subject.

The suggested reason for this is that if you are unable to focus clearly on what you are doing, then you are more likely to make a mistake and the quality of your recording may suffer.

The other side-effect you will likely be aware of is that repeated listening to the messages may affect you with respect to the target subject. If the topic you selected for example was overcoming the fear of heights, then you may become less fearful of heights, but only if two conditions are true.

First, you would have to already have a fear of heights. Regardless of the self-help topic targeted, a problem cannot be resolved if it does not already exist. This is an important principle you should remember not just for yourself, but for your listeners as well.

The second condition is that even though you will be listening to the messages repeatedly over the course of perhaps several days, it may still not be long enough to impact your own subconscious. Even after progressing through the mixing process in creating the final recording, this can still hold true.

As a creator, you have the option of not listening once the recording is completed. Your listeners, on the other hand, will choose to listen to the recording frequently and perhaps for weeks or months until it achieves the desired affect.

Side Effects of Creating Brainwave Audio Tracks

If you choose to create paraliminal recordings, then it is very likely that you will incorporate a brainwave audio track to introduce an alpha, theta or delta state, or a mixture of these.

The purpose of a brainwave track is to induce an altered state of mind so that the message track becomes more acceptable to the subconscious.

These tracks can be significantly more powerful than simply using a relaxing sound track to achieve this state.

You will usually have to create and listen to different versions of brainwave audio tracks until you are satisfied that you are obtaining the desired effect.

When doing this, you should be aware of the two possible consequences.

By listening to a brainwave track repeatedly, and even not in conjunction with the message track, it can render you so relaxed that you are unable to focus clearly on building your recording.

You may find yourself listening to the track and forgetting about what you were intending to accomplish. For this reason, it is suggested that you restrict your exposure to any brainwave track to a minimum.

Even if the track you are creating is designed to move between different states (alpha, theta, delta), you need only listen to each segment for at most a few minutes.

The other consequence of listening is only relevant if you have a neurological condition such as incidents of epilepsy or similar conditions.

If you have any form of neurological problem, it strongly advised that you consult with your doctor before attempting to expose yourself to brainwave recordings.

Doing so may trigger seizures or other undesirable effects. This is not only important to you, but also your potential recording listeners and you should provide a disclaimer in your recording descriptions so that they are aware of this. This will also help protect you from a legal perspective.

Side Effects of Mixing Message, Masking and Brainwave Audio Tracks

Designing and building the individual message, sound and possibly brainwave audio tracks is a major step forward in creating any type of subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal audio recording.

Additional time is necessary when mixing the tracks together and adjusting volume levels until you are satisfied with the final recording version.

The side effects of listening to each component audio track become even more augmented and you should be aware of this.

It is important that you listen to the intermediate versions of your recording, but this doesn’t mean that you need to do so all in one session. Pace yourself and review your recording components or revised versions in moderation.

In conclusion, building subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal audio recordings can affect you personally. But if you are aware of the potential side-effects and manage yourself appropriately, then these will not affect you undesirably.

As a subliminal creator, it is vital that you also be a listener and understand the potential side-effects of what is being listened to.

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One of the topics that is rarely discussed regarding subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recordings is the dark side, and that creating one can potentially affect a listener in a negative way.

By negative, it is meant that the recording will not help them and perhaps make the target problem or issue become even worse.

This may happen accidentally even with the best purposes in mind, and regrettably, by someone intentionally with the correct knowledge.

Ideally, the goal of a subliminal or other similar type of self-help audio recordings is to help the listener in overcoming a specific 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 Subliminal 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 design strategies 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 Subliminal 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 by one person 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 subliminal recording.

Listening to Negative Subliminal Audio Recordings by Mistake

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 extremely unlikely to happen when purchasing subliminal or other types of recordings from a reliable source.

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 Subliminal Audio 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 idea 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.

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

Designing a message script for a subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal recording is vital to ensuring that the message statements will achieve the desired target effect.

One aspect of this involves understanding how to use tenses properly and a second equally important, is the correct use of directive and permissive statements.

Both these concepts are explained in detail and will help greatly in the overall process of designing and creating a high quality self-help audio recording in the best manner possible.

Understanding the Present Tense in a Message Script

Messages statements written in the present tense act to suggest that the desired condition already exists, such as “I am confident” or “I am wealthy”.

Statements in the near or present future style indicate that the target goal is in the process of being achieved as for example, “I am becoming more confident” or “I am becoming wealthier”.

Both the present and near future tenses can be used when designing message statements but it is important to understand the differences between these.

Ideally, it would be preferable to use one or the other type of these tenses exclusively.

But this is highly dependent upon understanding the subconscious mind of the potential listener.

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 could be highly resistant to statements suggesting weight loss.

Those with higher subconscious resistance to change would 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.

Balancing a Message Script with Multiple Tenses

If you could completely and fully understood exactly what the subconscious mind of the 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 yourself.

The best that can be achieved is to compromise and use both tenses. Since it is likely not possible to determine the subconscious resistance level of a potential listener, a reasonable choice is to use both and in a balanced manner.

Instead of using either present or near future tenses exclusively, each should be used in equal frequency and in an alternating fashion. In this manner both the resistant and not so resistant subconscious minds of any potential listeners are targeted.

Using Permissive and Directive Message Statements

Another aspect that is equally important when designing message statements relates to how permissive or directive they are. This is similar to using either the present or near future tense but still relatively different.

A target listener may be more receptive to message statements that command them to be or perform some action.

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

Since it is not possible to probe the subconscious mind of the target listener, the obvious and preferred choice is to use both permissive and directive statement types in the message script.

By doing so, both types are targeted and balancing them correctly will only render the final message script more effective for a greater number of people.

Avoid Using 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 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 in the present moment.

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 to always avoid using the future tense in any message script statements.

Tenses or Directive or Permissive Statements – Suggestions

Consider one of the original statements presented above, “I am confident” and how adopting the suggested tenses and using directive and permissive statements may result in variations.

With only one message statement as a start, there are six different variations of it that could be used as indicated 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 message script statement, and it is strongly suggested to consider using other statements that target a similar topic using the suggested permutations.

Understanding the importance of different tenses and directive or permissive statements will only help you to design and write more effective 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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When designing a subliminal message script it is important to consider including sub-theme messages related to the topic chosen.

A sub-theme is any underlying issue that may be indirectly contributing to the problem because of existing subconscious blocks.

Even though it is preferable to design and create your message script statements in the best way possible, you cannot always be certain that you are entirely targeting the root of the problem.

Secondary issues pertaining to self-image, allowing change and loving oneself may be embedded in the subconscious mind of the potential listener.

Addressing Secondary Issues in a Message Script

For example, a person seeking to become fit and lose weight may possibly have one or more deeper subconscious blocks that prevent them from achieving their goal.

A negative experience from early childhood such as having been repeatedly told that they will always be overweight may be even carried with them into adulthood.

They may feel subconsciously that they will always be unattractive, never be able to change, no one will ever love them and have low self-esteem.

They could try many possible methods to overcome this, but each may be met with resistance by the subconscious mind unless the underlying issues or sub-themes are also addressed.

There is no certain method of determining the subconscious issues or sub-themes someone else may have, and the best strategy is to include the most important sub-issues appropriately.

These include message statements that pertain to love and forgiveness, embracing change and positive self-image.

Message Statements for Love and Forgiveness

A few message statements relating to loving oneself should always be included in your message script, and preferably at the beginning.

The reason for doing this is to make the subconscious mind more receptive to the subsequent messages targeting the chosen subject.

This should also include statements of forgiveness in that it is allowable to having made mistakes in the past and permissible to let go of them. Some suggested statements that you could use are as follows:

• I love and respect myself completely
• I love myself more with each passing day
• I forgive myself for my mistakes
• I let go of my problems easily

Inserting some of these statements in your message script will not detract from helping address the target subject and will only help resolve any potential underlying issues.

Message Statements for Embracing Changes

Allowing oneself to change can be at times difficult, especially if the subconscious mind resists change of any type.

Adding a few statements to your message script that target this is strongly advised.

The purpose of these additional subliminal message statements is to suggest that change is allowed and embraced.

Examples of what you can and may wish to include are as follows:

• I allow myself to change
• It is acceptable for changes to happen in my life  
• I embrace changes in my life
• Changes in my life are good for me

You need only consider including two or three statements in your message script that address this. These can be placed at any point in the script, but again it is suggested that you place them close to the beginning to reduce resistance from the subconscious mind to the subject messages that follow.

Message Script Statements for Positive Self-Image

One of the most important sub-issues that you should address involves self-image.

Many people having the problem that your recording will target may feel less than positive about themselves.

Including message statements that help them feel accepted at the subconscious level is strongly suggested.

It will also indicate to their subconscious mind that they are worthy and render it easier for the subject messages to be received. A few statements you may wish to include are below.

• I feel good about myself
• I can do anything I set my mind on 
• I am worthy of success
• I am confident in my abilities

As with the other suggested statements about love and forgiveness or embracing change, these can be placed at the beginning of the message script. Another idea is to place them randomly within the script so that occasional positive messages targeting self-image are presented.

Combining Sub-Theme Messages with the Target Subject

Addressing sub-themes in you message script may seem to be nowhere near as important as addressing the target subject.

However, they should still be included as part of your message script design.

Another important consideration is the number of sub-theme statements included in the final script.

Several statements that address each of the important sub-issues such as self-love, forgiveness, embracing change and self-image should be included.

You can choose from any of the suggested ones above, or include those of your own.

But it is important that these sub-issues not dominate the message script and act only to support underlying issues.

If your final message script contains between the suggested 60 and 70 statements then a portion of these should be focused on sub-theme issues.

Including about 10 statements for sub-issues is reasonable and represents only about 15% of the total number of statements.

If you were to add perhaps six statements at the beginning of the script and inserted a few more self-image suggestions then your message script may appear as follows:

• I love and respect myself completely
• I forgive myself for my mistakes
• I let go of my problems easily
• I allow myself to change
• It is acceptable for changes to happen in my life 
• I embrace changes in my life
• SUBJECT MESSAGES
• ….
• ….
• I am confident in my abilities
• SUBJECT MESSAGES
• ….
• ….
• I am worthy of success in every way
• SUBJECT MESSAGES
• ….
• ….
• I feel good about myself
• SUBJECT MESSAGES
• ….
• ….
• I can do anything I set my mind on
• SUBJECT MESSAGES
• …
• … 

This should not be difficult to do and will help your listeners, even if they do not have underlying target issues. Remember also that your message script, whether subliminal or any other type, will be repeated several times when you create the final message audio track.

By including these sub-themes you are also providing an additional form of insurance that your recording will help achieve the desired effect.

Understanding and targeting sub-issues that may contribute to the problem that you message script addresses is important both to you as a creator and to your audience. You may even wish to create a subliminal, supraliminal or paraliminal audio recording that specifically address any of these sub-issues.

As long as you understand that underlying issues may exist in your target listener, then you should choose to include additional message statements that can help them. If you do then your recordings will only be of a higher quality and likely more appreciated by your audience.

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

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 Audio 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.

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 Audio Recordings for All

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.

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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.

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